SEMI-ABSTRACT ART

Semi-Abstract Sunflower paintings this week, exploring mixed media on paper and sketchbook covers. #sunflower #mixedmedia #charcoalsketch

[@jacquelinejoyce161]

I love your paintings, sketches and most of all your enthusiasm! You have me buying art supplies again! I am 81 and haven’t painted for 20 years. I’m so psyched! So happy I found you!😊❤

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Jacqueline, reading your words makes me so happy ..... ENJOY yourself ❤❤

[@kristinebooden6235]

I found it funny when you mentioned the ever disappearing scissors; I used to think when the kids grew up and moved out i would finally be able to keep track of the scissors! No such luck, it's like socks in the dryer 😂😂

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Kristine, mine have gone from the cabin already 😂 And just the one pair left in the kitchen drawer! Thank you for watching and commenting 🥰

[@sherylwhite2201]

I don't know whether you catch up with comments on your months old videos Gaynor, but I found this one so inspiring and informative (as they all are actually) that I just had to thank you and cheer for you. I'll have to go back through it again and make notes. I loved watching all your approaches to the sunflowers, and I especially liked your comment at the end - that you know how to do certain stuff in drawing but you want to keep pushing yourself to explore. This is a good prompt for me, and very hard to do, but worthwhile. Your videos have inspired me to get going with my art again, do something daily, do warm up painting etc...... and try out some of the things I see you do. Thanks so much and all the best for 2024 🎉❤

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Sheryl, I try to answer all the messages that come in and yours is wonderful, thank you so much XX Keep going with your daily approach, it really helps me enormously XX

[@rmclarke15]

I agree Sheryl - I'm working my way through all Gaynor's videos - a little like binge watching a much-loved television series!

[@taketimetoseait396]

Early to bed early to rise... so in Florida, get to watch in early AM always.... well, it's 2:53 p.m., having a hard time responding to your latest vlog.😮..thou watched hours ago. U have sparked, an engery to paint like ...well it's amazing 😂 So thankful 2 God 4 thrill of universal ART. SOUTH Florida has beauty...but finding more people worldwide is more than I expected. Stay healthy and keep on keeping on girl...SO APPRECIATE YOUR FILMING TECHNIQUES, ECT.😮

[@gaynorpattle]

THANK YOU ❤

[@susanmolinari2348]

My dear Gaynor, You have brought back to mind the loveliest memory from 40 some odd yrs ago. When I was about 18, my Aunt, who was a painter and Uncle, took me on a "date" to a theatre in Atlanta GA to see a one man play starring Leonard Nemoy called "Vincent". The play was from Theo's perspective of his brother and based on the letters you were reading. Leonard Nemoy was mesmerizing. It was a very cool experience. Googling it now, there is a video of the play you might be able to find. Thanks for sharing your process and inspiration!

[@gaynorpattle]

How fantastic Susan, I will certainly try to find the 'Vincent" play. 🥰Thank you

[@laurenp1274]

SO glad to hear sunflowers are staying next week as they're fantasitc...love the big ones and the concertina panels. "I can almost hear you saying stop stop" 🤣🤣

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Lauren and thank you for always supporting and saying lovely things 🧡🧡🧡

[@meesh327]

I have nigella envy! I absolutely love their pods but I have had limited success in growing them. I have only harvested skimpy little bunches to dry. I enjoyed watching you play with the sunflowers, the results were stunning. I live in a rural area and a large estate down the road a bit has a section of their field planted with sunflowers. They always make me smile... and drive a little slower when I pass by.

[@gaynorpattle]

Have you tried using the seeds from the dried pods in your garden ? I randomly shake them about and bingo....they come up ! Our soil isn't great and I know how you feel when certain plants just won't grow well 🥰

[@beccogiallo]

I love all the exciting sunflowers you are working on. During your videos I periodically check to see how much there is still to watch, and am always so happy when I see that there's lots more to come!

[@gaynorpattle]

Such a lovely comment to open, heartfelt thanks 🥰

[@aprilsmith1166]

I do the same! And always feel disappointed when I see the video is nearing it's end. Are we childish? No, if course not! Just devoted fans! 😊

[@gaynorpattle]

@@aprilsmith1166 Lovely people 🥰

[@PaulWalesArt]

Thursday - always my favourite day - another visit with Gaynor. I find it so inspiring (and incredible) how much you accomplish each week. As always thank you for sharing your exploration and for sharing the chaos which surrounds an artists life. Be well! ♥

[@gaynorpattle]

You always spur me on ! Have a great week🥰

[@janinafisher101]

In this video from last year when you are painting sunflowers, and talking about VanGogh's letters, it is so lovely in the last "scene" to see the yellow of the painting to your left, your yellow top, the yellow background of one of the charcoal drawings of a sunflower, the yellow tinged shrub through the window, and of course the deep yellow of the sunflowers you were painting was in my mind too. Even the tape in the foreground was a lovely deep yellow! Your process is so free and loose, and your outcome is always so charming. I keep wondering how long it will take me to ever get to a stage where I can create anything so lovely of my own! Sighing enviously in Canada... 🙂 (Even this smile is yellow! LOL.)

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Janina, Please don't wonder how long....just enjoy where you are now, enjoy the process and let go of the outcome and it will come !!!!

[@grantwickens9274]

I like your comment slightly paraphrased here, "I know how to do the bits I know how to do. It's the bits I don't know how to do that keep me moving on" very zen😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Grant, Your paintings for the upcoming Summer Exhibition are FANTASTIC. Thank you for 'KZbin' support 🥰

[@annrubino6252]

Thursdays have become my favourite day to wake up - to your videos. Thank you, and so clever to focus on the backs of the sunflower head. Lovely, fresh and happy work.

[@gaynorpattle]

Heartfelt thanks Ann; what a wonderful comment 🥰

[@triciabennetts6578]

Thankyou Gaynor - thoroughly enjoyed watching you ‘engage’ with sunflowers. I started a large sketch of sunflowers in coloured charcoals and graphite and then put them to one side, not knowing where to go next. You’ve inspired me to revisit them and I have no excuse as I’m surrounded by sunflowers here! 🙄😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Tricia, how about warming up with a small series ?🥰

[@arlierichards9438]

Just found you and you are amazing! As I watched you, it was like a replay of a dream I had for myself over ten years ago. So much happened to me between then and now and it's been over twenty years since I have really played with my supplies. You have not only shown me my dream but you have inspired me to play again as I recover from some surgery I'm about to have. Thank you so much.

[@gaynorpattle]

I've just opened my laptop and your comment....what a lovely start to my day 😊Follow your dream and very best wishes for a speedy recovery. Heartfelt thanks 🥰

[@andreabrown8551]

Gaynor I love your process and freedom that you have with your art. You have inspired me as a newbie on my creative journey. Beginning with such nervous trepidation in my sketchbook, to being brave and just giving it a go. Starting out with water soluble medium, I’m now seriously considering acrylics based on watching you work. Love mixed media! Your perseverance and honest process is wonderful and so inspiring. Thank you for sharing your artistic life with us. Really look forward to your videos and the pieces you begin and the ones you return to. It just goes to show you can’t rush the creative flow, it just happens. Thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻🙂

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Andrea, It fills me with joy to read that you are on your way. You can buy inexpensive small acrylics to have a play with.....go for it 🥰

[@yeshuaiscomingbackrepent2357]

Gaynor! You have so inspired me! I absolutely love the sunflowers! Since I found your videos I have pushed on even when I did not think I had it in me.... I was wrong ! My artist friend said my abstracts looked professional and I was just PLAYING with my toys! Lol! Thank you so much!

[@gaynorpattle]

How fantastic to read your comment....you have hit it on the head....it's all about just pushing on XXX

[@yeshuaiscomingbackrepent2357]

​@@gaynorpattle😊

[@AnitasDreams]

Hello my name is Anita & I live in the USA. I love art & I have painted in Watercolors & Mixed Media. Just discovered your channel & I am so Inspired. I will keep tuning in. Love the Sunflower paintings.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello and Welcome Anita, lovely to hear from a new viewer and to have the chance to thank you for watching and taking time to comment. 🥰

[@jodirankin5901]

Yay, it's Thursday...time with you! Loved everything this week!

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank You Jodi 🥰

[@junemaguire5053]

O.m.g. You are so like me, I get desperate to get my room back in shape and the art shed then gets out of control once again, how fortunate we both are to have somewhere to be able to put things. Sincere thanks for your Thursday sharing with us all.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi June, It has taken me years to work out what's going on 😂 A clean space/surface is SO inviting 🥰

[@ulrikeselleckart]

Oh where have you been this far in my life?! I love you and your style. Love. Aaak. Thank you, Gaynor!

[@gaynorpattle]

Why was I scared of KZbin...reading such wonderful comments, heartfelt thanks 🥰

[@SingYourselfWell]

You're a natural, so easy on the eye, wonderful to listen to, and filling us with such inspiration! @@gaynorpattle

[@vanessarobinson1080]

Sunflowers have a special place in my heart because Van Gogh's Sunflower painting was on the wall of the BMH hospital room in W.Germany where I had my daughter, Tara 38 years ago. Thanks for sharing yours!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Vanessa, Isn't it fantastic to connect a memory with art; a lovely comment, thank you 🥰

[@RobboJ30]

Wonderful as always! Thanks for sharing, it helps me experiment without getting too hung up over the end product. Jill R

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Jill; a lovely comment to read, heartfelt thanks 🥰

[@millygit]

Love that your top is mirroring the sunflower 😀Monte Mart is an Australian brand and it’s not spendy but usually not a bad quality. Blessings from Australia

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Milly in Australia.....I thought that about my top when editing....subconsciously done 😂Have a wonderful week

[@karenhudgin8631]

So nice to see that my studio is not alone! At least your studio looks organized! Thanks for sharing!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Karen, its a work in progress 😂 Thank you for watching and taking time to comment.🥰

[@jeanetteanderson3912]

Just love everything you do ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍🇨🇦🙏👍

[@gaynorpattle]

Heartfelt thanks XXX

[@guitardee1]

Oh dear. “Don’t let things just languish about”. Hmm. I’ve had the neocolours for about 15 years and never used them, last year I was in London in an art shop and phoned my son in South Africa to tell him about a product I’d seen (he’s a graphic designer) and he said “Mum, don’t buy any more, between us we have more than enough art materials”. And so you proved him right! I was saving your video for tonight when himself goes off to play music but the title of this week’s video was so enticing, the rest of your video I’m saving to watch later. You’re so inspiring, especially as it’s never occurred to me to look at the back of sunflowers. We are so lucky to get your video every week, Wednesdays seem to last forever knowing there will be a new video the next day.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Denise.....the Force is Strong when it comes to art materials....you did well to resist !!! 🥰

[@SimoneWhippArtist]

I enjoyed seeing the sped up drawing with the charcoal and neo colours. The sketchbook looks great with the front and back view of the sunflower. Poor Van Gogh. If only he could know how popular his art became after his death. Keep on exploring Gaynor! 😁

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Simone, The Van Gogh Letters are a great insight 🥰

[@qasimshah9009]

Thank you so much Gaynor for presenting this art.👍

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment 😊

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Greetings from Ireland Gaynor. I read the letters of Van Gogh in 1980 ehen at art college and enjoyed them very much. There was a childlike approach to his writings.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Rosemary, I also like his thoughts on other artists, it really gives a sense of his time X

[@anitajones7804]

Gaynor your sunflower drawings are really good, your videos are a joy as all your fans will avow, have a lovely week.

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you Anita, so so kind 🥰

[@kerrieb7473]

Hi Gaynor, I’ve been watching and enjoying your videos the past couple of days since you popped into my KZbin feed (so glad you did). Would you be able to do a couple of sketchbook tour videos? Your big sketchies are so beautiful and I love love love seeing the creativity in sketchbooks. I have a couple of my own and they are wonderful to hold and hug and look back through. Thanks Kerrie

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello and Welcome Kerrie, Lovely to hear from a Sketchbook enthusiast ! As I come to the end of my current 'everyday' sketchbook, I will be sure to share. Thank you for watching and taking time to comment 🥰

[@rosiepisatcky7877]

I’m so delighted to have found your really lovely you tube channel. God blesses you every day with your vision and desire to go on an adventure. I want to come along!

[@gaynorpattle]

Ahh Rosie, I do feel blessed and very grateful for everything in life. Thank you for watching and taking time to leave such a kind comment x

[@fionawhitfield925]

Hello Gaynor. Love the sunflowers, the painted sketchbook covers and the anticipation of waiting for the big reveal next week. You also mentioned, in your reply to comments, about more fun with the gelli plate. Roll on next Thursday. Thank you for the constant inspiration. Have a lovely week. 💐

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Fiona and Thank You for being a constant KZbin companion 😊I appreciate all your kindness and encouragement 🥰

[@sueflanagan5521]

I love the sunflowers Gaynor! You might try using them and your other garden vegetation for gelli plate prints. What fun!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Sue, have you been reading my mind !! Next week I will try to dust off the gelli plate 🥰

[@user-qz9qb1nn1u]

I love your art,and you shine like the sun , thank you❤

[@gaynorpattle]

Bless You XX

[@jennifernichols8403]

As always, this weekly video is very inspiring. I love the way you are painting your sketchbook covers particularly your "Everyday " sketchbooks. Thank you!!😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Very kind of you to say so 🥰

[@cindyfromsydney7693]

You’re always such a joy to watch!

[@gaynorpattle]

Heartfelt thanks Cindy 🥰

[@daphnebenjamins]

Love the sunflower's, your exploring, process with different supplies. So inspirational! Looking forward to next week! :)

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Daphne, thank you for watching and taking time to leave a lovely comment 🥰

[@janetdowns9533]

Thanks Gaynor.fantastic video as always. Going to try the sketchbook cover painting myself this week. Love Thursdays!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Janet, fantastic news, let me know how you get on 🥰

[@janice2992]

Your work and the process captured my interest. I like how you use different mediums.I prefer a picture that evolves rather than its planned. That appeals to me and I am sure that I can learn from your video's. I like the look of water colour but this is where I need to come from. Thank you teacher. 💖

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Janice, thank you for watching and taking time to comment, I am very grateful 🥰

[@devonrex4]

So very inspiring as usual! 👏👏👏 I love hearing your thoughts on your experiments!

[@gaynorpattle]

So kind, thank you 🥰

[@anacarr4795]

This is simply gorgeous. They are my favorite flower and you did a fabulous work with the charcoal. You inspire me a lot ❤❤thanks

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you X

[@cjlloyd53]

Loved watching your experiments. It prompted me to get back to work and stop being distracted by trivialities such as washing , ironing and cooking meals. 😂 I read the Vincent book many, many moons ago and can highly recommend it. Such an insight into the man as well as the artist.

[@gaynorpattle]

Thanks for sharing!

[@janishawkins3300]

Hi I’ve only just discovered you on KZbin and I have to say that you’ve really inspired me. I’ve been struggling with finding a style of abstract art that I want to try and I really like what you do. Thanks for sharing on here.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello and Welcome Janis, Lovely to hear from you and thank you for taking time to leave a lovely comment 🥰

[@donnicebarham4888]

Love sunflowers. Just picked some and brought into house--eyes and nose not so happy. Been drawing them while I was your youtube!!

[@gaynorpattle]

They are amazing 🥰

[@FloatingOurBoat]

Your channel just popped up in our feed. Love your process and approach (and enthusiasm) looking fwd to catching up on your content - Rich.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello and Welcome ! Its made my day to read your comment, heartfelt thanks 😊

[@bwin3401]

I love the title of this video. Great concept.

[@gaynorpattle]

THANK YOU 😊

[@teresaedwards4175]

Love your charcoal outlines of sunflowers, they are so expressive, just lovely! Also loved it when you sprayed water on your experimental sunflower. You have such a Love for your Art and it really shows through your work and your sketch book covers😊 ❤️❤️❤️ Really look forward to Thursdays because of you 🙏

[@gaynorpattle]

Such a lovely comment to read Teresa, I am very very grateful 🥰

[@sharonalkenbrack2871]

A super great video, thank you, can't wait til the next one.

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you Sharon 🥰

[@artsoundmedicinewoman]

Thanks for sharing your joy, excitement, experiments, advice, insights and your work, so very inspiring! I use an old phone with a still good enough camera to make pictures while filming (or for filming from multiple angles at the same time). No need to put a sim card in it. Simply hook it up to your computer or to your wifi to sync the footage to a shared storage. There's definitely better gear to use but I rather buy paint than cameras 😅🎨😉 (Ps: as I am watching your videos from old to new, perhaps this issue already got solved)

[@gaynorpattle]

A great tip, thank you XX

[@josinawashington6744]

I have been taking photos of my experiments. ❤Great tips. Love your style

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Josina, Thank you for watching and taking time to leave a very kind comment 🥰

[@thesparrowgrass1246]

Love your videos so much! I am always inspired and love the creative play and problem solving. The sunflower work is absolutely stunning.

[@gaynorpattle]

Such a lovely comment, heartfelt thanks for encouragement and support 🥰

[@RoxannePonds]

Oh my goodness I just found you! What a delight and I love watching you work. Your space and just all of it!! Can’t wait to watch more. What an inspiration to me!! Oh and hello from Atlanta, GA 👋🏻

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello and welcome Roxanne in Atlanta 😊Lovely to read your heart-warming comment, thank you 🥰

[@carylpark7192]

Love the beautiful sun flowers.

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you Caryl 🥰

[@alicecilepin9370]

Thanks for sharing your methods of exploring in your work. It’s really interesting and inspiring! 💕

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you for a lovely comment, I am very grateful 🥰

[@sherizapara2992]

Love Van Gogh!! Thankyou!!

[@gaynorpattle]

You are very welcome....thank you for watching 🥰

[@judithchiasson8554]

lovely work on the sunflowers!! : D

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you Judith 🥰

[@KathyBrooksArt]

So enjoyed watching this, as always you inspire me to break out different media and have a play. I was stuck at the end a point you made in that you do the familiar along with experimenting which leads you on to new things. So important to remember, for me, to always do some experimenting. Thanks for the marvelous video, so great to see!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Kathy, So glad you commented....when you lay your red clover on the painted gel plate, do you press them to the paint with tissue, then lift them, then take the card print ? I'm finding it tricky 😂🥰

[@KathyBrooksArt]

@@gaynorpattle Hi Gaynor. I roll out paint, usually black, paynes grey or graphite, place flowers, then press light weight paper like newsprint weight, then pick up remaining paint pressing with thin tissue. Lift flowers/or leaves, let paint dry (about 5 min or so) whilst cleaning plate edges. Then roll with lighter color and pull print. I often pull final with cardstock, which is a great weight. Although u also can pull final with rice paper, or printing paper. Then when final print is dry, sometimes I go in and color in the clover flower (or daffodil) with color. Or embellish with posca pens. Cheers!

[@KathyBrooksArt]

So, I take up initial paint with usually two types of papers, to get all paint surrounding clovers, then remove clover, let dry and roll with lighter color (not too thick) then pull.

[@gaynorpattle]

@@KathyBrooksArt Thank you so much Kathy...I will keep going until I get a good result and know there will be interesting things along the way !! Very best wishes 🥰

[@mcblakemore3423]

I am transfixed by the yellow view out the window behind you, surrounded by yellow artwork...but it is one of my favorite colors 💛🌻

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi there, So pleased to hear from a fellow yellow fan 💛

[@maryesneault1557]

Gaynor, I like to use a spray fixative on charcoal drawings cuz I’m impatient too. Try that on your dry pastels. Not sure if it fixes oil pastel, maybe not. ❤️Mary E from AZ …PS do you know Betty Franks? She’s a California artist on KZbin also. Love her non objective flower inspired paintings. God bless you for sharing so much of your art life. 😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Mary...Betty Franks rings a bell....I will google....thank you and thank you for such kind words XX

[@williajohnson1851]

I enjoyed the outcome of your exploration beyond the practical.

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Willia thank you for watching and taking time to comment 🥰

[@tessjarrett5426]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gaynorpattle]

THANK YOU

[@andreatorraca8755]

💛🧡🎨

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you Andrea 😊

[@beckycollett917]

What are the large format papers you use? Watercolor paper?? I have a supply of 90lb 22x32. I do cut them down to smaller sizes, but now I see how you are using large format papers, I will give it a try. Lovely sunflowers and love the experimentations too!

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Becky, A1 300 gsm cartridge paper - nothing fancy, any brand will do ! 🥰

[@taketimetoseait396]

Also Robert Burridge this Sunday...

[@qasimshah9009]

So in future I will entertain you more with my videos.😂💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰😘

[@bbowmanj4]

Hi Im watching from Central Arkansas and love your channel and art. may I ask an off topic question ...that beautiful necklace you have on! where can I get one? I absolutely Love it !

[@gaynorpattle]

Hello Jody in Arkansas, Lovely to hear from you. Most of my necklaces are really old !! Things I had put away now seem fashionable. I haven't bought anything in ages because I have so much collected up over the years...unworn ! Have a google on short statement necklaces. The heart on my plain link necklace was a gift from my late father, I like to adapt things....a bit like the art, always experimenting ! 🥰

[@bbowmanj4]

Thanks so much for replying! I wiil keep looking for something similar. I love your style its lovely! @@gaynorpattle

[@felicagriswold7276]

I just love the sunflower concertina cover! Your work is inspiring I do appreciate you sharing.

[@gaynorpattle]

@@felicagriswold7276 Thank you Felica 🥰

[@shirleywells-turner8562]

Hi Gaynor, do you gesso your large sheets? Thank you

[@gaynorpattle]

Hi Shirley, no, I've never thought to gesso the sheets but I don't see why you couldn't.

[@taketimetoseait396]

Found Marabeth Quin Art ... U can teach also😊

[@gaynorpattle]

Thank you 🥰

[@taketimetoseait396]

@gaynorpattle ... Sarah Burns Studio, 2 days ago video...Scotland workshop

[@christinajarmolinski727]

You almost lost me in the beginning telling of your cleaning efforts in your home. Too housewifey for my taste. I did scroll on and must say I do like your execution of flowers to an abstract form. Thanks.

[@gaynorpattle]

Clean house, messed up mind !!!!!😊