Live studio painting - artist thoughts during an abstract painting

[@LindaAKeller]

It's more than 5 years since you filmed this (it's now December of 2023). However, there are posts from 8, 10 and 12 months ago and even one from 10 days ago. I am certain every one of us is grateful for your willingness to share your vulnerability and to show your struggle. One aspect of what I saw really stood out....the wrestling match between having a degree of intention (i.e., the tiny pencil sketches in your journal) and keeping things loose and free. Because it is five years later, I have had the joy of seeing some of your more current work and your amazing growth and expansion. Thank you so much for this.

[@Abi_ness_art]

I really appreciated the battling it out infront of us, i'm really resonating with so much of what was said.

[@suecanutesonart]

Very helpful Alice - and so commendable (and generous) of you to share your process live! I very much appreciate it!

[@leetravathan]

I came to the party late but I love this video. I am a life coach of 42 years and I have worked with thousands of creative souls. I love how you approach this piece. And I like hearing your thoughts... and this is why I love to work with creative souls!!!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Lee Travathan thank you. I alway ls plan to do more but I’ve moved to a much larger studio and the sound is a bit echoey and no WiFi. I will do more now I will be going again more regularly as my daughter is back to school.

[@leetravathan]

@@AliceSheridanStudio I look forward to seeing more and thank you for sharing with all of us. I so enjoy seeing your process and hearing your thoughts.

[@lindapowell2660]

It is great watching you find your way through this painting. You have reassured me that I am not an idiot. So helpful. Thank you so much for sharing it, warts and all!!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

You’re welcome … I’m working larger now, and often with paintings in the floor and paint in more fluid form, and then alternating back to walls, so it’s much harder to film! The internal dialogue is probably the same though 🙂

[@debbiegarland7124]

I love these earthy colours, they match your apron.

[@julieo2831]

Love hearing you think out loud about your process! So good!! It gives me confidence because I have very similar thoughts when I’m painting! I’m not alone🤣

[@jeansmith125]

I am enjoying so much and learning------don't want it to end. Thanks

[@peterbashford9262]

I really like Alice's work and find her thought processes both interesting and inspiring.

[@peterbashford9262]

Yes, talented and so generous with time and information!

[@anitamurphy680]

absolutely loved this - clarified a lot for me in what I am doing wrong, or more what I am doing that I don't really like. Thank you for sharing your process!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Glad it was helpful Anita. Must do another like this soon... x

[@annbenshalom1882]

LOVE this video! I learned so much and no I wasn’t doing something more exciting while having this going in the background, I was glued to every word you said and every brushstroke. I absolutely love hearing artists thoughts as they’re making art, it all makes so much sense to me. Now I’m going to go paint feeling really inspired. Thank you Alice, I found you through Nicholas Wilton who kept coming up on my FB feed. You’re my new favorite❤️❤️❤️

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Ann Ben Shalom thank you! I keep meaning to do more but I now have a much larger studio space and the sound is all echoey... I’ll try to remember to record more.

[@annbenshalom1882]

@@AliceSheridanStudio That would be wonderful. I hope you do. And since I’ve got your attention, can I ask you about brushes? Sorry if I’m being a noodnik! But I realized I’m using the same brushes I bought when I was a student in college and I am now 65, and maybe it’s time to invest in some new ones, ha! Without spending a lot of money, I just want a few basics, round, flat, large, small, right? Do you have a brand you prefer. When I was in college, way back in the 70’s and 80’s I had professors who were famous artists (not going to mention names although they’re probably all dead now but still...) who thought teaching meant sitting in their offices and coming into the studios once every 6 weeks for a critique. So I feel like I missed out on a lot of the basics and have really been trying to teach myself ever since.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Ann Ben Shalom it depends what you like ... I prefer synthetic brushes foe acrylic. I have some pretty basic flat ones but more recently have strayed using some Silver Brush ones - silver white or Ruby Satin

[@emilymeganjefferies5869]

I loved your comment, “it’s a little like solving a math problem.” it was the final piece of the puzzle to cracking the code to understanding what the hell I need to do to paint abstract. Thank you , Alison! And by the way, you’re too hard on yourself..your interpretation of the “math problem. “is beautiful! 💚

[@timgarrity158]

I love your abstracts

[@monicastella9149]

Love it as it has a great eye path with interest.

[@carleanne]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate how hard it is to paint and talk. I just discovered you yesterday but I so get your approach and love the visual puzzle side of the work along with the juicy brushwork. I have no problem creating an active painting but moving it past that stage and editing to find the final painting is so hard and your video went straight to that place. So if you do any more from this stage I would love to watch.

[@modoc3331]

So nice to get inside your head as you paint and problem solve. Thank you for sharing

[@caroljenkins3771]

Great process video. It is so helpful to hear your thinking as you make all those moment by moment decisions. Thank you!

[@jacquiteriele8448]

Thank you so much for sharing your process, I learnt so much just watching.

[@annemcginn8976]

Thank you from Chicago, appreciate you taKing the time to show what’s next after the middle. Always a conundrum. Not on Facebook, will watch KZbin for more from you tho. Very very worthwhile.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

anne mcginn thanks Anne, I don’t get to KZbin as often as I’d like, but I’m trying to!

[@shhhon]

Ive missed watching you paint from the Art2Life CVP demos and coaching calls, so I looked you up today on KZbin and was enjoying watching you discuss your work and your decisions while i ate lunch. Thanks for the lovely break and it’s nice to “see” you again as it were. Lovely progress as always. BtW, i have been cruising along with some paintings about this size or possibly slightly larger lately and noticed that when it starts looking Fiddley (not sure that’s a word) I often had been gravitating towards smaller mark making tools, so when i bring in some larger swaths of color or even light neutrals it really opens the piece up. I think it was you who initially mentioned to watch for this, so thank you. Its so much nicer imagining a CVP person coaching me than my inner critic tearing my work apart ;) thanks again for sharing your thought process as well as the chance to watch you work

[@brendalyness1767]

Love the "thinking out loud" for us. It really helps me understand what decisions are made, and how they come about.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Brenda Lyness it’s an ongoing discussion every time you make a painting.

[@carolkothmann6074]

I second that! You are such a good teacher because you have the patience to talk us through each decision.

[@richardkeeton9926]

Thank you very much. You are very generous to explain your thoughts. Very helpful to a starter. Wonderful work

[@sarahhovey804]

I finally get the back and forth rhythm between getting involved in the painting and stepping back to assess. I already do that in another sphere, so am very familiar with that way of doing things. Brilliant! Thank you!

[@lornagoldring6401]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. Its such a treat to get to glimpse into the mind of an artist and watch her work, very informative and helpful. It gave me some courage for my own work.

[@meganmoses4314]

I wholeheartedly agree - thank you so much for posting this, videos like this are so wonderful for a novice abstract painter like me, i cant tell you how wonderful t is to be privy to your though process as you paint. Thank you thank you thank you

[@onnythomson2663]

I love the ramblings - thank you

[@ShawNshawN]

Nice to explain your thinking process on deciding how to choose your colors. Great use of colors in a series of two. I definitely turn my abstracts painting as I go (great artist hack). Thanks for sharing Alice!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Thanks for commenting Shawn, have you tried re-drawing little mini studies of your work-in-progress? I find that really helps too. I'm only getting started on KZbin (so much to do!!) but you can find more on Facebook if you like it over there.... facebook.com/AliceSheridanArt :-)

[@leilaskye8143]

I'm inspired by your idea of observing in an aid memoir. Something I'll take up. This is exciting because I've just completed an assignment from Loiuse taster course that I experimenting with similar colours. Synchronisation going on here.

[@monikalenander2902]

I love your process and I really like your painting now!!!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

This turned into a good one. You can see the finished painting here: alicesheridan.com/product/to-the-tall-cliffs/ (sold now)

[@kayfoster9885]

Please make another of live painting! Loved it!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Kay Foster will do - I have a new big studio and it’s a bit echoey!!

[@janerogers5717]

I have been following your art pieces on Pinterest and now discovered your KZbin channel. This video is really interesting and informative, though I'm finding it quite hard in feeling your pain as you make decisions. 🎨😃

[@parekhmy]

Alice, quite appreciable.

[@keefus10]

I love these videos Alice. The way you vocalise your thought process is so helpful.

[@Childsdancer2]

Thank you, a lovely video-and its nice to know that I am not the only one who finds it helpful to talk their way through a painting process-beautiful work

[@AndyMorrisArt]

thank you for sharing all these great tips, wonderful painting demo

[@peterbashford9262]

Second time I watched this, so helpful following your processes and thinking Alice. Thank you!

[@helenparken535]

Loving your painting session Alice - thank you for sharing - I can relate to your pfaffing

[@ubaidsyed6720]

Thank you Alice I was just about to ask you that if there is some video to see how you paint I feel lucky to se your painting process video this morning I and I really enjoid that Thanks again n take care

[@nathanbotha1199]

I love the feeling of distance in the painting you're working on (some smaller distant forms and some larger foreground shapes and everything in between)...that's atleast how I interpret it...can't help but see it as a type of scene a person could imagine themselves walking into). I like hearing your thoughts during the process too! I have similar thoughts while doing my own abstract paintings.

[@monicastella9149]

Thank you for sharing your process.

[@lorrainedaly373]

Thank you Alice for sharing !

[@daniellelauzon3172]

Thank you for sharing your thought process. Very informative and instructive. Well done!

[@jeansmith125]

Loved watching you work on this. Painting is not really easy. I just found you today. Will watch more. Thanks for your talking through this

[@stephenmbatia7825]

Painting is very easy. You just need to bring out the child in you.also have a playful mind or attitude

[@possiblepaintings5059]

Thank you so much Alice I've found this video soooo instructive

[@paulinemurray2365]

Pauline from Canada, I really enjoyed your process, trying to figure out what I would do while you were painting was a fun exercise and very informative. Thank you

[@beebrodie3530]

There is a film of Tapies on youtube which is quite charming. It shows him working and his process is absolutely fascinating.

[@cherimckenzie9075]

I love your work, I’m so happy to have found you, and thank you so much for your generosity in explaining your thought process, it is very helpful and inspiring.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Cheri McKenzie Thank you, it’s something you rarely see - I’ll try to do more when I remember ;-)

[@waterhorse108]

So, so helpful.. Ive done CVP earlier this year and then FYJ kand now in Week 5 of FYV…this video is so perfect for our editing week…cant wait to use some of your ideas…many thanks….And I love your work. Looking for the 2 things you were going to share including something special you’re doing next week…where would I find them..Thank You!!!

[@PennyOtwell]

Very fun process! Happy to find you. 😁

[@WeirdSide]

Thank you Alice, you're my favourite!

[@AndyMorrisArt]

glad I found your channel, enjoyed watching you create this lovely painting

[@artiste335]

Love this painting!

[@vanessajmcintosh]

I love this painting, thrilling to see the work progress! thanks so much

[@gillianshepherd6152]

wonderfully informative!

[@catherinelarochelle821]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your work

[@WeirdSide]

Thank you Alice very cool!

[@lauragibbs4219]

Love it. Would really enjoy seeing more.

[@anilimo9296]

Thank you very much for this, I found following your painting process very interesting. I would love to see it from start to finish, perhaps in a series of videos. Thanks again and best wishes.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Ani Limo Thank you... it’s not easy to film a total painting as I switch between them so often, this painting finished is ‘To the Tall Cliffs’ which is now sold, but in case you want to see how it ended up! alicesheridan.com/product/to-the-tall-cliffs/

[@anilimo9296]

Alice Sheridan thanks, quite a difference. I would love to know more how you go about your colours and colour mixing. Do you plan which colours you will be using and if so how much you stick to it?

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Ani Limo no, I don’t really plan much - sometimes I have an idea, but more often it just evolves and I mix as I go along in response to what’s happening on the painting.

[@anilimo9296]

Alice Sheridan thank you, I love the colours in your paintings. X

[@mikeroy6713]

That’s what it looks like. No planning, just spontaneity and reaction. To me, this is what makes (some) abstracts so interesting. You know when to stop and go. Thank you so much for your content! Glad to have found you

[@jimaforwood743]

It’s all pretty simple and it,above all else should be fun. An investigation into potentiality. Nice.

[@zoeg7985]

Just found you, I’m excited to see your videos. Love the way you shared your thinking. Are you painting on a canvas, canvas board, laminate board or??! Thank you for your posts

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

At this time I was working on wood panels, but when I started working larger they get heavy! I still use panels for smaller work, but now I do more larger paintings and those are on canvas… it’s changed a bit (see Instagram for more recent!) @alicesheridanstudio

[@alrenefischer4481]

I love this just as is ........ less is. Ore , love you color chose although my favourite colors are diff ,...... now yellow georgeous 😊

[@abbyzain3232]

Love the depth...

[@karen-mariemondrup4969]

Thank you, a lovely thes .videos

[@eileen7129]

Could you share the colors you used on your palette for this painting? Really a lovely combination. Thank you.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Hi Eileen, I do a lot of mixing to make my colours so impossible to say. Possibly wasn’t using a lot of cool yellow then, so a cadmium yellow + blue will help give a more olive yellow/green like this with your blues. And would have had some red in the mix too just to desaturate it further.

[@eileen7129]

Thank you. Currently enjoying your video.😊

[@alisonmcmillan9622]

I found it interesting that you used the little pencil sketches to analyze your paintings and deside what to do next.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Hi Alison It can be very helpful if you feel stuck - first so that you pause and also you consider your painting more objectively. I do it less often now but it’s still a really interesting thing to do because you become more aware of what you notice in the painting and which areas to emphasise or calm

[@margiepoulos1028]

I think the small additions you made near the end of the video gave the painting a little more definition.

[@kd2213]

Lovely video! what size is this painting?

[@zohrehzarnegar4433]

Dear Alice, I learned about your art and your beautiful artistic creations only during the last few months. Now I don't see any recent videos. I hope you are doing well and are safe and healthy. Wishing you the best in all your endeavors, hoping to see more of your work on line and your collaboration with ART2LIFE ACADEMY?

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

ZOHREH ZARNEGAR Hi! Thank you... yes, all good. I’m more active on Instagram @alicesheridanstudio And busy with my artist membership - it’s been rather a busy and strange few months!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

ZOHREH ZARNEGAR I don’t teach within the Art 2 Life Academy as I have my own membership and plan to create some short courses. That’s plenty alongside making my own work :-)

[@williamcarlin7116]

How can we view the final results?

[@ginadale2325]

Thanks Alice for your video. Do you have a list of your favourite colour pallet. I love your colours as well, with reds . Thanks for sharing.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

I don’t stick to a set colour palette. Within each painting yes, you want to create a balance of harmony and dissonance, but I enjoy colour too much to limit so each group of work often has something different. For a while I was really enjoying different pinks, at the moment I’m exploring using yellows again. I like the mix of saturated and desaturated.

[@monicastella9149]

Wonderful as is; I se

[@MarjosArt]

thank you ! So happy to find you! Can you please link the ART EXPLORER's Group? I can't find it-- is it a Facebook group or? thank you...

[@taniabeatty4079]

Great to see the process at work so enlightening. (just couldn't see the very top of the painting, was out of camera shot, just to get a fuller idea of composition).

[@marionjoy9475]

thank you

[@suzannedesylva3805]

Much more mystery now. I have often wondered how I could tape my thoughts and listen to them later. Wonderful video.

[@susancampos8959]

Maybe a very thin yellow line in middle where dark figure is on grey square across it.

[@yas_i_art]

Thank u for sharing.

[@elinkampenhaug487]

i love it.

[@suzannedesylva3805]

Staircase marks between the 2 yellow areas

[@lenmey1]

Was wondering when you do these larger paintings and have to use a lot of paint ,how do you keep the cost down? Any tips? Do you ever use acrylic house paint for whites for example.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Paintings are a lot bigger than this now! House paint is very different - it has colour shift when drying and can crack infused thick. I think it’s OK if you’re honest, I don’t use it a standard

[@westrain2]

Nice work

[@susancampos8959]

For Alice Cheri you asked about yellow to connect your picture a cross.

[@abbyzain3232]

Lovely...😍

[@kathleenkaleookalanismith8724]

💗💗💗

[@lauraedwards2110]

What's the group you said to join?

[@Art40]

nice

[@djoanlilley1307]

How do I access the Art explorers group, please?

[@cookieschwartz749]

Do you add any collage to your paintings?

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Cookie Schwartz yes, especially on the smaller ones.

[@artysqueezy184]

What are painting on please? It looks like a box canvas made of MDF? And do you make them or buy them?

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

SUZANNE GRAHAM they are cradled birch ply panels. It’s a better surface than MDF because less prone to water damage. In the UK you can get them at Jackson’s here: www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-academy-wooden-panels?___store=jacksonsart_en&acc=bcbe3365e6ac95ea2c0343a2395834dd

[@susancampos8959]

To thick sorry I enjoyed the lines before your covered it up I saw figure in that. You covered it up.

[@md954btch]

Fist I'd like to appreciate the colors of your hair, your shirt and your abron they really made affect on the show. Two: hidden or clear vertical lines even done intuitively show the eye the direction of the artwork.. Then the position of camera is most important. Don't want to take long other comments may be later. But really I like'm

[@dalidaily]

nooooooooo, you are killing the part i love !!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

That always happens Steve :-) decisions need to be made! I’ve often thought how wonderful it would be to have duplicates and be able to take two separate routes onward...

[@chernyipioner]

❤

[@jackgalmitz1883]

I feel you are holding on to that white area and it is just not enhancing the surround areas- it is too unfounded that area.

[@madhavmankar1898]

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[@jackgalmitz1883]

I feel the blue/green areas are too heavy for the painting.

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Jack Galmitz I like the darks, that’s the good thing about making art isn’t it? We each get to choose what we like.

[@jackgalmitz1883]

@@AliceSheridanStudio I agree Alice. I loved your video and your painting and your thoughts about decisions you made about the painting. I just offered my feelings about segments of the work that's all.

[@susancampos8959]

Oops! Sheri correct spelling. !

[@bonniezieman3424]

Cool that so much left brain analysis produced such a nice result.

[@gloriajean1507]

Enjoyed your video but you seemed so unsure of yourself...probably because the camera was on you. I find that if I find my dominant shape and dominate color (can be all shades/hues of a color) pretty much in the beginning and then towards the end, start placing smaller shapes and accent colors, the process goes a lot smoother. Just a hint!

[@AliceSheridanStudio]

Yes, this was a few years ago now 🙂 but it is odd to paint to camera and verbalise everything. Usually it’s just me and I don’t have to worry about quiet/boring bits and you just forget time.... what I love is that we each find our own process. One of the joys for me is discovering the colour as I go. I find this creates a more unusual and interesting painting than if I choose early on, but I agree that you need to make that decision somewhere along the line.

[@orestephunx618]

thats what i wanted to watch.

[@yazanhazaymeh6279]

your impulse what drives you to break new ground, been unsure perhaps less a demonstration /signs of lack of beliefs in your own ability as an abstract impressionist artist than not to follow you inner feelings when comes on deciding what next.