De-Stress from Finals Resources: Art Activities

Use this Art Therapy Video to create Art to help you de-stress:

Are you feeling anxious or overwhelmed? This therapeutic art exercise uses principles of grounding and mindfulness to help manage anxiety and other overwhelming emotions, no matter what setting you're in.

Materials Suggested:

• paper (any size, type, color)

• drawing materials (suggested: markers, crayons, colored pencils)

You Might Try:

• use black construction paper with lighter colored pencils (like white, pastel colors, metallic colors) or gel pens to give a cool glow-in-the-dark effect

• draw the lines using a crayon or piece of wax and color the spaces with watercolor – the wax will resist and push through the watercolors

(Description adapted from the content creator of the video below)

Do you have paint or watercolors around? You might enjoy this guided art painting video:

Follow along this art therapy activity to help you feel calm and relaxed. This expressive art exercise will prompt you to use a fluid painting medium to allow you to let go of trying to control, quiet the brain, and get into a creative flow. As always, this self art therapy exercise is open to all levels, and are great for beginners no matter their skills or prior experience in art.