Aha Moment..how to draw with paint !
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- Making progress this week by drawing with the paint brush. Blind contour drawing but without the usual pen or pencil. Exciting new territory in my art journey ! #artjourney #contourdrawing #artvideo
No "aha"s in the last week! Just a lot of rest. Hoping to get back to it this week, though I may have to find an option for working that doesn't put me on my feet - recovering from an osteoarthritis flare. Still, I'm not going to let this stop me for long.
Oh no...that sounds horrible...sending very best wishes for a speedy recovery XXX
Thank you Gaynor for brightening up my day with loads of inspiration to absorb, each Thursday is eagerly looked forward to.
Hello Julia, so kind of you to say so, heartfelt thanks for tuning in XX
And there it was, the pot of geraniums I’ve been working on this past week. How did you know? Your idea of taking mono prints and pressing them back into the painting is just what I needed as mine looked too blobby. Thank you once again for such great inspiration, we never leave your videos without lots to think about. Edit. By the way, the real leaves are lovely to use for printing. I spread paint in a bit of thin sponge, press the leaf in and then press on the paper
We are in sync !! Thank you for the leaf idea...I will give that a go XXX
There is no such thing as being bored watching you work!
That's very kind Andrea...heartfelt thanks XX
Hello Gaynor, I want to thank you properly for the joy and enthusiasm you bring to all of us...for art and for life! It is a weekly reminder that it is truly the simple things that bring so much richness and interest to our lives. The little things really are the big things! The terracotta pots are one of my favorites. -your friend across the pond, S.❤
Hello Sam, you are absolutely right....the little things are the big things...I need to write that large !!! or print it on a T shirt. Thank you for lovely words of encouragement each week XX
What I enjoy about watching you Gaynor is that you push an idea further and further. The repetition of the geranium painting produced lots of interesting ideas for you. I am so pleased that you discovered the delights of contouring with a paintbrush! There are no right or wrong ways to start a painting are there? Have a great week - after watching you, I am now psyched up to do a bit of painting. X
Hello Simone, No right or wrong AT ALL !!! Just what you feel like XX
Wonderful watching you free flow with a paint brush and you were really feeling it.
It was an aha moment because you don't usually approach your paintings that way.
You will never forget how geraniums (not even in flower) set you on a new course.
Loving the joy you bring to art every week.
Thanks, Jo😊
Hello Jo, The wonderful geranium...who knew !!! Thank you for watching and leaving a lovely message XX
Haha! I too, have the two color shapers still in the packaging! I've been procrastinating to open them, but now, after watching you have fun with them, I will break them out of the packaging! Thanks, Gaynor!😉
Maria....the larger one has just arrived and I can't wait to use it !!!! You will LOVE them XX
❤ from Arizona 🎨🎉
Another great session, thank you. 🙏🏼 Definitely a go to place environment when the world is misbehaving 😂 Thanks again for your diplomacy in art creation. 💖
Hello Stefanie, So kind of you, heartfelt thanks XX
Good morning. I really like playing with my silicone scrapers and actually like them better than the credit card. I’ve found I use the 3” and 1 1/2” the most. I like the lines I can “cut” in through thick paint, so do give a try only using the thin edge or the corner. I like the geraniums and look forward to you exploring and experimenting more. I must say there are many descriptive words we could use for your art but boring would never be one of them! We all enjoy anything you share. 😁 Wishing you a happy week. TFS
Hello Felica, I can't put them down !!! Excited for the 3" to arrive !! Have a wonderful week XX
Gaynor, thanks again for your enthusiasm and inspiration! So look forward to your posts.
You are very very kind to say so .... heartfelt thanks XX
Your geraniums potted up with such love and artworked after that beautiful artwork i love them Gaynor ❤thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork ❤
Hello Deborah, I am so excited to be pottering about in the greenhouse....at last !! Have a wonderful week XX
As always, thank you Gaynor, I find your videos so inspirational. Can’t wait to get painting!
Thanks so much 😊
Thank-you Gaynor! What fun!! ❤
Have a lovely week XX
You are the most explorative painter out there, Gaynor. I always feel enthused by what you share. I have not invested in colour shapers, thinking 'oh, this old spatula will do fine and the credit card works well'. Seeing you use them and saying that they clean up well, has me sold - I need these. Loving the faithful old geraniums. I'm remembering the cyclamen? you painted which felt overwhelming. They are a tribal plan, all crowded in a mob, no room to breath. Faithful geraniums seem to love living on paper/canvas. Your style showed them in a modern take on something old and comfortable. Thanks again for a lovely visit.
I love your comment Ann, thank you so much for watching and taking time to share lovely words XX
Morning!,, getting my coffee and seen your wonderful video , that a good day!, take care and thanks for all the good information
THANK YOU XX Have a wonderful week Veronica XX
Comment #2 I had an AHA moment thinking of all your videos and how you start with a drawing. I always dread the drawing start of a painting because my drawing is so bad and much practice is avoided but needed. However, you make the drawing start quick, loose and free and what are you actually doing you are honing your drawing skill everyday. So, I’m on a mission now to improve my drawing by doing what you do everyday. THANK YOU!
Hi Sherrie...YES do a little everyday and you will be amazed...stay relaxed, don't judge anything, just keep doing it !!! XX
Ooo good morning Gaynor, just having my morning coffee, and there you are, a treat with my breakfast. I know I'm going to enjoy your video ........Alioban ❤ ps potted up my geraniums yesterday 😊
Hello Alioban, isn't it lovely to have activity in the greenhouse and its WARM in there !!! X
You are always joy to watch! I will give" drawing with paint" a try. The geranium paintings are terrific!
Thank you so much 😀 X
You are a wonderful teacher Gaynor, just by doing. You give me energy and inspiration and courage to make marks and have a go. I’m often pleasantly surprised by what appears in front of me on paper or canvas. Many thanks for your bright cheerful and fun weekly videos.
How Lovely of you Kerrie, heartfelt thanks for leaving such a great comment XX
Wonderful as always! Thanks for adding such fun and inspiration to my Thursday mornings!
Hello Cheryl, Thank you for watching and leaving a lovely message. Have a great week XX
Love what you are doing with the geraniums! Looking forward to seeing where/how they evolve! M xx
Thank you Maria XX
I look at your studio and I think, what a beautiful abstract painting. The colors, shapes, textures and white negative spaces are just so lovely. "Get yourself a side line" is a great quote and very good advice. Your clay jars are a good example and show how valuable it is to have a subject to jump to when creativity is flowing. Love the geraniums even without blooms❤
Well said, Linda!
Thank You Linda... thank you for watching and taking time to leave a great comment XX
Great video Gaynor. I love 'going for it' with paint straight away... sometimes as a quick underpainting to place things, then splash/scrape/print it on!! Doing a big garden tub of tulips at the moment 😅
Hello Jane, your tulips sound wonderful....all I want to do now is go straight in with the paint !!!! Have a fantastic week XX
Hello Gaynor..wonderful Geraniums!My favourite summer plant,they take care of themselves apart from a little dead heading!They remind me of Greece,where you see them growing out of every vessel imaginable from painted olive oil cans to lovely terracotta urns!❤My Sister,before she passed away used to paint Geraniums,so it’s lovely to see you painting them!You really have a lovely style and capturing them wonderfully and even though it’s early stages yet..I know your end result will be perfect!!Will you be adding flowers,I wonder?The ivy leafed geraniums look lovely in hanging baskets or trailing down walls..would be lovely to see where you display yours!Thanks so much for sharing and have a fab week!❤
Hello Beverly, I hoping a bit of nurturing now means they will look after themselves later !!! We have a trailing variety and I'll take a picture when they get going ..... when it warms up a bit !!! Have a great week XX
I love colour shapers. Try a sort of dry brush, when you're pulling it and nearly out of paint, it starts to drag and you can get a kind of draggy bubble effect.
Oh la la.....I'll try that tomorrow !! Thank you XX
Whether I get inspired or not is not the point; I just really enjoy watching you work.
Such a lovely comment, heartfelt thanks Gail XX
Thanks for the inspiration. I always sketch with my paint brush. Drawing with pen or pencil seems so laborious to me.
I will be giving my pen and pencils a break !!! Have a great week X
Hello Gaynor, more inspirational ideas, love your geraniums, fabulous, xx
Thank you Anita XX
I really loved watching you and being there for your 'aha' moment in real life, but I got a really good kick watching it online too 😍 Thank you, as ever, for the lovely, interdisciplinary advice about creativity. Look forward to seeing develops in the studio next week. 💚
Love, love, loved having you here 💖💖💖💖
Love the Geranium paintings 😊 such fun watching!
My Aha! moment has been painting a sky with 100s & 100s of dots....... it's fab.
And discovered Art Card Editions & Originals ( ACEOs ) Collectables. Another rabbit hole!
That is awesome! Thank you for sharing X
Lovely session in the studio with you and the geraniums. Loved the blue accent next to that fabulous flower pot.
Thank you Mary X Have a wonderful week X
This is so good, wonderful video, stayed till the end ☺☺
Thank you Chantelle XX
Loving the Geraniums Gaynor! I have been on an eco printing workshop today and used some perennial Geranium leaves. Great fun! ❤
Hello Charlotte ... your workshop sounds fantastic...have a wonderful week XX
Those paint Shapers are a blast to paint 🖌️with. And of course cutting up (or cropping) my art is always so satisfying 😅 Thanks Gaynor for another art filled video ✨✌️
WHY did I wait so long !!!! The big shaper has just arrived XX
One viewer wrote that they love your taking a subject and experimenting with it in so many ways-thoroughly agree you delight us with those journeys. You are such an inspiration! The geraniums you drew with paint showed us the power of your observation. You found the glooby leaves and those delicate curly edges so quickly and it just screams, “ I am a geranium!” The taking off with paper and printing on with paint on a paper captured the terra cotta texture so beautifully! “What fun,” you said so often throughout this video and that is sometimes what we start missing with our paintings when we get so serious, thinking every painting has to be a masterpiece! One of the many little ‘joys’ you painted could turn out to be a masterpiece❤️
Hello Sherrie, Always lovely to read your kind comments. There is so much in life to be serious about, painting is my absolute joy ! Have a wonderful week XX
Hello Gaynor. I loved the terracotta pots you painted, as much as the actual geraniums themselves. I look forward to seeing how they develop. Note to self, get my silicon colour shapers out and use them. Like you I have hardly touched them since I bought them. You were obviously impressed. Have a lovely week. 💐
Hello Fiona....I'm telling everyone to get their shapers out !!!! Have a wonderful week XX
You are lovely and so generous and inspiring.
Thank you.
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind comment. Have a wonderful week X
Aha!! It’s Thursday morning…….my Gaynor fix!! And, yes…..I’m trying some free and expressive portraits this week……pure joy
I've seen them on Insta Dulcie and they are fantastic XX
Absolutely love all the color filling your studio, I love your work!
SO SO KIND...Thank you very much XX
And again when the plants bloom... Ann😊
Hi Ann, absolutely, yes !!! XX
Dear Gaynor, your channel is the best, so very inspiring and full of life, as many others have already mentioned as well. It's so true!!
You've also inspired me to make my own frames and I have been looking for the video where you show them (the one where Craig didn't want to be in 😊) but I can't seem to find it. If you (or anyone else reading this) happen(s) to know which one I mean, I'd be so happy to find out. Lots and lots of creative sparkles to everyone 🎉
When you click on Videos they should all be in chronological order. I can remember the video but can't remember when !!! I will take a look through and come back to you. X
@@gaynorpattle indeed, that's the way I've started going through them before posting my question but since I have sort of binged watched your content I am clueless as to when it could have been. No worries, we'll stumble upon it again. 🙏🏼
Love those geraniums in the terracotta pots. You are always inspirational for us viewers so a huge THANKYOU. .❤
So nice of you ! Thank you for great support Andrea XX
I love love love the geraniums! I feel they are a star in their right without the flowers. Onwards and upwards Gaynor.
Such a great comment....THANK YOU XX
Love your process, your thinking behind each piece, that you explain as you go. also the geraniums are beautiful!
Thank you so much X
Hi Gaynor, loved seeing the trailing geranium paintings! Your creative spirit and flow are contagious and so inspirational. Have a great weekend and week ahead.
Hello Kathy, Glad you enjoyed this weeks geraniums ! Loved your Spring insta post. Have a lovely week too XX
@@gaynorpattle Awe, thank you! xxoo
I love the way you crack yourself up! I got some posta pens for my birthday so I will experiment with those, but now I want to draw with paint. Thanks for your aha moment!
Have fun...thank you for watching and commenting XX
Sooo good watching this, your aha moment - can’t wait to have a go!
Hope you enjoy it! Have a great week X
Always so inspiring! Tfs 🪴
THANK YOU X
Amazing that I have never tried drawing with paint. You have encouraged me to try. I'll be brave 😊
Hello Alison, it is such a freeing experience....I bet you will love it XX
Well, that was fun! I could watch you on Thursday mornings for an hour (hint, hint!). It's the first thing I do once I've poured my coffee. I recently got that same set of silicone spreaders and find them a really fun tool. And so easy to clean! Thanks, Gaynor. Have a great week.
Paula
Hello Paula, WHY did I wait to long to unpack them....I LOVE them !!! Have a great week too XX
Starting my early morning with you and coffee! Beautiful fun
Thank You XX
Inspiring as always and with such energy. Thank you Gaynor.
Thank you so much! XX
I love your work, your enthusiasm is so infectious I want to go to my garden art room and paint. I love how you float from subject to subject whether it's making scones, walking the dog or planting up plants you are a joy to watch!
Thank you so much Denise, what a lovely comment to sit here and read, I am very very grateful XX
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Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching X
Awsome fun
Thanks Andrea XX
Lovely as always 😊🥰
Thank You XX
Always a pleasure gaynor ....had an aha moment myself with drippy art this last week lol and it turned into something i love ....loved the wood frame with the pot painting ❤ have the best weekend
Those aha moments are magic...I wish there were more !!!! Have a great week X
Yes its like finding treasure 😊 @@gaynorpattle
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OH my favorite Summer flower. I can't wait to pot some up but here in Ohio we just had a freeze & frost warning last night. I spotted some of the silicone brushes at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago & on my next trip I intend to pick them up. Great idea of cropping up the daylilly painting. What a great frame for the vessels. See you next week!!!!
Hello Anita, I can't put the silicone brushes down !!!! Have a great week in Ohio XX
Congratulations on 6K subscribers!!
And thank you, Gaynor! I am a recent subscriber and have just finished watching all of your videos. You have an easygoing warm manner that is encouraging and you have inspired me to "give it a go" by asking myself a lot of, "What ifs?" What if I add black? What if I scrape this paint off? And now, what if I use a paint spreader? 😃
You deserve a medal !!!! Thank you so much for watching and leaving such a great message....I'm very grateful XX Enjoy a wonderful "what if" week !!
I really enjoy how your brain works. You are so creative. What kind of paper do you use because they really hold-up to your creative process.
Thank you so much! I love 300 gsm cartridge paper or really thick watercolour paper....anything that will take mixed media X
Lovely to watch you Gaynor with your geranium inspiration. So motivating which I need & will watch this process again. The color is just great, very Matisse! Wishing you much success. Where can we buy your work? God bless you fellow artist! ❣️
Thanks so much 😊 I have recently launched a website with shop !! If you live outside of the UK, please email for shipping etc. Thank you for your kind wishes, I am very grateful XX
I also use silicone pot scrapers from the kitchen store
Hello Valerie, I will be going through the kitchen drawers !!!! Thank You X
How did you find your texture wallpaper? So fun when you add the wallpaper to your paintings.
Check out your DIY stores for end of rolls, sometime samples are available, some viewers have found supplies in charity stores. Good Luck XX
Thank you! Can’t wait for the hunt!❤️
More paint! I thought you would do what I have seen you do before and rescue the phthalo green leaves with a whole covering of a cool lemon yellow . . .do you think it would work?
Hello Di....great suggestion...I will give it go XX
Love Thursdays ❤
Thank you Pat XX
Jeri Bellini... Dos_ e Dos ..you Tube of couse...plus her new filming for thr last 4 months, Ann😊
Thank you Ann, another great UA-camr to enjoy XX
Must watch...Summer Rayne Oaks...BILTMORE ESTATE
Stunning !!
Hello! Hey what kind of paper do you paint on? I primarily do watercolor so I am curious what you like to use for the heavier paints. Thank you!
I like heavy weight 300gsm cartridge paper, I also use acrylics on heavy weight watercolour paper.
@@gaynorpattle Ok thanks so much! I had accidentally ordered some very hefty watercolor paper and wasn't sure if I would use it or not, so this would be perfect then. I appreciate the response (and I am loving watching you paint :)