Art Life Practice Blog
Your destination for all things related to art, culture, and creativity. From artist spotlights and to how-to guides to articles on the science of art and wellness, our goal is always to inspire by way of educating.
How to: Make a Zine!
After an exploration into the history of zines, you’re ready to make a zine of your own. Before starting your zine, identify the topic or topics you want to focus...
How Art Making can support grief recovery
There are varying degrees of trauma ranging from PTSD and chronic illness, to feeling overwhelmed and pressured by the destabilizing, chaotic world we live in. Further, we all experience loss...
Make Art and Increase Brain Plasticity
In the most basic terms, brain plasticity or neuroplasticity is the brain’s capacity to continue growing and evolving in response to life experiences. Plasticity is the capacity to be shaped,...
How to Bring More Art (Life Practice) into your home
The Art Life Practice reason for being is simple: to help you cultivate a life filled with beauty and inspiration in order to live more mindfully and meaningfully. What better...
Three ways to Wake up + Watercolor
With back-to-school morning mayhem looming or already in full swing, it can be challenging to find time for yourself in the mornings. Instead of jumping onto the hamster wheel of...
Creative Play Prompt: Mindful Drawing
Mindful drawing is such a powerful tool when you are feeling overwhelmed or overworked. This particular exercise was so soothing and relaxing, I could have done it for hours. After...
Creative Play Prompt: Storytelling through Collage + Drawing
This creative play exercise combines elements of collage and drawing, and what makes it so fun and inspiring is that there are countless directions you can take your creative journey.
A love letter to Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transforms Us
“When the arts become a regular practice- the way you might improve nutrition, increase exercise, and prioritize sleep - you unleash an innate tool that helps you navigate the peaks...
Art Topic: Artists + Travels
Summer is the season for embarking on adventures near and far. Here to get us in the mood for excursions of all kinds, a few artworks that capture the essence...
Doodling + The Brain: The many benefits of doodling
According to a 2016 Harvard Medical School study, doodling can change your physical and neurological experience in the moment, helping you go from a stressed or exhausted state to a...
Blind Contour Drawing
Blind contour drawing means using your eyes to follow the contour of the subject with continuous, unbroken attention, so that the drawing tool carefully records the information that your eyes...
Berry’s Guide to the Met
On a recent trip to New York, I had the pleasure of revisiting my old stomping grounds at 1000 Fifth Avenue. The Met is a sacred space to me, and...
