STUDIO VLOG: Favorite New Art Supplies, Sketchbook Tour, & Creating With Fatigue

[@MichaelWurmJr]

It is SUCH A JOY to see and hear you again. You're always on mind. Wishing you and your husband peace and healing. Sending lots of love.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

You just made my day, Michael! That is so wonderful to hear. Thank you so very much for your well wishes. I have been binge browsing your Inspired By Charm and I think I gained 10 pounds just looking 😋 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🦃☃️🙏💕

[@madelynsmith8281]

God knew I needed a little distraction today! Today marks the first year of my Mother's passing. Thank you so much for this wonderful Thanksgiving Blessing. I really enjoyed everything about it. You have a Blessed Thanksgiving Linda and Don. 🍁🍂🦃

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Madelyn I am so sorry to hear that this marks the anniversary of your Mother’s passing. I’m holding you in my heart tonight 💕 I’m so blessed and happy that you enjoyed the video. That makes all the effort so worthwhile! 😘💕🙏

[@madelynsmith8281]

@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind Thank you so much Linda, I really do appreciate the very sweet gesture. ❤

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

@@madelynsmith8281 💕

[@Skinnychelle48]

Sending hugs and prayers ur way. I know what r feeling. ❤️🙏🏽

[@Kandicookheller]

Hi Linda! I'm a retired RN from Middlebury Vermont living in New Haven. I just started watercolors a few years ago in my sixties and am exploring other types of art. I also suffer from severe osteoporosis after years of seizure meds from five brain surgeries from a pesky brain tumor that is long gone, thankfully. I rarely leave the house for fear of falling and breaking a bone. I am very active in my huge flower gardens but I have to use a walker. I'm happy to have found you and you seem awfully nice and I will love learning from you. I am happiest in my tiny office painting in my lap just like you do. Thanks for a great video! I look forward to more.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi and welcome!!! I’m so glad that you found my channel. How terrible about the seizure medicine but wonderful that the brain tumor is finally gone. So lovely that you have a a garden that you can time outside in. I very much enjoy my quiet time creating in my lap, although I often have to fight for lap space with my little dogs lol. There will be a new video out tomorrow, Saturday, at 5 AM Eastern time.

[@Kandicookheller]

@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind So happy to hear you have dogs! I have been rescuing animals of all kinds for over 35 years. I love dogs, cats, and especially skunks, raccoons, and opossums and squirrels! (and rats, mice and chipmunks too!)

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

We just adopted a Mexican street puppy in May. Her name is Alana, she has stolen my heart ❤️ 🐶

[@visonweaver8090]

I have been following this series for over a year, first knowing Linda for her art posts on FB. I have also had health challenges, from recovery from addiction in my twenties to cancer in 2019. Fortunately, despite a scare a few months ago, and getting Covid in October after a trip, I am relatively well now, I don't have the cancer active any more. I draw or paint or do pastels every day, and I just told Linda that my bed is my "art nest". Half of it holds art books, art sketchbooks, pens and paper to draw on, markers and a little watercolor set. The rest of my bedroom holds a desk and an easel, some art supplies like paints and pastels, a cart with three shelves that I got at Michael's for $30 that also doubles as holding my glass pallette! It's clear to me that you don't need a lot of space to do art, you just have to have what you need. I would need a bigger space to paint larger, so for now I work more in the smaller (5"x7", 6"x6", 8"x8") to medium size forme 9"x12", maybe up to 14". I am inspired by other artists, and feel Linda is showing a lot of courage and vulnerability opening her life up to public view. My birth name is Susan Daily, the V is my nom de plume Visionweaver. Nice to meet you all in this cyber art space.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Susan, I loved that you shared your story here with us because you are such an inspiration! I know you will inspire others in the community to create a bedroom art nest. Some viewers are shy and don’t comment but they often message me and tell me how much comments like this mean to them. Your continued creativity and the face of adversity is such an inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing your personal journey. 😘🙏💕

[@visonweaver8090]

@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind Heart Art Heals. Thank you.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

@@visonweaver8090 Yes! 💕🎨👩🏻‍🎨

[@franswey2]

I had an idea for you to keep the Tempera sticks from being pushed out from the bottom. Cut a piece of stiff paper to cover the bottom and use the cutouts to tape it down to the bottom to keep it stable. Hope this helps you. I really like using the cool cases my products come in. I love watching your sketchbook flip through, it’s always a fun learning experience. Glad you were feeling better and able to create this video. Your 🌺 flowers 🌺 in the windows are beautiful. The video along with your flowers are such nice gifts! Thank you. Using your art nest to create and help you work through with your fatigue, is inspiring. And so helpful. Love, Fran

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

In a recent unboxing video I show a really cool stacking case I got that fits all my gel crayons & tempera sticks. I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 💕

[@veganbyday3771]

The picture of the green haired guy looks like the Little Prince after he grew up :)!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Oh my gosh, it dose! That is so funny! 🧑‍🎤

[@KariGibsonArt]

I didn't know these even existed - now I want them in my life! I love your art nest and I will follow your lead and make myself one. My MS has been holding me back a bit this past month or so and I was finding it difficult to make art while I was feeling so tired. I do have some pencils and sketchbook near my sofa, but those sticks look so much more expressive. I totally adore your intuitive art and the poems are so perfect. 💗💗

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

This makes me so happy! I love inspiring people to create 🎨🖌👩🏻‍🎨🖍💖

[@jennyjay7816]

Having an art studio is my dream ! Your drawings are amazing ❤

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you! 🙏💕

[@meesespieces1510]

So good to see you again! I'll admit I've been a little worried and wondering if things were okay. It's amazing how much brighter my day is when I get to see one of your videos. You were playing with one of my favorite mediums in this video. I use it all the time in my journal. I have the kwik sticks 30 pack that includes the muted earth tones and the skin color set. I love them! If you layer them they will write over black and block it out for the most part. You just have to wait for it to dry or layer white then the coloring over it. Neocolor 2's work really well over them too. Now I really want to get out my supplies and paint!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you so much for letting me know that the video brightened your day! Hearing that made my day 🤗 I can’t believe it took me so long to find these amazing products. I’m totally in love with them. I love the sound of the muted earth tones I’m going to see if I can find a set that has just those. Thanks for the tip about letting them dry and layering them and also putting white first. I think I’ve done that intuitively but without thought lol. Happy holidays to you and yours!

[@GenieGeerArtyology]

Wonderful! I love my fat Stabilo Woody 3 in 1 sticks. And they have such a cedar scent! I keep them in a wooden cigar box, and they sound good too😊

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi Genie, I’m so glad you enjoyed the video!. Yes, Stabilo Woody’s are so much fun! These tempura sticks are so different from the Woody’s though, I think I enjoy working with these tempera sticks more, at least at the moment 😉

[@impish22]

yay.... going to watch.. but saving it so I can savor it with a cup of coffee with almond creamer... ; )

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

I hope you enjoy it! Wish I could join you and watch it together 🤗

[@impish22]

@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind me too..!!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

@@impish22 🤗

[@minnahumble2294]

There are many examples of beautiful works in your sketchbooks. Keep sharing!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you so much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it.

[@missdeesaccount]

Hi Linda! I have the KingArt and the Shuttle art sticks and they're wonderful. I can't have an art nest but I'm trying to convince my Mom to put some of my art stuff in a back pack. It's nice to see you again! How are you and your husband doing? The last time I saw you was a few videos ago. I'm chronically ill and bedbound and I've been an artist for 52 years and I just love it. I'm going through the process of finding a nursing home for my Mom and I and it's depressing. My Mom had a fall and fractured her spine and now she's wearing a brace for 2 months. She's lucky she's not paralyzed. I see life as a gift and I wake everyday and am grateful to be gifted enough to be an artist. I love collage and have discovered Froyle Art on KZbin and Sandi Hester, Natasha Newton too. Excellent drawings by the way. I love intuitive art. Take care for you and your husband!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

So sorry to hear about your Mom! Susan left a great comment below about her “bed art nest”. If your Mom made you up a back pack of art supplies wouldn’t that be your “art nest”? As a person that lives with chronic illness myself I couldn’t agree with you more about how important having a creative practice is ! I wish you the best of luck in your search for the best home. I pray that you find the perfect place for you and your Mom! 🙏💕

[@jackieojeda6101]

Howdey there again my sweet friend Linda ❤! I am sorry you have been feeling so down. I am happy to see you again though, I might have a little of that sooo tired. I am not lazy it's just my get up and go, just left me in the dust!! I can not believe it is the end of the year again damn! Well I wish you both a very happy Thanksgiving and may our Lord bless and hold you both close and the perfect idea come about for your home. Love and hugs from me!🙏😊💐👋🎨✍💖

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi Jackie!!!! I hear ya about being tired not being lazy but just being pressed down with fatigue. So sorry you are experiencing it too. Thank you for blessing and prayers for our home. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too! 😘🙏💕🦃☃️

[@mendyhand3895]

New Subscriber here. You are awesome! Now I know what to call my recliner, surrounded by art products and Bibles. Oh…and my sweet doggy. Yeah, that’s always fun drawing and painting with a dog in your lap! Lol. You know, you remind me of Sandi Hester. I hope you know her U Tube channel. thx so much! Prayers for feeling well to everyone! 👍🎨🙏🏻🖌 PS… The King brand is just a repackaged “well known, lightfast brand.” Love them !

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Welcome to my channel. Thanks so much for subscribing!. What would life be without a doggie in your lap lol. I really love those king art gel sticks. Thanks for the healing prayers, I really appreciate it. Keep on creating!

[@judyhammond3181]

Thank you, for the ideas and encouragement. This is my first time viewing you. I am going to order some of those tempura sticks now. I’m in good health, however I’m currently very busy with my ailing mother.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Caregiving is such a hard job. These are the perfect stress relievers. Have fun! 🖌🎨📚

[@chrissyplanteater2892]

Love the portraits ❤

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you!

[@johannaohgren-bohman7017]

As always, love your art! ❤️

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you! 🥰😘

[@snowsjournal]

Thank you for making the video despite not feeling well. I loved listening to you while I was painting. I admire your positive outlook and creative freedom. I hope you'll feel better soon!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you so much for you kind comment. I’m really happy that you enjoyed the video 🤗 Thanks also for the well wishes 😘🙏💕

[@gwenritch]

Love this video especially the poems! so beautiful. Thanks for all your sharing and look forward to seeing you again soon., blessings and better health!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thanks for letting me know you liked the poems! I wasn’t sure if they would be well received. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. That makes my heart happy! Thanks for the well wishes 😘🙏💕

[@jlm517rocks]

Yve got a wonderful eye for color & flow. Been considering tempera sticks, thx for sharing. Would love to watch you create using all of them... A layered demo...

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thanks so much Judy! I’m so glad that the video left you inspired to try them. I’ve been struggling with some health/life issues so I haven’t done any demos in a while. As soon as I get feeling better I will consider making a video demoing these in a painting.

[@shelleynobleart]

Lovely video and poems. Thanks for the sharing of yourself.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. 💕

[@fruitafresca]

Hello Linda, I was first introduced to your channel in the last week or so. I have experienced so much grief from loss in the last year and a half. Art has been one way to heal. As I listen to you and watch you play with art, I appreciate you being you. I appreciate you showing up for yourself and your followers. I was compelled to learn your story and was interested to learn how and where your art journey started, I decided to start at the beginning of your channel and progress through. Not quite done, and I appreciate your genuineness and open heart. May you be blessed.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you very much for sharing. I’m sending you gentle hugs and prayers for your loss. I’m so glad that you are enjoying my videos 💕🙏

[@Crystal_Seeker71]

loving your videos, I'm also challenged with the love of art and chronic pain, I love your art nest very inspirational thank you

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

I’m so glad that you found it inspirational. Anything that can help us work through pain and continue making our art is so important! 🙏💕

[@willemijnkamerling4011]

So good to see you're having fun while feeling low. I don't remember if I've seen you using the stabilo woodies, those are fun too and would be great in you're art nest. I'm still crocheting when I'm not feeling up to making art. And if I'm making art it's mostly mark making. It's fun and I just like to get colour on paper. Brain fog wasn't that apparent, at least for me. Maybe because it's so familiar. I just remembered my daughter has similar tempera sticks, some inexpensive brand that look like you're king art ones, she loves them, but she turns them up way too much and then they won't go back down. so frustrating when you're six years old 😂 I'll ask if I can borrow them some time. Thanks for this colourful video Linda, I wish you a wonderful thanksgiving weekend. We don't celebrate it, but we're knee deep in Sinterklaas. Our version of Santa. So enough going on 😊 big hugs and I patiently can't wait to see what you create next. 🥰

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you for your lovely comment my friend. I have videos where I use the Woodies but these tempera sticks are completely different and I adore them. Totally addicted lol😂 yes borrow your daughter’s and play with them. They are so much fun. Sorry that you understand fatigue and brain fog team. It’s a beast! Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season 🎄☃️🎉🎊😘🙏

[@WendiBrandner]

Linda....love your videos. This one is very inspiring. I have some of the tempera sticks and your comparison was very helpful. I currently have more in my shopping cart! Earth tones and skin tones. Here is to better health in the future.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

I LOVE hearing that you found my video inspiring and helpful! Thanks for your well wishes! Happy Holidays 🦃🎄🎊☃️

[@jlm517rocks]

Ty for all yr new fave recommendations. Found kingart at Tuesday morning, ordered the shuttle art sticks and love them too...and mont marte has water soluble oil pastel sticks, very creamy...12 for $7 at Tuesday morning also.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you Judy! I’m so glad that you enjoyed the video. Have fun with your paint sticks!

[@Saaliyah29]

Wow the sticks a really creamy 😍 thank you for this video 💜 Beautiful art 🌈💙 Yes you pronounced it right "tebrizi" 😊👍🏼

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you for your comment, I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you also for confirming my pronunciation which isn’t always so great lol. 🤗

[@dietzdesigndetails413]

I just live my king gel sticks!!!!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Me too!

[@averymorgan1369]

Enjoying your video and sending you guys love ❤

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Thank you Avery! Sending you love too 😘🙏💕

[@janineheifetz8825]

That was fun. I had bought a couple sets of tempera sticks a while ago and you have inspired me to get them out and play, thank you! I have to ask about that wonderful mug you have, I love it !

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi Janine, I’m so glad that you enjoyed the video and it left you feeling inspired to try out the tempera sticks! I do hope you get them out and play with them, they are so much fun. I purchased my mug at our local health food store so I’m not sure where else it might be available. I love it too!

[@janineheifetz8825]

@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind where did you get that blue and white cup?

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

@@janineheifetz8825 Hi Janine, As I mentioned above in my reply to your first comment I purchased it a my local health food co-op. It’s my favorite.

[@StarryDreamer28]

I wanna get tempra sticks (I only have 1 red kwik stick) but I just haven't afforded it yet. the one I do have I'm having trouble blending so I wanna practice before I invest. my problem is they dry too quick. but I like making polkadots. I understand the energy, since losing mom I'm doing more and sleeping the wrong hours. good to see you again! hehehe we have the same tea right now lol.

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

So sorry about the loss of your Mom. You body probably needs the rest to heal from your grief. The KingArt gel sticks are better at blending because they stay wet longer and they’re also water blendable. I agree that the quick sticks dries so fast that they’re hard to blend. I have gotten them to blend a little bit with water but the king art ones are definitely easier to blend.

[@emotionalsupportpaintbrush]

You’re back!!!!!!!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

I’m not sure I’m really back just yet but I wanted to celebrate my viewers over Thanksgiving week so I really pushed myself to get a video out. I realized after I published it that I made a few mistakes in what I said but no harm done 😉 As soon as I begin to feel better I will get back to videos more regularly. Happy holidays to you and yours! 💕🙏😘🦃🎄☃️

[@jplawson5470]

Thank you. I will be getting your stick suggestions for my wife. I will let you know how she likes them. When she watched your vlog she noticed your white plastic tote. Do you remember where you bought it?

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Oh I’m so glad that you’re getting her the gel sticks. I hope she loves them! Unfortunately that tote is probably 30 years old and I don’t know where it came from. Happy holidays to both of you!

[@jplawson5470]

@@BeginnersMind-ArtMind Thank you for getting back to me. Thirty years, wow. Looks like I need to start visiting yard sales, LOL. Merry Christmas to you & yours and a Happy New Year!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

@@jplawson5470 I’m showing my age lol.👵🏻 I purchased a plastic container that works really well for my gel pens and tempura sticks. It’s three tiered so I separate mine by brand. There is a insert in the top one that comes out so that all three layers can be used for the pens and it has a handle for easy portability. I love it! i’m not sure if I showed it in the video you watched so I thought I would share the link with you so you could see if your wife might like it. amzn.to/3hHoK1N Happy New Year! 🎊🎆

[@virginiawatson767]

Hi! Recently found your channel and so thankful for the content. My go-to art at the moment is encaustic, and I've been thinking of trying a gelli plate to create collage papers that I can use with the wax. Acrylic paint and encasutic aren't good companions, and a lot of people use pigment sticks but they are so expensive! So I'm wondering how these sticks would work on a gelli plate - would they stay "wet" long enough and would they clean off the plate relatively easily?

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi Virginia, welcome to the channel I’m so glad you’re enjoying the videos. I don’t know how the tempera sticks would work on a gelli plate. Just be sure you read the product description well on the brand that you purchase because some of them dry immediately and some of them never completely dry so you definitely wouldn’t want the Quick drying sticks. I have also heard people mention gouache sticks. I’ve never tried those either but they may work as well. Have fun experimenting!

[@sophiahodgson85]

Is it possible to put some card on the back of the plastic box so your finger can’t go through the holes?

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hmmm… sorry, I don’t remember what was on the back so I can’t tell you if that would work. This video was made last year and I threw the cases out.

[@jessbutterfly1934]

What are the Holbein ones your talking about because I can’t find that they’ve ever created tempera or gel sticks?

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi Jess, I’ve asked you a couple of times if you’re reading the responses that I making to your questions. If you could do me a big favor and read the description that I type below every video that I post you will find the answers to most of the questions you have been asking me there. For example, below this video I wrote in the description that I had misspoken when I said Holbein and I meant Faber Castell. Because I get such a huge volume of comments it’s really helpful if viewers read the descriptions first before asking a lot of questions that I have already answered. I also post links showing all the products that I talk about in the video description below each video. Thanks very much!

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[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

So sorry but I don’t understand your comments.

[@minnahumble2294]

Sorry to hear about the health issues and hope you are doing better. Now I have to say I am over 10 minutes into this video and you’re still talking and not demonstrating. Can I suggest that you streamline your script so that you don’t lose your audience?

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Hi Minna, usually when someone leaves a comment like this I find that they haven’t read the description of what this channel is about. I will post my channel description below so that you don’t have to go searching for it. If you are looking for a channel that gives free weekly lessons or demos this probably is not the right channel for you. I could certainly recommend some to you that offer high-quality demos but most of the ones I personally watch are more focused on artists sharing their personal experience and process not just demonstrating painting. I think reading the description below will help you to understand more about the purpose of this channel. Lots of sharing and talking here. Thanks for stopping by to check out our amazing community. “Join me as I navigate the ups & downs of chronic illness & other life challenges through my daily creative practice. I openly share with sincerity & honesty about my own struggles, bringing my viewers along as I discover new ways to keep my creative practice alive even during my darkest & most uninspired days. This is not a channel where I tell you exactly what art materials to use or teach you step by step the "correct" way to make art. Instead I hope to instill in my viewers their own intuitive, expressive, art practice utilizing the principles of “Beginners mind”, "Non Judgement", "Self Acceptance" & most importantly, "Self Love". My videos are created for everyone that loves art, but especially for people like myself that are facing life challenges due to health issues, disability, trauma, grief or other difficulties that make life hard to navigate. Together we form a supportive online community through our creativity! #ArtHeals #IsolationHurts”