Follow Your Color Cravings- Artist Vlog

[@artisforusall]

Irit, you are absolutely incredible!!! I have always been drawn to the colours you use, and tend to focus on them myself, they are just gorgeous!!! I think you have a wonderful way of encouraging everyone to create from the heart, you reassure people that it justifies the time even when results are abstract or less than ideal! This is a great gift!!! You are the BEST IRIT!!!!!!!!!!

[@iritlandgraf]

Thank you so much! Such kind words, much appreciated 💕💕💕💕

[@susansacco7583]

OMG! Can I live in your beautiful pink studio please?😂💕 That’s smart Irit! Explore your favorite color and all the shades in between. Loved everything you shared. Thanks so much! Namaste 🙏

[@iritlandgraf]

Come on over ☺️

[@crowquillgal1016]

Can I just tell you that I am repeatedly inspired by your consistent creativity. It helps me keep creating too, so thank you for that!!!

[@iritlandgraf]

I'm so glad!

[@misschrissymcd]

There is no such thing as too much PINK! 💕

[@iritlandgraf]

Right??? Thank you!!

[@chelseasmith3706]

Pink and blue looks great together. Love your work.❤ I really love the pinks. My two favorite colors right are pink and blue. They go well together

[@ginagray4409]

I LOVED this video! You always inspire me with your color palettes whether it’s paint or yarn! I’m so happy to see that you are still crocheting/knitting! Funny I was looking back at your old scrapbooking videos bc I’ve been thinking about making one again. I can’t believe I’ve been following you for 10 Years!!! 🎉 what a wonderful journey it has been ❤

[@iritlandgraf]

OMG has it really been 10 years??? That's insane... Thank you so much for being a part of the journey and I'm happy to still inspire you Gina!!

[@susansacco7583]

Yes. Yarn magic. Color magic. So soft and beautiful. Like you, Irit. 💕 Thanks for for getting me painting today! Yeah! 💕 I’m playing with a muted, soft pink with iridescent bronze ( Golden, fluid) + fluorescent magenta and a little ultramarine light, touch of fluorescent chartreuse, soft light yellow. Grabbed a pen and made it into a flower! No thinking. Bada bing! 💕 Follow the color 🌈 Really love the Venetian pink- like color with the bronze. Lovely accident. Painting with you, Irit💕 Thank you 🙏 Namaste 🙏

[@iritlandgraf]

Oh yay!! That sounds so lovely, I want to go paint with those colors now just from reading about them! Wonderful!

[@SUSSDUE]

Thank you! I was really down in the dumps this morning but watching your video made me see the day in a brighter light! Such lovely crochet and great colours!

[@iritlandgraf]

Oh yay! Love this comment, glad I could make your day a bit brighter 😊

[@KittehNow]

The yarn you used to make the granny squares is GLORIOUS. I haven't seen yarn that pretty in a long time. This video was quite enjoyable 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷thank you, Irit😊

[@iritlandgraf]

Glad you enjoyed ❤️❤️❤️

[@dianaromig732]

Thank you for reminding me to get out my Delgreen gouache sticks. I too have been following Betty Franks for her color sense and would be fun to take her class but I need to focus on your course 🎉❤

[@iritlandgraf]

You are so welcome! Those sticks are fun! If you do decide at some point to sign up for her class make sure you hunt a discount, she always offers 20% somewhere, it'll save you about 20$ so look out for that ❤️ in the meantime enjoy the rainbow course!

[@ChantelleArts]

If anything, that isnt enough pink ☺☺☺

[@iritlandgraf]

Haha thank you!!! I knew there were other out there 🩷🌸

[@susansacco7583]

Hi- + buff titanium color. Sorry 😮. You asked right 🤷🏻‍♀️🌸 So fun! Namaste 🙏

[@iritlandgraf]

Love it!!

[@susansacco7583]

I’m with you💕

[@iritlandgraf]

Yay!

[@Perasperaadastra-m6h]

Awsome video, so relaxing. Thank you.

[@iritlandgraf]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@delicatesseract]

Loving this video so much. Huzzah yarn content!!!! 😍What's your favorite yarn weight/needle/hook size? Any fibers you love/hate? I like how you mentioned how you might not wear something so colorful, even if you love looking at it. Over the past few years I'm coming back to painting after a long hiatus where I was *only* dyeing yarn, and even though there's a massive overlap, some of the colors I love in yarn are not necessarily the same ones I want in a painting, right? And vice versa. Once again, context is e v e r y t h i n g. 🤣By the way, I'm getting so much out of your class right now, even though I'm going really slowly.

[@iritlandgraf]

Yay!! Glad to hear you're enjoying the class! Oh to dye yarn... I think at the end of the day I just want to be immersed in colors I love, look at them, play... Yarn is just another manifestation of that desire I think. As for which yarn... Soft, airy, colorful! I love hand dyed yarns with speckles right now, it just makes me soooo happy! love the 5-6mm hooks for crochet and for knitting I'm still not settled on absolute faves... It's all a journey!

[@snowsjournal]

This video was so relaxing. Exactly what I needed to relax after work 😅 I love your current color palette. I used to be mostly drawn to earth colors and now I’m starting to crave bright happy colors. These happy colors in your videos make me feel better. Thank you for sharing!

[@iritlandgraf]

You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed ❤️❤️

[@DebsArtsyLife]

I am so enjoying this video! I love love love the yarny content❤ I hope you will film more crochet & knitting! I like the combined content! I combine all my artsy things on my channel.

[@iritlandgraf]

Thank you! Will do!

[@NinaQueena]

Omg!! I always have my art youtoubers on the one hand and my crochet youtoubers on the other hand- But YOU ARE BOTH 🎉🎉🎉😂😂

[@iritlandgraf]

Haha absolutely!! We need more multi passionate peeps here!!

[@pagewhite61]

I love this video and this idea of leaning into color crushes. I’m very much still feeling my way through what colors i love and what subject matter I love, right now they aren’t really matching up. I think doing something like this might help. Thanks Irit!

[@iritlandgraf]

You can do it! It's such an interesting experience to figure out how color makes you feel, enjoy it!

[@rachelkashani]

Loved your video!!!! “Yarny magic” 😂 I totally get that! Hope to start your new course this week and really looking forward to it. Currently knitting a wool purple fall jacket for my 5 year old daughter and cotton/linen summer top for me ❤❤❤

[@iritlandgraf]

Yay! Thank you! That sounds lovely!! I'm still in winter mode here, scarves it seems... Glad you enjoyed!

[@kzbaby2002]

You sure are consistent with your color preferences. I was thinking - imagine if one day you changed and started preferring colors completely opposite????

[@iritlandgraf]

I can tell you with confidence it will change. BUT my bedroom for example is the most boring no color room, and then our living room has soft colors, so I get my different color fixes in different areas of the house. I don't know if I'd want the whole house to be as colorful as my studio... I guess I mostly feel my roommates aka partner and kids might object 😄

[@kzbaby2002]

@@iritlandgraf Well I really do like your painting colors! Also I crochet too. Your granny squares are yummy.

[@iritlandgraf]

Thanks a lot!

[@jadexx3]

Irit, I know how much you love matte acrylic so you can draw on top of it. I started mixing colors with white gesso instead of white acrylic and found out that it turns the mixes into matte colors! I thought I’d share 😀 Btw, a granny square blanket would be sooo good! Love your color choices

[@iritlandgraf]

Thanks for the tip!

[@jadexx3]

No problem! I thought of you immediately when I noticed 😄

[@sabinemetscher6449]

Beautiful, the Stricken & Häkeln pieces. Lovely that a friend can help you with translation. I used to knit & crochet between German & American magazines. The way you talk it out, what to do with happy granny squares & things you are not into is so relatable 💕Amsterdam paints, I’ve been looking at them, Holbein Gouache & Lukas for peach type tones. Rice paper I also have a pad-It’s coming out💡🐾🐾🌞Thank Irit🦢🩷

[@iritlandgraf]

Have fun playing! Amsterdam are a new favorite for their availability, price and selection of opaque colors ☺️

[@kanamichelle7404]

I don’t crochet or knit, but that yarn is GORGEOUS!

[@iritlandgraf]

Right?? I think so too, obsessed 🤩

[@dianekhamilton]

I love your colors! Have you ever watched Gaynor Pattle from the UK? She is also fun to watch, imo

[@iritlandgraf]

I'll check her out! Thanks 🩷

[@michellef1847]

That looks like a gorgeous lap quilt in the making. 😍

[@iritlandgraf]

I think so too!

[@michellef1847]

@@iritlandgraf I would love to see a video on how you finish it if you are interested in doing that. 😁

[@iritlandgraf]

will definitely update! I’m trying to decide on the join method…

[@artiskalai1970]

Love all the pink. And thanks for giving yourself (and us) permission to play with pink. I too love pink but often think I have to be more sophisticated or subtle and so don't allow myself to indulge in pink! I have some Amsterdam acrylics (mostly standard and one expert). What is the difference (in your experience and opinion) between the expert and the standard? Do you think it's worth the extra money to get the expert series?

[@iritlandgraf]

Yes!! Let us play with pink!! With the expert series, I'm guessing the pigment load is higher, but with some colors, especially the light ones, there's no reason to buy expensive paint IMO. But with certain pigments and transparent colors there can be a difference and if one wants full intensity, usually that's only found in artist grade. That's my thinking in any case. Thanks for commenting!

[@kimgoranson9954]

Have you ever used a Jelli plate? I’m going to my studio right now to create a background using those gorgeous pinks. They make great base layers to paint on. I will join your class today or tomorrow. I am excited!

[@iritlandgraf]

Yes I have! It's super fun. My one issue is that I never know what to do with all those great backgrounds... I really tend to lose interest fast so prefer to finish a project asap before it bores me :) But I know lots of people love to create tons of backgrounds with their gelli plates :)

[@elizabethlynch6544]

I actually used a photo album to have all of my paintings where they're on paper.

[@iritlandgraf]

Great idea!