THE BARN OWL - Studio painting with Lindsey Kustusch

[@hugheymorrow]

would love to see more of these studio vids. Absolutely love your work

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks David! More studio vids are planned so stay tuned!

[@thecineman13]

I always wondered how you create these beautiful paintings.. now I know.. beautiful people create beautiful things.

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Very kind of you to say!

[@GoSuLeGioN]

Your paitnings are incredible. I'm usually work in digital but i'm trying to get a painterly style all the time and your work is such an inspiration for me! Thank you so much for the videos!

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Wow, thank you!! I'm so happy to hear that, thanks for the lovely comment and best of luck to you with all of your future art!! ❤️

[@sierrabriggs1554]

Love your animal paintings. So exciting you have a KZbin channel!

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much Sierra, I appreciate that!!

[@stevekobb3850]

Really enjoyed it. Thanks for showing your process.

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks for watching!

[@havanacat1]

Thanks for sharing your progress in painting this lovely owl, and your thoughts about the process, Lindsey. I love the looseness, the rich colours, the highlights just where they are needed. I'm looking forward to more videos!

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much for the kind words Anita!! I appreciate your comment, and I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying the videos. We should have another posting soon! 😊

[@sallygruber2749]

I like your "story of the painting" philosophy! Enjoying your videos! Thank you!

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks for watching!

[@LolaMarigold]

One of my favourite artists. Boy am I happy to see this. More please. As an artist I find it interesting to know what other artists listen to when painting. I see you were watching the news? LOL Well listening mostly, obviously.

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment! That means the world to me. ❤️And actually I'm watching Veep! Haha! You were close with guessing the news, but there's a little more Julia Louis-Dreyfus in this one. 😉

[@Tom_Agnetti]

You are the first person that I rang the bell for 🤣 Great videos.

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Woohoo!! Thanks Tom, that's a huge honor!!

[@Jigger2361]

....hmmm, gorgeous owl! I have not seen anyone here on YT with your unique style and the artists I have seen that come close are all European. Your art has a very Old World look to it (to me), it is so nicely done with depth and maturity I am just gobsmacked lol... lovely!

[@Tooradj]

Bold and Beautiful. I love to see more of your studio videos and hear your thought process (why you are softening this edge here, reducing texture and contrast there,...). Looking forward to your check list too. I really appreciate this.

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much Daryoosh!! Those are great suggestions, I'll definitely plan to work some of that thought process into future vids!

[@JonBradhamArtist]

wonderful painting! love the rusty red impression i get in the side of the owl

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thank you so much Jon!!

[@tracybrusman9538]

Oh my! I love your owl painting! The colors are beautiful! Amazing work! New friend here. Subscribed.😀

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Woohoo, thanks so much for subscribingTracy! And I truly appreciate the kind words, we should have a new vid posting soon! 😊

[@ComfortableFrog]

I am so excited about this and this KZbin channel! Can't wait to see where you take this!

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thank you!!

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Beautiful!

[@stevenshackelford1937]

Your Cityscape Paintings are just totally awesome! Is there a name for your style/technique? Please - more instructional vids. TY so much.

[@erikarobertaart]

Hi Lindsey, I loved this video! It would be great to see a timelapse/process video of one of your urban cityscape paintings? 😄

[@dianavincent2535]

Lovely painting and great video. How do you decide what reference material to use? tia

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks so much! there is a lot that goes into deciding what reference material I use, but first and foremost the image needs to be high quality, and have clear anatomy.

[@jls191]

I love your videos. You folks are great. I gotta ask what is that song?? I love it and it gets stuck in my head.

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks! Nate here. My brother writes the music for our videos. It has been his quarantine project and I think they are awesome! They are pretty catchy huh

[@00011011100101110]

Thanks for sharing this! As a beginner painter I find your work very inspiring (I love animals too :D) and it's been great to finally get a sneak peek in your process.

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much for the comment, I'm so happy you're enjoying the vids! We should have a new one posting soon! 😃

[@melcryarfineart]

Love your work!

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks!

[@brownie3604]

Hi Lindsey, First off, THANKS so much for the Process vid(s) helps a lot, I Love your work!, I see you working with a flat edge tool (Cityscapes also) what is this? Ive played around with screen printing squeegees , palette knifes etc., but this almost looks like a sponge?

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks for the kind words! I mainly use a speedball Speedy-carve rubber block. I found it has the flexibility that I need for what I do. I have tried all kinds of straight edges and tools but I have found the rubber block to be the most useful

[@taraburke9282]

So inspiring. Thank you

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks Tara!

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

Lovely painting

[@franciesartcorner6505]

Beautiful work! And yay, I'm so happy you started a KZbin channel! 😀

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much Francie, I'm so happy you're enjoying the vids!! ❤️

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

I don't think I've ever seen someone so animated when they talk 🙂

[@StudioYudy]

Today I was scrolling Pinterest and found your artwork(crow and owl ones). I was literally shocked. Huge shock. Your artwork is stunning!!! Fascinating!! I’ll save more money and would really love to buy your artwork!! You just gave me one of my life’s goals!😆

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks so much!

[@jnarts7955]

Amazing works! I follow you on IG, may I ask what is that pad you use to pull out some abstract patterns, I have seen that from other artists like Casey Baugh.

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thank you!! I use rubber printing blocks I cut by hand, but it's good to experiment with anything you can get your hands on to see what kind of marks different materials can make! 😉

[@blakelycreative3171]

Thanks so much for sharing your process. While watching, I got stuck on the burgundy lamp in the background. I couldn’t figure out if it was real or a large painting. ha ha..thanks again.

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks Blakely!

[@leemorgan9291]

LINDSEY!!!!! OMG I didn't know you had a KZbin channel. I watch painting videos all the time. Now I have a new one to watch. Hope you're doing well.

[@benlahcenecheikh9982]

Bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo

[@chrisblight6069]

Great painting, particularly like the feathered edges. It turned up in my inbox but alas I can't afford it; maybe one day. I was curious about your lighting. I use halogen uplighters and am looking at something that uses less power but is still as bright. LED's are all the rage but everything I've looked at is a bit pricey. Just wondering what you use.

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much Chris, I appreciate the kind words! And about lighting... it's definitely the puzzle piece in my studio that I constantly have to fiddle around with. What I try and do is get the lighting bright but not too bright so I'm tricked into believing my painting is lighter and brighter than it actually is. And in every studio, I try to get the temperature of the light in the room to be somewhere between warm and cool so when the painting gets moved to different lighting in someone else's home, it's not a completely different painting from when it left my studio. Lately I've been using just energy efficient, low watt but high lumen bulbs in aluminum shop light shades, with light diffusing cloth on top. I don't have a particular brand, I think it's best to grab few different kinds and experiment a little to see what temperature and brightness makes the most sense for your space. I wrote a little bit about lighting in a past blog post if you want to check it out... 😊 www.lindseykustusch.com/blog/2020/4/5/tips-for-an-at-home-painting-studio

[@chrisblight6069]

@@lindseykustusch6322 Thanks for taking the time to reply. The blog was useful, light hanging from the easel was a novel idea, and most people seem to aim for the white side of artificial lighting. I was always told to use as much natural light as possible in my early years but I guess technology has moved on and lights are much closer to true these days. The low energy type of lighting is what I've been wanting to do for a while so that's where I'm aiming for the future. I liked your bus cart, very creative.

[@scottydont7904]

Why is it that I like my paintings more when I look at them a month later?

[@susankahn7219]

More videos please!

[@theartgirl777]

So fun to see your process. You’re a little studio corner looks so much cleaner than mine. Great advice! thank you 🙏

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Thanks so much Michelle, I'm so happy you enjoyed it! And don't worry, I only cleaned up the corner that was going to be on film. 😉

[@dennisredmond9395]

Ha! I laugh at myself. I not 2 minutes ago messaged you asking if you’d ever do a video of your process and bam, you showed up. That’s service ! I’d love to see a start to finish in regular time, like a class. I’m not sure how you’d do that or charge for it but, please keep that in mind. Thanks for the view into your process!

[@lindseykustusch6322]

Hahaha, that IS some serious service!! :) Thanks so much Dennis, I will definitely let you know when I have a proper start to finish tutorial available!

[@dennisredmond9395]

Lindsey Kustusch thanks! Can’t wait! I love your work!

[@gabrielbalazs9310]

love

[@paintingwithlindseyandnate8007]

Thanks!

[@aliaamer6454]

I suffer from the idea of wrapping up a painting. I can never tell when any of my paintings is done. To me, all my paintings are unfinished.

[@sahilkhurana_]

art is never finished only abandoned - leonardo da vinci

[@lindseykustusch6322]

I know what you mean! Finishing art is an art form all on it's own!