Hello! I just found you through a visit to the used book store and I’m thrilled. What advice I’m looking for is brushes. What kind and size of brushes do I need? Thanks in advance🤗
Your choice of medium determines the viscosity of the paint. There's several different types of mediums to choose from. Helen uses turpentine. Other options include linseed oil, stand oil, a mixture of linseed and turpentine. Etc. You have to experiment to find which one you like the most. Research oil paint mediums.
@@gerriekaychurch658 You're welcome. I forgot to mention that there are 2 types of Turpentine. Mineral Turpentine and Gum Turpentine. Helen uses Gum Turpentine. It's a natural product derived from pine trees and thins the paint while protecting the pigment. Mineral Turpentine on the other hand is a harsh toxic substance used to dissolve oil and pigment. It's used to clean brushes. Many artists confuse the two. They are not the same. Use Gum Turpentine to paint with and Mineral Turpentine to clean brushes.
@@sentry8992 Just to be more specific: Pure Spirits of Gum Turpentine (turpentine or 'turps') is the traditional solvent used for oil painting over many centuries. Mineral Spirits (or White Spirit in the UK) is a distillate of petroleum and became popular in the 20th Century. Today, most artists use Odorless Mineral Spirits which is a more highly refined form. Turpentine and Mineral Spirits evaporate and the fumes are quite harsh. Odorless Mineral Spirits is less harsh but still not good to breath in too much (note: it is less harsh than gum turpentine). Most oil painters today don't use gum turpentine any more unless they are dissolving damar resin or making a specialized medium. This is due to the health effects and its vapours. Some people also use Oil of Spike Lavender as a solvent/thinner, as it is supposed to be a little less harsh than the others but it is very expensive. Also, Wood Turpentine (the kind from the hardware store) is distilled from wood pulp of pine trees (rather than the gum or gooey substance) and it is very harsh and not suitable for oil painting. No matter what solvent an artist uses, the vapours are harmful and many artists have developed an intolerance to them so having good ventilation is key.
Keep bringing her clips pls
She's amazing
tysm for watching
She's better than most contemporary artists teaching painting. Thank you for sharing.
She paints so fast, but very accurate strokes. Amazing.
I love watching all the lessons so much.
I love your painting process and here I am really caught by the beauty of vegetables 🙏🫑🥦🥬🍅🧡🎨
Complete mastery of her art.
Nonsense
Helen was just so human. I felt she was my better sister. Teaching everyone what life could turn out to be!!!!
You're writing nonsense.
@Narahari108 tell me more.
So appreciate you for sharing these! Helen is timeless. Hope you can share more.
tysm
@@yachamala What?
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing 💐
Love her lessons!
Very good lesson.
tysm
Thank you!!!!
Hello! I just found you through a visit to the used book store and I’m thrilled. What advice I’m looking for is brushes. What kind and size of brushes do I need? Thanks in advance🤗
Какая интересная женщина.как легко пишет, быстро работает. Картины" дышат". Хочется ее приобнять и пожелать всего всего самого хорошего.
The video introduction said "in memory of" which tells us that she died.
Visua😂❤lization !!!!!
I would like to know what makes her paint move so smoothly? Anyone know?
She always use complementary color
Your choice of medium determines the viscosity of the paint. There's several different types of mediums to choose from. Helen uses turpentine. Other options include linseed oil, stand oil, a mixture of linseed and turpentine. Etc. You have to experiment to find which one you like the most. Research oil paint mediums.
@@sentry8992 Thank you much!
@@gerriekaychurch658
You're welcome. I forgot to mention that there are 2 types of Turpentine. Mineral Turpentine and Gum Turpentine. Helen uses Gum Turpentine. It's a natural product derived from pine trees and thins the paint while protecting the pigment. Mineral Turpentine on the other hand is a harsh toxic substance used to dissolve oil and pigment. It's used to clean brushes. Many artists confuse the two. They are not the same. Use Gum Turpentine to paint with and Mineral Turpentine to clean brushes.
@@sentry8992 Just to be more specific: Pure Spirits of Gum Turpentine (turpentine or 'turps') is the traditional solvent used for oil painting over many centuries. Mineral Spirits (or White Spirit in the UK) is a distillate of petroleum and became popular in the 20th Century. Today, most artists use Odorless Mineral Spirits which is a more highly refined form. Turpentine and Mineral Spirits evaporate and the fumes are quite harsh. Odorless Mineral Spirits is less harsh but still not good to breath in too much (note: it is less harsh than gum turpentine). Most oil painters today don't use gum turpentine any more unless they are dissolving damar resin or making a specialized medium. This is due to the health effects and its vapours. Some people also use Oil of Spike Lavender as a solvent/thinner, as it is supposed to be a little less harsh than the others but it is very expensive. Also, Wood Turpentine (the kind from the hardware store) is distilled from wood pulp of pine trees (rather than the gum or gooey substance) and it is very harsh and not suitable for oil painting. No matter what solvent an artist uses, the vapours are harmful and many artists have developed an intolerance to them so having good ventilation is key.
Thank you so much
no problem
Did Helen usually paint with oil or acrylic?
@@Cua-tanet some time
She mostly painted in oil.
My very first teacher!
And mine too.
What the name the colors
I keep guessing from the clues as to where she's from. I'm guessing Rhode Island.
It's immersive how she moves that brush. She hasn't painted anything in so long.