Art vlog, bits and bobs from this week in the studio 

I really love your offerings. Bits and pieces glued together with a talk over still makes for a cohesive vlog Sonia. It's all authentic and relatable. Thank you for being brave and for ongoing solid content. I'm struggling right now personally and your videos and my art practice bring me comfort and encouragement. I love your art work and process. The freedom and looseness is yummy. I'm starting to find my own groove too right in the midst of my hard time. There is no one right way to do art. It's all valuable and it matters. Sending love. R 😊

Our all over the place brains make us enjoy lovely squishy messy art, I am so like you, lol, love you , so must love me hey? I’ve been through a box of my old paintings this morning, and I’m getting excited to use some of the things for collage, trouble is i get my art area in such a mess then can’t get going until I have had a big old tidy up so it’s only 8am now Australian time and I have already been sorting out art for the last three hours, so now i want to get started, but, i have one half of the area so tidy and the other half is like a huge mess so i have to finish this if not i will be back to square one. I have stopped for a cuppa, and wonderfully there is Sonia, giving me even more inspiration. Thank you.

Loved this jumbo sale Vlog, I feel like a nosey neighbour coming into your studio and having a nose around 😅.

Thanks Sonia. Love these types of videos! Really loving that canvas panel. I have been enjoying the Golden So Flat acrylic paint. It's so lovely without the shine. Lovely to see you. x Nell.

another great video to make my day more colorful !!

Really enjoy your vlogs, Sonia: your jumble sales are always full of treasures rather than just another pile of old blouses! I, too, have become apprehensive about using any kind of acrylic paint. All pigment-based art-making involves using chemicals of some kind but some have a more negative impact on the environment than others so I try to reduce that as much as possible. However, there doesn't seem to be a perfect solution to this dilemma as there will always be something nasty to dispose of in one way or another so unless a person decides to give up art-making completely, it comes down to how much an individual conscience can bear. I don't know if anyone has already done this but it would be interesting, and useful, if a list could be compiled of how much impact the various forms of art-making can have.on the environment (because it's not just about the disposal of dirty paint water) and in what ways, if any, this can be reduced, if not eliminated altogether.

I was surprised you don't want to resupply your acrylic paints. I do watercolor and have been getting into the acrylic paints more and more. My stepdad did oil paintings. I remember it had to dry for longer periods of time. It is beautiful and rich colors, but I don't remember his being bright. I like bright. I do use the oil/wax crayons because I got them from a thrift store or somewhere. They are nice. I have loads and loads of markers and crayons and colored pencils. Sometimes I am overwhelmed with to many choices and have wanted to stick to just acrylic paints for right now. We'll see. I change my mind a lot. LOL Your son tried painting, and I'm sure in the future will come back to it.

Loved seeing everything you have done this week. So interesting! So much fun!! Let me know if you try the watercolor grounds. I have been thinking about it myself. 😊