Activating the Canvas & enjoying the warm up & discovery process

I love the start of a new painting. It is just a wide world of discovery if I choose it and I do! It's the most free time for me and I often remind myself during the process of creating a painting several times in fact to think feel and act like I'm at the activation phase - just to free up my mind.

[@willcarney4424]

Hugely helpful.

[@sdouba]

Dear Pauline, thanks so much for sharing your skills and talents. I just discovered your channel and ... its a love of first sight! Thanks again.

[@MixitupMarci]

I am starting to try this again n i just let go in my pieces, i make journals, art journals or writing journals, they are just for me or gifts for family and friends, but i love it! Wish one day i can make a living out of my art and my crafty soul will be completely free and happy! Hehee love your work! 🥰 thanks for sharing and for the inspiration! xo Marci 😘

[@coffeewithpepper1233]

Absolutely very helpful. Thank you for sharing your process.

[@leticiacampos1044]

Gosh! This is so refreshing! 🖤

[@paulinejansart]

Thank you so much !

[@janetseager4069]

Pauline, I love to watchmen real time. When it is sped up it tends to give a beginner like me a sense that I should be working faster ie: a slight sense of inadequacy

[@paulinejansart]

That makes total sense. But you can tell it's sped up so you know it does actually take time and patience : )

[@ConnyLehmann]

dear Pauline, thank you very much for the great video. I have a question that has been on my mind for a long time. Do you fix your charcoal lines at some point with fixative? I sometimes do this when I particularly like a thick coal line and I want to keep it. Kind regards Conny

[@paulinejansart]

You’re most welcome Conny! Yes. I fix charcoal if I want it to stay put. For sure!

[@jeff6660]

Pauline, could you please tell me where you get those huge charcoal round sticks. None of the places like Blicks seem to have them? Many thanks.

[@paulinejansart]

Thank you so much Jeff. I got those at Opus, an art store here in BC, Canada

[@jeff6660]

@@paulinejansart Thanks you so very, very much!!! Love your style of painting.

[@AliBaba-ke5jn]

Hi. The mark making is not hard. It's the rest I find difficult!