What Does Grief Look Like...
…for you in this moment? Grief looks wildly different depending on the day or minute. Each of us will have our own very unique depiction of our grief at the moment. Let's create a visual of our grief.
With this prompt you will learn how to take any image printed or magazine and transfer the image onto another sheet of paper to create with. This tool can be used over and over again with a variety of prompts.
This prompt is great for kids and adults alike. Kids may need some help depending on their age. This could be a fantastic prompt to do together in a grief heavy moment or when an anniversary is looming or when you know yourself or others need to express in some way and need something super accessible and low prep and clean up. As always you don’t need any art skills or experience to give this a go.
This can be as random as you’d like. I had no ideas in mind when I first started and let the magazines guide me. I never thought about my grief being like a beetle, but it fit in the moment. I never thought about my grief being like a dark room with black mirrors, but that fit another time. Try not to question why you are choosing what you do, likely it will come to you as you are creating (and it’s okay if it never does).
Supplies:
For a full list of supplies we typically use in Art Your Grief you can go to the link here, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page linked (to see several lists that meet your needs).
Watercolor paper
Pencil
Paper with image on it: magazine or printed image
Tape (preferably washi or painters but scotch will work too).
Watercolor paint
Paintbrush
Optional: watercolor pencils, acrylic paint pen, ballpoint pen, etc.
Below is my voice guiding you through the entire prompt. There are written step by step directions as well as video and images to show examples of the process. You don’t need any art experience to do any of our Art Your Grief Prompts. Thank you for doing this important work with me.
