Trying to Save a Painting I Thought I'd Thrown Out ✿ Watercolor Studio Art Vlog

In this week's soggy art vlog, I share some updates and attempt to fix an overworked watercolor painting -- all while entertaining an extremely bored parrot.
THINGS MENTIONED/SHOWN
Events:
-- Contemporary Realism show at 3 Square Gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado: www.3squareart...
Places:
-- My art studio in Fort Collins, Colorado
-- Never Summer Yurt campsite in Colorado State Forest State Park (found footage from 2016)
Art Supplies:
- Robert Simmons #14 Sapphire Round
- Arches 140lb cold press paper
-- Mjello palette
- watercolor paints by Winsor Newton and Daniel Smith
Camera/Microphone: an aging iPhone SE
Editing: iMovie
Anything else you'd like to see? Let me know! I'm trying to post something every week, usually on Wednesdays but sometimes Thursdays.
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Laura G. Young
Bird & Nature Art
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.lauragyoung.com
Blog: lauragyoung.blo...
Facebook: / laura.g.young
Twitter: @LauraGYoung
Instagram: @laura_g_young

[@LauraGYoung]

My Contemporary Realism show at 3 Square Gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado: www.3squareart.com/exhibit-listing-2023/cart23-contemporary-art-in-realism-2023. "Be there, or be square!" haha.

[@suzannemarshall7458]

I really enjoy your vlog and appreciate the time you take to do them. Love the parrot and hearing the thunder

[@LauraGYoung]

The thunder that day just kept going and going! It was fairly unusual for here. Skeeter and I say “thanks” for the kind words. 💕 🦜

[@CreativeKristenTaylor]

Editing is such a bigger task than it seems! For every hour I film in the studio, there’s 2-3 hours after that compiling, rendering and editing the footage. As I get faster, I learn new things that add more time, so even with experience it’s still 2-3 hours more 😅 Been thoroughly enjoying your videos (your editing and story telling style is great!) and looking forward to more!

[@LauraGYoung]

Thanks, Kristen. :) Yeah, editing takes a while for sure. It's easier to put together the outdoor painting videos, but far more risky as the weather or other circumstances can suddenly change. (Like what happened this week, when it rained AGAIN.) I think that if I were a dedicated UA-camr i.e., doing it as a career or even as an alternate income stream, I'd be a little stressed as the pressure to give in to my inner perfectionism might be even higher. The result would be an over-produced mess! lol. Thanks for reaching out; I look forward to watching your awesome creativity...

[@CreativeKristenTaylor]

@@LauraGYoung it’s definitely a balancing act (both perfectionism and dedicated UA-cam uploads 😅)! And awww, thanks.😊 Same to you!