Feeling Green: How Plants Can Improve Mental/Physical Health
Meghan Kasper
My name is Meghan and I am currently a freshman at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and I am planning on majoring in Communication Design. I have always loved art and I took many classes in high school including AP Art, 3D Design, and Animation. I really fell in love with creating realistic art with abstract twists and hints to create my own style. Aside from art, I also enjoy singing, exploring, plants, animals, and anything in the outdoors/nature such as hiking and kayaking.
For my project, I am hoping to create a piece that represents the positive effect that plants/greenery can have on mental and physical health. I found that throughout quarantine, I collected a lot of plants and they always helped to boost my mood and give my room a lighter, happier feeling. I was really interested to find out why plants had this effect not only on me, but many of my friends as well, so I want to do more research on this topic. Along with my love of plants, I also have a passion for psychology as well, so I am really excited to do more research and understand why something as simple as plants can bring joy and good health to people.
For my project, I am thinking of creating a mixed media piece on velvet board (which is essentially poster board with a thin layer of velvet pasted over it). I will most likely be using oil pastel and colored pencil for a majority of the project, but I am hoping to use other mediums throughout the project as well such as acrylic paint, markers, and pens. I am also hoping to incorporate some 3D elements as well such as dried plants.
Above are some pictures of just a small amount of the plants/greenery that I have in my dorm room at school. I also made the little plant PNG at the top of this page as well.
I am so excited to do more research and learn more about this fascinating topic and I hope that you will join me on this journey!
Thank you! :)