The holidays are over. Let’s take a deeeeep breath.
My #1 way to get my students to relax before doing art is COLOR BREATHING.
The blank below is the visual for this lesson.
Directive:
1.) Breathe in the color of PEACE. (or wisdom, or understanding, or…)
2.) Breathe out the color of ANXIETY (or fear, or anger, or… )
Remember YOU get to decide what color stands for what feeling.
The first time the student comes to my class I have them color this sheet
and they will certainly remember for future classes.
We take 2 minutes at the beginning of every class and COLOR BREATHE.
(3 times in, slowly, and 3 times out slowly). This relaxes them to do their best work…
AND, hopefully they will remember to do this during their every day situations.
![](https://artwithapurposebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/color-breathing-245x300.jpg)
One student example
So, decide on your colors and start breathing.