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#JackeyJuly : A month of #NeurographicArt

Day 5: “Plums”

Sharpie & marker on watercolor paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on same 1 each day, it’s up to u!

#Art
I’m doing a challenge of making Neurographic Art every day for at least 10 minutes a day. Inspired by artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who I learned this technique from. Jackey’s birthday is July 2, so I started this series on that day, which is why this is day 5 instead of 6, and I’m using the hashtag #JackeyJuly for my art thread posts. My art doodle is of 9 purple plums in a row, each with a stem and a green leaf. The overlapping lines where they touch are rounded out in the neurographic method and each “bubble” shape is colored in blue. The plum halves are colored in a magenta tone onnthd right half, and a violet tone on the left. The leaf “bubbles” are colored in with a bright yellow-green. I drew swooping, extended lines from the top of each plum in a forest green color, and a bubblegum pink line at the base of the plums. “Plums”, art by Bleue McCraw 2026. Sharpie, marker, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper. Neurographic Art is a simple method which yields great benefit to CNS processing and stress reduction. It can be done simply, as I’m doing, or applied to extremely intricate or detailed artistic methods. I invite anyone to join me in making daily art for only at least 10 minutes a day. You can do more if you want. Do 1 piece daily, or work on the same piece or more, for at least 10 mins a day. If you post your work please use hashtag #JackeyJuly. NA is fun and easy. The stress release is good for anytime. Art is good for you!
July 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 16, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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I’m doing a #NeurographicArt challenge of at least 10 mins/day in July, to honor Jackey Neyman Jones, whose bday is today. Make whatever u want in a neurographic art style

Just for fun & practice

Join me for #JackeyJuly?

Let’s make some #art!

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Day 1: “Dahlia”
A simple Neurographic Art doodle done in color pencil on paper. NA is a mindfulness method which engages the creative process while bypassing the need for skill, talent, or experience. Originally developed as a type of art therapy to improve outcomes for cancer patients, Neurographic Art has a powerful but subtle effect on CNS regulation, and is beneficial for any type of stress, PTSD, insomnia, ADHD, autism, or other autoimmune issues. It’s easy and fun to do, and can be as simple or intricate as you wish. The basic premise is to draw a curving line which loops over itself, creating lines of intersections. Then each intersection is rounded where the lines meet. This creates random, organic shapes resembling bubbles, pebbles, or even water. Then each “bubble” is colored in, and any other artistic embellishments can be added. The sky’s the limit with this method. It requires little effort unless you choose, and the repetitive, easy nature of it allows access to the creative areas of the prefrontal cortex without much conscious thought. It can be healing, calming, energizing, or relaxing. I like to doodle them before I sleep, as it helps my insomnia. Artist Jackey Neyman Jones got me into this so I’m doing a month of 10-minute (or more) NA doodles in her honor. My doodle is outlined in purple, and has bubble shades of yellow, pink, magenta, blue, and grey. I put swirly lines to the outside edges, and a red dahlia flower inside one of the bubbles. Art is good for you! Please join me for #JackeyJuly!
July 3, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of #NeurographicArt

Day 3: “Links”

Sharpie & highlighter pen on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 every day or work on same 1 each day, it’s up to u!

#Art
I am making Neurographic Art every day to honor artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who introduced me to this technique. Neurographic Art is a meditative type of art which allows access to the creative process without much conscious thought. Originally developed as art therapy to improve outcome for cancer patients, it’s been shown to be beneficial for any type of CNS stress. I started this series on 7/2, since it’s Jackey’s birthday, which is why today is the Fourth of July, but this is Day 3 of my challenge. I invite anyone to join this daily art practice and discover the benefits of it yourself. Please use the hashtag #JackeyJuly if you post your art. The only rule is to do art in a neurographic method for at least 10 mins daily. Neurographic art is easy, fun, and can be small, simple doodles, or applied to intricate artwork of any kind. My doodle today is very simple. I just felt like drawing hearts, to focus my mind on love and compassion. A central red heart has overlapping smaller hearts descending from each side, as if links in a chain. The lines which intersect are rounded out, and each heart is a different rainbow color, with a transitional color in the “bubbles” where they overlap. “Links” art by Bleue McCraw 2026. Art is good for you!
July 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of daily #NeurographicArt

Day 10: Title: “Stardust”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on 1 or more each day

#Art
I challenged myself to do a daily piece of Neurographic Art, in honor and inspiration for artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who taught me this method. NA is a type of mindfulness art therapy which is shown to be beneficial for stress. I started this series on her birthday of 7/2, which is why this is day 10 for me instead of 11. Today’s NA doodle is an abstract piece, outlined in black sharpie with typical organic “bubble” shapes and flow. I colored many of the smaller bubbles in a bright yellow or warm yellow gold, and larger shapes are blue and bubblegum pink. At the top and lower edges, I drew spirals and squiggles extending from the bubble shapes. While making this, my mind kept returning for some reason to the notion we are all made of stardust. Hence the title: “Stardust”, art by Bleue McCraw on 7/11/2026. Sharpie, ink pen, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper. I invite anyone to make NA for at least 10 mins daily with me. Let’s make some art! If you post your work please use hashtag #JackeyJuly. Art is good for you!
July 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
victoriousbleue.bsky.social
Please join me for #JackeyJuly: A month of daily Neurographic Art!

NA is a simple method which yields great benefit for stress of any kind. Simple enough for a child to do, or can be made to incredibly intricate levels.

Here's a short tutorial:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIg...

Let's do #art!
July 14, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of daily #NeurographicArt

Day 13: Title: “Home”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on 1 or more each day

#Art
I challenged myself to do daily Neurographic Art, in honor and inspiration from artist Jackey Neyman Jones, for the month of July. I started on her birthday of 7/2, which is why this is day 13’s art and not 14. I learned this method from Jackey and was curious to see what changes of benefits, if any, might come from daily practice. The challenge is a promise of only at least 10 minutes (or more) of time spent doing NA each day. I wanted to keep it small enough to be achievable and not a time burden. Just for fun and practice. My piece for today is a crudely drawn house, with a red brick chimney and walkway, windows of different shapes, and flanked by trees and lawn. It’s a juvenile drawing, not much better than houses kids draw. It’s drawn in fine black sharpie lines, and every corner or intersection where the lines meet is rounded out in the neurographic style. The house is orange with yellow trim, a blue door, and windows which are round, square, and arched. The background is a clear sky blue. “Home”, art by Bleue McCraw, July 14, 2026. Sharpie, marker, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper. NA is easy and fun to do, and benefits CNS functions. It’s good for stress of any kind and was originally developed as art therapy to improve outcome for cancer patients. I invite anyone to join me in making daily NA and if you post your work, please use the hashtag #JackeyJuly. Art is good for you!
July 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of daily #NeurographicArt

Day 15:

Title: “Lightning x 2”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on 1 or more each day

#Art
I challenged myself to do at least 10 mins a day for the month of July, of Neurographic Art in some form or other, in honor and inspiration for artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who teaches this method. I started this series on Jackey’s birthday of 7/2, which is why this is day 15 for me and not 16. Today I was feeling stressed so it’s a low energy day, & my doodle shows it. It’s a primitive, juvenile and kind of cartoony rendition of heavy electrical thunderstorm clouds, with two bolts of lightning striking downwards, amidst torrential rain. I first did a rudimentary sketch in dark blue sharpie, then rounded the line edges in the neurographic modality. Then redrew definition between the cloud shape “bubbles” in silver metallic Sharpie, to bring light reflection and a dark grey tone to them. The cloud layers alternate between a pale blue, and a lilac shade. The 2 lightning bolts are neon yellow, and with a singular orange streak in each one. The rain is depicted in somewhat haphazard straight lines of dark blue and silver. We do not get a lot of thunderstorms here, so lightning is typically rare. But a storm last night struck the city about 900 times. I decided two was enough bolts since lightning never strikes the same spot twice. Title: “Lightning x 2”, art by Bleue McCraw, July 16, 2026. Sharpie, metallic silver Sharpie, marker, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper. It’s not my best art but I don’t mind. Some days are like that. This challenge is just for fun and practice and I’m still pleased to be engaging creativity, plus the stress relief of NA really does help. I feel better for drawing this crude little doodle. Art is good for you. I invite anyone to join me in making daily NA with a promise of at least 10 mins. If you post your art, please use hashtag #JackeyJuly.
July 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of daily #NeurographicArt

Day 14: Title: “Palomino”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on 1 or more each day

#Art
I challenged myself to do at least 10 minutes a day in July of doing some sort of art using the Neurographic Method, which is a meditative practice which requires little skill or thought, unless you want to expand past its parameters. Inspired by artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who I first learned NA from. I started this series on Jackey's birthday of 7/2, which is why this is day 14 for me instead of 15. My doodle today is not abstract; it's a sketch of a running horse, with mane and tail flying. I only drew from just about its knees up, so most of the legs are not on the paper. The bulk of the sketch is just the horse's head, neck, body, and one front leg raised high at the knee. The Neurographic Method is still applied to nearly all the line intersections, though I made very fine lines without the rounded edges, within portions of the mane and tail. My proportions are off, the perspective is a bit wonky, and the horse's head is too small for its body, but it's been quite awhile since I sketched a horse, and I think it's ok for a pen doodle with no reference source, drawn from memory. I kept the colors simple. A palomino is a pale, golden yellow horse with a silver, white, or blonde yellow mane and tail. I colored the horse in with a golden yellow tone, and highlighted with a bright lemon yellow. I kept the white of the page as the background, and white areas on the face and body, to suggest reflective light off the light blonde palomino coat. I invite anyone to join me by making daily Neurographic Art for 10 minutes or more. If you post your art, please use hashtag #JackeyJuly? Art is good for you! "Palomino", art by Bleue McCraw, July 15, 2026. Sharpie, marker, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper.
July 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of daily #NeurographicArt

Day 16:

Title: “Monarch”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on 1 or more each day

#Art
I challenged myself to do at least 10 minutes a day for the month of July, making Neurographic Art, in honor and inspiration of artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who taught me this technique. I began this series on Jackey’s birthday of 7/2, which is why today’s piece is day 16 for me and not 17. Today’s NA doodle is an abstract work, in the more traditional NA style. I drew black swooping curved lines, then methodically rounded out each line intersection to create organic, flowing sort of “bubble” shapes. I wanted to work with warm colors today, so I chose red, orange, yellow gold, and lemon yellow as my color palette. The orange & yellow with the black lines reminded me of Monarch butterfly wings as I was coloring the shapes in, hence the title: “Monarch”, art by Bleue McCraw, July 17, 2026. Sharpie, marker, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper. NA is a meditative type of art therapy which allows access to creative regions of the prefrontal cortex, while largely bypassing a need for conscious thought about the process, unless you wish to go beyond its parameters. It’s so fun and easy kids can do it, but it can also be applied to intricate levels, for creating art of almost any kind. NA has powerful regulatory effect upon CNS functions, and is shown to improve stress response. I invite anyone to join me in making daily Neurographic Art, with a promise of only at least 10 mins/day. If you post your art, please use hashtag #JackeyJuly. Art is good for you!
July 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of #NeurographicArt

Day 6: “H is for Hel”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on same 1 each day, it’s up to u!

#Art
Jackey July: Daily Neurographic Art, day 6: Title: “H is for Hel”. Sharpie, marker, and silver metallic ink on watercolor paper. Art by Bleue McCraw, 2026. I forgot to post this yesterday, so catching up on my daily Neurographic Art today. I’m doing this challenge in honor of artist Jackey Neyman Jones, who I learned NA from. Jackey’s birthday is 7/2 so I started that day, which is why this art is day 6 for me but I drew it on 7/7. I enjoy Norse and other mythologies and was reflecting on mortality yesterday, after some conversation on old friends. My thoughts turned to Hel, Goddess Queen of the Underworld, daughter of Loki. I depicted Hel from the sternum up, in blue, lilac, light blue, and silver ink, as a lovely young woman on one side of her body, but only skull and bones to the other side. She has long flowing hair on the maiden side, and the letter “H”, adorned with flowers, appears beside her skull on the other side. I drew her without clothes to emphasize the contrast, so she has one exposed breast and the other side is only her ribcage bones. In Norse mythology, Hel is not to be feared, and her realm is not punishment for lost souls. It is merely one of the realms of the dead, where mortal souls go, if they are not collected by Odin or the Valkyries for their purposes. Hel herself is seen as a keeper of ancient wisdom, justice, truth, and fairness. Hel’s physical appearance mirrors her dual role as a custodian of death. She is described as being half alive and half dead: This duality symbolizes the balance between life and death and underscores Hel’s role as both a nurturing and unyielding force. The sketch is simplistic, juvenile, primitive, whimsical, and sort of cartoony, with minimal Neurographic method of rounding the shapes and lines, because I wanted to depict a character, and not just abstract shapes. Still, the method is apparent in my approach to this doodle.
July 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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#JackeyJuly : A month of #NeurographicArt

Day 7: “Heart Strings”

Sharpie & marker on paper

Please join me in making NA each day of July?

Only 1 rule: do art in neurographic method at least 10 mins per day. OK to do more. Any medium. Do 1 daily, or work on same 1 each day, it’s up to u!

#Art
Jackey July: Daily Neurographic Art, day 7: Title: “Heart Strings”. Sharpie, marker, and highlighter pen on watercolor paper. Art by Bleue McCraw, July 8, 2026. Today’s doodle is of 3 red heart shapes, outlined in black Sharpie, and connected by wavy and undulating lines created by the neurographic method. The outside edges are defined by haphazard, wavy lines. The hearts are colored in red, and 4 rounded bubble shapes are orange. Two large portions are a sunny yellow, and the remaining 3 are a bright chartreuse green. The wavy edges are filled in with light blue and purple, creating sort of a psychedelic stripe pattern. The effect is simple, and rather groovy. It reminds me a bit of the Laugh In logo, the old comedy show from the 1960s/70s. Neurographic Art is an easy, fun, relaxing mindfulness method, allowing access to the creative processes of the prefrontal cortex, while largely bypassing a need for much conscious thought. Originally developed as art therapy to improve outcome for cancer patients, it is shown to benefit stress of any kind. I learned NA from artist Jackey Neyman Jones, and decided to challenge myself by doing at least 10 mins of NA daily, for a month, starting on 7/2, in honor of her birthday. I invite anyone to join me. Let’s make some art! Please use hashtag #JackeyJuly if you post your work. Art is good for you!
July 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM