Paint Yourself Calm: Colourful, Creative Mindfulness Through Watercolour

Paint Yourself Calm explores how watercolour painting can contribute to happiness and wellbeing. The book presents watercolour as a meditative and calming practice that offers a sense of control and self-worth, with no judgment or pressure to achieve specific results. Jean Haines guides readers through the process, emphasizing enjoyment and play over performance. The book includes open-ended, detailed exercises designed to help readers experiment with paint, relieve stress, gain a sense of control, find escape, or improve their mood. It discusses the emotional and psychological properties of color, as well as obstacles to creativity and happiness. The approach assumes that everyone can paint and removes expectations around end results, instead encouraging simple enjoyment of the painting process itself.