💕 I'm Back! Again! ✨ Chatty Paint with Me 🌸

Long time no see! I've been gone for a little while but I'm back 🥰 Let's paint a tiger and talk about life and such 💕
Hope you enjoy :)
🎨 SUPPLIES USED: 🎨
Surface: MDF board (scavenged from treadmill packaging)
Acrylic Paint: Winsor and Newton Galeria Acrylic
Camera: Canon G7X Mark ii
🌸 IG: / nicky.durham
🌸 Twitter: / nickydurhamart
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🎵 Music Credits 🎵
Citrus Avenue - Espresso Sun - thmatc.co/?l=7D3E33F7
Donald XL Robertson - Morning Vibes (Coffee Talk) - thmatc.co/?l=E8AA7D82
HONÜ - Kaloli - thmatc.co/?l=6D2BB4ED
Reggie San Miguel - Evening Breeze - thmatc.co/?l=D7568572

[@debbiedrawsfunny]

So good to have you back! The tiger painting is gorgeous and what a lovely way to upcycle some plywood packaging- I love that :) I went through a hellish time printing my own stuff for years and wore printers down and did all the DIY fixits replacing the printer heads and cleaning out the spongey things underneath the printer carriage? I don't know what it's called. But in the end when I finally handed the work over to a pro printer, I never had to worry about it. And it kind of all cost the same when you figure out how much ink and replacement parts are, not to mention the cost of aggravation when things go awry. As for consistency on youtube, take it all at your own pace! I took like a 12-18 month break and felt so weird and rusty getting back into it but also, we all have lives and family and work. So you just gotta do what you need to! We'll be here waiting for ya ;)

[@gamutgirl]

Welcome back! I'm glad you made it through your work ordeal... I'm going through something similar right now and it's been really difficult to hire new people to cover the work. Not there yet, but getting closer... whew! Keeping that burnout at bay is a mighty ordeal. I'm happy you were able to step away and focus on what you needed to, and I'm even more happy you are bouncing back now to return to the things you love doing. This is such a beautiful painting, I enjoyed watching the process and hearing you "blabble on" is a delight IMO~ 😉 Looking forward to seeing the next one!

[@NickyDurham]

Bless you - I’m sorry that you’re also going through a similar thing. It’s so hard but it’ll feel so good when it’s over with! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching 💕💕💕

[@brittanybletz]

The painting is super cute!! Acrylic is one of my favorite mediums. I personally love Turner acrylic gouache

[@NickyDurham]

Ahhh I’ve not tried acrylic gouache! I love acrylic and gouache on their own so I think I would like it. Is it easy to use?

[@brittanybletz]

@@NickyDurham totally! It acts just like acrylic, I use a touch of water to my brush before getting paint because it’ll help with the flow better, but it’ll have this matte finish when it dries and it’s so beautiful! Honestly I’ll be uploading a video of my latest painting where I use acrylic gouache, it’s cuts of real time so this way you can see the paint in action.

[@omheart11]

So excited you're back! Way to kill it at work!🎉 And I'm stupid pumped to see some plein air content!! I recently got into that myself (inspired by Sarah as well ❤)!

[@NickyDurham]

Sarah’s amazing isn’t she? So inspiring!! Thanks so much for watching 💕💕💕