I started watching you for art content. Now I am watching for mental health content. Doing stuff to bring me joy is exactly what got me into watercolor.
After over fifty years of quilt making I finally stopped around the arrival of Covid. I've always read, had plants, but the isolation of Covid made me want something more. Art journaling led to watercolor, mixed media, and zentangles. I've made around one hundred watercolor bookmarks for my bookclub, friends, and have sold some. I also watercolor a birthday card for each of the seventy women in my neighborhood.
So love this Kristy! Will certainly paint more of my plants. I've wanted to make a notebook with a list of my plants and the care they require along with propagation instructions. A watercolor of each instead of a photo would be a fun addition. ☺️
Kristy, some of the best advice I have seen on CZcams. What you shared is a well-balanced life. There are several things in your life that are good for your mental health and life in general. The act of growing plants is therapeutic, it is digging in the dirt and green is a healing colour. A life of faith in a God who loves us and is the giver of life. I have found that singing praise and worship music is good for the soul and our minds. If you are wondering what to paint go outside in the fresh air and look at all the nature that is around you. You will see in a city block everything there is to paint, buildings, streets, trees, flowers, people etc. I have experienced just the feeling of moving a brush full of water and painting across the paper without painting anything is good for my mind. I guess what I am saying is these are things perhaps you may do for your mental health.
Oh Kristy I TOTALLY TOTALLY TOTALLY agree! One art or craft flows into another and can get those creative vibes flowing. I've done some art or craft all my life - drawing, painting, crochet, spinning, knitting, sewing, decoupage, weaving, reading, watercolours, pastels, ink & wash, movies, card making, scrapbooking, art journaling & journal making, gardening, photography, nature walks, competitive horse riding and I also enjoy looking after my animals. mmm maybe I'm easily distracted or just like to try new things lol. 🦘
You and I have so much in common I started out Life as a professional vocalist at a very young age. Going camping and fishing and riding horses was my joy. Then my grandma taught me to crochet and cross stitch and I found out I love to cook. A few years later I started drawing and oil painting and then life led me away from that. I was stuck in bed so I learned how to knit and quilt especially art quilts using a lot of hand applique with silk thread. In the midst of all that I had become a nurse for the US military. And now my life has led me back to art only now it's drawing and painting with colored pencil as well as acrylic paintings in place of oil, pastels and now watercolor.
Your plants are gorgeous ! ♥️ I really enjoy when you sing, keep it up. You have a wonderful talent for making people feel better and happier. I feel blessed to know of you! Thank you for joy!
Oh I adore mushrooms. They are so cute! I have several hobbies, gardening is a newer one, over the past 4 years it's been therapeutic to have my hands in the dirt. Watercolor is the new Hobby. :)
I sew, knit, crochet, cross stitch, embroider, and now tackling watercolor. It's so funny that today I painted leaves before watching your video! Great minds think alike! Have to try to paint my aloe and spider plants next.
Ironically I started watercolor painting as a back up hobby for my gardening/landscaping projects, sewing 🪡 🧵, photography 📸, & knitting 🧶 but now it’s reversed with the landscaping projects. 😂 So I have kind of come full circle now. Always such great inspirational videos from you Kristy. Thanks so much for sharing this 🥰
I was diagnosed last year with ADHD. Since then I have learned that People with ADHD tend to collect hobbies. This revelation makes so much sense to me. Watercolor has become my back up hobby, but I feel like she's staying a while. My new back up hoby will be book binding. It was going to be my next hobby until I discovered watercolor :) ❤
I garden and love to be outdoors. I have tons of pictures on my phone of plants ,flowers , bugs, birds and animals. Whenever I see something that catches my eye I need to take a picture. I am nuts about nature and color. I haven't had the time to put paint on paper like I've wanted . There are all these ideas in my head but life has a way of detouring me most days. I need to start making time for myself and my creativity. Thank you for your inspiration. You are my paint crush. Much Love to you my creative friend. P.S. My 1/4 inch dagger brush just made it here and I am using it today to paint my Kristy Rice Water Color Cards Set with foil touches I just got at Michael's. Yes I bought them. Doing the poppies card first.
I like gardening and growing perennials. Plus doing driveway chalkart to entertain the neighbors. It's so temporary and gets washed away in the Rain and no one cares if it's good art. It's just fun chalk drawings.
Oh yes! I have plants though I've lost some very dear to me, I do cross stitching, crocheted a blanket once, read and watch movies in 2 languages. I even did 2 oil paintings (I was a bit scared of the medium so these 2 are my kind of first)! These hobbies help a lot to stay sane in this crazy world!
I do art in all kinds of different media besides watercolor: acrylic, collage, fabric, beads, yarn, fabric. As I get stymied or frustrated or bored or anxious with one media, I switch. I also write. I also read and research--I'm working on a book about anomalous lights in folklore, history, and modern days. It's a huge project. I also write fiction. I used to love cooking, and that was a creative hobby for me but the pandemic beat that out of me. I still cook, but I don't love it like I did. But I still have a huge food blog that I wrote back in the heyday of food blogging when folks liked to read people's musings on food. Now no one has the patience for that, and just want the recipes. That's ok. I get it. That type of blogging is no longer in fashion. I've been an avid gardener, too. The point is--being able to switch back and forth and do several things at once, and love them all helps keep one's focus and attention and makes your creative life blossom.
I do various artsy crafts and cycle/walk/run weekly so I have various back up hobbies and they satisfy different parts of me keeping me sane with work & all the life things. 🎉❤🎉
I'm so glad I'm not the only one with a variety of hobbies!! 😮 It drives my family crazy!! 🤦♀️ I love flowers, but I can no longer garden like I used to... 🌺 My body says no. I've killed off my houseplants. 🌿 Silk are okish. But I needed to make room to take care of my special needs bonus kids... They needed my nourishment skills instead. But now I'm hitting my creative side more. Call it crafting or art, I'm digging into that! 🎨 It saves some of my sanity!! 🌈😉
Find what brings you joy, because in the end that's what it's all about. And then I feel tears welling in my eyes. Lately I don't know what brings me joy. I feel stressed 24/7. How to find the joy, to rediscover. Pff a hard one. But I'll be watching your videos to help me along. ❤
Wanted to send you a hug but that wasn't available. I surely understand stress 24/7. I have retina problems because of it. My way to deal is 1. Deep breathing, 2. Remembering God's love for me, 3. Listing things I'm grateful for. 4. Getting by myself for a few quiet moments to do nothing but breathe and look at nature. Hope something here helps. 🤗
I’ve been there and sure will be again in the future. What I’ve learned is this. Think of what brought you joy in the past. Nothing is too insignificant. Write it down. Maybe it was the way the wind blew in through a window on a warm summer night and how it felt on your skin. Maybe it was glancing at a really colorful produce section at the grocery store. Seriously think of the smallest moments that gave you a little tingle of delight. Start there and seek out more of those moments. The joy will slowly snowball.
This couldn’t have come at a better time. About a month ago I missed a couple nights in a row in my studio and then it snow balled I have still painted but not in my studio and now I feel like I’ve betrayed my space and myself for not putting in the practice. All my life has been 1 hyper focus after another, most being art related. Since becoming a mom it’s been a needed escape which has kept me at it for even longer than before. I love watercolor so much but I didn’t know how to get my focus back. I think painting some of my other loves would help. Thank you.
Playing my flute!! And I just don’t do it very much. It always lifts me up. 🤔 Hmm, and just why don’t I? I will, tomorrow. Tonight it’s bedtime. Goodnight inspirational guru.
Careful! This sounds good…but now I have sooooo many expensive hobbies. Each with it’s own $pecific tool $et….(sigh). Living life and having way fun tho! Luv ya, paintcrush!
Yea don't recommend picking your neighbor's flowers without permission, it's a respect thing on my end. Spent a lot of time teaching my kids this lesson along with not walking or riding bikes on my neighbor's lawns. On a lighter note, other Interests is watercolor, cooking and gardening. Along with babysitting my twin 2 1/2 yr old granddaughters keeps me busy.
I do think this is great advice, but for me I almost have the opposite problem. I’m interested in so many things that I struggle to focus enough to make any progress on anything.
This is a reality for multi passionate people. I just watched an amazing video the other day. You may find it helpful:czcams.com/video/F1mK8Hts5HA/video.htmlsi=vK8qkUCEiFq56Tdh
Hello. I'm just beginning my watercolor journey, and I have $50 dollars I got for my birthday coming up (July 14th) ... Looking at paints, brushes, and paper, it'd cost more than I have. Can you please advise me on where to start? I really want your palette, but if you suggest something else to start, I will trust you. I'm on disability and that's all the extra my budget will allow. Please help!
Here is what I’d suggest for the best use of your $50: The Art for Joy’s sake brush: use code freeship kristyrice.com/products/artforjoysake-watercolor-brush/ This paper: shorturl.at/W14oS This paint (this is good for variety, vibrancy and budget but not meant for many layers so awesome for loose, washy practice): www.amazon.com/dp/B07S3FRJ31?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmomental-20&creativeASIN=B07S3FRJ31&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.OZ4W46AVTFX8&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_asin
Stop buying watercolor stuff various CZcams peeps promote and use that money for a trip ... j/s Use the WC stuff you already have bought from Kristy on the trip. You'll be inspired to draw ... and you're on a trip with something different from the norm to make a memory from using what you learned. 😊 Don't forget to come back & share.
I started watching you for art content. Now I am watching for mental health content. Doing stuff to bring me joy is exactly what got me into watercolor.
Well I’m thrilled to hear that!!
Oh, yes, I am all in on painting the leaves of all my plants!
Wahooo!!!
After over fifty years of quilt making I finally stopped around the arrival of Covid. I've always read, had plants, but the isolation of Covid made me want something more. Art journaling led to watercolor, mixed media, and zentangles. I've made around one hundred watercolor bookmarks for my bookclub, friends, and have sold some. I also watercolor a birthday card for each of the seventy women in my neighborhood.
Seventy!!! Wow!!
So love this Kristy! Will certainly paint more of my plants. I've wanted to make a notebook with a list of my plants and the care they require along with propagation instructions. A watercolor of each instead of a photo would be a fun addition. ☺️
Kristy, some of the best advice I have seen on CZcams. What you shared is a well-balanced life. There are several things in your life that are good for your mental health and life in general. The act of growing plants is therapeutic, it is digging in the dirt and green is a healing colour. A life of faith in a God who loves us and is the giver of life. I have found that singing praise and worship music is good for the soul and our minds. If you are wondering what to paint go outside in the fresh air and look at all the nature that is around you. You will see in a city block everything there is to paint, buildings, streets, trees, flowers, people etc. I have experienced just the feeling of moving a brush full of water and painting across the paper without painting anything is good for my mind. I guess what I am saying is these are things perhaps you may do for your mental health.
Absolutely all very very good for my mental health indeed.
Oh Kristy I TOTALLY TOTALLY TOTALLY agree! One art or craft flows into another and can get those creative vibes flowing. I've done some art or craft all my life - drawing, painting, crochet, spinning, knitting, sewing, decoupage, weaving, reading, watercolours, pastels, ink & wash, movies, card making, scrapbooking, art journaling & journal making, gardening, photography, nature walks, competitive horse riding and I also enjoy looking after my animals. mmm maybe I'm easily distracted or just like to try new things lol. 🦘
Sounds like a bounty of creative awesome to me!!
me board? NEVER lol
and forgot to add I've dabbled in resin and encaustic art!!! hell why not!
You and I have so much in common I started out Life as a professional vocalist at a very young age. Going camping and fishing and riding horses was my joy. Then my grandma taught me to crochet and cross stitch and I found out I love to cook. A few years later I started drawing and oil painting and then life led me away from that. I was stuck in bed so I learned how to knit and quilt especially art quilts using a lot of hand applique with silk thread. In the midst of all that I had become a nurse for the US military. And now my life has led me back to art only now it's drawing and painting with colored pencil as well as acrylic paintings in place of oil, pastels and now watercolor.
What a journey!!$
Your plants are gorgeous ! ♥️ I really enjoy when you sing, keep it up. You have a wonderful talent for making people feel better and happier. I feel blessed to know of you! Thank you for joy!
So grateful for your kind words
Oh I adore mushrooms. They are so cute! I have several hobbies, gardening is a newer one, over the past 4 years it's been therapeutic to have my hands in the dirt.
Watercolor is the new Hobby. :)
Well you’ve got it going then! Perfect combo!!
I sew, knit, crochet, cross stitch, embroider, and now tackling watercolor. It's so funny that today I painted leaves before watching your video! Great minds think alike! Have to try to paint my aloe and spider plants next.
Sounds great!
Ooooooo painting a leaf from my house plants or garden plants is a brilliant idea!
Yesss! It’s been such a blast for me so far!
Ironically I started watercolor painting as a back up hobby for my gardening/landscaping projects, sewing 🪡 🧵, photography 📸, & knitting 🧶 but now it’s reversed with the landscaping projects. 😂 So I have kind of come full circle now. Always such great inspirational videos from you Kristy. Thanks so much for sharing this 🥰
There always seems to be a beautiful ebb and flow…
I was diagnosed last year with ADHD. Since then I have learned that People with ADHD tend to collect hobbies. This revelation makes so much sense to me. Watercolor has become my back up hobby, but I feel like she's staying a while. My new back up hoby will be book binding. It was going to be my next hobby until I discovered watercolor :)
❤
I’m undiagnosed but goodness knows I’m adhd lol so I feel this soooo hard!
@@KristyRice You're right, you are. ❤🤣🥰🙃😝
I'm so happy to find you, you are that friend that I really needed.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Welcome welcome!
I garden and love to be outdoors. I have tons of pictures on my phone of plants ,flowers , bugs, birds and animals. Whenever I see something that catches my eye I need to take a picture. I am nuts about nature and color. I haven't had the time to put paint on paper like I've wanted . There are all these ideas in my head but life has a way of detouring me most days. I need to start making time for myself and my creativity. Thank you for your inspiration. You are my paint crush. Much Love to you my creative friend. P.S. My 1/4 inch dagger brush just made it here and I am using it today to paint my Kristy Rice Water Color Cards Set with foil touches I just got at Michael's. Yes I bought them. Doing the poppies card first.
Ooooh I love that poppies card!!! Enjoy enjoy!!
I like gardening and growing perennials. Plus doing driveway chalkart to entertain the neighbors. It's so temporary and gets washed away in the Rain and no one cares if it's good art. It's just fun chalk drawings.
Ummmm loooove that!!!
Oh yes! I have plants though I've lost some very dear to me, I do cross stitching, crocheted a blanket once, read and watch movies in 2 languages.
I even did 2 oil paintings (I was a bit scared of the medium so these 2 are my kind of first)!
These hobbies help a lot to stay sane in this crazy world!
Yes yes yes!!! Crazy world, calm hobbies!
I do art in all kinds of different media besides watercolor: acrylic, collage, fabric, beads, yarn, fabric. As I get stymied or frustrated or bored or anxious with one media, I switch. I also write. I also read and research--I'm working on a book about anomalous lights in folklore, history, and modern days. It's a huge project. I also write fiction. I used to love cooking, and that was a creative hobby for me but the pandemic beat that out of me. I still cook, but I don't love it like I did. But I still have a huge food blog that I wrote back in the heyday of food blogging when folks liked to read people's musings on food. Now no one has the patience for that, and just want the recipes. That's ok. I get it. That type of blogging is no longer in fashion. I've been an avid gardener, too.
The point is--being able to switch back and forth and do several things at once, and love them all helps keep one's focus and attention and makes your creative life blossom.
Life all a blossom 🎨🎨🤗🤗
I do various artsy crafts and cycle/walk/run weekly so I have various back up hobbies and they satisfy different parts of me keeping me sane with work & all the life things. 🎉❤🎉
Awesome!!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one with a variety of hobbies!! 😮 It drives my family crazy!! 🤦♀️ I love flowers, but I can no longer garden like I used to... 🌺 My body says no. I've killed off my houseplants. 🌿 Silk are okish. But I needed to make room to take care of my special needs bonus kids... They needed my nourishment skills instead. But now I'm hitting my creative side more. Call it crafting or art, I'm digging into that! 🎨 It saves some of my sanity!! 🌈😉
Love it!!
I read, knit & crochet. I'm adding Zentangle flower sketching!
Wonderful!
PS: your house plants are BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thank you!
Thanks, Kristy! You have described me 100%. Crochet, seamstress, plant lover, learning junk journaling, collage, etc
Amazing :)
Yes totally agree
😘🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Find what brings you joy, because in the end that's what it's all about. And then I feel tears welling in my eyes. Lately I don't know what brings me joy. I feel stressed 24/7. How to find the joy, to rediscover. Pff a hard one. But I'll be watching your videos to help me along. ❤
Wanted to send you a hug but that wasn't available. I surely understand stress 24/7. I have retina problems because of it. My way to deal is 1. Deep breathing, 2. Remembering God's love for me, 3. Listing things I'm grateful for. 4. Getting by myself for a few quiet moments to do nothing but breathe and look at nature. Hope something here helps. 🤗
Thank you so much for reaching out
I’ve been there and sure will be again in the future. What I’ve learned is this. Think of what brought you joy in the past. Nothing is too insignificant. Write it down. Maybe it was the way the wind blew in through a window on a warm summer night and how it felt on your skin. Maybe it was glancing at a really colorful produce section at the grocery store. Seriously think of the smallest moments that gave you a little tingle of delight. Start there and seek out more of those moments. The joy will slowly snowball.
@@deborahmotter thank you so much, you are very sweet. I'll try what you suggested
@@KristyRice thank you. Life has been especially hard lately. But I have confidence that it will all work out eventually. Just not right now.
Fascinating video, I love it 😊😊
Thank you very much!
This couldn’t have come at a better time. About a month ago I missed a couple nights in a row in my studio and then it snow balled I have still painted but not in my studio and now I feel like I’ve betrayed my space and myself for not putting in the practice. All my life has been 1 hyper focus after another, most being art related. Since becoming a mom it’s been a needed escape which has kept me at it for even longer than before. I love watercolor so much but I didn’t know how to get my focus back. I think painting some of my other loves would help. Thank you.
You’re very welcome :)
Playing my flute!! And I just don’t do it very much. It always lifts me up. 🤔 Hmm, and just why don’t I? I will, tomorrow. Tonight it’s bedtime. Goodnight inspirational guru.
Go for it!
Writing is my alternative hobby. I love both though.
🙏🏻🙏🏻💯
I am going to water plants today and take a walk. I have a shuttle arriving tomorrow so I can reconnect with tatting.
Wonderful!!!
Careful! This sounds good…but now I have sooooo many expensive hobbies. Each with it’s own $pecific tool $et….(sigh). Living life and having way fun tho! Luv ya, paintcrush!
Tell me about it!! lol!
Yea don't recommend picking your neighbor's flowers without permission, it's a respect thing on my end. Spent a lot of time teaching my kids this lesson along with not walking or riding bikes on my neighbor's lawns.
On a lighter note, other Interests is watercolor, cooking and gardening. Along with babysitting my twin 2 1/2 yr old granddaughters keeps me busy.
You’re right :)
I enjoy bonsai
Oh want to try!!
So many projects, so little time 😂
THIS
I do think this is great advice, but for me I almost have the opposite problem. I’m interested in so many things that I struggle to focus enough to make any progress on anything.
This is a reality for multi passionate people. I just watched an amazing video the other day. You may find it helpful:czcams.com/video/F1mK8Hts5HA/video.htmlsi=vK8qkUCEiFq56Tdh
Hello. I'm just beginning my watercolor journey, and I have $50 dollars I got for my birthday coming up (July 14th) ... Looking at paints, brushes, and paper, it'd cost more than I have. Can you please advise me on where to start? I really want your palette, but if you suggest something else to start, I will trust you. I'm on disability and that's all the extra my budget will allow. Please help!
Here is what I’d suggest for the best use of your $50:
The Art for Joy’s sake brush: use code freeship
kristyrice.com/products/artforjoysake-watercolor-brush/
This paper:
shorturl.at/W14oS
This paint (this is good for variety, vibrancy and budget but not meant for many layers so awesome for loose, washy practice):
www.amazon.com/dp/B07S3FRJ31?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzmomental-20&creativeASIN=B07S3FRJ31&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.OZ4W46AVTFX8&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_m_asin
@KristyRice you even included links, that was waaay more than I expected. Thank you so much and God bless you!
Stop buying watercolor stuff various CZcams peeps promote and use that money for a trip ... j/s
Use the WC stuff you already have bought from Kristy on the trip. You'll be inspired to draw ... and you're on a trip with something different from the norm to make a memory from using what you learned. 😊 Don't forget to come back & share.
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C4yt🎉