We'll explore essential components of creative writing-character, plot, point of view, setting, theme, and more-and bring that writing into your visual practice. Not only will you learn to write ...

Visual analysis uses careful observations to analyze an artwork’s meaning. It focuses on formal elements (e.g. color, texture, lines, composition, etc.) to draw conclusions about how a work of art ...

Visual journaling (aka art journaling) has a long history in the field of art therapy, particularly as an approach to assist recovery from trauma or loss and as a form of stress reduction. Carl Jung ...

The part of the brain that processes visual information, the visual cortex, evolved over the course of millions of years in a world where reading and writing didn’t exist. So it’s long been a mystery ...

The previous two posts on this topic address how visual journaling assists emotional reparation and supports self-regulation and stress reduction. Since then many readers have asked about specific art ...