Intuitive Mark Making: A Watercolor & Doodling Journey for Joyful Expression! PLUS Tip for Abstracts

[@Kera.S.]

After binge watching your videos on & off for a few days I can say this is one of my favorite palates ever! Fantastic colors!

[@dianeknott3655]

Diane, besides enjoying watching you paint, I love to hear you chatter about this and that. Love your dry sense of humor as well.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Oh thank you!

[@eileens8589]

I love that!!! It’s official! I’m addicted to your videos! I watch them hours a day, while I’m painting things you’ve demonstrated! I love your conversations! Thank you for inspiring me!!! 🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much Eileen and long may it last! 😀

[@alichtenwalter]

I wasn't feeling well today. Your painting helped me get out if bed. I like the colors you used. I want to move to the mountains and painting. Love your animals. I want to get white ducks. I love listening to your animals.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

I'm so glad this painting helped you feel a bit better. I send you my best wishes for better times and hope that you are able to have your wishes come true xxx

[@annehebert6959]

I agree with so many other people who comment on your tutorials. I love watching the process and the conversation. I always feel very relaxed after watching one of your videos and gets me itching to grab my paints for an hour or so of relaxation and zen time. So thank you so much. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for your channel.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much!

[@dianeknott3655]

Yes, my husband experienced something similar at a medical office. They put him in a cubical to wait for the doctor to see him and they forgot all about him and left him there while the entire office staff went out for lunch! Yes, he walked out after realizing he was alone in the office. And...he never went back to THAT doctor.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

It’s so wrong!

[@mariansmartt]

Diane! I just love all of your videos. I’m enamored with the discussions about the animals!!! And about your day to day life. You dare an extremely interesting person. And my favorite artist😘❤️😘

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much Marian, so glad you are enjoying it all!

[@dianelodico2166]

This was fun, both the painting and conversation. Thank you. Going to give this a go. Here in the states, just about every medical form asks for allergies. The older I get, the more food allergies I seem to acquire. I agree that “life” around the world has gone completely bonkers. Thank goodness we can escape into our watercolors! All the best to you!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, they ask but you’re only supposed to say things like “latex” and “peanuts” - otherwise you’re a loonie!

[@scruffy281]

@@DianeAntoneStudio So true!

[@posiesutton2009]

Diane! When you turned the painting upside down, the left side looked like a half closed eye, and a pigs snout below it! What a hoot! I love your lessons!XOXOX❤️❤️❤️

[@patriciahorelick6450]

It’s fun to step outside our norm and do something different! Thank you!

[@marvelenia6702]

I was hoping for a nice video, being alone today and kind of feeling blah....Lovely Diane! Peter Paul Rubens was a Belgian artist....The Rubens House is in Antwerp. I lived there for a while and I visited his house, it is quite impressive.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks, so glad you enjoyed it!

[@deborahcorreale352]

I like the colors that chose for this painting. I also like the idea of this painting and it is a nice way to get out of your own head and relax and enjoy.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much 😀

[@LH-minis]

Thanks Diane, - feeling your way through starting something new/or an unaccustomed technique, is made all the more exciting by being able to watch and hear your musings as you tentatively find a way through this painting. It puts me in mind of the Japanese art form of Kintsugi - repairing broken pottery with gold. Not hiding the repair but treating it as an honoured part of the journey. The abstracted forms in your painting lend itself very much with this. I love it!!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, I am in harmony with that idea. I find it hard to reject anything at all, including my own mistakes, they have to be transformed into something beautiful if at all possible!

[@lizzijansen6527]

Thank you. You have a very calming voice. I am glad you spoke about political issues as we here in the U.S. need to know more about medical issues in other countries. Helps us determine what we need in the U.S. Love your work!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi Lizzi, yes, the world is a big place and there are so many ways of doing things around the world - here in France it is totally different from each country in Europe. The system has gone a long way downhill in the 20 years I’ve lived here, and in the UK it has really almost disintegrated in some places.

[@gemmacalimeri886]

Every one of your creations absolutely amazes me!

[@susankivley2134]

The Kuretaki gold set is AMAZING!!!

[@stephaniedagnese5891]

So enjoyed this video. It was relaxing along with your conversation. Great idea for all👍😊

[@jodirankin5901]

I love this idea! I really enjoy your stories and comments!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much Jodi!

[@GamingWitch60]

❤My favorite colors change. I LOVE greens of all shades and particularly the green gold yellow mixtures. And I'm also in love with black and gold. I love a touch of red 🥳 but it's needs to be a warm red I gravitate towards the warm colors. Autumn. Thank you for sharing your passionate paintings and stories with us. ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You’re so welcome!

[@mariach46]

This is really so interesting, I love this cutting up a sketch and taking photos of it approach. This seems so therapeutic by just adding colours and taking your time. Anaphylatic shock is quite serious, my father died from it. It's unfortunate that you couldn't attend the collage course but it's very fortunate that you survived from the allergy 😊 Thanks Diane for all the chit chat along with the inspiration ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

So sorry to hear about your father Maria, that’s awful. I was definitely lucky, have been lucky many times xxx

[@janisvogt1079]

I like when you use your Kuretake paints and listening to your thoughts on life. Seems you say what I'm thinking quite often. Thank you for sharing your lovely work.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Wonderful!

[@nellgilmour5388]

I so enjoyed watching your painting come to life. I found it both fun and relaxing. I love it's movement. Thank you

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cowgirljane3316]

Love your artwork. A neat trick about making a sample first. Speaking of allergies, I'm deathly allergic to shellfish. I used to be able to eat shrimp, but one day when I was 13, I ate a shrimp cocktail and it almost killed me. Also used to have acute asthma.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

That’s horrible, isn’t it, sorry to hear about your experience. I had something similar also with shellfish - I used to love it, mussels, oysters, shrimp, the lot. Then one day I ate ONE MUSSEL and had a toxic shock episode. Managed to just about avoid hospital but it was close. No more shellfish for me!

[@debschieve3468]

I love your social commentary as much as your painting! Don't change that in your videos. I agree with most of what you say. Things are a mess in the US too. I have been wishing I could move to France!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

I have to keep reminding myself we are lucky to be here. My rolling stone tendency to avoid gathering moss has been subdued since Covid happened, but it’s rearing its head again. Down!

[@kimmom7785]

Looking forward to fiddling around with doodling!❤️

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Have fun!

[@AnnS-ix9sz]

Enjoyed the calm colors and the abstract shapes. A happy jumble to embellish. Great Idea. Thank you!

[@dianam125]

OMG! I am loving your paintings .... my inner child is having so much fun. Thank you very much.

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Wow...what a piece of art! I hope you've found the perfect place to display this in your home or studio!

[@catefrancis4393]

Thank you so much, just the right video for me today Diane. ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@dgwalker3911]

I appreciate your demonstrations so much Diane, and your commentary is so very validating to me. Thanks for the flow of ideas and sharing with us out here❤😊I have been doing lots of these kind of pieces and enjoy them when I stay out of my own way😆

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lizthomas6347]

I found this amusing because I have never heard of anyone else who has a reaction to bananas as I do. People usually think I am a little crazy when I tell them.... bananas? My reaction is not quite as dramatic but certainly causes me enough problems that I stay well away from them. Even as a baby, it would never stay down for me and that was just the beginning, how could one not think that is a real thing. Made me smile to hear you talking about this, feeling vindicated, so, thank you 😊 and thank you for your art, it is appreciated.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yup, people tend not to believe anything they haven’t experienced themselves! My husband didn’t believe I had allergies and thought that I was making a fuss about nothing. Then one evening we had a meal in a restaurant and afterwards I was so deathly sick for a week he has never argued with me again about what allergies can do and whether I was allergic. Perhaps it was mopping up after me that convinced him!

[@andreahardaker2704]

Loved this… thought it had the abstract look of a village down a hillside…

[@DeniseBrooks1955]

Thank you Diane💜💜💜💜

[@deirdrelewis1454]

I was never a fan of abstract art but now I love what you can do with shapes and colours! You probably remember the fantastic, colourful knitting patterns of Kaffe Fassett . A friend always said she could knit any variation of greens or blues and they would look beautiful. Her jerseys certainly did. So I reckon you can’t go wrong. The results are lovely. Have you come across the channel called Creative Cove? The artist does a lot of sketches on top of paint…all sorts of sketching, including geometric shapes. They gave me some ideas which have turned out pretty well.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi Deirdre, yes, I do remember Kaffe Fassett, the most amazing knitting I ever saw, never saw anything like that since. Far too complicated for me to attempt, but lovely - real works of art themselves. Yes, I have heard of Creative Cove, haven’t watched any yet though. Must check it out!

[@mpetersen2586]

Love the “abstract”, the colors and the “marks” and all your interesting conversation…..again, I will try this process!😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Wonderful!

[@danielleb.7055]

I love how you went about making your idea of abstract patterns. I always get in my own way when trying to do any type of abstract painting. It probably sounds stupid, but when I do "paint" abstract, I feel like a fake. I know it's weird, but that's just what I feel. I think having a preset color palette like the kuretake set makes this art more enjoyable. You can just go along and pick whatever makes you happy @ that moment. Yeah, you can do this with any paint but I feel like kuretakes make it a bit more fun. I personally don't own any but to me I feel like it would be more enjoyable lol. I'd love to have a small set, but maybe sometime in the future. Anyway, thank you for all of your videos, ideas, and tutorials. I greatly appreciate all the info you share. Have a great day

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You’re right Danielle, I have found it very liberating and I never painted anything abstract in pure watercolor. The only other abstracts I have done were in acrylic or gouache. Kuretake have unlocked a door for me.

[@anni50ful]

Hello Diane,it took me a while but I now have it on my medical notes that I'm allergic to sweetener in fact they are so careful with me now they prefer not to give me pain relief at all now as it all has sweetener in it 🙄that was the days when you could see a doctor they don't want to see anyone now,they are teaching the reception woman to take bloods ? Its getting ridiculous in the UK. I love the pinks in your set,in fact I think it's all great very relaxing.I m starting swimming again tomorrow so I'm in need of relaxation, Thank you Cheers ☺

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, I’ve noticed about that with putting sweetener in drugs, it happens here too and can really catch you out. I react to aspartame - it affects my breathing! Glad you enjoy the pinks, I find them very helpful for florals x

[@TheBeverleyann]

I surely needed this

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@CookieMum]

I was a bit apprehensive in the beginning of how this piece would turn out upon completion. As always, you don't disappoint . I love it. The narrative helps me to slow down, enjoy, and not be so critical of my results. Thank you Diane.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, it’s always a bit worrying!!!!!!! Especially when you’re filming yourself. But we usually come through, somehow! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@priscillacrawford9175]

Enjoyed following along with this one. I used my gold uniball pen - I love it!! And my brush pen - also one of my favorite tools. Thanks for posting these relaxing art tutorials!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks so much!

[@posiesutton2009]

When you turned the picture upside down, I saw an eye with lid half closed! Has a non-plus sec attitude! What fun. I love your stories. I’m listening and watching so much my coffee is getting cold! May I have a warmup please? Xxoxoxo❤️. Also, hope your husband is well,

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Oh thank you Posie for this kind comment and of course, pass me your cup!

[@posiesutton2009]

@@DianeAntoneStudio …..thank you. Oh yum, much better! The service here in your kitchen is superb! OXO❤️

[@barbcairns2408]

I like this very much!! I'd frame it, for sure!!

[@ninarehberg7686]

Lots of eyes in this picture! Love it

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad you like it! Thanks!

[@patriciahorelick6450]

Glad you finger is getting better! I did that last month and it does hurt since you have to use your hands all the time.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

It was a very slight touch but it did go deep. Getting better now!

[@jacalynhill7132]

This was so much fun!!

[@gemmacalimeri886]

Have you considered creating an abstract coloring book? I think your abstract paintings are amazing!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, we’re in the middle of creating one for download from the website, like the others we already have up of different subjects. So thanks for reminding me! Here’s a link to the downloads: dianeantone.com/shop/instant-downloads/

[@gemmacalimeri886]

Awesome! Already bought your three others; looking forward to the abstract one! ❤

[@saskiabongers6158]

Thank you for this video, loved the painting and you talking, it calmed my nerves ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@mariansmartt]

You made this interesting and quite regal as well as interesting!!!

[@mariansmartt]

I meant to say regal and beautiful!

[@Sundies_Art]

I wasn't sure how this painting was going to turn out, but I really like it. It is very unique and everyone would be completely different. Thank you for sharing your stories, I can't believe that the medical community is so horrible. I too have never experienced an episode where I have had an appointment with a doctor, and no one showed up. That is crazy bad!! It is bad all over, but I have to say that is the worst.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi Sundie, thanks so much for your kind comments! If you feel like painting the blues away, an hour spent letting it all flow out is well spent! Glad you enjoyed the process with me!

[@andreaharutunian3838]

Love this! 🎉

[@maestra730]

Wonderful technique! Thank you!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@annvansant5549]

Loved!

[@RitaMeterMaid99]

Love this 👍🏻

[@debterry1007]

Hi Diane! I have been on vacation and too busy to pull out my laptop until today!!! So i'am playing catchup!! Looking forward to a few videos of yours that i have missed... Psst... i brought my watercolors on vacation with me... I'm not sure why i thought i would have all this free time on vacation? It hasn't worked out that way... lol We are halfway thru and should be home this time next week... Missing visiting with you so i'm going to sit back and enjoy this video! Hugs! deb

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

So glad you have managed to catch a couple of videos! Hope you have been enjoying your holiday - I know what you mean, when I go away, I don’t usually feel like painting! Never mind, there’s always tomorrow!

[@kathyh4110]

I like this!

[@sharonling-LetsArtToday]

Interesting re your talk about allergies and Canada. My daughter (now almost 20) had multiple allergies/anaphylactic when she was young, started at 18 months old. Her Allergy Doctor was amazing. He is Australian but spent many years in Canada specializing. and leading studies over there. He said she was the most complex case he had seen. Fortunately they have been reduced to only a few now. One thing I will say though, now she is over 18 she has to go to the adult section for her allergies and we no longer have the amazing pediatric Dr, and they are just different when it comes to Adults. Allergies are a big thing down here and taken very seriously and not scoffed at. Now, onto the gelli plate!!! Yessss they are great fun and they are time thieves 😂. I can lose myself for hours getting messy and just print after print 😊. Ps hope you are keeping well! And I’m no Dr but the pains in the chest could have been brought on by anxiety/panic attacks which can at times make you feel like you are having a heart attack. Don’t ask how I know 😂😂

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi Sharon and thanks for your interesting info. That makes sense, maybe that doctor had influenced the ones in Calgary that treated me! We really have to look after ourselves nowadays, no easy task. Panic attacks I am familiar with, they also have landed me in emergency. I think you’re right about the chest pains my husband got. He has a very easily stirred up personality!

[@Love2Create62]

I love your relaxing paintings. I have atopic contact dermatitis. I'm allergic to fragrances which everyone is adding to products for no reason, and I'm allergic to a preservative that is in basically every liquid item you can think of, including cleaning products. Since covid everyone has overused these products, so I have basically been homebound, unless I have to go to the doctor or other things I can't do virtually. My skin reacts to these things so badly, and it stays for weeks to months, and there's no cure, simply avoidance. People don't understand or care if it doesn't affect them! They just think we are over reacting!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi Lori, and I’m sorry to hear about your allergic condition. I have a similar problem. Over the years since I had chemotherapy I have become gradually more and more sensitive to everything manmade or even touched by mankind! I can’t eat any processed food (chemicals), I am allergic to gluten, pollen, you name it, there’s a long list. I can’t easily even go into a supermarket because of the lights. So I have also lived the life of a hermit for about ten years now. Covid restrictions were actually helpful in a way because being able to wear a mask without being stared at was a relief (not that I go out often!) It’s a pity the general public aren’t made aware of the reality of allergies. They’ll soon learn. Everyone is headed that way!

[@Love2Create62]

You are so right Diane, unless things affect a person, most people just don't care! Hospitals and doctor's offices aren't supposed to have fragrance, but they do. I am sorry for your situation as well. Thank God we have crafty goodness to keep us entertained! I am so extremely thankful that my husband understands, and he does the shopping for us. Hang in there Diane. I'm still praying for your friend as well! 💕

[@amandaterrio4823]

Fun!

[@susansieber6189]

My friends child got hyperactive when he ate bananas, he out grew it but who would have guessed? Gelli plate - I have used the watercolor paint from tubes and wet watercolor paper and gotten some nice effects, needs a bit of play/practice but worth it.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Ah, that’s interesting about the watercolor and gelli, I will give it a try!

[@karenetaylor5758]

I find this work so exciting, thouroughly pleasing even at first sight. Today my cat is really agitated. I could get agitated, but I have no sure idea what are the underlying causes. I think even though we can talk to each other, what is said and what is going on ian our body is not often equala.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Very interesting comment, hope to hear from you again!

[@joycesnodgrass7068]

I enjoyed this video and listening to you!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@debterry1007]

Diane do you ever use Winsor Newton Cotman watercolors? Do you have a video of you using them? That is the set i have .. in the tube...

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

I do have some and they are very good paints. Have used them for years. I haven’t done a video showing them in use specifically, but I might be able to do something like that soon.

[@debraterry7141]

@@DianeAntoneStudio That would be awesome Diane. I'd really appreciate it.I'll keep my eye out for it....

[@ZeeCeeCreations]

Oh, Dear Lord, Diane….All I can tell you is that when I had chest pains….I DID have a heart attack! Please, don’t let this go unchecked… I was told that had I not gone to hospital, it would have been much worse.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

I hope you are totally recovered now xxx

[@ZeeCeeCreations]

@@DianeAntoneStudio Fine, with medication, thank you 😊

[@directorfriendsofunwantedr6372]

I’m a paying member but don’t recall getting a passcode to join the private members Facebook group. How can I get that information?

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi, are you a member of our KZbin Membership or of Patreon? Because Patreon will send you an email when you join with the code on it, and KZbin doesn’t, you need to look at the Members section on the menu on our home page. I’m sorry it’s so awkward, they don’t make it easy. If you email me on [e-mail] I can give it to you by email as well.

[@directorfriendsofunwantedr6372]

I’m paying my membership through KZbin. I sent you an email Thanks so much! Kimberly

[@coolrunnings3]

Pieter Paul Rubens was indeed born in Germany but he was a flemish guy who moved back to Belgium, Antwerp with his mother and siblings, when he was 13. 😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks.

[@patriciahorelick6450]

Maybe her check should be sent to Google…I’ll say it for you! 😁 And that Doctor’s appointment is truly the worst I’ve ever heard of! What’s this world coming to!?

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks Patricia! And we’ve sorted out the appointment now, it was a communications error :)

[@carolesauter4205]

You must be having sun breaks. We have those in Washington state, USA.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

It goes in and out all day long!

[@Kera.S.]

15:56 Yes you are a professional artist … If someone has paid for your work or paid you to work on a piece then I would think that qualifies correct?

[@maobfh]

Interesting that there is a prejudice in the UK against allergies, of all things. In the US and other countries around the world, there are doctors who specialize in allergies. I am gobsmacked, to be honest. Well, there are US Doctors who have their own “prejudices “ against scientifically proven medical phenomena. It is just so odd.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

I don’t know what is happening in the UK now really, my experience is from some years ago as I have been living in France for some time. I’m sure there are some who specialise somewhere.