Take a tour of my art studio for and inside peek!

In today's video, I am sharing an inside peek into not only my current art studio but how my art studio has progressed over the years. So tune in and learn why you don't always need a big space to be able to paint because we all have to start somewhere.
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[@yopestevens1505]

Louise! Your open studio tour was one thing, eye candy everywhere, but this, this is the real Santa's workshop for painters! Lots to take away from this and apply it the best I can in my own way. Such a clever design, you knew exactly what you needed, no space wasted or unused. Also very brave to reveal to the world what to me is the most private place in an artist's home. Thank you so much. Edit: your neighbor deserves some credit, Too! Great job!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Yes he is an amazing builder x

[@jalynefidler5613]

Thank You Thank You Thank You Dearest Louise! ❤️👩🏻‍🎨🎨🖌️❤️ What a Marvelous tour! I loved seeing Everything! 😍 I have learned so much from you. You are a natural born teacher and your willingness to share is a generous gift you give us all. I respect and admire you. Your thoughts and insights into the world of art are eye opening to me. I love seeing your work and I appreciate that you share so freely- wow! You are a creative and talented artist and you inspire life changing creativity with all the content you so painstakingly create for your followers. I feel in my heart you are one of the all time greats. All of your weekly posts are filled with amazing content. I feel lucky that I get to learn from you. I hope one day to join your art tribe! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you share. You have added a great deal to my life. Sending a Big Hug to you! ❤❤️Jalyne in Utah USA

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Thank you for all of your wonderful words Jalyne. You have no idea how much they truly mean to me and I love having you here with me. ♥♥♥

[@helenemilette5229]

Thank you Louise for the tour of your studios! There's no excuse for not having enough space to make art, you're proving that. It reminds me that we create our own reality, so if we manifest our desire to be an artist enough, through work, through interest, we'll create a new suitable space as we progress. And that's exactly what you've shown us in your video. Thank you, Louise. You're an inspiration.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

That's it exactly!

[@MsGnor]

Louise, thanks for sharing! Charming home, love it! Wonderful to have magic builder neighbour. Your garden studio room ~ with clever hacks ~ is my fantasy tbh 😂🥰❤🙏

[@TSauer-ew9qn]

What a treat to be welcomed into your studio and home! Thank you, Louise.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome x

[@lyric8529]

Little slice of heaven, thank you for sharing! 🩵

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@margaretmarsh4611]

Great to see l am not the only one with plenty of arty stuff everywhere. I love the idea with the work boards and cork tiles. I think l would like to use it. For many years l travelled with my paints in a motorhome so space, inside and out was limited. My dream of a studio did become a reality, it’s my happy place,and if it’s a mess l can lock the door ,let the paint dry over night and with a cup of coffee in hand the next morning carry on with my playtime. I love it........

[@debbrown721]

Your slanted panels on the wall is brilliant! A simple idea that one can easily replicate. Can't wait to add this to my studio space.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad it was helpful!

[@maisycakes1125]

Thankyou for your generosity in sharing your space.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so very welcome!

[@juliegriffiths4272]

Thank you Louise, such an inspiration as always. X

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome!

[@PaulWalesArt]

I feel genuinely privileged to have seen your space. Your home is lovely. As someone who has been working in the corner of a bedroom for a few years using a desk, a folding table when necessary and an easel I have such appreciation for your original workspaces. I love your current studio - set high on the concrete platform it appears to have such a place of honour. You give so much to all of us Louise - it's wonderful to see you have more space to explore and create. Wishing you continued success and even greater space if and when your heart desires it. (Jeez - I'm wondering now if I could use the word "space" even more in a single paragraph!) ❤

[@ThisPaintingLife]

So glad you enjoyed the video! It was nice to share it with everyone ♥

[@pamellabowen2087]

So fun seeing your "cupboard." Makes me think of Harry Potter under the stairs.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Ha ha :)

[@lorindacanales9920]

Thank you so much for sharing your Studio space! The way you have the wood and cork panels on your walls with the slight slant is BRILLIANT!!! Also the shelf Above with the lights, WOW!! Louise you CONSISTENTLY INSPIRE! Thrilled at where you are now, and immensely Grateful that you are paving the way for us.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

That is all my brilliant neighbour who knows just how to do that kind of thing x

[@heatherstubbs6646]

Thanks for the tour, Louise. Such fun to see where you are!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@giovannascottart593]

Thanks for sharing but more importantly how you progressed through spaces. Very real and honest and much needed amongst the noise (or abundant serenity) of perfect french farmhouse style studios.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carmenjones864]

Thank you Louise for the tour , I love the idea of the cork board on the walls

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You’re welcome 😊

[@LindaRUDYK]

Love this! You are the best, Louise. Thanks for sharing your studio and you😮r room. I wish I was there working along with you. Now there’s an idea! What a party for like-minded artists. I am also wondering what kind of artist to I want to be? I love selling my art but am not a salesperson or technical web person. I have narrowed down what I do but not how to get it out there so I am not too involved. Hugs, Louise xo. Linda Rudyk

[@lindapowell2660]

Thank you Louise. That was a privilege. Very reassuring.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

So glad you enjoyed it Linda!

[@BeautifulPurposeArt]

Thank you. I work on my dining table and pick up every night. I've gotten over the mentality of "no space" and while it isn't ideal, I'm making art, which is all I care about.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Love that!

[@dianehinson2170]

Thanks Louise. What a lovely studio. Good to see where you started from too.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Diane!

[@jacparry566]

Great to see it, rather than imagining!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad to hear you liked it!

[@ElveraViljoen]

Very interesting. Now I can visualize better while listening to the podcasts.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gol622]

Thank you... enjoyed the tour and loved the look of the outdoors where you live seems so peaceful

[@ThisPaintingLife]

It really is!

[@juliebabb3365]

Love it! My painting table is just that messy. The best part was the leaking magenta paint bottle that had tipped over. Thanks!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome and a messy painting table just means we are moving forward. 😂

[@alicerossleon4313]

Seems like a logical progression! 👏 and next! 🎨🖌️

[@ThisPaintingLife]

♥♥♥

[@patriciabrown4061]

Thank you for sharing Louise, great space, garden looks good too. 🙂

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You’re welcome and glad you enjoyed the video! 😊

[@DianeMaley]

Thanks for sharing your art spaces. I thoroughly enjoyed the video.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@efluidartstudiopriscillab]

That was cathartic! Thanks for sharing!😉

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rikkethoresen2233]

Thank you so much for sharing, - it was wonderful! 🤩

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ellenborowka3236]

Loved the tour... what a great studio! I was so happy when i got my art desk and took over the dining kitchen area! And its great that you showed your studio as it is... I tend to feel guilty for leaving such a mess in my area! :D

[@evelynbourne2500]

Thank you so much! What a treat. I am still at the stage where I'm painting on a table in my house--not a separate room, but it's also a table that I don't have to clear every evening for meals. I will just keep painting and knowing that someday soon I'll be able to have a dedicated Art studio space. You've inspired me greatly. Thanks again. ❤

[@ThisPaintingLife]

That's it exactly I couldn't have dreamed what I have now just a few years ago and yet here I am

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Pulled out your book Life Force yesterday from my studio that I ordered a few years ago now and I actually began reading it too, not just looking at the beautiful art work. I’m really enjoying reading about the poet Ted Hughes and your connection to his poetry. Thank you again for the inspiration. Happy to see your working studio. I don’t feel so bad about my own mess now.😊

[@ThisPaintingLife]

So glad you enjoyed it ♥

[@KathNoble]

I’m in a tiny bedroom and give myself a hard time for making a mess but you’ve inspired me to just go for it.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

☺ Make the mess!

[@sarawelder1]

Thank you for doing a realistic tour! I wish I had watched it a few weeks ago. I just added 2 x 4 wood on the wall of my daughters former bedroom with dowel rods for hanging different size panels so I can review a series... when I finally make one. Now I wish I had added the angled plywood wall but I can keep it in my brain to improve the space if I get the energy!. As you say, never enough storage!!!. I am a master at storage but a pathetic loser at parting with stuff! This was helpful.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

I think the dowels will be a good solution but, as you say, you can always change it later. I think our spaces keep evolving as we do x

[@lynnmcneill5831]

Thank you for sharing... I liked that you showed your studio space "as is" mess and all. Currently, I have a table in my bedroom... and I love my tiny space... it's all mine. :)

[@ThisPaintingLife]

That's it exactly x

[@Sezables]

Thanks for letting us have peek 😁 I find your content really inspiring

[@ThisPaintingLife]

I appreciate that!

[@Holyhopecouk]

Thanks so much for sharing your studio journey. Good to know that it grew from a cupboard. I love that large painting wall with the lighting. I think that’s what I need to create in my studio space. Not as big as yours and isn’t so well insulated but it’s bright and mine!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

A room of your own! We are all so fortunate x

[@UlrikeSE]

Thanks for the studio tour, Louise. So much inspiration! Wall space is something I miss here, but I have a desk where I can work smaller and a bathroom where I can use my easel. I enjoyed using the garden and our greenhouse last summer. Very privileged, but I need to remind myself sometimes, that not everyone has that much space. And dreams are always bigger, right?

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Yes we always dream of more! I didn't always have the space so I completely understand. ❤

[@lynnegrace7766]

Thank you Louise, a great video or should I say another great video!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kristinebooden6235]

Thank you for sharing this with us❤ lots of encouragement 🎉 I've gone from kitchen table to 2 folding tables in my office/studio! Onwards and upwards!!!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You got this!

[@SashaFitzgerald]

Your studio is lovely! I hope to have one like it one day. Thank you for showing us around! 💜💜

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome!

[@lorinoonan4437]

Thank you Louise 🥰 now I know how to set up my painting wall 😉

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You’re welcome 😊

[@dianagardner3248]

Thanks for thee tour, Louise. I am moving and will be setting up a new studio and was glad to see some of your arrngements. I have now more ideas for my new studio.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome and glad I could provide some insight into some new ideas. ☺

[@imogenequest56]

Wonderful! Thankyou so much for sharing your studio journey. I hope to move away from my dining room table to a seperate space soon.😊

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Enjoy the journey towards it x

[@melindareynolds7867]

Great Art space. TFS

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@SuePyperArtist]

It’s nice to see a messy studio! Mine is messy too! Thank you for the tour!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome!

[@vibrantly50]

I enjoyed the visit very much! Thank you, Louise…I look forward to joining you in the free course coming up September 1st. I live in a medium size city in Portugal. It is my dream to one day have a studio space outside of our 3 bedroom apartment. For now I paint in the kitchen or on our big IKEA dining room table. Working on 3 canvases - 100cm x 100cm…for a commissioned work. The couple can then pick the one they like best.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

So glad you enjoyed it and I'm thrilled to hear you will be joining us! ♥

[@kristinesenft1539]

Thank you Louise...I have just put together my studio in our new house in Florida (a big spare bedroom 12' x 16'). I have a painting wall (which I love)...you have given me some more ideas to finish it - thanks

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad I could give you some ideas. I'm sure its coming together lovely!

[@DIY-Investors]

Really enjoyed seeing your studio Louise. Can I ask if your run of lights above your ‘painting wall’ are special daylight bulbs, or just ordinary lights? Only just found your channel and am inspired by your work… thanks for sharing. Mick.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

They are ordinary LEDs but I chose ones with a hugh lumen rate - I think these are 5,000

[@DIY-Investors]

Thanks Louise... I'll check them out! 😃

[@cindirocks322]

Wonderful tour!! ❤

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Thanks so much!

[@mariliaferraz9070]

Thank you so much 🫶

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You're welcome!

[@ArtyAntics]

You have had some really great spaces! I don’t have the option to expand in my home so I have to have a very big declutter when I run out of space and limit new supplies. In some ways though, I’m really grateful because I only ever have what I absolutely love in my space. Everything else is necessarily removed. I have contemplated putting things in the loft but I know I won’t go up there much so I only have a few extra blank sketchbooks that I bought on sale. I don’t think I’d do that again though as the size and format I use goes through phases and I don’t want to force myself to use something against my current flow.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Decluttering is a great thing!

[@janinafisher101]

Thanks for the tour of a real, live working artist's studio, not tidied up for viewing! I think this is how most creatives work - with a mess everywhere! The tiny space you started in was pretty small, but it was yours. Moving to your current studio where you have so much more space, and now wanting more, reminds me of a saying (which I'm paraphrasing) - "paintings expand to fill the space." It makes me realize how lucky I am to have to space I have. But I, too, want more, and I've said for a while that I want to live in an art studio. Since I live alone it is entirely possible for me to transform the entire cabin to a studio and just carve out a bit of living space! It's around 750 sq ft, and I only use a tiny bit for living and kitchen, so there's a lot of room to grow into. I, too, have a large "easel", which is just a 4' x 8' piece of MDF sitting on an A-framed shape set of three 2 x 4's, which rests agains the wall. The cross brace of the "A" is set horizontally and is screwed into a couple of small blocks of wood resting on the two vertical 2 x 4s. I just set one painting on top of another, so I don't use screws, but it works quite well! (And I just changed the supporting frame to an "H" shape which allows me to have a narrow rolling cart underneath. Because the frame isn't attached to the wall, it leans back like an easel, giving me lots of room.) Happy painting. Louise!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

That's a great idea!

[@janinafisher101]

@ThisPaintingLife Works fabulously well and is really cheap to make! And if you are a renter it doesn't damage the walls as it just leans against one!

[@minervoisgal]

your studio is bigger than the main floor in my house, how joyful! i am lucky enough to have a dedicated space to art up my days, double joyful!!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

I feel so fortunate x

[@annrubino6252]

Lovely home and studio, Louise. I am happy to see you in your 'habitat'. It's all yours to enjoy in your own way and you certainly deserve it!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@pitoxnop]

That’s a lovely space Louise be interesting to see what comes next! I use a small spare bedroom but have been evicted as our apartment is now up for sale so had to look tidy! Now looking for somewhere to possibly rent but not expensive in the Skipton/Grassington area.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

I wish you plenty of luck in finding that next perfect space. ♥

[@kaygilbert8773]

I was wondering if you would do a video on how you use pastels on your paintings and how you seal and varnish without damaging the pastel work. I have used fixative but it still makes pastel dry in small clumps instead of smooth pastel I put on?

[@ThisPaintingLife]

I'll keep it in mind! But I don't varnish over pastels - I work with pastels on paper so if those were ever to be shown, they would be framed behind glass

[@carolstar5645]

Thank you for sharing your spaces, inspiring, simply wonderful!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michellefallon176]

Great studio Louise. Could you also hang canvas's on your wall? I have a very small space & tend to paint on canvas, i'm planning to make a simple wall easel as I have one blank wall. Wondering if the canvas's will be sturdy enough.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

I would think you could! Thanks for watching.❤

[@christinebarone2151]

Beautiful space Louise. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome Christine!

[@karenvaudreuil2071]

I so want a studio like that eventually! Right now it’s not possible in my appartement but we never know what the future holds. Thank you Louise for this visit. Saving it for later 😊

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You never do know - I never thought it possible

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

I loved seeing all three spaces, all have their merits. I really admire your painting walls, something to aspire to! I live in my studio - a large Victorian basement room with massive windows and lots of light to paint by which is great - but I'd like to find a separate space at some point soon...

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Thank you so much and your painting space sounds great as well but I totally get wanting that separation when you are ready.

[@kathleenkaleookalanismith8724]

I love this tour!! Thank you so muchhhhh!!!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

You are so welcome!

[@janhannah9444]

Well done for sharing, it’s very encouraging x

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed seeing it! Thanks for watching.

[@xencage]

Wonderful spaces! Thank you for sharing! I do wonder about the sky lights. I know you use quality materials, but if the light is natural, do you worry about the lightfastness of materials and pieces you are working on, or have sitting about? Just curious.

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Not at all. If the natural light in the studio is a problem, what about when they go to a light bright home? I've never had a painting fade in any light so it doesn't concern me at all - but to stop shafts of very bright light, I have diffusing blinds on the skylights

[@gailierunninglynx7310]

😯😊😉👍👍👍

[@ThisPaintingLife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janb4449]

Curious whether your studio is climate controlled. Obviously, one wouldn't want paints, etc subjected to excessive heat or cold. How do you handle this?

[@brendazeimer4552]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@ThisPaintingLife]

My pleasure!