Growing and developing art ideas

[@FannaTurano]

I learn more from you in one afternoon than I do in one semester. THANK YOU, Helen! Your videos make me feel like I'm your best friend, peeking into your lovely sketchbooks. I LOVE them all!!! :) Fanna

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Oh wow aren’t you lovely. Thank you for your encouragement! Love Helen x

[@JulianaRumple]

my brain has been bubbling with magical colors by watching your videos!!!!!!thank you so muchhhhh

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Oh well that’s so lovely to hear! Thank you so much for watching Juliana. Helen x

[@xiaofeibajie4158]

This is possibly the best kind of commentary guidance for artists. How to drive our inspirational ideas to creative fruition in our work. Bravo.❤

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Wow, thank you! That is just a lovely comment to receive thank you so much 😊

[@angelinamichelle8474]

The moral of the story is Do Do DO !!! Our Sketchbook practise develops our own personal language. I have followed you admiringly and I am seeing my own language develop through Sketchbook practise with your encouragement. I now have almost unconscious personal inspiration / language for my larger works. Thank you so much for enriching my own art by sharing with me.

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Wow I'm so pleased something I've said has been helpful to you. Thank you so much Angelina 😀

[@brigitteshantieaglemeare4350]

I loved your video and I paticularly loved the collage piece. What I also like a lot are the vessel shapes that are rarely perfect. It gives the image a particular charm.

[@sandrafisherhayes3219]

Thank you for sharing your process Helen! Your channel is now my main source for ideas and inspiration ❤

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Wonderful! How lovely to know. Thank you so much and happy creating! Helen x

[@moelalondeart]

I particularly like the purplish, shiny dish and and flower against the black!

[@dianamatthews824]

Thanks, Helen, for another inspiring video. I will have a ‘colour’ smile on my face for the rest of the day. May even find the energy to do a collage to see where it takes me.

[@lisablue6020]

Your videos are really helping me to develop ideas, rather than just doing pieces of unrelated work and not being able to see how they could lead to something else. You are the teacher I wish I'd had at college!

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Oh that’s such a lovely thing to say… thank you 🙏🏼

[@juliamarsh9536]

Thanks Helen, very interesting and inspiring. Two things I take away from this are (1) by making art consistently we subconsciously develop a minefield of ideas to tap into; (2) art is a work in progress which can be used as a jumping off point for other artworks 😊🙏 🙏

[@HelenWellsArtist]

I love your take-aways Julia. Thank you for that. Love Helen x

[@bethdiiorio3640]

I sooooo needed this encouraging reminder to explore the “what ifs” and develop possibilities from sketchbook play. I really really need to revisit some ideas that have appeared in my art journal. THANK YOU HELEN❣️💕💜

[@HelenWellsArtist]

That’s lovely to know Beth I’m so glad it helped a little. Have fun Helen x

[@marlenepollock3790]

I really love this series of paintings Helen.x

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Oh that’s so lovely of you. Thank you marvellous Marlene x

[@Karibee61]

I love this collage! Helen, you are so inspiring. Thankyou. Much love and peace from Greenwich London ❤

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Oh you’re super duper kind. Thank you so much x

[@bonniemiller3587]

I just loved this video Helen. It’s given me the impetus to have another go at developing paintings from collage as in your course!

[@Lisa-op9vi]

Another great video, thank you for sharing Helen 😊

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Thanks for watching Lisa!❤️

[@sheilazart]

Really enjoyed this, thanks so much for sharing with us Helen. :)

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Oh thank you so much Shelia, that’s kind of you. Helen x

[@beverleyanderson1242]

Fabulous 😊

[@gailwhitter3293]

another gem share! blessings for the video Helen

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Glad you enjoyed it Gail. Thank you, thank you for your wonderful support and cheerleading! ❤️

[@gailwhitter3293]

@@HelenWellsArtist You deserve it my friend - and its truth ... I am always finding myself inspired by you and your words and your sharing ... watch the videos over and over xx

[@jonisolis9645]

So you made the painting on loose paper first and then glued them into your sketchbook? If so, what papers did you use for the paintings and what glue did you use to add them to your sketchbook? Thanks.

[@HelenWellsArtist]

Hi Joni. I just used some paper I had lying around, it wasn’t designed for acrylic and it wasn’t prepped and primed. It was just drawing paper circa 200gsm. I just stuck it in with a glue stick. Folk may not want to do exactly the same, as acrylic paint can stick to acrylic paint when in a sketchbook, but I just wanted to keep them as a record…

[@jonisolis9645]

@@HelenWellsArtist I read that matt acrylic paint has less chance of sticking together, like "acrylic Gouache paint". Or spray the paintings with a matt varnish.