Oh my gosh! Let's set aside your progress on the repaint for a moment - which is incredible and watching it alone is mesmerizing. I'm realizing now Marabeth that part of the appeal in your videos specifically is that they are a glimpse, albeit a deep one, into who you are as a person and artist. By sharing your mental and emotional journey you're providing us with the space to experience that part of ourself - the imposter, the judge and jury, etc. Thank you isn't enough - boundless gratitude might be closer. Be well! ♥
This makes my heart sing ❤️. I’m just thrilled that it translates that way because finding that place where it can all be present-like you said, the imposter, the judge, jury, the accountant 😆-is really the way that I have saved my art career. I spent years trying to banish parts of myself that really were never a threat once I learned to just let them chatter there in the background while I decided what I wanted to do next. I’m just thrilled that it’s helpful to someone else. Thanks for your kind words and for leaving this comment. xoxo
you are such a gift to us out here - it's the encouragement, the cognitive behavioral tips, the courage you show in being so real - when so many of us (me!) do not have the courage to share our work - even if people around me buy my work and say - "put it out there" - I am so shy I just can't do it. I have my local buyers and that's it. I wish I had your gracious courage - but enjoy your pep talks often - thank you so much MBQ:)
I would love to see your work, Angie! And how did you get your local buyers? Friends or do you show locally? And honestly, I think many of us are shy and scared to show our work-it feels so awkward and vulnerable. I’ve had many circumstances where I just jump and do it because it’s the only way I know to get past it. It was partly that reason that I started this RUclips channel-I didn’t want to shrink back from sharing my work, whether it was good or bad. I guess I wanted to normalize the fact that we all have good, bad and mediocre work and it’s good to share it all. It also has helped me to be getting older and feel that I just don’t have the time to waste if I want to do something. 😆. Xoxo
I am so grateful for your “thought” process. It is what every artist struggles with and you have the ability to communicate this so clearly! What a gift…for all of us struggling with the same issues. It provides me with the courage to continue on this slippery slope we call art. Thank you so much….love your art, techniques and commitment!🙏
I love it-“this slippery slope we call art”-what a perfect way to describe it, Janice! I found it so baffling for years because I thought it was just the tactile act of doing it, but once I realized that the art actually comes from all of those things going on in the internal space, I realized there was a lot of work to do. 😉. And I do think we all struggle with the same issues. Thanks for watching and for leaving this lovely comment. I so appreciate it.
@@marabethquinart I had no clue when I started painting how much chatter my brain would kick up. Now I’m hooked on art so I need to sort out the “unhelpful” messages…gotta tell you I’m not exactly looking forward to it 🤪. Looking forward to your EXTREMELY HELPFUL/BEAUTIFUL video. FYI….I’m glad you appreciate the compliment, however, it is clear to me that you have well earned it!
😊 I understand that bit of hesitation about addressing those voices. It’s never easy! But wow, the results of that work filter put into every area of my life.
I am so enjoying your videos and your voice talking us trough different ideas. It makes me slow down, taking my time to set myself up for my next series of pintings.
I’m so happy you find them helpful! I love that they help you slow down-I’m constantly realizing that I just need to slow down, and then everything starts flowing much more.
Hi Marabeth! I recently discovered you on RUclips because of my own interest in acrylic paints and collage and I’d like to thank you for sharing your beautiful art and the thought process. I find your voice very soothing and your videos - therapeutic. You are very attentive to words and have a rare ability to explain difficult concepts, realizations and feelings in a simple way. I admire your deep philosophical reflections as you go through your creative process that I find very refreshing, exciting, inspiring, and - I already mentioned that - therapeutic. You are so brave by admitting the fears and struggles you’re going through during your creative process and your sincerity has helped me a lot to be brave with my creations as a self-teaching beginner artist😊 Thank you for your beautiful art and mind.
I’m so happy you have found the videos helpful-and I also describe myself as a self-taught beginner artist. It’s almost like the more I learn, the more I realize how much more I can learn and feel that I’m at the beginning, but in a good way! Thank you so much for all of your kind and wonderful words-❤️❤️
Your generosity of giving us the thought process is very valuable to me. It opened up some actually obvious explanation on “why I need to finish”. I am a late bloomer, at the age of 66 I have felt that I need to hurry. But actually I am so lucky to be the one that gets to do art, I will take my time.
I also feel like a late bloomer and I think it’s a wonderful thing to realize you don’t need to hurry; it’s so freeing. I hope you enjoy taking your time ❤️
Thank you for sharing this video. I love the way you work and the paintings you produce. I'm a real novice at painting and have found myself prone to thinking ahead, pushing towards finishing rather than focusing on what is happening at the moment. I've started to learn to focus on slowing down my breathing, like in meditation/mindfulness practice. When I remember to do this it helps me to avoid rushing.
Wonderful technique. I’ve found slowing down my breathing, or even just paying attention to it, brings good changes to a lot of different scenarios. But that’s a really great thing to do when rushing during the creating process. Thanks for sharing that. 😊
Oh my Marabeth!! I hardly got into this video before I stopped and asked the question about the Paint Sticks!! I will watch again your vid on all the supplies you use!! This piece...EVERY piece you do is Amazing to me!! Collage is my first L💜VE!! Love to do it ~ Love to watch others paint and Collage too!! I will be joining your class soon!! All your wonderful Sage advice is so welcome also!! 👍 Thank You Marabeth!!
Yes, I saw your name come through for the class! So happy you joined up! Thank you for your sweet words, and I agree with you about collage. It’s soooo fun and interesting!
Oh my gosh I agree whole heartedly with rushing. Same mind frame I’ve been retire for 3 years and always feel like I have to rush to get a painting done- I think it’s from the career I had in the past to perform - . I am so interested in your techniques . I can’t thank you enough for your voice! I do NOT a red to rush. I’m with you 100%. I will be looking at more of your courses! Tku!! Super video !
It’s an amazing realization, but I still have to work on it constantly. I think we get programmed early! Thanks for watching and leaving the sweet comment. 😊
After a lifetime of meeting deadlines and all that goes along with that, its been a challenge to slow down when approaching any task whether its fun or necessary. I find myself getting anxious part way thru an art project- i want to see it completed, often I get bored if it takes too long so then I hurry and ultimately overwork it with poor outcome. I think I need more self talk (and maybe a glass of wine😂) to get me past those stages.
Yes, noticing my self-talk and improving that has been a game changer! And I know exactly what you mean-it’s hard to stick with the evolution of a painting. It’s in the unattractive stage for so long that I think a part of my brain panics (sounds dramatic and also feels dramatic! 😆) and that’s when I either get bored or rush through. I have to practice just calming down and sticking with it. It’s such a mental practice that really affects the results. Thanks so much for watching and leaving this lovely comment!
Yes to moving through the process and taking time in this hurry up world! Oh I do love those botanical leaves you added. And I truly loved taking your class!
Hi Cristina! Yes, I think this is almost a universal pitfall for artists. And humans in general. And it takes practice for me to slow down and let things unfold and emerge-that’s harder to do.
@@marabethquinart I am cristina arriola I did that colleague floral you like in Facebook I rush sometimes sooo much I am compulsive I think 🔥❤️🙏🏾it helps me how you explain calmly and honestly your process much love to you
I thought I recognized your name-yes, lovely work! And learning to be and think calm is something I have had to learn and cultivate too, so you’re not alone. I’m still constantly working on it 😘
I love this topic and your thoughtful exploration of this particular voice. For 30 years, I worked in an industry that was based on meeting deadlines… And the consequences of missing one were heavy. Hundreds, often thousands of people depended on me, my manager, and our team of dozens to create corporate training to be delivered to a world-wide audience. In my whole career, I made every deadline… Now that I am “retired“ I am learning to drop the anxiety, tension, and expectation of efficiency, and retrain my body to relax, be inspired, receptive and accept-as you said-how long a piece might take. I liked your thought about not treating myself as an employee, because it’s been 2 years I’ve been free of the combine, as I call it, and though I aspire to sell my art I only want to create joyfully not fearfully. The other thing I wanted to share that your story reminded me of is when I was young and learning to play piano. One of my teachers suggested that I practice a new piece in two different ways: 1) slowly and accurately, so no matter how slowly I needed to go I made sure I was hitting the right notes. 2) Swiftly from beginning to end and don’t worry if I’m hitting all the right notes. Such an interesting combination! I learned a lot that way. Thank you for stimulating so many ideas and bringing up a challenging topic worth exploring.
Such great ideas here-I love them! Firstly, I find it fascinating how our experiences (yours in this case working for years under constant urgency and deadlines) can wire our brain and dictate our nervous system response. I am amazed at how art can be such an amazing way to rewire back to our position of openness, acceptance, receptivity, and creative impulse. It doesn’t happen fast (in my experience) but it DOES happen! Art is such a faithful teacher. And the second point is such a great one-learning to go slowly and take your time so you can operate at you full potential, but then there is also a place for moving really quickly and not caring about accuracy. I do this quite frequently at the beginning of paintings-If I move quickly, I don’t have time to think and evaluate, which is wonderful because that is something that should only be happening at the end of that creative process (for me, at least). Thanks for the thought provoking convo. I love it.
@@marabethquinart Thank you! The topic of time and how to interact with it is a big one for me and many friends, especially as we age and transition from one type of life to another. The key change is moving from using time to perform for others compared to pleasing ourselves. So even though right now I’m completing a project for a competition I’m enjoying myself. On the third hand haha the house is a disastrous mess, including invaded by ants. That bite. 😆 Getting everything done is another efficiency-level goal I’m slowly drifting away from but I’d dearly love a clean organized home. Do you struggle with prioritizing when it comes to art over other things or vice versa?
Oh gosh, I struggle big time with that. I have trouble with prioritizing anyway (ADHD) and so everything can tend to feel as if it should be top priority, leaving me sort of paralyzed. I really have to actively think through and learn to let things go. And there will always be something that doesn’t get done like I wish it would, so there’s a lot of peace-making I have to practice as well. But I love how you described moving from a time of life where you are performing less for others and focusing more on yourself. That’s definitely where I’m at and its no small task, nor any easy one!
Usually (it depends) I cover with Glassine paper, then wrap in sealed plastic to keep out moisture, then padding and depending on size, box it up in one way or another.
That’s such a great question…I’m not certain but I’m guessing it was a mixture of sap green and flame orange acrylic ink. It could also be a bit of greenish blue Amsterdam acrylic with a good bit of flame orange acrylic ink. When I make papers, I’m always adding to whatever paint is already in there and I lose track of exactly what colors are in play 😆
Our society is so focused on cost efficiency, even when it comes to human lives, pharmacy companies can skip developing an important medicine for that reason, we all wired to have that calculator in our brain. In arts, it comes down to having a low hourly income, some of us are really live on minimal income and it hurts. All of us need money to maintain healthy life.
Yes I agree that pressure always creates tension when it comes to allowing things to develop creatively. It’s certainly not an easy formula, is it? It seems to require each artist to find their own unique balance.
Your art inspires me..as do your insightful narratives. I make collage paintings in layers too, but wonder how you are able to avoid the wrinkles and bumps that so frustrate me. You may have some comforting words on this topic. Many thanks for all you do.
Hi Janis! I don’t know if my words will be comforting but I hope they help. I just don’t worry about them folding, wrinkling or creating texture. In fact, I like it because it seems to assist in conveying the feeling I’m going for. But if you do want them to be as wrinkle free as possible, I would gently work over them with your finger after you adhere them to the surface and keep coming back to do it again every few minutes as it is in the drying process. As it begins to dry, the paper can shift or change size a bit and smoothing it out again and again is probably your best chance at getting it to fully adhere. Thanks so much for watching!
Comforting knowing you let them happen! My inner voice says wrinkles make my art bad. Our inner critics are always around, but I will try to relegate this one to the back seat!
Love it! And I also use very thin papers and I know wrinkles in thin papers aren’t the same as wrinkles in thicker paper, so I’m certainly not saying you “should” be ok with them, but for my work it lends to the expression.
Yes, Maybe so! And for me, I also think art forces me into those places that I’m not quite comfortable with-like sticking with something for awhile when I don’t like it. I think the rushing can be sort of an avoidance tactic, because it tends to calm down when I just decide to enjoy the process instead of focus on the outcome. Anyway, just a theory. 😉 Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I have named my inner voice "The Chatterer. 😂 Im your process, you start with a fast. Intuitive process, (right brain) then shift to a slower, analytical phase. (Left brain) Both are needed.
Oh my gosh! Let's set aside your progress on the repaint for a moment - which is incredible and watching it alone is mesmerizing. I'm realizing now Marabeth that part of the appeal in your videos specifically is that they are a glimpse, albeit a deep one, into who you are as a person and artist. By sharing your mental and emotional journey you're providing us with the space to experience that part of ourself - the imposter, the judge and jury, etc. Thank you isn't enough - boundless gratitude might be closer. Be well! ♥
This makes my heart sing ❤️. I’m just thrilled that it translates that way because finding that place where it can all be present-like you said, the imposter, the judge, jury, the accountant 😆-is really the way that I have saved my art career. I spent years trying to banish parts of myself that really were never a threat once I learned to just let them chatter there in the background while I decided what I wanted to do next. I’m just thrilled that it’s helpful to someone else. Thanks for your kind words and for leaving this comment. xoxo
@@marabethquinart So pleased for you that you've made progress and come to this place at this time. Keep up the good fight! ♥
Deepest thanks 🙏
you are such a gift to us out here - it's the encouragement, the cognitive behavioral tips, the courage you show in being so real - when so many of us (me!) do not have the courage to share our work - even if people around me buy my work and say - "put it out there" - I am so shy I just can't do it. I have my local buyers and that's it. I wish I had your gracious courage - but enjoy your pep talks often - thank you so much MBQ:)
I would love to see your work, Angie! And how did you get your local buyers? Friends or do you show locally? And honestly, I think many of us are shy and scared to show our work-it feels so awkward and vulnerable. I’ve had many circumstances where I just jump and do it because it’s the only way I know to get past it. It was partly that reason that I started this RUclips channel-I didn’t want to shrink back from sharing my work, whether it was good or bad. I guess I wanted to normalize the fact that we all have good, bad and mediocre work and it’s good to share it all. It also has helped me to be getting older and feel that I just don’t have the time to waste if I want to do something. 😆. Xoxo
I am so grateful for your “thought” process. It is what every artist struggles with and you have the ability to communicate this so clearly! What a gift…for all of us struggling with the same issues. It provides me with the courage to continue on this slippery slope we call art. Thank you so much….love your art, techniques and commitment!🙏
I love it-“this slippery slope we call art”-what a perfect way to describe it, Janice! I found it so baffling for years because I thought it was just the tactile act of doing it, but once I realized that the art actually comes from all of those things going on in the internal space, I realized there was a lot of work to do. 😉. And I do think we all struggle with the same issues. Thanks for watching and for leaving this lovely comment. I so appreciate it.
@@marabethquinart
I had no clue when I started painting how much chatter my brain would kick up. Now I’m hooked on art so I need to sort out the “unhelpful” messages…gotta tell you I’m not exactly looking forward to it 🤪. Looking forward to your EXTREMELY HELPFUL/BEAUTIFUL video. FYI….I’m glad you appreciate the compliment, however, it is clear to me that you have well earned it!
😊 I understand that bit of hesitation about addressing those voices. It’s never easy! But wow, the results of that work filter put into every area of my life.
I am so enjoying your videos and your voice talking us trough different ideas. It makes me slow down, taking my time to set myself up for my next series of pintings.
I’m so happy you find them helpful! I love that they help you slow down-I’m constantly realizing that I just need to slow down, and then everything starts flowing much more.
Hi Marabeth! I recently discovered you on RUclips because of my own interest in acrylic paints and collage and I’d like to thank you for sharing your beautiful art and the thought process. I find your voice very soothing and your videos - therapeutic. You are very attentive to words and have a rare ability to explain difficult concepts, realizations and feelings in a simple way. I admire your deep philosophical reflections as you go through your creative process that I find very refreshing, exciting, inspiring, and - I already mentioned that - therapeutic. You are so brave by admitting the fears and struggles you’re going through during your creative process and your sincerity has helped me a lot to be brave with my creations as a self-teaching beginner artist😊 Thank you for your beautiful art and mind.
I’m so happy you have found the videos helpful-and I also describe myself as a self-taught beginner artist. It’s almost like the more I learn, the more I realize how much more I can learn and feel that I’m at the beginning, but in a good way! Thank you so much for all of your kind and wonderful words-❤️❤️
Your generosity of giving us the thought process is very valuable to me. It opened up some actually obvious explanation on “why I need to finish”. I am a late bloomer, at the age of 66 I have felt that I need to hurry. But actually I am so lucky to be the one that gets to do art, I will take my time.
I also feel like a late bloomer and I think it’s a wonderful thing to realize you don’t need to hurry; it’s so freeing. I hope you enjoy taking your time ❤️
Thank you for sharing this video. I love the way you work and the paintings you produce. I'm a real novice at painting and have found myself prone to thinking ahead, pushing towards finishing rather than focusing on what is happening at the moment. I've started to learn to focus on slowing down my breathing, like in meditation/mindfulness practice. When I remember to do this it helps me to avoid rushing.
Wonderful technique. I’ve found slowing down my breathing, or even just paying attention to it, brings good changes to a lot of different scenarios. But that’s a really great thing to do when rushing during the creating process. Thanks for sharing that. 😊
Oh my Marabeth!! I hardly got into this video before I stopped and asked the question about the Paint Sticks!! I will watch again your vid on all the supplies you use!! This piece...EVERY piece you do is Amazing to me!! Collage is my first
L💜VE!! Love to do it ~ Love to watch others paint and Collage too!! I will be joining your class soon!! All your wonderful Sage advice is so welcome also!! 👍
Thank You Marabeth!!
Yes, I saw your name come through for the class! So happy you joined up! Thank you for your sweet words, and I agree with you about collage. It’s soooo fun and interesting!
Oh my gosh I agree whole heartedly with rushing. Same mind frame I’ve been retire for 3 years and always feel like I have to rush to get a painting done- I think it’s from the career I had in the past to perform - . I am so interested in your techniques . I can’t thank you enough for your voice! I do NOT a red to rush. I’m with you 100%. I will be looking at more of your courses! Tku!! Super video !
It’s an amazing realization, but I still have to work on it constantly. I think we get programmed early! Thanks for watching and leaving the sweet comment. 😊
I enjoyed it very much. I learned a lot, thank you. I think it is gorgeous.
Glad you enjoyed it, Laurie! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. 😊
Love your videos! Your psychological insights are as good as your art (and both are wonderful)!
Thank you Rebecca! Glad you are finding value in them 🥰
Exactly what I needed to hear today, thank you for addressing this topic. Beautiful work too!❤
So happy to hear it!! Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment 🥰
After a lifetime of meeting deadlines and all that goes along with that, its been a challenge to slow down when approaching any task whether its fun or necessary. I find myself getting anxious part way thru an art project- i want to see it completed, often I get bored if it takes too long so then I hurry and ultimately overwork it with poor outcome. I think I need more self talk (and maybe a glass of wine😂) to get me past those stages.
Yes, noticing my self-talk and improving that has been a game changer! And I know exactly what you mean-it’s hard to stick with the evolution of a painting. It’s in the unattractive stage for so long that I think a part of my brain panics (sounds dramatic and also feels dramatic! 😆) and that’s when I either get bored or rush through. I have to practice just calming down and sticking with it. It’s such a mental practice that really affects the results. Thanks so much for watching and leaving this lovely comment!
Yes to moving through the process and taking time in this hurry up world! Oh I do love those botanical leaves you added. And I truly loved taking your class!
I’m so glad you did, Jill! It’s been so fun to get to know you a little. 🥰
I can relate about the rushing
Sometimes. Even confuse the brush I hold
😳😳😳🤷🏻♀️😆
Hi Cristina! Yes, I think this is almost a universal pitfall for artists. And humans in general. And it takes practice for me to slow down and let things unfold and emerge-that’s harder to do.
@@marabethquinart I am cristina arriola I did that colleague floral you like in Facebook I rush sometimes sooo much I am compulsive I think 🔥❤️🙏🏾it helps me how you explain calmly and honestly your process much love to you
I thought I recognized your name-yes, lovely work! And learning to be and think calm is something I have had to learn and cultivate too, so you’re not alone. I’m still constantly working on it 😘
@@marabethquinart yes I get excited 😆
I love this topic and your thoughtful exploration of this particular voice. For 30 years, I worked in an industry that was based on meeting deadlines… And the consequences of missing one were heavy. Hundreds, often thousands of people depended on me, my manager, and our team of dozens to create corporate training to be delivered to a world-wide audience. In my whole career, I made every deadline… Now that I am “retired“ I am learning to drop the anxiety, tension, and expectation of efficiency, and retrain my body to relax, be inspired, receptive and accept-as you said-how long a piece might take. I liked your thought about not treating myself as an employee, because it’s been 2 years I’ve been free of the combine, as I call it, and though I aspire to sell my art I only want to create joyfully not fearfully. The other thing I wanted to share that your story reminded me of is when I was young and learning to play piano. One of my teachers suggested that I practice a new piece in two different ways: 1) slowly and accurately, so no matter how slowly I needed to go I made sure I was hitting the right notes. 2) Swiftly from beginning to end and don’t worry if I’m hitting all the right notes. Such an interesting combination! I learned a lot that way. Thank you for stimulating so many ideas and bringing up a challenging topic worth exploring.
Such great ideas here-I love them! Firstly, I find it fascinating how our experiences (yours in this case working for years under constant urgency and deadlines) can wire our brain and dictate our nervous system response. I am amazed at how art can be such an amazing way to rewire back to our position of openness, acceptance, receptivity, and creative impulse. It doesn’t happen fast (in my experience) but it DOES happen! Art is such a faithful teacher.
And the second point is such a great one-learning to go slowly and take your time so you can operate at you full potential, but then there is also a place for moving really quickly and not caring about accuracy. I do this quite frequently at the beginning of paintings-If I move quickly, I don’t have time to think and evaluate, which is wonderful because that is something that should only be happening at the end of that creative process (for me, at least). Thanks for the thought provoking convo. I love it.
@@marabethquinart Thank you! The topic of time and how to interact with it is a big one for me and many friends, especially as we age and transition from one type of life to another. The key change is moving from using time to perform for others compared to pleasing ourselves. So even though right now I’m completing a project for a competition I’m enjoying myself. On the third hand haha the house is a disastrous mess, including invaded by ants. That bite. 😆 Getting everything done is another efficiency-level goal I’m slowly drifting away from but I’d dearly love a clean organized home. Do you struggle with prioritizing when it comes to art over other things or vice versa?
Oh gosh, I struggle big time with that. I have trouble with prioritizing anyway (ADHD) and so everything can tend to feel as if it should be top priority, leaving me sort of paralyzed. I really have to actively think through and learn to let things go. And there will always be something that doesn’t get done like I wish it would, so there’s a lot of peace-making I have to practice as well. But I love how you described moving from a time of life where you are performing less for others and focusing more on yourself. That’s definitely where I’m at and its no small task, nor any easy one!
🤍I love love love this 🥰
oh good! Thanks so much for watching. 😉
Marabeth ~ I am so inspired by your work!!
What brand of Tempura paint sticks do you use again?? 😊
Shuttle Art is the brand a.co/d/7UpwkFF
Dear Marabeth,
What is your process of shipping your sold painting safely?
Usually (it depends) I cover with Glassine paper, then wrap in sealed plastic to keep out moisture, then padding and depending on size, box it up in one way or another.
I love the green colour that you’re painting the leaves on the white tissue paper with at about the 15:25 mark. What is it? It’s beautiful!
That’s such a great question…I’m not certain but I’m guessing it was a mixture of sap green and flame orange acrylic ink. It could also be a bit of greenish blue Amsterdam acrylic with a good bit of flame orange acrylic ink. When I make papers, I’m always adding to whatever paint is already in there and I lose track of exactly what colors are in play 😆
Our society is so focused on cost efficiency, even when it comes to human lives, pharmacy companies can skip developing an important medicine for that reason, we all wired to have that calculator in our brain. In arts, it comes down to having a low hourly income, some of us are really live on minimal income and it hurts. All of us need money to maintain healthy life.
Yes I agree that pressure always creates tension when it comes to allowing things to develop creatively. It’s certainly not an easy formula, is it? It seems to require each artist to find their own unique balance.
Your art inspires me..as do your insightful narratives. I make collage paintings in layers too, but wonder how you are able to avoid the wrinkles and bumps that so frustrate me. You may have some comforting words on this topic. Many thanks for all you do.
Hi Janis! I don’t know if my words will be comforting but I hope they help. I just don’t worry about them folding, wrinkling or creating texture. In fact, I like it because it seems to assist in conveying the feeling I’m going for. But if you do want them to be as wrinkle free as possible, I would gently work over them with your finger after you adhere them to the surface and keep coming back to do it again every few minutes as it is in the drying process. As it begins to dry, the paper can shift or change size a bit and smoothing it out again and again is probably your best chance at getting it to fully adhere. Thanks so much for watching!
Comforting knowing you let them happen! My inner voice says wrinkles make my art bad. Our inner critics are always around, but I will try to relegate this one to the back seat!
Love it! And I also use very thin papers and I know wrinkles in thin papers aren’t the same as wrinkles in thicker paper, so I’m certainly not saying you “should” be ok with them, but for my work it lends to the expression.
When you use to thicker papers so you even out your papers or leave the unevenness on the canvas ?
Thank you for sharing your talents ?
I leave the unevenness-I like the texture
@@marabethquinart thank you so much
My pleasure
You are definitely not alone. Perhaps it’s just a left/right hemisphere thing? (-: Marion
Yes, Maybe so! And for me, I also think art forces me into those places that I’m not quite comfortable with-like sticking with something for awhile when I don’t like it. I think the rushing can be sort of an avoidance tactic, because it tends to calm down when I just decide to enjoy the process instead of focus on the outcome. Anyway, just a theory. 😉 Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I have named my inner voice "The Chatterer. 😂 Im your process, you start with a fast. Intuitive process, (right brain) then shift to a slower, analytical phase. (Left brain) Both are needed.
So true