Abstract art tutorial # 7 | Intuitive and expressive
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- čas přidán 6. 10. 2020
- In this abstract art tutorial I show you how I create this expressive acrylic painting. Art is my passion and I love expressing myself through art. Come join me for this intuitive expressive abstract art tutorial and let me inspire you to get some acrylic paint and start your very own art journey. Materials used: Acrylic paint and charcoal.
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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!!!
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???
So true!
Love your paintings. They all add up when you're done. They are all so beautiful. I envy your way of painting.
Thank you so much! Just keep going and enjoy the ride and you will get where you want to be in no time! 💗🎨🧑🎨
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
Haha.. too funny! Glad you enjoyed watching though! 💞
Elsker fargene 💖
Great tutorial. Thanks. Love intuitive painting
You are so welcome! ❤️
I love your painting very much, I think it is gorgeous.
Thank you so much. ❤️
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! ♥️
Thank you! So happy to hear that Vicki! Enjoy yourself ❤️
Love this one Cathy.
Thank you Denise! Appreciate your comment. 💜
Love the colours in this one
Thanks Peter! 👍
Noen år siden du la ut dette, men like fullt, super inspirerende å se på denne 1. april dagen 2024 👍
Så hyggelig Anne Marit. ❤️
Your way of using brush really is impressive.
I love watching you paint! Thanks for letting us see you work!🙏❤️
My pleasure 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!
Love this one!!!! The use of stencils and it has such contrast!! 😊🌻
Thank you Vickki. Glad you enjoyed it. 💙🧡💜
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!
Thank you so much for your kind heartwarming words Néha. I will cherish them for sure.💗
One of the best
Thank you so much! 🙏❤️👍🏼
You have a new fan!!!
I can feel the emotion in the colours and the way you put everything together in the process!
Awww.. thank you so much. 🤗🧡🎨
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!
Thank you. Love your way of thinking. Glad you enjoyed. 🌸💜🎨
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!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment Petrin. So glad you are embracing your imperfections. 💌💜👏
So inspirational!
Thank you so much Lynn. So glad you enjoyed it! 🎨
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. 👍
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🥰
You are so welcome Sheryl, and nothing pleases me more! ❤️One of my biggest goals is to drag people out of their slumps. 🤣🤣🤣
Beautiful abstarcy paintings color full👍👍
left hand story Thank you 🙏
As always i love your work
Thank you! Cheers! 💜
Watching your process was amazing.
Thank you so very much. So glad you enjoyed yourself ❤️
Stunning artwork!
Thank you so much 😀
Love your work, thank you for all you share.
Thank you Brandy. Much appreciated. 💙🧡💜
I love this work.....
Thank you so so much! 🧡💜💙
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.
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. 💜🎨✨
That was a cool stencil ! Very unusual..... very inspiring as always 🙏🏻🌟🙏🏻
Thanks Barbara. 🧡
Love your work, so liberating! Thank you for posting.
Thanks for watching ❤️👩🎨🌸
Beautiful!
Thank you!
AWESOME!!!!
Thanks!! 💜
This video is so inspiring; your process of layering is incredible. I can't wait to try this for myself.
Thank you! Have fun Beverly!💝
I absolutely love this painting! Great job!
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing intuitive work! So many stories within one painting!
Thank you so much! 💖
Beautiful 😊
Many thanks! 💙
amazing work...so many amazing layers....thanks for posting your process. Beautiful...
My pleasure 😊
Wow your pieces are breathtaking!! ❤️
Thank you so much! Much appreciated.💜💛💚
Started watching your videos recently, and this is one of my favs. Enjoyed that you describe your process.
Thank you Celeste. I'll try to keep up with the commenting. 💙💜🧡
I love the way you work. You're so inspirational. Just go with the flow.
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 CZcams #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!!! 💖
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!💗
@@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! ✨🤗✨
@@SingYourselfWell Acrylics and water. I just add water until I like the consistency. I would guess about 20 % maybe, but thats just my guess. ;)
@@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. 🤣
Love your videos...truly an inspiration .Thank you soooo much for sharing your techniques, Cathy.
My Pleasure Judith! Thanks for watching. ❤️
Just discovered you here. Loving everything
Welcome. Looking forward to connecting with you. Enjoy!
Wow, I enjoyed watching you paint !
Thank you! Cheers! 💗
loved watching your process of creation ~ am inspired to take my first step...
Have fun!
I love your work. thank you
Thank you! ❤️
Love these videos. So free flowing and inspiring. Helps me loosen up‼️❤️
So glad! enjoy! 💖
Love this 💗
Thank you Lorinda! 💌
Great work
Thank you!💜
Que cosas más bonitas haces🤗👍
Que bonitos comentarios dejas.💙💛💜
Thats so beautiful
Thank you so much. 🧡
Thank you so much for the first tutorial, l love abstract, yours is fascinating 💖
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy it. 💜
Really enjoyed this. Thank you
So glad! ❤️❤️❤️
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 💕
Thank you so much 😀
Love your videos
Thanks for the love! ❤️👍🎨
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.
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. 🥰
@@CathyMevik Thank you. Messing around with mixed media for some time, new to trying abstracts yes.
A M A Z I N G!
Thank you so much. 💜💙💚
Hi Cathy. Love your art :) I'm doing something similar, between abstract and intuitive. Hug you from Italy!
Thanks Norman. Wish you the best of luck with your work! 💙
👌💕
Thank you 💙
So Gorgeous!!! I just keep watching all of your tutorials! I try to mimic but it's no where close to yours :)
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy watching. 💜💛🧡
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!
@@ThePetravic Yes, thank you for the encouragement!
one of your best works ... wonderful! What kind of beautiful brown is that?
Thank you so much. I think I was using burnt sienna for this piece. ;)
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I like the stencil
Thanks 🧡
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?
Thank you so much! Thats most likely a Tim Holtz stencil. So long ago, I can't remember now. 🤗
What's the ratio you use of paint to water in your fineliners? I just love that finishing touch 😊
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. 💜🤣👍
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?
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! 💙
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?
I just used diluted acrylic paint. I just fill it with water until I reach a consistency I like. 😘
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?
Sorry.. I don't. But I am making an online class that I plan on launching around October. 💜
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.
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. ;)
@@CathyMevik thanks - very helpful.
Also I love the stencil that has those big squares.... Do you recall where I could get one of those?
It's from The Crafter's Workshop - Fence Frame Template 12x12 ❤❤
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.
Hope you found my message on KoFi Perla?
@@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 🌎😊
Thanks
You're so welcome! 💜
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?
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. 🧡💜💙
Cathy Mevik - Abstract artist I thought so! I’m from way upstate but live in Maine now. Thanks for the tips.
@@TaraFinlay You're so very welcome! 💙
Hi Cathy, absolutely find your work amazing, just love watching your videos. What is the sketchbook you use?
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. ;)
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?
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. ❤️
sorry i could not get the name of the spray you used after the charcoal please, love the work
That was a can of Winsor Newton permanent varnish. It keeps the charcoal from smearing. Use it outside and dry it before painting over. ;)
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 🙏🖌️🎨✍️💌
Thanks Linda. Funny how I didn't like this at all, and now I love it. Have a wonderful day and be safe too. 🧡💙💜
@@CathyMevik I am glad that you did end up loving it also as it's one of my favorite painting 😊💌
How do you get these colours? They're gorgeous! How many layers do you usually apply Cathy?
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. 💗
Love it. Which is the fine line tool you use?
It's called a fine line appicator. If you google it you should find it without problems. :)
Love this. Are the fine line bottles bought already filled?
No, Trish, I buy the empty bottles and fill them with diluted acrylic paint. 🧡
@@CathyMevik thank you
Where did you get your stencils from, I love the effect it made in your painting!
These stencils are so old that I really don´t remember, but I do use alot of stensils from www.stencilgirlproducts.com/
Thank you, I will have a look at their website
Who’s the designer of the stencil? BTW... I can’t stop watching your channel! You are amazing! LOVE your work!
Thank you Lisa. I think that is a Tim Holtz stencil. 💜
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?
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. 👍
Id love to know what brand stencil that is and where to find those large charcoal sticks? Really enjoying your videos.
Hi Mandie, You can get them off of Amazon: amzn.to/3Ly4iMp The stencil is from Crafter's Workshop. It's a 12'x12' called Fence Frame.
Here is a link: www.franticstamper.com/Crafters-Workshop-12x12-Template-Fence-Frame_p_70039.html
Glad you're enjoying the videos. 💗
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
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. ❤️
Jättefin! Säljer du dina verk? Finns denna kvar? Hälsningar Charlotte
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. 💗
As you start do you think at any time about composition?
No, I never think of composition at the start of a painting. ❤️
Where is the charcoal stick from and brand?
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. ❤️
Artgraf extra large charcoal
Where do u get fine liner?
Just do a google search for fine line applicator and makes sure to get the one with the blue label. 👍🏼
What are stencils the made by?
Sorry Dan, I have no idea. I'll try to remember to have a look when I am back in the studio though.
@@CathyMevik 👍😊
Did you really spray with varnish?? Varnish before painting???
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.
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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😗
Merci. Cela m'arrive même. Parfois, pendant le montage, je me demande pourquoi je ne me suis pas arrêté avant. 😆