Thanks for your honesty and showing your process. I'm having a bout of imposter syndrome and just found your videos. Life sends you a teacher/message when you ask. Thanks again.
Thank you, I was just about to quit painting, that voice told me who was I kidding and painting is a painful process, it is hard. And when you said that bit about maybe that was your last painting , everything you said resonated with me. Your honesty is refreshing
Thanks so much. I wish I had some earlier one to talk about the struggles us arts go through. It's not always easy and it can be frustrating. But there are those moments when you feel like the painting just painted itself and it's almost magical!!! I live for those days. Hang in there :)
Thank you so much for sharing some of your process and the emotions you go through as the painting progresses - particularly through the ugly stage! You've reminded me that I am not alone in getting to a 'what the hell do I think I'm doing? stage!
Hi Lori. So glad to find your channel and watch this video. I’m on the brink of giving up as I constantly am thinking I’m not good enough. My art is rubbish and I don’t understand it. I start a painting and think it’s not good, so I put it in a bonfire. It’s going on pretty much in the middle of painting, that things just go absolutely wrong. When I’m kind to myself, I often just leave it and never look at it for months. Strangely though, it doesn’t look really that bad when I come back to it with fresh kind eyes. I guess you’re right. I don’t have to be so hard on myself. My husband keeps reminding me, the most important thing is for me to create, doesn’t matter it sells or not. The creating and creative process is the art itself. I’m so thankful for his encouragement and support, as much as I appreciate your honesty in creating this video. All the best to you. -E.J., Waikato, New Zealand.
we are our worst enemies!!! Kind eyes yessss!! you must have on your kind eyes. Gald you have the support of your husband and that you found some support in my videos. 🥰
Evi Julie: How's it going now? That happens to me all the time! Not the bonfire tho :) My bh is like yours & keeps me grounded, in art and in life! I keep all my old !#*t because it is SO motivating to go back see how far I've come in 3 years. Painting is like golfing, you don't play to beat someone else, you just try to beat your own score. It helps very much to keep those "kind eyes" around, they tell a better truth. Every painting of mine goes through an ugly stage & then starts to get way better, and then.....I have a REALLY hard time editing my "little darlings" to actually FINISH the work, a lot of them stay in that stage & wait for my "smart eyes" to show up. Sometimes they do & sometimes they don't. Mostly I just start another one, I happen to excel at procrastination :D
It helped me a lot to hear you talk about doubt creeping in, frustration, and losing your groove, and just working through it. Thank you so much for sharing so freely and so honestly - it was just what I needed to hear to ease up on myself for all the changes and sharp turns my process sometimes takes. I was feeling like I was wasting paint, but in watching you dramatically changing your paintings at times, I really see it’s all just part of the energy of discovering what each painting wants to be, and some just seem to want a lot of layers before the final painting emerges. Thank you so much for taking the time to share all these wonderful videos - I appreciate what you do SO much!
Thank you for telling us to see your completed works on your website. I helps me to see the final to provide context for what I'm seeing as the process. I also appreciate the process video. That's the part that challenges me most...settling into the process...
Lori! So great to see and listen to your process!! I love your honesty about your paintings and artistic ups and downs. Your humor is great, and you really know yourself. This is awesome!! Thanks for these RUclips videos!! 💙
The pleasure is all mine and I'm glad you are enjoying them. I hope you had a wonderful new year!!! Here 's to bigger and better things for you in the New Year! Paint paint paint!
Hi Lori!!! My name is Lori too!!!!😊Your paintings are amazing!!!! I've been an artist for 30 years but just recently found my place in abstract. I LOVE IT!!!!! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!!!
Thank you for your honesty, I want you to know how precious that is, and no matter what area someone is working in there's always someone that feels they are alone in how they're feeling and ready to give up and hearing someone say I suffer with this to and this is how I move through it is very special and very healing and I thank you for daring to be vulnerable because it's so important 💗
It's so encouraging to watch you paint and to remember your pointers. To keep painting fun and joyful, not to get discouraged. Thank you for sharing the vital lessons about the "process," of layering and capturing value! I love watching how you do this and am learning so much from you. I'd be very much interested in joining you for an in-person painting retreat or workshop, even all the way from Washington DC!
Hi Lori, I so emphatically agree about the importance of building a layered 'history' into each piece I create. I find that putting yourself into your work by underpainting layer upon layer really solidifies the work, it puts me into my piece & creates a consistency like nothing else. I am mostly commenting to help you build your channel & support you in that as I really appreciate you even taking the time to start the channel. I particularly enjoy all the talking as it's like a visit with a friend that I don't get often enough. You'll probably be hearing from me a lot! You be you dear girl... I'm enjoying all of it. Wishing you all the very best!
It gives me comfort knowing others go through the same struggles, it was only a few months ago I started working on multiple pieces and working large and small at the same time, I was working a painting to death lol I love your work Lori
Once again, you've inspired me :) I have a few paintings that I've done where I feel they are too "busy"... I just went and grabbed one in the middle of your video and said to myself, "Self, you just need to keep working on this one!" Thank you chickie!! x
I love watching your process and hearing you share the truth of your experience, the self doubt, about when things "go wrong." It's really refreshing to hear someone tell it like it is. In this video, when you were saying "here is where the self-doubt set in" was the exact moment when the blue you were adding to that painting just made it suddenly magical! It's what I absolutely love about abstract painting. No matter that I am a mere amateur, really new to abstracts, and my composition always seems to suck (I know - it takes practice to get there and get a feel for what works!), when I let go of expectation and let myself play, there are magical moments, aha's when something works, and I learn something new. It is really playful and fun and therapeutic.
I am binging on all your videos! I just started to paint a few months ago. In the era of C-19 so many of us had to pivot and find other ways to express our creativity. Thanks Lori, keep them coming! :)
Ooh girl! You may have emboldened me to film myself painting,…I think there’s so much to learn about my process that way,…..eeek! I love your work and appreciate your honesty and sharing spirit👏👏
Hi, thanks for posting this ( I. know im late to the game). I would have never considered doing abstract art 5 years ago. I primarily am a graphite//drawing artist //illustrator, and also use things like adobe for illustration...but there is something really beautiful and calming about just getting in touch with making marks on the paper or canvas without any particular desired effect...the last couple years I have been learning and pushing hard to become a better artist, but I have found that doing abstract art is extremely calming.
I love your honesty. Reminds me that I am not alone. I can't imagine anything that compares to the experience of the creative process through completion. Expressing the emotions and thoughts involved can be at times difficult to put into words. The final piece will hopeful do that for the artist. Thank you for sharing and connecting your experience. Love your work.
Love your videos. I just started painting a month ago and you are such an inspiration. Thanks for all the advice on paint and brush choices as well. I love big brushes and I am currently using less expensive paint but as I improve I will invest in some more expensive quality paint. ♥️🎨
Lori, I've been going back over your videos and watching the ones I haven't seen yet, and I just have to tell you that I landed on this one just when I needed to see it. I have nine paintings on the go right now and each one is in that awkward, ugly stage. I'm alone while I work (I'm a Toronto artist too) and sometimes get down on myself. Thanks for the reminder to be kind to myself (and I think I'll take a break now and go enjoy that sunshine for a bit) I love your videos-you are open and honest and share your knowledge so freely. Thank you.
I love the finished work on your website! It surprises me to see the beginnings here, as your rough work in no way resembles your finished work. It encourages me to keep on experimenting even when I don't know where I'm going. It would be interesting to see some of your earlier work.
Oh Im sure if you google me you will see some of my earlier work. I was very tight when I first started. Yes exactly the first few layers for me are always a hot mess. 😂
Lori...I can relate to what you say about finding that “sweet spot” when you paint...listening to music. I don’t paint like you do, I do much smaller pieces....but I have felt the “off in another world with everything humming in your brain” feeling and then “voila’!” everything just works! Thanks so much for sharing your process!
Thank you this was such a help.I have trouble and give up too easily a lot of self doubt. I go from writing children’s stores to surreal collage to fantasy drawing the watercolour oil acrylic- driving me nuts. I believe I have to stick at something to b good at it. You give me the feeling of hope, thank you.
Yes you really do have to stick with something in order to get to that place where you were excelling, so it’s determination, practice and at least 20 hours a week you should be spending on trying to work on your craft whatever that maybe. Thanks so much for the comment and for watching.
Thank you a lot for your hard work and sharing your workflow, experience and tips! I have same bad thoughts sometimes and feel so disappointed and stressed that time! I got your channel two days ago and found that I have similar style of painting with you, so I think we probably have something in common in ours minds🙃
Thank you so much for sharing this experience Lori! I have experienced it so many times to ovredo a painting which was good in the beginning and then it got too many "adds-on" and lost the soul ;-) In the end I was furstrated that I spoilt it.. Of cource you can amend and everyone has got a unique taste in the end. I have enjoyed your painting process and loved your very first painting a bit time, wehen you sparkled up the maginficent white-gray-balack background - with reds and other vivid colors. That would be it for my taste. The white touch was huge and cast the true mist over the picture. But in the end it has evolved to the beautiful "ice palast" with the spring color touch :-D Love your sharing this process of creation! So true and wonderful!
Aww thanks so much Katherina I appreciate that. I have finally learned to walk away when I get tried of painting...thats usually when I tend to over painting.
So I have a few favorite parts of this Lori. First I love seeing you dancing cause it makes me wonder what music you listening to. (I don't think it's classical, although that helps me sometime:)). I also like the part you were talking about self doubts as a painter. I told you in previous comments how much I love your art and I think you're an incredible painter but you're also real and honest with your paintings and sharing such information is valuable to a new painter like myself. Sometimes I work a piece so much that i have to walk away from it, and that voice that tells you, are you a real painter? Do you even know what you're doing? But at the end of the day, I have to trust the process and know that everything if needed can be painted over (Although I don't want to be much of an option but it's good to know it's there) Anyway, I love watching you paint. I told you, it's a great way for me to start my day and your narrative with watching you, feels real and inspiring.
Thanks so much!! I really do appreciate it. I still have those days all the time and I'm quite hard on myself when I don't have a good painting day. These are all the things I wish other artists would talk about more often. I thought I was the only one that felt this way and that just made me have more self doubt. When I started to open up this dialogue more and more artist were willing to express that it's a process that they go through too. I can't tell you how much better I feel now that I know this is normal... lol I'll must get back to painting so much to do and such little time.
What you said about doubt and thinking “have I just created my last good painting?” Reminded me It’s like many actors…”Have I just had my last role?” I know for sure it’s not true for you. 👍
Thank you for posting this Lori. Fantastic to see your layering process. You make it look so easy! I love the way adding the white at the end really makes the other colours stand out. Two questions please: Could you tell me if you’re using a brush here, or some other tool? Also, could you do a video on how you choose which colours layer well? In other words, is layering a random choice of colours or is the sequence planned?
Thank you so much Shelia... I'm using a brush and a silicone squeegee. I'm a true intuitive painter so my layers are decided in the moment. It would be really hard for me to break that down as to what layers work well. The thing with abstract painting, it's about trial and error and practice practice practice. It's truly the best way to learn how to layer and what colours work together. As soon as my big commission is completed and I'm caught up on my other commissions I will be doing some online tutorials. I'm sure you will fine them helpful. 😊
Thank for sharing this video, I can relate to so much of what you said. I also, do better work with music. It's my little escape. Maybe one day I can sell some. I also repaint over older paintings. I get some canvases at the thrift store and add to it or totally change the whole picture. Very therapeutic. Thank you for your inspiring videos!
Lori what are you putting your paint on the canvsas with, eg, is it a spray bottle? When you were adding red to the last canvas in this video I couldn't quite see but your application process looked efficient? Thanks Megan :)
Lori, what brand of paint are the larger bottles? Not Golden is it? Do you order your paints? is so, from where? Thank you @1:45 you put a new canvas up. The right side that has a roundish look, turn that side as the top/up. Looks like a person figure.
I would say more the beat of the music influences. I have never been one to listen to the words of music. It's the sound of the voices and the beat the grabs more.
Great work♥️. I was wondering how do you go about getting commissions. Do you pitch your art to clients, or do they mostly find you organically /google search etc?
Great question, in the past most of them came from doing art shows throughout the year. However over the past year, almost all of them are coming from social media and google (organically).
OMG! I listen to “true crime” at bedtime too. 🛌 I listen to it often as I’m going to sleep or as I do my bedtime routine 😴 I use a timer, but have occasionally forgotten the timer and woken up 2 hours later...once a I started dreaming about someone stalking me...not good.) I think it’s probably a bad habit, but most of the time, it doesn’t bother me and actually find it weirdly cathartic...maybe because there’s a clear “good & evil” line that’s always there, plus the “psychological profile” of the killers is fascinating to me. I will say, however, I don’t recommend reading “ The Stranger Beside Me,” about Ted Bundy, before attempting to nod off. No, not a good choice. 😱One of my fave TC podcasts of late is “Morbid.” Ash & Angela, two close girlfriends (and cousins I think?) review select TC stories. They don’t do any journalistic investigations or anything, but they do read all the media reports and comment and give the quirky “keeping it weird” analyses of these awful stories. The difference here is that they put their often humorous spin on the how, what & why and “WTF’s” of these mostly murder cases (FYI: full of expletives.) They are NOT laughing about the crimes or victims, because these are are not funny. They give deep respect for the victims and their families who have suffered so much in the terrible and senseless loss of their loved ones.
yesssss I love my true crime podcast just before bed. I know it's brutal but I'm true crime anything....movies, HLN, Court TV, podcast etc etc. I love trying to understand why people do the things they do or become who they are. The human mind is fascinating. . ..I'll have to check that one out..Thanks for tip. FYI - sometimes dig a bit too deep into the facts and freak myself out too 😂
You don't have to understand abstract art. It's non representational. It's more about feelings and the technical components of putting together a serious of marks to make a composition work without having any reference to draw from.
I know I like a piece of abstract art when it lights me up. I feel uplifted somehow and enjoy exploring the juxtaposition of color and shape and line. Abstract art is about the choices an artist makes and whether they can keep your interest and make you feel something-good or bad, it doesn’t matter. But I like the ones that make me feel good. 🥰
Would really appreciate a tutorial from the very start ….. not after the first layer …. Could you please slow it down 😮 not learning your process at all 😢
Perhaps I’m missing something ? Everyone has very positive comments … I admire your work very much just don’t know how to see “ start to finish “ at a normal speed ….
Really??? you are welcome anytime to come to my studio and show me your painting skills and You should do a little research before you make a silly comment like that.
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist what would make think I haven't already researched? And what would make you think I don't have a natural talent to paint. I find abstract expressionism a cop out for the challenge of producing paintings to high standard. I believe anyone can paint a Pollock or a Herring, but not everyone can paint a Caravaggio or Turner... Even better still combined with a touch of abstract expressionism!
your comment on that fact that anyone can paint abstracts clearly shows me that your knowledge on painting is minimal and you have a narrow view point for art. Abstracts are extremely complicated to create. A Pollock to you make look simple but what you are forgetting is he came up with idea...before that drip paintings didn't exist. what I find to be a cop out is someone that posts negative comments to someone when there is no proof they themselves can do it better. So anytime you want to send me your website or the galleries you are represented feel free😊
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist well youll have to wait awhile before you can see my artwork as it takes time time to produce each piece. It's not like flicking paint here and there and saying 'do I like it?' or 'dont I like it?'. Pollock's work was first mocked in Life magazine which brought about his fame, but it was the start of abstract movement. The talentless point has be proven so now we have people flicking paint on canvas willy Nilly and calling themselves artist. It's funny because talented writers don't face the same problem. They don't have talentless writers with bad grammar saying 'this is a novel I created in a day!' it must be better than Steven King 3months to produce piece. If flicking paint works for you then carry on but it lacks depth of the artist and talent... Bit like the alcoholic J Pollock. America has never produced any great artist of high standard! Plus, they get all defensive the moment they receive any criticism!
I’m not defensive just pointing out your narrow view point on what you think art is as well as your lack of knowledge on how complicated creating abstract art is. It’s really easy is to give negative Criticism when you lack knowledge. Anybody can say abstract artist’s lack talent that’s easy!!! 🤣 it’s a lot harder to actually make a full time career from being a painter and an abstract artist at the. What time do you need to show me your work??? If it’s as easy as flinging paint you should have a body of work ready to show me by tomorrow. 🤣🤣🤣
I am interested in art, so this channel pops up now and then. I really must say that this channel is excruciatingly painful to me, mostly because I take abstract art (all art, in fact) seriously, yet I see not a hint of serious artistic work or effort here. I have known many artists, and of course have studied all the really best artists' work all my life --- and I have never, I mean NEVER, seen art treated so carelessly, crudely, and haphazardly. This leads me to only one conclusion: that this artist does not understand painting or abstract art at all, and has no clue how to proceed except to randomly just slap more paint on, willy-nilly, and keep mushing it around. I do not believe all art videos on youtube deserve praise, compliments, and support. Sometimes maybe an educated truthful assessment is called for. As for a meaningful suggestion to this artist, I would suggest to stop painting and spend a few years studying art history, visiting museums, then maybe a few years in good studio drawing class, and time spent reading and really trying to understand the purposes of great past art and how difficult those artists' challenges were. There is much more to it than just "coloring in" a canvas.
How about stop trying to be a RUclips critic and come out and see my art in person at my next art exhibit. I’ll be showing in Toronto next week and then I’ll be in New York and Austin texas in May. You can find all the details of my exhibitions on my website. lorimirabelli.com
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist Very funny. The word is "critique" or "criticize". And I really do offer expert opinions. I have substantial credentials which do not need to be listed here because this is not about me. It is more about your flippancy and disinterest in accepting good guidance. Probably my most useful piece of advice would be to stop making youtube videos. There is no benefit in subjecting the public to these paintings and practices.
I would hug you for disclosing the fact that you have self doubts from time to time. That is the best part of this great video for me.
Thanks for your honesty and showing your process. I'm having a bout of imposter syndrome and just found your videos. Life sends you a teacher/message when you ask. Thanks again.
Thank you, I was just about to quit painting, that voice told me who was I kidding and painting is a painful process, it is hard. And when you said that bit about maybe that was your last painting , everything you said resonated with me. Your honesty is refreshing
Thanks so much. I wish I had some earlier one to talk about the struggles us arts go through. It's not always easy and it can be frustrating. But there are those moments when you feel like the painting just painted itself and it's almost magical!!! I live for those days. Hang in there :)
Thank you so much for sharing some of your process and the emotions you go through as the painting progresses - particularly through the ugly stage! You've reminded me that I am not alone in getting to a 'what the hell do I think I'm doing? stage!
hahaha You are 100% not alone 😊😊🥰
Yes!! I was thinking the exact same thing! Thank you for sharing your journey Lori!
Hi Lori. So glad to find your channel and watch this video. I’m on the brink of giving up as I constantly am thinking I’m not good enough. My art is rubbish and I don’t understand it. I start a painting and think it’s not good, so I put it in a bonfire. It’s going on pretty much in the middle of painting, that things just go absolutely wrong. When I’m kind to myself, I often just leave it and never look at it for months. Strangely though, it doesn’t look really that bad when I come back to it with fresh kind eyes. I guess you’re right. I don’t have to be so hard on myself. My husband keeps reminding me, the most important thing is for me to create, doesn’t matter it sells or not. The creating and creative process is the art itself. I’m so thankful for his encouragement and support, as much as I appreciate your honesty in creating this video. All the best to you. -E.J., Waikato, New Zealand.
we are our worst enemies!!! Kind eyes yessss!! you must have on your kind eyes. Gald you have the support of your husband and that you found some support in my videos. 🥰
Evi Julie: How's it going now? That happens to me all the time! Not the bonfire tho :) My bh is like yours & keeps me grounded, in art and in life! I keep all my old !#*t because it is SO motivating to go back see how far I've come in 3 years. Painting is like golfing, you don't play to beat someone else, you just try to beat your own score. It helps very much to keep those "kind eyes" around, they tell a better truth. Every painting of mine goes through an ugly stage & then starts to get way better, and then.....I have a REALLY hard time editing my "little darlings" to actually FINISH the work, a lot of them stay in that stage & wait for my "smart eyes" to show up. Sometimes they do & sometimes they don't. Mostly I just start another one, I happen to excel at procrastination :D
It helped me a lot to hear you talk about doubt creeping in, frustration, and losing your groove, and just working through it. Thank you so much for sharing so freely and so honestly - it was just what I needed to hear to ease up on myself for all the changes and sharp turns my process sometimes takes. I was feeling like I was wasting paint, but in watching you dramatically changing your paintings at times, I really see it’s all just part of the energy of discovering what each painting wants to be, and some just seem to want a lot of layers before the final painting emerges. Thank you so much for taking the time to share all these wonderful videos - I appreciate what you do SO much!
Thank you for telling us to see your completed works on your website. I helps me to see the final to provide context for what I'm seeing as the process. I also appreciate the process video. That's the part that challenges me most...settling into the process...
Lori! So great to see and listen to your process!! I love your honesty about your paintings and artistic ups and downs. Your humor is great, and you really know yourself. This is awesome!! Thanks for these RUclips videos!! 💙
The pleasure is all mine and I'm glad you are enjoying them. I hope you had a wonderful new year!!! Here 's to bigger and better things for you in the New Year! Paint paint paint!
I so understand what you are saying. After I finish a painting and someone likes it I get surprised
Hi Lori!!! My name is Lori too!!!!😊Your paintings are amazing!!!! I've been an artist for 30 years but just recently found my place in abstract. I LOVE IT!!!!! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!!!
And you spell it the next way 🤣🤣 my pleasure glad you enjoyed
Thank you for your honesty, I want you to know how precious that is, and no matter what area someone is working in there's always someone that feels they are alone in how they're feeling and ready to give up and hearing someone say I suffer with this to and this is how I move through it is very special and very healing and I thank you for daring to be vulnerable because it's so important 💗
Very good paintings and interesting process 👍🏼
Thank you for sharing your process and thinking. Your canvas is a beautiful.piece! Love the layering. It makes the piece beautifully in depth
I've watched this several times. Still loving it each time! Great Works!
That’s so cool!! Thank you
It's so encouraging to watch you paint and to remember your pointers. To keep painting fun and joyful, not to get discouraged. Thank you for sharing the vital lessons about the "process," of layering and capturing value! I love watching how you do this and am learning so much from you. I'd be very much interested in joining you for an in-person painting retreat or workshop, even all the way from Washington DC!
Oh thanks so much!!! No plans for a workshops not yet at this point in my career. ❤️
Hi Lori, I so emphatically agree about the importance of building a layered 'history' into each piece I create. I find that putting yourself into your work by underpainting layer upon layer really solidifies the work, it puts me into my piece & creates a consistency like nothing else. I am mostly commenting to help you build your channel & support you in that as I really appreciate you even taking the time to start the channel. I particularly enjoy all the talking as it's like a visit with a friend that I don't get often enough. You'll probably be hearing from me a lot! You be you dear girl... I'm enjoying all of it. Wishing you all the very best!
Awww that's Marvellous Cassandra thank you so much and you are exactly right🥰🥰
It gives me comfort knowing others go through the same struggles, it was only a few months ago I started working on multiple pieces and working large and small at the same time, I was working a painting to death lol I love your work Lori
I have finally learned to walk away. LOL I still use from curse words when it's a really bad day.
So happy I found your channel! 🤗❤😊
I'm so glad! Welcome Julie.
Great seeing you in action and how your feeling. You're an inspiration to me 😊❤
Once again, you've inspired me :) I have a few paintings that I've done where I feel they are too "busy"... I just went and grabbed one in the middle of your video and said to myself, "Self, you just need to keep working on this one!" Thank you chickie!! x
haha that so awesome!!
I love watching your process and hearing you share the truth of your experience, the self doubt, about when things "go wrong." It's really refreshing to hear someone tell it like it is. In this video, when you were saying "here is where the self-doubt set in" was the exact moment when the blue you were adding to that painting just made it suddenly magical! It's what I absolutely love about abstract painting. No matter that I am a mere amateur, really new to abstracts, and my composition always seems to suck (I know - it takes practice to get there and get a feel for what works!), when I let go of expectation and let myself play, there are magical moments, aha's when something works, and I learn something new. It is really playful and fun and therapeutic.
You are so inspiring, Lori!!! I found your channel yesterday and I want to thank you for your honesty and for sharing your knowledge and experience.
You are so welcome Sofia!! Thanks so much! 😊
I love that you move and find your joy. ❤
You're authetically yourself and i LOVE every bit of that! Thank you for being here! 🙏🏽
I appreciate that! thank you so much ❤️
I wish I could tell you how much I need this video today. Thank you for your honesty. From the heart, thank you Lori.
Awww my pleasure Harmony 🥰
I just discovered your videos and you brought my painting to a new level.❤
Wonderful! love hearing that
I am binging on all your videos! I just started to paint a few months ago. In the era of C-19 so many of us had to pivot and find other ways to express our creativity. Thanks Lori, keep them coming! :)
That is awesome! Pivot and Algorithms my two new favourite words ahaha
I love hearing you laugh at yourself dancing. It makes me literally lol.
Haha it’s so cringy for me to watch myself lol
This was just perfect. I have the exact same process. So cool to see Im not alone. Thanks for keeping it real.
I’m so pleased to have found your channel. 💜
I'm so glad! too!!
Ooh girl! You may have emboldened me to film myself painting,…I think there’s so much to learn about my process that way,…..eeek! I love your work and appreciate your honesty and sharing spirit👏👏
Lori, I’m so blessed to have found your channel! You are an inspiration. Did you start with these large canvases or did you work your way up to them?
Awww thanks so much Louise, I would say medium sized canvases is what I started with and then worked my way up to larger ones.
I love looking at you paint dancing around your canvas fully enjoying your work it's so refreshing xxx
Thanks you Avril! Got to have fun when you paint.
Lmao! I also listen to music, dance and sing along while painting. You are such an inspiration, Lori! Thanks for your generosity.
You are so welcome!
Hi, thanks for posting this ( I. know im late to the game). I would have never considered doing abstract art 5 years ago. I primarily am a graphite//drawing artist //illustrator, and also use things like adobe for illustration...but there is something really beautiful and calming about just getting in touch with making marks on the paper or canvas without any particular desired effect...the last couple years I have been learning and pushing hard to become a better artist, but I have found that doing abstract art is extremely calming.
You are great. You share so much. My work also is a process and never looks like it started. Yes layer layer. Tk you
A new day, love them exciting to watch 🧚🏿♂️
Thanks Mary!!
I love your honesty. Reminds me that I am not alone. I can't imagine anything that compares to the experience of the creative process through completion. Expressing the emotions and thoughts involved can be at times difficult to put into words. The final piece will hopeful do that for the artist. Thank you for sharing and connecting your experience. Love your work.
Thanks you so much. I really appreciate your comment 🥰 we truly are never alone.
You are a Phenominal painter and soul👌‼️‼️♥️ A recipe for Success. Thank You, Lori Mirabelli. ‼️♥️ Toom@CapeTown
Love your videos. I just started painting a month ago and you are such an inspiration. Thanks for all the advice on paint and brush choices as well. I love big brushes and I am currently using less expensive paint but as I improve I will invest in some more expensive quality paint. ♥️🎨
You are so very generous with your information tips and knowledge. You make me happy, thank you
I'm so glad!😊😊😊 thank you
Lori, I've been going back over your videos and watching the ones I haven't seen yet, and I just have to tell you that I landed on this one just when I needed to see it. I have nine paintings on the go right now and each one is in that awkward, ugly stage. I'm alone while I work (I'm a Toronto artist too) and sometimes get down on myself. Thanks for the reminder to be kind to myself (and I think I'll take a break now and go enjoy that sunshine for a bit) I love your videos-you are open and honest and share your knowledge so freely. Thank you.
isn't it funny how if we listen hard enough, the universe gives us exactly what we need 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much! Enjoy the sun🥰
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist So true!!
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I love the finished work on your website! It surprises me to see the beginnings here, as your rough work in no way resembles your finished work. It encourages me to keep on experimenting even when I don't know where I'm going. It would be interesting to see some of your earlier work.
Oh Im sure if you google me you will see some of my earlier work. I was very tight when I first started.
Yes exactly the first few layers for me are always a hot mess. 😂
Thanks for this. you are a great you tube find! love your process and that you tell it how it is. look forward to part 2
I would love love ❤️ to see more video ‘s 😇
Thanks Robert glad you found my channel.
@@marychristophi6688 I'm working it lol
Lori...I can relate to what you say about finding that “sweet spot” when you paint...listening to music. I don’t paint like you do, I do much smaller pieces....but I have felt the “off in another world with everything humming in your brain” feeling and then “voila’!” everything just works! Thanks so much for sharing your process!
yes.....they is comfort in knowing it's not just me lol
Thank you so much for sharing! Love your style!
Thanks so much Pamela!
Thank you this was such a help.I have trouble and give up too easily a lot of self doubt. I go from writing children’s stores to surreal collage to fantasy drawing the watercolour oil acrylic- driving me nuts. I believe I have to stick at something to b good at it. You give me the feeling of hope, thank you.
Yes you really do have to stick with something in order to get to that place where you were excelling, so it’s determination, practice and at least 20 hours a week you should be spending on trying to work on your craft whatever that maybe. Thanks so much for the comment and for watching.
Y are fantastic ,Artist all great say absolutely the same and are sentimental about their work ... I love your magical 🧙♂️ art Mary 💕
Thanks so much Mary! Each piece has a little part of me in it.
Thank you a lot for your hard work and sharing your workflow, experience and tips! I have same bad thoughts sometimes and feel so disappointed and stressed that time! I got your channel two days ago and found that I have similar style of painting with you, so I think we probably have something in common in ours minds🙃
Thank you for being so real! I love it.
Always! I'm much at better a be me.. lol
Thank you so much for sharing this experience Lori! I have experienced it so many times to ovredo a painting which was good in the beginning and then it got too many "adds-on" and lost the soul ;-) In the end I was furstrated that I spoilt it..
Of cource you can amend and everyone has got a unique taste in the end. I have enjoyed your painting process and loved your very first painting a bit time, wehen you sparkled up the maginficent white-gray-balack background - with reds and other vivid colors. That would be it for my taste. The white touch was huge and cast the true mist over the picture. But in the end it has evolved to the beautiful "ice palast" with the spring color touch :-D Love your sharing this process of creation! So true and wonderful!
Aww thanks so much Katherina I appreciate that. I have finally learned to walk away when I get tried of painting...thats usually when I tend to over painting.
Thanks for doing these videos...love to see your process! You rock!
Thank you so much !!
You just answered a burning question of mine. Thank you!
Glad to hear it!😊😊😊
Hi lori love following you on insta and your vids are so helpful. Thank you!! 👍💖
You are so welcome!
Thanks for sharing,I enjoyed a lot 🌹🌹
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I love TCG as well! Thanks for your videos
Thanks for watching!
So I have a few favorite parts of this Lori. First I love seeing you dancing cause it makes me wonder what music you listening to. (I don't think it's classical, although that helps me sometime:)). I also like the part you were talking about self doubts as a painter. I told you in previous comments how much I love your art and I think you're an incredible painter but you're also real and honest with your paintings and sharing such information is valuable to a new painter like myself. Sometimes I work a piece so much that i have to walk away from it, and that voice that tells you, are you a real painter? Do you even know what you're doing? But at the end of the day, I have to trust the process and know that everything if needed can be painted over (Although I don't want to be much of an option but it's good to know it's there) Anyway, I love watching you paint. I told you, it's a great way for me to start my day and your narrative with watching you, feels real and inspiring.
Thanks so much!! I really do appreciate it. I still have those days all the time and I'm quite hard on myself when I don't have a good painting day. These are all the things I wish other artists would talk about more often. I thought I was the only one that felt this way and that just made me have more self doubt. When I started to open up this dialogue more and more artist were willing to express that it's a process that they go through too. I can't tell you how much better I feel now that I know this is normal... lol
I'll must get back to painting so much to do and such little time.
It was super. Thank you Lori :)
Glad you liked it!😊
Love watching this evolve 💕
Thank you
Amazing work.
thank you so much !
What you said about doubt and thinking “have I just created my last good painting?” Reminded me It’s like many actors…”Have I just had my last role?” I know for sure it’s not true for you. 👍
Gosh yes I can imagine that would be true for actors as well.
Thank you for posting this Lori. Fantastic to see your layering process. You make it look so easy! I love the way adding the white at the end really makes the other colours stand out. Two questions please:
Could you tell me if you’re using a brush here, or some other tool?
Also, could you do a video on how you choose which colours layer well? In other words, is layering a random choice of colours or is the sequence planned?
Thank you so much Shelia... I'm using a brush and a silicone squeegee. I'm a true intuitive painter so my layers are decided in the moment. It would be really hard for me to break that down as to what layers work well. The thing with abstract painting, it's about trial and error and practice practice practice. It's truly the best way to learn how to layer and what colours work together. As soon as my big commission is completed and I'm caught up on my other commissions I will be doing some online tutorials. I'm sure you will fine them helpful. 😊
That would be great. Thanks Lori. I’ll look out for them.
Wow
Enjoyed!!
Wonderful 🥰
I love your style Iori
Awww thank you so much ☺️
Thank for sharing this video, I can relate to so much of what you said. I also, do better work with music. It's my little escape. Maybe one day I can sell some. I also repaint over older paintings. I get some canvases at the thrift store and add to it or totally change the whole picture. Very therapeutic. Thank you for your inspiring videos!
thanks great Julie... and glad you are enjoying the videos.
wonderful video!
Thank you Susan
It is great !
Thanks so much :)
Lori what are you putting your paint on the canvsas with, eg,
is it a spray bottle? When you were adding red to the last canvas in this video I couldn't quite see but your application process looked efficient? Thanks Megan :)
Amazing
Thank you so much 😊
You are my idol. And I'm 80 so that's hard to do. Do you use gesso or white paint when you put a layer of white on?
oh thats so nice thank you!! and no it's not gesso. It's a mixture that i create with titanium white as the base.
Before you start a canvas do you chose the colour palette or do you just start with a colour and add whatever you feel is right?
I just go with how I'm feeling
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You are amazing 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much 😀
Lori, what brand of paint are the larger bottles? Not Golden is it? Do you order your paints? is so, from where? Thank you @1:45 you put a new canvas up. The right side that has a roundish look, turn that side as the top/up. Looks like a person figure.
You like squares, don’t you Lori! P. S. Happy New Year!
What kind of music do you listen to while painting? Do you find that song lyrics influence how you paint?
I would say more the beat of the music influences. I have never been one to listen to the words of music. It's the sound of the voices and the beat the grabs more.
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist Bedless Bones, Limbs Entwined
Where do you get those big bottles of Liquitex?
I Purchased then from amazon but by my paint orders are handled directly from Deserres. 😊
Great work♥️. I was wondering how do you go about getting commissions. Do you pitch your art to clients, or do they mostly find you organically /google search etc?
Great question, in the past most of them came from doing art shows throughout the year. However over the past year, almost all of them are coming from social media and google (organically).
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist thank you so much for taking the time to respond !
@@awakeafter12 My pleasure :)
Timely / Thank you
You are so welcome
OMG! I listen to “true crime” at bedtime too. 🛌 I listen to it often as I’m going to sleep or as I do my bedtime routine 😴 I use a timer, but have occasionally forgotten the timer and woken up 2 hours later...once a I started dreaming about someone stalking me...not good.) I think it’s probably a bad habit, but most of the time, it doesn’t bother me and actually find it weirdly cathartic...maybe because there’s a clear “good & evil” line that’s always there, plus the “psychological profile” of the killers is fascinating to me. I will say, however, I don’t recommend reading “ The Stranger Beside Me,” about Ted Bundy, before attempting to nod off. No, not a good choice. 😱One of my fave TC podcasts of late is “Morbid.” Ash & Angela, two close girlfriends (and cousins I think?) review select TC stories. They don’t do any journalistic investigations or anything, but they do read all the media reports and comment and give the quirky “keeping it weird” analyses of these awful stories. The difference here is that they put their often humorous spin on the how, what & why and “WTF’s” of these mostly murder cases (FYI: full of expletives.) They are NOT laughing about the crimes or victims, because these are are not funny. They give deep respect for the victims and their families who have suffered so much in the terrible and senseless loss of their loved ones.
yesssss I love my true crime podcast just before bed. I know it's brutal but I'm true crime anything....movies, HLN, Court TV, podcast etc etc. I love trying to understand why people do the things they do or become who they are. The human mind is fascinating. . ..I'll have to check that one out..Thanks for tip.
FYI - sometimes dig a bit too deep into the facts and freak myself out too 😂
Very funny and vibrant person
Its only me I dont understand this kind of art?
You don't have to understand abstract art. It's non representational. It's more about feelings and the technical components of putting together a serious of marks to make a composition work without having any reference to draw from.
I know I like a piece of abstract art when it lights me up. I feel uplifted somehow and enjoy exploring the juxtaposition of color and shape and line. Abstract art is about the choices an artist makes and whether they can keep your interest and make you feel something-good or bad, it doesn’t matter. But I like the ones that make me feel good. 🥰
Would really appreciate a tutorial from the very start ….. not after the first layer …. Could you please slow it down 😮 not learning your process at all 😢
Perhaps I’m missing something ? Everyone has very positive comments … I admire your work very much just don’t know how to see “ start to finish “ at a normal speed ….
Painting colour patches on s canvas and creating a mess is not really a process or involves much talent!
Really??? you are welcome anytime to come to my studio and show me your painting skills and You should do a little research before you make a silly comment like that.
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist what would make think I haven't already researched? And what would make you think I don't have a natural talent to paint. I find abstract expressionism a cop out for the challenge of producing paintings to high standard.
I believe anyone can paint a Pollock or a Herring, but not everyone can paint a Caravaggio or Turner... Even better still combined with a touch of abstract expressionism!
your comment on that fact that anyone can paint abstracts clearly shows me that your knowledge on painting is minimal and you have a narrow view point for art. Abstracts are extremely complicated to create. A Pollock to you make look simple but what you are forgetting is he came up with idea...before that drip paintings didn't exist. what I find to be a cop out is someone that posts negative comments to someone when there is no proof they themselves can do it better. So anytime you want to send me your website or the galleries you are represented feel free😊
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist well youll have to wait awhile before you can see my artwork as it takes time time to produce each piece. It's not like flicking paint here and there and saying 'do I like it?' or 'dont I like it?'.
Pollock's work was first mocked in Life magazine which brought about his fame, but it was the start of abstract movement. The talentless point has be proven so now we have people flicking paint on canvas willy Nilly and calling themselves artist.
It's funny because talented writers don't face the same problem. They don't have talentless writers with bad grammar saying 'this is a novel I created in a day!' it must be better than Steven King 3months to produce piece.
If flicking paint works for you then carry on but it lacks depth of the artist and talent... Bit like the alcoholic J Pollock. America has never produced any great artist of high standard!
Plus, they get all defensive the moment they receive any criticism!
I’m not defensive just pointing out your narrow view point on what you think art is as well as your lack of knowledge on how complicated creating abstract art is. It’s really easy is to give negative Criticism when you lack knowledge. Anybody can say abstract artist’s lack talent that’s easy!!! 🤣 it’s a lot harder to actually make a full time career from being a painter and an abstract artist at the.
What time do you need to show me your work??? If it’s as easy as flinging paint you should have a body of work ready to show me by tomorrow. 🤣🤣🤣
I am interested in art, so this channel pops up now and then. I really must say that this channel is excruciatingly painful to me, mostly because I take abstract art (all art, in fact) seriously, yet I see not a hint of serious artistic work or effort here. I have known many artists, and of course have studied all the really best artists' work all my life --- and I have never, I mean NEVER, seen art treated so carelessly, crudely, and haphazardly. This leads me to only one conclusion: that this artist does not understand painting or abstract art at all, and has no clue how to proceed except to randomly just slap more paint on, willy-nilly, and keep mushing it around. I do not believe all art videos on youtube deserve praise, compliments, and support. Sometimes maybe an educated truthful assessment is called for. As for a meaningful suggestion to this artist, I would suggest to stop painting and spend a few years studying art history, visiting museums, then maybe a few years in good studio drawing class, and time spent reading and really trying to understand the purposes of great past art and how difficult those artists' challenges were. There is much more to it than just "coloring in" a canvas.
How about stop trying to be a RUclips critic and come out and see my art in person at my next art exhibit. I’ll be showing in Toronto next week and then I’ll be in New York and Austin texas in May. You can find all the details of my exhibitions on my website.
lorimirabelli.com
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist Thank you for the invitation but I will take a pass. I've seen quite enough clearly on youtube.
Right!! I forgot you have more youtubers to critic with your expert opinions. ....😂😂😂
@@lorimirabelliabstractartist Very funny. The word is "critique" or "criticize". And I really do offer expert opinions. I have substantial credentials which do not need to be listed here because this is not about me. It is more about your flippancy and disinterest in accepting good guidance. Probably my most useful piece of advice would be to stop making youtube videos. There is no benefit in subjecting the public to these paintings and practices.
Never give up on your painting babe never never never