I feel you! Maybe it helps if we don't fill it with a design but with a color (I think chosing a color takes less mental energy than coming up with a design)
The designs don’t have to be perfect. No one needs to ever see them. They don’t need to be different in each square. Just do spirals to the middle in each one until you want to do something else. It’s like learning to journal. At first you just write, even if you write: “I’m writing this but I don’t know what to say. I’ll do one more sentence in this paragraph. “Here’s a new paragraph. I still don’t know what to write.” Eventually the mind loosens up. That’s all you want. Good luck!
For those of you with decision fatigue/anxiety: If you don't know what to draw, sometimes just putting paint on paper with no design/plan is very therapeutic.
@@ayselewandowskalisten to Ellen Langer’s RUclips … Mindfulness expert 40yrs Harvard Prof… she said If you worry about a decision being right… make the decision right! In other words just say this is the right decision and it will be because you have made it so. Her Book The Mindful Body is awesome! Cheers
@@ayselewandowskaYou have to find out about the reason for your decision fatigue and anxiety. There is always a reason. Mostly it has got something to do with childhood trauma.
For those of you saying "I'll get more worked up thinking of new designs" You can just randomly doodle instead or if you have color pencils or markers you can do the same design multiple times with different colors or even just color in the boxes a solid color :)
I love love love this. I was/am an artist and lost my heart. Your videos have inspired me to start doing small easy pieces and just have fun and start living again. Have a beautiful, peaceful day!
I love the fact that this gorgeous piece of art can be done with like 2 cheap markers. This video proves that you don’t need so much expensive non affordable supplies to make art 😊
I am grieving the loss of my fiance who passed away last week. These drawing videos have been helping me cope with his loss. It's excruciating and painful to live without him... drawing and folowing along with this RUclipsr in my own sketchbook has helped and made things more bareable for me. Thank you, Tamara.
It never gets easier....but it does get bearable....I had 3 beloved taken in the so called covid....all in 12 days. Best friend Sister Liz 59....12-23-21....then the next day Mother Mary 79....12-24-21.... then Brother Chris 57....01-05-22. I have done some art since then but jus can't seem to finish anything. I will get my groove back soon. I was in between my 2 siblings....Daddy Paul passed on 09-25-1018.....the 6 months later Brother Joe....53....03-01-19. Death is the worst emotional trauma ever.....if it wasn't for my FAITH in Jesus Yeshua I wouldn't be here.
And so sorry for the lose of your fiancé....and my Daughter who will be 40 next month and planned on getting married next month as well is dealing with the possibility of her fiancé having lung cancer....he has his biopsy August 1st....his full body scan on June 19th after his car accident is when the spots on his left lung were seen....also her Dad aka my X Husband passed in September 2020 at the age of 64. LIFE....none of will escape this planet without pain suffering....it is alot more comforting to have GOD JEHOVAH JIREH help us through it all.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one this stressed out. Haha I feel like drawing different sized squares and rectangles would do me in. But you never know! I find spirals to be relaxing though.
There's no shame in the ruler/stencil game if you want perfect rectangles/squares. Graph paper/dotted bullet paper could also help you help yourself drawing free-hand. There's no rules anywhere that you have to be perfect and draw beautiful things only in order to draw. Plus, it's for your mental health so no one needs to see it. If it turns out good enough you want to share it- fine. No pressure though, you make the rules and hold all the cards ❤🎉
@user-gh1pj3tr5t do you know any women with undiscovered ADHD may sound simple to you much harder in minds. Perfectionism is what you are reading and knowing we can not do it is harder. Officially wasn't told ADHD till 5 yrs ago. Simple things aren't so simple
@@guppy0536ADHD is a superpower! Yay you! You can do many many things others cannot do…. Change the story you tell yourself, that you can’t do things…. tell you self you can do these things! … Cheers
Reminds me of the old "Zentangles" books. Funny how you can reframe "doodling" into a mindfulness/mental heath practice. (Not being sarcastic - really! From small things, mama, big things one day come!)
this works with blobs and circles just as well :) you dont even need the blobs! it can be a freestyle zen tangle if you draw a bunch of lines at random on the page and then use the negative space to draw your doodles in. or you can always just draw ugly boxes and trust that itll be okay anyways 😁
Hello Tamaria. I have major anxiety and panic attacks and I’m agoraphobic. My sister went out and bought my adult anxiety coloring books and markers. I went through three in two weeks. I’ve gone through about 10 in about 2-4 months. I actually started sketching again. Something I haven’t done in the past 30 years. Boy was I rusty. But I didn’t realize how much the anxiety had blocked and kept me from so much I used to love doing. I don’t do it every day. I still have bad days. I still have major agoraphobia. I still don’t leave the house but my time IN the house isn’t as anxious as it used to be. When I do HAVE TO go out I take a sketch book or coloring book to keep my mind occupied and my meds to make it a little less traumatic. I’m not healed just a little less edgy and I’m drawing and coloring again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening that door and releasing a lock that has my world a bit less anxious to live in.
Thank you for reminding me how much doodling helps me think, calm down and feel overall serenity. It also helps me focus! I don’t doodle like I used to now that smart phones have happened and I really missed it. We doodle similar doodles and watching you made me really get my butt in gear and just do it 🙏🏻 Thank you!!
It makes me anxious just thinking about drawing boxes while anxious. I don’t draw, so doing so while anxious would make me hyper fixate and make my anxiety way worse. I wish this could work for me! It looks beautiful!
Meanwhile just looking at this short I feel frustrated and inadequate because there's no way mine would go that well 😂 Everyone says "practice makes perfect" but no matter how many years I spend drawing I'm never getting much better at precision and easily mess things up.
What I’ve had to learn as a beginner artist is that I have to let go of trying to make things perfect. I feel a visceral reaction when I see art that’s meant to be eaten or destroyed because it takes me so long to like something that destroying it would break my heart. But there’s something really cathartic about being able to let it go and let the “destruction” of it become apart of the art.
I am an artist and still all I see is more for my mind to over think in this situation 😂 which pattern next, which pattern should go where and no that patteren doesn't look right beside that one. OCD and the perfectionist show their face and to hell with not over thinking, now not a clue what was I doing this for in the first place 😂
I'm not an artist at all, but I do this sometimes. My designs look terrible, more random geometric shapes than cute plants like in the video. But that's not really the point - it keeps my hands busy while I'm in a boring meeting so my mind can focus on what I'm hearing.
somehow when I try to do this on my own, I just stare at the paper with this inner feeling as though my head is being pressed from within and into within at the same time, and this sensation always reminds me of panic attacks. I know that it can have a calming effect on some people, but for me this technique just makes my anxiety levels perk up.
yall - if you can't draw boxes, draw circles. if you can't draw circles, draw triangles. if you don't like those, draw squiggles. then connect them and you will have random shapes. then fill them in with color pens or pencils. sometimes I just focus on randomizing the colors on my doodles to keep one color from touching the other. the point is to shut of your mind to negativity. it really works!
everyones saying that they would stress out about the designs, I would stress about drawing the boxes perfect bonus points for stressing bout finding the right pen and paper aswell
This is so good. I don’t know these advanced designs, but I can draw a single line difference ways: Snake, zig zag, swirl, circle, loop, etc. And shapes of course. Even random emojis.
Pinterest is your bestie when not knowing what designs you want to draw, as the cliché goes; your only limit is your imagination and the possibilities are endless ❤
Thanks for sharing this activity. I did this earlier and it was refreshing, to take time out to draw and be present. I added colours to some doodles. The resulting page is like having a mini wall of art!
This is really cool! I like this idea because I tend to get overwhelmed trying to draw detailed pictures or just staring at a whole blank page and feeling overwhelmed, and this creates a great structure to just play with lots of small designs
I actually tried doing this. My first thought was, " I can't even draw a straight line," and chuckled about it. But I kept drawing my crooked boxes and started drawing random pictures. Before I knew it I started to relax. 😊 Thanks for sharing. I will keep doing this.
This was sooo useful!!! Idk what happened but I just drew the boxes and then design just popped up nto my brain I guess.During this holiday I have been soo bored and this realyy helped me !! So thank you!!
Wish your videos were longer, more of a tutorial for those of us who don’t have the imagination, yet! for drawing so many different designs. Your work is beautiful! I can’t draw to save my life but I’d love to try this. A longer video would be great.
My mom used to doodle. Just drawing anything. Maybe a bird or something she may have written a short story about,, usually something like moving furniture around in the house or something she wanted to add on to the house or a crude drawing of me. She could think up anything in her head. Unfortunately I only got a piece of her artistic thinking. I did get her calmness though.
I'll get more worked up thinking of new designs to make in each box😭
I feel you! Maybe it helps if we don't fill it with a design but with a color (I think chosing a color takes less mental energy than coming up with a design)
literally i was thinking ""oo filling in boxes w color seems v relaxing!!"
then she said to draw in designs and i was like "naaauurr"
😂😂😂
The designs don’t have to be perfect. No one needs to ever see them. They don’t need to be different in each square. Just do spirals to the middle in each one until you want to do something else.
It’s like learning to journal. At first you just write, even if you write: “I’m writing this but I don’t know what to say. I’ll do one more sentence in this paragraph.
“Here’s a new paragraph. I still don’t know what to write.”
Eventually the mind loosens up. That’s all you want.
Good luck!
That’s the good part of it. Try random ideas. It doesn’t have to be perfect. You should enjoy it.
Me..who dont even know these many designs exists😂😂
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1k likes and only 2 replies let me fix that....
@@Yuvi_01234 thanks for reminding....me who dont even know i got 1k likes 😀😂
@@civilengineer194 lel... 😂
For those of you with decision fatigue/anxiety: If you don't know what to draw, sometimes just putting paint on paper with no design/plan is very therapeutic.
Anyone has an idea on how to get rid of this decision fatigue/anxiety?
@@ayselewandowskalisten to Ellen Langer’s RUclips … Mindfulness expert 40yrs Harvard Prof… she said If you worry about a decision being right… make the decision right! In other words just say this is the right decision and it will be because you have made it so.
Her Book The Mindful Body is awesome! Cheers
@@ayselewandowskaYou have to find out about the reason for your decision fatigue and anxiety. There is always a reason. Mostly it has got something to do with childhood trauma.
@@sonja_rademacher oh yeah, I've got lots of those.
Thanks for your reply🙂
@@ayselewandowska I wish you the very best. You've come so far and you deserve a happy life. 😊
It looks good but I will have a mental break down just by thinking which design I should draw 😭
same bro🥹
Us bro us😢
Same 💀
Same 😢
Do some lines, dots, squares... This exercise isn't a design test
For those of you saying "I'll get more worked up thinking of new designs" You can just randomly doodle instead or if you have color pencils or markers you can do the same design multiple times with different colors or even just color in the boxes a solid color :)
Thank you I’ll try it
Thanks!
exactly bro people never understand the intention, they only see whats done!!!
Nah i would get worked up over not getting the shape perfect instead 💀
LMAO
I love love love this. I was/am an artist and lost my heart. Your videos have inspired me to start doing small easy pieces and just have fun and start living again. Have a beautiful, peaceful day!
This lady always knows how to satisfy her viewers 💕
❤
True❤
Can anyone tell me which sketch pen she used??
Your music. Your drawings. So clear and calm. Bless you.
I love the fact that this gorgeous piece of art can be done with like 2 cheap markers. This video proves that you don’t need so much expensive non affordable supplies to make art 😊
These are some fantastic bullet journal decorators.
😮.how perfect and smooth her rectangles was
I am grieving the loss of my fiance who passed away last week. These drawing videos have been helping me cope with his loss. It's excruciating and painful to live without him... drawing and folowing along with this RUclipsr in my own sketchbook has helped and made things more bareable for me. Thank you, Tamara.
My deepest sympathies ❤
I hope you are okay now.... ❤
It never gets easier....but it does get bearable....I had 3 beloved taken in the so called covid....all in 12 days. Best friend Sister Liz 59....12-23-21....then the next day Mother Mary 79....12-24-21.... then Brother Chris 57....01-05-22. I have done some art since then but jus can't seem to finish anything. I will get my groove back soon. I was in between my 2 siblings....Daddy Paul passed on 09-25-1018.....the 6 months later Brother Joe....53....03-01-19. Death is the worst emotional trauma ever.....if it wasn't for my FAITH in Jesus Yeshua I wouldn't be here.
And so sorry for the lose of your fiancé....and my Daughter who will be 40 next month and planned on getting married next month as well is dealing with the possibility of her fiancé having lung cancer....he has his biopsy August 1st....his full body scan on June 19th after his car accident is when the spots on his left lung were seen....also her Dad aka my X Husband passed in September 2020 at the age of 64. LIFE....none of will escape this planet without pain suffering....it is alot more comforting to have GOD JEHOVAH JIREH help us through it all.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one this stressed out. Haha I feel like drawing different sized squares and rectangles would do me in. But you never know! I find spirals to be relaxing though.
Step 1: Be extremely good at art
Step 2: Don’t be a perfectionist
Step 3: Draw the most gorgeous thing ever
There's no shame in the ruler/stencil game if you want perfect rectangles/squares. Graph paper/dotted bullet paper could also help you help yourself drawing free-hand. There's no rules anywhere that you have to be perfect and draw beautiful things only in order to draw. Plus, it's for your mental health so no one needs to see it. If it turns out good enough you want to share it- fine. No pressure though, you make the rules and hold all the cards ❤🎉
@@raes9374 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰thank you for saying that sometimes we need to hear this
@user-gh1pj3tr5t do you know any women with undiscovered ADHD may sound simple to you much harder in minds. Perfectionism is what you are reading and knowing we can not do it is harder. Officially wasn't told ADHD till 5 yrs ago. Simple things aren't so simple
@@guppy0536ADHD is a superpower! Yay you! You can do many many things others cannot do…. Change the story you tell yourself, that you can’t do things…. tell you self you can do these things! … Cheers
@user-gh1pj3tr5t i can't draw that well
Reminds me of the old "Zentangles" books. Funny how you can reframe "doodling" into a mindfulness/mental heath practice. (Not being sarcastic - really! From small things, mama, big things one day come!)
Hats off to the artist 🙂
I'll end up getting more angry realising that I can't even draw boxes💀
this works with blobs and circles just as well :) you dont even need the blobs! it can be a freestyle zen tangle if you draw a bunch of lines at random on the page and then use the negative space to draw your doodles in. or you can always just draw ugly boxes and trust that itll be okay anyways 😁
^
Can anyone tell me which sketch pen she used??
Hello Tamaria. I have major anxiety and panic attacks and I’m agoraphobic. My sister went out and bought my adult anxiety coloring books and markers. I went through three in two weeks. I’ve gone through about 10 in about 2-4 months. I actually started sketching again. Something I haven’t done in the past 30 years. Boy was I rusty. But I didn’t realize how much the anxiety had blocked and kept me from so much I used to love doing. I don’t do it every day. I still have bad days. I still have major agoraphobia. I still don’t leave the house but my time IN the house isn’t as anxious as it used to be. When I do HAVE TO go out I take a sketch book or coloring book to keep my mind occupied and my meds to make it a little less traumatic. I’m not healed just a little less edgy and I’m drawing and coloring again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening that door and releasing a lock that has my world a bit less anxious to live in.
Love this. Tamara has a wonderful creative mind and skills to unleash it.
Thank you for reminding me how much doodling helps me think, calm down and feel overall serenity.
It also helps me focus!
I don’t doodle like I used to now that smart phones have happened and I really missed it.
We doodle similar doodles and watching you made me really get my butt in gear and just do it 🙏🏻
Thank you!!
It makes me anxious just thinking about drawing boxes while anxious. I don’t draw, so doing so while anxious would make me hyper fixate and make my anxiety way worse. I wish this could work for me! It looks beautiful!
Maybe try it first. You can try it while in a more creative or relaxed mood
Just by looking this short I feel calm
Really ❤❤
Meanwhile just looking at this short I feel frustrated and inadequate because there's no way mine would go that well 😂 Everyone says "practice makes perfect" but no matter how many years I spend drawing I'm never getting much better at precision and easily mess things up.
this could be a beautiful journal design cover
Love this energy!
I would love this as an accent wall.
such a good idea! It's very zentangly!
What I’ve had to learn as a beginner artist is that I have to let go of trying to make things perfect. I feel a visceral reaction when I see art that’s meant to be eaten or destroyed because it takes me so long to like something that destroying it would break my heart. But there’s something really cathartic about being able to let it go and let the “destruction” of it become apart of the art.
It probably wouldn't help me clear my mind to do it myself but it was very relaxing to watch!! Would also enjoy a long version of it :)
This beat is 🔥 for improv
Dude this is genius art
Disclaimer: it works if you’re an artist already
What i was thinking too 🤔 😢
I am an artist and still all I see is more for my mind to over think in this situation 😂 which pattern next, which pattern should go where and no that patteren doesn't look right beside that one. OCD and the perfectionist show their face and to hell with not over thinking, now not a clue what was I doing this for in the first place 😂
I'm not an artist at all, but I do this sometimes. My designs look terrible, more random geometric shapes than cute plants like in the video. But that's not really the point - it keeps my hands busy while I'm in a boring meeting so my mind can focus on what I'm hearing.
Dude its soo... satisfying to watch only😊
This is so awesome 🎉I truly appreciated that I resonated and even felted at ease while watching it
Zentangle, very relaxing
I did similar drawings back in the school,it calmed my stress down during lessons i had problems to keep up
Thank you for posting this fantastic video.
i actually find just drawing the squares rlly fun..!
Me 2
Love the added touch of the brush pen!
somehow when I try to do this on my own, I just stare at the paper with this inner feeling as though my head is being pressed from within and into within at the same time, and this sensation always reminds me of panic attacks. I know that it can have a calming effect on some people, but for me this technique just makes my anxiety levels perk up.
yall - if you can't draw boxes, draw circles. if you can't draw circles, draw triangles. if you don't like those, draw squiggles. then connect them and you will have random shapes. then fill them in with color pens or pencils. sometimes I just focus on randomizing the colors on my doodles to keep one color from touching the other. the point is to shut of your mind to negativity. it really works!
I like your simple no brainer exercise. I always got stuck on what to put in my blank sheet.
everyones saying that they would stress out about the designs, I would stress about drawing the boxes perfect
bonus points for stressing bout finding the right pen and paper aswell
This is so good. I don’t know these advanced designs, but I can draw a single line difference ways: Snake, zig zag, swirl, circle, loop, etc. And shapes of course. Even random emojis.
Don’t worry about what design to make, look up doodle designs and pick ones that look easy and fun and don’t overthink what goes where if you can ❤
it almost gave me anxiety that the boxes were touching until the drop shadows were added
Great doodle ideas! I would like to try this as like a design.
So soothing ❤
Pinterest is your bestie when not knowing what designs you want to draw, as the cliché goes; your only limit is your imagination and the possibilities are endless ❤
I'm going to do this. Looks fun and soothing. 😊
My mind was actually more emptied and at peace with the empty boxes rather than the filled ones. The end result is a lot for my mind to take in.
Oooooo, this is so good! Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for sharing this activity. I did this earlier and it was refreshing, to take time out to draw and be present. I added colours to some doodles.
The resulting page is like having a mini wall of art!
These were my favourite designs illustrations thanks for the reminder.❤
So pretty. Beautiful enough to frame.
I learned to doodle from my Dad…I used to do it at work while on long phone calls.
Girl
That is GORGEOUS 😍
I am speechless 😊😊
After I completed this, I felt start craving to perfect painting on each designs with anxiety.
Omg I love your pen holder!!
Great idea! Will try this tomorrow. Thanks :)
This is really cool! I like this idea because I tend to get overwhelmed trying to draw detailed pictures or just staring at a whole blank page and feeling overwhelmed, and this creates a great structure to just play with lots of small designs
It's look like a Doodle...🥰
For someone Who has depression (me) this will help a lot thx ☺️
I actually tried doing this. My first thought was, " I can't even draw a straight line," and chuckled about it. But I kept drawing my crooked boxes and started drawing random pictures. Before I knew it I started to relax. 😊 Thanks for sharing. I will keep doing this.
What a great idea, even if one doesn't need to slow their minds down! I'm trying it tonight, with colours too!
I love visual asmr like this. You should do a long version without text or moving or the frame.
That very satisfying😮😊❤🎨🌹
Incredibly calming indeed 😍
my mind would be steaming about what to draw next in each box 😂
This looks so calming!! Hehe
This was sooo useful!!! Idk what happened but I just drew the boxes and then design just popped up nto my brain I guess.During this holiday I have been soo bored and this realyy helped me !! So thank you!!
What a lovely drawing 🤩🤩🤩
😊
Amazing. I can relate. I have been a doodler since I was able to write in school. It eases my mind.
Too beautiful 🤩
So relaxing
Just watching helps slow my mind down.
So cute! Great tip for me to implement ’cause I absolutely love sketching during my down time. 🙃🤍
You’ve definitely got a new subscriber in me lol! 🥳
Thanks for such a nice idea ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
You know, I used to do this as a kid - had no idea this was a ‘thing’ 😊 thank you for sharing ❤
Definitely soothing to me
Even watching this helps so much
When i was a kid i used to paint the whole paper with just one colour.
These are exactly what I like to doodle most of the time
You have a lot patience 😌
It looks 3D and I can’t believe how easily it is made amazing 🤩
How are your squares so perfect? Damn girl... I'll be erasing more than I'll be doodling 😢
Wish your videos were longer, more of a tutorial for those of us who don’t have the imagination, yet! for drawing so many different designs. Your work is beautiful! I can’t draw to save my life but I’d love to try this. A longer video would be great.
Wonderfull thanks for uploading
Whatever u do with ur hands it's magical❤
Drawing makes me calm myself down and helps in distracting myself from surrounding..
Thats is so cute I love stuff like this ❤
I do something similar but with eyes. I fill the page with blank eyes and then draw em differently usually in a “trippy” art style
Thank u soo much! It helped me alot!!!
Love this idea thank you!!
Def I’ll try this 🙏🏻
Wow so beautiful
My mom used to doodle. Just drawing anything. Maybe a bird or something she may have written a short story about,, usually something like moving furniture around in the house or something she wanted to add on to the house or a crude drawing of me. She could think up anything in her head. Unfortunately I only got a piece of her artistic thinking. I did get her calmness though.
This is beautiful and relaxing to *watch* but I could never.
Relaxing!
Lovely meditation