Find Your Flow: A Beginner's Guide to Unlocking Creativity through Intuitive Fluid Art with Alcohol Ink & More: 1 (Art from the Heart, 1)

Learn how to lean in to your unique style of creativity with this fluid art instruction book that combines creative inspiration and soulful introspection with practical instruction.

Author and licensed psychotherapist Jessica Young is your expert, empathetic guide to developing your energy and feeding your creative flow. Through the diverse techniques and ten expressive projects in this book, you will learn how to use the dynamic traits of alcohol ink, high-flow acrylic paint, and more to make beautiful works of abstract art that are reflections of your soul. By tackling the skill-building exercises first, you’re guaranteed success when you move on to the step-by-step projects.

But you won’t just learn how to put paint to paper—you’ll also learn how to reflect and process your artistic experiences mindfully with the teachings, affirmations, and journaling prompts included throughout the book. As you journey through the pages, you will learn to encourage your creative process, face your inner critic, trust your unique voice, work past frustration, find your why, and embrace the fact that you are an artist.

Be creative. Let go of fear. Find your flow.

Jessica Young, M.Ed, LMHC, is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist working with a focus in intuitive abstract expression using fluid mediums and epoxy resin. With emotions as her subject, she combines color, texture, and movement to express the inner workings of the heart, mind, and psyche.

Entirely self-taught, Jessica began painting professionally in 2017 as a way to balance her own mental wellness. Since then, her work and process has captivated millions on social media, amassing a following of more than 155,000 people across social platforms.

Outside of art, Jessica is a passionate healing practitioner and licensed psychotherapist. She carries two degrees in clinical psychology and has spent the last decade working closely within her local mental health community. Jessica currently runs her own psychotherapy private practice and specializes in trauma and mood disorders. She is also a creative mental health coach, meditation guide, certified Reiki healer, and the founder of @healingartretreats.

Born and raised south of Boston, Jessica currently lives with her husband, Kyle, and three rescue dogs, Zoey, Tucker, and Lily, in Western Massachusetts. To learn more, visit www.jessicayoungartist.com and @jessicayoungart on Instagram.