Thanks so much, Janine! It's not easy to paint the way we want to all the time and push past the expectations stuck in our heads. It sure is fun though when we do 😊
Another great video. I love the permissions you are giving yourself and as a result, us the viewer - not only in subject but also in attitude. It's become a habit of mine to watch one of your videos when I need inspiration. Thanks for continuing to feed it Chris!
Hey Ann! It's always wonderful to find those hidden (in plain sight) nuggets to play with. I was down in your neck of the woods (Florida) last weekend. It's so beautiful!
"There's no box to think outside of". Love that! I'm learning so much from these demonstrations. I appreciate your perspective and it is validating my own process of trusting what unfolds.
Really enjoyed watching this! What stands out for me are the finishing touches - white lines and small bit of orange as the focal point. I was hoping you would add that color or some raw sienna. Can't wait to see more!
Super... always exciting to see what you do with everyday light and objects and shapes, Chris. I think the excitement got going for me around 3min45... and then you used your marker and the word Angst appeared😅. But your final touches saved the day for me. Your comentary is so humble and inspiring. Thank you😊😊😊
Hey Emmanuel-thanks for your kind words. This one took me on a little bit of a ride. Adding the marker was one of those "oh, what did I just do" moments 😂. But it seemed to work out in the end. So happy acrylics are so forgiving. 😁
Isnt it funny how abstract paintings like this so often get better as they get simpler, but its always a process you have to go through each time. Thanks for sharing this painting. Btw like when the striped portion is in the upper right corner (180° rotation from orientation shown though most of video). I like the movement that instills to the painting.
I couldn't agree more on getting better as they get simpler. Sometimes its almost as if we need to relearn that by making things too chaotic first. That is currently how I have the painting hanging in my studio, stripes in upper right, and I think that is a very engaging orientation. Cheers!
@@chrisloudart what I've recently come to realize: when we start a painting like this, we're just getting everything out of our heads onto the canvas to start it, whatever thoughts, impressions, experiences we've been accumulating, then we start that process of editing, reducing, casting away, things come and go in that period, finally if we are lucky, we reach that point where clarity takes hold, and the important ideas have won the day. It may not result in a good piece, but I do think we've honed our skills some, and we do live in the process.
YES! I recently did an 18"x24" charcoal drawing based on the pattern of scratches on a car's hubcap! Inspiration is everywhere if we are open to it. Love your attitude and your channel!
@@chrisloudart oh thank you for the videos! You're Friday is my lazy Saturday afternoon, at least that's when I get the videos. It started off a bit dubious, then I thought ahhu yep thats it, then it was oh no! Then oh yeah! You have made the mundane more interesting to look at now. 😆 Cheers!
@@chrisloudart maybe we were that was my very professional technical words for my observations 😊😆😆. Well the wallaby family has grown a bit, there's work being done in the nearby forestry plantations and when that happens I get few more coming to find food. I've done a bit of a tour of the environment, to show where the wallabies live, and I might do some more. I'm in the process of moving my mum in with us while we get her tiny home built up near my workshop, which is full of her things, so I can't paint or weave in there at the moment. Its going to be a while before I can do anything in there, its exciting for my mum she turns 90 this year so she sees it as an adventure going to live a solar/generator life 😊 and she's will have room in her tiny home to still continue her weaving. So it'll be a while before I can do a video on scraping the moss, algae, lichen off the house, so that's yet to come. Cheers!
I'm sure the wallabies are quite happy to have you around. I can see why your mum is excited about her new adventure! So you both weave? That's fantastic! What types of things do you weave? I hope you get to do some creating soon, but mum's always come first. Cheers!
I have painted for years . Keep trying to have all this fun with abstract. Always end up identifying something logical and seeing a realistic representation. Took your advise and painted out everything that makes sense. I’m lost! Painted my canvas over and over. Got lost ! Again! Is it a matter of over thinking ? It just looks Frankenstein.Jenny
Hey Jenny! I have many Frankensteins in my studio as well. Typically, for me, those are definitely a result of overthinking and expecting a 'nice looking' painting every time (which I still struggle with.) What helped me was when I grabbed a sketchbook and started doing quick, timed abstract paintings (15-20 minutes) every day. It forced me to stop overthinking because I didn't have time to think. I created a lot of really bad looking paintings, so I kept my expectations low. After a few days, things started clicking and I found myself having fun and the paintings started improving. Hang in there! You got this! ❤️
I enjoyed the video, I usually do. This is another great color palette. I don’t remember at time I allowed myself time to paint a palette before getting in whatever I’m doing, instead playing on the page. I like the deliberateness of this pre-play. Also, as soon as you said it, I stopped what I was doing to write down, “There’s no box to think outside of.” I will be keeping that with me. So, thanks for that, too.
Thanks so much, Shari! I find it helpful sometimes to try some color thumbnails as a warm-up. It's a great way to experiment with the colors and get my mind in the right place. Plus they're quick. 😊
In almost every piece I create there’s a point in the process where I absolutely HATE what has appeared on the canvas. I thought I was totally screwing things up, so I’d watch tutorial after tutorial trying to figure out where I went wrong. Then I realized I wasn’t going wrong…. I just had to keep going.
Hey Maria! I think that is a perfect way to put it! There are sometimes we're not happy and we just want to be done...but the painting has something else in mind and we have to uncover what it is by continuing.
@@chrisloudart exactly. I’ve just learned to accept that’s it has a will of its own and I trust that it’s going to be beautiful. I kept hearing “trust the process” over and over again in the tutorials and I thought to myself: “I swear to God if I hear that phrase again I’m gonna throw this phone across the room”. After I learned to just get over myself I truly understand it now. 😂
"Trust the process" is great advice and it makes sense, but not always easy to grab hold of and run with. Once you do, though, you feel as if you took a big step forward. The painting will be done when it's done-whether that is 5 minutes from when you started, or a year down the road.
@@chrisloudartalso: do you ever use chalk pastels? If you do what do you use as a fixative that doesn’t change the colors? I learned the hard way on a piece I was working on and I about 💩💩💩my pants.
❤❤❤ That focal point !!
Thanks, Juliet!
Inspirational! Thankyou ✨👍🏻✨
This is awesome! Love the palette on this one Chris and my favourite orientation would be the third one! ✌️
Thanks so much, BuGs! I had a good time playing with this color palette!
Like your process & videos are easy to follow. Thanks!
Thanks, Tami!
Love this channel so much, it’s helping me get past all the ‘rules’, thank you!
Thanks so much, Janine! It's not easy to paint the way we want to all the time and push past the expectations stuck in our heads. It sure is fun though when we do 😊
Another great video. I love the permissions you are giving yourself and as a result, us the viewer - not only in subject but also in attitude. It's become a habit of mine to watch one of your videos when I need inspiration. Thanks for continuing to feed it Chris!
Thank you very much, Bev! I really appreciate your kind words ❤️ It's so nice to hear these videos are beneficial to you😊
Love the pallet Chris!
Thanks, Susie!
@@chrisloudartPrussian Blue! My all time fave!
I love it too!
Love it!
Thanks, Seahorse!😊
Yea, something new 2 C in our familiar soundings.
U guide us onto the paths never traveled... 😊Ann, Florida fan
Hey Ann! It's always wonderful to find those hidden (in plain sight) nuggets to play with. I was down in your neck of the woods (Florida) last weekend. It's so beautiful!
"There's no box to think outside of". Love that! I'm learning so much from these demonstrations. I appreciate your perspective and it is validating my own process of trusting what unfolds.
Hey Debbie! Thank you, it makes me so happy to hear that.❤️
Really enjoyed watching this! What stands out for me are the finishing touches - white lines and small bit of orange as the focal point. I was hoping you would add that color or some raw sienna. Can't wait to see more!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed this. Raw sienna would have been a great choice as well.😊
Super... always exciting to see what you do with everyday light and objects and shapes, Chris. I think the excitement got going for me around 3min45... and then you used your marker and the word Angst appeared😅. But your final touches saved the day for me. Your comentary is so humble and inspiring. Thank you😊😊😊
Hey Emmanuel-thanks for your kind words. This one took me on a little bit of a ride. Adding the marker was one of those "oh, what did I just do" moments 😂. But it seemed to work out in the end. So happy acrylics are so forgiving. 😁
Hi Chris, im quite new to yr chanel and really loving it. So glad i found you. Thankyou ❤
Hey Andrea! Thanks so much!
Isnt it funny how abstract paintings like this so often get better as they get simpler, but its always a process you have to go through each time. Thanks for sharing this painting. Btw like when the striped portion is in the upper right corner (180° rotation from orientation shown though most of video). I like the movement that instills to the painting.
I couldn't agree more on getting better as they get simpler. Sometimes its almost as if we need to relearn that by making things too chaotic first. That is currently how I have the painting hanging in my studio, stripes in upper right, and I think that is a very engaging orientation. Cheers!
@@chrisloudart what I've recently come to realize: when we start a painting like this, we're just getting everything out of our heads onto the canvas to start it, whatever thoughts, impressions, experiences we've been accumulating, then we start that process of editing, reducing, casting away, things come and go in that period, finally if we are lucky, we reach that point where clarity takes hold, and the important ideas have won the day. It may not result in a good piece, but I do think we've honed our skills some, and we do live in the process.
Beautifully put!❤️
I like the orientation with the stripes top left
That's my current favorite as well!❤️
YES! I recently did an 18"x24" charcoal drawing based on the pattern of scratches on a car's hubcap! Inspiration is everywhere if we are open to it. Love your attitude and your channel!
Thanks, Kim! I couldn't agree more👍. I bet that's a cool looking charcoal drawing!
I like it! The first switch on the orientation was my favourite. Cheers!
Hey Howling! I think that is my favorite as well. Thanks!
@@chrisloudart oh thank you for the videos! You're Friday is my lazy Saturday afternoon, at least that's when I get the videos. It started off a bit dubious, then I thought ahhu yep thats it, then it was oh no! Then oh yeah! You have made the mundane more interesting to look at now. 😆 Cheers!
@howlingwind1937 Thank you! I think we were riding the same rollercoaster. Cheers! How are the wallabies?
@@chrisloudart maybe we were that was my very professional technical words for my observations 😊😆😆. Well the wallaby family has grown a bit, there's work being done in the nearby forestry plantations and when that happens I get few more coming to find food. I've done a bit of a tour of the environment, to show where the wallabies live, and I might do some more. I'm in the process of moving my mum in with us while we get her tiny home built up near my workshop, which is full of her things, so I can't paint or weave in there at the moment. Its going to be a while before I can do anything in there, its exciting for my mum she turns 90 this year so she sees it as an adventure going to live a solar/generator life 😊 and she's will have room in her tiny home to still continue her weaving. So it'll be a while before I can do a video on scraping the moss, algae, lichen off the house, so that's yet to come. Cheers!
I'm sure the wallabies are quite happy to have you around. I can see why your mum is excited about her new adventure! So you both weave? That's fantastic! What types of things do you weave?
I hope you get to do some creating soon, but mum's always come first. Cheers!
nice
Thank you! 😊
I have painted for years . Keep trying to have all this fun with abstract. Always end up identifying something logical and seeing a realistic representation. Took your advise and painted out everything that makes sense. I’m lost! Painted my canvas over and over. Got lost ! Again! Is it a matter of over thinking ? It just looks Frankenstein.Jenny
Hey Jenny! I have many Frankensteins in my studio as well. Typically, for me, those are definitely a result of overthinking and expecting a 'nice looking' painting every time (which I still struggle with.) What helped me was when I grabbed a sketchbook and started doing quick, timed abstract paintings (15-20 minutes) every day. It forced me to stop overthinking because I didn't have time to think. I created a lot of really bad looking paintings, so I kept my expectations low. After a few days, things started clicking and I found myself having fun and the paintings started improving. Hang in there! You got this! ❤️
I enjoyed the video, I usually do. This is another great color palette. I don’t remember at time I allowed myself time to paint a palette before getting in whatever I’m doing, instead playing on the page. I like the deliberateness of this pre-play. Also, as soon as you said it, I stopped what I was doing to write down, “There’s no box to think outside of.” I will be keeping that with me. So, thanks for that, too.
Thanks so much, Shari! I find it helpful sometimes to try some color thumbnails as a warm-up. It's a great way to experiment with the colors and get my mind in the right place. Plus they're quick. 😊
Das hat wieder Spass gemacht zuzusehen, wie etwas Schönes entsteht. Die kleine Stelle in orange finde ich besonders gut!!
Danke, Barbara! Ich denke, der kleine orangefarbene Fleck war genau das, was dieses schnelle kleine Gemälde brauchte. Es ist sehr subtil.
In almost every piece I create there’s a point in the process where I absolutely HATE what has appeared on the canvas. I thought I was totally screwing things up, so I’d watch tutorial after tutorial trying to figure out where I went wrong. Then I realized I wasn’t going wrong…. I just had to keep going.
Hey Maria! I think that is a perfect way to put it! There are sometimes we're not happy and we just want to be done...but the painting has something else in mind and we have to uncover what it is by continuing.
@@chrisloudart exactly. I’ve just learned to accept that’s it has a will of its own and I trust that it’s going to be beautiful. I kept hearing “trust the process” over and over again in the tutorials and I thought to myself: “I swear to God if I hear that phrase again I’m gonna throw this phone across the room”. After I learned to just get over myself I truly understand it now. 😂
"Trust the process" is great advice and it makes sense, but not always easy to grab hold of and run with. Once you do, though, you feel as if you took a big step forward. The painting will be done when it's done-whether that is 5 minutes from when you started, or a year down the road.
@@chrisloudart Facts.
@@chrisloudartalso: do you ever use chalk pastels? If you do what do you use as a fixative that doesn’t change the colors? I learned the hard way on a piece I was working on and I about 💩💩💩my pants.
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