I actually liked the “ugly” phase! I also liked the end result. A couple of years ago I did a painting that I absolutely HATED. I wanted to paint over it and re-work the whole thing. I was surprised at how many people actually liked it. I ended up selling it…so…you never know what is going to make someone see their happy place. Which is absolutely a reason to go out of your comfort zone and experiment.

I’m a 71year old lady, and this painting really encourages me to star painting; something I been wanted to do all my life! Thank you.

@morsknu

4 жыл бұрын

Start! It's such fun, so satisfying and endless possability! You will be really amazed! I'm 72 and still painting!

@soulcentre11

3 жыл бұрын

Never too late to start 🌷

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

That is a favorite comment -thank you and happy creating 😊

@sheneesespiecesart

3 жыл бұрын

Omg DO IT. There’s so much freedom and peace in painting . At least for me. it’s not meant to be stressful at all So I urge you to do it. I am 46 and I only started painting two years ago with no background or practice at all. It’s NEVER TOO LATE. It was meant to be a hobby and I started selling paintings almost immediately without any intention to do so and now that is all I do. Not for the money but because I love it that much and the icing is other people enjoying and loving it as well. GOOD LUCK TO YOU!

@terrismith5649

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Pam, thanks for talking us through your process. I have and love using many different medium. To a detriment, not getting very good, at any one. I am encouraged to challenge myself to use all of the various mediums in one abstract? Did you do that in this abstract? Why did you use paper? will you put this under glass? Did you say your using oil paints? I live in Idaho with similar scenery. I love your garden, Your Rhubarb is Hugh! I am thinking of going into abstract and that alone. I have been into realism am I am not successful. I love how I feel with abstract. Do you use any additives or mediums? Thank you so much for sharing? .

I think your painting is one of the most gorgeous ones I ever seen. My physical body is very open and I can feel all the little interesting spots that have developed just by you continuing to work it. It makes me feel good.

@PamelaCaughey

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!! So nice to read your comment 😊

Pamela, I am a newly retired nurse of 45 yrs. What a journey that career was! Everyone asked what I would do with my time! Having been a crafter in any spare time I had over all those working years I was sure I’d spend more time in exploring those crafts. But what’s happened is I’ve actually been experimenting all I can with acrylics, collage, abstract layering backgrounds, etc! And in this pursuit I had advice from a dear artist friend who encouraged me to “be fearless” and just set myself free. I’m having so much fun and feel so free...I feel like I’ve escaped prison ( I did love my yrs of nursing but it was stressful as everyone knows). Thank you for your patient and generous sharing of talent with those of us who are soaking it up like a sponge! I love it!

I actually liked this painting from the beginning and never found it ugly. I guess in reality "ugly" is a subjective term unique to each of us. A challenge I would like to offer is to continue painting on a work one really likes and doesn't want to "mess up". That is more my issue, being afraid of messing up something I like, even if I feel nudged to add another mark to it. I think for me it would be a beneficial practice to get beyond the feeling of preciousness some work can take on in a detrimental way for me. Thank you for sharing.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

I often think about Tibetan sand paintings - this is exactly what they do - destroy their work after working endlessly on perfecting their work.

@DahHar117

3 жыл бұрын

Marilyn, I agree with you !! I loved the colors from beginning to end.

@BobbinRoy3882

3 жыл бұрын

I loved it from the beginning also! Stirred me to the core! Colors and shapes of Autumn in a lovely wood. Magnificent work, Pamela. Ugly is never ugly....it's beautiful and organic in nature! 😉

@KM-zn3lx

2 жыл бұрын

I still think it's ugly. I guess I liked it better at the beginning!

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Wonderful, Pamela. I'm so appreciative of how open and sharing you are with your process.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Rebecca; there is nothing in art that needs to be a secret - all "secrets" came from someone else anyways :)!

@julietaubner9605

4 жыл бұрын

I started an abstract paining a while back A and I wasn’t happy with it, so I took a break, and went back and used crayons, colored pencils, some paper clippings; and Just went with it. And that started my love of mixed media painting. It was great fun watching your process with this painting, thank you!

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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I loved your painting all the way through. I'm an expressionist painter and when it doesn't have that thing, that spirit for me of a surprise, of something I never would have thought of and feel I'm on to something. sometimes I feel its done when it moves me, it feels fresh. Watching you I'm feeling better. I was blocked and now I feel challenged to finish something I quit.

@PamelaCaughey

Ай бұрын

I’m so happy to hear this!! 🌺🌺

When stuck I change the canvas orientation and have a fresh look. Just did it to a canvas (admittably much, much smaller) and have a different view of it. It allowed me to let go of an area I was holding onto. Thanks for the inspiration in your videos, love them and I learn something new each time.

Thanks Pamela for this video. You have encourage me not to quit with my abstracts!! I usually get so frustrated when I can't get what I want but listening to your video gave me the confidence to continue trying and NEVER QUIT!!! Tks a lot!!

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Good for you 😊🙌

I’m 46 and just started painting. I re-arranged my furniture in my condo last night to create the space I felt I wanted to be inspired out of my back window. Sooooo ready to paint after work this afternoon. I get really excited about the mark making process. And color inspires me.. I can’t explain how much color excites me.

When I have a problem with my painting looking ugly, I add good quality collage papers to cover those spaces. I turn it into a collage mixed media art work. Your work is always inspiring. I especially like you painting with your hands. It makes your work more expressive.

Really love watching you work. I frustrate easily so I'm encouraged to push through and just keep painting. Nothing to lose. If all else fails, mixed media over it. Thanks for the videos. Look forward to watching all of them.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your comment, Beth! That means a lot :)!!

What can i say...i'm speechless. This piece is so stunning ! I wish i could view it live.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I certainly didn't expect that - thanks very much, Evelyne! I so appreciate you visiting my channel : )!!

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Very therapeutic watching & listening to your comments. I really like it & enjoyed it the whole way through. Great job.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!! I appreciate your comment very much :)

When you begin your works, your black marks are so free and as I watch I say stop, this is perfect. Then you cover up areas I have fallen in love with and then in the end I am awestruck.

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Every time when i enjoy an abstract painting i think to look like cleaning the places by collecting garbage then made them in a work of art. That is an abstract work of art !❤️❤️❤️

This is the first time that I watched your video, definitely giving me inspiration to go forward. I always wanted to paint, never got the opportunity. Now at the age of 77 I'm trying, my problem is I want to be perfect in what I'm painting, you showed me there is no perfect way, just be yourself and enjoy. Thank you for that. Anna Ankiewicz, Western Cape, South Africa

@dancin42passion

4 жыл бұрын

I’m the same age Anna and struggle with getting started doing abstract, totally relate.

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Hi Pam, I so love your videos that I watch them over and over. I’m new to abstract painting and find it very challenging. I think it’s much more difficult than representational painting. I am determined to continue my abstract painting and your videos are so much help! Thank you for your thoughtful teaching and sharing.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, Valeri and many thanks for such a nice comment :) Abstract art is challenging because there is nothing compositionally to give you guidance so we must look and feel inward to find the shapes, colors and lines that move us. :)

Amazing! I’ve been painting in acrylics for less than 2 years. My challenges are finding balance in values, and having the most interesting parts toward the borders: fear of commitment. Yes, I now know, if it’s ugly PAINT OVER IT. Your work is magnificent and thank you for the videos. Very educational AND encouraging.

I am so stuck in my work. I used this video to help me get through. You are so liberating Pamela. Thank you so much for sharing your process. The painting is just stunning!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks; final touches will come later :)

I love this painting. It was never ugly. My fav. 👍💥 My self-imposed challenge was in the winter of 2017. I had become bored with my art & decided to delve into abstract, a style I had never appreciated in college (I was all about Italian Renaissance). I began researching about the psychology and emotion and quickly developed a respect for the style. After one year of painting abstracts, I won 3rd place in a national abstract show. It really gave me the confidence to keep going. I’ve been in another important juried university show, and was the only painter with 2 paintings in the show. I’m not bragging; I’m merely making the point that creating a challenge for myself really worked. 😀👍💥. Back to the easel...

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats - that's really awesome! There are genres I didn't respect either until I learned the art history behind them :)

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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I like the way you start working. It’s inspirational. As to challenges, I have stacks of challenges I can face whenever I need to. I don’t throw any failed paintings away. I’m going to stop calling them “failed paintings” starting today; they’re “challenging paintings”.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Love it - "challenging paintings" they are - I will do the same :) Nothing in art is a failure unless it is abandoned. :)

@anngogh

5 жыл бұрын

Super Fly I always save those “ failed” pieces as underpaintings to use later. I just had a piece in a juried university exhibit that I began 20 yrs ago and finished last year. It had been sitting in the corner of my studio and was a great foundation canvas. It became one of my fav paintings. I love surprises! 👍

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

@@anngogh AWESOME!! :)

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Pamela, you never disappoint! I greatly appreciate you sharing your methods, trials and tribulations! It is very interesting how you get from the ugly stage to the finished, interesting and beautiful work! Thanks so much!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Kristiina - much appreciation :)!

I usually clean up my area and tools as a full stop to that particular phase of work, when things become too difficult to continue and aren’t working well. I might take a walk or go in my garden, as you do, or look through my cuttings and clippings that have resounded with me at some point, or watch some videos on u tube, and usually yours is the first I go to, because I find them so helpful. So, thanks, i’m Grateful that you take the time to make them

I think the biggest challenge is continuing to work and not give up. Sometimes I just want to throw all my work and supplies out, and then I will have a day where I like what I created and then I feel like I can go on. Finding your personal style is also a huge challenge and your process of play, think, and refine has helped the process.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Yes - not giving up is so key! Once you realize you cannot fail in art unless you quit, and that your next masterpiece is on the other side of hopelessness and despair, you will never look at "ugly" the same way--I think our artwork is always pushing us to grow each time. :)

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Also, I help many artists overcome procrastination, and express themselves in their own personal voice and finish their work! Hope you'll check out my online course which helps you overcome procrastination and then learn how to consistently FINISH your work - and know when it's finished - in your own, unique personal voice. If you are interested in investing in your own artistic excellence, please be sure to take a look at my LIFETIME Online course, Powerful Design and Personal Color (fill your artistic toolbox!). www.artandsuccess.com/p/pdpc

My challenge is often to get into my studio, and then once I am in there, to get out again. I tend to want to paint late into the night and have to stop myself to go to bed at a reasonable time. There is something about those late night, quiet hours!! Thank you for your inspiring videos. I am as a result of watching you, going to try to stop painting out the whole painting and starting again!

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Lorna - yes, I find it is good to paint for about 3 hours, then take a break. Come back and you will have fresh eyes! Hope you'll check out my course which helps you overcome procrastination and then learn how to consistently FINISH your work - and know when it's finished - in your own, unique personal voice. If you are interested in investing in your own artistic excellence, please be sure to take a look at my LIFETIME Online course, Powerful Design and Personal Color (fill your artistic toolbox!). www.artandsuccess.com/p/pdpc

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Beautiful! I felt so relaxed watching and amazed by the transformations. I never thought it looked ugly. I think we all see our art differently up close then watching from a distance. You’re so inspirational and enjoy seeing your garden and beautiful landscape of Montana. Thank you!

Hi Pamela, I love your work. My challenge is staying focused and continuing to paint when my PTSD is in an acute phase. Watching your videos helps calm and motivate me. Thank you so much 😊

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Gemma Salter I encourage you to do this -I also had PTSD before I knew that’s what it was called. Being creative is a right brain activity; worry, fear and anxiety have a difficult time competing when we are in our creative mind 💐

This video came at just the right time. I have been dealing with UGLY for the past 2 days as I work on my paintings for the Powerful Design and Personal Color course. Truthfully, I was getting frustrated even though I know these are growing pains. Thanks for sharing your process. It gives me hope! As for a challenge: once I work through the paintings for this course, I want to challenge myself to do a painting in 3 colors without black and white. I think it will really push me to understand the values of different hues and to be creative about achieving the extremes of the value scale without using white or black.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea, Cynthia - no need to use black and white really - there are many darks and lights which you can use in their place. I'm so happy you are going through the course - and happy to see you here as well!! Yay :)!!

Uuuuugggh......I feel like that with every painting. Sometimes I keep going. Sometimes I just put the canvas back in the box not to be looked at again. I haven't painted in quite some time and watching you is moving me to paint again. I love your work..

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it! You are creative. Never quit 😊😉🌻

Thank you with all my heart. I deeply enjoyed this beautiful class. Never thought that at my age I would desire to try in painting such a different aproach to art that comes so deeply out of the soul. All I can say...:"Thank you..."

Thank you for showing the process of your painting. I really could not imagine where it would end up. Very well done, I love it!

Watching your process is like taking a mini vacation, for me, and I'd love to start working large scale. All of the info you provide is very helpful in workin toward that goal.

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Marcio - I really appreciate that!! :)

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Really nice work, both art and lovely, calm discussion of the process. Thank you!

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! It's always fun and a challenge to think and paint at the same time!! ;)

Love the variety of line and texture as the layers build. I see the progress as the painting evolves and still remains fresh. Thank you for sharing your work.

It's amazing to watch the evolution of each work in your videos. You've inspired me to paint for the first time in more than a year, after hitting a wall and giving up. Now I see there might be a way forward. Thank you Pamela!

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Kevin! You can absolutely get your momentum back! Just begin 😊🌻☀️

Had created a peace in acrylic that I just couldn't stand, it was flat and lifeless and had no character, no composition. Lived with it for a while and then one day out of the blue, a solution hit me. I painted over it with an oil layer with a pallet knife, adding chunky texture of five impressionistic flowers, two on the left, three on the right. I added two vertical and two horizontal stripes that bisected each other and something of a dragon that wound in and out of the stripes. I think it really brought the piece to life and now it's one of my favorite pieces. This after I had signed the piece I didn't like. I've never done that before, rework a finished piece, but really pleased that I did because bit allowed me to overcome and change this struggle I was having with this piece. Ultimately, I think the only reason I didn't throw it out was because of why I started it. Now, I'm really glad I didn't. It also taught me to keep pushing forward in my art. I only attempted this after having watched several of your videos. So thank you for that help. I sincerely appreciate it.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's an awesome comment and way you've challenged yourself, Derick! You are ONE of the winners in my "Painting Challenge Giveaway". Please reply to me right here so I can verify your address ;)

@devandestudios128

5 жыл бұрын

@@PamelaCaughey Wow! I so very appreciate it. Thank you, Thank you. I'm finding myself a bit giddy. I never win anything. Totally stoked.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Derick! Thanks for responding back - I now have your address :) Pam

@devandestudios128

5 жыл бұрын

@@PamelaCaughey I'm curious how that works?

@mixedmedialife7916

5 жыл бұрын

@@devandestudios128 Congrats! That's so awesome 😎

I recently spent time in a hospital for back surgery. I have really enjoyed your videos. I packed a small makeup kit with felt tips, pastels and pastel pencils. Also small tubes of the primary color acrylic and a small "art journal" of mixed media paper. I also had Modge Podge and gel medium. I used magazines and papers I came across in the course of my stay. I cut up, rearranged and used different papers to reasemble the piece. This is my challenge to you. Put together a packet and then spend a normal few days in your life and lets see the results!

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Heather! Sweet! I love that you did that and thank you for offering the challenge to me! I will try and find time to do this! Thank you so much and Happy Holidays :)!! Pam

@jodestella502

3 жыл бұрын

I love this painting. This inspires me and I felt as if I was painting. Thank you for sharing.

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Not ugly at all! I'm feeling the pure serenity of chaos and joy. The way you tie your vision together is amazing! Inspiring at every level.❤❤❤ LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! Thank you for sharing with us all.

@PamelaCaughey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment here Julie!! Your enthusiasm and support mean a lot to me 💐💐

PAMELA, THIS IS A REAL BOON,,,I'VE HAD A HEALTH ISSUE AND BEEN DEPLETED OF ENERGY,,,YOU MAKE IT FUN AGAIN,,,NO NEED TO SWEAT THE FAILED STARTS,,,THEY ARE JUST IN THE WINGS WAITING TO BE PLAYED WITH,,,THANKS, DARLIN'!!!

my deepest challenge is also my deepest fear - that what I see on the work I love... I will loose .... and never be able to recover it again.. thank you so much Pamela for your warm and generous way of sharing .. I love how delicately you assemble construct orchestrate and bring to life your unique gesture and expression ... I am inspired to explore a path to find wonder and a new level of surrender and arrival.

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully said! The more times you lose what you love the more times you will learn how to recreate it. It is the best thing that can happen. 🌻🙌

@helenkeen3476

3 жыл бұрын

@@PamelaCaughey thank you Pam.. I have totally resonated with the concept you share of play explore clarify.. many many warm wishes

So needed to see this! Decided to give up painting this morning. Aften seeing this, I will consider once more. Thank you!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

The greatest thing you can give the world is a part of your soul-art is the soul. You cannot fail in art unless you quit. Keep going; the best paintings are on the other side of hopelessness and despair 😊

@ninnakielnielsen5953

5 жыл бұрын

Art & Success - Pamela Caughey Art Thanks ❤️

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Oh dear! No need to give up - just keep going :)

Being a relative beginner, this is such an important message for me to hear. It's easy to give up, toss a piece into the garbage, and start something new. Sticking it out and thinking things through is a lesson we can all use. Thanks!

It's not ugly!!! The colours are particular, the combinations interesting. I like the composition, I like your strokes... There is an amaizing harmony in the painting. I like it very much. I wish I could paint this way. You have a marvelous garden and the backyard!!! You enjoy the nature colours, a good inspiration! Thank you!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, Nada ;)! Many thanks!

Love your work. I appreciate your generosity in spirit and teaching. All my hopes fora wonderful and successful show.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks :) Much appreciation :)

About ten years ago I made myself paint with my least favorite colors....only....gold, silver, and black. In an amazing twist, they looked great and it became one of my favorite paintings of the year!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I can believe that ;)

This is still my very favourite painting/demo video! Thank you so very sincerely Pamela.

Truly impressive the way you were able to pull so many different elements together. A fine balance of unity and variety. Great to watch.👍

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Wow - thank you so much, Sean! I always feel like I'm in foreign territory and flying by the seat of my pants. :)

Haha! You say ugly and I think it’s gorgeous! This is my favorite piece of yours so far. My ongoing challenge is I make great backgrounds. I am weak on creating good composition. Overcoming my fear to paint over, create larger shapes and keep working on it. I am so proud of myself when I just dive in. Your videos are so helpful. Thank you

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, Gail ;) These are all the things I teach in my online course - composition, overcoming fear, how to play, etc ;)

@DrummerGrrrl

4 жыл бұрын

Gail! Me, too! I'm terrified of painting over things! I also know diddly squat about composition...boy, do I need to learn about that!

How fun - those are some of my favorite colors to work with at the moment - I didn't find it ugly at all, not even from the beginning!... Challenge: Only use your non-dominant hand! 😊

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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I am a acrylic abstract artist. I like the way you keep moving through your paintings to add more values.

Your work makes me breath a little deeper. Lovely and freeing. I’m focused on smaller collages right now so viewing your work is always a pampering treat for me. Many thanks to you for sharing your beautiful talent, thoughts and process!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

What a great comment - thanks very much :) I really appreciate that so much! :)

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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I’m seeing a meeting of the minds with the wise old owl. Am I close? I love this painting😍

What a treat for the eyes! I have to agree with everyone who said they never really saw the UGLY. (Though maybe compared to how it ended up...okay.) Love the subtle colors, the variety of shapes and marks. Fun to watch the evolution. Your garden was a pure pleasure to see, I especially appreciated the rhubarb, the lavender and the wonderful varied heights of the fence posts. (Nary a weed in sight!) Thanks for the mountain view and for doing this give away. Since I've only done two paintings after being inspired by your videos, I haven't even begun to deliberately challenge myself; the abstraction is already a great challenge for a representational painter! What I do wonder though, is do you ever start with a concept? I know you pick a color palette, but do you ever have an idea in mind? Say, a city, or Pam's Garden, or the beach or a woodland? Of the two pieces I've done, one was "beach" and sold, the other was "politics right now" and hasn't sold, so maybe it's not done. Thanks, Pam!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Nel, sometimes I will have a loose idea - but it would be within the non-objective realm - rather than landscapes, or florals, etc, it would be stripes, or dots, or pattern, etc. Oh, I have plenty of weeds - they keep popping through the weed fabric!! :)

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

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Lovely garden! ❤️ Thank you for explaining so well all your process, the way you procede in your paintings, It all makes a lot of sense to me and has helped me a lot! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Maritza :) May I ask, do you speak Spanish? I am about to launch a course in Spanish and would love to have a few Spanish speaking artists test out the course! Please let me know :)

Pam thank you so much for demonstrating and showing your process through this painting! I appreciate how you challenge yourself and how you talk through the entire painting process frustrations and all! I found it very inspiring and I have decided to create more challenges for myself when I go back in the studio and take a fresh look at some of those paintings that have been sitting around waiting for the next step! Thank you for the creative spark that I have received by watching you work and by seeing your inspirational beautiful garden and mountains! All the best!Terri

I am taking a break from watercolor and decided to try acrylics. My first attempt of abstract is so ugly, I am ashamed to show anyone. However, after this video; I am going to keep working on it. I am actually excited to see what will happen. Thank you!

@user-mn9ep6ur5h

Жыл бұрын

Hi Linda, I'm also taking a step away from watercolor, which both baffles and excites me! I'm thrilled by the lure of other mediums and want to learn so much more! I just pray to the Lord that there will be enough time in my life to fulfill my appetite for creating more. What watercolor has taught me is to trust in the process and keep going. Have fun!

Don't ever scrap your art that you don't like...keep them and work on them more later.

I think this is my favourite painting yet. The music in the background suits the mood really well. well done to you!

Absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your process. I have learned o much !

Hi Pamela: I have been painting in several media for many years; most recently in encaustic. Watching your free videos/works in cold wax and oil has made me decide to enrol in your on-line course as soon as I have gathered the necessary tools and materials. My challenge will be to show light and shadow in an abstracted landscape in cold wax and oil. I believe I see it in your piece with the red vertical stripes? It would be great if you accept this challenge and demonstrate the procedure you used to accomplish this result. I will keep watching. I love your work. Cheers! Gladys Marche

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Gladys! That’s fantastic and I look forward to meeting you! I have a 25% off special through the end of August just so you are aware. You may enroll at a discount at www.LuvYourArt.com 🌹😉

there is something in each of your videos that inspires. one of the common threads seems to be to trust the work. to just keep working seems to address that 'stuck, helpless' feeling that sometimes overcomes me. i find myself periodically ending up with a rack full of unfinished lousy paintings. now and then i challenge myself by determining that i will not use another new 'canvas' until i've reworked something i already have to my satisfaction. i might start with two 'lousy' pieces and work on them at the same time to get things rolling, and often, one of the 'losers' will grow into something i like. i feel better about the work as well as the reuse factor in this process....love ALL your videos. keep them coming!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your comment, Sharon - I also believe in "recycling" - just keep adding or subtracting until you see what you love :)

Wow! I just started taking painting & I LOVE it. Watching your video gave me inspiration to keep going with it! I hope one day I can be as confident as you are with your art. Thank you!

Thank you, Pamela, for your wonderful message with this video!!!

I love watching you work and think the abstract is beautiful. Wish I could unleash my painting like you do. This is in oil? I love oils.

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Becky! You absolutely CAN unleash your creative spirit; begin by playing with no expectations 😊 This is in acrylic ;)

Please make a video about how you finish your painting I’m so conscious about varnishing a painting it seems to always ruin it. Would love to see how you totally finish a painting right before it’s in an exhibit

After painting for 40 + years I am finally working to loosen up. Well... actually I have for sometime now, but it's a struggle. Your videos open my eyes to the endless possibilities. Thank you for sharing your work experience with us. And, thank you for sharing resources. It is so refreshing to watch you work and how nicely you share. You are a gem!

Oh my goodness, this is stunning! You make it look so easy. Lol! I just came across your channel and I am so inspired by the excitement of this, the scale of it, the creativity. I just started painting too and I so enjoy the play in the process. I have to figure out what this paper is and get some and try this huge scale. Thank you so much. I learned so much in this one video.I look forward to seeing more! And your garden is just lovely...I loved the garden 'break' just as much! 💝

I love this piece and it never seemed ugly to me.

Magnífico, um primor, no Brasil chamamos essa técnica de "Rebosteiro" :D

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Bora :)!!

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

👌👍

I love the freedom of your paintings. It has helped me to just let go and be myself. Thank you so much. I live in New Zealand and started painting in 2017 when my daughter asked me for a painting for Christmas. I had never painted before and I now know that I suffered from White fright before I started. It was 2m by 1,8m and I looked at this white canvas for three days. She loved it . I have painted more since then but your youtube video has inspired me so much to keep going. Thank you

I enjoyed your videos Pamela. I was painting on my acrylic painting as I listened to you the second time and it was helpful and enjoyable. Thank you for your methodical explanations as you painted.

Oh my goodness! I just discovered you. I am a professional artist who is stuck! Making lots of UGLY work. You have tapped my abstract brain and I'm putting you on my bucket list for a workshop. Wonderful painting! Sue Scoggins

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Sue! Oh you are too kind - but thank you - I'll take it! haha :) I'm glad you enjoyed this! I think we all get stuck at times :) I'll be teaching in Vienna, NZ and Bainbridge Island in 2020 if you're interested and I also have an online course. All my workshops and courses are listed at www.ARTandSUCCESS.com :) Happy Painting!

@suescoggins

4 жыл бұрын

I need to know more about your 2020 workshops. I'm definitely planning on travelling in 2020. NZ was top on my list.

@melanieaway

4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Sue - that's awesome! Here is the place to watch for my 2020 workshops; the NZ workshops are "in the works" but likely they will be in GlenOrchy, Wanaka and Takapuna! Here is the link where i will be listing them: www.artandsuccess.com/p/workshops Cheers and hope to meet you! :)

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

@@melanieaway That's awesome! Please stay tuned - here is my 2020 schedule - hopefully NZ workshops will be added soon. I will be teaching with brush maker Lorna Crane, from Australia in the GlenOrchy workshop ;)!!

Pamela, you can use the Cray-Pas with acrylic paint even though they are oil pastels? Love this painting!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Cindy - the cray pas are oil pastels but they set up (ie dry) very well and I have not worries or difficulty using them in my acrylic paintings ;)!

Pamela, I love your work. Thank you for sharing your incredible gift 😍

I guess, the greatest challenge that I did right now is, going back to painting again from being stuck of 12years of not doing any painting works anymore. Miss Pamela, when I watched you doing your painting works and heard your testimony of getting back in painting again after so many years of not painting, I really relate match and I was encourage to go back again in painting no matter if I can still do painting works after 12years of stuck. Thank you for sharing your works and I pray that God may increase you more and encourage more people like me. Thank you mam and God bless.

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much, Rom! I really appreciate your supportive and encouraging emails as well - yes I did read them and read your story and hope you also find great strength and belief in yourself! I'm very grateful to know you! Keep painting! :)

THIS "UGLY" BECAME A BEAUTY QUEEN, WONDERFUL WORK. WHEN I AM CHALLENGED I PUT MY ARTWORK AWAY FOR A WHILE AND COME BACK LATER WITH FRESH EYES, THIS HELPS ME TO FINISH A PIECE. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EXHIBITION.

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Ann 😀🌺🎉

question: craypas are oil based but i noticed you did paint over them with acrylic and crayoned over again, in layers. do you have problems with layering it and it coming up? i have used the marabou art crayons and the carandache neocolor 1 and 2 crayons (2 is watersoluble). the marabou sometimes makes top layers sluff off when using alcohol or sanding, which i like. have you tried any of these brands? any thoughts? thank you ahead of time, karen

Wonderful display of the freedom of expression! Thank you sharing!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mary ;)

Lovely painting and video. Relaxing and informative to watch. Thanks for sharing the video of you wonderful garden. Blessings!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome :)!

Hi, very interesting techniques and color usage. Your pieces are very detailed, and use many layers of colors and techniques. For a challenge, may I suggest that you go lighter? Try using thinner paints, and maybe even some unpainted sections. You can still get detail, and color usage, but by using restraint, you will challenge yourself to achieve your prospective, but by using less. I was inspired by Helen Frankenthaler for some of my pieces, if you want to research an example. Thanks! Always enjoy your videos.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Yes - this is excellent, Jhon - and I do this occasionally (probably not enough!). I love Frankenthaler's work and have one of her books on her printmaking; just loved the cover image on her book - so bought it! Many thanks :) Pam

@jhons2696

4 жыл бұрын

@@PamelaCaugheyHi, I sent you an email with pictures of some of my art. Hope you enjoy. Thank you!

My challenge is knowing when to stop. How do you know that a piece is finished?

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Debbie-when I understood how to create powerful design and personal color-everything changed and I learned how to take risks and cover up things that I loved if they appeared too early or in the wrong place. This what I teach in my online course 🐝🐝Powerful Design and Personal Color 😊

Every painting I do is a struggle. It is very comforting to hear your thoughts. Thank you . Your paintings are second to none.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Aw - that is very kind of you, Richard - please just play, play, play. Once you get really good at just that, everything else will get easier :)

Hi Pam, Loved this painting and I loved the colors as well! Make my heart happy!!

I needed this so much--enjoyed seeing you work as always, and a peek into your garden and your view. Question: is there a reason you start on paper if you know you're going to be mounting on panel anyway? Is it something about the look and feel and response of the paper, or the flexibility of what the final cuts might be, or what? Thanks in advance! Oh, and might a challenge be to start first with a texture medium of some kind, before you really even have an idea of composition?

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Denise! Yes, I love to work on paper as it is "less precious" and cumbersome than working on a panel. While preparing for this exhibition, I can create 100 paintings and just mount the top 10 on panel - the other 90 lay flat in a portfolio - so much easier :) Yes, great idea to begin with a textured surface - I did that with Golden gels and charcoal - it was awesome - thank you! :)

@sandimorse5538

5 жыл бұрын

Art & Success - Pamela Caughey Art I love your process. I like how you don’t seem to have any objective in mind. I find I need to have to have a theme or object in mind. Can you speak to that please.

@bronzemineskitchen1742

2 жыл бұрын

👍👌

Working with acrylic iridescent colors - looked great in the beginning but the shine was so distracting. Added Collage and I found not all paper is paper, some have plastic coating layers - will not use that paper again unless I prep it before hand.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, good point - not all papers are alike and some are not as easy to work with for sure! :)

thank you so much for making all those video, it's awesome to learn with you, and you are so adorable :D

Wow! I am blown away with the visual appeal and energy contained in this piece. I am a recently retired teacher who loves color and creating beautiful spaces in my home. I haven’t tried painting since art class in school. Your KZread video has really motivated me take a bold step into this whole new territory of creativity....next step clearing a well lit space in my garage. Thank you.

@PamelaCaughey

3 жыл бұрын

Here’s to clearing space for your creativity! Awesome, Chris!! 😉🌻

I've been a collage and mixed media artist for many years, but I still hold back in layering. How do you give yourself freedom and permission to cover over marks that you love?

Hi Pam, did you ever have to deal with family or friends not understanding or appreciating your art and how did you handle it?

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Yes - great question. I was vulnerable and susceptible and sensitive and was often discouraged until I found who I was. Once I did that, I (and my art), became "bullet proof". This is what I teach in my online course; we all must get to this point of belief and conviction in our art in order to feel his way. Once you do, you are free forever! I teach Powerful Design and Personal color online and it has been a course that has set so many free; I'm so thankful others are now finding the freedom and joy that I feel when I paint. Here is the lifetime course if you would like to check it out and invest in your artistic excellence: www.artandsuccess.com/p/pdpc

I really enjoyed watching the evolution of your painting and the end product is beautiful. I think I'll try your method tomorrow on whatever canvas or board I can find in my garage art supplies. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this information and process. Very helpful as I learn more and more.

Painting is sooo frustrating

@shereelinwood9674

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ,can be ,its harder than it looks

The “ugly” is beautiful in my opinion.

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Judy!

@csstudio3648

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, this is beautiful even at the start. Imho this is a wonderful painting thru all the stages. Sometimes it's important to get that critical gremlin off your shoulder, lol!

Love it! I'm going back to my canvasses to continue working, thanks for giving me so much inspiration, energy and so generously sharing your art! Big Thanks!

Thanks for the encouragement sometimes i don't like my work but i will never Stop i love painting Lovly garden!

@PamelaCaughey

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Diane!! ;)

My challenge for you is incorporating a human figure into your work.

dear Pamela, Thank you for sharing this amazing time lapse art process. It is absolutely breathtaking. I have learned so much from this creation . I love how you use whatever you feel like to just make a mark or change the colors. I feel like you do this intuitively, right? I adore your relaxed style. It is amazingly beautiful.

I love that you said “I’m doing ugly really well”It opened up a part of my mind ...thank you

Watching you paint was like coming home - so serene. I love it that you placed a small heart in the first stage. Even if it's covered up, it's still there beating it's message. I appreciated the foundation playtime mark making most of all. They were the bravest of all marks- standing alone and waiting for company. The whole piece was done so intuitively - it was magic. Thank you for sharing your artistic soul with us. My biggest art challenge is having space to work. - I can only work very small in my bedroom. Any thing bigger has to be done in the kitchen being tethered by fear of making a mess or clogging the kitchen sink. Watching you paint today made me not care if I make a mess or not. So beautiful - almost a dance. Thank you for sharing. Peace and love to you.

@PamelaCaughey

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Julia! What a wonderful comment you left for me! I'm sorry I just saw it now - I'm rather behind on all the wonderful comments left for me on my channel but so glad I just saw yours as it made my day! For those artists who don't have quite so much space, you can work on smaller pieces of similar size and create multiples! Happy Holidays!