![]() ![]() ![]() My first figure drawing class was at WSU, what a waste of tuition, no instruction from a tenured professor. My history: I started out sculpting, working in clay and metal. STINSON: Currently I am finishing the work on my studio, insulating, drywall, plumbing, electrical, not in that order. Talk briefly about your history with art and what you’re currently up to. I reached out to each of them to chat about their love of sketching, especially on location. Henry Stinson and Steven Reddy are two stylistically different artists I have seen out and about, peacefully sketching and illustrating the world they see. Even when the idea of drawing can be intimidating to individuals who don’t consider themselves artists, the pleasure of engaging in drawing or the pleasure of creating something can increase levels of hormones in the brain which improve happiness including dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin.” says Michelle Ferber, a local Licensed Mental Health Counselor with an MS in Art Therapy. Drawing and making art activate the reward pathways in your brain that activate flow, lower levels of cortisol, a hormone that helps the body respond to stress. Your body is calm and focused and your mind is engrossed in the lines you are creating or the strokes you are making and everything around you fades or disappears. You are less aware of what is happening around you. It is that sense of getting lost in your process. “Many people making art, but particularly people who define themselves as artists, may be aware of entering a state of ‘flow’ when drawing, painting or creating. But sketching itself is its own art form and one that is not only artistically beneficial, but often therapeutically useful as well. A quick roadmap for a complex graphic design project, later to be fleshed out. A loose blueprint for your backyard deck. A rough outline of an idea that occurred to you at the coffee shop. Sketching is often a means to an end, to some degree. ![]()
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