01/17/26 Neurographic Art

 According to AI this is the description of Neurographic Art:

 ‘Neurographic art (or Neurographica) is a meditative, therapeutic drawing method created by Pavel Piskarev, using flowing, neuron-like lines and rounded intersections to transform stress, fears, or challenges into calm, positive artworks, fostering mindfulness and neuroplasticity by connecting the conscious and unconscious mind through simple art-making without needing artistic skill, just a marker, paper.’

This is my very first drawing doing this technique.

The action of making neurographic art is to reduce stress and engage the brain’s neural pathways. The focus is on drawing basic shapes like circles, triangles and squares.

As you think of a problem or a feeling and draw the shapes, then fill them in with patterns or colors, you are reducing tension in your mind and body. The idea is to smooth the lines and create a piece of art that has no pre-planned design. This allows the brain to relax and then the body relaxes.

You only need paper, black markers, and colored pencils or watercolors. You can do this anywhere with just a pencil and paper.

I actually find this type of art very relaxing. It distracts me from what is going on in my life and in the world.

But I modified it because I am both an artist and evidently neurodivergent in my thinking. The original idea in this discipline is to round out and smooth all the lines to create a softness and remove all the sharp points. This is supposed to help with relaxation.

But I couldn’t just do it the original way, I wasn’t satisfied with the smoothness. It became very boring for me. So, I did this:

After doing a couple of these drawings I realized I had been doing something like this for years. Here are a couple of the drawings from my 2016 coloring book. As you can see, they don’t necessarily fit the exact definition of neurographic art. They are similar and I really enjoy creating these pieces.

  

I continue to experiment with the designs and how to incorporate things like flowers, like this one;

There are a lot of wonderful images of neurographic art on the internet.

No artistic skills are required for this. Just a few minutes of your time and your paper and pen or pencil.

I hope you try this. I sometimes sit and doodle with this just to fill the time while I watch tv. I hate to just sit in front of the tv and not have something to work on in my lap. That’s my ADHD/neurodivergent brain working overtime.

Here are a couple of my designs turned into paintings.

 

In my next post I am going to talk about neurodivergence.

 

Have a good week and experiment. And always make a  mess.

 

Terri

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