Why I make art every day and you should, too

I don’t recall ever sharing or even making lines quite like this before. I enjoyed it so well as an off-camera creative self-care pre-bed winddown, I wanted to share it with you. Grab your art journal or paper, and a pen, and let's make some simple, relaxing art with gentle repetition that can help us slide into flow where all the noise quiets.
Welcome to BETTER WITH ART! I’m Melinda and I’m here to encourage you to reclaim your creativity and practice creative self-care with weekly small-art prompts that can be done in the privacy of an art journal or on paper if you don’t have one.
If you'd like an art journal that’s ideal for my simple form of art journaling that uses various mediums, the paper is important. It needs to be a heavy weight and preferably hot-press because although I love the texture of cold-press it's really hard on markers and pens. The mixed-media one I use in my videos and the art journaling groups at the library where I work is 140lb/300gsm. It stands up to all my dry, wet, and layered applications. Sold in a three-pack, it also remains the best regular-price value that I've found:
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Here’s the set that contains the pen I’m using:
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And another inexpensive option on Amazon:
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Any pen will do.
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