How amazing is that?
Then another student backed this up saying that during one of the sessions he'd had a migraine but that he decided to work through it. He became aware that while concentrating on the painting and its difficulties and challenges, his pain was clearly being masked, until he was driving home afterwards.
I have long been suggesting that doctors ought to prescribe drawing classes (by that, I mean challenging classes, the ones that feel hard, so you're really learning!) because of the mental break it gives from other things in busy, stressed lives. A couple of my GP students have agreed. But this is the first time I have been made aware that students have relief from pain while drawing - perhaps its that the pain is transferred to the difficulty of the task. Whatever the reason, it seems that creative focus is not only important for mental health, but physical health too.
Below is my third tree painting in oils - I relaized whn I posted number 4 that I hadn't put up number 3. 10in x 10in.
next up - Water colour workshop, Portrait workshop, Illustration Workshop, Oils and portraits.
email julie@juliedouglas.co.uk for info.
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