Girl seeks inspiration (not social media) cosy autumn vibes, draw with me, sketch loosely session

Sharing some cosy inspiration (not using social media) this week and some of my earliest influences on my creative journey. My IG Instagram - / theunexpectedgypsy Also, a drawing warm-up, sketching session and draw with me date. Let's get super autumn cozy, grabbing floor cushions, all our favourite books and a nice cuppa tea! Let me know your favourite ways for getting inspired too in the comments below! Thank you so much for keeping me company. Try to keep your lights shining bright & your teacups full! Softest Hugs, Wendy. Xx
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00:00 intro
00:28 apologies and explanations
00:55 addressing an important comment on looseness and precision
02:47 inspiration time, early influences,
05:58 earliest influence
07:42 Paris influences
10:02 illustrations
11:28 patterns
11:50 postcards my favourite paintings (for looseness)
12:50 a very emotional relationship with this one
15:41 drawing warm
17:02 what shall I draw? Draw with me.
17:58 starting the sketch (sketch number 1) dancing girl with tamborine
19:57 sketch number 2 a proud lady
23:40 sketch number 3 vintage country cottage core girl
26:11 tag me on instagram @theunexpectedgypsy
26:40 final words and commenting on comments from last week
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[@theunexpectedgypsy]

*Share your favourite inspo down below please!! (Love you, thanks!) xxxx*

[@JulieonYoutube]

I wrote this on the Patreon page and I will copy it here too as this video was such a hit to my heart: Dear Wendy, this video is magical... it brought me back at the time I stopped smoking as I would go at the museum where I could not smoke, so less temptation there!!!, and one time I sat in front of a painting that just mesmorized me.. I think I sat there for hours... it was an indian women picking up water from a small creek... As I was watching this video I drew it... nothing fancy... just lines representing the trees, and the water, and started with a 'stick women" as for the indian lady... G.od Bless You Wendy and James! Please know how much you make a positive difference in the world! XOXOXO

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

@@JulieonKZbin Thank you Beauty I see you over there too! xxxxxxxxxx You make a big difference too xxxx hearts and hugs to you xx

[@susinok]

I have a German Grimm's Fairy Tales book that Oma used to read from when I was very, very young. It had very loose, almost non-representational watercolors as illustrations. They were also in very bright colors. The Dwarves had bright pink cheeks, flushed faces, etc. There were also very loose black and white paintings. I have always tried to be that loose myself in my watercolor. I need to pull out that book and try. The Illustrator was Janusz Grabiański. Very little is on the internet about him. Polish illustrator.

[@katpaints]

@@susinok I just found quite a bit. I think it is all in Polish, though. I just looked up his name. I can find myself lost looking at things like this!

[@susinok]

@@katpaints I found a Pinterest group with many of his images on it. Such gorgeous things from other books. Some are quite modern in a 1950s vibe. I love it!

[@sherelynwhite4130]

Thank you dear Wendy for this lovely video.💞 It actually brought me to tears, remembering my dear mother and how much she inspired me from an early age with books throughout the house filled with artists and their lives and their work. I didn't have the luxury of going to museums as a young child but our house was filled with the paintings that hang in those museums around the world. I too was encouraged by my mother to follow my artistic adventure,and for that I am eternally grateful. The best advice that I was ever given was by her. She'd always say "sweetheart just remember to pick the pencil up every day and draw something, anything, just draw something". I miss her so much but her love for art (and she was a fabulous artist herself) and her love for life lives on in me. With much gratitude I send you an ocean of aloha for this lovely reminder to get into my library and go back to the artists that inspired me the most. Thank you!💞🌈🌺🙋‍♀️

[@ianmilton9587]

Interesting what words your brother gave you because my mantra is 'if you draw what you see, it has to look like what it is'. I love your videos, I find them greatly comforting and inspirational. Thank you! X

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Awww love his thank you 🌷🌷

[@HoneyRoseSwimwearOutlet]

Watching your videos is like having a warm cup of tea 🌸

[@trishs.4326]

Yes my mum is a professional artist 🧑‍🎨 unfortunately now she is in the middle of her dementia Journey, unfortunately she cannot pick up a 🎨 brush anymore , but when I carat with her about the art that I create it stings her out of her uncognative state of mind & she becomes mum again . And gives me her beautiful art advice & how she enjoys doing her brush strokes 🫶🏽🫠😏 I and super blessed and love her so much . I love your sketches hun😊

[@lallison1313]

Oh Wendy - I just loved this heart-felt video and the journey back to your childhood, and early days as an artist. And thank you for always being your beautiful authentic self, and for the inspiration today. Sending love and hugs to you xx 🌺🥰

[@fynnandfynner]

I get most if my inspiration from walking the hills of Derbyshire. I'm mostly inspired by colour at the moment, and the changing of the seasons. I'm enjoying watching all the happy, vibrant, bright and beautiful colours of summer giving way to the quieter and more sedate colours of autum, and in turn slide into winter.... also mushroom season is apon us, and who doesn't love a good fairy 🧚‍♂️ ring.......

[@RED-lh4vq]

A phrase I think about a lot when I create is “do what makes you happy and brings you joy “. So whenever I knit, crochet , draw or paint , I think about that , and it helps take away the pressure of perfection.

[@lcarolc03]

I feel so peaceful and inspired by you. Thank you , Wendy.

[@user-wi3ng1kq2z]

I have most certainly enjoyed this video very much! Thank You so much for sharing all of these great ideas and solutions with all of us... Lots of Love from Kassandra

[@sherryliberto6749]

You are my favorite inspiration 💛. Sending love and big hugs Sherry ❤

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Thanks Sherry!!!! xxxxx mwah! xxx big loves to you too x

[@ilselauwers6009]

The advice I got and in a way woke me up big time was a simple : just go for it, start and get on with it. Just do it and put pen to paper. I love the loose way you hold your pencils and paint brushes 🤗

[@jeanettebarto2774]

Love watching you draw❤️ You make it look so easy. I have been pulling pictures from magazines while watching. They will go into my journal.

[@user-uc3ep6qc5o]

just love my Sunday evening Wendy time. you so inspire me and i know many others. Like you, my Mum is the reason i can do so many arts and crafts as well as cooking and being a strong independent women. I live with my mum and brother and we often joke our house is held up with books. Yesterday in our local phone box libriary i found 3 old books. British birds ,wild flowers and trees. Some amazing pictures to inspire me but also the smell of old books. After a really hectic 2 weeks at work, Friday night i felt washed out and it made me think of your video about nesting and allowing myself time to rest\sleep. So I've done nothing not even any art just a few crochet hearts. the rest of the time I've slept and chilled. Im not the best of sleeper's but i guess my body needed the peace of sleep this weekend. love and hugs

[@nature12487]

Incredible episode. So inspired. Now going to look up Kate Greenaway images and practice. Have pulled out old children's books and am spending more time in the garden practicing flowers, leaves, trees and sitting in town studying faces. So much inspiration, memories and episode brought me to tears. Incredible to sketch along with you and to hear your family history. Thank you so much for sharing with us Wendy. Beautiful soul and spirit. During difficult times I turn to quotes and poems as guidance. Art is now just becoming part of what I turn to. Thank you dear one. Lisa, Ontario Canada 🇬🇧🇨🇦🌟🙏🌅❤️

[@lcarolc03]

Some of my inspiration comes from my childhood books of illustrated nursery rhymes. Lately I’ve begun a small doll collection. My dolls are now my Muses , my models. I stopped using photos on line about a year ago and replaced them with my dolls. My work now feels more authentic and pure.

[@lotusflowerpassion]

Thanks dear for sharing , I have a few books which actually I have not looked through lately is a wonderful Idea . It is wonderful that your mom was so encouraging to you . Many of the great masters were an inspiration for me as a child was fascinated and watched every movie about the artists and have looked them up is wonderful to learn about them. I have a inner critic as we all do which will of course come up and the perfectionist so the loosing up and the sketchbooks where you can just be loose is yes so wonderful to do . I had a few teachers that encouraged me and had a fellow artist tell me years ago he felt I had a special Artist eye and told me never let anyone ever discourage you . This was inspiration for me as at that time in my life I did struggle as I never had the encouragement as a Child or encouragement to pursue what I loved. I love your time you share with us as is so inspiring dear and means so much to be to spend time with you , it is wonderful to spend time with fellow artist that are encouraging and inspiring . lots of love oh and I love so many of the great masters ,I am in so aww of the amazing Talent they had .

[@soulofjo]

Wow, what a talent!!💚 I loved your expression: constant feast for our eyeballs😅👌

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@cps7915]

I really like hearing about how you stay inspired. My problem is that I start looking through my books and end up falling in to that rabbit hole and forget about finding my own inspiration. 😮😊

[@sandradbecker4078]

The most LOVELY video! Thank you soooooooooo much for sharing your time and making it so comfortable. Like visiting a friend. Hugs!

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Thank you so much Sandra for keeping me company xxxxx old friend indeed xxx

[@deirdreclark2128]

The artist Dora Carrington always had little drawings in her letters and postcards. One of my favorite artists. Really enjoyed your video...thanks.

[@thesunflowercottage]

You are the art teacher I wish I met in school or when I was a child but glad I found now than never ❤

[@WorldWideWebObserver]

Hello Wendy! We enjoy watching you create in your cozy studio nook. Looks like autumn there in Britain. Temps are still 95 F here in Texas, dog days of summer. Cheers to you and James.🌻

[@eileenowens8888]

thank you wendy ,watching you sketch today made me realise i dont sketch anywhere near enough ,i;m going to look out my book right now !! many thanks for your vids love and favour to you xxx

[@ATC.Tigerlily]

Thank you for a lovely relaxing and uplifting video and sketch session. 🙏 😊 my fave art quote from H.H. Hale is "art enables us to find and lose ourselves at the same time." My art journey started later in life, not for lack of desire but lack of opportunity and encouragement at a younger age. It was spurred with a need for healing. And just poured out for the last 3 years and going. And it evolved into a wonderful practice of joy and study that will be lifelong because it’s become as estuary to me as water. So Hale’s quote covers all the "bits and bobs" of life’s unexpected twist and turns and revelations. Namaste 🪷 Amen 🕊

[@artbysonyabadgley]

Thank you so much for sharing your wise advice. Your drawings are so so charming! I love going through books as well to get my artistic juices flowing. I often use dolls as my inspiration too.

[@smalefamily9806]

Thank you so much for your inspiration, sharing your process with us.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@tanyaschmith9737]

Omg 50 minutes of Wendy would have been fabulous the longer the video the better I say!!!! 😍 love your channel ❤️

[@alison64able]

Such a treat. Just your company is a joy. Bless you

[@jacquelinemulders9975]

The book: “the artists way” from Julia Cameron helps getting rid of old blockades.. Getting loose and free in being active in our art, I think, has everything to do with how we feel… You are so very right about that… letting go of expectations and the need of result makes it easy to just DO… 😅

[@janeadlington7150]

I was coming here to say this xx

[@collenemeeks5212]

Wendy, I love watching your videos. I feel like I have a friend though them buy I realize you don't know us out here. I do want to thank you for sharing your thoughts. You may never really know how much you bless people's lives. But some day I hope you get to see and that you receive the joy you so deserve. Oh and James as well.

[@kridlavily]

Dear Wendy, thank you for beautiful video. :-) I find my inspirations in our town library, where I always get some beautiful books. I especially love animal and mushroom guidebooks and books about plants. Recently, I have been mainly into painting and drawing of various Cephalopods (Octopus, Ammonites, squids, etc...😀) and prehistoric creatures.📗📚🐙🐙🐙😀. And, of course, my big inspiration is just observing nature. 🏞

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

oh yes, you have inspired me to plan a visit to my local one too! Thank you x

[@radiantchristina]

Listening while I work but was tempted to grab a cushion and get comfy 😘😇

[@rumdo5617]

Aw Wendy - I don’t think you could be any more helpful. Thank you for the inspiration 🙏

[@tracyleecornish5398]

My favourite inspiration from my childhood has to be Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and Blinky Bill which my Mother gave me when I was a child I still have Blinky Bill book my daughter has the Snugglepot and Cuddlepie book but I have a secret second hand copy which I found and I still Love it!. Thank you for sharing you always inspire me Wendy Hugs to you XX

[@BozkurtAyse]

Dear Wendy; when i listen to you i feel like i'm talking and learning from my mother or my older sister. I'm not sure if it would be enough to just write here expressing the feeling. I love your accent and your soothing voice. You do actually live like a fairy as far as i can see from here. 😄 I hope one day(i don't know how) i get the chance to meet you and have a little conversation with you. Your videos helps so much with feeling not enough or anxious about being alive. Thanks to you i got back to my watercolor painting. Softest hugs to you lovely Fairy Lady.🌹

[@mandyturner8703]

Thanks once again Wendy💜your videos inspire me most definitely!😊 plus nature, flowers, animals, books magazines calendars and my tubes of paint and paint brushes and timber pieces and canvasses and also different types of paper and all my craft materials and even my fabric ! Sometimes I wonder!!! Should I get a job to earn money but when I pick up my brushes which is most days I know this is what I'm suppose to be doing! And a special thanks to you for making me feel in my heart I'm at home in my heart knowing I'm doing the right thing! And I know it'll happen hopefully when I take the plunge and put my art out there soon !!!❤🎨

[@user-qf9vz4dv5s]

Hello there from Australia, just loving your vlogs Mirka Mora and Margaret Olley are my inspirational artists

[@EileenWstCstGrl]

This was so enjoyable! You must be feeling better because you look beautiful and peaceful, just like your video.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@vikkigrenier2978]

You sharing your journey through art has been an inspiration for me.. I've learned a lot about being free and being yourself..and enjoying your own art and having fun... I don't stress anymore. Just enjoy the journey!... thanks love..

[@chrisr792]

Brilliant video this week, I feel inspired to try. I miss my mum, she passed Dec 19 biggest thing she taught me is never give up, power through despite how you feel. Loved your drawing. You opened something up in me today x

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

awww, softest hugs Chris xxx

[@lcarolc03]

Wendy , I don’t follow many artists on KZbin , but your videos are a pleasure. Finally I can relate to “ working loose” the way you describe. I’ve never been able to relate to wild splashes of thoughtless colors and marks. In fact , I’ve become more stressed when pushed to try it. However I notice that I enjoy painting much more recently when I stretch , stop for yoga breaks , walk outside for a bit. I did a number of quick sketches this weekend unconcerned about results - just feeling relaxed while I tested different papers. To my surprise , the sketches were fairly decent although done with a different purpose in mind. Thank you so much for explaining your ideas of “ working loose”.

[@KateColors]

A wonderful video. Enticing me to keep on with unearthing my studio so I can pull out an art book or two. Inspiring. Thank you.

[@christinedempsey4151]

Wendy your drawings are beautiful. Thank you for all your inspiring videos. I have a very long way to go! ❤ Good luck with your house hunting. Chris

[@cecilycrewe6702]

Thank you for sharing the books you use as inspiration

[@leaherickson6070]

I have a few favorite artists, I love John Singer Sargent, Monet, Van Gogh, I love children's books illustrators too. I have enjoyed you getting loose, to paint because it makes me feel whole and happy. I think I go for big projects and have never really learned about sketchbooks until this last year. I made a book of my own, it takes some intention to play too I think, just for fun, while bigger paintings have a little more pressure to be good. I want to do more playing. When I get discouraged, I look at beautiful art for sure and I look at my own art and say that this bad patch is just getting me to another level. Thank you for being so encouraging and positive.

[@paulahaynes6131]

Thank you so much for all your encouraging and inspiring suggestions and showing us your art practice. I homeschooled my children and now they are homeschooling their children as well. Any saying we used the Calharlett Mason method a lot and did copy work work to learn spelling and grammar practices. Now I am teaching my grands about art and will definitely use this copy method with them. Thank you again.

[@karehhartig7287]

Beautiful message here Wendy. ❤ Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful inspiring video. ❤

[@jillychandler]

I love this time of year, being cosy in the house, with Madge, my rescue ex racing black greyhound. I love your chatty vids, you give me inspiration to get on with my arts and crafts. I am a pottery painter, but have not done any for ages - have been upcycling my Father's chair though, and it is looking just how I wanted it to. I love books, and trying to copy some of the pictures. I wish I lived near you, so I could be with you to have some guidance on how to draw. You are inspiring. Thank you. xxx

[@cuanholistic]

love this video ❤ you are so talented ✍ wonderful to hear your relationship with your mother ❤

[@lisahatch2649]

I absolutely love SARK! I have so many of her books.

[@jacquelinemulders9975]

Oh and this: Julia says somewhere in her book: “ dear lord, if I take care of the quantity, you will take care of the quality”…. Wonderfull! And I wanted to tell you that you look very well ( again).. 👍😊

[@joannaosborne4547]

This video has been quite good for thinking about how to curate a library for inspiration. I notice as breifly as it was when you were showing the Princess and the Pea book you flashed past a page of ladies I think dancing and I could see how much it influences your work maybe on a subconcious level but it reminded me so much of your fairies. Just poses and and shapes. We can find inspirated in the smallest thing. Thank for sharing this part of your journey.

[@alexandraalmeida3661]

Hi, Wendy! For personal reasons, I no longer have any book from my childhood, adolescence and youth. I gave them away. So my inspiration is instagram and KZbin. I follow very few people, not to spend all my time scrolling and seeing things that may not inspire or interest me. No one has ever given me any piece of advice regarding art. My mother encouraged my artist skills, but she never had the knowledge to really offer an advice. And the other people always found me weird and eccentric, as they do now. So again I search for advice in instagram and KZbin without watching too many videos or spending too much time seeing posts. I loved to have seen you draw. Thanks for keeping me company. See you soon 💙💜❤️💗💚💛🖤🧡♥️

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Helllooo Beauty xxxxx No judgement in using social media, it's a great tool and healthy when used the way you are doing it too xxx I love my social media too with healthy limits and boundaries set!!! xx

[@hArtyTruffle]

A blessing to have caught this upload ✨🧚🏻✨

[@christinesheppard5759]

Wendy, I just have to tell you how joyful it was to see you and listen to your inspiring words. I can tell you are feeling much better, just by the cadence of your words and the speed with which you speak. You are looking so rested and you’ve gained back some of the weight you lost when you were feeling poorly. So happy to see you in this new light ❤

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@magdastar2249]

Hello Wendy, Such a great video and I have those books too. I am so happy I got them back from my son lol. A wonderful story about Kate Greenaway. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️🌿⚘️🌿

[@christinebarone2151]

What a sweet video. I loved it. Than k you. Have a terrific week love. 🥰

[@lindadewolf7645]

These are so wonderful!!!!!!

[@robynforman1978]

Your drawings are delightful Wendy. Books are a wonderful resource. Keep up the important work you are doing behind the scenes. I look forward to your next video. Greetings from Brighton

[@mols556]

You're so awesome. Thanks so much for your guidance. I'm so glad I found your videos.

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Welcome! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@MariJadeWrites]

I get inspired by books too and recently got Kiki's delivery service, read it and loved it and the illustrations inside 🥰

[@belindahugheslifestyle]

Thank you so much, Wendy and James, for this lovely video! The illustrations in my current library are botanicals, both wild and cultivated, but I also collect We'Moon feminist datebooks, filled with amazing art, poetry and astronomy. During childhood, I had Charles Schulz' "Peanuts" comic strip sheets then from age nine, doodled 19th Century US antebellum architecture and fashion in my notebook margins during class until h.s. graduation. My great-grandmother was a "Gibson Girl" before my time with her, which, together with Victoria magazine, got me interested in styles and tea gear of that auspicious era. I could get lost in their back issues. And then there's things like photos of homes built from recycled materials and found objects, Earth Ships, Monolithic & Geodesic Dome Homes, Terraform Bubbles and similar that utterly captivate me, as well as outer space and sci fi images. And Hobbit architecture, of course. Blessed be.

[@danawagner9026]

Love We'moon

[@hannahcrumley3103]

I love looking through books by Tasha Tudor, an American artist that I had the privilege to meet in her elderly years. I always feel inspired by her beautiful artwork. My father and my uncle were artists. Sadly my father passed away when I was 19. My uncle was a very successful artist on the Eastern Shore (Chesapeake Area). He was a great encourager to me. When I decided to try watercolor (after only having used oil & acrylics previously) you can imagine my frustrations as I tried to approach it the same as I always had! After expressing my frustration to my uncle and telling him of my botched paintings he asked me what those paintings had taught me… then he said something I’ll never forget: “You will either love your paintings or you’ll learn from them, there is no such thing as a bad painting!” This has been my mantra ever since and it gives me courage to try new things and experiment with my art. 💕

[@hannahcrumley3103]

Forgot to say how very lovely these sketches are Wendy- I always love to see your work- YOU inspire me!🥰

[@carolmarlatt3834]

Love watching you create. ❤

[@junemaguire5053]

Beautiful drawing.

[@TheEmpressgoth]

Thank you your drawings were awesome!

[@debjohn4]

Loved loved this video. Drawing is something I have longed to be able to do. My mom sent me to art classes when I was quite little. I so wanted to draw what I saw.. I believe I stopped even trying when an art teacher told me that I did not draw what she wanted - this was when I was 5 or 6. Any way this was quite inspiring thanks

[@jmitch5161]

Dear Wendy..I watch in wonder! Love and blessings 🙏

[@lindaellis9349]

this was good...thank you and - lovely to see you relaxed and well xx

[@julieannhatch1076]

I look forward to your videos every week. It is such a comforting way to end one week and then move into the next. I have a nursery rhyme book from the 40’s that was my mother’s. I loved it so very much when I was little and I just found it again. Looking forward to sketching a bit from it. Have a beautiful week my never-met-girlfriend. xo

[@chrissyplanteater2892]

I have a large oracle collection and really love to pick a card draw or paint a card of the day 😀✏️

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

oh gosh yes, me too ! xx

[@suewarren7738]

Thank you. ❤I needed to find you today!! Your spirit inspires me! Love

[@deborahmeyers551]

Thanks for sharing darling Wendy your sketches are beautiful your talent blows me away your words are inspiring and enlightening 💜

[@kaytiej8311]

Even the aside of, "Can I find my favourite page?" immediately took my mind back to a page from a favourite book as a child, and then it was just a tumble of images coming from books, photos, record covers, postcards etc. I was amazed at how many things flowed across and brought inspiration, even just as a memory. One of my favorite artists is Jane Hissey, who wrote and illustrated the Old Bear series. I want to venture into the world of colour pencil drawings, particularly botanical, but love the whimsey yet accuracy of Hissey's work and the looseness and limited palette of Gareth Williams work, such as The Rabbits' Wedding. Thank you for giving me needed direction and a never ending resource!

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Love Jane Hissey books too xxxxxx Old Bear!! xxx

[@RevLetaLee]

Thank you.

[@scarletlea5748]

Thank you for all of your inspiration ❤ Your artwork is beautiful, it’s like watching someone dance watching you create 🧚🏻‍♂️

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@patriciarinaldi9390]

I love the sketches ..so lovely. Kate Greenway is one of my favorites.

[@wanpy9045]

Thanks Wendy for your lovely sharing.. Really inspired me to pick up my pencil and start sketching loosely. 😇

[@cmralph...]

I left all social media behind a while ago and it changed my life for the better on every level! Being a pen and ink illustrator I truly need to learn how to get loose. I'm going to try watercolors and see. Despite being from the U.S. I've given myself the gift of an art history (Art Nouveau) class at Oxford - and could not be happier about it! Spotted one of your Nouveau book covers and wanted to mention it. I have a huge library of art reference books (including Kate Greenaway) and will go through them today! Thanks for the inspiration! Great video! Thanks! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

Sounds like heaven to me!! Happy book looking!! xxxxxxx Glad you enjoyed the video too!

[@kridlavily]

What a coincidence! I left Facebook on Saturday after 4 months of deactivation (I had the account for 9 yrs). I had a feeling that deactivation is not enough. It was like having a huge bag of stuff which constantly steals my energy, even if it is closed, and does not serve anything. So, I did delete it for good. And I feel so much better! 😀 I have more creative energy and I feel a big relief.

[@fynnandfynner]

me to..I don't miss it at all....it had to go, its was becoming a monster so I slayed it, and now I'm freeeeeeeee... I've only got yt, and a naked Facebook with no friends so I can keep my photos there for free......as many as I like.......

[@paulawilliams9645]

Dark is amazing. I have got one of her books which I bought on a trip to San Francisco many years ago. Great for inspiration and finding your creativity I might use that for next Thursday's art session

[@lauriedunn6198]

Lovely video. I am not familiar with Kate Greenaway, but her style if reminiscent of Tasha Tudor, one of my favorite artists. She always dressed children in "old fashioned" clothing. Love your brother's advice!

[@dianarene8952]

Saw my first Rembrandt at 20. I was awe struck. Stood there for probably an hour. It inspired me to be a lover of art if nothing else.

[@rhudson31]

Watching your youtube posts are like a comforting visit with an old friend. Your sketches today of the children remind me of sketches I used to do when I was a child (& I’d make my own paper dolls from them.) 😊 I think I’ll try recreating them. I love the song at the end as well. Absolutely heart warming! Thank you Wendy! Sending love your way. 😘

[@paulawilliams9645]

You are so right I have loads of books for inspiration and art history. When I go to my art society sessions I take a different book each week and challenge myself to create something inspired by the book.

[@labcat647]

I loved watching you sketch with such confidence and looseness. And perfect topic... my goal this year has been to finally read and go through all the many books (art, gardening, novels, cookbooks, science, etc... ) I have lived with for years.

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

oh yes, just a cuppa tea and a pile of books! xx

[@jeanninef2110]

Lovely vlog.

[@DarcysMixedMedia]

Now I want to go draw. #inspired I hope you have a delightful day. Love&hugs

[@lindas5964]

One of the very best workshops I’ve ever had as an artist was how to “paint loosely”. It totally changed how I thought about expressing myself in painting. Thank you so much for the video! ❤ As for my Inspo, I collect photos of gardens, old buildings- even ruins because of the different textures and how the light falls.

[@mariaboylan3083]

I loved the long video, no complaints here 😊

[@lucybloom7600]

I absolutely loved your brothers quote; " paint or draw what you See, not what you 'think, you see". It registered with me in a very deep and profound way. I think the phrase I asked the universe for, as a very young child, was for authenticity. To always be myself and let the magic of nature and animals guide me. Thinking my own style and spiritual connection would guide me from a place of love and awe to see and be the movement. The symphony of art. And I agree with you that to have an artistic community around you is most rewarding especially if we are solitary in our older years. The internet has been a godsend for that. Wendy your video today brought immediate connection in my heart & mind visualizing old pictures, treasure books, and things I've packed away for many years that I still love. Your video today grows and grows on me as i replay and watch the nuances of things you talked about. Excellent and heart warming.💞💜🍀🍄🐿

[@eyecu382]

Ohhhhh, I love a long video! x

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

!!! Hahahha! xxxxxxx

[@ehpeachylove]

Dear Wendy you are so inspiring and I was not drawing with you but was mesmerized by your drawing the young girls from that favorite book given by your mum. I never had anyone growing up who inspired me to draw, my mother told me I couldn’t draw a stick figure. But I took art in high school my senior year and did quite well… got a B in the class, enjoyed English Lit and poetry, took two classes of ceramics in college and two semesters of humanities which all sparked my interest in art. You’ve given me insight as I have some of my childhood books still (now74 so that tells you how old they are). Going to look thru them and some of the books I have of my sons to see what I can draw and learn to loosen up. Great tips my dear friend. Love you much and with you and James a wonderful rest of the week and weekend too. ❤❤❤

[@elenamigaldi7404]

Yay!!!! I missed you! ❤️

[@theunexpectedgypsy]

missed you too! xx

[@juliemckenna514]

❤️❤️

[@tinyvanadventures]

You would love Lydia Corbett (aka Sylvette) one of Picasso's muses who became an artist her self her work is fabulous !! She is one of my inspirations. There is a great interview on you tube. Love her . I love watching artist videos and the history of their lives. She has some beautiful loose pieces of art the way she draws is just magical xx

[@ibwhistler1420]

My favourite painting ever is Klimt the kiss, and I’m working on recreating whistlers mother ! I’m fascinated with His style of painting, his early pencil sketches are something else, love your paintings especially your fairies 🙏🏼💜😊

[@FarahFarah-zq1le]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@amyb82941]

💜💜💜

[@alice86142]

My art teacher at secondary school used to shout at me because I was no good at art. Your work is amazing, so talented. I can't bring myself to draw anything more than stickmen.

[@phyllishigley1836]

Your art teacher was a bully and a jerk. That person didn’t know anything. Draw your heart out. If only to spite them.