Doodling and Painting on Canvas - Tutorial -- "Love Grows" - mixed media

In this tutorial I'll show you how I used my doodling, acrylics paints and Sharpie poster paint pens to create this canvas.

[@millana6292]

Betty, I can’t think you enough. I followed you step by step. I learned so much during this lesson that I can take away with my. I finished my piece and absolutely love it. I so appreciated this, thank you so much for sharing. I can’t afford classes at the moment so am so grateful for lessons like yours. Your lesson has been my favourite ever.

[@BettyFranksArt]

Yay! That makes me so happy to hear! I love to hear that you created one for yourself. Fabulous! Thanks for watching!

[@RozWilloughby]

Your canvas is awesome! I love how you blend the colours and your layering is fantastic! TFS!

[@julianaleo631]

Hi Betty, I just wanted to share something with you that recently happened. I have a friend who was a professor in Art (she's in her 70's). And I highly respect her expertise. Her late husband was also a very well known watercolorist. We had dinner over my house, and she knows my strong desire to learn aspects of painting. Trust me when I say...I am learning. NOT crafting. I was always interested in art, as far back as kindergarten. But was never encouraged to pursue this until I took a class in High School. But as life would have it, I had to go to work to help my mom, etc. Get a real job....and until I finally retired and finished my responsibilities of caregiving - did I find some time to start learning, again. I showed her a number of my learning ventures - from watching KZbin, reading books, trying various lessons at whatever means I come across. I have always believed that Talent is one thing, but there are basics to every design. With the hundreds of books - and Now videos... it can be intimidating as to where to begin. But, I just focused on what appealed to me. I'm not trying to be a great watercolorist, or oil painting - Product knowledge alone is Work!!! But I will say - your technique video - appealed to me due to the End Result. I love that kind of layering and colors. What I'm getting to - DO more of this! My friend - Loved the result of my efforts!!! She told me that the basic designs were valuable, and she explained to me why. A LIGHTBULB went off when she explained how it works. NO ONE Person has ever mentioned this in videos !!! And trust me, having the $$$ to go to college - just doesn't work for me now. Not at 66 years old. I barely can live on my retirement SS. I will say I followed exactly how you did things - I managed to go with my Gut on some layering. When she explained why it was such a good painting, I now understand. She gave me some thoughts on other paintings I did - and what was not working, and what was really good. Having THAT basic knowledge - I will go back and tweak things up, now. So... just a thought to throw at you - is perhaps, you might teach some basic understandings ? ... in the understanding of Abstract - I think that will give people more opportunities to Explore. Otherwise, it's like learning a whole new language.... and so easy to want to give up even trying. As I approached my task at the time of the video... I just saw it as putting paint down, and that was it. Now - I realize how some ideas toward design...really makes a difference. :-D Thank you again, Juliana PS - I'm not a journaling person - I'd rather just hit the canvas and run with it. lol But I get why people do it. I work on small hardboard first. Maybe I could take it to a paperbook - but I am limited in workspace. Crap, my whole house is turning into a small studio .. not sure if this is a good thing, because I'm not fond of clutter.

[@BettyFranksArt]

Hi Juliana, thank you for sharing your story with me. I appreciate your feedback. I created this video 3 years ago when I was creating in that style. My art has changed over the years and I feel like I'm still learning (and always will be). I don't believe I'm an expert at my art, however, I love to share what I have learned and allow people to take from it what they like, what works for them. Thank you again for your comments!

[@LeleLineca]

I loved watching every single minute. Stunning and magical. Thank you! :)

[@FiddleKate]

Thank you for this video... I learned SO much by watching you work! I'm glad to know about the Sharpie poster paint pens. I like the idea of water based. Thanks again!

[@79carolinagirl]

My favorite! Thank you for sharing.

[@BettyFranksArt]

You're sweet! Thanks so much for watching!

[@JudyShea]

Seriously love this. Thank you for capturing it all for us.

[@carolscrappydayz939]

I love this...such a fun piece! I need to brush up on my doodling now! Colors are great and I love the little splatter bits at the end...perfect touch! Thanks for sharing!

[@4everminky]

love what you do Betty, thank you for sharing

[@debbiedavis1135]

Thanks for sharing. I love watching you create and can't wait to try out some of your techniques!

[@amysamin]

Not just a gorgeous painting that I could look at for hours, but such an educational and inspirational video! Thank you so much.

[@hunglafung2948]

Why so easy for you? Poor me

[@carried9130]

I love this painting and how you explain your steps and decisions. Very happy I found this, very inspirational!

[@carlamarlene2927]

and what a beautiful end product!!!

[@coleenxx]

Way-ta-go, Betty. I like your doodle/paint combo.

[@kaylastormprincess3676]

Wow! Thanks for the lesson! I love to doodle and this is right up my alley! Gonna have some fun this weekend! Thanks, Doll!

[@sueb-t2183]

I wasn't sure about the piece until you pulled it all together and wow!

[@bnyzhny]

Oh. My. Goodness. Utterly enchanting! 😍👏 Thank you.

[@BettyFranksArt]

Sweet! Thanks, Bonnie!!

[@carlamarlene2927]

i came to LOVE the multitude of colors in the upper left! i LOVE it

[@nanabusterd]

I'm just a beginner and I've referred back to your video many times for instruction. Thank you so much for explaining your technique. I love this painting.

[@msdeedee1808]

Thank you Betty for this awesome video. I love how you explain why you do what you do and how. Giving me lots of ideas!

[@annapritchard2074]

I really like the napkin "trick", love that look I would never think about so many layers,...such happy colors

[@tanyahannemann9259]

I love how care free you are by not over thinking it. I think I might have to try this to loosen up my process.

[@shirleyping7058]

Love the way all the colors just work together to create such a fun vibrant painting!

[@KathySpiersSilverKat]

FABULOUS, wonderful, inspiring!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!!

[@karenrhodes823]

Thanks for sharing. Love the colors and composition. I have stacks of doodle journals and I plan on trying this technique. I especially love the way you use two lines for outlining!

[@Angela-px4wc]

Beautiful work. I feel so inspired! Thank you for this ☺

[@lauraanne8066]

Thank you for this demo. I doodle all the time and never thought of incorporating them into a painting. Love this. I will be trying my own.

[@janicejames6723]

thank you, I ve got a lot of inspiration beside it being gorgeous andfun to watch. especially the use of white to make a colour pop

[@angiegreen6366]

Beautiful to watch. Thank you.

[@sharonreeve7509]

I wish I could be as fearless as you!! Loved your video! Thank you!

[@brandybobo2980]

WOW on the doodles, I’m impressed!

[@Solonomadjourneys]

so beautiful! inspiring! thank you so much! I am glad I have found you :)

[@christineconley105]

This is a magnificent video! I love it! Also, it is full of very helpful suggestions. Thank you so much.

[@pattalijan8695]

Love it. Love it! Love it! Must try doing this.

[@elbairisnatal341]

Thanks for sharing this video. I love the way you changed the color of the the petals and the finishing touches at completion of this beautiful art work.

[@LaniLeDesigns]

I love your techniques and this is beautiful! TFS!

[@SharonMarieHobson]

I really enjoyed watching you create this...very inspiring...thank you for sharing.x

[@beckysteffens3976]

Thank you so much for the colorful, inspirational video!! Your work is beautiful!!

[@wellnessdownunder]

Great work, so beautiful, thank you for sharing. Must say it really annoys me how people press the do not like button ,why would you do it, if you don't like it stop watching. Anyways, very inspiring video!

[@happycluck4163]

I LOVE THIS!!! And your tutorial is great!! Thanks much!!!

[@galo8733]

Wonderful, Betty. Thank you for sharing!

[@Lady_in_Waiting]

So pretty!

[@thankfulart]

New Subscriber. This is really great. I love all the colors and layers you use. Beautiful!!

[@FabricPaperAndBeads]

Love this! You have inspired me to try this myself! Thanks for sharing!

[@barbgilroy7091]

Gorgeous! Thanks very much for sharing your process!

[@kaysong4015]

You make it look so easy and fun. I very much enjoyed watching your creative process. It's beautiful I liked the white petals in the beginning but you finished it off beautifully with the purple and white outlines. You're very creative!

[@MsKB7]

OMG! Beautiful! I teach elementary art. THANK YOU! so much for this tutorial.

[@theteatimegarden3122]

Thank you Betty for sharing such a wonderful video! I have enjoyed this video and look forward to watching your other videos..Keep sharing!

[@annemariejanes6760]

Thank you for sharing.Your canvas is beautifull .I give you a big kiss from France. I use your painting technique and i am happy to paint this.Thank you Betty. Anne Marie.

[@windybayart]

This is really beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

[@debicarver11]

Beautiful....love all the colors

[@CatHand]

Beautiful canvas, Betty! I really love it! :)

[@patjones2559]

Absolutely wonderful!!!!!

[@CoxJoxSox]

You have a great sense of design and I can tell you doodle a lot because you have a confident stroke and quite precise lines. Good job! :)

[@ariellesommer7303]

very, very beautiful!!! Thank you very much for sharing!

[@doreenb1837]

New subbie, WoW your canvas is super!!! Will be watching all your tuts.

[@andreaharutunian3316]

loved the video, very inspiring 😊 thx for sharing...

[@rebeccahicks8]

Hello, I love how you kept adding colors on top of colors which made it interesting! Then the doodling, WOW that really was fun to watch, learned so much. I also agree that the mixed media pictures are complete with the white and black splatters! Thank You.

[@nitawray1125]

Thanks Betty! Amazing what you can do! Love your art work!🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆♥️

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thank you so much!

[@monicaalexander3812]

I just did this for a gift and it came out very nice!

[@windacollins29]

Finally took the time to browse through some of your earlier works. I learn something new from each of your videos, and love being able to witness your aesthetic evolution. Once again, thank you for the inspiration and for so generously sharing your talent!

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thank you so much for going through my older videos, Winda! I appreciate it very much!

[@michibuckley2046]

Wow,super cool! I wish I could draw and doodle well. TFS.

[@whyducks1]

Yet another one of your videos where I have to remember to breath, it is so exciting and interesting. Thank You so much for posting it, keep them coming please. So inspiring. x

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thank you Kathy! Yes....breathe...it's all fun stuff!

[@umabhattacharya2598]

Thank you for sharing with us n its simply beautiful

[@dianehigham1293]

Stunning!!

[@kimmitchell1189]

Beautiful work - you've inspired me!

[@annierodenberg2327]

Beautiful! I especially, love your spontaneity, freely painting, and having fun with ART. Thanks for sharing.

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thanks, Annie! This was a fun piece to create!

[@lindaperkins5265]

Just watched your video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Well explained and you take the fear out of painting loose. Been doodling on paper.....now on to canvas! You're very creative.

[@shelby5577]

LOVE your channel, your artwork is amazing and I really like how you do your video's, easy to understand and a pleasure to listen to. Can't wait to try my hand on your suggestions and come back and learn more :)

[@homebound31]

You are truly a gifted artist!!!

[@tracyscott2749]

Fabulous Betty. I love this xx

[@LottieSue]

Magnificent! I have some really cool doodle flowers that I've been wanting to incorporate into art but had not idea how. I appreicate so much your sharing your video with us.

[@jillhaglund3940]

super nice Betty~ thank you for sharing!

[@lindabaker6034]

I think you are very talented and creative. Love your stuff!!

[@meechipeachi]

Fun!! And I like the speed and your commentary. Thank you

[@tango780]

beautiful - beautifully designed and executed

[@lilylegacy-zierer7397]

I love the combination of doodle and painting. You always find fun and interesting ways to inspire. Thank you for being so generous with your talents. 🌻🌺

[@BettyFranksArt]

Glad you liked the video, Lily! Thanks for watching!

[@DonandBirdieHarms]

I am a novice at art, a grandmother homeschooling 3 grandchildren and last year I took up painting in an art journal. I love it. I used this KZbin video today to do a lesson with my grandchildren and wanted to show you the outcome. It was super fun to do. Thank you so much for sharing your talent so that others can learn. I wish I could show you the picture I took of the finished results, but I don't know how to do that.

[@eliseshaw3341]

Betty I saw your comment about your style changing. I love both. Been watching your huge canvas painting video. Amazed at your process. I’m not sure I could do it. But I really like it!

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thank you, Elise, for your kind comment!

[@ranaoriel5997]

thankyou for sharing your experience with us,good work.

[@truthseeker4699]

Love it... I love that you believe in using all colors together and it turns out great. Thank you for the video!

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@CookiesPls]

This looks like fun :) I might try it myself. It's also the first time I've seen someone use the Sharpie poster paints. Great job!

[@elinelibellule]

Thank you ! So amazing and well explained tutorial.

[@eliseshaw3341]

I really love this!

[@artcgal]

I just love how it all came together.

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thank you so much!

[@sandysmultimediaartworld1699]

Loved watching Thankyou 😊

[@craftywyliecoyote]

Beautiful canvas Betty. Tfs hugs Helen x

[@lauraguthrie8451]

LOVE this !!!!

[@PaulWalesArt]

I have loved this image since it started coming up in my YT feed a while back. Finally got around to watching it. It’s amazing to consider your transformation as an artist since this was posted. That said, I love this piece every bit as much as your current work, and as others have said, it’s so easy to fall in love with the process you used on this piece. As always - Thank you for sharing yourself - you are so inspirational and a joy to spend time with.

[@BettyFranksArt]

You are super kind! I love this one, too, and truly enjoyed that part of my journey to where I am today. I still doodle flowers (just using a black pen) when I need some down time but still want to do something creative (cuz I can't seem to just not!). Thanks you for following my art adventures!

[@carolinaibarra6414]

I loved it!

[@stargazer9861]

I love painting like this to because it's so random and you get something you never expected, that seems to be my best work than the stuff I plan out.

[@marysherwood3189]

Just completed the Fields of Flowers tutorial and I was overwhelmed and not real happy with my first attempt. I happened to run across this older tutorial and I completed a simple 8 x 8 piece which definitely increased my confidence. Your style has grown and expanded quite a bit since this video. Thanks for this one and for your future support.

[@BettyFranksArt]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@lotusblossoms51]

Hi there! I loved watching you paint n doodle! I want to painting n doodling too... so inspiring ~ looking forward to seeing your new ones. I subscribed :) Happily, Tina :)

[@TartNsweet2255]

I, too, saw your channel for the first time today. Your direction was inspiring this Texas gal busting my way out of this art block. I really liked your piece!

[@BettyFranksArt]

Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching, Eva!

[@oldcalir.e.broker9094]

It was obvious you had just as much fun creating this one as I did watching you. Smiles when you added something that surprised gme. Thank you Betty.

[@BettyFranksArt]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

[@NicoleDesigns]

This is GORGEOUS! I could not understand why you kept going over certain things with different colors but now I see it with the layering of colors..... Looks AMAZING! I have subscribed!

[@mytreasuredcreations]

Hi Betty, you were such an inspiration to me. I have been dabbling with mixed media for a while now. I like to play with it when I make my custom albums or when I create scrapbooks in my artsy books of my children, BUT I had never just created a fun canvas like the one you showed on the video. Yesterday I watched this video a couple of times, and today I just had to make one too. So I spent a couple hours on my castle (upstairs craft room) and made my canvas. I used your doodle, your techniques, but I didn't have the poster pens so I just used white paint to add the highlights. I am soooo happy with the way the canvas turned out. I am getting so excited about teaching classes again. Ah, one more thing! I loved when you say in the video that you used to think that only some colors go together, but now you believe all colors go together, just look at nature. So I added that quote to the sides of my canvas, and to the main focal point (the flower) I added "Begin Today". I hope to take some photos tomorrow and post my canvas on my blog with a link to your video. Do make more of these! Now I am on to your facebook page! Thanks again for sharing and taking the time to do this video. I know it's a lot of work. PS. Did you get your video camera for Christmas?? Blessings, Tereza

[@BettyFranksArt]

Hi Tereze! Thank you so much for your note! I'm so happy that you gave it a try! I would love to see your creation. Feel free to post it on my Mystic Tulip Mixed Media facebook page. To answer your question...no, I didn't get a video camera for Christmas. But, I'm hoping to get one sometime this year. In the meantime, I'll just use my trusty (photo) camera! :-) Betty

[@theresawatamaniuk6562]

Love your techniques...gorgeous!

[@BettyFranksArt]

Many thanks, Theresa!

[@nonaksa87]

cool Colours😍👍 good job. keep it up.🌹

[@islandn8tion]

Your work is beautiful!!!!