Drawing Meditations offers simple, mindful drawing practices that anyone can enjoy—no artistic skills required.
Join us to reduce stress, boost creativity, and discover a calming ritual that transforms everyday moments into opportunities for presence and joy.
Art & Nature Retreats in 2026
Enjoy a day in the Chiba countryside as you experience Drawing Meditations, local food, fresh air, and conversation.
Mark your calendar for these Saturdays:
WINTER February 14
SPRING April 11
SUMMER July 11
AUTUMN November 14
Articles & News
Color Matching Meditation
One of my all-time favorite creative meditations is color matching. It is very engaging and makes your brain tickle in a nice way. Take any object and try to match its color. One of my art classes long ago had us paste a scrap of patterned fabric to canvas and then...
Retreat Report: February 2026
The 2026 Art & Nature Retreat series began on a high note when I saw the weather report and decided to switch up the schedule to include more nature. Four people attended - two "repeaters" as we say in Japan, and a mother and daughter who came all the way from...
ISCO• Pattern Drawing for Fraught Times
No matter where you live in the world right now, things feel a bit fraught. Wars and political conflicts, economic woes, alignment of stars and planets...whatever the root cause, our brains give us a hard time when there are external stressors. So let's take a look at...
Retreat Report – November 2025
I was delighted to host five creatives - repeaters and new faces - for the latest Art & Nature Retreat. We calmed our minds by drawing woodgrain. The slow calm repetition of lines with the small challenge of working around knots helps to wash away the frantic city...
Downloadable Books & Workbooks
Discover Hidden Insights in Your Art
Find healing through art. Interpret your own art through an intuitive lens with this clear three-step method:
1. Note Feelings & Messages
2. Review the Parts
3. Focus on Changes
A compact workbook gives you a framework for doing this over and over again with your own drawings, doodles, and other artworks.
Downloadable PDF. 日本語版 or English edition
Creative Art Meditations
Visualise your breath
Recreate a clear blue sky
Build a mandala
These are three of Kristen’s favorite Drawing Meditations exercises combined into one illustrated PDF. Each exercise worksheet includes instructions, reflection questions, and more. They work equally well in person or online and require minimal materials. No prior experience in art or meditation required.
Intuitive Art with Oracle Cards
Do you have a deck of angel, chakra, wisdom, tarot, or other oracle cards? Let me show you six ways that you can use them to guide your art. Give your cards new life and put a tool in your artbox.
Find insight with the help of your favorite cards. These six exercises will help you to make connections and receive subconscious messages by drawing pictures and using the cards for inspiration, comparison and storytelling. Each exercise has a slightly different focus and process.
Any style of art will work with these techniques – abstract, landscape, tangle art, portraiture. Bring your favorite art supplies, oracle cards, and your imagination.
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Podcast
Season 1: Twelve original meditations from the Drawing Meditation Kit.