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Ardith Goodwin Journal Art Session - GAHHHH

Due to the pandemic and shelter-at-home order in her community, Ardith Goodwin and another artist decided to offer short (and free) art journal video sessions.  I've really enjoyed them, and found the one I reviewed tonight to be very good.

That lesson (GAHHH) is to work with drawing/painting emotion allowing your work not to look good or pretty...and essentially giving yourself permission to play.  So, I did.  

Having had neck pain lately, this is a representation of what that 'OW' feels like as a facial expression from the perspective of looking upward at the face.  There are so many possibilities of working in this way and exploring how facial features change based on the emotion that accompanies each one.  

  
Find the 'Journal Through It' prompts from Ardith at:  https://www.ardithgoodwin.com/blog and visit her very creative gallery of work while there.  
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