As a beginner my art school friends always showed me their fancy art supplies.. and as a teenager I got so angry over things I didn't had.. now I'm being thankful for not having those at that time and now I can focus on my skills more than the ease that art supplies gave..💕
I used to be the same way! I used to believe that the supplies are what makes the artist too, but many can created wonderful art with a standard pencil and notebook paper. I never realized how much dedication and work it really takes to get there. Funny how these untrue beliefs can influence negative thought patterns.
Totally relatable! I am preparing for NIFT entrance ! and I have always compared my art to others which left me anxious and overwhelmed only to be consumed in idea of perfectionism ! I would procrastinate and imagine my art to be perfect one day without really putting any effort!
@@Weeping_lover OUCH! I resemble that remark. 😱 In my defense, I have reasons for not creating as much art as I’d like, that makes sense. Until someone else uses similar excuses and I hear how stupid those negative beliefs sound out loud…🥶 I have no clue what NIFT is. It sounds like it’s an art school. Either way, good luck with it.
@@mrs.quills7061 Ditto. Growing up without something’s has made me resourceful and able to discern what’s necessary, convenient, or just a useless money trap. It makes me feel empowered and like I have a super power. The power of discernment. Spending a lot of money on art supplies causes me anxiety. However I can definitely benefit from buying better quality paints, brushes, and paper. I think I’ve gone too cheap. My brushes fall apart on paper that can’t hold paint. Hopefully I’ll find the balance. Until then I’ll work on drawing every day. I can’t go wrong with pencils and copy paper.
You are so gentle, and so kind. What a lovely story and illustration. I love the colors and delicacy of it and.. you! Also the moments where you speak in the moment make me giggle. Thanks for spreading positivity and knowledge in our world!
You two are incredible artists, story teller’s and always thought provoking. Exceptional beautiful video’s each time. Greetings to you Valerie in my hometown and to you Jess from the other side of FL.
I am a colorblind artist, and your words about the amount of art supplies really hit close to my heart. I spent so many years looking for the right art supplies so I could be like everyone else. I thought if I had more variety, a greater spectrum I could make up for my blindness. Recently, however, I have found I am happiest with far less. A small set of pencils. A cheap ball point pen. A limited palette when I paint. Less supplies has really freed me of the pressure to fit in and has allowed me to see and interpret the world how my eyes are able.
Your early bird story is similar to mine! I was a 'night owl' for awhile, staying up till 4am and sleeping till noon. One night I stayed up all night to finish a project, and saw the sun rise in my apartment. I couldn't believe how beautiful it was! I realized I had never witnessed that in the whole time I lived there, and literally overnight I became an "early bird". It's been over a decade since then, and to this day I am always up at the crack of dawn!
as a programmer (and a hobby artist haha), I really appreciate this week's thematic trend. The museum of technology, the conditional reasoning, the automation of art. I feel like you'd be that type of person who could speak to anyone about anything!
I was waiting for this video since last night and now it's finally here. You've always been my comfort RUclipsr and it's almost crazy seeing you talk about something I have been struggling with lately.
Same her symptoms are exactly mine, crying, dizzy, unable to focus being exhausted. This was such an relief to hear the validation about our thinking and physical manifestations of trauma and survival mode.
I was crying now because of the pressure of studying but I got a notice from you, that's what made me believe in myself again, thank you, Valerin , I love you so much🖤.
I just wanted to tell you how lucky you are for being so young and knowing so much about life!! Your messeges you share through your videos are amazing and so helpful!! I wish I had known all these things when I was in my twenties or thirties!! Thank you so much for your beautiful art and your wise words!! ♥️🌹
Dearest Valerie, today is the day, I need to write a comment, because I'm impressed of your knowledge and wisdom. 😊 I am a 56 year old girl from Berlin and If I wouldn't have become a singer and voice teacher, I probably would have chosen to be a painter (artist). You are doing such a great job here of motivating and encouraging people to be what they want to be and to do what they want to do. It's all about mindset. Yes..., most of us (especially people of my age and older), got limiting thoughts of ourselves and what's possible in live. It' s wonderful to see such a young lady like you, who already got that understanding of how live works. Thank you and lots of love from Berlin-Kreuzberg. 💗 Das Technik Museum ist großartig! 😊
I love the line where you said, accept and sort of embrace the pain in your brain when your making a new change. As an artist and someone suffering from depression, that's golden advice which I thought I'd probably get from my therapist😂💀 Your changing my life through your videos...I hope you understand the depth of how much your videos mean to someone. Thank you for this ❤
More that 100 hours to make this video?! You put so much effort in all of you're videos. I thank you for all the videos you make, they help me trough hard days. Can't wait for another video and take you're time meking them. A lot of love and support from Italy ❤️
I have to sleep for a whole day after uploading each video hahah. All my energy is put into the Art and Video 🌱❣️ Just knowing they help gives me the energy back to continue 🙏🏼 love back 💌
As we acquire knowledge, we also need to acquire wisdom. The two combined are more valuable than either one slone. Few people seem capable of analysing that process as it is happening in "real time". Your gift - amongst many others in your "portfolio of life" - is that you relay your new knowledge and your emerging wisdom in both "real time" and "reel time" so that your audience learns from but also with you. Keep going, Valerie. Yours is an interesting life unfolding as it should - to paraphrase a famous prose poem. Following each of your tools to mastery is a Da Vinci way of life...
You're beautiful. Not just your face or your colour or your art or your personality or your videos. You as a whole are such a warm and beautiful being. I mean it. Stay this way while the tides of the time test you.. I just love your videos. I sincerely thank YOU !!!! ✨✨✨❤️
I smile when I see that you have posted. I appreciate that you shared the hours it takes to create the content. It will help me be patient as I wait for the gift of your time and skills. You have helped me connect to good energy for my day and to get ready for my art class this evening. Your reach connects around the world.
While it's not possible to become a Patreon, thank you for the amazing videos. You inspired me to started drawing and art lessons, and I couldn't be more excited. Thank you 💞 hugs from Brazil
You are such a lovely woman...wise beyond your years ❤ thank you for this video...I know someone who needs to watch this. Sending much love and gratitude across the miles.🌺🌈🙋♀️
This video is hands down my favorite one. That toy store was really cool, basement was a bit creepy though, and the kid was adorable. I just absolutely love the color in your paintings, it's very inspirational for me.
This has come at the perfect time, I'm about to move to a new city to start a new job. Everything feels so stressful and all my thoughts are battling each other but instead of fearing the unknown and creating fake possibilities in my mind I need to embrace it. Thank you for making these they are always so insightful and gentle.
Thank you so much for another mesmerizing video! You really inspire me and make me rethink so many things. I'm a graphic designer and I've been returning to drawing after so many years, the fast pace of the design world really made things difficult, and seeing your videos take me back to my childhood and how time was soooo different and enjoyable. Now I'm trying to allow myself to take the time to create the beauty I want to see in the world and have time to experiment and learn about myself and develop my skills. Please never stop your videos they are really an inspiration and a breath of fresh air in this crazy fast passed world! In spiritual terms I once read that apparently, when we sleep we go into the "real world" and our senses are more amplified, they say we can meet other spirits outside the material world and it may be that you felt that as you were "trapped" in-between worlds, not fully awake nor fully asleep. Maybe that's not true but what do we really know... Thank you again! 😊💕
You know the feeling when you're not in the mood to smile or watch favorite funny videos to relax and breathe or just to stop your thoughts to get through you, , But with you, , its your videos that take me to the perfect balance of calmness and willingness to learn , motivate and just relax my mind , , , im feeling down these days , i feel like i really need to rest but im also tired of laying down and sleeping , causing me to be more drained that i was, , , So yeah im relieve to watch your videos. I feel like i this world you're on my list of people that i care about .You're my friend and I'M your friend.
انا عربية وشاهدت فديوهاتك بالصدفة واحببتك جدا واحببت نصائحك حقا بدأت ادعي لك كل ما اشاهد احد فديوهاتك بالسعادة لانك تنمنحيني الشعور بالسعادة الحقيقية اثناء سماع كلامك الملهم اللطيف احبك ❤
I am one of those friends that accidentally speak of the past when people change. Now I know when I decide to connect with old friends to speak of the present. I am trying to maintain social contact with some friends and realize it is better to learn to grow together and allow room for change.
I was in survival mode for a long time and when I’d try to make a change id try too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself. I’ve had to overhaul how I approach taking care of my brain (exercise, journaling, studying etc) by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 50-60% effort into my journaling habit - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on YT. Giving a small, consistent mediocre effort everyday has allowed me to make the most progress and surprisingly/unsurprisingly the most freedom.
This was sooooo pretty!!!! I am always looking forward to your videos, at the beginning it was mostly for your art, seeing your talent is baffling and such a joy! I probably double your age, but girl, you are always teaching me something and it's so refreshing! You have a clear wisdom and I really appreciate so much how you share all of this with all of us. Today's video was needed for me to see and it helped, thank you again. God bless!
that is why I stopped seeing old friends, people who think opposite of me, when I started to think so much differently from others including my family members after reading the law of attraction books and such. I became like a loner. all alone and just making art stuff. People would say I will go mad staying at home. Indeed probably but I like that most of the time. thank you for making this vlog that just came at the right time (right now).
I love that your videos are so relatable when it comes to my life. Starting from ones regarding fear of blank page, phone addiction to this one. Big Thank You for this healing and comforting content! Your paintings and videos are just magical!
This couldn’t have come at a better time for me. Anxiety has been getting the better of me recently and I think anxiety is that ‘survival mode’ your talking about in this video. I get anxious over small things as well and even tho I know it’s going to be a long journey and I’m not going to be able to make my anxiety vanish straight away I do want to work on it. When I get anxiety really bad it makes me exhausted and basically I’m getting tired of being tired with anxiety. Although I have tiredness issues to do with my health problems I don’t think my anxiety helps with being tired either. Thank you for the inspiration and motivation with this video. It was so calming to watch which I needed and it inspired me to sit down and write an Autumn bucket list to have things to look forward to do in the season to come. I look forward to more of your videos :)
Good morning Valerie, so happy to watch this!! I needed this as I'm trying to incorporate a creativity schedule into my day!! It's so dreary and rainy here in Jersey but your videos always make me feel at peace!! Have a blessed day!!❤️🥰🙏🏼
Good Morning Aida, it‘s a cloudy day too here in Berlin and it should rain the next days too 🌧 Perfect for cozy vibes hehe. Glad my videos help you to feel more creative!🪁🌸 have a blessed day too 💕
I loved how soothing voice you have , , it isn't just telling me stories , advice but also making me feel calm throughout your video. Im so happy that i found this channel, now im blessed with your creativity , calmness, and JUST you.thank you for this
I love your conversation while taking us on adventures! The trap door in the toy store looks so fun, wow! That scene brings back a vision of childhood so clear I can almost touch it! Thanks again for your thoughtful and beautiful content.
The part about the friends hit me. I don't think I've ever had a set of friends and I find it hard to try to keep up with people. Like my sister has a group of friends she has always maintained, but me and my other sister have somewhat moved apart from the ones we had. I changed and so I never felt the need to keep up with them. It's strange, but I also feel it's for the better.
Art has been my way to communicating. I was born with a hearing loss i hasn't gotten my hearing aid till i was7 years old. My art was important to me. That was back in the 50's. I got married had a baby continue do my art (animals drawings and painting. )Then many years down the road i quit. My son passed away at age 46 that was 7 years ago. I couldn't continue 😢 my heart wants go back to art I love watching yout vlog, thank you for sharing ❤
I really wanted to tell you you motivated me to start my healing jeorney , you are the reason i started taking social media breaks and tap in my flow state, and most importantly, you proved to me i dont have to be miserable to create good art , never stop whatbyou do i am sure you change alot of lives
Loved this. I think sometimes people bring up the negative things in our past because they are unhappy with their own present. Thanks Valerie for a beautiful video. Always look forward to watching them.
It’s a rainy day here in NY… but I watched a new video from Valerie… always informative and soothing. I really liked the toy store… but more so I liked that you left a gift of art pencils for someone… to find… a very kind and sweet thing to do… you have a good and kind heart. Bringing art… to someone else… 👌💐👌
Im so happy to have found your channel. Ive been having a lot of health issues over the last month and your videos have brought me happiness, calm and inspirations for art projects when im feeling better. Thank you for sharing your life and your art. So beautifully done. 👏💕
I have been stressing out about my future and earning money to move out of my home. My family is nice and my parents want to support me, which I’m very blessed. But I can’t grow because at the same time I have to follow certain rules and think a certain way to be able to live as harmoniously as possible. I see instagram artists grow so fast and get their studios, start earning money enough to support themselves, and I compare my life and growth to theirs. It is unfair to compare since I know they have worked longer or harder than me, and I try to remind myself that comparison is the thief of joy. Still it is hard. I love your videos because you show you are learning about yourself, and you are wiser than most people I know. Thank you for sharing with us, and giving us hope.
I am always blown away with all of your videos. Every. Single. One. Ignites and fuels me with passion. Love love love you Valerie Lin. thank you for being yourself 💕
This video helps me a lot. I love your approach to the whole process: it is not minimalistic nor exaggerated, and it is driven by passion and curiosity. You can see it all over the video! Really grateful to have stumbled in this channel
Thank you Valerie. I have been watching your videos for a while now and as someone who suffers with depression, they have been an amazing source of relief and each video gives me a sense of calm, reassurance, comfort and an emotional hug.
I love that you take us along on your excursions. I have never been to your country and find it beautiful and clean and inviting. And I also love how strong and independent you are despite your anxieties and concerns. You are wise beyond your years. It took many many years to feel confident in my own skin. God bless you sweet girl.
I can't tell you how your videos are good for me. I just graduated from university and came back my home. But now, i don't know how i do. I fall into obscurity. I need to stand up for myself. And you give me that energy. So, thank you Valerie, so glad i have you..🥺💫
Valerie, you always give me so much food for thought. You probably are younger that me, but so much wiser, and that's one of the many reasons why I love your videos. Thank you for making me question my habits, my belief system
Val! I miss you very much. I had never taken the time to thank you for what you do. All my life I have hesitated to devote myself to art because of the negative and unencouraging comments. I have lived with a lot of depression and blockages where I have believed that my talent escaped from me, living with fear, uncertainty, with insecurity. But since I found your videos they have encouraged my heart and soul in a beautiful way. Keep doing it! As I can I will support you. Thank you very much for being a wonderful person. Greetings from Mexico ❤️🇲🇽🥺🥺
Hi Valerie, just wanted to say I've watched all your videos a few months ago but even now that I am blessed with this new one, I am really happy I hope you are feeling great just like I am.
This video has straight vipassana vibes. 💓 I love your flow and creative expression. Much success in every atom. Cheers to celebrating life and thank you for these inspirational videos.
I love that Airplane museum you went to. I really enjoyed your video too. What you say is some good wisdom. I am a older artist but not to old to learn new things and better myself. Thank you for sharing and many blessings to you dear one.Happy painting! ps: nothing like a good paint brush.
I love these brushes too. There' s no turning back to other brushes. As for the variety of colours in the watercolour palette, you have to think more parameters such as transparency and granulation. As an example at the moment I know that I need a warm transparent yellow for my portraits even though I have three yellows. Thanks for sharing thoughts and calmness. Greetings from Greece.
I loved this video so much. I love seeing your inspiration with the museums and shops, your process and early sketches, and all the way through to the finished illustration.
You have the same teaching philosophy of my late art teacher. You say the same things as he used to say. I miss him so much. I never purpsued fineart, and now when I want to try to get into it again, I'm overwhelmed with emotions and thoughts that makes it harder to start something. Mastering one or two supplies as you say, maybe I can try that first. Maybe that is a way. Thank you Valerie. I watch this in a time when I really need this because my heart has been sad for a long time
If you see this comment I want you to know your voice and the way you present your paintings always makes me happy when sad.I feel like i just want to get into the screen and see feel and even learn every thing there you do with so much love.I have hard days dealing a lot with my own .Thankyou for coming up with such vedios Much love Sis from Nepal❤️.
I’m glad that you were watching a video of Hayao Miyazaki. As a Japanese, his works are the part of my soul. Your gentle and soothing atmosphere made me really comfortable. Thank you for beautiful time!
there is no time to avoid your vlogs. I get to understand of myself in you. I am going through those times of concerning mental situation, which is one thing that has gotten me hope to know no matter how insecurities after a while come in with anxiety, I needed a mental exercises such as breathing exercises because after watching this video I laughed at myself because I focussed too much externally of what made me insecure a lot not realising that my inner self needed love, comfort in things I wasn't aware of that led in the first place to insecure me so much. the brush experiment part got me laughing so hard... yeah, there is no need to invest in so much supplies than learning the few we own. love how you paint, playing with the brush strokes it's fun to watch.
Hi Valerie, I am grateful you shared these today. I live in the U.S. I have visited Berlin before and I really loved it there. I love Europe. I am a painter, an artist as well. I like how calm your videos. I want to tell you that my life here seems anxious, I am glad you mentioned the construction workers because my window is above where they pull up every morning, and I live below someone who I can always hear walking above me. It creates a very unsettling environment for me. I hope I can leave/move from here soon. Thank you for sharing.
I’ve been coming to these realizations lately too and I think it’s one of the reasons I love your videos so much. This one is especially lovely, and WOW I want to visit that toy store now!
Thank you very much Valerie for inspiring me and making my evening peaceful and lovely. In this video one of your sentences reminded me of something. Once when I was having a sculpture lesson in my art school we had to make a sculpture of an ear. So at first the teacher told us to take some papers and start doodling the ear looking at the original sculpture on the wall. We doodled like two pages and some of the students asked why were we doing it. The teacher told, that while doodling the sculpture we study all the little things and details of the ear. And more we doodle, more things we sea and remember so while sculpturing it will be way easier. And he was right!
I studied art and wanted to become an artist so I feel the struggle when people bought new and fancy art supplies. But over time I learned that art doesn't improve with supplies. Of course you will have an easier time if your medium is very pigmented and UV resistant. However the cost of high quality materials can really hold you back. I know it held me back as I was afraid to make mistakes on my practice canvases and the worry made it worse. My tip would always be, invest in GOOD not expensive but good quality brushes as your first splurge on art supplies. As the brushes are an extension of your hands. For other mediums, the canvas/paper. Trust me, my 2 euro pencils from Action translate better on quality sketching paper than the fancy pencils on normal paper.
You sparked a thought in my mind! Preparing for the worst is a way to avoid disappointment and heart ache. However, to switch out of a lack mindset, we instead need to learn that failure is not a reflection of who we are, but a tool so that when we are faced with rejection, we don't use it as evidence to support our negative beliefs (not shielding ourselves by preparing for the worst but diving in whole heartedly). To look at failure as a required part of the process that shows you what you can improve or that maybe you're looking in the wrong place and that you should redirect and keep moving forward. !!!Failure is not a reflection of who we are, but tool designed to help us navigate our lives!!!
I feel bad all the time and I struggle with depression and anxiety, but when I see your videos I feel like I'm in another world , I feel very happy and relax thank you ,I love you and I will wait your next video ❤❤
This video was so beautiful for my soul, creatively & also taught me stuff about emotions & thoughts. So for mental health it was a great video. If your a beginner & this is your work then your pro level work will be out of this world. I also love how to introduce the concept of becoming a morning person from a night one which is what I struggle with and seeing what’s there to look forward to instead of doing it because everyone should wake up in the morning. The true reason I feel one will wake up in the morning is if there is something to look forward to and in your case in was the golden clouds and light, we just have to find that which extends its hand out to us to get us out of bed.
the thing that i love the most about your videos is that u dont speed up your paintings. You show the slow brush strokes, the mixing of colours those are my most favourite parts.. love your videos.
i really love your videos. it remainds me why I love art .i haven't seen all of your videos yet , because I only see them when I feel lost or when I want to feel relaxed or when I'm just in the mood ? well what I'm trying to say is that I love your content ,they are lovely and wonderful.
This video is brilliant. It shows the little struggles that go through my mind in such a clear, interesting and positive way. You are very intelligent and talented. If you were wondering if you got the story right, well, you did very well. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video and all the others you are making. I've been struggling myself for 3 years to find motivation to create again and fight against that anxiety and constant tiredness I'm feeling when it comes to make something with my hands. Your videos are truly helping me and I'm sure so many others. It is such a great feeling to find someone putting feelings so many have into words and illustrate them through art. Watching you painting has become one of my favourite things! Sending you all my support and love for art school and everyday life x :)
Thank you Valerie, you have a way of putting in kind words things that are hard to say kindly not only to others but to one self as well. I may one day be able to break 'the night owl' cycle and make way to golden clouds. I also hope I can find a pretty toy store like the one you visited where I live, I miss those a lot.
I love your videos so much!!! I was so inspired by your art studio that I moved my space from my basement to my bohemian meditation/reading room upstairs. I thought, I need to be in a space like yours while I paint. I love your aesthetic!!!!
Hey thanku soooo much, you, your voice, your thoughts all together is healing me ❤ … Even if I don’t listen to your words , just the vibration of your voice is soothing my ears, deeplyyyyyyyyyyyyyy relaxing my mind… and working as a listening to waterfall in forest with closed eyes…
i had periods of time when my body awake slowly when the mind was active right away and of course the brain and the body need some time to catch up with the consciousness. we are surounded by presence ...so it is normal when the heartrate is so low to explore more energeticaly of your surroundings . keep calm , relax even more cause the body will follow . nothing bad can happen to be more relax and think less ,folow your breath .helped me
As a beginner my art school friends always showed me their fancy art supplies.. and as a teenager I got so angry over things I didn't had.. now I'm being thankful for not having those at that time and now I can focus on my skills more than the ease that art supplies gave..💕
PS. You have a great fashion sense as well..i like it🌟
I used to be the same way! I used to believe that the supplies are what makes the artist too, but many can created wonderful art with a standard pencil and notebook paper.
I never realized how much dedication and work it really takes to get there. Funny how these untrue beliefs can influence negative thought patterns.
Totally relatable! I am preparing for NIFT entrance ! and I have always compared my art to others which left me anxious and overwhelmed only to be consumed in idea of perfectionism ! I would procrastinate and imagine my art to be perfect one day without really putting any effort!
@@Weeping_lover OUCH! I resemble that remark. 😱
In my defense, I have reasons for not creating as much art as I’d like, that makes sense.
Until someone else uses similar excuses and I hear how stupid those negative beliefs sound out loud…🥶
I have no clue what NIFT is. It sounds like it’s an art school. Either way, good luck with it.
@@mrs.quills7061 Ditto.
Growing up without something’s has made me resourceful and able to discern what’s necessary, convenient, or just a useless money trap.
It makes me feel empowered and like I have a super power. The power of discernment.
Spending a lot of money on art supplies causes me anxiety.
However I can definitely benefit from buying better quality paints, brushes, and paper. I think I’ve gone too cheap. My brushes fall apart on paper that can’t hold paint.
Hopefully I’ll find the balance. Until then I’ll work on drawing every day. I can’t go wrong with pencils and copy paper.
You are so gentle, and so kind. What a lovely story and illustration. I love the colors and delicacy of it and.. you! Also the moments where you speak in the moment make me giggle. Thanks for spreading positivity and knowledge in our world!
Ohhh thank you so much Jess 🥹 sending you love and a biiiiig hug 💌💕
You two are incredible artists, story teller’s and always thought provoking. Exceptional beautiful video’s each time. Greetings to you Valerie in my hometown and to you Jess from the other side of FL.
Agreed!
Omg my two Favorite artists :))
I am a colorblind artist, and your words about the amount of art supplies really hit close to my heart. I spent so many years looking for the right art supplies so I could be like everyone else. I thought if I had more variety, a greater spectrum I could make up for my blindness. Recently, however, I have found I am happiest with far less. A small set of pencils. A cheap ball point pen. A limited palette when I paint. Less supplies has really freed me of the pressure to fit in and has allowed me to see and interpret the world how my eyes are able.
Your early bird story is similar to mine! I was a 'night owl' for awhile, staying up till 4am and sleeping till noon. One night I stayed up all night to finish a project, and saw the sun rise in my apartment. I couldn't believe how beautiful it was! I realized I had never witnessed that in the whole time I lived there, and literally overnight I became an "early bird". It's been over a decade since then, and to this day I am always up at the crack of dawn!
I love that!
as a programmer (and a hobby artist haha), I really appreciate this week's thematic trend. The museum of technology, the conditional reasoning, the automation of art. I feel like you'd be that type of person who could speak to anyone about anything!
I was waiting for this video since last night and now it's finally here. You've always been my comfort RUclipsr and it's almost crazy seeing you talk about something I have been struggling with lately.
Sameeee, so excited to see it
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@@flamingaish yours is beautiful!
Same her symptoms are exactly mine, crying, dizzy, unable to focus being exhausted. This was such an relief to hear the validation about our thinking and physical manifestations of trauma and survival mode.
@@mairaimen so is yours! things will start getting prettier soon, just hang in there a bit more, i promise.
much love
I was crying now because of the pressure of studying but I got a notice from you, that's what made me believe in myself again, thank you, Valerin , I love you so much🖤.
You can do it! Remember to take naps and time to eat that’ll help your brain.
Sending both of you love! 💕 you got this Chéri! 🌱
I just wanted to tell you how lucky you are for being so young and knowing so much about life!! Your messeges you share through your videos are amazing and so helpful!! I wish I had known all these things when I was in my twenties or thirties!! Thank you so much for your beautiful art and your wise words!! ♥️🌹
I love the fact that there was a secret present for someone to find, so sweet! You are a really kind and generous person.🥰
Dearest Valerie, today is the day, I need to write a comment, because I'm impressed of your knowledge and wisdom. 😊
I am a 56 year old girl from Berlin and If I wouldn't have become a singer and voice teacher, I probably would have chosen to be a painter (artist).
You are doing such a great job here of motivating and encouraging people to be what they want to be and to do what they want to do. It's all about mindset.
Yes..., most of us (especially people of my age and older), got limiting thoughts of ourselves and what's possible in live.
It' s wonderful to see such a young lady like you, who already got that understanding of how live works.
Thank you and lots of love from Berlin-Kreuzberg. 💗
Das Technik Museum ist großartig! 😊
I love the line where you said, accept and sort of embrace the pain in your brain when your making a new change. As an artist and someone suffering from depression, that's golden advice which I thought I'd probably get from my therapist😂💀
Your changing my life through your videos...I hope you understand the depth of how much your videos mean to someone. Thank you for this ❤
More that 100 hours to make this video?! You put so much effort in all of you're videos. I thank you for all the videos you make, they help me trough hard days. Can't wait for another video and take you're time meking them. A lot of love and support from Italy ❤️
i know right? amazing the amount of work she puts in, it really shows !
I have to sleep for a whole day after uploading each video hahah. All my energy is put into the Art and Video 🌱❣️ Just knowing they help gives me the energy back to continue 🙏🏼 love back 💌
Valerie you are promoting a lifestyle that gives me hope and courage. Thank you for this!!
As we acquire knowledge, we also need to acquire wisdom. The two combined are more valuable than either one slone. Few people seem capable of analysing that process as it is happening in "real time". Your gift - amongst many others in your "portfolio of life" - is that you relay your new knowledge and your emerging wisdom in both "real time" and "reel
time" so that your audience learns from but also with you. Keep going, Valerie. Yours is an interesting life unfolding as it should - to paraphrase a famous prose poem. Following each of your tools to mastery is a Da Vinci way of life...
I love how much love and attention she puts into all of her videos. I love this channel and I admire her.
You're beautiful. Not just your face or your colour or your art or your personality or your videos. You as a whole are such a warm and beautiful being. I mean it. Stay this way while the tides of the time test you.. I just love your videos. I sincerely thank YOU !!!! ✨✨✨❤️
I smile when I see that you have posted. I appreciate that you shared the hours it takes to create the content. It will help me be patient as I wait for the gift of your time and skills. You have helped me connect to good energy for my day and to get ready for my art class this evening. Your reach connects around the world.
While it's not possible to become a Patreon, thank you for the amazing videos. You inspired me to started drawing and art lessons, and I couldn't be more excited. Thank you 💞 hugs from Brazil
You are such a lovely woman...wise beyond your years ❤ thank you for this video...I know someone who needs to watch this. Sending much love and gratitude across the miles.🌺🌈🙋♀️
This video is hands down my favorite one. That toy store was really cool, basement was a bit creepy though, and the kid was adorable. I just absolutely love the color in your paintings, it's very inspirational for me.
Same this was by far my favorite because her story feels so similar to my own, it’s so beautiful and inspiring.
I think this is also my favourite video so far :) thanks for the feedback! And yeaah that basement it was a museum of old toys from the DDR
This has come at the perfect time, I'm about to move to a new city to start a new job. Everything feels so stressful and all my thoughts are battling each other but instead of fearing the unknown and creating fake possibilities in my mind I need to embrace it. Thank you for making these they are always so insightful and gentle.
You are my medicine sister...god bless u... U don't know u are helping so many... Watching ur video is like a therapy.❤️
Thank you so much for another mesmerizing video! You really inspire me and make me rethink so many things. I'm a graphic designer and I've been returning to drawing after so many years, the fast pace of the design world really made things difficult, and seeing your videos take me back to my childhood and how time was soooo different and enjoyable. Now I'm trying to allow myself to take the time to create the beauty I want to see in the world and have time to experiment and learn about myself and develop my skills. Please never stop your videos they are really an inspiration and a breath of fresh air in this crazy fast passed world! In spiritual terms I once read that apparently, when we sleep we go into the "real world" and our senses are more amplified, they say we can meet other spirits outside the material world and it may be that you felt that as you were "trapped" in-between worlds, not fully awake nor fully asleep. Maybe that's not true but what do we really know... Thank you again! 😊💕
You know the feeling when you're not in the mood to smile or watch favorite funny videos to relax and breathe or just to stop your thoughts to get through you, , But with you, , its your videos that take me to the perfect balance of calmness and willingness to learn , motivate and just relax my mind , , , im feeling down these days , i feel like i really need to rest but im also tired of laying down and sleeping , causing me to be more drained that i was, , , So yeah im relieve to watch your videos. I feel like i this world you're on my list of people that i care about .You're my friend and I'M your friend.
I just feel like I'm in another world when I watch your videos
You are so inspiring
انا عربية وشاهدت فديوهاتك بالصدفة واحببتك جدا واحببت نصائحك حقا بدأت ادعي لك كل ما اشاهد احد فديوهاتك بالسعادة لانك تنمنحيني الشعور بالسعادة الحقيقية اثناء سماع كلامك الملهم اللطيف احبك ❤
I am one of those friends that accidentally speak of the past when people change. Now I know when I decide to connect with old friends to speak of the present. I am trying to maintain social contact with some friends and realize it is better to learn to grow together and allow room for change.
Change worst-case-scenario thinking to best-case-scenario thinking and you will be spiraling upwards... Thanks Valerie ❤
Knowledge makes you brave. Fearlessness sometimes but fear is an important feeling one has to listen to calmly and analyze.
I was in survival mode for a long time and when I’d try to make a change id try too hard, not being able to sustain the Herculean effort, giving up and hating myself.
I’ve had to overhaul how I approach taking care of my brain (exercise, journaling, studying etc) by practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 50-60% effort into my journaling habit - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on YT.
Giving a small, consistent mediocre effort everyday has allowed me to make the most progress and surprisingly/unsurprisingly the most freedom.
God Bless you. Thanks for sharing your journey 💖
This was sooooo pretty!!!! I am always looking forward to your videos, at the beginning it was mostly for your art, seeing your talent is baffling and such a joy! I probably double your age, but girl, you are always teaching me something and it's so refreshing! You have a clear wisdom and I really appreciate so much how you share all of this with all of us. Today's video was needed for me to see and it helped, thank you again. God bless!
that is why I stopped seeing old friends, people who think opposite of me, when I started to think so much differently from others including my family members after reading the law of attraction books and such. I became like a loner. all alone and just making art stuff. People would say I will go mad staying at home. Indeed probably but I like that most of the time. thank you for making this vlog that just came at the right time (right now).
I love that your videos are so relatable when it comes to my life. Starting from ones regarding fear of blank page, phone addiction to this one. Big Thank You for this healing and comforting content! Your paintings and videos are just magical!
This couldn’t have come at a better time for me. Anxiety has been getting the better of me recently and I think anxiety is that ‘survival mode’ your talking about in this video. I get anxious over small things as well and even tho I know it’s going to be a long journey and I’m not going to be able to make my anxiety vanish straight away I do want to work on it. When I get anxiety really bad it makes me exhausted and basically I’m getting tired of being tired with anxiety. Although I have tiredness issues to do with my health problems I don’t think my anxiety helps with being tired either. Thank you for the inspiration and motivation with this video. It was so calming to watch which I needed and it inspired me to sit down and write an Autumn bucket list to have things to look forward to do in the season to come. I look forward to more of your videos :)
Good morning Valerie, so happy to watch this!! I needed this as I'm trying to incorporate a creativity schedule into my day!! It's so dreary and rainy here in Jersey but your videos always make me feel at peace!! Have a blessed day!!❤️🥰🙏🏼
Good Morning Aida, it‘s a cloudy day too here in Berlin and it should rain the next days too 🌧 Perfect for cozy vibes hehe. Glad my videos help you to feel more creative!🪁🌸 have a blessed day too 💕
I loved how soothing voice you have , , it isn't just telling me stories , advice but also making me feel calm throughout your video. Im so happy that i found this channel, now im blessed with your creativity , calmness, and JUST you.thank you for this
I love your conversation while taking us on adventures! The trap door in the toy store looks so fun, wow! That scene brings back a vision of childhood so clear I can almost touch it! Thanks again for your thoughtful and beautiful content.
The part about the friends hit me. I don't think I've ever had a set of friends and I find it hard to try to keep up with people. Like my sister has a group of friends she has always maintained, but me and my other sister have somewhat moved apart from the ones we had. I changed and so I never felt the need to keep up with them. It's strange, but I also feel it's for the better.
Art has been my way to communicating. I was born with a hearing loss i hasn't gotten my hearing aid till i was7 years old. My art was important to me. That was back in the 50's. I got married had a baby continue do my art (animals drawings and painting. )Then many years down the road i quit. My son passed away at age 46 that was 7 years ago. I couldn't continue 😢 my heart wants go back to art I love watching yout vlog, thank you for sharing ❤
I really wanted to tell you you motivated me to start my healing jeorney , you are the reason i started taking social media breaks and tap in my flow state, and most importantly, you proved to me i dont have to be miserable to create good art , never stop whatbyou do i am sure you change alot of lives
Loved this. I think sometimes people bring up the negative things in our past because they are unhappy with their own present.
Thanks Valerie for a beautiful video. Always look forward to watching them.
It’s a rainy day here in NY… but I watched a new video from Valerie… always informative and soothing. I really liked the toy store… but more so I liked that you left a gift of art pencils for someone… to find… a very kind and sweet thing to do… you have a good and kind heart.
Bringing art… to someone else… 👌💐👌
Im so happy to have found your channel. Ive been having a lot of health issues over the last month and your videos have brought me happiness, calm and inspirations for art projects when im feeling better. Thank you for sharing your life and your art. So beautifully done. 👏💕
I have been stressing out about my future and earning money to move out of my home. My family is nice and my parents want to support me, which I’m very blessed. But I can’t grow because at the same time I have to follow certain rules and think a certain way to be able to live as harmoniously as possible. I see instagram artists grow so fast and get their studios, start earning money enough to support themselves, and I compare my life and growth to theirs. It is unfair to compare since I know they have worked longer or harder than me, and I try to remind myself that comparison is the thief of joy. Still it is hard. I love your videos because you show you are learning about yourself, and you are wiser than most people I know. Thank you for sharing with us, and giving us hope.
I am always blown away with all of your videos. Every. Single. One. Ignites and fuels me with passion. Love love love you Valerie Lin. thank you for being yourself 💕
I always love what you publish because it is among the best and among my interests
Thank you Valerie, lovely video again. Love your painting. Take good care.
This video helps me a lot. I love your approach to the whole process: it is not minimalistic nor exaggerated, and it is driven by passion and curiosity. You can see it all over the video! Really grateful to have stumbled in this channel
This why I like your video. Your video is full of motivation and knowledgeable. Love from India 😊❤🙏
You are wise beyond your years . I love your videos, they give me serotonin, and optimistic outlook. Thank you
Thank you Valerie.
I have been watching your videos for a while now and as someone who suffers with depression, they have been an amazing source of relief and each video gives me a sense of calm, reassurance, comfort and an emotional hug.
I love that you take us along on your excursions. I have never been to your country and find it beautiful and clean and inviting. And I also love how strong and independent you are despite your anxieties and concerns. You are wise beyond your years. It took many many years to feel confident in my own skin. God bless you sweet girl.
I can't tell you how your videos are good for me. I just graduated from university and came back my home. But now, i don't know how i do. I fall into obscurity. I need to stand up for myself. And you give me that energy. So, thank you Valerie, so glad i have you..🥺💫
Valerie, you always give me so much food for thought. You probably are younger that me, but so much wiser, and that's one of the many reasons why I love your videos. Thank you for making me question my habits, my belief system
Здравствуй, Valeriе! Твои мысли и творчество придают столько спокойствия, радости и счастья. Спасибо тебе большое за каждое видео!
Val! I miss you very much. I had never taken the time to thank you for what you do. All my life I have hesitated to devote myself to art because of the negative and unencouraging comments. I have lived with a lot of depression and blockages where I have believed that my talent escaped from me, living with fear, uncertainty, with insecurity. But since I found your videos they have encouraged my heart and soul in a beautiful way. Keep doing it! As I can I will support you. Thank you very much for being a wonderful person. Greetings from Mexico ❤️🇲🇽🥺🥺
Hi Valerie, just wanted to say I've watched all your videos a few months ago but even now that I am blessed with this new one, I am really happy I hope you are feeling great just like I am.
I love her videos too! It is so smoothing
This video has straight vipassana vibes. 💓 I love your flow and creative expression. Much success in every atom. Cheers to celebrating life and thank you for these inspirational videos.
What a wonderful painting! You are wise beyond your years. Thank you for sharing
I love that Airplane museum you went to. I really enjoyed your video too. What you say is some good wisdom. I am a older artist but not to old to learn new things and better myself. Thank you for sharing and many blessings to you dear one.Happy painting!
ps: nothing like a good paint brush.
I love the combination of philosophy and art in your videos . also they are so soothing . 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
I love these brushes too. There' s no turning back to other brushes. As for the variety of colours in the watercolour palette, you have to think more parameters such as transparency and granulation. As an example at the moment I know that I need a warm transparent yellow for my portraits even though I have three yellows. Thanks for sharing thoughts and calmness. Greetings from Greece.
I loved this video so much. I love seeing your inspiration with the museums and shops, your process and early sketches, and all the way through to the finished illustration.
You have the same teaching philosophy of my late art teacher. You say the same things as he used to say. I miss him so much. I never purpsued fineart, and now when I want to try to get into it again, I'm overwhelmed with emotions and thoughts that makes it harder to start something. Mastering one or two supplies as you say, maybe I can try that first. Maybe that is a way. Thank you Valerie. I watch this in a time when I really need this because my heart has been sad for a long time
If you see this comment I want you to know your voice and the way you present your paintings always makes me happy when sad.I feel like i just want to get into the screen and see feel and even learn every thing there you do with so much love.I have hard days dealing a lot with my own .Thankyou for coming up with such vedios Much love Sis from Nepal❤️.
Wake up humans. She finally came to make ur day better.
You're editorials are superb.
"Personality is breakable
And should change over time"
So profound.
I’m glad that you were watching a video of Hayao Miyazaki. As a Japanese, his works are the part of my soul. Your gentle and soothing atmosphere made me really comfortable. Thank you for beautiful time!
Do you have a podcast? If not, you totally should! Love your voice and messages🥰
Me encanta cuando interiorizas experiencias para crear arte. Saludos desde Lima Perú 🇵🇪❤️
I love every video you put out, and they always seem to come around when I need to hear these words. You're such an amazing and inspiring artist!
Finally😆❤️I've always been waiting for your video! Thanks a lot for sharing such a helpful video🙏🌷
My day is automatically better when I get the notification!!! 💗💗
I am glad to encounter this video exactly right at the moment I need it... Thank you for this amazing thing too...
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there is no time to avoid your vlogs. I get to understand of myself in you. I am going through those times of concerning mental situation, which is one thing that has gotten me hope to know no matter how insecurities after a while come in with anxiety, I needed a mental exercises such as breathing exercises because after watching this video I laughed at myself because I focussed too much externally of what made me insecure a lot not realising that my inner self needed love, comfort in things I wasn't aware of that led in the first place to insecure me so much. the brush experiment part got me laughing so hard... yeah, there is no need to invest in so much supplies than learning the few we own. love how you paint, playing with the brush strokes it's fun to watch.
Hi Valerie, I am grateful you shared these today. I live in the U.S. I have visited Berlin before and I really loved it there. I love Europe. I am a painter, an artist as well. I like how calm your videos. I want to tell you that my life here seems anxious, I am glad you mentioned the construction workers because my window is above where they pull up every morning, and I live below someone who I can always hear walking above me. It creates a very unsettling environment for me. I hope I can leave/move from here soon. Thank you for sharing.
I’ve been coming to these realizations lately too and I think it’s one of the reasons I love your videos so much. This one is especially lovely, and WOW I want to visit that toy store now!
Thank you very much Valerie for inspiring me and making my evening peaceful and lovely.
In this video one of your sentences reminded me of something. Once when I was having a sculpture lesson in my art school we had to make a sculpture of an ear. So at first the teacher told us to take some papers and start doodling the ear looking at the original sculpture on the wall. We doodled like two pages and some of the students asked why were we doing it. The teacher told, that while doodling the sculpture we study all the little things and details of the ear. And more we doodle, more things we sea and remember so while sculpturing it will be way easier.
And he was right!
I studied art and wanted to become an artist so I feel the struggle when people bought new and fancy art supplies. But over time I learned that art doesn't improve with supplies. Of course you will have an easier time if your medium is very pigmented and UV resistant. However the cost of high quality materials can really hold you back. I know it held me back as I was afraid to make mistakes on my practice canvases and the worry made it worse. My tip would always be, invest in GOOD not expensive but good quality brushes as your first splurge on art supplies. As the brushes are an extension of your hands. For other mediums, the canvas/paper. Trust me, my 2 euro pencils from Action translate better on quality sketching paper than the fancy pencils on normal paper.
You sparked a thought in my mind! Preparing for the worst is a way to avoid disappointment and heart ache. However, to switch out of a lack mindset, we instead need to learn that failure is not a reflection of who we are, but a tool so that when we are faced with rejection, we don't use it as evidence to support our negative beliefs (not shielding ourselves by preparing for the worst but diving in whole heartedly). To look at failure as a required part of the process that shows you what you can improve or that maybe you're looking in the wrong place and that you should redirect and keep moving forward. !!!Failure is not a reflection of who we are, but tool designed to help us navigate our lives!!!
The best video for Artists going through things. Thank you for making this video!!!🙏🏽💐💕
Your world is so beautiful and I love it ❤❤ you are the peace in itself 💫💫💫
I could really feel you are speaking from the heart and your calmness comes through. Thank you.
I feel bad all the time and I struggle with depression and anxiety, but when I see your videos I feel like I'm in another world , I feel very happy and relax thank you ,I love you and I will wait your next video ❤❤
Thank you, for making me feel a bit more validated in thinking about things deeply!♡
This video was so beautiful for my soul, creatively & also taught me stuff about emotions & thoughts. So for mental health it was a great video. If your a beginner & this is your work then your pro level work will be out of this world. I also love how to introduce the concept of becoming a morning person from a night one which is what I struggle with and seeing what’s there to look forward to instead of doing it because everyone should wake up in the morning. The true reason I feel one will wake up in the morning is if there is something to look forward to and in your case in was the golden clouds and light, we just have to find that which extends its hand out to us to get us out of bed.
I was going through a difficult period, but when I received a very happy message, I was filled with positive energy after watching the video.thank you
the thing that i love the most about your videos is that u dont speed up your paintings. You show the slow brush strokes, the mixing of colours those are my most favourite parts.. love your videos.
Your videos are so inspirational! Also that you don't let others to discourage you, but you do what you believe in
i really love your videos. it remainds me why I love art .i haven't seen all of your videos yet , because I only see them when I feel lost or when I want to feel relaxed or when I'm just in the mood ?
well what I'm trying to say is that I love your content ,they are lovely and wonderful.
This video is brilliant.
It shows the little struggles that go through my mind in such a clear, interesting and positive way.
You are very intelligent and talented.
If you were wondering if you got the story right, well, you did very well.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video and all the others you are making. I've been struggling myself for 3 years to find motivation to create again and fight against that anxiety and constant tiredness I'm feeling when it comes to make something with my hands. Your videos are truly helping me and I'm sure so many others. It is such a great feeling to find someone putting feelings so many have into words and illustrate them through art. Watching you painting has become one of my favourite things! Sending you all my support and love for art school and everyday life x :)
Thank you Valerie, you have a way of putting in kind words things that are hard to say kindly not only to others but to one self as well.
I may one day be able to break 'the night owl' cycle and make way to golden clouds.
I also hope I can find a pretty toy store like the one you visited where I live, I miss those a lot.
I love your videos so much!!! I was so inspired by your art studio that I moved my space from my basement to my bohemian meditation/reading room upstairs. I thought, I need to be in a space like yours while I paint. I love your aesthetic!!!!
You are full of gentleness and sincerity
Hey thanku soooo much, you, your voice, your thoughts all together is healing me ❤ … Even if I don’t listen to your words , just the vibration of your voice is soothing my ears, deeplyyyyyyyyyyyyyy relaxing my mind… and working as a listening to waterfall in forest with closed eyes…
i had periods of time when my body awake slowly when the mind was active right away and of course the brain and the body need some time to catch up with the consciousness. we are surounded by presence ...so it is normal when the heartrate is so low to explore more energeticaly of your surroundings . keep calm , relax even more cause the body will follow . nothing bad can happen to be more relax and think less ,folow your breath .helped me
what a solace he was🦋
You're smile while getting shock with the softness of the brush is so sincere 😁🤗
Your videos calm my anxiety ❤ There are real people appreciating your hard work . Thank you ❤