Hi. I’m an artist that’s been in the closet for so long because of the horrible things I’ve been through in my life. And I’ve just started to open up and be inspired. And then all of a sudden I’m taking care of my granddaughter that’s two years old. So I’ve turn to KZread and I found you. Today, the work you were doing inspired me so much! I asked my daughter recently if I could do some new art for her brand new apartment in downtown Houston. She wants black and white. Lol. Which to me as gray lol so, I am so grateful to you for your inspiration that you gave yourself for us and invited us to see because if I had not seen it I would not have been inspired to do this beautiful thing that came to me while I was watching your video. Peace and love to your family and to you especially.Thank you😊❤️

@paulacunniffe4123

Жыл бұрын

I hear you. My youngest was six months out of the nest and I found myself with full time custody of my three year old grandson. All that time of waiting to express what I'd been holding back artistically. He's nearly 12, and I'm just starting to see the light lol. KZread has been my saviour through the times of not being able to afford to experiment or having the time to do anything physically. I love Louise's channel! All the best for your journey both as a full-time grandparent and an artist. x

I just came upon this channel...I absolutely LOVE the ink/collage abstracts. They are inspired!

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

This is exactly the kind of work I need to do - messy play non serious AND FUN

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@PandolfoCarla

3 жыл бұрын

Totally.. when I forget this I start procrastinating and losing joy by perfectionism and high expectations etc

You are my kindred spirit - this really is all about studies in aesthetics

What a beautiful spirit and energy you have!! I love your artistic perspective! Learning about yourself through your art is such a fun way to go about making art. I really enjoyed watching this video and hearing what you liked and didn’t like about certain pieces. What a wonderful gift you are! Thanks for sharing!!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I love how her “play” works still look like masterpieces lol.

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

aw thanks x

Thank you. Very interesting and loved learning more about ink too!

“I will understand it in the end”. Love it !

Joined up for your course as I am loving your work. Did the 1st assignment today. I will play with black and white after watching this video. Thanks for the inspiration.

I could watch this video over and over. I love the way you talk through your process. Thank you so much. I am so glad I found you on U tube and that I have joined The Tribe. So excited about embarking on a new journey.

I so enjoy your shows

@ThisPaintingLife

11 ай бұрын

Aww thank you Elizabeth!

It is such a joy to watch you and listen to you. My whole body opens and soaks it in. You really have a gift, Louise, creating and teaching, both. Thank you.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@jeannetavnon4882

3 жыл бұрын

The same feeling!

Al fin alguien que realmente pinta!...Me encanta esto, es pura creatividad. Gracias Louise, me inspiras mucho!

I spied " Canadian Club"! Thanks from Canada.

I love your thought process, such an inspiration. Thank you

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Love watching your process -- thank you ❤️

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I could watch this for hours, thanks Louise!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

So glad!

Enjoyed your expertise finding what pleases ones self! Look forward to more videos. Thank you

Love it!

Perfect timing for me and for my students as well! Thank you for your generosity of information and spirit! Can’t wait for your book. Oh and your podcasts are inspiring!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Fantastic watching your process, your ways of responding to each moment freshly as the piece evolves. Many thanks!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

How many amazing shapes! I'd spend hours looking at them! 😍

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! All just arrived through free play

Louise, you and your art inspire me so much. You keep it fresh and fun. Thank you so much.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love watching you create !!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

I loved when you said, "it's going to go somewhere" and you would understand it at the end, or not! I'm so reassured by those words. Thank you.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

I love the ink and collage abstracts you made - can't wait for your course!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Yay, thank you!

Loved this so much! Thank you. Looking forward to the course.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! See you in June!

I love the idea of binding your exploration pieces to refer to later.

What a breath of fresh air you are! Not being so serious, just diving into the creative process and playing with your instincts. Love it!! Thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

thank you xx

This is so liberating! I love the notion of just doing the work, and the work revealing what it’s about at the end. Thank you!!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you. It’s been wonderful and exciting to watch you explore.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I loved it!

I just remembered i have this old, yellowed sheet music that was in the piano bench when i bought this used piano years ago. I love the combo of black, grey, white and some yellowed page! Thanks for sparking that! Play day!!!!!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it will be really cool!

I so love your style, Louise. What a gift to find you and our creative spirit. Words fail. Thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks Louise, really enjoying your videos and helping me connect with what I love!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

So glad!

Amazing juicy teaching cant wait to have a go myself. Love the idea of identifying exactly what you like and using past pieces to change a piece to make it better. What a fabulous learning experience. Sticking to one or two colours is also fabulous. I have a pot of black ink so I will have go

Love your work. Been listening to your podcasts for a while now. I enjoy them while I'm creating my work. Thank you for sharing.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

thank you for enlarging my horizons. loved the way you work

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Great video ! So inspiring, direct authentic. I love listening and watching your process Louise. Thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it

How wonderful to see your process with this, Louise! Interesting.....Thank you!!!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Louise I love your work. I appreciate the ideas you give me to work things out in order to find my own style. I believe this video was from three years ago, and you mentioned a free workshop you were offering June 3rd. It would be helpful if you stated the year it was for. I’m 67 and just getting into art again. Your work inspires me and makes my heart beat faster. Thank you for putting your work and techniques out there to help us.

@ThisPaintingLife

14 күн бұрын

Well the good news is that I will be hosting another one soon! So check back.

Fantastic Louise, thank you so much for sharing this video!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I loved this! Thanks for the free offering too.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Loved your messy search and inspired playful way! Thanks for your generosity! 💓🌈

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Another fantastic video from Louise. Also I am SO excited for Find Your Joy in June!! Thanks for your amazing generosity, Louise. ❤️

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I recently found you and so appreciate your thoughtful ideas. I liked what you just said about using scraps. I looked forward to listening and learning from you Louise. Blessings this day.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thankyou Louise, I really need this just now. Thankyou so much for giving your time and knowledge for free, thats amazing. and rare.x

I love your process.

Thank you very much Louise, I loved watching your video!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Such fun to watch your video, I’ll see you in June and thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

See you then Vikki!

What fun!

Thank you so much for your videos, they are so inspiring, particularly this one, I love what you do!!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

This was my first visit..Loved it. I admire you sharing your thought process. I look forward to your June workshop! Many thanks.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you for sharing this video, you just opened up a whole new avenue of exploration for me!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

Great fun Louise! So freeing. Thanks again for sharing 😊

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Love your information, advice, tips etc ❤️❤️❤️ thank you x

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Absolutly love your ink stuff. I love love love ink. Ink drawing, ink paintings I love both. I feel inspired.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

Love this... a great way to experiment

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks for the inspiration, Louise! That looks like so much fun! I have some homemade collage papers I created with leftover paint paint from painting sessions on tracing paper that I have been itching to use for collage. Watching you is the kick I need to get going with that!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!

So inspiring to see you work on your collages. Thanks for sharing

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

This was inspiring. I love the idea of copying areas for collage in other pieces and tearing up paintings that didn't work. Thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I like how you voice your creative thoughts as you go or "play". I also like how you connect the shapes with linework.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! xx

Can't wait until June. In memory, your taster course last year felt like more than a week's worth of learning. You put do much into it and give so much. A treasure!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you so much for generously sharing your artistic knowledge. Sending love and light.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

I immediately loved this. Great advice. Follow what you love. Explore what you love. Great way of working - i enjoy painting but also drawing

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Great to watch. I now feel inspired.Thank you🌺

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

just thrilled that i discovered you!

Thanks Louise. Love the process.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Ecstatic to have found you and love the freedom of expression and playful experimentation!!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found me too!

You always inspire me to free up. Work faster. Limit supplies. This will be a great exercise for me. Thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it! Have fun :)

Very inspiring. I almost gave up on abstract art after painting for a few years. I have to step back (or maybe over) to less color or just black and white. I loved your demo, very helpful, I may come back to abstract painting after playing with collages like you are showing here. Thanks again.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

It's all about exploration rather than seeking a result. Have fun!

a fascinating and inspiring video

I am delighted with your work. Congratulations!

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Wonderful, this resonated . Yes , loved the idea of discovering and learning what we like as makers and creators and making it to please ourselves and others who like it will find it. Thanks for the collage process, you have such a wonderful way of working. Xx

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful xx

This is an aha moment for me as I watch you doing your ink and collage. I myself like to make marks first and lost and found shape later in my art. Thanks a million from the bottom of my heart. I will sign up for your free 1 week art in June. Can't wait. Thanks again Louise

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Wonderful~ loved seeing and learning about your process!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love this and it’s a good inspiration for my development....

@karlasolomon8128

3 жыл бұрын

“I have to pick something that has no real merit...” LOL

I love your work Louise! Thanks for sharing!

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Hi Pam it was wonderful to be back on all you magnificent work which you know ; I had a accident but back again and getting stronger every day just love you work , sooooo happy to be back 🙏😊

This really deserves more views. Down to earth and focused on method. Thanks a lot.

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Oh I love this exercise so much! It's got me feeling that spark of inspiration after a dreaded couple weeks of wondering if I'll ever create anything good again. I've been so stuck creatively and its maddening! I can't wait to get on this over the coming weekend to really try to explore what it is that makes my art tick for me. Thank you, Louise! I really appreciate you sharing your process with us. It's very helpful. ❤

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

I am so pleased!

Louise this is absolutely magic ,,,,,,, I love ❤️ this wow ink yes

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just wanted to say thank you for reminding that not everything has to be precious and if i like one part... well i can just use that part. Thank you ❤

@ThisPaintingLife

8 ай бұрын

❤

I loved watching you work...very freeing!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Glad to hear you mention Lewis Noble. You and he are bringing me through to something new that I can't quite see yet. I find that so many of your pieces shown here are awesome. I don't know another word for it. I get tears in my eyes. So much power and beauty. Thank you!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Lewis is fabulous - he will be a guest on my podcast this week - check it out on Apple or Spotify - it's called Art Juice and it comes out every Tuesday xx

That looks so much fun just playing around watching you tear things apart and add paint I've never really played with abstract. Thank you very much I certainly enjoyed watching you. And God bless you and yours and stay safe.

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comments Sherry! It means a lot to me.

Fabulous exercise and exploration. I love black and white,,,its a breath of fresh air between projects. Permission to be free and inventive…thx

I LOVE this self-referral way of playing!!! Thank you Louise!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@SingYourselfWell

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThisPaintingLife signed up. Clearly. :)

Its fun to see how you experiment, and think in process! I am looking forward to playing with inks.

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

I really enjoyed watching you rip up and create such a lovely finished picture ,,, so different from any other artist I have seen,, Thank you

Inspiration, thy name is Louise!!!❤❤❤❤❤

@ThisPaintingLife

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you ♥

Great SHARING, as usual you are SO GENEROUS!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

So nice of you :)

Very beautiful and interesting!

I enjoy how you manipulate the paint and media. Thanks! And I look forward to your course.

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I am so very grateful for your teaching. You give me the courage to try. Thank you.

@ThisPaintingLife

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

That looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your process!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

It was!

Fun, inspirational, great video, and generous. Thank you

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love this! Thank you Louise!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Absolutely loved this it's very inspirational!

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love what you give do freely Thankyou,

@ThisPaintingLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome xx