YOU HAVE JUST TAUGHT ME MORE IN THIS VIDEO THAN I DON'T KNOW WHEN! The contrast, too much the same marks or "bitty" as you put it, contrast colors, warm and cold, etc etc etc. I have a couple paintings I can't figure out and now i think i can maybe try something using your advice. Thanks so much!
I love watching you work through your processes, explaining everything in such an easy to understand way. Your videos are so helpful and inspiring, thank you🙏🏼
I do some of the techniques I saw you do in this video. I agree i always change things and sometimes I go over the painting to make layers as well. Thanks so much for your advice. I loved the green brush painting part you did. But your painting came out nice either way. cheers Michele Looking forward to more videos. My challenge is doing painting really fast but a lot of times I love the way they come out. But as I evolved as a painter I realised that some of the painting I did I didn't like so I got out the paint brushes and painted over them then layered some of those paintings. thanks for your advice I will keep that in mind when I do my next painting looking forward to another video
thanks Louise! Your videos are always helpful. Appreciate you showing your vulnerability and sharing your processes. You've been a real inspiration to me.
Merci beaucoup pour tous vos partages. J'ai enfin compris ce qui ne me plaisait pas dans certaines de mes peintures : le manque de contraste et trop de petites choses. Encore un grand merci. J'adore vos peintures ❤
Hi Louise! I just "finished" my final series for CVP2024, and realized as I watched your demo that no, I'm not finished. Thanks for this! Back to the studio!!
I love this now,but I loved it at different stages too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts…so helpful and especially for me as you talked about the bitty parts. I can so relate!
As always, Louise, you have come along just when I needed you. You and your work are just wonderful in my humble opinion. Haha. I'm a fan for sure. Too interesting all over is exactly what I'm struggling with. Thank you again for reminding me I'm not alone in the struggle.
Omg “bitty”, exactly, it was like a bullet to my brain, that is why that one over there in the corner starring back at me isn’t working! Contrast with balance and scale, yes. Your video actually helped me. Thank you.
Thank you-I do not understand this work at ALL-which means to me, I am simply ignorant. Like I don't understand the joy of golfing or hunting or math. My eyes are open and my mind willing. appreciate your sharing.
Thank you...I always want 'perfect.' HARD TO DO! Watching you has given me permission to just keep going. I held my breath as you got to the upper mid section that looks like clouds. Smudged with your fingers.. beautuful!
Thank you for the reminder of looking to contrast in our work. I love watching you actually do/paint what you are teaching. It sticks in my mind that way. Thank you always for these instructional videos, Louise!
What kind of colors are you using? How can you blend them together? Are they acrylics and what kind are they? I have so many questions! I'm still working on this abstract painting...I've always used markers, many styles but I want to use the acrylics.
So fabulous as always! I often get attached to a color or a mark and then have WAY too much going on. Was this done with a limited palette? I know your color mixing is magical--so wondering if you were keeping it "simple" or if you just grabbed what moved you?
I love your work. You were one of the first people I found when getting back into art after college in the late 60's. I try to translate all of it because I prefer working with soft pastels.
I just posted a few of my abstract pastel paintings on your FB page from a post that was about 4 years ago when you asked for comments. Better late than never. :)@@ThisPaintingLife
It was great watching and listening to you think out loud. Much more intentional than i thought. There were several points where i wanted you to leave it. I loved the bright orange and would have left that in. However, i realized, as you continued, that my eyes would disregard the rest of the painting and go to the orange. So i learned a lot about the evolution of the process.
This was really timely and beneficial for me as I have a painting right now that I'm finding too "bitsy" and don't/didn't know how to resolve it. Thank you, as always.
Louise, your knowledge and explanations are so helpful and really transform how I look at things. I needed this video when I was working on my last piece but you’ve inspired me to keep going!
So much appreciation for your tutorials, Louise. Informed analysis is something I struggle to keep under control so it helped to see you trusting your process - to great results, I must say.
I am so grateful for this video Louise🥰. I learned so much from listening and seeing your process! Thank you for your inspiration as I am ready to dive in to my next abstract painting‼️🦋🤩. Much gratitude🎨🎨🎨
I just discovered you, and oh am I thankful! You have helped me unleash something in me. I never knew the process of abstract was to just play until it comes together! Brilliant watching you work 🥰
I do both - Intuition guides me in making the initial painting but at some point, I see what the painting wants to be, and I use my knowledge to clarify it
Louise, I loved this video… so much to work with! I want to thank you for all that you so generously share for free. I subscribe to your newsletter and can say to anyone who doesn’t…. do it now! Full of generous advice and tips and interviews with other artists…. I love your style of art and your teaching style and can’t thank you enough Louise! 🤗🤗🤗
You are so welcome and glad you enjoyed it! I will also be hosting a free LIVE webinar about colour mixing if you are interested in joining me: event.webinarjam.com/register/3/8m2r6h1 🤗
Thanks Louise this video is just what i needed to see and hear. You are one of my favourite artist on youtube...always so interesting and well explained.🙂👍👍👍
I actually approach my paintings in a very similar way, and it does take quite a bit of time to find my way, but do enjoy the process, and I trust it, which always gets me though the muddle and frustrating moments.
Hi Patty. It might help to think of red, yellow, orange as fire, and blue as ice. That’s just a start as other colours are a bit more complicated. For example green is generally considered to be a mix of blue (cool) and yellow (warm). Whether a green is cool or warm therefore depends on which colour is dominant in the mix. It’s the same with purple, generally a mix of red (warm) and cool (blue). Which colour is dominant? Of course it gets much more nuanced than this! There are warm and cool reds, warm and cool yellows, warm and cool blues, depending on the pigments in the mix, which is why artists often have all of these in their basic palette. If you mix a warm red with a warm yellow you will get the brightest orange. On the other hand, if you mix a warm red with a cool yellow you will get a subdued orange because now you have red and yellow and blue in the mix and they tend to tone each other down. This is just a very basic explanation but I hope it helps. There are some good books which explain this well. Betty Edwards’s book on colour is good but you might also like to watch Mark Eanes’ you tube videos on colour. Thank you Louise for another great video!
