A personal invitation to creativity

In today’s video, I am painting vignettes of Old Portland craftsman style homes in my neighborhood using a limited palette: inktense iron blue and QOR Quinacridone gold watercolor. I am doing this to provide myself with an easy invitation to get my brush wet! This is a season of heavy caregiving for me and I want to keep my creative practice alive. So, this is my strategy. So far, it seems to be working.
Thank you for clicking on this description! At the moment I uploaded this video, my subscriber count was 3245 people. Wow, that number still feels huge! Thank you for watching my videos and leaving delightful comments; it makes youtube so much fun.
There are amazon affiliate links sprinkled around in here. These are items that I have found to bring joy to my life and I hope they do the same for you. If you click on the link and actually buy something (anything!) from amazon, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you - and that helps to support this channel.
All music is from the youtube audio library.
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What I used in this video:
Arches watercolor paper, 156 lb, cold press: not available on amazon right now; I bought my roll from Blick Art
Derwent Inktense Iron Blue: amzn.to/45SMMuf
QOR Quinacridone gold: amzn.to/3sHPMex
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Favorite supplies that usually appear in my videos:
1. A porcelain plate or tray from the goodwill makes a great palette. So does a plastic lid from a yogurt container.
2. A used talenti ice cream cup is perfect for swish water; also a great way to buy art supplies when you “have to” eat the contents first.
3. A cheap Robert Simmons Expressions brush is perfect. The one I’m using here is an E85 Round, size 12. You can buy one at Blick Art.
4. I use a glass bottle that used to contain facial toner for my spray bottle. The toner was expensive, but it has a very pretty label. The spray is a fine mist and the bottle is the perfect size for using at home and also for taking out on location.
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What I use to film and edit my videos:
Small, flexible tripod with screw-on grippy attachment that holds my GoPro: amzn.to/3mEEGUU
Desk mount device that I use with the screw-on grippy attachment that came with my tripod - the desk mount (in combination with the grippy attachment) holds my GoPro 18-inches above my table: amzn.to/3L81XbK
Blue yeti microphone: amzn.to/3Fw1IE7
Lightning to USB Camera Adaptor - this is what I use to connect the blue yeti microphone to my ipad for voice over editing: amzn.to/3ZNxuUE
GoPro Hero10: amzn.to/3TFnvyU
It takes some getting used to, but for filming on hikes it is much better than using my iPhone.
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