Paint | The counterbalance to a hectic life is creating comfort art

[@along9971]

Great.idea, art brings your brain comfort, a touchstone

[@mariatriesart8389]

I find when I feel overwhelmed by life's stresses, needing peace, and when my heart is the most full of emotion It is at that time I don't want to talk to anybody. No matter how close our relationship. However, deep inside I want to share my feelings, when overwhelmed, I need to sort my emotions out first, because many times I don't know why I am feeling as I do and what has caused me to withdraw and not want to talk. At the same time I want to share what I am feeling inside, because it is my nature to share everything. I am an introvert because life has made me learn to love being alone.

[@myfantasticalimaginarium1890]

Hey Maria, Your message found its way to my heart immediately. You describe so well that it's a mechanism we don't always control or use to actively push people away. There is just time and quiet necessary to figure ourselves out. I do find that it's a good moment to pick up a brush so that my hands can help working through all of the feelings. Not that I start very demanding, technical pieces, but soul-art. The thing I return to every time and never tire of..

[@mariatriesart8389]

@@myfantasticalimaginarium1890 I am glad you know you are not alone in this. There are people that feel like you do, and deal with things in the same way. I will be learning to watercolour once I figure out my palette. Want to laugh? I filled a 130 half pans of paints (I had accumulated M.Graham and Daniel Smith paints over 8 years) and forgot to list the paints properly as I filled them, although I had a list I had made changes to paint locations and did not correct the list. The first half I have figured out except for two paints, but I added three new colours I moved from somewhere they did not belong, and now I have to move ALL the half pans once I put those in. On the second palette,(it took two tlarge 48 half pan palettes to contain all my paints) there are 60 or so paints that I cannot label and I have no clue what they are. Off to painting I will go once I'm over the flu I had. It has been 3 weeks and it doesn't want to let go!!.. I hope you have less days of being overwhelmed. I don't understand why we don't know what we are feeling when we get overwhelmed and just feel horrible but cant place what emotion we are experiencing. What is that and why does it happen? I have asked myself many times. How can someone not know what they are feeling?? How is that possible?? It happens to me all the time, thats when I don't want to talk to anybody and wish nobody was home. If you have any insight about this I'd appreciate it. I don't paint yet, for now what helps me most is praying to Jesus. He died for my sins so I can have more abundant life here on earth and eternal life after. So, there is nothing He wouldn't do for me, being the best listener to my problems, The bible says "Cast all your cares upon Him, for He careth for you." This is what helps me. Have a great day!.

[@magentaindigoart]

I can relate a lot, comfort art is a way for me to process stuff and see how I feel about them. I think comfort art is precious as a process, and with beautiful results as well!

[@myfantasticalimaginarium1890]

Somehow my confort art turns out a good reflection of my need or headspace when I make it. And because I'm more in my feelings, my ego that tells me to 'do better' is silent. I love getting into that flow. So healing :)

[@magentaindigoart]

@@myfantasticalimaginarium1890 yes indeed! i wish I did it more often myself

[@ArtWorkOfDR]

Amazing and no ur not alone Doll 🥰

[@myfantasticalimaginarium1890]

Thank you

[@MeiIkaruga]

Stumbled upon you by accident while wanting to research granulating colors. Love your granulating color series and I love the other videos you have! You've got a new subscriber. The watercolor piece you did in this video really resonates with that peace and quiet comfort vibe you needed. I hope your next few weeks are a bit more peaceful, or that you at least have plenty of moments to relax with your art.

[@myfantasticalimaginarium1890]

Hey Mei, so happy to have you 🤗

[@karipaints6259]

Lovely relaxing painting, I am one of those people who needs to have a lot of alone time and I also need alone time in order to make art. I have just found your channel and I am now subscribed - I will be binge watching your channel later. I am rather interested in your true crime series - I am a true crime addict (which sounds rather strange now I see that in writing, LOL)! Happy, peaceful painting to you.

[@myfantasticalimaginarium1890]

Hey Kari, so happy you found me :) and it's comforting to know you, like me, also need a lot of alone time to be comfortable and centered. I mean I enjoy a good get together / party every once in a while as long as it is countered by some quiet days. It's so good to know that you are interested in the true crime series! They are some of my 'slower' videos on my channel and because I'm a KZbin noob, I wondered if I made a mistake posting these videos on this channel. Like maybe I should have a different channel for that.. But then again I can't be the only out there that loves painting and true crime right?! Your comment got me excited enough to make another one, just because I know there is one person out there that enjoys them ☺️

[@Mongruadh93]

completely get where you are coming from. on another note, this suject looks uncannily like my daughter, really its her double.