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!
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.
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’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
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.
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.
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!)
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!!
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 😊
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!
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!
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.
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 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 😁
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
Hello dr Katrina ❤ this drawing is amazing. I could feel my mind relaxing as I watched each step of this beautiful design😊. Peace and blessings to you.
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.
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.
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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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What
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. 😊
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
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
Your music. Your drawings. So clear and calm. Bless you.
This lady always knows how to satisfy her viewers 💕
❤
True❤
Can anyone tell me which sketch pen she used??
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!
such a good idea! It's very zentangly!
These are some fantastic bullet journal decorators.
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.
i actually find just drawing the squares rlly fun..!
Me 2
Love this energy!
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 ❤
Dude this is genius art
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.
this could be a beautiful journal design cover
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
Hats off to the artist 🙂
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.
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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.
Dude its soo... satisfying to watch only😊
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!)
I would love this as an accent wall.
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.
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!!
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 😊
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 :)
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!
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!
This is so awesome 🎉I truly appreciated that I resonated and even felted at ease while watching it
This beat is 🔥 for improv
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.
Thanks for such a nice idea ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
So soothing ❤
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
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??
So pretty. Beautiful enough to frame.
Love the added touch of the brush pen!
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!
Zentangle, very relaxing
These were my favourite designs illustrations thanks for the reminder.❤
I love this idea!! Thank you for sharing!!
Love the art idea and love love the music
Simply beautiful!! ❤❤❤
This looks so calming!! Hehe
Definitely soothing to me
Incredibly calming indeed 😍
my mind would be steaming about what to draw next in each box 😂
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.
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
absolutely amazing 👍♥️
Really ❤❤
Love this idea thank you!!
Amazing. I can relate. I have been a doodler since I was able to write in school. It eases my mind.
What a great idea, even if one doesn't need to slow their minds down! I'm trying it tonight, with colours too!
I like your simple no brainer exercise. I always got stuck on what to put in my blank sheet.
Girl
That is GORGEOUS 😍
Even watching this helps so much
Just watching helps slow my mind down.
Great doodle ideas! I would like to try this as like a design.
I'm going to do this. Looks fun and soothing. 😊
Que hermoso!!! Me encantó todas las formas de la misma temática!!! Hermosa composición!!!
That very satisfying😮😊❤🎨🌹
Oooooo, this is so good! Thanks for sharing this!
Love this.. therapeutic art ❤❤❤
For someone Who has depression (me) this will help a lot thx ☺️
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! Going to try right now before I have to dive into work!
Whatever u do with ur hands it's magical❤
Great idea! Will try this tomorrow. Thanks :)
Love this. Definitely going to give this a try. ❤
Love this ❤i like to paint to..to Watch this..😊it gives me inspiration and peace ❤ its beautiful ❤️
This is beautiful and relaxing to *watch* but I could never.
😊my heart slowed just reading the title 😊
What a lovely drawing 🤩🤩🤩
😊
Omg I love your pen holder!!
I made it and found satisfying😌
Hello dr Katrina ❤ this drawing is amazing. I could feel my mind relaxing as I watched each step of this beautiful design😊. Peace and blessings to you.
After I completed this, I felt start craving to perfect painting on each designs with anxiety.
You have a lot patience 😌
Wow! Im not artistic, but i think i could do that. Thank you❤
I love visual asmr like this. You should do a long version without text or moving or the frame.
I love your channel, it’s so creative and so genius!! 🌹🦋🦄
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.
Def I’ll try this 🙏🏻
Love this idea❤
Everything is nice , but the pencil or pen box😂😂❤❤
Needed this :’)
I'm going to try this today! ❤😊
wow! that looks great.
Wow thank you for sharing 🙏☀️
This video is really relaxing😍
Love this. brb making my own
I enjoyed watching you creating that nice picture😊
I learned to doodle from my Dad…I used to do it at work while on long phone calls.
Wonderfull thanks for uploading
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.
i’ll for sure do this❤❤❤❤