Why you should give yourself the gift of imperfect art-making

Art-making is a wonderful gift you can give yourself. And when you take the time to make art, it’s also a gift for those around you. Wonder how? Join me for the answer and to make some perfectly imperfect art for creative self-care.

‘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 the privacy of an art journal or on paper if you don’t have one.

If you’d like an art journal that’s ideal for my simple form of art journaling that uses various mediums, the paper is important. It needs to be a heavy weight and preferably hot-press because although I love the texture of cold-press it’s really hard on markers and pens. The mixed-media one I use in my videos and the art journaling groups at the library where I work is 140lb/300gsm. It stands up to all my dry, wet, and layered applications. Sold in a three-pack, it also remains the best regular-price value that I’ve found. Click here to check it out.

Other materials used

Here’s the link to the Bic Intensity Permanent Marker Coloring Bundle the markers I use in this video are part of.

And a colorful SHARPIE set.

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