Art Meditation: Intuitive Painting (Watercolor)

Painting (especially with watercolours) can be a very meditative and healing experience. Creative activities bring you into the now moment, you can allow yourself to turn your mind off and connect with yourself on a deeper level. And this is the main goal of this workshop: to let your head rest, turn off the noise of the world and connect with yourself.

Watercolor is an exceptional medium to do an art meditation with. Its unpredictability and liquid nature encourage and enhance the experience of flow and surrender. This can feel like a breath of fresh air. But it can also shed light on some shadow aspects within yourself that actually hinder feeling peaceful and relaxed on a daily basis.

We start and end the workshop with a little meditation, bringing your attention into this space and moment, and while painting there is no need to achieve any results. The instructor will show some abstract watercolor techniques that you can use, and then we play with the water, paint (and perhaps some additional mediums) and see where it takes us. We observe and create. It’s totally fine if nothing “beautiful” comes out.

The most important thing is to stay present with your sensations and feelings. You are encouraged to write notes about what emotions and thoughts are rising up, so that you can continue the inner work with these aspects at a later time.