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Art and Music Therapy during the Coronavirus,April 20, 2020
When I was at Hollins University, in Virginia, I continued to take piano lessons because it was how I calmed myself. I was never really good at playing the piano in front of people, but later when my children were small, I taught piano. It was a way I could make money and stay home. […]
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Art Supplies…
WATERCOLOR SUPPLIES I USE: Tube paints. Get at least a blue, yellow, and red. I prefer cobalt blue, perm. rose, and cadmium yellow. I also use Holbein peach black, and Holbein royal blue. For white, I use the paper, or to make corrections, I use Acrylic titanium white. Watercolor paper: 140 lb. Arches or Fabriano, […]
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Paint Therapy is the way I am healing from the death of my marriage.
I was married for 31 years, and I never wanted to get divorced. For reasons I won’t go into in this article, I could not live with lies any longer, and finally at age 59, got divorced. I realize now, that without my painting hobby, I would not be making progress being alone in my […]
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Why Paint Therapy?
Alone with a baby, and no one to talk to, I began experimenting with watercolor as a hobby. While I painted, I took my anxious thoughts to another dimension and discovered that I wanted to live there. Later, with two small children, there was hardly time to paint, but I tried to fit in the […]
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Paint Therapy: Painting from photographs in watercolor
I just uploaded my book to amazon.com, yah!! Now to learn how to get these blog posts to stick. This is 3rd attempt. I should watch the videos! check out my etsy shop to purchase a download of my book or go to amazon.com in a few days.
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The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Jilly Willy Art
Focusing on the creative, meditative process – not the product
Jilly Willy Art 