I feel better when I keep moving forward

I feel better when I expand my vision

Only child c2013 by Rob Chapman (EILF)

Alone I stand against the night surrounded by the folk who love me.

I’ve got your back. c2015 by Rob Chapman (EILF)

Without you I am strong but with you at my side we are a force to be reckoned with.

sun rise in the bus

I feel better when I am…..taking things slowly.

I feel better when I am…..standing surrounded by the beauty of the world.
This is the start of what became an amazing sunset over Beacon Hill, an act of natural beauty.

Size:A3 Sheet
Medium:Soft pastels

I feel better when I am ready to roll. That great feeling of putting your boots on ready for everything life throws your way

I feel better when I am ready to roll. That great feeling of putting your boots on ready for everything life throws your way

Realising that you are your home. Maintaining yourself and especially your mind gives you boundless freedom in life; to travel and explore from the safety of your ‘home’.

Oil on canvas

Artist Keith Pawley

Acrylic on board

Artist Keith Pawley

Acrylic on board

Artist Paul Cox

Acrylic on board

Artist Paul Cox

Coloured pencil and pastel on paper

Artist Ashley-Marie Wall

Ink and watercolour on brown paper

Artist Ashley-Marie Wall

Mixed textiles and embroidery on sacking

Artist Tara Oatley

Mixed textiles and embroidery

Artist Tara Oatley

Inspired by this poem by Mark R Slanghter
Upon a fuzzy vista – vision blurred –
I tried to focus; nothing ever solid
Came to view, but undeterred, I blinked
An eye to try again. Through the mist
A coloured hue; polychromatic flames
Had flickered at a whim; a rhythm bore
A thrumming too: a naturalistic hymn.
Behold! Were I to find a synonym to
Reproduce or recreate
The apparition of a butterfly,
Evolving through the waning vapour,
Drawing on a sigh from this romantic.
Glory be! The raging sun above
Had fired his furnace, flaming off
The hangers on. Now I saw the flare:
His time has come. He spread a tortoiseshell –
A scene of Mother Nature at her best.
I lay in peace in knowing I was blessed.

Monoprinted drawing, collage and pastel

Artist Jo Newbold

Fabric, beads and Embroidery

Artist Tracey

Tapestry

Artist Rit

Dont be upset by people that are negative towards you

Multi media assemblage

Artist, Val

I feel better when I am immersed in nature

I feel better when I am grounded

When there is nothing to stop me daydreaming and I can watch the world around me, I feel better.

I made this in the youth centre at my college, and when I made this piece. I made lots of friends in the process.

I love sweets and chocolate, they are my solution to when I feel down, and they make me feel happier. This art work shows my favourite sweets and chocolates.

i like drawing it makes me feel positive

Ceramic

Artist Jo Newbold

I enjoyed creating my landscape using Blender. I find it easier and more enjoyable to create digitally with 3D modelling, than with photography or painting. The outcome of the piece was a complete surprise to myself and it thought that it looked better than what I had envisioned.

Felt sunshine, clouds and rain

Mixed Media canvas made with cardboard, paints and stamps

Colours of Autumn in acrylic

Sunset at Sea in Acrylic

I am happy when I do hair, ballet and listen to music

I am happy when I am doing ballet

Originally this was a photograph of a leaf i saw a face in and photographed and transformed it into what my mind saw…

Seascape in West WALES PEMBROKESHIRE… This photo makes me feel Dreamy and faraway and drifting….

Here I have created a piece of art showing different things that make me happy, such as art, movies and socialising. I have made friends and family in colour as I think they are the most important thing that makes me better.

I feel happy when I take out all of my emotions and put them into art. I did this piece when I was feeling down to try and lift my mood, this made me happy and made me feel on top of my own emotions.

I took this picture whilst out on a sailing trip back in August. I wasn’t feeling too well mentally before I went but going there really did make me feel better.

The end of a beautiful trip to the West Coast of Scotland, spent with seals, fish and seabirds.

Out of the winter darkness they spring…

Sitting at peace with a Lakeview in Umbria with the village of Assisi in the distance. Overcoming negative thoughts.