Thanks for sharing. Your ideas are so cool! I love tonm watch you paint
@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words Deborah!
@Mitch.Wasserman2 жыл бұрын
Louise, I know you said you think this video is "random", but I think this is one of the most useful, inspiring, and motivational videos you have posted, and I'm pretty certain I've seen every one. Thank you for the impromptu post.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
@ruthinmanart40632 жыл бұрын
Impromptu was probably the better word :-)
@deborahhall26712 жыл бұрын
Oh my! I so needed this. Feel like I got a hall pass to skip my most tedious class. Thank you Louise.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@John-rb3yv2 жыл бұрын
Art; like recovery from addiction is SO similar Be open Find out who we are Love it!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
So true!
@lizyoung18822 жыл бұрын
Thanks Louise, just what I needed.A nudge is often so welcome. x
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@carolynrousseliere55282 жыл бұрын
That is such a great lesson, can’t believe I’m still being too careful with the early layers........even with my present one on which I vowed to be free! Off to start another with a promise to myself to NOT THINK! Still would have liked to have seen where you went next with these while understanding the reason you stopped where you did.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@heatherstubbs66462 жыл бұрын
That is truly profound: “your mind only knows what you’ve done in the past; it can’t know what you are capable of in the future.” I am very much a planner. I wonder if it’s because I’m nervous about not being in control. Even during the Find Your Joy and Find Your Voice courses, I don’t think I ever abandoned control the way I’ve just watched you do. You’ve inspired me to order some panels (I suspect wood is more suited to this process than paper) and do a series of fun explorations like this. Just for the fun of it! It’s just a piece of wood, after all. Thanks, Louise. This is great! ❤️
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Enjoy!
@MysticHeather2 жыл бұрын
It is so profound isn’t it?! I’m so inspired 💖
@mauramcqueeney89602 жыл бұрын
If I were in primary school today, Louise, I would walk across the room to be friends with you!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@jacki12592 жыл бұрын
Gosh, this is simply wonderful. So empowering and yet such a simple message. Thanks ever so for encouraging and shining the light for the way ahead for those of us (like me) who are just beginning an abstract journey. I can’t wait to go play with my collage stash now 🙏
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@libbyshipman96072 жыл бұрын
Oh, come on, show us the next video! I love watching you work like this. It is so inspiring.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I might do that!
@donnaschafer25652 жыл бұрын
I’ve been stuck, not finding my way out of my not creative time so this came at the right time. I also appreciate the fact that you leave the end of the project a mystery. It inspires me to be creative versus coping you to finished project.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You got this!
@SylvieKaosArt2 жыл бұрын
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын
That's very true Sylvie!
@fitknitchick2 жыл бұрын
I love it! Finally something useful to do with all those useless IKEA instruction booklets :-) xx
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@svetlanagilfanova2 жыл бұрын
Hello Louise! Your video is very inspiring!!! Thanks for them! Could you tell, what kind of glue you use in your work?
@florisabelcastillo76882 жыл бұрын
Such wonderful insights for creativity. Love your process!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@juliebabb33652 жыл бұрын
You have helped me let go of results & enjoy. I have covered up a painting 5 times to see where it will go. Collage is a fabulous way to layer up. It is new to me so I need reminders to go for that. The randomness of your collage bits is inspiring. I need to expand what goes in the collage drawer! As always, thanks for the visit.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@suzib87262 жыл бұрын
Great watching you play. Hearing you talk about primary school art, brought back the memory of the glorious smell of art days in school. Thanks for the inspiration 🤗
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@lefthandstory12802 жыл бұрын
Beautiful,nice sharing friend😃✌️.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@mariakapatos95452 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Louise what a Brilliant idea.
@judyhammond31812 жыл бұрын
Delightful words of advice!
@kwdkctln2 жыл бұрын
Your gonna need a bigger box
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
haha!
@robfuzz2 жыл бұрын
Can this be done in a sketchbook or should it be done on a bunch of canvases?
@joanneleclerc41687 ай бұрын
Oh this is fantastic because it is random but you always get such beautiful results! Mine always go bad but I am confident that this year I will make an effort to just do! I decide to choose a word for the year, as from Nicholas Sunday blog, I chose "Confiance" hope this gets me going forward!! Thanks Louise!! ❤
@ThisPaintingLife7 ай бұрын
That's a great choice of words!
@jalynefidler56132 жыл бұрын
Thank You for showing this process and for sharing your wisdom! You are one of my Art Hero’s! 🥰🎨🖌💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Jalyne in Utah USA
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@sandraheath809 Жыл бұрын
It just makes me smile watching you play Louise and having so much fun! It’s infectious 😊. I need to get paint /collage out now!!Thank you for sharing ❤
@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын
You should!
@loulahoopla12 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise I love your video’s its helping me to open up to art again after a long time. I have a question. Im enjoying experimenting and a lot of the pieces look even better when I divide them and cut out smaller and stronger compositions. I have a plan to keep them In my sketchbook but I don’t want to close the possibility to remove them again and frame them. Is there something that can lightly stick them and still give the possibility to remove - Some kind of temporary or removable glue? Many thanks Louse
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry I don't know of any
@alyssasartgarden2 жыл бұрын
Love! I have learnt so much from your channell!! Thankyou ☺ The importance of play ❤
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@katleenemmens Жыл бұрын
How you bring me tears when you say that our mind think we know...but we only know what we made in the past!❤ So great explaned!
@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it!
@jaycham172 жыл бұрын
This video was excellent and so helpful. What a great way to let go and just create. Thank you so much.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@springazure2 жыл бұрын
LOL! I have the KALLAX Ikea shelving in my studio! In Oregon, USA....I might even have the instructions. Thanks for the video.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@vickiseastrom62992 жыл бұрын
Learning to love the 'I don't know' - keep hearing that, I sort of believe it but I forget it - new painter stuck in the fear of not knowing, I love your work and your approach! Thank you so much for the reminder. I believe it, can I do it? Going to the studio . . .
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
thank you! You got this!
@olgamuljawko14352 жыл бұрын
Wunderbar!!!!!🙋♀️✌👏👍🌹🍀💐🌺☘🌷🌻❤
@lindifleeman98372 жыл бұрын
I'm new to abstract and any art. I like what you have to say. I like how you say you are intuitive painting.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad it was helpful!
@annebullough85142 жыл бұрын
How do you do it!? You always put something out there at the right time. This is exactly what I'm struggling to get my head around at the moment: intention vs intuition. Can you be intuitive while having an intention 🤔. I think I might be making this more complicated than it is... Thank you so much for sharing!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@lindsay51662 жыл бұрын
JUST what I needed, Louise, thank you so much!!! 💕💕💕
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@barbarageis17282 жыл бұрын
Like your new hairstyle Louise...Very interesting work process!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@DianeMaley2 жыл бұрын
Came at just the right moment. Just finished up in an uninspiring time in the studio. I was just playing and not really liking where it was going. Tomorrow I will try to just let the creative process be, let it lead the way instead of me trying to “fix” it. Thanks formthe inspiration Louise.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@karlabritfeld71042 жыл бұрын
I also struggle to come up with my next idea in abstract. I think the collage is a great idea and I'm going to try it.
@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын
It's a great way to jumpstart your creativity! 🖌
@maureenpeak77512 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, love this. Very inspiring. Thank you.
@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
@denisegrams85822 жыл бұрын
Thank you Louise - I am trying to let myself play instead of produce. BTW I love your hair pinned back. Looks great and fresh.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@colleenrieu77562 жыл бұрын
First of all your hair looks fab pulled back and up, I chuckled when I saw your overflowing scrap box, and i love how your inner child played with wild abandon!...hopefully we will get to see these pieces as they advance with the next processes so all the steps make sense!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@joancollier44882 жыл бұрын
Thank you Louise, just what I needed to watch to take me back into realising I can take time to experiment in order to travel to a place that I don't yet know......I'm 'finding my feet' again after about a year of being in some sort of hibernation, so your video was well timed :)
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@imogenequest562 жыл бұрын
Love watching you work your magic! I realize I still play it “safe” with my collage pieces. I need to let go and add more layers! Thankyou for this!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You can do it!
@amyh.b.khalil85192 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!!!😃😃😃
@TheJoyfulPaintbrush2 жыл бұрын
Play is so important, and so discounted.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
It is!
@besscollins68802 жыл бұрын
Great idea! Just the thing I need to do today. Absolutely love your teaching methods.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@karolenicholson38082 жыл бұрын
Thanks once again for sharing your process and reminding us to have fun. So often you touch on subjects that hit very close to home.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@moniqueleclerc19492 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup j’ai apprécié énormément
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@marypaplioris60402 жыл бұрын
Thank you Louise!!! This is great!!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@lindifleeman98372 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew how long you have been an artist
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I have been an artist since I was born but I have been a full-time artist since 2018
@alyonajudina67502 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I needed to hear this.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@leticiacampos10442 жыл бұрын
Yup. I needed that. Thank you!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@joannewilliams72512 жыл бұрын
Brilliant wisdom :-)
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@dianneorlando44472 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Thank you 😊
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@angiewillsonarte6 ай бұрын
U r so wonderful!!!!
@ThisPaintingLife6 ай бұрын
Aww thank you Angie!
@loridavis-sandoval28782 жыл бұрын
Do you have a Patreon account.?
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
No :)
@ellenwilliams64062 жыл бұрын
I love this. Joy is always my goal and some days just gluing down collage can be the best fun! And I also love those page edges.
@pamanderson94842 жыл бұрын
Inspirational
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@davenewhouse17082 жыл бұрын
OMG! I just discovered you, and I LOVE how you take us through your various painting processes! I have now subscribed, and I just shared this video on my Facebook page; we have quite a few abstract painter friends in our little Facebook artist / musician community.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@melindastclair2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Louise
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@Tinkertwelve2 жыл бұрын
Keep it going!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
That's the plan!
@MysticHeather2 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise! I’ve just found you over the last couple days and I’ve just begun my abstract journey. I’ve been a traditional artist, primarily focused on realism or semi realism w some surrealism thrown in, I was a professional tattoo artist for nearly a decade and then a condition I was born with decided to really show its face which lead to an early retirement from tattooing and subsequently changed the way I interact with art. Then I started experimenting. It took me 5 years to start trying abstract. I now feel it’s what I should’ve been doing all along. My question is, how do I know what “counts”? I’m just beginning to figure out what I’m trying to say or what I’m about as an abstract artist but I’m a little unsure if some of the works I’ve begun to create actually “count” as a fully fledged *painting*. The ones I’m happiest w thus far are more minimalist, how do I know if they’re too minimalistic or if they say *enough*? Thank you for your videos, I will be doing a deep dive of your channel in the weeks to come 💖
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I do hope you find lots to help you here :)
@ENAIRAMA12 жыл бұрын
oH BOY... the "I don't know" kills my mojo... and the painting stays on that table for days and weeks... Thebest ideas come at night... but too tired to get up and run to the studio to put on canvas... I would have to take my studio to my bedroom or move my bed by the table at the studio... agh... If there would be a recorder of ideas that you could play during the day when You are working on your thing... LOL!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
I think if you could learn to love the 'I don't know' you might be surprised that you don't need to write any ideas down. I think it applies to life too :)
@Fibers-Art-Food-Fundamentals2 жыл бұрын
I work in acrylics and mixed media, and often end up collaging various bits of the papers I use to wipe my brushes off, the bits of yarns and fabrics I hand dye or paint, twigs, leaves, etc, using acrylic mediums/binders, and while I often go back and add to or cover over, little pieces peek out, and provide fabulous texture to the end piece. I find it is the perfect place to glaze in metallics or darker colors that I may not want to dominate but add so much to the overall flavor of the piece. I love that you encourage people to play and have fun with all these different elements and see what happens. 30 years ago I was a beginning florist, and the person who was teaching me how to make bows for corsages and plants flew through it so fast, I got more and more intense trying to see what her fingers were doing...finally she said, Look, it's not rocket science! Lighten up and you'll get it faster, and I think at least sometimes that is so true in life! Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
So true! Glad you enjoyed it!
@josiemitchell74832 жыл бұрын
I've just started painting and this video was so incredibly impactful. Thank you for saying that it's okay not to know what you are creating and to not stifle creativity by trying to turn your painting into "something" before it's ready. Abstract painting can feel quite intimidating, but I'm really trying to ease into the freedom of expression and not make something for anyone else. This was just what I needed! Thank you Louise x
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
you are so welcome - thanks for watching
@junebloye14872 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I did yesterday, with NO idea where it was going. I did have fun though. It was just too horrible a day to venture outside.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@judithclendenning41462 жыл бұрын
How I have loved your enthusiasm..and fabulous paintings…♥️🎶♥️
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@wendywendy37182 жыл бұрын
I missed this video when you posted it but seeing it today could not be more timely. Thank you is all I can say! Exactly what I needed to hear.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@helenemilette52292 жыл бұрын
Thank you again Louise for this video explaining so well the letting go and control over planning and waiting for a result (which I have so much difficulty doing). You have described well the process of creative intuition. Thank you for sharing so interesting and relevant.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@Urbanmoon2 жыл бұрын
That is so profound, Louise. "Your mind only knows what you’ve created in the past. It can’t know what you’re capable of coming up with in the future. So if you limit yourself to thinking, you’re only ever going to make things within the realm of what you know you can make." Words to live by! Play more!
@Urbanmoon2 жыл бұрын
I see I'm not the only one you've struck a nerve with over that statement. It's golden.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad it resonated with you
@dontrunisaidvapist33192 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise, I've started using Expanding Foam have you used it or ever thought about it, Thank You
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
No I haven't
@riverbenson89322 жыл бұрын
I love watching you remind me to stay out of my head. I do have a question - When a painting is all done, how do you know what it is truly about - what it's trying to communicate?
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
sometimes you do and sometimes you don't x
@jameshopkins75072 жыл бұрын
Intuitive play in any art form is never wasted. Trusting the process will bring inspiration and eventual results.
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
exactly
@eka99162 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful, full of thoughts and ideas (no idea) Sharing! Thank you, Louise 🤗
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@aye84782 жыл бұрын
This is really insightful thank you for sharing , I am extremely grateful
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@dawnkarasaki61722 жыл бұрын
Omg, yes, love the message. Thank you👍🏼
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@davidsillars31812 жыл бұрын
Super useful video Louise. Thanks. ❤
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😊
@brianbuday86392 жыл бұрын
Great free spirited work👍🇨🇦❤️
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@googleuser98882 жыл бұрын
I love to see how you work, Louise, especially in this "spur of the moment" way! Just one question from someone who is new to this way of working, why is important to build up layers of paper on your painting? Why paper layers, not more paint? Thank you! 😁
@margauxv252 жыл бұрын
I kind of don't understand the paper either. This is the second teacher I've seen work this way. You're going in knowing it's going to be covered up, that's what I don't understand. But I can see,. Rubbing and sanding to show some of the layers underneath after painting the next layer
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
It is about what those layers mean to me and what they create in my mind. It wouldn't work for anyone else necessarily.
@margauxv252 жыл бұрын
Thanks Louise, just got done listening to to your podcast earlier today. Thanks for responding.
@possiblepaintings50592 жыл бұрын
Thank you Louise for this info
@ThisPaintingLife2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@amandaheathart2 жыл бұрын
I love this Louise! And the fact you said it’s shouldn’t feel like torture. A lot of the old school thought is that we should struggle as an artist, creatively and financially and it’s ace to see you going against that and bringing the joy back ❤️🙌. This made me want to go straight into the studio and explore, thank you x
@carollangevinstewart86992 жыл бұрын
I am so in agreement @amanda heath. As adults we often forget how to play, and it is that ability that contributes to artistic inspiration. Thank you, Louise, for reminding us of this.
@amandaheathart2 жыл бұрын
@@carollangevinstewart8699 totally! I went into the studio as soon as I’d watched this video and had such a lovely time. No pressure 🥰