“This is Sheila the starfish (she/her). Sheila loves to hang out on the beach with the shells. I really enjoying the painting process and...

“Water makes me feel at peace. Creating this was soothing. I made this brush myself by fiddling around and I was surprised at how well it...

“This dot mandala took me around 7 sessions to create. It didn’t require much thought except for choosing the colours. It was something I...

“For a while now I’ve been noticing that I find it soothing to do this process. A big squiggle to get out energy, and then some beads....

“When I started this it had been a darkish two weeks in terms of mental health. I like being amongst nature and being with plants. I felt...

“This took me a while to figure out how I wanted the lighting to look. I have been playing around with lighting and perspective. It was...

“I hope this artwork makes others smile because I got really dark and needed this. I’ve always found the pride rainbow peaceful and it...

“This is my dream bedroom. It has elements from my actual bedroom. Thanks Rae for creating this monkey pealing off skin sticker! I also...

“This is my experience restrictive eating, self harming and being overcome by my obsessions. Recently, my obsessive anxiety has been...

Sha’an d’Anthes offered an insightful artistic approach to help with creative burnout, which I have found is also effective for tackling...

“I started the session feeling a bit frustrated but Lego helps regulate me. I used a random generator as I was too irritated to think of...

“This is my safe place. I like it when there is heavy rain. It makes me feel really calm. Reading and working out make me feel happy and...

“I found this activity very soothing and my eye/hand coordination improved over the sessions. The reason I did this Dimond Painting is...

“Rae and I had a look at all my artworks I made over the past year or more. Then cut up the interesting bits and stuck them onto an old...

“This is Patrick (he/they/it). He started as a little blob and then I thought it would be fun to give them eyes. I then added colour for...

“I didn’t like it the way I painted it and found it hard to look at. Rae invited me to flip it around and for some reason it makes me...

“I do random little pictures, whatever comes out onto the page. I did this over a few sessions. I go through phases of liking to draw...

“This is one of my wings of fire OCs, she’s a hivewing and I’ve been working on making drawings of her for about a week now and I think...

“This drawing is about the moment you find out that someone has died, referencing a song called ‘In the Backseat’ by Arcade Fire; “The...

“If there was an invisible hand helping me it would be the safe space that having art therapy does to my soul. The ability to create and...