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  • Better With Art

    Why I make art every day and you should too

    / December 9, 2024

    Grab your art journal or paper, and a pen, and let's make some simple, relaxing art with gentle repetition that can help us slide into flow, where all the noise quiets.

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    Express yourself with collage… because we are BETTER WITH ART

    / May 12, 2024

    Welcome to Better With Art! I’m Melinda and I’m here to encourage you to reclaim your creativity and practice creative self-care with weekly small-art prompts that can be done in an art journal…

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    COLOR THERAPY! Take a paper-painting art break with me… with a little bit of color theory

    / May 5, 2024

    Join me for a paper-painting session that was amazingly therapeutic. It was the reset I needed. I released tension I didn't realize I was carrying. And we'll be using the papers for next…

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    Creative self-care art-making isn’t magic but it can feel like it… Make easy watercolor fish with me

    / April 28, 2024

    Take time for creative self-care! It doesn't always have an impressive and immediate affect on your mood, but is always worth it. Need inspiration? Grab some watercolors and a toilet paper tube and…

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    Make art with me! Because we ART better with art!

    / February 11, 2024

    Hey, Friends! For the moment this is just a transcript of this week’s video posted below the video. There’s a link to my recommended economical art journal, the mentioned 52-Week Art Journal Journey…

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    Better With Art: Resolutions & Resolution

    / January 5, 2024

    Welcome to the first week of Better With Art. Let’s bid an artful farewell to 2023 and embrace the fresh start of 2024 with color. I’m Melinda, and I’m here to encourage you…

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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 50: Black & White Space to Breathe

    / December 12, 2023

    Welcome to Week 50 of the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. I’m Melinda and I’m here to encourage you to reclaim your creativity and establish a healthy habit of creative self-care through my simple…

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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 47: Last Leaves of Autumn Watercolor

    / November 19, 2023

    I know I was supposed to move on… “supposed to”… move on from watercolors BUT I really wanted to try my version of an autumn branch I saw on Andrea Nelson’s Instagram. And…

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    Week 46: Autumn Watercolor Woods

    / November 12, 2023

    Welcome to Week 46 of the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. I’m Melinda, and I’m here to encourage you to reclaim your creativity and establish a healthy habit of creative self-care through my simple…

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  • 52-Week Art Journal

    Week 44: Creative Frames

    / October 29, 2023

    Welcome to Week 44 of the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. I’m Melinda, and I’m here to encourage you to reclaim your creativity and establish a healthy habit of creative self-care through my simple…

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