Art Journaling for Your Mental Health with Nikalola

Hello there! My name is Nikki Jouppe aka Nikalola!

I'm an artist from Montana and I designed this class for anyone who has an interest in art journaling, and who is intrigued by the idea of supporting their mental health with their art practice.

I myself have had many years of mental health challenges and have realized how much creativity has helped me stay strong and balanced.

I start the lessons with an overview of my favorite supplies, while emphasizing that ANY supplies you use are fine and even discuss using an iPad with the Procreate app.

Some of the supplies I mentioned are linked here:

Class Materials Shown:

Spiral Mixed Media Art Journal

Cloth-bound Travelogue

Prima Marketing Watercolor Set

Pentel Water Brush Pens

Tombow Permanent Brush Pens

White Ink Pen

Washi Tape

Stickers

Envelope

Ribbon

iPad Pro

Then we will go through a few of my own art journal pages that have a mental health theme. I want to encourage my students to be free and relaxed about creating in their own personal art journal and focus instead on healing.

Next, we will get a brand new book started: with stickers on the outside and even getting a few pages messy and ready to create on.

We will do three exercises together in this class that I believe will be supportive to anyone, anywhere in their mental health journey.

I hope that this class takes away some of the stigma of mental health and helps each and every student of mine.

Special thanks to all my friends and family who have helped and supported me through my struggles and also encouraged me to teach on Skillshare!

• Hello there!
• Supplies
• Ideas and Inspo
• Let's get started!
• Exercise 1: Mental health pie chart
• Exercise 2: Notes to your younger self
• Exercise 3: Letter your mantra
• Thx and Good Luck!