Loneliness improved my Art and Mindset 🌱 Forest Visit + Paint with me ✨ Cozy Art Vlog
Beeing alone can be great too! Showing you in this video how loneliness helped me to improve my Painting skills and overall mindset. Influence from outside can be so powerfull but did you ever listened to you inner Voice? How powerfull that one can be too? When you learn to trust your intuition, your path in life can become more clear. And beside that talk I will show you the process of a big oilpainting and we will visit a big forest . Everything is filmed and edited by myself.
Hope you enjoy this Art Vlog❣️
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🎨Artsupplies:
-Polychromos Color Pencils Set: https://amzn.to/2Uohgop
(I own the Set of 24)
-Archers Drawing Paper: https://amzn.to/3wOY56h
-Paper for Gouache or Watercolor: https://amzn.to/3ovRRnZ
(I have different sizes and cut them also in smaller rectangles, tested so many it´s my most favourite )
-Schmincke Horadam Gouache, 15ml Tubes: https://bit.ly/3GspU93
-Oil Paint from Old Holland, 40ml Tubes: https://bit.ly/3EoVN0t ( its oilcolor for advanced painters, make sure to be familiar with anatomy, proportions, value etc before using it :)
-Luminescent Watercolor: https://amzn.to/3kwraPN
-kneaded eraser https://amzn.to/3xMD5ML
-Blending stump set (eraser included) https://amzn.to/3gNZUKD
-Washitape, in a color you like :) I use it so my watercolorpaper stays flat.
-Filbert and Flat brushes in various sizes from cheap to really expensive
-Easel big (similar) https://amzn.to/3zQMKnq
-Easel small (similar) https://amzn.to/2SVFJkI
📚Books, Lets get smart:
-Impressionism https://amzn.to/2Yeg0GP
-A Garden Eden; Botanical Illustrations https://amzn.to/3nkvoM7
-Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends https://amzn.to/3gVQqM3
-Klimt (Basic art Series) https://amzn.to/2SpQcEU
-The World of Ornament https://amzn.to/3d4Q2tA
-Jewelry from Renessaince to Art Deco it´s a japanese book I found on the street, sadly I can´t find it online
-Anatomy books:
I have a german one by Gottfried Bammes, „die Gestalt des Menschen“ but there are also some american books by Andrew Loomis for example which are great too! I am Selftaught and we don´t learn painting techniques etc at our school. As I said in the last videos, I have my knowledge from books and the Web. Most of them are free :)
Inspiring books:
-Mastery, Robert Greene https://amzn.to/3j3ZQaV
-The Alchemist, A Fable About Following Your Dream https://amzn.to/3vRcqgB
-Listen to podcasts, audiobooks while painting. Time flys while you create. And it makes the first steps of sitting down and beginning to create easier and you get even smarter +1
Here is something I listened to last week:
About Cognitive Control/ Focus : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yRmpcXKjY
I take my notes in a Moleskine cahier, set of 3, Pocket/ A6, in pastell colors for notes :) or the dotted version
🎬 Video equipment:
-Camera: https://amzn.to/2S7OTKk (Body only)
-Lens: https://amzn.to/3uZlCjd
-Smartphone Holder: https://amzn.to/3tXwRHF
-Portable External Harddrive
-Editing program: Adobe Premiere Pro
-Thumbnails in Photoshop
-Animations After Effects
(Links to products are affiliate Links)
About me: I´m Valerie and I moved almost two years ago to Berlin to study Finearts. I love creating and I want to share my progress of becoming an artist with you guys. Also I like to give you good vibes :) Much love, Valerie 🌸
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