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Yes, it's true- our creative voices will carry us home.

Flowing into the workshop is what I like to say. You know I have been mentoring/ teaching for three decades - and - the fear is real. But I am here to tell you- magic happens when you get going losing yourself in a painting. I'm good at facilitating that. Will say not much I can say I am good at- but I love to hold space.

Wonderful Steve! I am going to check out your work. Creative Freedom Academy rings well. Do you do podcasts?

Thank you Vicky. Makes me happy when resonating energy occurs. You can get some free prompts by joining my mailer and I have on line prerecorded classes you can find at mantecon studio.com.There is a 30 day art journey you might resonate to for more - play!!

@@laurenmantecon ❣ Thank you I did . Also will probably get the 30 day offering as well. This weekend.

@@vickyventer7488 just wanted to let you know we started a bundle summer special with all video tutorials that you can get here- it is a screaming deal if I do say so myself. manteconstudio.com/virtual-content/p/all-virtual-courses

@@laurenmantecon thank you - I will take a look at it :) Have a great weekend

That is true. Try putting paint on Seran wrap and smooshing the design you made with the paint on surface - then move around and make ghost images and you have a repeat pattern

Thank you. I do like to imagine a world in between spaces or dimensions so I suppose the moon to the earth would be a shift in that space . Appreciate the comment

Its’s a primer- a binder. Used on wood surfaces and or raw canvas so. Paint will not absorb into surface. Usually when you buy a canvas that you want to paint on that has been stretched over stretcher bars it has been pre gessoed. That is usually an cyclic gesso. Dries fast and hard, usually white in hue. Organic gesso is used with an animal hide. Think canoes back in the day or even guitars now, animal hide is one of the strongest binders we have.

thank you- appreciate that.

So glad you enjoyed. Yes, come to New Mexico- I have a painting workshop Paint Big - in July - and another Soul Narration in September- you can check in out at www.manteconstudio.com

Yes - agreed . I have a yearly container of 10 artists in my dive deep program. I strongly suggest during that time to not get into posting or viewing on social media as work on developing our deeper intuition towards authentic work. Here the time together is best spent with ‘ the best studio practice is with a closed studio door’. I have found the benefits of support are in guiding folks towards originality- u fortunately our world spinning so fast has left many hanging out in superficial realms of making paintings that are good enough formally speaking. It’s nobody’s fault but deep inner listening sometimes needs to be re-learned

I use as a medium while painting - one part gamsol- one part mineral spirits- one part linseed oil. I would not be alarmed too much if you used mineral spirits . It dries fast. Now if you used by accident a acrylic varnish - oil and plastic do not mix especially when wet. You can paint oil on top of acrylic but not the other way around.

Ok got it! Thank you. Fortunately, I realized that gamsol mineral spirit is such a mild solvent that in a few hours it dried nicely. Exactly like you said! Your video helped me get an understanding of how the mineral spirit can collaborate with the painting and not damage it when used correctly. Thank you so much.

Thanks Lynn

I find just a glue front and back- this can be a medium as glue if you prefer

Yes those towels are near me always. Those and baby wipes play a large part to reductive as well

It will pass if you just stay with it . Think of it like a child growing up. We want to nurture

@@laurenmantecon yeah most of the time after i finish i think it look nice :>

Glad I could help, your welcome.

Ahhh… thank you

Thank you - appreciate that

Your welcome Eve

Your welcome Eddie. I work everyday to try and remember the river of flow. Funny how we can so easily forget when we find ourselves pushing against the tide . Maybe it's conditioning. So use to doing that my whole life that the flow - which feels so good just needs to be a muscle flexed again and again till it becomes the new normal.

Thank you Mari, appreciate it.