Expressing feelings through art

American Artist Douglas Smith studied Sculpture, Painting and Printmaking, but his main love was for Illustrations and telling a story. Below and above are examples of his Drawings, Illustrations made with the use of the Scratchboard medium. Scratchboard is defined by Wikipedia as "Sharp knives and tools that are used for etching into a thin layer of white China clay that is coated with black India ink". For the coloured ones, more layers of clay in different colours are laid, so that the…

When the children are gone will I be something flimsier, something less than I was before? By Lauren Apfel

Figurative artist Leah Kelly works with oils, acrylics and charcoal to merge portraiture and surrealism. An unusual combination of faces and bodies in a representational art style is used to express emotions and experiences common within the female experiences. Women’s suffering, power, and emotions are expressed- translated through original ideas and compositions, or retellings of iconic imagery.

From an art therapy website - Each person creates art to represent the corresponding emotion on the wheel - using colors, abstraction, or representationally. The more we make space for emotions, the more freedom we have to dance with them, rather than feeling overwhelmed by them.

6. This emotional illustration depicts a forlorn woman who feels trapped within herself similar to the character of Jane Eyre.

How to Draw Emotions with Lines Only Hello! In this post, I will show you how to draw your emotions by just using lines. I'm Youhjung and I am an art therapist in the states. This step by step activity will give you some guidance on how to express your feelings through drawing, without any skills