Expressive Abstract Art: Unleashing Creativity with mixed media
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2025
- Discover the world of abstract art in this captivating tutorial. Using Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors and a Color Cube palette card, we create a delightful and pretty abstract piece. Learn delicate mark-making techniques with black and white pens, and add touches of interest with Neo color II pastels. Complete the artwork with deckled edges for a beautifully framed floating effect. Unleash your creativity and join us on this artistic journey into the realm of abstract expression.
*Supplies I'm using in class (The Amazon links are affiliate links. If you use my link, I get a small commission, which will go toward my art supplies! I appreciate your support!)
The Color Cube - sarahrenaeclar... (Affiliate link)
Painters Color Diary - 9x12 watercolor - amzn.to/3NHFCSm
Hardboard art panels - you see me tape things down to these and they come in several different sizes: amzn.to/3C8EK3z
Caran d'Ache Classic Neocolor II Water-Soluble Pastels - amzn.to/468tdPw
Posca Extra Fine Marke - amzn.to/3N7WOSd
Kuretake Art Nouveau set - amzn.to/3ZWACgp
Princeton Artist Brush Neptune, Size 4 - amzn.to/3pkXPgg
SAKURA Pigma Micron Fineliner Pens - amzn.to/3PJBRhx
Frisk Watercolour Paper Pad 300gsm Hot Pressed A4 - amzn.to/3PJGKHr
Ranger Tim Holtz Tonic Deckle Edge Trimmer - amzn.to/3rfdVsi
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Kakimori Brass Nib - shop.stlartsup...
Kakimori pen holder - shop.stlartsup...
Kuretake GOLD MICA Ink - amzn.to/3oG04dt
Kuretake Gold mica Paste - amzn.to/3V2EpYZ
Raphael SoftAqua Brushes - amzn.to/3L5Bpq7
Princeton Artist Brush Neptune, Size 4 - amzn.to/3pkXPgg
Winsor & Newton Bamboo Brush - amzn.to/41U1Aa3
Posca Extra Fine Marke - amzn.to/3N7WOSd
sennelier oil pastels - amzn.to/3MPaYam
Sennelier Cardboard Oil Pastel Set, 72 Count - amzn.to/3WL5OPX
SENNELIER D'Artigny Oil Pastel Fixative - amzn.to/3X9DfMg
Sennelier - Savoir-Faire Sennelier Soft Pastels Half Stick Set - amzn.to/3YpHG69
SENNELIER Latour Spray Fixative Soft Pastels - amzn.to/3Pgsd5Z
Artist tape - amzn.to/3Hf6fLP
Art Sponges - amzn.to/3L9xf0k
Kuretake Gansai Tambi 48 Color set - amzn.to/3qaThZW
Kuretake Art Nouveau set - amzn.to/3ZWACgp
Hahnemuhle Collection 100% Cotton Watercolor Pad - amzn.to/43mlJGA
POSCA Colouring - PC-3M Warm Neutral Tones - amzn.to/423TMCr
ARTEZA Acrylic Paint, Set of 60 Colors - amzn.to/3MxPKwp
Jack Richeson Grey Matters Disposable Paper Palette, 6 x 9 - amzn.to/3IBeD8Y
Jack Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette (50 Sheets), 9" x 12 - amzn.to/423Q7o2
Kuretake on Blick - www.dickblick....
Hardboard art panels - you see me tape things down to these and they come in several different sizes: amzn.to/3C8EK3z
Painters Color Diary - 9x12 watercolor - amzn.to/3NHFCSm
Painters Color Diary - 9x12 oil - amzn.to/3NowCCv
Caran d'Ache Classic Neocolor II Water-Soluble Pastels - amzn.to/468tdPw
Dual Edge Ripper Original Watercolor Paper Deckle Edge Tool 1-24 inch - amzn.to/3qdW19m
Derwent charcoal blocks - amzn.to/3OiOzle
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint Set, 48 - amzn.to/3s48vAX
Stencil Girl Stencils - www.stencilgir...
Tim Holtz Stencils - stampersanonym...
The Color Cube - sarahrenaeclar... (Affiliate link)
Art Prompt cards: The Color Meditation Deck - amzn.to/3IT1bxC
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Stop it!!!! OMG...I think this is your best piece. A total feast for my eyes.
Thank you!! 🥰
I'm obsessed with your videos!! Not in a creepy way😂
I check every night to see if there's a new one. I was afraid of watercolor before this!!
I was going to mention that I think the punchinella art supply comes from the left over punch sheet of making sequins. Has anyone else heard that?
So glad you are enjoying my channel!! 🥰 And punchinella IS the sequin waste!! I love it 😁
After being a realistic watercolor and mixed media artist for five years, you have opened up the world of abstract art to me. I am excited about my art again and have created several abstracts that I’ve attached to 12” cradled birch museum panels that I’ve hung in my home, a first for me. I’ve taken a number of your skill share classes and just signed up for a more intensive class called “Soulful Abstracts” with Laly Mille. Denise, I am so grateful for you for helping to make art new, expressive, but mostly FUN again! I am also an art supply junkie and have bought a number of the art supplies you use, my favorites of which are the Kuretake Inks (gold and silver) and their gold paste, as well as the brass nib for the inks (so fab!), but my most recent purchase from watching your inspiring YT classes is the Painter’s Color Diary. I’ve spent the past two days swatching out all of the watercolors I’ve collected. You are a special lady with such a wonderful attitude towards your art. We also happen to both live in the Atlanta area. I am making a small donation as a token for my appreciation for opening the world of abstract art to me and for the many hours of pleasure watching your joy filled videos. Happy painting! 🖋️🎨🖌️
So glad you are having so much fun lately!! Thank you!! 🥰
Thank you so much Denise, another stunning and gorgeous piece. I really really love ❤️ this and those colours worked well together didn’t they. I really really love watching you. When you get excited too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags ❤❤❤❤
Thank you!! 🥰
Adding the white paint brought the picture all together 🎉
Thank you! ☺️
I love this painting! So inspiring to choose the colors first and see where they take you! Thanks for sharing your heART! 🎨
Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
Wow, that was magical! I think the shimmer added so much to the piece, especially when you added the white marks over it. Your marks just brought the whole thing together into a forest fiesta for me, so charming! 💕🇨🇦
Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰
I am now breathless lovely Denise , you send light to the other side of the world.
Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰
Oh my goodness...Denise...thank goodness for my "List" on Amazon...EVERY video of yours has me popping into your link to add something amazing to my future purchase collection 😊
I've now got a MAJOR crush on the paper cutter❤
Funny...as soon as you made the drips, I saw a grove of trees.
Beautiful as always.
So glad you are enjoying the projects!! Thank you! 🥰
Totally love this one. Well, I totally love a LOT of yours, and I love the enthusiasm and the inspiration. You're a true gift to all us beginners.
That really makes my day!! Thank you very much! 🥰
Good morning, Denise! How great to see you
Good morning! 🎨🎨🎨
Very pretty painting. The colors and the marks make me think of “ Fourth of July” - very patriotic ! I love it!
Thank you so much! 😊
Those tiny vines!😍
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Hi. Yeah yeah. Just turned my iPad on and got the message Denise Love is on UA-cam. You rock. Thanks.
Thank you! 🎨🎨🎨
A lovely, delicate piece.
Thanks for sharing your process.
My pleasure 😊
I really like the music, it reminds me of the CHANEL movie. Very relaxing ❤
I'm glad you like it. Thank you!! 😊
Love this color combo! Guess I'm going "UA-cam" shopping again🙄😘 Timmy has gotten a good chunk of my $ over the years!
This was a fun set of colors! Thank you!! 🥰
I really like your idea about floating the painting on a mat. I am going to try that. Also I wanted you to know that when I am "not" feeling inspired - I watch one of your videos and immediately grab my watercolours and start splodging the paint on paper. I always doodle on it when dried and it definitely gets me back into the zone. Thank you for sharing your ideas and knowledge. Much appreciated.
So glad you are enjoying my channel!! Thank you!! 🥰
Love love love this piece - the blue was a surprise color on that palette to me, but I’m super excited to try this one tomorrow ♥️🩷💙!!! Yay….more joy on the way thanks to you Denise!
Have fun! 🎨🎨🎨
Yesssss to drips !wow this is fantastic ❤
Thank you!! 🥰
Love your work! Mine are not as pretty as yours but I keep hoping tho my style is different. That is what makes art so fun and I think it is what makes the world so interesting.
Thank you so much! 😊
So pretty. Reminds me of a book illustration.
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Lovely colours and artwork. I'm learning so much and hope to be as confident and free with my artwork in the future...practice, practice, practice and have lots of fun! I guess is the answer 😊
You can do it! Thank you! ☺️
Beautiful! I love your vines, you are such a good mark maker!
Oh thank you! 😊
Great colors..and love the Tim holtze trimmer, now l gotta have it. Thanks for sharing.😂
Thanks for watching! 🥰
Absolutely gorgeous Denise! Love it ❤️
Thank you so much! 😊
Too Cool!!!😎 Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you!! 🥰
Another master piece. Love the trimmer.
Thank you very much! 😊
Subtle little details, beautiful ❤
Thank you! 😊
I recently discovered you and have become an instant fan. I have a small art channel on youtube and have been telling all my subscribers how wonderful you and your art are. I also love the laugh and enthusiasm that you display during your streams. Thank you so much for sharing yourself with all of us.
You’re the best!! Thank you!! 🥰
Another masterpiece!
Thank you!! 🥰
Good morning, Denise! Great to see you with another colour challenge!Especially liked the white shimmer that you've added - very pretty combo 😊 I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!!! 🌺🌸🍃
So glad you loved this one!! Thank you! ☺️
Thanks!
Eeeek! You’ve really made my day! Thank you!! 🥰
The delicate line is my fav !! Love your work and the joy you share!
Thank you so much! 🥰
Beautiful work!!! I love how excited you get about your art.
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This is a definite favorite! Beautiful!
Yay! Thank you! 🥰🥰🥰
I enjoy your videos. You are fun! And crafty!
Thank you so much! 😊
As always I am in awe of your creativity-and your humor! They go together, no?
Thank you!! 😊
So pretty with the little leaves! 💕
Thank you! 🥰
This reminds me of a small grove of trees in Fall. Very pretty.
It does! I love that. Thank you! ☺️
I love this. Just ordered the deco trimmer. 🥰 perfection.
Hope you enjoy it! 😊
I really like the drips...next time maybe some small dots could go down the drips💛
Thank you! ☺️
Thank you for these tutorials. It is more helpful than you know to open up my creativity. I love these SO much.
You are so welcome! 🥰
Beautiful! Thanks so much!
Glad you like it! 🥰
Beautiful. Can you show us how you would frame in a float frame with a colored panel in back of the painting? My husband has made me a few float frames but I love to see how you would present the piece. 🎨❤️
I have a few I show in my video where I talk about preserving art. I had the framer do mine. I didn’t do them myself. Here is that video: ua-cam.com/video/_E0I0FjbnXw/v-deo.htmlsi=yERFVLfj_LGXapMR
Love those colors if I could stop buying all the art supplies u recommend maybe I could indulge in this color palette cube lol in the meantime my caran de ash crayons. Haha are coming tomorrow. I can’t wait!
You’ll love them!! 🎨🎨🎨
Wow! Like...just...WOW! This piece is so gorgeous, Denise! At first I was not feeling the colour pallette. But when I saw you working your magic with the mark-making, I quickly fell in love with this piece. In fact, I think this is my favourite art piece I've seen on your channel. It is simply beautiful!
Thank you so much! 🥰🥰🥰
The texture from the blue Neocolor kind of looks like text. Nice effect.
That was cool! Thank you! ☺️
I thought the same! Very cool!
This is wonderful! I want to get in this ink and swim around.
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Beautiful! Why doesn’t mine look this good when I try this 😂 I haven’t given up yet!
Keep playing!! 🎨🎨🎨 Thank you! ☺️
Love those colors together !!!
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Fun!
Thank you! ☺️
love this. ty for sharing.
You are so welcome! 😊
I love my TH deckle edge ruler. I use it all the time in making my journals 😊 Loving this class, can’t wait to start playing.
That ruler is really cool!! Thank you! ☺️
Love your tutorials. Is there any way you could do a full length closeup at end of your videos? I know you do a partial closeup- but it would be cool to see whole thing and to pause our video to see the different areas.
Great idea! Thank you! ☺️
Fun to watch and such a pretty result. Thanks Denise!
You are so welcome! 🥰
There are some brushes that flex and flick tiny paint dots when they’re lifted from the paper. I have one that always does it and others that never do.
Thank you! ☺️
I bought the set of four and plan on listing the colors by color so I can compare each red or blue, etc to see which would work better for the particular painting. I had already done that with all my inks ad it works really well. So love this painting!! Great colors! produces great contrast.
That's a great idea! Thank you!! 😊
Lovely,,,xxx ❤
Thank you! ☺️
One of your best! Love the shimmer and the bold darker color combinations.
Oh thank you! 🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful ❤. It does remind me of a human heart (abstract type if you know what I mean). Could also be because they keep showing me heart ads on UA-cam at the moment!
Haha! Kinda does! Thank you!! 🥰
Hi Denise! Hope you are doing great. Thank you for this. I really loved this video. Just submitted to your fb group!
Awesome! Thank you! 🥰. And got you in the group! 😊
@@2lilowlsstudioawesome 🎉 what a great colour palette ❤
I was not a fan of that colour palette but absolutely love what you did with it!
I'm so glad! Thank you! ☺️
Love how this turned out!
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Super pretty
Thank you! 😊
That turned out very nice :)👍🏻
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This is gorgeous and I loved this color challenge. I'm still waiting for my kuretake paints (the new one). ❤😊
Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful, Denise! I am wondering if you or followers have any hot tips on inexpensive wall frames in classic black or white? My usual source went out of business.
My favorite black frames have been from Target. Second choice Michaels. I also get semi custom frames for special sizes from Frame Destinations online. 😊
Hey Denise, what do you do with all those quality paper scraps? Have you ever thought of taping them all down to a hardboard and doing intuitive paintings that could either be cut up for collage, art prompts, or even a 3D collage(like you did on skillshare class)?
I keep everything! I have a few collage classes on skilkshare where I show how I use them. 😊
@@2lilowlsstudio I'm only through a few classes on skillshare, but I do LOVE how you really get so much more knowledge in your classes, AND you have so many too!! My first project is doing the cutting up collaging!
@@dawnjames151 those junk art collages are some of my favorite!! So glad you are enjoying the classes 🥰🥰🥰
The color challenges are so fun!. I have a question about the Gansai Tambi Colors. Are the Art Nouveau colors in the 48 set, or are they different colors? I´m new to watercolor painting, I´ve been a cardmaker for years. Thanks to your videos I thought I might try abstract painting. And I have so FUN painting!! 😃😊Se you in the next video.
I would also like to know?
Kuretake makes 100 colors total… the 48 set, the art nouveau set make up the majority and are both different. They also have little sets with the graphite colors and the metallics. 😊
@@2lilowlsstudio Thank you! So now I have to buy more colors ... 😅😂
@@ingelagoransson3560 I do love alllllll the colors… and I’m kinda glad there are only 100… some of the other companies have hundreds of colors 😂
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BE BRAVE!!! 😊 today's challenge was a good one. And im not a pink person bit could see doing this challenge. This abstract is really beautiful. For real real!! I just love me some Denise Love in the morning. Tyvm for todays art color challenge. I have been waiting for this set of Kuretake colors to arrive. Today's the day. ❤ really looking forward to switching them. Which i have a question for you. I see your colors swatched really nicely on your color pallet, i tried to swatch my 36 color pallet and they dont look so smoothly. Did you really wet them down to look so good? I have other watercolors that are swatching really well on my pallet.
So glad your paints came in. They use a different binder than what other watercolors we are used to use. I spritz the colors with water to get them primed and then use them. 😊
@@2lilowlsstudiogotcha. I was going to try that today. TY
@2lilowlsstudio the set i ordered from Blick, went to their back order list, so i spent time getting all the colors written down and found 2 off the wall companies that i was able to get the single pans ordered from. Might have been a few i really loved that were doubled in the orders.. LOL i love that pallet. I now have every set Kuretake has made. I love my real expensive sets of watercolors but Kuretake just allow me to have fun without that tiny fear of messing up. And the cube colors can really be matched with the art nouveau set prettty well.
@@2lilowlsstudio i was able yo swatch the Kuretake set. The spritz really worked well
Hi Denise! If I wanted to use my art to make cards would I need to seal it? Never have done anything like this ,but you have inspired me to try it out.
I talk about preserving art in this video you can check out: ua-cam.com/video/_E0I0FjbnXw/v-deo.html
Beautiful piece! You mentioned you are doing wet on wet but as a beginner and learning I didn’t notice you wetting your paper first. Did I miss something?
I don’t do wet on wet… my paper is dry and I put the paints on… then work the colors as they are still wet allowing them to touch and flow.
@@2lilowlsstudio Thankyou for clarifying. Tried wet on wet a few times but is very intimidating to me.
I am a newbie to watercolor painting. What is the difference between Hot Pressed and Cold Pressed? Also why would I want one over the other and could I always just work on Cold Pressed? Thank you for your time and wonderful videos.
I like coldpressed for mostly everything. Hot press is super smooth. Coldpress is softly textured.
A4 size is 8 1/4” x 11 3/4”, similar to American 11” x 8 1/2” size
Thank you!! 🥰
Can you please tell us where to get the Color Block and how much it costs! I love it. I struggle with color pallets
I post all the supplies in the description below the video for you! 😊 It is this one: Color Cube:
The Color Cube - sarahrenaeclark.com/colorcube/?ref=123
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Thank you!! 🥰
Denise, I'm always excited to watch a color palette challenge and, as usual, you delivered. Unfortunately, I will have to unsubscribe to your channel as you keep costing me $$...nah, just kidding!!! 😘 (I do have to get some of that liquid graphite featured in your last video). Keep doing what you do.
So glad you are enjoying these!! Thank you!! 🥰
Thanks!
Eeeek! You’ve really made my day! Thank you!! 🥰