My brush with feelings

In our mindfulness art group this week, the prompt had to do with 'feeling'. We could choose a feeling and illustrate it however we liked.

I chose this paintbrush and painted it several ways. My intention was to imbue the paintbrush with emotions and use the drawing, colors, backgrounds and paper to show how it felt. An interesting part of this process, for me, was that I painted the pictures first; based on impulse. Afterwards, I assessed the mood of each picture, sometimes surprised at what I had painted spontaneously.

In this piece, the paintbrush had beautiful colors as mementoes of all it's experiences. The background had similar colors and brush strokes. Overall, the paintbrush looked comfortable and confident in these surroundings.