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Kathleen Rietz, Artist
United States
Приєднався 21 кві 2013
Welcome to my channel! Here you will find art demos, musings and my painting process videos.
"Kathleen Rietz creates paintings that reflect her inner world and a quiet contemplation of her surroundings, whether it be the bustling energy of Chicago or the intrinsic beauty of the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Many of her abstract works celebrate nature with a focus on changing seasons, the energy of shifting light and florals. She believes that the beauty of flowers has the ability to transcend barriers of language, politics and culture. Flowers symbolize love, friendship, birth, death, femininity, gentleness and strength, creating memories and connecting generations."
"Kathleen Rietz creates paintings that reflect her inner world and a quiet contemplation of her surroundings, whether it be the bustling energy of Chicago or the intrinsic beauty of the Chicago Botanic Gardens. Many of her abstract works celebrate nature with a focus on changing seasons, the energy of shifting light and florals. She believes that the beauty of flowers has the ability to transcend barriers of language, politics and culture. Flowers symbolize love, friendship, birth, death, femininity, gentleness and strength, creating memories and connecting generations."
How to Create Dramatic Floral Paintings (Acrylics)
As summer slips into autumn in the Midwestern US, I find inspiration in the changing light of the seasons. The afternoon grows shorter, long dark shadows make their appearance in my garden, and the final flowers of summer seem to glow in the late afternoon sun. My desire was to capture this fleeting time of year in my latest painting, "Joy in the Shadows". In this video, you will see a montage of the photos I took as inspiration and an explanation of my thought process as I paint an Impressionist style garden painting using acrylic paints and mediums. September is the time of the year when my palette shifts to deeper hues.
Here is a list of my paints, tools and mediums:
Tools: Princeton brand Catalyst silicone wedge, #10 filbert brush
Mediums: gel medium, glazing liquid
Paint colors: raw umber, Payne's gray, Hooker's green, sap green, Winsor blue, quinacridone magenta , titanium white, parchment
Visit my website to shop paintings, online art courses and sign up for my newsletter. kathleenrietz.com
#paintedflowers #paintingtechniques #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaintingtutorial #impressionistpainting
Music: "Soothe Our Souls", "Don't Be Shy" & "Slow & Steady"
Musician: Ahmed Sirour
Here is a list of my paints, tools and mediums:
Tools: Princeton brand Catalyst silicone wedge, #10 filbert brush
Mediums: gel medium, glazing liquid
Paint colors: raw umber, Payne's gray, Hooker's green, sap green, Winsor blue, quinacridone magenta , titanium white, parchment
Visit my website to shop paintings, online art courses and sign up for my newsletter. kathleenrietz.com
#paintedflowers #paintingtechniques #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaintingtutorial #impressionistpainting
Music: "Soothe Our Souls", "Don't Be Shy" & "Slow & Steady"
Musician: Ahmed Sirour
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Glazing Techniques for Acrylic Paint: Make Your Acrylics Look Like Oil Paintings
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This video is for you if you ever get frustrated with your acrylic paints when you use water to blend them and they turn out blotchy, loose, watery and don't give you the results you desire. In an excerpt from my online art course, "Hydrangea Gardens", I'll show you how I use glazing liquid to create thick, transparent glazes with wonderful viscosity that makes them glide on like oil paints. In...
Impressionist Watercolor Landscape Painting with Wildflowers
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Enjoy this watercolor painting of the prairie fields around my house. I love painting the seasons, and am constantly inspired by nature and the changing landscape of the Midwestern US. This time of the year, my muse is fields of wildflowers. In this video, I'll also show you some of my other watercolors and landscape work. Is this something you would like to see more often? I'm planning an onli...
Painting Hydrangeas Using a Catalyst Silicone Wedge
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Limited time: the first 20 people who purchase my online art course "Hydrangea Gardens" will receive 12% off the regular price by using this coupon code at checkout: youtube-hydeangeas kathleenrietzartist.thinkific.com/courses/hydrangea-gardens In today's video demonstrates how I use a Princeton brand Catalyst silicone wedge to create rich, dimensional hydrangeas through thoughtful layering and...
Creating Incredible Depth with Layers in Acrylic Paint
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Today I want to show you how you can create breathtaking depth in your paintings by using my simple approach for layering. This video will remove the confusion and simplify the layering process for you, giving you confidence in your painting process next time you approach the easel. The tools I use in the video are a Princeton brand Silicone wedge, and a #10 filbert brush. A little glazing liqu...
Acrylic Paint Demo: Relaxing Impressionist Floral Garden
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In this demo video using acrylic paintings, I show how to paint a soothing floral garden painting in the classic Impressionist style. I demonstrate how I like to make my acrylic paintings look like oil paintings with my blending technique. You will see the tools and medium that I use when I paint. Order a print of this painting: www.kathleenrietz.com/prints/p/garden-gate-print Shop original fin...
Impressionist Summer Bouquet Painted with Acrylics
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Here's a demo of a painting I created this week set to some relaxing music. I also talk a little bit about my painting process and my thoughts on why painting is important. I hope you enjoy this video and that it encourages you to paint and bring your own style of beauty into this world. You can find out more about my online courses and in-person 1:1 lessons by clicking the links on this page. ...
Easy Hack for Harmonizing Your Color Palette
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This is the absolute easiest and quickest hack for making your color palette feel harmonious, sophisticated and more professional. This video will help you clear confusion about why certain colors may or may not work together in your paintings, and help you plan better paintings in the future using this one simple color hack. My art courses can be found here: kathleenrietzartist.thinkific.com S...
Acrylic Paint Demo: Painting an Impressionistic Floral Painting Using 5 Tools
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In this video I show you how to paint an Impressionistic Floral Painting using acrylic paint and 5 different tools and explaining a bit about my process. I will be using: Gloves Catalyst silicone wedge #10 filbert brush #1 round brush sponge brush and acrylic glazing medium Shop original fine art floral paintings: www.kathleenrietz.com/floral-gardens Join my email newsletter: fantastic-scene-70...
How to Safely Pack Paintings in a Mailing Tube
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This is a demo for how to ship paintings in a mailing tube that will save your collector money on shipping and ensure the safety of your paintings during transit. This is also a great method for shipping prints to customers, especially if they are printed on rolled canvas. A list of materials used in this video appear below. Please be sure to like and subscribe to my channel. Thanks for watchin...
Tutorial: Create Your Logo on Canva
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Creating my branding on Canva, I start with a logo and am then able to use the colors and fonts across all social media platforms, my website and promotional print materials. I've been using Canva for several years and find it to be an incredibly powerful tool for building my brand identity.
Applying Gold Leaf to an Acrylic Painting
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I filmed this demo about adding gold leaf to an acrylic painting in order to add some sparkle to it. I enjoyed how it lit up my painting, so ended up creating an entire online course where I taught how to paint in this abstract floral style and add gold leaf at the end. The course is called "Glimmering Gardens" and is available here: kathleenrietzartist.thinkific.com/courses/glimmering-gardens ...
How Artist Kathleen Rietz uses Neocolor II water soluble wax pastels in her acrylic paintings
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How Artist Kathleen Rietz uses Neocolor II water soluble wax pastels in her acrylic paintings
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thanks!
Absolutely love this demo.. You are an inspiration to everyone who follows you.. and your work motivates me to keep on practicing on the courses I have purchased.. Dorothy
Thanks again Dorothy!!
Kathleen you're absolutely amazing Artist...as you know I'm big fan of yours and I respect you as my Mentor...when you play with colors and catalyst on the canvas, it's look like you're playing some musical instrument ....loved it...thanks for your videos, it's very helpful
Thank you for the kind words. I am so happy you enjoy my work and find my videos helpful. Happy painting!!
What type of brush are you using?
Hi there! All of my supplies are listed in the description box! (It's a #10 filbert)
Beautiful!
thanks!
Can you tell me the name of type of frame?
Beauuutiful😍
Thank you!
I love this. I never knew how to use the catalyst, so thank you for this beautiful demo!
Sure thing! I've never seen anyone use it like I have, although now I imagine hundreds will.🙂 Thanks.
I love love love this painting as I do all your paintings!!!
thanks Cody!
As always, beautiful work!! I especially like the contrast of colors….never would have been brave enough to use raw umber for background!!!
Thanks! Using raw umber felt like a risk! I didn't know if it would all come together, but in the end I followed what I knew instinctively would work. I love trying new color combos. I imagine I will be starting with more dark colored backgrounds now and see where it all goes.
S.O.S
Adoro i tuoi dipinti, ma non conosco inglese,x cui non capisco le tue spiegazioni , potresti mettere i sottotitoli? Come si chiama la tavolette che usi,vorrei tanto provare a fare qualcosa di simile!?!? Cari saluti
Very. Nice
thank you!
Kathleen, is that painting for sale? I painted my living room walls Evergreen fog and think it would look lovely in there. I have several ideas for this room and would like to get your thoughts
Hello. Yes, this painting is listed in my website shop: www.kathleenrietz.com/floral-gardens/p/joy-in-the-shadows There you will find all of my paintings that are currently for sale. I also am open for commissions. Please fill out a contact form or email me directly from my website if you would like a call to discuss it further. Thank you.
Hoooo your work is so beautiful. Don't forget to post it, we are looking forward to seeing talented artists. I definitely can't draw and your work inspires me. I won't give up painting. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷
Thanks so much! I will keep posting. Happy painting!
Very nice! What color of green do you use? I love them ❤
Thanks! As I said at the beginning of the video, all of the colors and mediums are listed in the description box, as well as the comment section. Thanks.
I really enjoyed this and appreciated your explanation of why you used the background. I love the ethereal, romantic feel. Thx Marilyn.
Thanks Marilyn!
Your art is just as gorgeous as you. Absolutely stunning work.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I am happy you enjoy my work.
Your art is beautiful. I’m very inspired to try your style of painting. Thanks for sharing your talent! 🥰
Thanks, I am happy you enjoy it. I always encourage artists to have fun and find a style that is unique to them and their vision. Happy painting!
Such beautiful artwork thank s for sharing 😊
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
Your work is so beautiful!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you like it.
Hi everyone! I hope you enjoy today’s video. The list supplies I used is in the description box below the video for anyone who may be interested.
Thank you 🙌🙌😍🙏💝😍😍
You’re welcome!
Very beautiful.
Many thanks!
Mesmerizing
Thank you!
More free demos please please. I absolutely love your style. I ordered my wedge and I'm ready to start. Your paintings are so beautiful and dreamy.
Thank you. If you appreciate my content, please consider taking one of my courses. It'll help offset my costs of offering content like this.
I adore your work .
Thank you.
Very informative!!
Thank you. If you enjoy my content, please consider taking one of my courses to help support my work and offset the cost of offering more content like this.
Beautiful !! I love your technique .
Thanks so much!!
it’s gorgeous!!❤ TGANK YOU!
Thanks!
❤ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! ❤Thank you!
So glad you liked it. Thanks for your comment.
Kathleen thank you for this demo on glazing. Very helpful.
Thanks Sylvia. I am glad you found it helpful!
Always a joy to watch you Kathleen!!! You're glazing technique is what sets you apart from other artists! Your flowers are so beautiful but your backgrounds is what made me want to take your courses❤
Thanks Cody! Yes, I have been asked numerous times to create a course on backgrounds only! LOL But you know I work back and forth constantly between the background and foreground to keep them integrated as a complete painting. Lots and lots of blending of edges is one way I achieve a soft look in my work.
I echo a comment someone else just posted : happy I found you! (last weekend).
Aaaww, me too! Thanks! Happy painting!
Hello Kathleen.. another WOW MOMENT for me.. as I’m working on my blue hydrangea from your class.. I loved that you showed your palette.. hopefully you’ll do a video adding the high lites. The negative stain really makes the flowers pop.. Thank-you, Dorothy
Hi there! Thank you for your comment. I didn't know you were enrolled in my hydrangea course....thanks for that. YES, you will definitely see me add highlights in all 3 hydrangea demos. Just FYI, I do recommend that students watch the demos from start to finish before painting so that you can get an idea of the whole painting and what each step will be about. I think it's more helpful that way. Would love to see you post in the private Facebook group (if you'd like). All my best, have a great weekend.
Hello Everyone! Thanks for watching. Someone mentioned water soluble oils. My opinion of them is that I still prefer acrylics because they dry quickly, even with the glazing liquid or retarder added. Water soluble oils take weeks to dry! I find that using the acrylic mediums mentioned in my video gives my paints flexibility that I prefer. Please be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my channel for more content.
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Glad you liked it!
Dear Kathleen, Thank you so much for your inspiring and useful video!❤ You know, there are water mixable oil paints available now, so you can enjoy all oil paints benefits with no smell and using just a water for diluting)
Yes! I should have addressed water soluble oils. My opinion of them is that I still prefer acrylics because they dry quickly, even with the glazing liquid or retarder added. Water soluble oils take weeks to dry! I find that using the acrylic mediums mentioned in my video gives my paints flexibility that I prefer. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
This was a very helpful video. I’m so thankful that I found you!
I am so happy to hear that my video was helpful. Thanks for your comment.
This was so helpful to me as a beginner. Thank you so much.
Sure thing! Thanks for your comment.
Какая нежность! Спасибо вам Kathleen!
Thanks so much!
It's beautiful, Kathleen 😊! Thank you for sharing with us.
Sure thing! Thanks for watching!
can you varnish the painting after using these? ty dorothy
Hi Dorothy! Please use a professional quality UV protectant SPRAY varnish such as Liquitex, Golden, or Winsor & Newton. You can learn more by taking my course "Loosen Up and Find Joy in Your Art". It was my 1st, and still my most popular, course. This video was a sample of the course. You can find more info on my website.
@@kathleen_rietz_artist thank you.. I have made multiple hydrangea paintings.. and they are all too tight.. can I have more than one course open at the same time??
@@woodseysmith9582 Hi again Dorothy. Yes, my courses are all pre-recorded and online. Once a course is purchased, it can be used over and over, including supply lists and downloadable PDFs for you to keep and use whenever you want to. You can have multiple courses going at the same time. I have students who have taken all off my courses and keep all of their PDFs from my courses in a binder and they go back and redo my courses from time to time. I have a free private Facebook group for all of my students of my courses to post their work and ask questions. I pop into the group daily so I can easily help with anything that is needed. Most of my courses (with the exception of "Loosen Up and Find Joy in Your Art", which is where this video came from) include 3 separate painting demos and bonus lessons, so they delve deeper into demos than what you find here on my UA-cam channel. You can use the coupon code youtube-hydrangeas to save 12% on my course "Hydrangea Gardens" valid for the next week (expires on 8/30/24). kathleenrietzartist.thinkific.com/courses/hydrangea-gardens
Oh my gosh! This is so helpful! Thank you
I'm so glad!! You're very welcome.
Hello! I love your paintings and would like to try your technique, I would like to ask if there is a substitute for the glazing liquid, since the ones I can find are very expensive for me to buy.
Thank you. Unfortunately, there is no cheap alternative to glazing liquid. Water will not work like glazing liquid, because it is the viscosity that gives this effect.
Замечательно ! Купила клин , буду пробовать . А как Вы бортики окрашиваете : единым цветом или согласно совпадающей гамме?
I paint them a solid color that I mix from the leftover paint on my palette.
Добрый день) А где вы купили клин, подскажите, пожалуйста 🙏
@@lapyshok6066 art supply stores and Amazon.
@@kathleen_rietz_artist спасибо большое 🤗💖
You are fantastic. You have inspired me.
Thank you.
Lovely. 💜I cannot see the name of the colours?
I painted this a while back, so I am not certain on all of the colors. However, I have colors that know I used and are standard in my regular palette. Payne's grey, green gold, unbleached titanium, titanium white, indigo blue....the yellow was probably cadmium yellow medium. Hope that helps.
absolutely stunning!!
Thank you so much!!
Beautiful. First time watching you paint. Lovely time to paint End of Summer Flowers.
thank you.