Gallery
Be Kind Books
Mental Health Awareness
About the Artist
Contact

Search...

Contact Artist

Name(required)

Email(required)

Message(required)

Support an Artist with A ‘Like’

Facebook Pagelike Widget

Follow on Instagram

rebeccacooperartist

Time. Shorter days are the only part of Fall i hav

Time. Shorter days are the only part of Fall i have a difficult time adjusting to each year... One day at a time. 🍁🍂

The older i get the more i see that everything in life is given to us to learn from and make us stronger & wiser...

Some lessons are difficult to understand and endure...

Some experiences are rewarding reminders we're on the right path, or revealing to us a need to change... 🍁🍂

And some experiences are opportunities to help others.

So nothing, even the hard stuff, should be dismissed. I usually find that eventually, theres a lesson in it all to learn. It's all for our good. ☮️

When it's challenging, just give it time, one day at a time. 💚 That's what i tell myself anyways, when life gets to feeling like I'm stuck in the mud, like the days, the daylight getting shorter... 🥴☺️ #holdon
.
.
.
.
.
#sketchaday #sketchdaily #dailysketch #drawdaily #dailydrawing

Around the same time that I began my sketch-a-day

Around the same time that I began my sketch-a-day challenge, I also assigned Saturday's for an 'Art Therapy' REAL feelings day. A day where I unload all the vulnerable difficult to share emotions into visual format.

What was weighing heavy on my mind today as I sat down and intentionally opened myself up, giving myself permission to be sad, be angry, be all the 'not-so-popular' feelings, the feelings we stuff away because we WANT to be happy, we WANT to be positive as often as possible - right?

I thought of those who feel afraid to speak up and ask for help... maybe they are afraid to answer honestly the question "how are you feeling?" because they don't want to burden others. They don't want others to feel obligated to try and fix it - or they simply just don't want to be part of a conversation where the other is attempting to fix what - honestly - can't be in the way they are trying to... it's something much deeper... it's something that feels like an impossible tangled mess...

I thought of those who are relieved to finally have happy productive days, but that wave of depression came back - AGAIN. Feeling defeated once again... they don't want to let others know that they're down, again, struggling with those dark thoughts and feelings - AGAIN...

I thought of those who don't know what's wrong in their head, but they feel crazy, trapped, and afraid... but it's easier to pretend to be happy and everything 'is fine'...

This hand across my mouth in this self-portrait illustrates what it feels like to be the one who seems to always be depressed or struggling with something emotional - so you feel obligated, too often, to just 'hush' the real feelings more than you already have shared. It's easier to live life focusing on the positive... because you know you need to.

Truth is, it's not healthy to 'stuff away the emotions'. It sounds backwards, but speaking out loud is the most helpful thing anyone with a mental health condition could do.💚 So this is why I give myself Saturdays to focus on producing an 'honest piece' to get it all out on the canvas so I'm not storing this inside me any longer. Now I share it with you so you can know that you're not alone💚

I've needed more color today. Facebook has been fi

I've needed more color today. Facebook has been filled with black & white politics, while my Instagram feed has been a refreshing escape into Art. I love the artists I follow. One great inspirational piece I discovered today was by @elioliart . Their Fall scene with beautiful lighting captured my eye. I said to myself, "I need to paint that scene for my art therapy today." So i set out to do that for today's #dailysketch . This is my version in my style ☺️🎨 🍁🍂
.
.
.
.
#sketchaday #drawdaily #dailydrawing #sketchdaily

Animals help us escape 💚 . . . . #sketchdaily #

Animals help us escape 💚
.
.
.
.
#sketchdaily #sketchaday #dailysketch #dailydrawing #drawdaily

Load More... Follow on Instagram

Recent Posts

Mindful Roots
Lighthouse Book
Gratitude For Our Heroes
How To Get Stuff Done
Be Mindful Of The Future – But Not At The Expense of The Moment

About the Artist
Portrait Painting Gallery
Order Your Painting
FAQ
Contact

© Rebecca Emily Cooper | Legal