A few days ago I stumbled upon an art form online that I had never seen before. It’s called neurographia, or neurographic art, and it was invented in 2014 by a Russian psychologist called Pavel Piskarev as a method of reducing stress and figuring out problems. The idea is that you concentrate on the problem while drawing freeform lines, and then, through a couple of steps, transform them into something beautiful.

This is my first attempt. Since then I’ve been spending way too much time playing with it. I believe it may be helping a little with the issue I decided to focus on, but I have to say I’m really more interested in the art form itself.

It’s so much fun that I’m having a few friends over to my place soon for a “neurographia night”, which I’m sure will be lots of fun.

This enthusiasm on my part may well burn itself out as fast as it came on, but in the meantime I’ll post any of the pieces I do that I particularly like.

This has come at the same time as I’ve been trying out Posca markers, an amazing acrylic ink pen/marker from Japan. They are very expensive, so I’m being a bit careful how I use them, but I’ll certainly be working them into my neurographic projects as well as the water colours I’m currently using.

By the way, if you are interested in trying neurographia (and you don’t need any artistic talent at all) there are many YouTube videos that will show you how. If you do try it, please let me know in the comments!