Michelle Baker, MA
5 Minute Mindfulness Drawing Meditation: Drawing the Breath
This simple, mindfulness drawing meditation will help you be more GROUNDED and CALM by tuning into your breath. This activity will help...
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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
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...
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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
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
prioritize SOUL over STRESS
Here’s the secret: we’ve got it all wrong. What feels important, what we give so much of our time and energy to, it’s NOT the answer. We...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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....
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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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
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Quick tip for mixing paint
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Michelle Baker, MA
Do you want to feel inspired?
Be encouraged. Find insight. Explore your creativity. Feel enthusiastic. Find a vision. These are some synonyms for being inspired. ...
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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
The Painting Community at MBodied
I love the community that is forming among the painters at MBodied! If you walk in during Introduction to Acrylics or Open Studio you...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Art Therapy Activities You Can Try At Home
A lot of people use art as a means to deal with sadness, stress and trauma. Others use it to explore their inner talent and creative...
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Michelle Baker, MA
Art Therapy to Overcome Emotional Issues
Traumatic events can happen to anyone at any time. People may experience mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety following a traumatic...
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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
Interesting Facts About Art Therapy
Art therapy, also referred to as creative arts therapy, uses visual arts to communicate feelings that cannot be expressed by words alone....
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