A quiet painting break gives your mind something simple to focus on: the brush, the water and the colour spreading across the page. It replaces the endless messages, tabs and scrolling that fill the rest of the day with one thing you can properly lose yourself in.
Research suggests that making art can help people feel less stressed. In one small study, most participants had lower cortisol, a hormone associated with stress, after 45 minutes of art-making.
You put your phone down, your head feels quieter, and twenty minutes later you have something beautiful that you made yourself.