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
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
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
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...
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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
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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,...
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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
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...
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Michelle Baker, MA
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...
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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
3 Myths about painting that keep you from your creativity.
#1 It’s easy for them (and hard for me) The assumption that painting is easy for some and hard for others can keep you from pursuing an...
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Michelle Baker, MA
the ART of ME time
How do I get more “me time”? It’s always on my list and I never seem to get to it! I know I need it but how do I actually make it...
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Michelle Baker, MA
How is painting therapeutic?
Many people who take my acrylic painting class say “it is very therapeutic.” What can be therapeutic about a painting class? First: ...
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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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