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Michelle Baker, MA
The #1 Surprising Reason for Creative Blocks
I've worked with hundreds of adults who are taking art classes and they come to me when they're feeling creatively blocked. They're...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
One Thing Hitler Can Teach Us About Art
Did you know that Hitler banned modern art while he was in power? He declared it was “un-German” and held an exhibition in 1937 called...
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Michelle Baker, MA
The ART of Manifesting
Do you know what the art process is, really? When I want to paint a canvas, for example, what are the steps I got through to complete...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Art Therapy for Chronic Illness
When a person is diagnosed with illness, our first instinct is to focus on the physical health and alleviate the pain. In addition to the...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Celebrate with MBodied!
A birthday is so special to a child. Looked forward to for months and hopefully remembered long after, its importance cannot be...
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Michelle Baker, MA
4 Ways to Make More Time for Art
What is the number one thing that prevents you from creating art? Time or the lack thereof. After all, nobody has free time. School,...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Art and Healing: How Art Therapy Can Help Divorced Couples Heal
Sometimes, marriages do not succeed. For some people, divorce can be a relief. But for most divorcing couples, it can be a very stressful...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Art After Divorce
MBodied Art Studio is a special place where art takes on new meaning. Owned and operated by an art therapist, the vision of MBodied is to...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Choosing Art for Your Home
Photographs, drawings, paintings, any of these can instantly warm up a space and transform it into a home. It’s time to liven up those...
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Michelle Baker, MA
How Art Therapy Can Help Children
Art therapy can be beneficial for children, even at such a young age. As with most therapies, art therapy is also used to help improve a...
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Michelle Baker, MA
DIY Gift Wrap Ideas
A gift really is as good as its wrapping paper. But when it comes to giving gifts, there is one area where most of us are hesitant to...
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Michelle Baker, MA
4 Ways to Preserve and Sort Your Child’s Masterpieces
Every child is a prodigious Picasso. As a parent, you are likely to feel that every drawing, painting and macaroni collage is a...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Ways to Foster Your Child’s Creativity
A lot of people believe that creativity is an inborn talent. But the truth is, creativity is more of a skill that can be harnessed. And...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Using Art to Relieve Stress
“I am so stressed out!” Most of you have probably uttered this phrase a number of times. While exercising, trying to focus on the...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Tiger Woman
...continued from The Origin of Tiger Woman After many months of contemplation, I was ready to change “mediocre woman” into “tiger woman”....
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Michelle Baker, MA
The Origin of Tiger Woman
In the summer of 2012 I had just graduated with my Master’s in Art Therapy and could not find a job. 3 years of hard work, introspection...
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