The Art of Self Care starts by discussing the benefits of art, how to get your space, mind and body prepared.
Jessica discusses the importance of being intune with yourself and your work, and gives examples and discussion on how to help with creative expression - such as walking, meditating, exercise and other self care, reflective exercises.
Then, Jessica goes on to discuss the anxieties of art. The self-doubt and sabotage that comes with presenting yourself using the art form. This section aims to give the reader a boost, so that they can have the confidence to produce their own work and feel the benefits of art.
The book then goes into prompts things like your 'current feelings' and 'finish the sentence....' to give the artist ideas. These are particularly useful if you feel overwhelmed with the choices for drawing.
Overall, 'The art of Self Care' helps the reader to get a step into art. Jessica goes into what media the artist can use, the benefits on the mind and body when being creative in art. and the anxiety of producing art. The text is positive, bright and in general gave me inspiration to pick up a pencil and paint brush. I felt like it gave me some ideas on what to draw. The book is littered with lovely, bright print art that gives you a nice serotonin boost.

Art is wonderful for self-care, and this book is a good guide to dare doing art, even if you don't feel artsy or creative. There are a lot of art pictures that can give you inspiration if you don't know how to start.

Thank you to the publisher who provided me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I Love the encouragement to use art for thearpy. This book is for everyone. I fell art is therapeutic to begain with. I think everyone can benefit fom art thearpy. This book is a great way to start.
Thank you NetGalley, the publisher and the author so i can review the arc.

I think art therapy is a great tool to help people deal with past traumas. This book is full of great tools to help get started and learn to see within yourself and bring it out on paper. The book is interesting and the art inside is beautiful.

I always like seeing art as therapy. In Art for Self-Care, we get just that! Like most self-help books, the author is repetitive with their message(s) and Ms. Swift is no exception. The book felt like reading an illustrated pep talk from a friend. I appreciated how she told her own story to make herself more relatable and broke up the monotony of the text. I really enjoyed the prompts provided & her artwork is beautiful. If you want more guidance with techniques and tools and less talk, skip over to page 66.

"Don't regurgitate; innovate."

Rating:
Text: 3 ⭐
Artwork throughout: 5 ⭐
Techniques/Tips: 5 ⭐

Overall: 4 ⭐

Thank you NetGalley for providing an advanced reader copy. All quote(s) are being used prior to editing.