Drawing Against Stress: Disney Artists Spend Free Tutorials on YouTube

Disney offers free drawing lessons online: creativity can help you relax and focus on something positive during the coronavirus pandemic, writes CNBC.

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Starting from baking and ending with puzzles, quarantine due to Covid-19 can make you turn to hobbies, which previously did not have enough time.

Whether you're looking for a relaxing way to stay on weekdays or weekends, Disney offers free drawing tutorials on youtube.

You can learn to draw some of Disney's most popular characters, from Elsa from Frozen to everyone's favorite Goofy. Disney animation artists teach classes that range in length from 10 to 30 minutes, and you don't need any skills to try.

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Drawing may not be just a way to pass the time. Studies show that this creative process can have a significant impact on your mental health, especially during emotional stress.

A 2016 study showed that drawing distracts from sad thoughts. People were asked to think about the saddest event that they had ever experienced, and then draw something completely unrelated to this event for 15 minutes. The experiment was repeated for four days. Another group in the study drew how its participants present their feelings, also in the allotted time.

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Interestingly, people who drew random objects (in this case it was their shoes), in the end, showed a more positive mood compared to those who tried to express their feelings using art.

“The act of drawing draws our attention to the surface properties of color, line, texture, and so on,” the study authors write. - When we draw, we tend to focus more on these aesthetic properties than on the actual object we are depicting. "Researchers have found that drawing regularly can be a healthy habit that can help you cope with difficult emotions."

Other research suggests that drawing for distraction can help you experience a state of “flow”—the comfortable feeling of optimal experience that comes when we are actively engaged in an activity.

Don't want to draw Disney characters? Drawing or coloring complex geometric patterns, such as a mandala symbol or other pattern, can provide a meditative state that reduces anxiety.

Studies have also shown that practicing any form of art, from collage to clay sculptures, can reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol - even if you have no artistic skills.

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