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Hi Adriana…that’s a great observation! I don’t think that’s the case here because I applied collage all over the page and allowed it to completely dry (over weeks!) but…who knows? I ended up loving the distressed look but still puzzled at why the oil pastels resisted. Thanks for your feedback and happy creating 🎨👩‍🎨🖌️

Thank you Alexandra 😘

This is absolutely awesome🤩 Not only do you tend to your creativity but you also know your creative rhythms! Europeans tend to be more relaxed (well…certain countries) but American culture puts emphasis on produce, produce, produce!! And creativity is often viewed as the flow state only! I need to move to Portugal 🥰

@ Well, from what I see on instagram, American artists are much more focused on “producing” art, they’re more self conscious about it and less self confident, while European artists tend to be more relaxed (as you very well say) and don’t mind posting things that aren’t necessarily perfect. Of course, it’s not a rule, but it’s surely a noticeable tendency ❤️

Yes…I’m super thankful I was born and raised in S Africa for 12-13 years…before I started my UA-cam channel, I wrote a manifesto for myself and I wanted to leave all my “mistakes” in because there’s so much to learn that way. I don’t follow a lot of UA-cam artists because everything is so highly edited and curated, I can’t really learn anything 🤷‍♀️ Yes…American culture says produce, produce, produce!!!

Thank you!

Thanks Kathy…nothing goes to waste with us, artists 🤗

Hi Martine…I thought of that as well but no…there aren’t any blobs. I honestly don’t know what it could be because I cover every inch of the cardboard page with non glossy collage 🤷‍♀️ but I’m really living the effect especially after a fellow artist commented that it looks like a tattered dress 🥰

That’s amazing!!! Years ago…I was using chalk paint to redo some of my furniture and the leftovers were so luscious, I started using them in my art. Have fun …and thanks for calling me the Color Queen ☺️🤗😘 I LOVE that!! But yes…sadly there was a time when I was afraid to use colours and I will perhaps talk about that in a future video 😭 Thanks for being you 🤩

Patricia…I absolutely love your perspective…just thinking about it makes me swoon because it tells a story!!!! So many stories 🥰 Thank you for sharing that! 👩‍🎨🎨🖌️😘

@@sorayanulliah Thank you for sharing how art can have a story! I really love that!

Yes Patricia…one of the things I absolutely love about art…especially our journals!!

Yes!!!! Schiele 🥰…I adore his work!! And I’m super grateful for my art studio🤗

Hi Brenda! I can’t figure out why it won’t stick in that particular spot! It’s not the original cardboard book page that’s resisting it because I cover it completely with collage. But I, too, like the crumbly look where it shows through! PS I made a video about a week ago where I showed the tea bags I use and how I prepare them to use in my art, wondering if you managed to see it as you were asking? Happy creating 🎨👩‍🎨😅

@ yep I saw it. I had to catch up on a few but I’m caught up now.

@@brendawalsh8254oh! I’m so glad…I hope my explanation was helpful? Just use whatever teabag you have as I’m sure they are all slightly different but have the same basic properties.

Hi Jana…I paint on canvas, Bristol paper, art journals etc…those are postcards I’ve collected over the years and I put them in my art studio as inspiration 🤩

@@sorayanulliah ty!!

Thank you Melinda 🤗

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Thanks Kathy…I’m so grateful for this space 🥰

They are so beautiful, Patricia…she handmade them for my birthday 🥰

@ She sounds like a very thoughtful daughter!

Thanks for following along Patricia! The tea bags are translucent once they become wet (say with the glue) but I think the oils lose their vibrancy because it’s being covered up even though you can still see them. If you sealed oil pastels with just mod podge , it would dull the colours. At first I was a bit disappointed they lost their vibrant colours but actually when I looked at it this morning…I love the antique look (as Kathy so accurately pointed out). One thing that came out from this tea bag series is I need to drink more tea to get the bags 🤣🤣🤣

@ Good point! I was thinking it was the tea color that dulled the colors but it was the modpodge. The antigue look is a bonus for many. I need to drink more tea too. LOL!

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Yes Kathy…you expressed it perfectly 🥰 I was bummed at first because it *did* push the color back but I was just looking at it this morning and appreciating the subtle beauty & “antique” look. Plus it’s fully sealed but with texture! I’m not sure the camera picks up the full lusciousness of the teabags!! Thanks for watching 🤗

Wow!!! That’s amazing!! Another lady told me you can also buy large sheets of teabag papers 🥰 And for me personally, the paper is already stained from me making my actual tea so I don’t have to do it again…it’s the most magical addition to my art, and I’m in love 🥰 Thanks for sharing this info & for watching 🤗

OMG!!! Thank you so much for your kind words…I’m so honoured & humbled 🥹 And you made me laugh out loud with your color wheel to frisbee situation 🤣 Poor maxi would be so confused 🤕 But you know…there’s an awesome book called blue and yellow don’t make green by Wilcox. He states that the color wheel is completely outdated …it’s an awesome book! Also…I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of tea bags so perhaps you’ll join me??!!👩‍🎨🤣🎨 Hugs 🥰

@@sorayanulliah Hahaha! I am getting my collage and ink materials assembled as we speak. Thanks to your CPR creative pulse recusitations. You revived me to keep working! The tea bags are so cool. I'm using coffee tea bags and droplets of red wine. Any book you suggest will be added to my library. Thanks so much.

The droplets of red wine sound luscious🥰

Yes, Patricia…I’m still in the tea bag kick🤣 and you’re right, it’s just so much fun🥳

Me too!! I’m excited about how they will affect the oil pastels 🤞

Me too Kathy…we can find out together 🤞

Hi Martine…yes, as crucial as boundaries are, it’s the *belief* systems we were programmed with that determine when/how/if we set them!! That’s why the first step is looking at our belief systems. And I hear you about the way children were raised. Under toxic patriarchy, women and children are often lumped together and then, women would often replicate those patterns when raising children. It’s so thickly entwined …beliefs all inside one another like a huge ball of yarn🤕 And yes…for me as well…raising my daughter had me confronting my own beliefs and then starting to do the work largely because I didn’t want to pass down generational traumas. And I often say that giving birth, birthed me as well! So glad to have you on this journey, sister 🥰

@sorayanulliah, I am the happy one! I was initially attracted by your vibrant colours, but you won me over with your words and wisdom. Thank you!

Oh Martine🥹…you are too sweet. Right back at you 😘

@@martinelateste4558PS also…thank you for letting me know I made sense because sometimes I wonder if I’m just rambling on 😅🤣

Hi Alexandra…your stepmom sounds like a typical Indian woman😳🤕 Actually, a lot of different cultures socialise women in this way😭 I feel your pain…unfortunately, all we can do is focus on our own healing journey. Yes…boundaries are super important but beneath that layer are our belief systems. If we don’t have discernment regarding the beliefs we allow into out lives/minds etc…we won’t be in alignment with ourselves, we are running off programming without even knowing 😳🤕😳🤕so…our beliefs will determine whether we choose to set boundaries or not. We may not even think we can because of those beliefs!! I’m going to make a video about unconscious agreements (that sounds a lot like what your stepmom is operating under)…and this can lead to trauma bonding, codependency etc. Once I realised what unconscious agreements are…game changer!!! If we look back a few generations even…we will uncover the most awful beliefs regarding women and children…and if no one in our lineage did the work, then those beliefs get downloaded into us 🤕🤕🤕😭😭😭 Yikes!! Wish we could chat in person but grateful we can connect this way. Big hugs 🥰

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Hi there Betsey…I’m using Mod Podge in matte so my pages don’t stick if I’m art journaling. This particular piece in on Bristol Paper. I lay the glue down, arrange my teabag and then apply the glue over top to seal. Hope this helps!

Hi Martine…unfortunately, wet teabags become even more fragile…they tear easily and become difficult to place properly on your substrate. I use them dry and apply mod podge both on the substrate as well as over top of the teabag. Hope you’re having a wonderful day 🤗

Hi Alexandra…thank you so much for this! Your perspective (especially as you’re a teacher as well🤩) is so helpful and valuable. It reminds me of the saying that goes …the best teachers are those that lead students to the doorsteps of their own understanding. Thank you for this…it helps me as I confront my own self doubts. Love, light and lots of all the good stuff 🥳😘🤗🎨

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Oh!! Martine!!!! Thank you 🤗☺️ I honestly am following in the footsteps of dr Estes who has always been a guide for me…to lead me to my own treasure. We all have it inside of us…and I’m am so glad that my videos have helped spark your creative interests…that totally makes my day! You’re a rockstar 🤩🥳 Assemblage is such an awesome tool (and plain fun!!) to help us with our color palette, patterns etc. I left the video link in the description if you wanted to watch. PS I wrote down your definition of “bones” in an archetypal sense and I’m journaling about it. It is helping me so much in terms of deeper layers of healing ancestral trauma…so I thank you a million🤩 I will definitely include your quote in an upcoming video…I have to process the info and work it in. Sending you so much love and hugs across the miles 🥰

I prefer to think of you as both a facilitator and a guide Soraya ❤ a guide through the Labyrinth of Creativity, for me Creativity and art are both Labyrinthian. Especially as an intuitive artist. We never really know or understand which path or source our intuition is going to take us, and as artists, once we allow ourselves to take whatever path our intuitive and inspiration leads us to, we are open to it if that makes sense (?) I love how this piece is looking ❤ it has so much depth since you added the pinks and the black 🖤💕 (I have a confession to make; seeing orange and green together makes my brain hurt lol 😄🤭 they don't work together, strange because I red and green are complimentary colours. Curious 🤔) Am I the only artist who has that curious problem?

Hi Sandra…thank you *so* much for this…your kind words of support and encouragement as well as your description. I absolutely love your use of the word labyrinth to describe art/creativity etc…YES!! It is much like that and (in Jungian terms) the labyrinth is a powerful symbol of transformation, empowerment, individuation etc so I love that!! It’s so rich and multilayered🥰 And thank you for thinking of me as both facilitator and guide…I’m humbled and honoured 🥰 About orange and green…honestly not my fave color combo but I was going after the blue and orange combo that I so love and the green came into the mix😅 As an aside, though…a lot of times when I think a color combo just won’t work, I go to Pinterest and punch that exact color combo with Indian Saris and you will be amazed and surprised! Green and orange is a fave Indian sari (or salwaar kameez…this is the pants and tunic outfit) combo and I wish I could send you some pics. Try it out for yourself and let me know (you can use google and go to images or Pinterest). 🎨

@@sorayanulliah I will do exactly that, thank you for that suggestion. Although I used to use Pinterest a lot in the 'early days' it also hurts my brain 🧠 lol (too much all at once, information overload 🤯🥴) however I will definitely check it out - or better still, try some swatching. How fascinating! Re: art and the labyrinth, I wasn't aware of that connection with Jung though it makes so much sense! There is so much I don't know re: Jungian psychology, the brain and art. Definitely need to return to my reading.

@@sandrafisherhayes3219I totally get the Pinterest overload situation…I’ve deleted the app and then reloaded multiple times myself 🤕😅🤣 Yes…instantly when you talked about the labyrinth and creativity…I thought of Jung! There’s always so much to learn…I’m re-immersing myself in Dr Estes’ audio books and it’s a wealth of information. Hugs 🤗

Aaaaaaaw!!! Thank you *so* much sweet soul🤗 I am overwhelmed by the community of creatives, healers, makers that have gathered here…it fills my heart with joy. Before I started my UA-cam channel…I wrote a manifesto and it included so many things that have transpired here…and YOU are a part of it so my humble thank you’s 🥰 Happy creating🖌️🎨👩‍🎨

Hi Melinda…assemblage is an awesome tool for color, patterns etc! And yes, I love using my fingers to paint as well 🖌️🎨👩‍🎨🤗

Hi Patricia…yes! Layers bring forth visual interest, textures, history and stories🥰 S and so fun to create!

Thanks Patrica! I’m really living the pink background but not liking the other one at all! Will work it out 😅

Aaaaaaaaw!!!! Thank you Alexandra 🤗 Your comment made my day 🥰

Hi there Evelyne… thanks for watching. I made two videos on my fave hot colours ua-cam.com/video/1wAWCn1_NTE/v-deo.html And my fave cool colors and neutrals m.ua-cam.com/video/9LNTqr3J544/v-deo.html Where I list specific brands and color names. You can also visit my playlist section and go to Colors and there are a few more videos there. If you read the description part of the videos, I have them listed. Hope this helps 🤗

Hi Eleanor…thank you so much for watching and sharing this small part of your story with me, difficult & painful as it is. You have so much courage for doing what you did…seeking help for yourself and your children. Many others choose not to so please…take a moment to own the enormous steps you took to healing yourself and your children. Yes…so many of us have “injured instincts” and generally, it begins in childhood if we look far enough. They start off in survival programs that kept us safe as children facing horrendous circumstances and them we carry them into adulthood. I’m so glad you came across the work of Dr Estes and it has been a roadmap to healing. So it is for many of us…welcome to the fireside…I’m so glad you’re here 🥰

Thanks Brenda…it’s a process! I’m not liking the color palette of the second background! PS I made a video including the tea bags I use and the process…will post tomorrow 🤗

Thanks for following along! The textures from the teabags are gorgeous…very subtle but packs a punch!

🤗 Thanks Patricia!

Hi Brenda…these are the Bigelow Brand Vanilla Chai and it, also has a string and tag. What I do is simply put all my used tea bags in a bowl and when it’s completely dry and I have about 20 or so, I empty out the contents, rinse them and allow to dry. In the summer I put them outside but you can dry them indoors as well. They are so thin they should dry in a couple of hours. Then you can use them in your art.

PS I could show the tea bags I’m using in an upcoming video if you would like? Just let me know!

Inspiring indeed! 😊

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Thank you so much for watching and following along🤗

Coffee pads are a great idea! And I had no idea that tea bags came in sheets 🥰 I actually drink a lot of tea and I love the staining on the papers so it’s no effort for me to use them. I’m so in love for so many reasons and can’t believe it took me this long to use them in this way 🤗😅🥰 Thanks for your feedback…it’s so very much appreciated🤗

Thank you so much and welcome to my channel 🤗

Just posted Patricia! Enjoy🤗

Thanks for letting me know. Portfolio isn’t found anywhere in Europe that I’ve visited and it’s dirt cheap in the US but pricey in other places! Thanks for watching🤗

Thank you so much for watching…this is such a fun series to do! I’m simply smitten with this whole teabag situation and I hope you’ll try it out as well! 🤗 Thanks for your feedback…part 3 posts tomorrow 🎨👩‍🎨🖌️

Thank you Sky Lark 🤗

Hi Patrica…you’re absolutely correct…the tea bags are gloriously grungy…and so wonderfully beautiful. I’ve used them in my junk journals but never thought to lay them flat on my paper…a whole new world 🤗🤩 Thanks for watching!

@@sorayanulliah A whole new wonderful world! :)

Hi Martine…thank you for letting me know because sometimes I wonder if I’m the only one who wants to go down the rabbit hole of tea bags (and such) 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you so much for following along and I’m glad it’s helpful🤗