Painting In England

[@saracrittendencoppedge4522]

There you go again with those fantastic boats. I have never seen any pictures of boats that I like as well as yours.

[@sandihester]

Awe - thank you!

[@michl6688]

The fire alarm at church!! I laughed so hard at this. Totally something I would have done. 🤣🤣 Your work in this video is incredible. Love the sketches at Exmouth. I cannot WAIT for Part 2! 😀🎉👏

[@sandihester]

🙌❤️

[@annrubino6252]

Dear Sandi - This is the most , just the most! Sincere thanks for sharing your filming with us, and spreading your happiness far and wide. Here in the Canadian Rockies we are already facing a long winter and your time in England was just what I needed to boost my incentive to paint. Your spontaneous paintings are richly beautiful.

[@sandihester]

So glad it gave you some incentive to paint 🙌

[@CSchaeken]

I have just discovered your videos Sandi, and what a delight they are. I have lived in England for 20 years, so these are happy memories ! Sending love from Alsace, France 👍👍❤️❤️

[@sandihester]

Ohhh that’s so nice! Welcome!!! So glad this gave you happy memories!

[@lydiawright7193]

Sandi what a great video for me to indulge in this morning. I was so happy to see you in Devon. This is where my dad was born who just turned 80 last week. He often talks about Devon with such love in his heart. You were able to show me the beauty that he so often talks about to this day. He loves to paint the landscapes of England even though he has lived in Canada for 40+ years. His heart is still there. Thank you Sandi.

[@sandihester]

Ohh I love that!

[@sophiahodgson85]

I’m in the UK & my Godmother lives in Topsham! I’ve been in that bird watching hut! It’s called an estuary (river mouth that fills with sea water with the tides) I TOTALLY get why you struggle with the pronunciation of quay! I think the cord you pulled isn’t a fire alarm - if there is a long string in a toilet it’s an emergency alarm for disabled people who fall onto the floor in the toilet & need assistance to be helped back into their wheelchair

[@sandihester]

Topsham was sooooo pretty!

[@thefreylife]

“I have been looking for a cliffy kind of place” -Sandi :)

[@sandihester]

😂😂😂❤️

[@smegilligan77]

Friends are our treasures off of our creative pages. They inspire the pages of our mind that we get to express for others to see. Treasures captured.. THANKS FOR SHARING SANDI! BLESSINGS!

[@quietlife7186]

I'm so happy that you and Grady got to enjoy this wonderful experience together!!!! Thank you for taking us along ❤!!!!

[@helencolville7759]

I had a feeling that you were going to visit England and was so excited when I saw this video pop up! Devon and Cornwall are my favourite parts of the country, though I don't get to visit very often as I live up in the north of England. What a great experience for you and Grady - looking forward to part 2!

[@jenniek4617]

Oh wow! You were literally just down the road from where I live! I’m so glad you enjoyed your visit and found it so inspiring. I think you pulled the alarm cord for disabled people in the toilet! 😂 it’s easily done! Amazing paintings Sandi can’t wait for the next one!

[@sandihester]

I loved it there sooooo much!

[@dono1606]

Love the blue frame specs!

[@marielouiseweeksb33attitud33]

Can so relate navigating different toilets in different countries🤣🤣 and love your pronunciation of Quay. You are a breath of fresh air. So glad you found a church to go to as well.

[@indigosky9578]

So glad you got to cross to this side side of the big Pond Sandi!

[@sandihester]

Me too!!!

[@ChantelleArts]

the way you said 'quay' is so cute! lovely to see you exploring the lesser known parts of england, glad you didn't get caught in the rain, we have a lot of that here 😂

[@ruthfrancis833]

Ah Sandy. I live in the uk and seeing and hearing you be so excited about it has filled my heart with such warmth and joy. Please come back, you must come up north if you would like some amazing hills and craggy edges 😃

[@cathybockel1213]

Omg this was wonderful! The paintings are great , both In the sketchbook and on canvas . The pig omg I laughed so hard . The church incident was a riot too. Thank you thank you for the fun and the inspiration.

[@onnaaddis7983]

I'm so Excited, Sandi. Can't wait to watch all of this . I am having some Iced tea lemonade and working on a painting. Fun to paint with you my inspirational friend.! Glad you had a great time. I'll be quiet now and soak up your energy. You are a lifeforce! Onna

[@JRose-zk1ni]

I love the windows!!!! You made them sort of squiggly - LOVE!! The entire painting is lovely 🙂

[@jam4441]

Wow fantastic trip. Thank you for sharing. Next stop Australia...?

[@quettanyss2406]

This was an absolute joy to watch Sandi! Love the paintings you did. It was so inspiring to see you capturing the landscape. I can't wait to get into my studio and paint! Looking forward to part 2 😊

[@marcysinger5351]

I pulled a string like that in a bookstore bathroom in Rome, thinking like you did it was to flush. I soon had three worried employees outside the door, asking if I was okay 😂 It’s been so inspiring watching these videos from your trip.

[@andreajlmoore]

Setting off the fire alarm at church…so funny!! I would have pulled that string too cause every British novel I read seems to have a chain flush toilet! I think you guys were brave to rent a car…driving on the other side of the road…I don’t think my dyslexic artist brain could figure that one out! Such a fun vlog! Thanks!

[@sandihester]

Grady did GREAT driving!!!! I was so impressed! I’m NOW confused though 🤣🤪

[@Elena-Studio]

So amazing seeing England through your paintings!

[@JJsketchbook]

Thank you for sharing how much you loved your trip and the inspiration and joy it gave you. Plus of course your wonderful pictures. I feel blessed to live in England, albeit at the other end of the country from where you visited.

[@siobhanmcauleystudio]

The incident in the loo with the alarm is hilarious.

[@gilliani.4328]

What a lovely & inspiring video for me to watch first thing this morning!! I enjoy watching your processes and just how relaxed you are. ❤

[@christinebarone2151]

I am lol at those two men giving you the stink eye ! Btw , I saw Candy St too, tell Grady he was wrong.. 😉. I loved this on location art with artists. I cant wait to see part 2. Have a wonderful weekend. ❤

[@sandihester]

Those old men were great!

[@uktree1]

Loved it, thank you. Now I've seen a peeing pig too! Great paintings and wonderful enthusiasm. 😊

[@sandihester]

😂 Thank you!!

[@helenag.9386]

You didn't tell me we could have had tea!

[@monicahiatt]

So many favorite moments from this video, especially your incredible paintings and enthusiasm to make nonstop art. However, my ultimo favorite scene is of the flabbergasted, old dudes giving you the stink eye and you were teflon and kept your joyful mood. 😂 (Also, you are my hero for painting in windy conditions. I would have wimped out.)

[@TheRecoveringCreative]

This is inspiring me! I leave for Rome this week and definitely want to take some supplies with me and see what happens 😀🤗 beautiful trip

[@Hanna.k_draws]

Ah!!! I wish I knew I’d welcome you at the airport!!! 😂 Glad you had a good time! Experienced the English weather and the county roads. Laughed so much with your toilet incident 😂 They usually have alarms for disabled ppl here in the toilets so that why they came running to you to help you 😂

[@sandihester]

😂 we actually have those here too 🤷‍♀️😂

[@lightwavz]

Ahhh, the toilet stories. In solidarity, I took a week of cold showers in Costa Rica because I forgot the C knob was for hot water, caliente. 😊 We live, we learn, we warn others! 😂

[@sandihester]

😂

[@SkylightSwift]

Thank you for taking us along on your trip Sandi 😊

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Really fun and exciting video Sandi! It was so much fun, almost surreal, to see some of my favorite Patreon, KZbin and Instagram artists together in the Uk. 🎉🤗

[@Beadseller]

Oh, I loved this video. I am super happy that you got to go to England and paint and meet friends. So much beauty! Thank you for sharing it with us all. You are such an inspiration.

[@meredith7236]

Morning Sandi you see so happy it's lovely bless you

[@JulieToye-gy6ij]

Awwww I'm so happy you guys visited the U.K.!!!!! I loved watching this video! Your toilet story had me in stitches 😂😂😂 love all your paintings😊💖🤗 next time come to Scotland 😊💖🤗

[@chromatelier]

Really enjoyed this video Sandi (I live in North Devon) ~ loved the toilet story 😂

[@sandihester]

Oh awesome!

[@queenbuzybee4074]

Lots of great footage and inspiration! Glad you enjoyed your trip to Europe and got to meet up with so many people. I live in Germany and it’s great. I‘m about 30 min away from Poland. I‘ve been to most countries and I just love it. Thanks for sharing your work!

[@LynnHPalmertree]

Oh my gosh! Best video ever. I have to watch this again. Thanks for taking us to England. ❤️

[@sandihester]

🙌

[@Jurgasketch]

This video was so fun to watch! I lived in Exmouth for few years and for another few in Exeter and I miss it like crazy. It was so amazing to watch you visit all the places I have been to so many times myself. Watching you enjoy it filled my heart with so much joy. Thanks so much for sharing I can’t wait for part 2!

[@kathyhackney7950]

Oh also, at the 7:06 mark, that painting kind of looks like you, Sandi! Maybe it’s just me 😂 but I think so and it’s adorable

[@figenyesilpnar5857]

So lovely and full of Inspiring Sandi❤

[@mereldjamila]

So fun to see that you're meeting up with fellow artists to paint together. I love bringing gouache paint on a trip. Earlier this year, I traveled for three months through Europe and I loved meeting up with people to draw as well 🥰

[@deborahruth5072]

How fun. I am so excited for you that you were able to go and meet so many wonderful people. That is too funny about the fire alarm. 🤭 I probably done the same thing. If I ever make it to England I will remember: Do not pull the string. 🤣

[@donnicebarham4888]

best video in a long time

[@keltavuokko]

I REALLY love the way you did those sails on the boats at 21:03!

[@joannrabideau1657]

What a wonderful trip. So beautiful there. Can’t wait to see part two!!

[@katherinemcallister6859]

I did the same thing at Stirling Castle in Scotland - tried to flush the toilet and set off the fire alarm.😂

[@sandihester]

Glad I’m not the only one 😂

[@kelligrotle407]

I LOVE this!!!!!!!! Thank you so MUCH for making these videos for us- So Refreshing!!! My Favorite paintings you create are the ones with the ocean/ sea and boats with their buoys! My husband and I live in the Pacific Northwest- Washington state, and we (along with our yellow lab, Jaxx! fish for crab, shrimp, ling cod, and Salmon- and anything to do with the sea is close to my heart! This was Awesome! Can't WAIT to see the next videos, Sandi! So glad you you were able to meet all these wonderful artists in person and enjoy your time in England!

[@lindavineart]

Glad you enjoyed England. Glad you enjoyed church… I’m sure you made an impression 😂. I’m an artist in West Sussex, England. I have lived in US for a short while many years ago. Love your videos 👏🏻

[@sandihester]

“An impression “ 😂

[@talkeducation5118]

I love your paintings in your sketchbook!

[@MelanieBeilner]

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!!! I teared up several times at your happiness with your art friends. Your work means a lot to me! Such amazing, colorful, whimsical and happy work!

[@sandihester]

❤️❤️❤️

[@suzannemarshall7458]

fantastic trip and wonderful art thank you for taking us along.

[@charityariverpixie998]

Loved seeing you in England , it was so funny especially the panic cord in the loo and your amazement at our country lanes ❤truly adorable , I was chuckling at the birdwatchers in the lookout with you 😂. Thanks for sharing as always your videos are just so warm and beautiful xx

[@sandihester]

Those poor birdwatchers 😂

[@ellengoodloe9786]

This trip must have been a dream come true for you guys! Thanks for sharing it with us ❤

[@veronicagreen6180]

Great video, what a beautiful places…I can’t wait to see the next one,,,thanks for sharing

[@The.lazy.eyed.artist]

lol I love it. "I have fallin and can't get up strings". I want to go so bad. I was actually born in England but I have no memory of it. We left when I was 4. I want to go to the lake district. Thank you so much for this video. Loved. it.

[@betsykimbrough]

Love, love love your painting and meeting up with some awesome artists in England. I sketched there a few years back and know exactly how you feel. The beauty and the inspiration will stay with you forever.

[@sandihester]

I hope it never leaves!

[@soniacallaway1246]

Hi Sandy I wish I had known you were in Devon I’m only down the road in Cornwall, how lovely to see you on home ground, looks like you had a wonderful time, love your work and your so sweet xxxx

[@sandihester]

I really wanted to get to Cornwall!!!

[@paulalovesart4545]

Oh Sandy, what a pure joy this was to watch! I hope to go there one day, and this makes me consider some things for a trip I have coming up! Thank you for sharing. Love this so much. You are precious and an inspiration. Keep up the good work! Sincerely, Paula

[@pegboyd4312]

Spectacular video documentation of your trip and onsite artistic skills! Bravo!

[@junemaguire5053]

England is so beautiful, I left when I was 27, the weather was always so cold my husband wanted warmth so we came to live in Australia, I miss the English country side very much even though I have lived in Australia 40 plus years. Excited for you to paint in the u.k.

[@moniqueasselin6254]

Hi Sandy. What a great surprise it was to find your video this morning! I loved every minute of it and your paintings are so fabulous, just lovvving them! Can’t wait to see more.😊

[@sandihester]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@jenniferb4432]

This was so fun to see your trip and all your amazing artwork!

[@lafterthefact6939]

So happy you got to travel that beautiful area! I went to the Lake District in the north this summer. Gorgeous beyond words. You’d love sketching there. It almost becomes beauty overload.

[@sandihester]

Perfect way to describe that area - beauty overload!

[@AnitasDreams]

How exciting. A trip where memories are made---good for you. The driving would have done me in. Beautiful scenery & views.

[@sandihester]

Yes to the driving 😂

[@mindym.1166]

Oh my gosh Sandi such an amazing trip! Thank you for sharing it with us! It has been 40 years since I’ve been to Great Britain (~gulp~😳 where did the time go?) and now that I’ve seen your amazing art v-log I really REALLY want to go back.

[@LouStineArtStudios]

That was so fun and your paintings are beautiful! You captured some great memories in your sketchbooks. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@marilynburke7609]

Lovely trip. Glad you both had a good time and gathered some nice images to paint. Thanks for taking me along. Love the paintings you did. I enjoy watching you work. You have inspired me again.😊❤️

[@sandihester]

So glad you feel inspired 🙌

[@meganarline]

Loved this video! Especially the Exeter sea scapes. I loved the little houses on the far shore so much! I really hope you are still working on making a book of your sketches. I would love to be able to hold a book like that in my hands. Too funny with the fire alarm, I can see myself doing the same thing. Thanks for sharing all your work. I am looking forward to next week.

[@artjojo52]

Enjoyed seeing you sketch again in such a wonderful setting. Glad y’all enjoyed your trip. Also, please tell me where you got your pink glasses🩷😎

[@camilleschoonover4789]

Loved seeing your trip and your painting and sketches are great!!😊

[@loiswells3564]

It’s so great you came to England! Loved your paintings and your story about flushing the loo at the church! Xx

[@sandihester]

Thank you!

[@fionasimagination]

So happy you had such a lovely time! Living vicariously through you, getting my inspiration filled up while stuck in hospital again. Love all of your paintings! They make the world feel so magical❤

[@sandihester]

So sorry you’re in the hospital 😭

[@elizabethcameron6045]

I am looking forward to watching this video! I am so happy you and Grady went to England. Be well, Sandi! PS Grady is driving very well across the pond! I can't imagine driving on the opposite side of the car AND road.

[@sandihester]

He was a rockstar driving!!!!! I mean, I did help him 😂. And of course because of that I’m now TOTALLY confused as to what side of the road I’m supposed to be on 😂

[@creativeartwellbeing]

Yay!… i think I felt every emotion watching this wonderful video Sandi… tears of joy, laughter and heart warming pride that you are in my part of the world… I live in Cornwall so the South West of England is where I have grown up, and you made it feel so special… I love watching you paint and seeing you paint the scenes I know well was just magical❤ I can’t wait for part 2 xxxx lol I couldn’t stop laughing at the emergency toilet pull …. I can see why you wouldn’t know what that was.. they are usually in disabled toilets 😊 so funny xxxx LY 💕

[@sandihester]

What’s funny about the toilet string is that we have them here in some places too 😂🤷‍♀️

[@maddietighe5881]

I saw Candy! Can't wait for the next one.

[@King-bg5us]

Such a lovely inspiring video. I can’t sit for long and always long to paint and draw outside. Thank you for sharing this Sandi, besides being such a joy to watch, it has inspired me to go out and do what I can in short bursts of time. 😍x

[@sandihester]

I am soo glad!!

[@kr2112]

Hi, Sandi! I finally had a chance to watch this video! It's fantastic! And your paintings are so great! Every time you post they are better than the last!!! :-)

[@heatherhoepsintuitiveart]

what a great trip! I love all the paintings and sketches you did in Devon! Just wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

[@corriegrant367]

Love seeing your trip. Looks like such fun. Love the sketches and paintings. Such a great opportunity to spend time with other artists you know. You and Grady look so happy and relaxed. Glad you had a great time. Looking forward to part 2. How about a class! Your art brings me joy. Thanks, Sandi💜

[@sandihester]

We were so happy! Class is in process now for landscape of the southwest US from our Santa Fe trip!

[@PlayfullyPainting]

Thankyou for sharing your spectacular trip to England. What a fun art adventure. Loved seeing you Sandi and Grady having so much fun.

[@sandihester]

Such great memories!

[@GillianCrossArt]

So lovely to see you in England! Glad you enjoyed our beautiful country 💜

[@ingridpetrini]

Lovely to see you and Emma on the same spot, painting together. My role models 😊

[@sandihester]

❤️❤️❤️

[@wild.soul.sketchbooks]

Yaaay, absolutely loved this video Sandi😍♥️ the paintings you did were all gorgeous 🥰. Can't wait for part 2! (also I live in Cornwall, so nice to see the UK countryside in your vlog!🥰) xx

[@sandihester]

I REALLY wanted to go down to Cornwall!!!!!

[@janeandclementine]

Loved this video! My husband and I spend 6 weeks each spring hiking in the UK (from Canada) mostly in the North so it’s exciting to see a part of the country we are not as familiar with. Looking forward to part 2.

[@sandihester]

Ohhh fun!

[@waldorfmomvrijeschoolmoede4770]

Love every minute of it! You are so good at making a complete and fun art-travel vlog. Can’t wait for part 2. Count down starts now!!

[@sandihester]

Wellllll thank you!!! 🙌❤️

[@lelly4870]

Loved being able to see some of England with you and thank you for sharing the spots you have been to so far. Love the music! Beautiful.

[@JoAnneSmith-di8ok]

I love your paintings. I also just love your beautiful music. I could really feel your atmosphere. Enjoy everything.

[@madelynsmith8281]

Beautiful!!! Loving the views. Seeing the artists is amazing. Your paintings are wonderful and the food looks delicious.😊 Looking forward to part 2. ❤

[@AldridgeCrafts]

So lovely to see the UK through your eyes, I am over on the East coast in Norfolk. Glad to see Grady trying a sausage roll.. a British essential! 😂

[@sandihester]

😂

[@Erinba]

Ah love it! I moved to England 14 years ago and it is always so inspiring ❤

[@sandihester]

So jealous!!!! I loved it there so much!

[@hollynoscar3534]

what an awesome trip being able to hang with art besties, can't wait to see part 2. love the work you created there, you can see and feel joy with each piece.

[@sandihester]

Thank you Holly!

[@brendawhaley7094]

I always wanted to go to England,Germany have family Ireland

[@jennyrose1274]

I loved the video and your joy at all the new experiences of what Devon has to offer, even the weather. Every painting expressed your lovely fun personality.

[@sandihester]

Thank you!

[@TheYellowsun76]

I am so happy you had such a fabulous time Sandi!! Your paintings are beautiful :)

[@lisaburda5490]

Thank you, such a great video! I tend to have problems with editing out details and loosening up with my landscapes, your videos are very helpful, I learn so much!