This was a beautiful video, Linda after losing my papa last week who I lived with for the last 13 years, and has been a part of my life and grown-up with my entire life, sadly being on my own and having a chronic illness at the same time and disabilityI have stumbled in being able to create, but the idea of getting outside in the natural elements that we both enjoyed and just doing something intuitively as opposed to trying to think of an actual composition really spoke to me. Your videos either here on or on, Patreon are always exceptionally good value and always fun and helpful. I can’t wait to see more of this series.
Hi Jess, I’m so deeply sorry for your loss! I hope that you saw all the supportive comments viewers left for you on last weeks video on RUclips and also on Patreon. Everyone is praying for you. I feel so blessed that my videos are helping you and inspiring you to channel your grief through creativity. 😘💕🙏
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind thank you Linda and I have seen the comments and responses on both platforms and it has meant a lot and touched me very deeply. Thank you to everyone in this community and yourself for your kind words and encouragement.
Hi Linda! I just had an idea about how to quickly and easily see what each pencil color looks like. You can swatch each color in a thin strip, and then wrap each one around the pencil near the top and tape it on. That way, you wouldn’t need to rely on your charts. Great video as always! ❤
For the palette, I bought a flexible white cutting board from the $ store. It has a textured side that works beautifully to rub Inktense, watercolour crayons, water colour pencils, etc. on to use as paint. It’s thin enough to cut with scissors so one cutting board made several palettes to include in different kits I have.
I've been using Caran D'Ache neocolors, which feel like wax but can be wetted to turn into watercolors, along with Stabilo woodies (also can be wetted) to create landscapes and ocean and beachscapes. I had never thought of trying them before, and am surprised at all I can create, So this session of yours is also very fun to watch and timely for me.
Love this video. So inspiring. I was thinking earlier about just using what I have and limiting my mixed media to 3 or less. I like what you did with one. I want to try these pencils! Thank you for sharing.
I loved the cozy landscape you have there. I'm also planing to push myself to go sketching more outdoors..in various weather conditions 🥶😁 Intense pencils are my favorites too to work with. Light to carry and indeed versatile like you said. The intuitive way to draw was inspiring. Thanks again 🇫🇮👋🙂🧡...and please do more outdoor videos 🤗
I’m becoming totally inspired about intuitive drawing painting. Being visually impaired , I just don’t see well enough to not become frustrated with creating . I do see well enough to do something like you did. I create for my pleasure. Guess I’ll be looking into intuitive paint more. Thanks again for your videos. I look forward to them each week.
I’m so glad that you’re finding the videos inspiring. Yes, painting for pleasure and not being attached to results is so healing and meditative. I think it would be perfect for you with your vision problems. 💕
I truly enjoyed watching your intuitive process and that stone wall looks so awesome. Watching you explore is inspiring and it’s such a good reminder to just go out and start and let the moment take you where it wants. Thank you for creating a space that makes your viewers feel welcome, inspired, and capable. Have a wonderful day, Linda! (Oh and I’ve said it before but what a stunning place you live in!)
Thanks so much for your very kind, very supportive comment. I can’t tell you how much comments like these mean to me. It really blesses me that you’re enjoying my videos and feeling inspired by them. 💕
Love your videos, you are making me paint and draw again, I have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis so it’s not always easy but you give me so much inspiration, plus I love seeing your videos, thank you👍👍❤️❤️
I definitely hear you on it not being easy. That’s why it’s been so important for me to let go of always making “pretty art“. Some days pain and fatigue are just too high to fuss much with a painting. But just putting down paint on paper is so magical for me, especially when I’m able to let go of results. Thanks so much for watching and letting me know that you enjoy the videos! 🙏💕
I really enjoyed this video Linda. It was lovely to see the joy on your face and hear it in your voice. It always amazes me how much being outside can have a huge impact on our mood and general well-being. I love your finished piece too! I'd love to see more videos like this from you.
Thank you very much for your feedback! I completely agree. It’s so lovely to feel well enough to get out and about. A new video will publish today at 3 PM Eastern time. It’s not outdoors, but it’s a fun one.🤗🖍️🎨
Linda this was a great video! I loved it 🥰 The best part was your joy packing up, then sitting there and using your pencils and then packing up again. The ease and joy of a light bag is so relatable. You inspire me so much and now I'm contemplating how to get more inktense pencils 🤭 (I've just had my birthday and spent my birthday money already 😂) I like and enjoy all your painting, but your landscapes speak to me in a different level. They make me think I can and want to paint them too. Looking forward to the next video in this series. Big hugs 🥰
Thanks so much for letting me know that the video left you feeling inspired to paint landscapes. That always makes me feel so happy!. I definitely think having a lite, portable kit makes all the difference in getting out there to create. Plus I found when using just one medium you really learned so much more about that medium. I really had fun making this video. Sending a big hug right back to you!🤗
This was a great video and yes, it left me feeling inspired! Your landscape is almost identical to mine in New Hampshire. We have stone walls all over our property including in our backyard, and I have never tried to draw or paint them because they seem like an overwhelmingly complicated subject (or just something which would end up looking overly detailed, which is not the effect I want.) I was amazed at how well your rendering read as a stone wall while remaining loose. I also am going to adopt your practice of carrying a small bottle or gesso - it worked so well to adjust the values in the wall. I don’t have the Inktense pencils, but I have a large selection of the Inktense blocks I really should pull out and use. Just yesterday I got out to do some plein air work in the gorgeous weather and forced myself to take just one medium - Neocolor I wax pastels. I, like you, have a desire to paint, but I recently realized that I am just more likely to get out and do SOMETHING if I only bring drawing materials. I used to truly enjoy drawing and only drew for years before starting to paint and had forgotten how much I like drawing. In fact, I have started even just bringing a Blackwing Matte pencil and a small sketchbook and getting back to complete basics, even though it seems boring. Quick question - did you mean to say Derwent palette, or were you referring to the Caran d’Ache palette, which is also rough so you can rub your Neocolor II pastels against it to make paint?
We are both so lucky to live in northern New England! Such beautiful landscapes. I’m so happy that the video left you feeling inspired. Yes, it’s amazing how little and how abstractly you can put marks down but have them read correctly. Gesso is my little miracle bottle lol. The palette that I ordered was the Caran D’ Ache palette because the reviews on it said it does really well with both Neocolors and watercolor pencils. I’m really looking forward to exploring more sessions using just one medium because it really helps me to learn all aspects of that medium. I think the Neocolors are going to be fun! 🖍️🤩
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind Oh okay, I think you said Derwent (but I can’t find it now) and I wasn’t sure if they have one too. I think Derwent has (or used to have) something called something like “Grate and Shake,” which was basically a spice grater on top of a little bottle, so you could grate your blocks (would work better for blocks) into the bottle and add water to make liquid ink/paint.
@Anonymoi oh that sounds interesting! You could grate them onto wet paper and get a cool speckled effect. I’m usually pretty good at catching my mistakes during editing but the older I get, the more brain fogged I get lol 😶🌫️😂
Your videos always inspire me to go play in art! I've also been itching to paint instead of draw. Even though I'm not much of a painter. There is something about the way the paint moves around that's more fun than drawing lines. ❤Have a wonderful day❤
Thanks so much for letting me know that you enjoy the videos! I know what you mean about pushing paint around there’s something so liberating about it.
Thanks so much for letting me know that you enjoyed the video! I think the one medium idea is a great idea too because it really allows you to do a deep dive and get more familiar with each medium. I honestly was not using my Inktense pencils to their fullest extent before this. So much fun!🙌😍✏️✍️
What a lovely video, you live in a beautiful area, I think art and the creation of art is so subjective, using materials in a different way to which they were made for isn’t wrong it’s just using them in a way in which they serve your purpose, that’s why there are so many coloured pencils for example, ones to use with or without water, others that blend with alcohol. Art is so interesting and constantly evolving, I love the freedom of your intuitive art, not everyone can do it. Xxx
Beautiful video, I loved hearing the outside and peacefulness of your surroundings. I have a few of the inktense pencils and the pallet so I’ll definitely be taking them out with me soon (and my new pastels ❤) I’ll stick them all in a tote like yours and head out to a park with my little one. I’m always inspired after your videos, your way of processing and sharing your thoughts with us really do help set that mood. Thank you for sharing ❤
I’m so glad to hear that the videos are inspiring to you. How old is your little one? I’m picturing you both going out to the park and creating. Oh, just a thought, be careful with the oil pastels in the heat or they may get messy lol. Thanks so much for watching and sharing! 💕
This was so fun! I love that mossy stump! I bought a bunch more Inktense recently from Blick, as a birthday present to myself. This is definitely hyping me up to receive them!
I love intense pencils. For some reason Ive not used them on cold press so looking forward to extending their use and discovering more textures. Also appreciate seeing how you reduce the landscape. Its often overwhelming, even places I know well. Thanks Linda.
I’m super happy that you found the video inspiring. I really enjoyed limiting myself to one medium because it helped me learn so much about them. I get overwhelmed by what I see in the landscape too, so I’m really trying to focus on reducing things down to value shapes and mark making. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Your plein air videos have been wonderful! I can smell the coming Spring when I see them and so miss living in a country setting. Right now I am apartment bound without even a good window to look out of, so it really helps me to watch what you do! I am so glad you are able to get outside as well--I saw the video that you made from your car and loved too! Keep them coming as you are able and it was nice to see Don waving from the porch!!! Take care and thank you so much--xoxoxo 🥰
I’m so sorry that you are unable to get out in nature. That makes me really sad because it’s so healing. I completely understand what you mean about watching the videos because during a period of time when I wasn’t able to get out a friend took a long walk in the woods during fall and videoed it. I really enjoyed that video so much. Take care and thanks watching and sharing! 🙏💕
Great video! And beautiful painting. You got fantastic greys. Thanks for description of intuitive drawing vs. working intuitively. Funny about using materials “the wrong way” I almost never even wet the inktense pencils.I love their scrubby rough look. Note for other viewers. I bought inexpensive thin plastic cutting boards as alternative to the caran d’ache pencil palette The cutting boards have a slightly textured surface that’s great for scrubbing inktense on and mixing. Thin is important cause I cut them down to fit in my palette I also like to travel outdoors light so have you seen the octopus arm type tripods for phones? You can wrap the arms around anything or get a selfie stick with fold out legs so you don’t have to hold it all the time..
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing about the cutting mat, that sounds like a great idea! My selfie stick does have fold out legs it’s just not terribly convenient unless there’s a table or a solid, level surface to set it on. I did see an ad not long ago about some kind of thing that had been invented after the idea of an octopus. I’ll have to check that one out. I normally have a tripod that I can put my camera on and that makes it super easy to change angles quickly. However, as my disease progresses I need to keep things really simple and light. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts, ideas, and for watching. 🙏💕
Thanks for the video, it was very inspiring and made me want to get my inktense pencils out that really I haven’t used. However it is 9:39 pm here in Ontario so I think it will have to wait until tomorrow 😊
Wonderful video! Yes, please, more! I have always loved your exploring new ways to use materials because-well actually I thought that was what artists did! How else will you discover things unless you explore and find new ways to use old tools?! You have a nice way of dealing with critics...And yes-you are very inspiring, and so is your art. I love it all-I think the realistic ones are my fav, but I also love your looser works. I struggle with getting loose with my own art. Perhaps some tips?
Thanks so much for your lovely comment and for supporting my video contant! I have so many videos with tips on loosening up, but I guess my biggest advice would be to focus on values and shapes and to let go of the details. Thanks again for watching!
Hello Linda, I’ve only just found you! I love your video - I’ve just started to experiment with Inktense pencils and for me and plein air painting, could be a game changer. Subscribed! 🙏💜
I have just the basic i think 24 set of the inktense pencil i haven't really used. But i love your intuition painting and now i will have to try it. ❤ much love ❤️ 🙏
I bought a jar of stuff like gesso that turns anything into watercolour ‘paper’ I tried it on wooden eggs and the effect is lovely. I got it from Jackson’s xx
I really enjoyed this type of video Linda! It definitely inspired me to create outside more often. I wouldn’t have thought of bringing gesso. Are you using clear or white gesso? (looks like white)
Thanks for your feedback! I’m really glad that you enjoyed it. The gesso I used on the stonewall is white and that is how I got the subtle highlights back on the stones.
Thanks for watching! I was having trouble with lighting too, so I purchased a light on Amazon that I really love. It even has a remote control so I can adjust the warmth or coolness of the light and the brightness of the light right from my recliner. I just checked on Amazon and it’s not only on sale but there’s also a coupon so I’ll put the link below if you’re interested. amzn.to/4adBPFH I hope that’s helpful! 💕
oh gosh thank you so much, just checked it out is for some reason unavailable in Canada, makes no sense but I'm going to check out comparable lights, I have a pain condition and I'm working around that so that Art can still be an option so I very much enjoy your channel. Thank you so much for sending me this link and keeping positive. Your videos are a real boost for people who struggle with Pain and such. @@BeginnersMind-ArtMind
@@Crystal_Seeker71 I bet you will find something similar. My Art Nest is a lifesaver for me when my pain is high. I’m so glad that you were finding the videos helpful! 💕
I also have MCAS. I react to a lot of smells so it’s really hard to find safe media to work with. I am afraid to buy nice (expensive) art supplies because I don’t know if the smell will make me sick. I have oil paints, pastels, fabercastell and prisma colored pencils that I cannot use unless I put on a gas mask. I really want to try the Neocolor II. Do you know if they have a smell? Do Inktense pencils have a smell?
That’s a hard question to answer because everyone’s sensitivities run so differently. Also, everyone is in a different place in their medication and treatment plan. I am extremely sensitive to smells and I also had to give up oil paints. Having said that the Inktense pencils and Neocolor crayons do not bother me. I tend to let items air out in a separate area before using them the first time. If it’s an item that I’m unsure about I will often order through Amazon so that I can return it easily if the smell bothers me. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help but as you know, it’s a really tricky disease.
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind thank you for taking the time to respond. I was just wondering if they had any kind of smell at all because I will most likely react to it. I noticed that some colored pencils like col-erase pencils don’t really smell much at all even when brand new, while wax or oil based pencils (the ones I have anyway) have such a strong smell that won’t go away even after airing them out for weeks/months. I found that Mungyo watercolor crayons don’t smell much either even when they are new. But Mungyo gallery soft pastels have a very strong smell. I don’t know what makes the watercolor crayons not smell. If I knew, I could try to buy other supplies with similar qualities/ingredients.
@monalee7687 I know, it’s definitely really hard. I have a company whose products I review and absolutely love. But they sent me one product that I couldn’t even have in my studio at all because the smell made me so sick. So I wasn’t able to do a review for them even though they sent me the product. the other thing that makes it really hard to give each other advice is that my Inktense and Neocolor 2 are very old. Companies change hands so quickly these days that I find some products that I can tolerate, but when I order restocks of certain colors, I can’t tolerate them because they are being made differently. In the histamine on Facebook, it always amazes me how someone can post one supplement their doctor put them on and there will be hundreds of responses with some people saying the product made them terribly sick and other people saying it was a lifesaver for them. I can’t tell you how often I end up in tears because I just can’t figure out what I’m reacting to. I’m sure you’re the same way!
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind it’s a shame about the restocks being different from the old. It’s helpful to know though, thank you. I totally understand what you mean by how upsetting it is when you can’t even tell what is making you sick, so you can’t remove what you don’t know. My 7 year old daughter also has MCAS. I feel so bad for her. I hope we all find something that helps us ❤️. I only just found out on this video that you have MCAS. I really enjoy your videos. They are inspiring.
@monalee7687 Sorry that your daughter has it too! I know it’s not easy. It’s taken me over 6 months just to get on most of the meds and supplements the mast cell specialist are trying to get me on and I’m still not on them all. I’m really glad that you are finding the videos inspiring!
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wonderful ,it is so fun to create so many artworks with our supplies ,i really miss outside nature ,
Thanks so much for watching and sharing. I miss being able to get out a lot too. 🌷
I would love to see more plein air landscapes! A lot of fun!!! 😊 Yes, very inspiring. ❤ Love the beautiful outdoors!!!
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback.
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind I'd love more plein air mini adventures too!
This was a beautiful video, Linda after losing my papa last week who I lived with for the last 13 years, and has been a part of my life and grown-up with my entire life, sadly being on my own and having a chronic illness at the same time and disabilityI have stumbled in being able to create, but the idea of getting outside in the natural elements that we both enjoyed and just doing something intuitively as opposed to trying to think of an actual composition really spoke to me. Your videos either here on or on, Patreon are always exceptionally good value and always fun and helpful. I can’t wait to see more of this series.
Hi Jess, I’m so deeply sorry for your loss! I hope that you saw all the supportive comments viewers left for you on last weeks video on RUclips and also on Patreon. Everyone is praying for you. I feel so blessed that my videos are helping you and inspiring you to channel your grief through creativity. 😘💕🙏
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind thank you Linda and I have seen the comments and responses on both platforms and it has meant a lot and touched me very deeply. Thank you to everyone in this community and yourself for your kind words and encouragement.
Yes! I love it. Thank you so much.
So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for letting me know!
Thank you for taking us along on this plein air video!
Thank you so much for letting me know that you enjoyed it! There will be a new Sketchbook tour video out today at 3 PM Eastern time 🤗 💕
YES! Please do mere like this. I very much enjoyed seeing your outdoors and then watching you draw/paint it. Thanks.
Thanks so much for the feedback! 🙏💕
Hi Linda! I just had an idea about how to quickly and easily see what each pencil color looks like. You can swatch each color in a thin strip, and then wrap each one around the pencil near the top and tape it on. That way, you wouldn’t need to rely on your charts. Great video as always! ❤
Thanks so much for sharing your idea! It’s a really great idea!
For the palette, I bought a flexible white cutting board from the $ store. It has a textured side that works beautifully to rub Inktense, watercolour crayons, water colour pencils, etc. on to use as paint. It’s thin enough to cut with scissors so one cutting board made several palettes to include in different kits I have.
A couple of other people have mentioned doing that here in the comments too. Sounds like a good idea. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
I've been using Caran D'Ache neocolors, which feel like wax but can be wetted to turn into watercolors, along with Stabilo woodies (also can be wetted) to create landscapes and ocean and beachscapes. I had never thought of trying them before, and am surprised at all I can create, So this session of yours is also very fun to watch and timely for me.
Yay, I’m so glad that you found it inspirational and that you’ve discovered ways to stay creative!
Love this video. So inspiring. I was thinking earlier about just using what I have and limiting my mixed media to 3 or less. I like what you did with one. I want to try these pencils! Thank you for sharing.
I’m so glad that you found it inspiring! Thanks for letting me know. 🙏💕
I loved the cozy landscape you have there. I'm also planing to push myself to go sketching more outdoors..in various weather conditions 🥶😁 Intense pencils are my favorites too to work with. Light to carry and indeed versatile like you said. The intuitive way to draw was inspiring. Thanks again 🇫🇮👋🙂🧡...and please do more outdoor videos 🤗
Thanks so much for watching and leaving your feedback. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! 📚🖍️
I’m becoming totally inspired about intuitive drawing painting. Being visually impaired , I just don’t see well enough to not become frustrated with creating . I do see well enough to do something like you did. I create for my pleasure. Guess I’ll be looking into intuitive paint more. Thanks again for your videos. I look forward to them each week.
I’m so glad that you’re finding the videos inspiring. Yes, painting for pleasure and not being attached to results is so healing and meditative. I think it would be perfect for you with your vision problems. 💕
I truly enjoyed watching your intuitive process and that stone wall looks so awesome. Watching you explore is inspiring and it’s such a good reminder to just go out and start and let the moment take you where it wants. Thank you for creating a space that makes your viewers feel welcome, inspired, and capable. Have a wonderful day, Linda! (Oh and I’ve said it before but what a stunning place you live in!)
Thanks so much for your very kind, very supportive comment. I can’t tell you how much comments like these mean to me. It really blesses me that you’re enjoying my videos and feeling inspired by them. 💕
The swatches and cases were very helpful. I’m getting ready for my first plein air adventure.
I’m so glad the video was helpful! Thanks for letting me know and I hope you have a great time Plein air painting.
Love your videos, you are making me paint and draw again, I have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis so it’s not always easy but you give me so much inspiration, plus I love seeing your videos, thank you👍👍❤️❤️
I definitely hear you on it not being easy. That’s why it’s been so important for me to let go of always making “pretty art“. Some days pain and fatigue are just too high to fuss much with a painting. But just putting down paint on paper is so magical for me, especially when I’m able to let go of results. Thanks so much for watching and letting me know that you enjoy the videos! 🙏💕
Awesomeness ❤️ I really like the forrest one and the dove. Much love ❤️ 🙏
Thanks so much! 💕
I REALLY love these plein air videos!
Thanks so much for letting me know!
I really enjoyed this video Linda. It was lovely to see the joy on your face and hear it in your voice. It always amazes me how much being outside can have a huge impact on our mood and general well-being. I love your finished piece too! I'd love to see more videos like this from you.
Thank you very much for your feedback! I completely agree. It’s so lovely to feel well enough to get out and about. A new video will publish today at 3 PM Eastern time. It’s not outdoors, but it’s a fun one.🤗🖍️🎨
That moss reminds me of Winsor and Newton's gouache in Linden green!
I had to look that color up! I hadn’t heard of it but it’s perfect for elements of that sort of landscape, which I have too.
It’s such a lovely color. Thanks for watching!
@Anonymoi That’s awesome! Thanks for watching 🎨🖌️
Yes, the video was inspiring…loved it! I really enjoyed watching your process while creating the intuitive landscape painting! 💚💚💚
So happy to hear that! Thanks so much for your feedback 💕
Linda this was a great video! I loved it 🥰 The best part was your joy packing up, then sitting there and using your pencils and then packing up again. The ease and joy of a light bag is so relatable. You inspire me so much and now I'm contemplating how to get more inktense pencils 🤭 (I've just had my birthday and spent my birthday money already 😂) I like and enjoy all your painting, but your landscapes speak to me in a different level. They make me think I can and want to paint them too. Looking forward to the next video in this series. Big hugs 🥰
Thanks so much for letting me know that the video left you feeling inspired to paint landscapes. That always makes me feel so happy!. I definitely think having a lite, portable kit makes all the difference in getting out there to create. Plus I found when using just one medium you really learned so much more about that medium. I really had fun making this video. Sending a big hug right back to you!🤗
This was a great video and yes, it left me feeling inspired! Your landscape is almost identical to mine in New Hampshire. We have stone walls all over our property including in our backyard, and I have never tried to draw or paint them because they seem like an overwhelmingly complicated subject (or just something which would end up looking overly detailed, which is not the effect I want.) I was amazed at how well your rendering read as a stone wall while remaining loose. I also am going to adopt your practice of carrying a small bottle or gesso - it worked so well to adjust the values in the wall. I don’t have the Inktense pencils, but I have a large selection of the Inktense blocks I really should pull out and use. Just yesterday I got out to do some plein air work in the gorgeous weather and forced myself to take just one medium - Neocolor I wax pastels. I, like you, have a desire to paint, but I recently realized that I am just more likely to get out and do SOMETHING if I only bring drawing materials. I used to truly enjoy drawing and only drew for years before starting to paint and had forgotten how much I like drawing. In fact, I have started even just bringing a Blackwing Matte pencil and a small sketchbook and getting back to complete basics, even though it seems boring. Quick question - did you mean to say Derwent palette, or were you referring to the Caran d’Ache palette, which is also rough so you can rub your Neocolor II pastels against it to make paint?
We are both so lucky to live in northern New England! Such beautiful landscapes. I’m so happy that the video left you feeling inspired. Yes, it’s amazing how little and how abstractly you can put marks down but have them read correctly. Gesso is my little miracle bottle lol. The palette that I ordered was the Caran D’ Ache palette because the reviews on it said it does really well with both Neocolors and watercolor pencils. I’m really looking forward to exploring more sessions using just one medium because it really helps me to learn all aspects of that medium. I think the Neocolors are going to be fun! 🖍️🤩
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind Oh okay, I think you said Derwent (but I can’t find it now) and I wasn’t sure if they have one too. I think Derwent has (or used to have) something called something like “Grate and Shake,” which was basically a spice grater on top of a little bottle, so you could grate your blocks (would work better for blocks) into the bottle and add water to make liquid ink/paint.
@Anonymoi oh that sounds interesting! You could grate them onto wet paper and get a cool speckled effect. I’m usually pretty good at catching my mistakes during editing but the older I get, the more brain fogged I get lol 😶🌫️😂
Its so beautiful and natural work , Well done Linda , I loved your art Collections, by the way ❤💜💙
Thanks very much!
Your videos always inspire me to go play in art! I've also been itching to paint instead of draw. Even though I'm not much of a painter. There is something about the way the paint moves around that's more fun than drawing lines. ❤Have a wonderful day❤
Thanks so much for letting me know that you enjoy the videos! I know what you mean about pushing paint around there’s something so liberating about it.
This is so wonderful, enjoyed all the way till the end ☺☺☺
I’m so glad to hear that! 🤗
I love the 1 medium sketchbook idea. I adore inktense pencils. Grab a couple of water brushes filled, and it's great for outside.
Thanks so much for letting me know that you enjoyed the video! I think the one medium idea is a great idea too because it really allows you to do a deep dive and get more familiar with each medium. I honestly was not using my Inktense pencils to their fullest extent before this. So much fun!🙌😍✏️✍️
What a lovely video, you live in a beautiful area, I think art and the creation of art is so subjective, using materials in a different way to which they were made for isn’t wrong it’s just using them in a way in which they serve your purpose, that’s why there are so many coloured pencils for example, ones to use with or without water, others that blend with alcohol. Art is so interesting and constantly evolving, I love the freedom of your intuitive art, not everyone can do it. Xxx
Thanks for watching and commenting! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and the artwork.
Beautiful video, I loved hearing the outside and peacefulness of your surroundings. I have a few of the inktense pencils and the pallet so I’ll definitely be taking them out with me soon (and my new pastels ❤) I’ll stick them all in a tote like yours and head out to a park with my little one. I’m always inspired after your videos, your way of processing and sharing your thoughts with us really do help set that mood. Thank you for sharing ❤
I’m so glad to hear that the videos are inspiring to you. How old is your little one? I’m picturing you both going out to the park and creating. Oh, just a thought, be careful with the oil pastels in the heat or they may get messy lol. Thanks so much for watching and sharing! 💕
This was so fun! I love that mossy stump! I bought a bunch more Inktense recently from Blick, as a birthday present to myself. This is definitely hyping me up to receive them!
Awesome! Perfect timing. Have fun exploring with them.
I love intense pencils. For some reason Ive not used them on cold press so looking forward to extending their use and discovering more textures.
Also appreciate seeing how you reduce the landscape. Its often overwhelming, even places I know well.
Thanks Linda.
I’m super happy that you found the video inspiring. I really enjoyed limiting myself to one medium because it helped me learn so much about them. I get overwhelmed by what I see in the landscape too, so I’m really trying to focus on reducing things down to value shapes and mark making. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Loved it. Definitely inspiring. Thank you
Awesome! Thanks so much for letting me know you liked it and found it inspiring! 💕📖🖍️
Your plein air videos and art pieces are quite inspiring, Linda!
This DOES interest me. Thank you!
Thank you for your feedback and kind words! 💕
Your plein air videos have been wonderful! I can smell the coming Spring when I see them and so miss living in a country setting. Right now I am apartment bound without even a good window to look out of, so it really helps me to watch what you do! I am so glad you are able to get outside as well--I saw the video that you made from your car and loved too! Keep them coming as you are able and it was nice to see Don waving from the porch!!! Take care and thank you so much--xoxoxo 🥰
I’m so sorry that you are unable to get out in nature. That makes me really sad because it’s so healing. I completely understand what you mean about watching the videos because during a period of time when I wasn’t able to get out a friend took a long walk in the woods during fall and videoed it. I really enjoyed that video so much. Take care and thanks watching and sharing! 🙏💕
Very inspirational Linda🌲
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback 🙏💕
This was a very inspiring video. Thank you so much for sharing :)
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting. 💕
Great video! And beautiful painting. You got fantastic greys. Thanks for description of intuitive drawing vs. working intuitively. Funny about using materials “the wrong way” I almost never even wet the inktense pencils.I love their scrubby rough look.
Note for other viewers. I bought inexpensive thin plastic cutting boards as alternative to the caran d’ache pencil palette The cutting boards have a slightly textured surface that’s great for scrubbing inktense on and mixing. Thin is important cause I cut them down to fit in my palette
I also like to travel outdoors light so have you seen the octopus arm type tripods for phones? You can wrap the arms around anything or get a selfie stick with fold out legs so you don’t have to hold it all the time..
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing about the cutting mat, that sounds like a great idea! My selfie stick does have fold out legs it’s just not terribly convenient unless there’s a table or a solid, level surface to set it on. I did see an ad not long ago about some kind of thing that had been invented after the idea of an octopus. I’ll have to check that one out. I normally have a tripod that I can put my camera on and that makes it super easy to change angles quickly. However, as my disease progresses I need to keep things really simple and light. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts, ideas, and for watching. 🙏💕
Loved that - thank you. So fun😀
Thanks so much for letting me know that you enjoyed it! 🙏💕
Thanks for the video, it was very inspiring and made me want to get my inktense pencils out that really I haven’t used. However it is 9:39 pm here in Ontario so I think it will have to wait until tomorrow 😊
Ha, ha, yes probably better to wait until tomorrow. So glad the video left you feeling inspired! 🎨🖍️
I’ve had my I.T. Pencils for years. Thanks to you I’m going to try them! 🙏
Yay! I’m so glad to hear that!
It looked like you had so much fun! Loved the painting and anytime you are up to Plein air painting please share if you are up to it.
Thanks so much for the feedback Lynda! 💕🙏
Wonderful video! Yes, please, more! I have always loved your exploring new ways to use materials because-well actually I thought that was what artists did! How else will you discover things unless you explore and find new ways to use old tools?! You have a nice way of dealing with critics...And yes-you are very inspiring, and so is your art. I love it all-I think the realistic ones are my fav, but I also love your looser works. I struggle with getting loose with my own art. Perhaps some tips?
Thanks so much for your lovely comment and for supporting my video contant! I have so many videos with tips on loosening up, but I guess my biggest advice would be to focus on values and shapes and to let go of the details. Thanks again for watching!
Fun!!!
Thanks for watching!
Hello Linda, I’ve only just found you! I love your video - I’ve just started to experiment with Inktense pencils and for me and plein air painting, could be a game changer. Subscribed! 🙏💜
Hi and welcome! I’m so glad to have you as part of the community. i’m so happy to hear that you found the video inspiring! 💕
I have just the basic i think 24 set of the inktense pencil i haven't really used. But i love your intuition painting and now i will have to try it. ❤ much love ❤️ 🙏
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Have fun experimenting around! 🖍️
I bought a jar of stuff like gesso that turns anything into watercolour ‘paper’ I tried it on wooden eggs and the effect is lovely. I got it from Jackson’s xx
That is watercolor ground. It’s amazing how many different types of mediums there are out there that do really cool things.
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind that’s it, I couldn’t remember the name. X
Some days I can’t even remember my name 😂🤣
I really enjoyed this type of video Linda! It definitely inspired me to create outside more often. I wouldn’t have thought of bringing gesso. Are you using clear or white gesso? (looks like white)
Thanks for your feedback! I’m really glad that you enjoyed it. The gesso I used on the stonewall is white and that is how I got the subtle highlights back on the stones.
I'm preparing an art nest but I'm finding lighting is an issue. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for watching! I was having trouble with lighting too, so I purchased a light on Amazon that I really love. It even has a remote control so I can adjust the warmth or coolness of the light and the brightness of the light right from my recliner. I just checked on Amazon and it’s not only on sale but there’s also a coupon so I’ll put the link below if you’re interested. amzn.to/4adBPFH I hope that’s helpful! 💕
oh gosh thank you so much, just checked it out is for some reason unavailable in Canada, makes no sense but I'm going to check out comparable lights, I have a pain condition and I'm working around that so that Art can still be an option so I very much enjoy your channel. Thank you so much for sending me this link and keeping positive. Your videos are a real boost for people who struggle with Pain and such. @@BeginnersMind-ArtMind
@@Crystal_Seeker71 I bet you will find something similar. My Art Nest is a lifesaver for me when my pain is high. I’m so glad that you were finding the videos helpful! 💕
That’s a lot to carry😳 my kit fits in a lunch pack. I like to be able to walk a bit.
I’m a few steps from my door 🤷🏼♀️
I also have MCAS. I react to a lot of smells so it’s really hard to find safe media to work with. I am afraid to buy nice (expensive) art supplies because I don’t know if the smell will make me sick. I have oil paints, pastels, fabercastell and prisma colored pencils that I cannot use unless I put on a gas mask.
I really want to try the Neocolor II. Do you know if they have a smell? Do Inktense pencils have a smell?
That’s a hard question to answer because everyone’s sensitivities run so differently. Also, everyone is in a different place in their medication and treatment plan. I am extremely sensitive to smells and I also had to give up oil paints. Having said that the Inktense pencils and Neocolor crayons do not bother me. I tend to let items air out in a separate area before using them the first time. If it’s an item that I’m unsure about I will often order through Amazon so that I can return it easily if the smell bothers me. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help but as you know, it’s a really tricky disease.
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind thank you for taking the time to respond. I was just wondering if they had any kind of smell at all because I will most likely react to it. I noticed that some colored pencils like col-erase pencils don’t really smell much at all even when brand new, while wax or oil based pencils (the ones I have anyway) have such a strong smell that won’t go away even after airing them out for weeks/months.
I found that Mungyo watercolor crayons don’t smell much either even when they are new. But Mungyo gallery soft pastels have a very strong smell. I don’t know what makes the watercolor crayons not smell. If I knew, I could try to buy other supplies with similar qualities/ingredients.
@monalee7687 I know, it’s definitely really hard. I have a company whose products I review and absolutely love. But they sent me one product that I couldn’t even have in my studio at all because the smell made me so sick. So I wasn’t able to do a review for them even though they sent me the product. the other thing that makes it really hard to give each other advice is that my Inktense and Neocolor 2 are very old. Companies change hands so quickly these days that I find some products that I can tolerate, but when I order restocks of certain colors, I can’t tolerate them because they are being made differently. In the histamine on Facebook, it always amazes me how someone can post one supplement their doctor put them on and there will be hundreds of responses with some people saying the product made them terribly sick and other people saying it was a lifesaver for them. I can’t tell you how often I end up in tears because I just can’t figure out what I’m reacting to. I’m sure you’re the same way!
@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind it’s a shame about the restocks being different from the old. It’s helpful to know though, thank you.
I totally understand what you mean by how upsetting it is when you can’t even tell what is making you sick, so you can’t remove what you don’t know. My 7 year old daughter also has MCAS. I feel so bad for her. I hope we all find something that helps us ❤️.
I only just found out on this video that you have MCAS. I really enjoy your videos. They are inspiring.
@monalee7687 Sorry that your daughter has it too! I know it’s not easy. It’s taken me over 6 months just to get on most of the meds and supplements the mast cell specialist are trying to get me on and I’m still not on them all. I’m really glad that you are finding the videos inspiring!
Can you wash the clothes?
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Annoyingly first 😂😂😂
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@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind Wow! You are very generous! Thank you!
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