Atlanta's ART - Exploring Emotions

Atlanta's ART

Exploring Emotions

Get in touch with your emotions and discover how your feelings affect your perception of the world around you.

Step 1: Your Emotions

Feelings - Make a list of your feeling words.

Ask yourself questions like:

Questions:
What is my mood today?
How do I feel most of the time?
How do I feel when I am doing something new?
How do I feel at work?

How do I feel around family?

Emotions

Step 3: Sort your words into categories

Positive
When you are at your best

Negative
When things are less than ideal

Yin/Yang

Step 4: Reimagine

Reinforce or change your focus

Positive Words - Expand on these.

Negative Words - Come up with the opposite of this word.

Positive vs Negative Space

Step 2: Illustrate your words

Make a doodle that represents each of your feeling words.

Illustration Techniques

Line Drawing - continuous flow of your pencil

Shapes - use simple shapes in different configurations

Sketches - representational objects

Abstract - expression of mood

Line Drawing

Sketches

Shapes

Abstract

Step 5: Add color

Palet - Choose your favorite 2-3 colors

Prioritize -
primary color - represents your essence
secondary color - represents outside forces
accent color - optional

Color

Step 6: Perception

"Perception" is an exploration of self.
Ask yourself these questions. . .

What do these images say to you?
How do you interpret events?
How do you interact with the world based on your perceptions?