This was enjoyable to watch. Relaxing and informative. Also, I enjoyed seeing your work.

I just can’t with charcoal or conte or pastels because of the sound and the texture through my hands. I’ve tried to get over it but it gets worse the longer I use the medium.

I absolutely adore everything you do and especially watching your new painting journey. I also particularly like your reviews and comparisons they are so well thought out and above all I love how calm your videos are! Well done.

Informative video. I think you would love the green earths from A Gallo. They rewet a little better than others i've tried. The colours are a bit stronger, too and granulate.

It looks like I followed the Artist’s Way from Sep 29 until Nov 15 (according to my daily pages). I’m not sure if I might have done a little bit extra in the book, but stopped my morning writing? Like you, I do want to complete the program, but I think it’s on hold until I take an extended work-break and can focus on art and creativity. Lovely review of past purchases… seems like you enjoyed almost everything!

I love all things charcoal, tinted charcoal, so this was a great overview. The Derwent tinted charcoal pencils are nice, too, and easier to carry along a couple on a plein air/travel sketching outing. The small 6 pencil set has some nice dark landscape colors and is a pretty affordable way to try out their tinted charcoal line.

I love the mahogany from Schmincke. Together with the potters pink and sometimes some purply color, violet or even red they make the most incredible hues and shades.

21:40 The W&N version did not change as much as I would have thought.

19:09 The new MaimeriBlu watercolours have a new formula and are all single-pigment. The vat blue no 1 is essentially PB66 synthetic indigo.

16:52 Does the Master’s Brush cleaner have abrasives?

Hi Helen! I bought Rosa Gallerys Jade green and Cobalt grey after seeing you last year swatch them out and they are both almost empty now. :D I already ordered the tubes to fill them up again. In fact I bought a lot of things because I saw you use them. :D I appreciate the time you take to film all that!

I was totally transfixed watching you mixing your version of Notturno 😵‍💫. I am a newbie to painting, so found this very helpful in my journey to understanding colour and mixing. Thanks for sharing

Yet another interesting & informative video. Thanks

You used them all at least once. To make the video so you could write them off and make your money back. I'm shocked you didn't sell it all off after uploading the review & haul videos.

I love these videos of your Helen; you try the supplies so I don't have to take a second mortgage out (not that they'd give me one lol)

I’ve never done any Lino cut printing, but you made it look pretty straight forward. Loved all the prints you made from your recent watercolour art.

I really like your watercolor and oil pastel painting at 11:29 it reminds me of the Bay of Islands here in NZ and I'd love to be able to capture them in this style. I don't really like oil pastels though, and I don't own any, so I guess I'll end up capturing the islands in my own way/style 😂

Subscribed after binge watching your hauls, swatching and the one year on videos (these are particularly interesting!). I’m autistic and my favourite activity is collecting and swatching art materials 😊🫣 thank you for your videos xx

This was an interesting mix of products. Loved the books and the water soluble graphite too. There goes my cart filling up again! 😊

Your art is just beautiful, Helen, and you are inspiring. I found a podcast that follows the book “The Artist’s Way,” that I listen to on my walks in the woods, so it was interesting to see you mention it.

I'm going to have to bite the bullet and purchase some of the Sennellier Oil Pastel Fixitive but I just find it hard to justify such a high price. I've been using my other fixitives with my oil pastels, which aren't particularly fabulous but they'll do for now, until I see a can of the Sennellier on special! Also, books are generally never a disappointment or "regret" are they? Whilst I'm unable to "read" more than a paragraph without getting unwell cos of the neuro complications, I LOVE buying art books as I'm just looking at pictures. Otherwise, I have an Audible account with almost 600 books in it at this stage 🤭. Interesting vid. Cheers Helen 😊

Really enjoyed this video - thank you! In some ways, I think this is more informative than a straight review

I've had lino blocks and cutting tools here for a few years but I've not gotten around to doing anything with them yet. It was something I planned to teach my daughter. That press looks really useful. I'll have to see if hubby can make a couple of boards like you had there for cutting on and I need a roller and probably something else I won't know I need until I start lol. It's been a long time since I did lino printing at school. We also did a couple of other things too. I can remember scratching a bird design onto thick plastic like xray sheets and then printing with that. Then later at high school we etched with acid into metal plates.

Thanks for continuing this series, Helen. I think I've commented before that these videos have changed the way I think about materials before and after buying, and also before and after using. I've now noticed that change in my thinking about mere household supplies, too!!!

there's something magic in the watercolor/oil pastel piece , i love how you've blended the two . thank you for sharing .

Love the combination of watercolour and pencil and other media. Wheal coates looks brilliant in the piece at the end of the video 😊

Helen, your brush control is great.😀

I apologize. Maybe the internet connection was having issues?I wrote the comment twice and still disappeared. 🙄

I remember making linoprints in school ( ages ago) and I strongly remember just being so confused , for some reason, what to scrape away and what not and halfway through getting lost and changing the areas I shouldn't scraped away xD it was a right mess .. I think I said it was on purpose and said oh it's abstract 😂 . Having the print in colour and as linol is really cool , it makes it look so different even though it's the same picture.

Helen, you keep showing us amazing artwork. How do you do it all!?!?!?!? Where would we go to purchase any of your artwork? I too have dabbled in the carved rubber block designs but on a much smaller scale. Good tools make everything better (not to mention the talent behind the tool☺) Wonderful episode, thank you very much💞

"Oh I've only done this a few times," you say, and out comes beautiful work. You follow up with a crisp, clear, friendly demonstration of good judgement, good tools, and good skills. My dear Helen, YOU ARE REMARKABLE and so is your art. Thank you for making such wonderful videos - something else that exhibits your good judgement, good tools, and good skills. REMARKABLE!

I'm doing my first art market this year. I was curious how much you sell your greeting cards for? Thanks.

That was SO interesting......thankyou

Very useful video! I might give it a try.

Helen thank you for sharing this. First time I have ever seen the Lino printing process. Very interesting.

Super! During the video I remembered Lino cutting at school ( my octopus was in school magazine) & with similar tools,in teenage years, making a donkey from fruit wood that I was proud of. My creative juices run & I must stop myself delving into another craft! What are the frames you use to mount your cards called? Success with selling them too! Thanks

Theses are beautiful Helen - Thankyou for sharing your process ❤ Especially your little framed prints - they should ‘fly off the shelves’! 🤞😊 Which frames did you use?

This was wonderful - the thing I love about your paintings is a wonderful graphic sensibility, that wouldn’t be out of place among some kinds art deco work, so I’ve always imagined your paintings as prints. It was great fun to watch you seeing them the same way. I’d love to see how they worked as lithographs, but that’s just a wee bit more complicated…

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I really enjoyed seeing this! I've always been curious about how this works and this was so informative. Maybe I'll give it a shot sometime. Absolutely beautiful prints too! Thanks for sharing your lovely work

Turned out lovely and I am sure the linoprints are very popular at craft markets and will go down really well in the gallery

This was an interesting process. Thanks for taking the mystery out of Lino printing. What a time saver that press must be! Is that a standard item or did you have it custom made? Your prints are fabulous!

Fascinating! Well done. Helen. Thanks for showing us.

Your prints are beautiful. It was very interesting to see this process. Thank you!

You did such a fab job of that ‘lady with flowers’ painting - looked exactly the same as the one in the book! Plus I loved your other gouache paintings & collages you showed us in your sketchbook - do you have a video tour of this sketchbook?? Cute circular ‘caterpillar’ swatches! 🎨💚

o m g helen... every sesh you share beautiful processes & results... awesome!!!

Is there a name for this particular style or technique? I love it!!

Enjoyed watching the process, thanks for sharing it

Very interesting process, I have been always curious of how these lino-prints are made. Thank you, Helen, for explaining it so clearly. The results are mesmerizing to me. ❤

What a fabulous idea! You're so damn industrious Helen. I love it 😊