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[@funartbylinda2853]

Just gorgeous!!!! Love all the colors super amazing!!😃

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much! 🤗

[@marlenemeinhard8956]

Jodi, I am so happy to see you back and Wow!, this is a beautiful painting😊❤. I really have missed you also. I think whoever gets the painting you specifically made, will be so happy. The colors are my favorites. Look forward to more videos hopefully.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much Marlene, I'm so glad you enjoyed this piece! It feels good to be painting again :)

[@deniselusk1001]

So glad to see that you are painting again.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you Denise! 💜

[@holynyork7124]

Oh sweet girl, the depth in your paintings is outstanding. It’s amazing. It’s off the chart sweet Jesus you still got it, honey. You know that you know that love you. I’m so glad you’re back.

[@louiselewis5061]

I really miss you! This piece is gorgeous-it’s my very favorite colors. Absolutely stunning! Thanks so much for showing it to us.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much Louise, that really means a lot and I'm so glad you enjoyed this piece! :)

[@tina-ec7ce]

Absolutely Amazing… it is so freaking fantastic to have you back. I love your videos. I love your art. I just love you and I’m so glad you’re back. Thank you thank you thank you

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much Tina, that really means alot! :)

[@BonnieWilson-k5x]

❤ I've missed you! Keep talking and teaching.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

🤗 Thank you Bonnie, will do! 💜

[@katmicaleartdesign2242]

I love this technique of the swipe with a bloom on top. It makes such a beautiful background.❤ thank you for sharing

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🤗 thank you 💜

[@dianescraftycreations]

Absolutely stunning.. I love the gold added as a backdrop for the bloom. Your details given in the beginning of the video were perfect. The music compliments the creative process. Hope to see more.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Diane :)

[@karl-friedrichjagau9974]

Incredible bloom spun out Jodie👍🏻🎄⭐️🎄⭐️🎄⭐️😘

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Karl! 🤗

[@LouiseMcKayArt]

Beautiful Jodi, that Benevolence is a winner!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Louise!

[@LeahArt77]

So GOOD to see you again ❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Leah! 🥰

[@holynyork7124]

Oh sweet girl, the depth in your paintings is outstanding. It’s amazing. It’s off the chart sweet Jesus you still got it, honey. You know that you know that love you. I’m so glad you’re back.thank you so much, U WERE EXTREMELY MISSED AND SO SO MANY ARE GLAD U ARE BACK! ❤❤🙂✌️✨✨✨✨❤️❤️

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much, that really means a lot! 😊

[@hanatekaste6449]

Glad you are back! Beautiful work!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Hana! :)

[@Chikos68]

Hi Jody. Thank you thank you thank you for being you. Love how genuine you are, and all the explanations have value (more so now that Ive been learning for almost 2 years now). Thanks for talking addressing how it’s more important if paint dries true to color even if additive appears to dull it’s appearance. This is a very important note. This painting is really pretty and had to have been satisfying. So glad so see you back 😊😊

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much, I appreciate that :). For a long time I thought my pigments or paints had to "look" a certain way mixed up but then I realized as long as they are drying as they are supposed to or more importantly the way I want them to then them being mixed up a little dull doesn't seem to matter. It's all personal preference at the end of the day but I'm glad that explanation helped! :)

[@sussiemikkelsen1764]

Thank you 🙏🎨💫 Great teaching and beautiful colours.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

You’re welcome Sussie 🤗 I’m glad you enjoyed it! 💜

[@AnastasiaPeasley]

It was so nice to see you again. Lovely bloom.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Anastasia! 💜

[@dorisolivier3426]

Love the colour combinations.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Doris :)

[@RondaWheeler]

Beautiful. So glad to see you back

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Ronda! 🥰

[@twistedsisterparanormal8399]

I love when you go into detail ❤😂...

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you! 💜

[@Catherine0122]

Loved this Jodie. The colours are beautiful 💙🖤💙 and nice to listen to you explaining … oh I have missed that. 💕

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much Catherine 🥰

[@Raven-nx8ex]

💙💙Gorgeous blues and your lacing is so crisp and awesome! Love how you swipe your golden background. Such a beautiful painting Jodie.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much! :)

[@cindypage8673]

It's good to see you again. Beautiful bloom x

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Cindy! 💜

[@paws2play]

This was so helpful! Thanks so much for taking the time to create, produce, and post this. It's greatly appreciated!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Absolutely, I'm so glad it helps! :)

[@marlyndataylor2925]

Lovely details. Soooo good to see you back online again!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much, it feels good to be back painting! 😊

[@patmccartney2318]

Great to see you again

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Pat! 💜

[@creationswithtonja9912]

Wow Jodi this is stunning and that Benevolence is beautiful, love this one, it turned out perfect. 😍💙

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Tonja :)

[@maureenlaxpati2809]

I get so happy when I see you posting a new video!! I hope you continue. I also am delighted to see your intro where you discussed paints and pouring mediums. Sometimes its hard to go back through videos to find that information so its great to have a refresher. you might even refer people to this video in the future. This piece is gorgeous!!!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Maureen, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I actually have a playlist of the different pouring mediums I've used and how to mix them up but you're right I may add this video to that playlist as it does go into a bit of detail :)

[@Rachel-g3h5q]

Beautiful ❤️

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you! 😊

[@rebeccabarnes3324]

Thanks for showing this one. It is Stunning !

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Absolutely Rebecca, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@elaineprovan4500]

Oh - I just love it! ❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thanks Elaine! I’m glad you enjoyed it 💜

[@judydigisi]

Wow! That is gorgeous!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thanks Judy! 💜

[@karistelma650]

Beautiful❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you! :)

[@laurieshearer9870]

Beautiful work

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Laurie :)

[@gvm1964]

Glad you are back❤❤❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you! 🤗 feels good to paint again 🥰

[@SarahCarter-sn4qt]

Beautiful, thank you

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

You’re welcome! 💜

[@crinatoma7961]

So Happy you are back 🎉!!!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you! It feels good to paint again :)

[@Heidi.P.L-PourLove]

Oh wauw what a beautiful piece 😍 and thank you so much for sharing, and I really appreciate the thorough talk through, it really helps a lot. 👌😊

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

You’re so welcome Heidi I’m glad it helps! 💜

[@tracyburcham7350]

Gorgeous!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you! 💜

[@maggiefrommer9988]

So glad to see you back! Your work is gorgeous❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Maggie! 🥰

[@deborahwispinski3253]

I really missed you and was delighted to see you’re back. Really appreciate your talent. I love the gold swipe background. Well done ❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much Deborah! :)

[@lauraoakman-ve3yw]

Beautiful

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you 🤗

[@stevemurray1030]

Thank you so much Jodie. Always love your videos. Have a wonderful Christmas. All the best from Treve & Steve in New Zealand ❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

You're so welcome Steve & Treve! And thank YOU, have a wonderful Christmas and New Years! :)

[@kathytaylor9422]

Jodi, I’ve been a fan of yours since your first video. I applaud you on your talent, your honesty, your attitude and your creativity. I’m so glad that you are back painting and sharing your art with us all. I would like to add that, I’m glad you still are doing smaller paintings instead of these larger than life canvases. I’d much rather have a few 10x10 pieces to admire versus one over sized piece. Keep presenting yourself as you do, you are fantastic. Happy New Year to you and may the year ahead be filled with great happiness! By the way: This one is beautiful

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much, that really means a lot Kathy 🤗 Happy New Year to you! 💜

[@susanboggs1612]

Hi Jodi, glad your back!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you Susan! It feels good to be painting again 🤗

[@KathleenMarie-t1g]

Yea Jodi, glad you are back, missed you, so sounds like none of formulas are written in stone, right? Story of my life 🙃 the road to success is always under construction, love your videos thank you 😊

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Yep, nothing is written in stone haha! I love that and it’s so true. It’s fluid just like life is 😉

[@dawnleever4832]

Welcome back and it’s gorgeous Jody❤❤ Merriest of holidays to you and yours ❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much Dawn, and the same to you as well! :D

[@Alysbar]

Hi Jodi! Welcome back!!! So happy to see and hear from you. I missed you while you were gone. I kept wondering what happened to you. Glad to see you back and enjoying posting with us again.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you so much, I missed you guys too! 💕

[@pinkmyhair-JeCroisArt]

Awesome to see you painting again. Very much appreciate your talk-throughs! I struggle with the PPG, just too darn thick, then the glidden is too thin. I need to find a Goldilocks pillow paint.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you! 🤗 have you tried leaving the lid off the Glidden to see if it will thicken? I heard others doing this to help their pillows thicken. I also know some others use the Glidden essentials, have you tried that? I’ve tried it myself and I almost feel like the can I had was in between the PPG and the Glidden premium 😊

[@pinkmyhair-JeCroisArt]

It is the essentials that I have. I may try leaving the lid off for a few hours, stir it up and see how it looks.

[@IFS]

Hey Jodie. Lovely piece, more wonderful that its a set of 3. The side by side would be a great exhibition. I see it as the three in a line, where the one that was auctioned replaced with a nice print from a frame grab in the center, flanked by its siblings, and the details of the Hurricane Relief in a text block below. Maybe a colored wall to allow the pillow white to pop... I have a tip for cold weather painting, where sometimes I'll put my paints into a warm water bath before using just to get things flowing a bit better. I use the same technique for my epoxy work fluidity. In summer, sometimes I use a cool water bath if I want a bit more syrup texture (so more dense). How about a Christmas Tree pillow transfer, swiping curved branches? Happy holidays!

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Thank you so much! I love that idea, I did take some pics of the one that was sold but this one and then the next one I'm going to show actually are all different yet similar. My wall space is limited right now but actually you just gave me a good idea in maybe doing that digitally instead with all three pieces! I like that idea for the final video with these :D Good tips on the paints also! That reminds me when I used to resin I would put the resin in front of the heater before mixing it up, I wonder if that would work as well as the warm water bath. Do you have any trouble with them drying since they do get a bit cooler as they stand and then when they are on the piece drying?

[@IFS]

@@ThePaintedDreamer Cool! It's always fun when an idea spawns an even better one. Looking forward even more for the final video now :) In front of the heater should work, though not quite as fast or even as in a water bath because physics (think hand into an oven vs hand into pot of hot water). I just use water hot from the tap, fill one of those "soak your feet" buckets and put my sealed tubes and cans of paint in for about 1/2 hr (sometimes longer, as the bath gets cooler as time passes, so no rush) before then mixing up my colors. I'm keeping some of my big can of pillow paint in a smaller can, enough to do a couple of paintings. After I'm done painting I then refill the smaller can. I haven't seen any problem with drying, certainly no weird movement or such. But I do work steadily once the paint comes out of the bath to be mixed and then used. Now if the studio was to get below freezing then bad things would probably happen. Crap, now I have to do a painting and set it outside to freeze while wet just to see what it would look like. Cells or imprints from ice crystals? Winner Winner, chicken dinner or cold frozen pizza? :P

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

@@IFS Ahhh yea that make sense but I premix my paints and let them sit for quite awhile before painting so I'll try the heater method and see what happens :) Let me know how those paintings dry with your experiments! :D

[@kbs36]

Jodi, I was so excited to see a new video. One question, at 5:23 you were mixing up Benevolence, you said you dispersed it will GAC800. Is this being mixed with the paint instead of floetrol as the medium? Thank you for your time.

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Oh I'm so glad! :) All of the paints and piggies are mixed up with the pouring medium and the cell activators I use are the only thing mixed up with the floetrol. The piggies, as with any other dry pigment, you need to disperse them in something first (basically wet and dissolve them) and then put them into whatever you are using for your pouring medium. You can just put them into your pouring medium but you run the risk of them not mixing properly and clumping up on you.

[@RobertWestlake-b1s]

Mentor😳

[@heatherwillow1]

OMG!!!!! IVE MISSED YOU! Are you staying, you have been missed. I hope this is for good, please stay❤❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

Aww thank you Heather 🤗 yes I’m staying, I don’t have a schedule for videos but I will be posting more regularly 💜

[@heatherwillow1]

@@ThePaintedDreamer awesome, I'm doin the snoopy happy dance!😻❤

[@ThePaintedDreamer]

@@heatherwillow1haha that’s awesome, I literally just saw snoopy doing that 🤗