Isn’t it wierd how you tell yourself that you don’t like what you’ve created, only to look at it with new eyes and loving it a few days later? The lies that live in our heads!!!

@valmccutcheon7216

3 жыл бұрын

Omg this is so true.... I have venom coming thru me at times for my work and 2 days later I look and think WOW WHO PAINTED THIS?????? I love this piece Cathy..... Where do u sell your work???

@VanessaWestwood

21 күн бұрын

So true!

LOL. "Ooo, I like that! ok stop, I love that. Wait, no! don't cover it up! Oh wait. . . I like that! Ooooo OK now I LOVE that! So fun to watch your process

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Haha.. too funny! Glad you enjoyed watching though! 💞

Love your paintings. They all add up when you're done. They are all so beautiful. I envy your way of painting.

@CathyMevik

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Just keep going and enjoy the ride and you will get where you want to be in no time! 💗🎨🧑‍🎨

I love your painting very much, I think it is gorgeous.

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. ❤️

Great tutorial. Thanks. Love intuitive painting

@CathyMevik

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! ❤️

Noen år siden du la ut dette, men like fullt, super inspirerende å se på denne 1. april dagen 2024 👍

@CathyMevik

3 ай бұрын

Så hyggelig Anne Marit. ❤️

I love your style, Cathy! I love your confidence! You have motivated me to start creating in my journal....usually I only have enough courage to create on loose w/c paper. Thank you for propelling me forward! ♥️

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So happy to hear that Vicki! Enjoy yourself ❤️

One of the best

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏❤️👍🏼

Beautiful abstarcy paintings color full👍👍

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

left hand story Thank you 🙏

Wow! The way you let yourself be guided by your art only to end up with something so beautiful! It teaches me a lesson or two about living my life with trust and surrender and be led by it...hopefully I'll find something as beautiful as your art! Thank you Cathy!

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind heartwarming words Néha. I will cherish them for sure.💗

Love the colours in this one

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter! 👍

Just discovered you here. Loving everything

@CathyMevik

21 күн бұрын

Welcome. Looking forward to connecting with you. Enjoy!

Your way of using brush really is impressive.

I love watching you paint! Thanks for letting us see you work!🙏❤️

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!

You have a new fan!!!

Yes! Cathy that is the way to judge our own art before exposition! Sometimes i celebrate my judgement for several days until i am satisfied with it! Something weird but that is… I have learned with your demos how to handle the unaccepted “spots”! Thanks again for your gifts to art!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your lovely comment Petrin. So glad you are embracing your imperfections. 💌💜👏

I can feel the emotion in the colours and the way you put everything together in the process!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Awww.. thank you so much. 🤗🧡🎨

Love this one!!!! The use of stencils and it has such contrast!! 😊🌻

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Vickki. Glad you enjoyed it. 💙🧡💜

Fascinating journey with this piece, I always love the process to get to the end result. When painting abstract I look at it as starting at the bottom of a mountain, and along the climb their are obstacles, hurdles, different paths taken, struggles and when you finally get to the top of the mountain the end result is like a breath taking view. A gorgeous little piece well done!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Love your way of thinking. Glad you enjoyed. 🌸💜🎨

Love this one Cathy.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Denise! Appreciate your comment. 💜

Love your work, so liberating! Thank you for posting.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching ❤️👩‍🎨🌸

I love the way you work. You're so inspirational. Just go with the flow.

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! So glad you enjoy watching.

Oh so good, Cathy!!!! I'm finally making time to binge watch your amazing content again! So happy! 💖 Also: Could you make a KZread #short about FINE LINERS? How to stop them from clogging up? How to store them? Horizontal/vertical? What to fill them with? In one minute? THANK YOU!!! 💖

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sweetie! Sounds like you are enjoying yourself and making me happy at the same time!😊 I can do a video at some point, but I can also just answer you here.🤪 I fill my fineliner with diluted acrylic paint. I just mix until I hit a consistency I like. I store mine standing and just make sure that the consistency isn't too thick, because thats what make them clog. Have a wonderful creative summer. Oh... and btw, I love the clothes with your art on them. Beautiful!💗

@SingYourselfWell

2 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik 💖 oh thank you so much, so sweet of you to take the time to answer in such detail! Acrylic mixed with water or a medium? Half half? 2/3? Thank you darling!! 💖 And thanks for loving my wearable art. Means a lot. Love your art. And you, clearly! ✨🤗✨

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

@@SingYourselfWell Acrylics and water. I just add water until I like the consistency. I would guess about 20 % maybe, but thats just my guess. ;)

@SingYourselfWell

2 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik thank you so much! 💖 Your guess is good enough for me. After all, we artists have pretty good intuition. UNTIL WE DOUBLE GUESS OURSELVES. 🤣

This comes at the perfect time for me. I've painted all my life and am bored with my own attempts to explain and explore the lovely woodlands and autumn colours or spring and summer and the water and all. Boring in water colour, pastel, acrylics, oils you name it. So I let go!!! Um. timidly....Then I found you!! What a great example of the sort of beautiful and interesting and colourful, subtle and even tasteful way to let go! Now I am enjoying even the failures and they are only failures when the paper gives out or I do. Mostly they are fun and lively and sometimes... occasionally beautiful too. There is a long way to go but thank you so much.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Linda. Your comment really gives me the inspiration to keep going. This is what I want people to see. I love that they ar mostly fun and lively and somtimes beautiful too. Thats just how it's supposed to be. It's a wonderful journey after all. Thanks again for that wonderful comment! It means the world to me. 💜🎨✨

Watching your process was amazing.

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much. So glad you enjoyed yourself ❤️

Wow your pieces are breathtaking!! ❤️

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Much appreciated.💜💛💚

Love your work, thank you for all you share.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brandy. Much appreciated. 💙🧡💜

Hi Cathy. A great video, and a great abstract painting. Looking from the inside to the dazzling white light of hope breaking through followed by the beautiful warm golden glow that is so much more than just feelgood. Very much appreciated. Thank you. Colin. 👍

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much as always for your beautiful comment Colin. 🎨🤗💙

Cathy you are so much fun to watch and you can get me out of a slump like no other! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work🥰

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Sheryl, and nothing pleases me more! ❤️One of my biggest goals is to drag people out of their slumps. 🤣🤣🤣

I absolutely love this painting! Great job!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

So inspirational!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Lynn. So glad you enjoyed it! 🎨

Beautiful 😊

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks! 💙

As always i love your work

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! 💜

amazing work...so many amazing layers....thanks for posting your process. Beautiful...

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Started watching your videos recently, and this is one of my favs. Enjoyed that you describe your process.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Celeste. I'll try to keep up with the commenting. 💙💜🧡

That was a cool stencil ! Very unusual..... very inspiring as always 🙏🏻🌟🙏🏻

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barbara. 🧡

I love your work. thank you

@CathyMevik

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

Love your videos...truly an inspiration .Thank you soooo much for sharing your techniques, Cathy.

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

My Pleasure Judith! Thanks for watching. ❤️

This video is so inspiring; your process of layering is incredible. I can't wait to try this for myself.

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have fun Beverly!💝

Amazing intuitive work! So many stories within one painting!

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 💖

Love these videos. So free flowing and inspiring. Helps me loosen up‼️❤️

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

So glad! enjoy! 💖

I love this work.....

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much! 🧡💜💙

loved watching your process of creation ~ am inspired to take my first step...

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Que cosas más bonitas haces🤗👍

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Que bonitos comentarios dejas.💙💛💜

Stunning artwork!

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you so much for the first tutorial, l love abstract, yours is fascinating 💖

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy it. 💜

Beautiful!

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great work

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!💜

AWESOME!!!!

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! 💜

Wow, I enjoyed watching you paint !

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! 💗

Love this 💗

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lorinda! 💌

Really enjoyed this. Thank you

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

So glad! ❤️❤️❤️

Love your videos

@CathyMevik

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the love! ❤️👍🎨

No comment. Just outstanding picture. Well done. Love the colors and style. I keep watching you all the time. Love everything what you do. Thnx for sharing your beautiful artwork 💕

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Thats so beautiful

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. 🧡

👌💕

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 💙

I love how you work. I luck out once in awhile and get a good abstract. Most of the time though everything ends up looking like squared and hard lines, frustrated but not giving up.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Are you new to painting Brandy? If so try and be kind to yourself. Things take time and there is alot of information to hold on to. 🥰

@brandybobo2980

3 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik Thank you. Messing around with mixed media for some time, new to trying abstracts yes.

👍♥️

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

💜💛🧡

Hi Cathy. Love your art :) I'm doing something similar, between abstract and intuitive. Hug you from Italy!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Norman. Wish you the best of luck with your work! 💙

A M A Z I N G!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. 💜💙💚

So Gorgeous!!! I just keep watching all of your tutorials! I try to mimic but it's no where close to yours :)

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy watching. 💜💛🧡

@ThePetravic

3 жыл бұрын

Legs, sometimes i work on the same piece for 3 days because i like only something… but remember there is white and also gesso, as Cathy emphasize! Let us continue until the she starts with formal classes!!!!! From Puerto Rico USA!

@legs7148

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePetravic Yes, thank you for the encouragement!

Absolutely love your work and can't thank you enough for sharing so much of yourself. Could I ask what journal you use. It seems to hold up to quite a bit of layering. Also the brand of mini brayer, is it soft or hard?

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Leah 💜 Thank you so much. So glad you enjoy my videos. I use a Wire-O Sketchbook from a German company called kunst & papier. I sell them on my norwegian site, but not on my .com site. Anyhow you can see a picture of them there if you like: www.cathymevik.no/product/wire-o-skissebok/ I think they sell them on Amazon, so just do a google search for them. I use the Abig brayers. The rubber is quite soft on mine. Hope this helps and thanks for watching! 💙

one of your best works ... wonderful! What kind of beautiful brown is that?

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I think I was using burnt sienna for this piece. ;)

Love that I stumbled across your channel! You are very talented and I love your style. Question: the fine liner you use, do you thin acrylic paint or is it an ink in the bottle?

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

I just used diluted acrylic paint. I just fill it with water until I reach a consistency I like. 😘

Another mesmorizing example of insirpiation! I love the variety of techniques used in this painting and how they all blend superbly. The stencils are great. What is the one that looks like crazy-paving?

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Thats most likely a Tim Holtz stencil. So long ago, I can't remember now. 🤗

What a beautiful painting! Thank you very much for the demonstration. Is there an online course you would suggest for someone who is just starting with abstract?

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry.. I don't. But I am making an online class that I plan on launching around October. 💜

I coulda swore you are a new yorker. Love your work. Struggling currently w being loose and abstract and not overworking my pieces. Are those fine liners you have recycled watercolor masking fluid bottles or do you buy them that way?

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thats so funny Tara. I am a new yorker🤣🤣🤣 , but I've been in Norway for years and years now. A good tip if you are struggling is to try and doodle on paper before you start painting. Just hold the tip of a pencil or whatever you choose to work with and let your hand relax and warm up. If you still have trouble when you're painting, then turn your head away and don't even look at what you're doing. The fineliner is just what it is. Do a google search for fineline applicators and you'll find them. Happy creating. 🧡💜💙

@TaraFinlay

3 жыл бұрын

Cathy Mevik - Abstract artist I thought so! I’m from way upstate but live in Maine now. Thanks for the tips.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

@@TaraFinlay You're so very welcome! 💙

Thanks

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome! 💜

I like the stencil

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🧡

What's the ratio you use of paint to water in your fineliners? I just love that finishing touch 😊

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kasey. I have no idea what ratio. I just try with a bit of water at a time and stop when I reach consistency I like. 💜🤣👍

Where did you get your stencils from, I love the effect it made in your painting!

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

These stencils are so old that I really don´t remember, but I do use alot of stensils from www.stencilgirlproducts.com/

@denisemurray8279

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will have a look at their website

Also I love the stencil that has those big squares.... Do you recall where I could get one of those?

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

It's from The Crafter's Workshop - Fence Frame Template 12x12 ❤❤

I love this painting. He said that you varnish the charcoal so it doesn't smear when you begin adding paint. What procedure do you use? Spray on a varnish or do you paint one on and what product or products do you use to do that?

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Hi Pam, Thanks for the compliment. ❤️ I spray varnish over the charcoal with a waterproof varnish. www.jerrysartarama.com/winsor-newton-artist-sprays Hope this helps. ❤️

Hi Cathy - love your work. I have a questions please. 1. How are able to keep adding paint without lifting the layer below? 2. What is the black and white liquid in the little bottles? 3. What was the Windsor Newton spray? Many thanks for sharing yourself and your talent. Deb - from Melbourne Australia.

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Deb. I dry my pages from time to time, so the paint is dry and doesn't lift. The black and white bottles are fineline applicators. You can find them online if you do a google search. The windsor newton spray is a permanant varnish. I use it to keep the charcoal layers from smearing. Hope this helps Deb. ;)

@debpav739

3 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik thanks - very helpful.

Hi Cathy, absolutely find your work amazing, just love watching your videos. What is the sketchbook you use?

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Glad you are enjoying yourself.❤️ It is a wire-o-sketchbook from a german company called Kunst & Papier. It's 12x12" or 28x28cm. 👩‍🎨If you order, just be sure to gesso the page before you start painting in it. ;)

Wonderful. Thanks so much, r u using heavy body or fluid.? Ps. I see u work a lot in a sketchbook. What if it turns out to be something so amazing that u want to sell it? How would that work?

@CathyMevik

8 ай бұрын

You could just frame it and sell it or you could make prints. I've sold whole books as well. ❤️ I use Amsterdam Standard Acrylics. 👍

Love this. Are the fine line bottles bought already filled?

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

No, Trish, I buy the empty bottles and fill them with diluted acrylic paint. 🧡

@trishholman3584

2 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik thank you

How do you get these colours? They're gorgeous! How many layers do you usually apply Cathy?

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alicia. I have no rules as far as layers go. As for my colors, I will be teaching that in my online class that I hope to launch this fall. 💗

Hi Kathy really enjoyed this video. Could you tell me where you got the large stencil you use , the first one Looks like squares and maybe the name of it. Thank you

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry about the stencil Brenda. I have no idea where I got it. It's maybe 5 -6 years old. Glad you enjoyed watching though. ❤️

Love it. Which is the fine line tool you use?

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

It's called a fine line appicator. If you google it you should find it without problems. :)

sorry i could not get the name of the spray you used after the charcoal please, love the work

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

That was a can of Winsor Newton permanent varnish. It keeps the charcoal from smearing. Use it outside and dry it before painting over. ;)

As you start do you think at any time about composition?

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

No, I never think of composition at the start of a painting. ❤️

Jättefin! Säljer du dina verk? Finns denna kvar? Hälsningar Charlotte

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Tusen takk Charlotte. Det meste av det jeg lager er til salgs. Har solgt en del hele bøker, så er noe usikker på om jeg har denne fortsatt. Sender du en mail til hei@cathymevik.no så skal jeg sjekke og sende deg pris om du fortsatt er interessert. 💗

Well Kathy, I have been soooo enjoying your channel and your fantastic exressiveness. I am so obsessed with your journal, I would really like one like it and do you think I can find a large square journal! So, if you read this, I would so appreciate knowing or you sharing a link (affiliated?) for me to find one like yours. Yours gratefully, Perla.

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you found my message on KoFi Perla?

@perlagaffney4776

2 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik thank you I did late last night. These journals look fab. Sadly I cannot get them in NZ. And those that sell them are charging enormous shipping. One day I may be able to get one in person 🌎😊

Where is the charcoal stick from and brand?

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

I bought it locally I think. So long ago, so not even sure. I have no idea what brand it is. It’s so old I only have the plastic wrap it came in. Sorry. ❤️

@irishgypsystyle

2 жыл бұрын

Artgraf extra large charcoal

Who’s the designer of the stencil? BTW... I can’t stop watching your channel! You are amazing! LOVE your work!

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lisa. I think that is a Tim Holtz stencil. 💜

Where do u get fine liner?

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Just do a google search for fine line applicator and makes sure to get the one with the blue label. 👍🏼

Did you really spray with varnish?? Varnish before painting???

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Yes I did. This is an art journal, not work I intend to sell so I didn't see the need to prep afterwards. There is nothing wrong with painting over varnish without prep on small spaces, but in any case, If I had intended to sell this I could just use and acrylic primer over the varnish or sandpaper it lightgly after it dried.

What are stencils the made by?

@CathyMevik

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry Dan, I have no idea. I'll try to remember to have a look when I am back in the studio though.

@dansloan5859

2 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik 👍😊

Good evening 👋😊 Cathy that is the biggest charcoal stick I ever seen I had no idea they came that big and that 1st stencil is awesome I have several tim holtz stencils but not that one funny thing I just bought one that came with stamps for Halloween 🎃 by him too I love the colours you chose to use very fall like my favorite time of the year so I love this canvas has given me a warm smile for the start of my evening thank you for sharing stay safe and be careful 🙏🖌️🎨✍️💌

@CathyMevik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Linda. Funny how I didn't like this at all, and now I love it. Have a wonderful day and be safe too. 🧡💙💜

@lindahigham5317

3 жыл бұрын

@@CathyMevik I am glad that you did end up loving it also as it's one of my favorite painting 😊💌

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C'était vraiment un beau travail de création à l'époque.. il y avait de la délicatesse dans tes finitions.... tu as évolué autrement. J'aime moins. Ceci dit, les goûts sont personnels. Bisous😗

@CathyMevik

Жыл бұрын

Merci. Cela m'arrive même. Parfois, pendant le montage, je me demande pourquoi je ne me suis pas arrêté avant. 😆