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5 Minute Mindfulness Drawing Meditation: How Filled Up Am I?
This simple, mindfulness drawing meditation will help you FEEL into your energy level and assess what you need to be more ENERGIZED and...
Michelle Baker, MA
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5 More Painting Tips You Should Always Do When Using Acrylics!
Today I'm going to share with you my 5 best tips you should always do when using acrylic paints. And you're gonna wanna stick around...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Top 10 Mistakes Beginner Acrylic Painters Make
Painting can seem hard at first, without guidance or previous experience, it can be easy to make mistakes. So here are some of the most...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Secrets to Conquering Creative Blocks
You may not know this but paintings and drawings have a "hard stage." It's in the middle of your process somewhere, you've been trucking...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Figuring out Figures
When you want to draw (or paint) a figure, don't just start drawing head, shoulders, etc... We look at people all day long but when it...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Desert Landscape Shadows
Create your rocks and ground with warm colors. To begin, paint the "middle color" of your rocks (not the darkest or lightest value). For...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Painting Tree Foliage
Learn a technique for painting 3-dimensional trees! We'll share some color theory, a brush technique and how to use layers to achieve the...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Cross-hatch blending technique
There's more than 1 way to paint a sunset! Shannon shares her favorite blending technique: Cross-Hatching. It makes for a more...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Art ALWAYS Takes You on a Journey
Every time you create a piece of art, it is taking you on a hero's journey. There are profound opportunities to learn and grow each time...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Woodworking as Therapeutic Art
Woodworking is a hobby for some and a profession for others, but it can be a powerful therapeutic tool for just about everyone. In fact,...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Art Therapy and Trauma Recovery
Art Therapy is helpful for people of all ages and its benefits go beyond the field of mental health into many other areas of life....
Michelle Baker, MA
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5 Ways MBodied Helps People Who "Can't Make Art!"
“I can’t make art! I’m not creative. Art is for those people, over there with “natural talent.” If these are some thoughts that go...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Why Make Art Wednesdays
"Why do you make art?" Hear from the students of MBodied's watercolor class. Common responses to the question are: "because it's...
Michelle Baker, MA
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A Mindfulness Practice
Having a mindfulness practice can really help us be more present and peaceful. But do we have to meditate on a cushion or are there...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Why Most People Don't Make Art: Part II
Find out the last 2 steps of MBodied's system for helping people overcome this common issue with making art. #Westminsterpaintingclass...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Why Most People Don't Make Art: Part I
What is the reason most people don't make art? MBodied has a 5 part system for overcoming this common issue! Find out steps 1-3 right...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Abstract Art is Freedom!
Did you know most kids stop making art around the age of 11 or 12? At this point in cognitive development, kids begin to want their art...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Haven for Introverts
I’m sitting in a roomful of people who are silent, totally absorbed in what they are doing, soft music playing in the background and a...
Michelle Baker, MA
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The Truth about Creativity (and why you don’t make art as often as you plan to)
I know I’m not alone here when I say that my intentions to make art greatly outweigh my actual art making endeavors. I’m not alone...
Michelle Baker, MA
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Quick tip for mixing paint
#Westminsterpaintingclass #Westminsterpaintingclasses #Westminsterartcommunity #Westminsteropenstudio #Westminsterstressrelief...
Michelle Baker, MA
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