I do some of the techniques I saw you do in this video. I agree i always change things and sometimes I go over the painting to make layers as well. Thanks so much for your advice. I loved the green brush painting part you did. But your painting came out nice either way. cheers Michele Looking forward to more videos. My challenge is doing painting really fast but a lot of times I love the way they come out. But as I evolved as a painter I realised that some of the painting I did I didn't like so I got out the paint brushes and painted over them then layered some of those paintings. thanks for your advice I will keep that in mind when I do my next painting looking forward to another video
Hi Louise! I just "finished" my final series for CVP2024, and realized as I watched your demo that no, I'm not finished. Thanks for this! Back to the studio!!
I love watching you work through your processes, explaining everything in such an easy to understand way. Your videos are so helpful and inspiring, thank you🙏🏼
YOU HAVE JUST TAUGHT ME MORE IN THIS VIDEO THAN I DON'T KNOW WHEN! The contrast, too much the same marks or "bitty" as you put it, contrast colors, warm and cold, etc etc etc. I have a couple paintings I can't figure out and now i think i can maybe try something using your advice. Thanks so much!
It was great watching and listening to you think out loud. Much more intentional than i thought. There were several points where i wanted you to leave it. I loved the bright orange and would have left that in. However, i realized, as you continued, that my eyes would disregard the rest of the painting and go to the orange. So i learned a lot about the evolution of the process.
thanks Louise! Your videos are always helpful. Appreciate you showing your vulnerability and sharing your processes. You've been a real inspiration to me.
As always, Louise, you have come along just when I needed you. You and your work are just wonderful in my humble opinion. Haha. I'm a fan for sure. Too interesting all over is exactly what I'm struggling with. Thank you again for reminding me I'm not alone in the struggle.
I love this now,but I loved it at different stages too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts…so helpful and especially for me as you talked about the bitty parts. I can so relate!
Merci beaucoup pour tous vos partages. J'ai enfin compris ce qui ne me plaisait pas dans certaines de mes peintures : le manque de contraste et trop de petites choses. Encore un grand merci. J'adore vos peintures ❤
Thank you for the reminder of looking to contrast in our work. I love watching you actually do/paint what you are teaching. It sticks in my mind that way. Thank you always for these instructional videos, Louise!
Omg “bitty”, exactly, it was like a bullet to my brain, that is why that one over there in the corner starring back at me isn’t working! Contrast with balance and scale, yes. Your video actually helped me. Thank you.
I love your work. You were one of the first people I found when getting back into art after college in the late 60's. I try to translate all of it because I prefer working with soft pastels.
I just posted a few of my abstract pastel paintings on your FB page from a post that was about 4 years ago when you asked for comments. Better late than never. :)@@ThisPaintingLife
Thank you...I always want 'perfect.' HARD TO DO! Watching you has given me permission to just keep going. I held my breath as you got to the upper mid section that looks like clouds. Smudged with your fingers.. beautuful!
So much appreciation for your tutorials, Louise. Informed analysis is something I struggle to keep under control so it helped to see you trusting your process - to great results, I must say.
Louise, your knowledge and explanations are so helpful and really transform how I look at things. I needed this video when I was working on my last piece but you’ve inspired me to keep going!
I am so grateful for this video Louise🥰. I learned so much from listening and seeing your process! Thank you for your inspiration as I am ready to dive in to my next abstract painting‼️🦋🤩. Much gratitude🎨🎨🎨
Louise, I loved this video… so much to work with! I want to thank you for all that you so generously share for free. I subscribe to your newsletter and can say to anyone who doesn’t…. do it now! Full of generous advice and tips and interviews with other artists…. I love your style of art and your teaching style and can’t thank you enough Louise! 🤗🤗🤗
You are so welcome and glad you enjoyed it! I will also be hosting a free LIVE webinar about colour mixing if you are interested in joining me: event.webinarjam.com/register/3/8m2r6h1 🤗
I just discovered you, and oh am I thankful! You have helped me unleash something in me. I never knew the process of abstract was to just play until it comes together! Brilliant watching you work 🥰
This was really timely and beneficial for me as I have a painting right now that I'm finding too "bitsy" and don't/didn't know how to resolve it. Thank you, as always.
Thanks Louise this video is just what i needed to see and hear. You are one of my favourite artist on youtube...always so interesting and well explained.🙂👍👍👍
I actually approach my paintings in a very similar way, and it does take quite a bit of time to find my way, but do enjoy the process, and I trust it, which always gets me though the muddle and frustrating moments.
So fabulous as always! I often get attached to a color or a mark and then have WAY too much going on. Was this done with a limited palette? I know your color mixing is magical--so wondering if you were keeping it "simple" or if you just grabbed what moved you?
Thank you-I do not understand this work at ALL-which means to me, I am simply ignorant. Like I don't understand the joy of golfing or hunting or math. My eyes are open and my mind willing. appreciate your sharing.
What kind of colors are you using? How can you blend them together? Are they acrylics and what kind are they? I have so many questions! I'm still working on this abstract painting...I've always used markers, many styles but I want to use the acrylics.
I do both - Intuition guides me in making the initial painting but at some point, I see what the painting wants to be, and I use my knowledge to clarify it
Hi Patty. It might help to think of red, yellow, orange as fire, and blue as ice. That’s just a start as other colours are a bit more complicated. For example green is generally considered to be a mix of blue (cool) and yellow (warm). Whether a green is cool or warm therefore depends on which colour is dominant in the mix. It’s the same with purple, generally a mix of red (warm) and cool (blue). Which colour is dominant? Of course it gets much more nuanced than this! There are warm and cool reds, warm and cool yellows, warm and cool blues, depending on the pigments in the mix, which is why artists often have all of these in their basic palette. If you mix a warm red with a warm yellow you will get the brightest orange. On the other hand, if you mix a warm red with a cool yellow you will get a subdued orange because now you have red and yellow and blue in the mix and they tend to tone each other down. This is just a very basic explanation but I hope it helps. There are some good books which explain this well. Betty Edwards’s book on colour is good but you might also like to watch Mark Eanes’ you tube videos on colour. Thank you Louise for another great video!
Love watching you add and cover and the way you talk about your process! It’s fascinating to watch the changes the painting goes through.
Your work is unique .Thank you for sharing dear 👍
You are so welcome ❤
I really like how you talk about the process and why
The depth of ur painting is really amazing, it impress me how to observe the colour as a process of painting
Thank you for sharing in the way you do. You inspire me.
Really fascinating to see you apply paint, thanks
Light bulb moment. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Very helpful, thank you.
Glad you think so! 😄
Thank you for sharing
My pleasure
Great video. You always give us such good information. Thank you.❤
WONDERFUL ❤❤❤
Thank you Heather!
I do some of the techniques I saw you do in this video. I agree i always change things and sometimes I go over the painting to make layers as well. Thanks so much for your advice. I loved the green brush painting part you did. But your painting came out nice either way. cheers Michele Looking forward to more videos. My challenge is doing painting really fast but a lot of times I love the way they come out. But as I evolved as a painter I realised that some of the painting I did I didn't like so I got out the paint brushes and painted over them then layered some of those paintings. thanks for your advice I will keep that in mind when I do my next painting looking forward to another video
Your videos hold so much value in such a short time period - easily digestible bite-sized art lessons , thank you!
Glad you like them!
"Nothing is sacred." You really put it out there. Wow, So much to learn. Amazing stuff. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
You explained that so well and it really helped to see you painting and explaining! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it Dottiee!
it turned out beautiful
Aww thank you ❤
Thank you so much for talking through your process. It was immensely helpful.
You are so welcome! Thank you for being here. ❤
Loved this demo! Thanks a lot!
My pleasure!
Louise, you are getting better and better, you come straight to the point!
Aww thank you!
You are so sweet to share with us all your wonderful knowledge.
Aww thank you Pamela. ❤
Ditto!! Thank you so much Louise. Your kindness and generosity is so greatly appreciated!!
Your videos give me so much direction when I get stuck. Thank youuuu!! Everyone like, comment and share!!
You are so welcome! Glad I can be of service ❤
Incredible !
Aww thank you so much!
Valuable information in short time . Nice video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ooh, yes, this dry brush mark was really exciting!❤
Yes it was!
My biggest challenge atm is to keep playing and not get attached to any of it too early.
I think we all face that at times!
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Hi Louise! I just "finished" my final series for CVP2024, and realized as I watched your demo that no, I'm not finished. Thanks for this! Back to the studio!!
Glad it was helpful!
I love watching you work through your processes, explaining everything in such an easy to understand way. Your videos are so helpful and inspiring, thank you🙏🏼
You are so welcome!
Thank you. Will pay more attention to contrast
Glad it was helpful!
YOU HAVE JUST TAUGHT ME MORE IN THIS VIDEO THAN I DON'T KNOW WHEN! The contrast, too much the same marks or "bitty" as you put it, contrast colors, warm and cold, etc etc etc. I have a couple paintings I can't figure out and now i think i can maybe try something using your advice. Thanks so much!
You are so welcome x
Wow❤❤❤
Thank you for watching!
Love this Louise! Thank you!
Thanks for the video! It helps me get unstuck ❤
Awww so glad to hear this!
Great reminder video, super demo! Thanks, Louise!
I love your demos... you are so BRAVE! I am trying really hard to be braver!
Awww thank you Sara. I don't always feel brave so I appreciate that! 😄
I love that you get to the point and speed it up during your painting 😊
Thank you! Cheers!
It was great watching and listening to you think out loud. Much more intentional than i thought. There were several points where i wanted you to leave it. I loved the bright orange and would have left that in. However, i realized, as you continued, that my eyes would disregard the rest of the painting and go to the orange. So i learned a lot about the evolution of the process.
So glad I could help you see things a little different. Thanks for watching.
I always love to watch you paint. This one especially spoke to me, about little bits. Thanks for all you share and do. ❤
I'm so glad this helped x
always enjoy the latest youtube offering. thanks for the reminder about the many ways we can add contrast to our work
You bet!
Thank you, Louise.
You are so welcome!
thanks Louise! Your videos are always helpful. Appreciate you showing your vulnerability and sharing your processes. You've been a real inspiration to me.
As always, Louise, you have come along just when I needed you. You and your work are just wonderful in my humble opinion. Haha. I'm a fan for sure. Too interesting all over is exactly what I'm struggling with. Thank you again for reminding me I'm not alone in the struggle.
I love this now,but I loved it at different stages too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts…so helpful and especially for me as you talked about the bitty parts. I can so relate!
Glad it was helpful!
I love your demos and reminders. I will look for contrasts specifically when I get back to my paintings I'm working on.
Wonderful!
once again, when I've been fighting with my art all day, you have inspired me to keep trying and have given me new tools to improve. thank you!🥰
Glad I could help 😄
Thank you Louise, you keep me on task with your input. I appreciate your time!!❤
You are so welcome
Merci beaucoup pour tous vos partages. J'ai enfin compris ce qui ne me plaisait pas dans certaines de mes peintures : le manque de contraste et trop de petites choses. Encore un grand merci. J'adore vos peintures ❤
You are the best Louise
😍 Thank you!
Where is the orange you mentioned ?? I really love your free style of painting Louise . You are an excellent instructor 😊
Loved watching your process it’s very inspirational, thank you! ❤️
So glad you liked it. Thanks for being here ❤
Thank you for the reminder of looking to contrast in our work. I love watching you actually do/paint what you are teaching. It sticks in my mind that way. Thank you always for these instructional videos, Louise!
Thank you for sharing very beautiful👏👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
I look at different artist and see how they do their art. It gives me ideas to add to my own style. That’s all folks!🙏👑♥️
Glad I could provide even just a little bit of insight! ❤
Omg “bitty”, exactly, it was like a bullet to my brain, that is why that one over there in the corner starring back at me isn’t working! Contrast with balance and scale, yes. Your video actually helped me. Thank you.
I'm so pleased!
I love your work. You were one of the first people I found when getting back into art after college in the late 60's. I try to translate all of it because I prefer working with soft pastels.
Oh wow. What a compliment then that you still watch! Thank you for being here. ❤
I just posted a few of my abstract pastel paintings on your FB page from a post that was about 4 years ago when you asked for comments. Better late than never. :)@@ThisPaintingLife
great way to show the contrast regarding many ways from colors to shapes, tenure, and smooth brush strokes!
Thank you...I always want 'perfect.' HARD TO DO! Watching you has given me permission to just keep going. I held my breath as you got to the upper mid section that looks like clouds. Smudged with your fingers.. beautuful!
Im learning all the time from you Louise, thank you for sharing this.
Glad it was helpful!
So much appreciation for your tutorials, Louise. Informed analysis is something I struggle to keep under control so it helped to see you trusting your process - to great results, I must say.
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video!!!
Thanks Louise!
You're so welcome!
Thank you Louise. It helps 💕
You’re welcome 😊
So full of helpful info, thank you! And btw, that wall full of color behind you is beautiful!
Awww thank you so much!
I’m always getting attached too early so this was super helpful. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I like you process it makes sense to me! ah the JOICES yes, you are such a special artist!
Aww thank you Kate! ❤
Love watching you work your magic. Never disappointed in your paintings and I always come away with a new idea or two. Thank you for sharing. ❤
You are so welcome
Louise, your knowledge and explanations are so helpful and really transform how I look at things. I needed this video when I was working on my last piece but you’ve inspired me to keep going!
You are so welcome!
I am so grateful for this video Louise🥰. I learned so much from listening and seeing your process! Thank you for your inspiration as I am ready to dive in to my next abstract painting‼️🦋🤩. Much gratitude🎨🎨🎨
Thank you so much, Louise! You are such a great artist and teacher. I have learned so much from you. ♥️♥️
You are so welcome!
Louise, I loved this video… so much to work with! I want to thank you for all that you so generously share for free. I subscribe to your newsletter and can say to anyone who doesn’t…. do it now! Full of generous advice and tips and interviews with other artists…. I love your style of art and your teaching style and can’t thank you enough Louise! 🤗🤗🤗
You are so welcome and glad you enjoyed it! I will also be hosting a free LIVE webinar about colour mixing if you are interested in joining me: event.webinarjam.com/register/3/8m2r6h1 🤗
I just discovered you, and oh am I thankful! You have helped me unleash something in me. I never knew the process of abstract was to just play until it comes together! Brilliant watching you work 🥰
thanks so much Louise for sharing this super interesting and valuable info on CONTRAST! I learned a lot!
I love how you explained and demonstrated the concept of contrast. I’ll be thinking about this in my work. Thanks so much! 😍
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. 😀
Going to venture into abstract painting-your videos are so helpful! Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Excellent timing! I'm almost done with 3 little paintings, and was wondering what to try next ❤
Glad I could be of assistance 😍
Love your kind guidance. Thank you.
You are so welcome
This was really timely and beneficial for me as I have a painting right now that I'm finding too "bitsy" and don't/didn't know how to resolve it. Thank you, as always.
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful video. I like your process. It seems you are always asking yourself questions - what's next?
Yes exactly!
Thanks Louise this video is just what i needed to see and hear. You are one of my favourite artist on youtube...always so interesting and well explained.🙂👍👍👍
Thanks so much 😊
Thank you. I’m learning a lot from you I.e. contrasts. How vital they are to a painting.
You are so welcome and always happy to help 😄
I actually approach my paintings in a very similar way, and it does take quite a bit of time to find my way, but do enjoy the process, and I trust it, which always gets me though the muddle and frustrating moments.
Glad to hear I am not alone 😍
So helpful! Thank you, Louise! 5:01
So glad! ❤
A good woman and a good painter.
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This was super helpful.
Glad you think so!
So fabulous as always! I often get attached to a color or a mark and then have WAY too much going on. Was this done with a limited palette? I know your color mixing is magical--so wondering if you were keeping it "simple" or if you just grabbed what moved you?
Mostly limited palette but sometimes I add something extra x
I am working on my first abstract I keep adding and subtracting, not sure if finished lol
Some time its a give and take 😀
Thank you-I do not understand this work at ALL-which means to me, I am simply ignorant. Like I don't understand the joy of golfing or hunting or math. My eyes are open and my mind willing.
appreciate your sharing.
What kind of colors are you using? How can you blend them together? Are they acrylics and what kind are they? I have so many questions! I'm still working on this abstract painting...I've always used markers, many styles but I want to use the acrylics.
Hi Kelly yes they are acrylics. Questions are the best way to learn!
Just testing for FYJ x
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Letting go of things I love is hard for me. #brave
I think it's hard for everyone! You are not alone.
I love this, but for me the approach of thinking on how to improve a painting is in contrast to what you said earlier - be guided by intuition, no?
I do both - Intuition guides me in making the initial painting but at some point, I see what the painting wants to be, and I use my knowledge to clarify it
@@ThisPaintingLife Thanks Louise, that's clear 🙂!
What is it?
A painting
I'm very confused about warm and cool!
It's all about the base color. ❤
Hi Patty. It might help to think of red, yellow, orange as fire, and blue as ice. That’s just a start as other colours are a bit more complicated. For example green is generally considered to be a mix of blue (cool) and yellow (warm). Whether a green is cool or warm therefore depends on which colour is dominant in the mix. It’s the same with purple, generally a mix of red (warm) and cool (blue). Which colour is dominant? Of course it gets much more nuanced than this! There are warm and cool reds, warm and cool yellows, warm and cool blues, depending on the pigments in the mix, which is why artists often have all of these in their basic palette. If you mix a warm red with a warm yellow you will get the brightest orange. On the other hand, if you mix a warm red with a cool yellow you will get a subdued orange because now you have red and yellow and blue in the mix and they tend to tone each other down. This is just a very basic explanation but I hope it helps. There are some good books which explain this well. Betty Edwards’s book on colour is good but you might also like to watch Mark Eanes’ you tube videos on colour.
Thank you Louise for another great video!
@@cherylreid5768 Wow! Thank you soooooo much. Will follow your advice. Means a lot to me that you responded!❤️
I don't like dark abstracts. The brighter the better.
That's what is so amazing about art. We can all have our own things we love!
really love your color pallet and can't wait to see it finished
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Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!