God I love it when you personify your paintings 😆That is such a gorgeous library, no wonder you love it!.... Love love love the mummy bear, daddy bear, and baby bear chairs. Can't wait to see more.🪑🎨😍
Hello Lovely Lauren XXXXXX Next time you visit we should take a turn in the Library, now part of The Amelia, the town Hub ? The coffee shop looks good too ❤❤❤❤
As soon as your video ended I got my own e book of Steal Like An Artist! How lucky am I. Currently I’m working on a mixed media painting and was scrubbing away at the foreground (learned that from you), to make it look old. What a brilliant trick that is! Thank you! I’m becoming less fussy and more spontaneous! Hooray. I guess now I’ll have to get out the easel my grandfather made! It’s got to be 100+ years old. Thanks ever so much for sharing your processes with us❤️
Thaks Gaynor, i love how you took a previous paiting and used it to paint yr chair. A great under painting,i think its great. As always i love the video ,never boring and full of variety. ❤❤❤👍👍👍
Another one of your explorations, “tufted chair.” So many ways you have started to explore this subject. It lends itself to Matisse with the scrolling wood and tuff pattern. You’ve come up with some interesting palettes to harmonize with this blue-green color. Clever and you have a great sense of color, intuitively or from years of experience (?). Love these pieces of art. Go Gaynor!
I know this will sound silly, but, your little walk through the library brought tears to my eyes. I do love a good library and I haven't physically been able to go in a really long time. I could smell all the good bookie smells as you walked through yours. 😃 On an opposite note, you can by a kindle copy of the book if you like it enough to keep. Anyway, thanks for another joyful day in your studio. You are delightful!
Hi Gaynor,yet another informative and joyful video!Love your Matisse style chair paintings..you really do inspire me to have a go, I’m so glad when you explain mixing colours ,I’m not up on that at all!Also must view the Steal like an artist book,I’m much later to the party than you are lol!!Looking forward to next Thursday!Oh and Yappy Barkday Rocket!🦴xx What a perfect pose on your chair..no excuses now…you have to paint him!😉❤
Watching again. Your intro made me laugh out loud. My kitchen table has many things on it almost permanently. Mostly Dave’s stuff. I love how you always hug your tea and I notice you feel the cold easily. I’m the same, always bundled up round my neck. Wool scarves in winter, silk ones in spring and autumn.
Hello Gaynor, love the work, loved seeing your sketchbook too as someone else commented. More please. Enjoy your easel, it looks to be a really nice one. The instructions looked very well thought out. A sign of quality. Have a lovely week. 💐
Happy Thursday Gaynor! 🌟 Gosh I’d love to read your sketchbook!! Ha ha I’m so nosy and intrigued.😳 Just a glimpse of all those words in your book…looks interesting 🥸 Maybe put it in print?…Artists or budding Artists would love to read it . Good idea for a book? Glad you are enjoying your interior investigations 😊 loving that blue green❤️ I’m on my iPad in bed listening to all the funny sounds outside…..and there are some Very funny sounds that I hear from my bedroom. 😅 We have a middle age neighbour who has recently got a boyfriend and the ‘Whole’ street can hear what a fun time they are having! No one in the street has ever heard it SO loud. There is a dog that goes past that now mimics the sounds they make, it’s so regular! I feel like I’m in a French film 😅 I think next time we should all stand outside and applaud 😄 I just realised it’s a very interesting street for noises …maybe I should record them all. Some of them scared me until I found out what they were. One was a drone type noise very late in the night. My mind did somersaults trying to figure out why someone would fly a drone late at night? Burglars looking for an open window? Alien invasion? …..In the end, one day a disabled person in a scooter went past and Boom! That was the sound! I’m definitely in a French film! Ha ha I hope you have a fun and interesting week. Thanks for sharing your work and world with us xxx❤️❤️❤️
I'm laughing out loud at your "sounds by the neighbor". As a 65 yo I say good for them!!! Enjoy life while you can. I am hoping to get something down in my journal this week & I love seeing others sketchbooks & journals. Hope you have a nice day.
Hello Lovely Teresa, this made my day !! We are currently catching up on "Boat Story"...have you seen it? Newly found love and other things !!!! Unknown sounds also remind me of looking at objects in the distance that I can't workout......all sorts of things come to mind before I can see clearly ! Have a wonderful week XXX
So excited to see another video. I absolutely love the subject matter of Chairs. I painted some watercolors of chairs in lockdown of 2020 & really loved them. That easel is very nice. I haven't read that book yet either but see it recommended by so many so I see a visit to my library soon. I have embarked on a project to sort thru all my craft & art supplies & pare down because I simply have too many for the space I have and I have no room to work on anything unless it is on my dinning room table. I recently read a quote that People with a lot of art supplies live longer than those who comment to them that they should get rid of something. LOL ---In that case I'm going to live forever!!!!
Thanks Gaynor! Your easel is such a great gift to yourself with Christmas money. By the way, Austin Kleon has a couple of other books you might enjoy. Hope the snow stays away. Love the 3 bears chairs😂
Another great video. I wish it was Thursday every day. I work in an art school and we have back to back exhibitions throughout the year so I see a lot of paintings, but I have never been so inspired since I found your channel. I love your energy and passion . The way you approach a subject and I love your work. Thank you for sharing your creative journey with us.
Gaynor, just recently discovered your videos, and I am obsessed.I’ve already learned so much from watching you which I will continue to do. You are such an inspiration. ❤
I loved baby chair the best, so squishy I wanted to sit in him. Great work, you made so much progress....you make me want to paint again.... Steal Like An Artist....why not!
So much joy in you all the time! Your curiosity has really made you grow as an artist. I wait patiently now for each new video and I’m always surprised! Keep up you wonderful art work. 😍
Yippee. What a great start to Thursday! Thank you so much for all your encouragement and inspiration. Have a great weekend and enjoy your easel. Such fun.
You might have guessed I didn't wait for band practice, I did that last week and then it was cancelled at the last minute and I endured about four hours of WW2 ships and stories instead of my favourite Thursday pal.Tonight I'm watching Lewis Noble, very different but it was a video about limited pallette. black,white, primary yellow, prussian blue, yellow ochre and burnt sienna. Something different
@@gaynorpattle Thanks. No room on my kitchen table, there a 1947 radio, a tub of parrot feed he was given (we don't have a parrot, two cats and their bowls so the dog won't pinch their food, and in one tiny corner my table sketchbook with a pencil
@@guitardee1 How about sofa studio....One of those tops with a cushion attached....I find headphones really useful ...good ear defenders from the TV !! XX
Such fun seeing the easel build, it looks wonderful. How delightful seeing the multiple paintings of the chair in progress. I like the idea of working on the same scene in different ways, great inspiration. Happy 8th Birthday to Rocket! Have a great week, many thanks!
Hi Kathy, I am really pleased with the easel, wheels make all the difference !!! Rocket says thank you very much, as I type he is finding his spot near the fire ! Have a wonderful week X
Malta wants to be a chair! Who knew? 😂 I have the book Steal Like an Artist and don't remember anything from it! I will have to dust it down from the shelf and have another read to see if anything jumps out at me. Happy Birthday Rocket! Maybe Mum can paint you in one of her new interiors set of paintings? Have a great week Gaynor! x
It’s so funny you shared the snow because I woke to two inches on the ground. It is always magical to wake to snow as I live in the desert of SW USA. It will be gone in a couple hours. I’ve really focused on color the past six months-hue,tint,tone,shade- and have learned so much. It is encouraging to see other more experienced artists work to find their colors. I’m having my very first hanging in February and am very focused on framing at the moment. It is a small local space but I’m scared silly to show. Your library is beautiful. Thanks for the book suggestion. Wishing you a wonderful week. TFS
Hi Gaynor - fab easel! Glad you’re enjoying the book (e-book) 😊 and the armchair paintings are coming on a treat! Look forward to catching up with you next week 😊
Hello Gaynor I have just come across you by accident on social media I made a pledge to myself to watch as much art tutorials as I could this winter to improve my artwork and WOW and you popped up! just what I needed! someone fun, lovely and who has so much love for art you are an inspiration and I love what you are doing ❤
Such beautiful artwork. Two things, it's so green but snowing, which is fantastic and take the bubble wrap off and use your beautiful new easel!! When I see clean easels, I always wonder if they are a real artist. LOL. 😂
Happy birthday Rocket! Oh, and Happy New year Gaynor! What a fantastic easel. Looking forward to the year ahead watching your videos. I use kindle app on iPad (phone for travelling) You can get some great bargains if you keep an eye on daily deals. I’ve bought lots of cookery books for 99p. Art book have great resolution images of course. Keep searching for your favourites and it should notify you of any deals. I do appreciate the qualities of a paper book but with my storage running out (cookery wise ) I’m using kindle more an more. Jill x
I’ve had the book Steel like an artist since 2020. I started to read it down but it didn’t quite make sense so today I’ve picked it up and started reading and I can relate to everything. It just took a little time for me to realize the artist within me.
You are so funny- papa bear, mama bear, and baby bear! I am fascinated by your development of one idea. Loved watching the snow falling outside. I live in Western Australia and we are expecting 41 degrees on Saturday. Hope you have a great week and make that soup😊.
Just ordered the easel! I mentioned on the order that I saw it on your CZcams channel Can’t wait to receive it. I got a free brush worth £12.99 with the order too. You inspire me to make time for my art this year. I’ve neglected it for too long, prioritising work and other stuff. My plan is to have a work in progress on the easel at all times 👍🏼
Well it’s a week since my Big H and I have enjoyed this video enormously. I’m going to look for the book you recommended too. I have spent no time on anything this week other than resting and doing my five minutes per day of walking. My chosen Sketch book is a little too heavy but I have doodled a date on the first page. I intended to do so much 😕 but needs must. Now I’m off to binge watch an old film on Talking Pictures and then try to sketch book some stuff (even just a little doodle) and watch more of your previous progress 😄
Hello Judy, glad to read you are resting....remember you can work on paper and stick anything in later....this puts me in mind of Matisse and his cut outs....could be fun to do. Take special care XX
Thank you Gaynor! It definitely is trial and error and we too have days of the perfect looking frame and next time he’s all frustrated. I keep telling him he can quit at any time but his reply is “have too much invested now!!” lol gotta love them for trying right?
Greetings from New York.... I cannot tell you how happy I found you. You are a source of inspiration to me and I completely love your artwork.... Keep producing more art ....enjoy watching you.😊
Love the way you do your videos and your positive attitude to all that you do…. The way you paint is very inspiring and infectious… thank you and best wishes from over the oceans in Australia…❤️🇦🇺
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone express my frustrations with a portable easel so well! So fun to unwrap your new easel along with you. 😊. And I’ve so enjoyed joining you on this journey of translating Matisse into your own art expression. I’m inspired to give it a go as well. Thank you!
As a loyal lifelong lover of green, this week's video & your work is making my heart sing! Oh my GOODness, the lush color & beauty!! Tell Rocket happy birthday from Karen 💚💚💚
Hello Karen, Rocket says thank you for your birthday wishes 💚 And yes, having used a lot of blue over the Christmas period, I am really happy to be playing with the greens XXX Have a fantastic weekend XXX
Yay Happy Bday Rocket 🎉 Paint Rocket on the chair, that was a great photo capture. 🚀 That library scene looks like a good painting with its arches as well. I have felt the same about easels, what was the name of it again? Something & Wilcox? The fact that it has wheels and is more seemingly stable looks like a winner. Thanks again for another spectacular painting adventure. All the best from Arizona Day 4 Freezing Advisory (unheard of, peculiar weather)
Hello Stefanie, I just LOVE hearing from other artists all over the world ! Crazy weather indeed !!! Rocket says thank you for his Birthday Wishes X My new best friend is from Cowling and Wilcox ! Thank you so much for watching and taking time to comment XXX
I saw the book recommendation in your comments and downloaded it too. I have a Mabef easel that was given to me years ago along with loads of canvasses, it’s in a lock up in darkest Lancashire waiting for the day we move back to land. It weighs a ton and is great for studio work. When we lived in Norfolk the house had a concrete base studio in the garden and oh how I miss that space. Another fab video Gaynor loving the chairs 👍
I love your videos Gaynor, they inspire me when I'm doubting myself. One question for you, without prying do you get regular sales and if so what do you think the biggest contributing factor is? I'm only asking because I struggle outside of exhibitions. Thanks in advance, have a great weekend.
Hello Maria, thank you for your kind comment. Regular sales....No..it is really hard going. I sold more paintings through exhibition last year than the year before and I am very grateful for that. I am building a website (very slowly) and I should approach galleries but my main income comes from other work (not art related) and I am grateful for that too ! Thank you for watching and have a great weekend too X
I found out about Golden's Virtual Paint Mixer from Jane Davies here on CZcams. She has a recent video called Virtual Color Mixer where she goes through all the ways to use the tool. Fun!!!
You are an absolute joy to watch. New subscriber here and also a CZcams creator. I am really looking forward to seeing how this group of paintings progress. While sitting here watching your video, I went online and ordered "How To Steal Like An Artist" from my library. I was told about this book before but you reminded me about it, so it's on it's way to me now!
Thanks Gaynor, I’m inspired as always by your bold creativity and courage. Austen Kleon has a weekly substack newsletter - I subscribe to the free version which is often full of generous snippets. Regards from Durham x
Hi Gaynor I started following your art journey yesterday and I AM REALLY HAPPY to have discovered your channel. Did you go to France recently? If you did have you sketches and more to share? You have a delightful personality and you are inspirational. Many Thanks. Dianne (Australia)
Hello Dianne, A Big Welcome 😊So good to hear from new viewers. We haven't been to France recently but hopefully we will ! Thank you for watching and taking time to leave a very kind comment X
I love your work, Gaynor! Question: what do you call your style of painting? Like the flowers and the boat pictures. They aren’t realism, but not exactly abstract either.
@@denisevance1045 Hi Denise, we have had many disasters trying to get the right finish !! He now uses a top fed air spray gun. There will be trial and error with the mix of the paint and the right nozzle etc. but it is worthwhile 😊
I enjoy your videos so much! You are a delight! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much! Thank you for watching and taking time to comment XXX
Thanks so much for being you!!! Your joyful spirit is infectious
You are so kind, thank you XX
God I love it when you personify your paintings 😆That is such a gorgeous library, no wonder you love it!.... Love love love the mummy bear, daddy bear, and baby bear chairs. Can't wait to see more.🪑🎨😍
Hello Lovely Lauren XXXXXX Next time you visit we should take a turn in the Library, now part of The Amelia, the town Hub ? The coffee shop looks good too ❤❤❤❤
Yes, definitely, let's!! 🥰🥰🥰@@gaynorpattle
As soon as your video ended I got my own e book of Steal Like An Artist! How lucky am I. Currently I’m working on a mixed media painting and was scrubbing away at the foreground (learned that from you), to make it look old. What a brilliant trick that is! Thank you! I’m becoming less fussy and more spontaneous! Hooray. I guess now I’ll have to get out the easel my grandfather made! It’s got to be 100+ years old. Thanks ever so much for sharing your processes with us❤️
CRUMBS Patricia, get it out !!!! What a wonderful heirloom ❤❤❤
Thaks Gaynor, i love how you took a previous paiting and used it to paint yr chair. A great under painting,i think its great. As always i love the video ,never boring and full of variety. ❤❤❤👍👍👍
Hello Andrea, so glad you liked the video, and I am pleased to put that unresolved Malta painting to good use ! Have a wonderful week XXX
Belated birthday snuggles for Rocket! He looks so handsome sitting on the green chair! Love the paintings too 🤗💖☺️
Thank you so much 😀 & from Rocket too XX
Another one of your explorations, “tufted chair.” So many ways you have started to explore this subject. It lends itself to Matisse with the scrolling wood and tuff pattern. You’ve come up with some interesting palettes to harmonize with this blue-green color. Clever and you have a great sense of color, intuitively or from years of experience (?). Love these pieces of art. Go Gaynor!
Thank you so much Sherrie, I never seem to stop playing with colour 🥰
I love the thoughts you share the beautiful inspiring fresh artwork ohhhh I do love your totally beautiful personality 😘
So So kind, thank you Deborah XX
I know this will sound silly, but, your little walk through the library brought tears to my eyes. I do love a good library and I haven't physically been able to go in a really long time. I could smell all the good bookie smells as you walked through yours. 😃 On an opposite note, you can by a kindle copy of the book if you like it enough to keep. Anyway, thanks for another joyful day in your studio. You are delightful!
No not silly at all ❤I am going to have a look at Kindle, thank you. Thank you for watching Susan and taking time to leave a lovely comment XX
Hi Gaynor,yet another informative and joyful video!Love your Matisse style chair paintings..you really do inspire me to have a go, I’m so glad when you explain mixing colours ,I’m not up on that at all!Also must view the Steal like an artist book,I’m much later to the party than you are lol!!Looking forward to next Thursday!Oh and Yappy Barkday Rocket!🦴xx What a perfect pose on your chair..no excuses now…you have to paint him!😉❤
Hello Bev, Rocket says thank you for your Barkday wishes ❤ Have a fab week X
Watching again. Your intro made me laugh out loud. My kitchen table has many things on it almost permanently. Mostly Dave’s stuff. I love how you always hug your tea and I notice you feel the cold easily. I’m the same, always bundled up round my neck. Wool scarves in winter, silk ones in spring and autumn.
Hello Gaynor, love the work, loved seeing your sketchbook too as someone else commented. More please. Enjoy your easel, it looks to be a really nice one. The instructions looked very well thought out. A sign of quality. Have a lovely week. 💐
Hello Fiona, I'm in house easel heaven !! Have lovely week too XX
Fabulous! I thought it was just me with a easel that fell over all the time!
I took the portable kind to life classes.....always during the hushed silence of concentrated drawing, it would be my easel crashing over 😂
Happy Thursday Gaynor! 🌟
Gosh I’d love to read your sketchbook!! Ha ha I’m so nosy and intrigued.😳 Just a glimpse of all those words in your book…looks interesting 🥸
Maybe put it in print?…Artists or budding Artists would love to read it . Good idea for a book?
Glad you are enjoying your interior investigations 😊 loving that blue green❤️
I’m on my iPad in bed listening to all the funny sounds outside…..and there are some Very funny sounds that I hear from my bedroom. 😅 We have a middle age neighbour who has recently got a boyfriend and the ‘Whole’ street can hear what a fun time they are having! No one in the street has ever heard it SO loud. There is a dog that goes past that now mimics the sounds they make, it’s so regular! I feel like I’m in a French film 😅 I think next time we should all stand outside and applaud 😄
I just realised it’s a very interesting street for noises …maybe I should record them all. Some of them scared me until I found out what they were. One was a drone type noise very late in the night. My mind did somersaults trying to figure out why someone would fly a drone late at night? Burglars looking for an open window? Alien invasion? …..In the end, one day a disabled person in a scooter went past and Boom! That was the sound! I’m definitely in a French film! Ha ha
I hope you have a fun and interesting week. Thanks for sharing your work and world with us xxx❤️❤️❤️
I'm laughing out loud at your "sounds by the neighbor". As a 65 yo I say good for them!!! Enjoy life while you can. I am hoping to get something down in my journal this week & I love seeing others sketchbooks & journals. Hope you have a nice day.
Hello Lovely Teresa, this made my day !! We are currently catching up on "Boat Story"...have you seen it? Newly found love and other things !!!! Unknown sounds also remind me of looking at objects in the distance that I can't workout......all sorts of things come to mind before I can see clearly ! Have a wonderful week XXX
So excited to see another video. I absolutely love the subject matter of Chairs. I painted some watercolors of chairs in lockdown of 2020 & really loved them. That easel is very nice. I haven't read that book yet either but see it recommended by so many so I see a visit to my library soon. I have embarked on a project to sort thru all my craft & art supplies & pare down because I simply have too many for the space I have and I have no room to work on anything unless it is on my dinning room table. I recently read a quote that People with a lot of art supplies live longer than those who comment to them that they should get rid of something. LOL ---In that case I'm going to live forever!!!!
Hello Anita....this makes me laugh, all I know is that all arty things make me very happy. Have a wonderful week XX
Thanks Gaynor! Your easel is such a great gift to yourself with Christmas money. By the way, Austin Kleon has a couple of other books you might enjoy. Hope the snow stays away. Love the 3 bears chairs😂
@@debbiedarland5368 My next E books XX
Another great video. I wish it was Thursday every day. I work in an art school and we have back to back exhibitions throughout the year so I see a lot of paintings, but I have never been so inspired since I found your channel. I love your energy and passion . The way you approach a subject and I love your work. Thank you for sharing your creative journey with us.
Wow Catherine, what a lovely comment, heartfelt thanks, I am truly grateful XXX
Agreed 100%
Gaynor, just recently discovered your videos, and I am obsessed.I’ve already learned so much from watching you which I will continue to do. You are such an inspiration. ❤
Hello Susan, A big welcome, it is always great to hear from new viewers. Thank you for watching and taking time to leave a very lovely comment 🥰
I loved baby chair the best, so squishy I wanted to sit in him.
Great work, you made so much progress....you make me want to paint again.... Steal Like An Artist....why not!
Thank you so much! XX
I love your work and watching you work. Thankyou.😁🇬🇧
Thank you so much 😀
Yeah! It’s Thursday and another wonderful video with you! Thank you!
Bless you Lori XX
So much joy in you all the time! Your curiosity has really made you grow as an artist. I wait patiently now for each new video and I’m always surprised! Keep up you wonderful art work. 😍
Thank you so much! X
Thankyou for cheering up my day ❤ it makes me smile when you go Ooooo!!!!
Ahhhh thank you Charlotte, sometimes I can't resist an Oooo moment XXX Have a wonderful week X
Yippee. What a great start to Thursday! Thank you so much for all your encouragement and inspiration. Have a great weekend and enjoy your easel. Such fun.
Hi Dee, you are such great support, have a great weekend too XX
You might have guessed I didn't wait for band practice, I did that last week and then it was cancelled at the last minute and I endured about four hours of WW2 ships and stories instead of my favourite Thursday pal.Tonight I'm watching Lewis Noble, very different but it was a video about limited pallette. black,white, primary yellow, prussian blue, yellow ochre and burnt sienna.
Something different
@@gaynorpattle Thanks. No room on my kitchen table, there a 1947 radio, a tub of parrot feed he was given (we don't have a parrot, two cats and their bowls so the dog won't pinch their food, and in one tiny corner my table sketchbook with a pencil
@@guitardee1 I like Lewis Noble and I will take a look at the Limited Palette Video X I know that 'cancelled at the last minute" feeling 😂
@@guitardee1 How about sofa studio....One of those tops with a cushion attached....I find headphones really useful ...good ear defenders from the TV !! XX
Such fun seeing the easel build, it looks wonderful. How delightful seeing the multiple paintings of the chair in progress. I like the idea of working on the same scene in different ways, great inspiration. Happy 8th Birthday to Rocket! Have a great week, many thanks!
Hi Kathy, I am really pleased with the easel, wheels make all the difference !!! Rocket says thank you very much, as I type he is finding his spot near the fire ! Have a wonderful week X
This is wonderful ☺☺
Thank you! 😊
My all time favorite!!! Soooo exciting! I have done a 4’x6’ I call “After Matisse”. I knew I was drawn to your art. ❤️❤️❤️
Are you on Instagram ?
@@gaynorpattle no I’m not. Why do you ask?
@@LJ-xw3ou A good place to see your painting ?
Would be nice *to see the sketchbook* ... *See the process* .
Happy New Year everyone
Happy New Year. Inspiring and uplifting as ever. Mind you, I would like to see more of Rocket! Thank you.
You would not believe how often I try to coax him into the cabin....but too much good stuff in the garden !!! Have a great weekend X
Malta wants to be a chair! Who knew? 😂 I have the book Steal Like an Artist and don't remember anything from it! I will have to dust it down from the shelf and have another read to see if anything jumps out at me. Happy Birthday Rocket! Maybe Mum can paint you in one of her new interiors set of paintings? Have a great week Gaynor! x
Hello Simone, It's a really good fast read ! Have a wonderful week too X
@@gaynorpattle ☺
Gaynor, your joyful attitude is positively contagious. Thank you for your videos. I love watching them. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you too XX
It’s so funny you shared the snow because I woke to two inches on the ground. It is always magical to wake to snow as I live in the desert of SW USA. It will be gone in a couple hours. I’ve really focused on color the past six months-hue,tint,tone,shade- and have learned so much. It is encouraging to see other more experienced artists work to find their colors. I’m having my very first hanging in February and am very focused on framing at the moment. It is a small local space but I’m scared silly to show. Your library is beautiful. Thanks for the book suggestion. Wishing you a wonderful week. TFS
I think 'scared silly' means you care greatly, I am very excited for you and hope it goes really well. Have a wonderful week too X
Hi Gaynor - fab easel! Glad you’re enjoying the book (e-book) 😊 and the armchair paintings are coming on a treat! Look forward to catching up with you next week 😊
Thank you Tricia XXX
Hello Gaynor I have just come across you by accident on social media I made a pledge to myself to watch as much art tutorials as I could this winter to improve my artwork and WOW and you popped up! just what I needed! someone fun, lovely and who has so much love for art you are an inspiration and I love what you are doing ❤
Hello and Welcome, Thank you for watching and taking time to leave such a wonderful message X
@@gaynorpattle ❤️
Great video
Thank you X
Such beautiful artwork. Two things, it's so green but snowing, which is fantastic and take the bubble wrap off and use your beautiful new easel!! When I see clean easels, I always wonder if they are a real artist. LOL. 😂
Thank you so much 😀
Happy birthday Rocket! Oh, and Happy New year Gaynor! What a fantastic easel. Looking forward to the year ahead watching your videos. I use kindle app on iPad (phone for travelling) You can get some great bargains if you keep an eye on daily deals. I’ve bought lots of cookery books for 99p. Art book have great resolution images of course. Keep searching for your favourites and it should notify you of any deals. I do appreciate the qualities of a paper book but with my storage running out (cookery wise ) I’m using kindle more an more. Jill x
Hello Jill and Happy New Year to you X Thank you for the info on Kindle, definitely worth looking at. Have a wonderful week XX
I’ve had the book Steel like an artist since 2020. I started to read it down but it didn’t quite make sense so today I’ve picked it up and started reading and I can relate to everything. It just took a little time for me to realize the artist within me.
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You are so funny- papa bear, mama bear, and baby bear! I am fascinated by your development of one idea. Loved watching the snow falling outside. I live in Western Australia and we are expecting 41 degrees on Saturday. Hope you have a great week and make that soup😊.
41 degrees ... keep cool ! XX
I really like the green chair paintings but the largest one especially.
Thank You XX
Just ordered the easel! I mentioned on the order that I saw it on your CZcams channel Can’t wait to receive it. I got a free brush worth £12.99 with the order too. You inspire me to make time for my art this year. I’ve neglected it for too long, prioritising work and other stuff. My plan is to have a work in progress on the easel at all times 👍🏼
Wow Helen, GOOD STUFF !! You will love it XXX
Well it’s a week since my Big H and I have enjoyed this video enormously. I’m going to look for the book you recommended too.
I have spent no time on anything this week other than resting and doing my five minutes per day of walking. My chosen Sketch book is a little too heavy but I have doodled a date on the first page. I intended to do so much 😕 but needs must.
Now I’m off to binge watch an old film on Talking Pictures and then try to sketch book some stuff (even just a little doodle) and watch more of your previous progress 😄
Hello Judy, glad to read you are resting....remember you can work on paper and stick anything in later....this puts me in mind of Matisse and his cut outs....could be fun to do. Take special care XX
Thank you Gaynor! It definitely is trial and error and we too have days of the perfect looking frame and next time he’s all frustrated. I keep telling him he can quit at any time but his reply is “have too much invested now!!” lol gotta love them for trying right?
Right 🥰
Happiest of birthdays to Rocket!
Hello Jacqueline, Rocket says 'thank you very much' XX
Greetings from New York.... I cannot tell you how happy I found you. You are a source of inspiration to me and I completely love your artwork.... Keep producing more art ....enjoy watching you.😊
Hello Sonia, Lovely to hear from new viewers. Thank you for watching and leaving a very kind comment, I really appreciate it XX
Love the way you do your videos and your positive attitude to all that you do…. The way you paint is very inspiring and infectious… thank you and best wishes from over the oceans in Australia…❤️🇦🇺
SO SO Kind, heartfelt thanks to you all the way away in Australia XXX
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone express my frustrations with a portable easel so well! So fun to unwrap your new easel along with you. 😊. And I’ve so enjoyed joining you on this journey of translating Matisse into your own art expression. I’m inspired to give it a go as well. Thank you!
Hello Francine, glad to read that its not just me 😂Definitely give Matisse a go XX
As a loyal lifelong lover of green, this week's video & your work is making my heart sing! Oh my GOODness, the lush color & beauty!! Tell Rocket happy birthday from Karen 💚💚💚
Hello Karen, Rocket says thank you for your birthday wishes 💚 And yes, having used a lot of blue over the Christmas period, I am really happy to be playing with the greens XXX Have a fantastic weekend XXX
Yay Happy Bday Rocket 🎉
Paint Rocket on the chair, that was a great photo capture. 🚀
That library scene looks like a good painting with its arches as well.
I have felt the same about easels, what was the name of it again? Something & Wilcox?
The fact that it has wheels and is more seemingly stable looks like a winner.
Thanks again for another spectacular painting adventure. All the best from Arizona Day 4 Freezing Advisory (unheard of, peculiar weather)
Hello Stefanie, I just LOVE hearing from other artists all over the world ! Crazy weather indeed !!! Rocket says thank you for his Birthday Wishes X My new best friend is from Cowling and Wilcox ! Thank you so much for watching and taking time to comment XXX
I saw the book recommendation in your comments and downloaded it too. I have a Mabef easel that was given to me years ago along with loads of canvasses, it’s in a lock up in darkest Lancashire waiting for the day we move back to land. It weighs a ton and is great for studio work. When we lived in Norfolk the house had a concrete base studio in the garden and oh how I miss that space. Another fab video Gaynor loving the chairs 👍
Always lovely to read your comments and watch your videos....in the better weather can you have an easel on deck ? XX
I love your videos Gaynor, they inspire me when I'm doubting myself. One question for you, without prying do you get regular sales and if so what do you think the biggest contributing factor is? I'm only asking because I struggle outside of exhibitions. Thanks in advance, have a great weekend.
Hello Maria, thank you for your kind comment. Regular sales....No..it is really hard going. I sold more paintings through exhibition last year than the year before and I am very grateful for that. I am building a website (very slowly) and I should approach galleries but my main income comes from other work (not art related) and I am grateful for that too ! Thank you for watching and have a great weekend too X
The library app on the phone is great for audio books.
Hi Judi, I'm a convert !!! X
Love where you are going with the green chair. Will you introduce fabric/wallpaper designs like Matisse? Great easel.
Hello Mary.....wow....you are with me !!!! I have been working with wallpaper today and will put it in Thursdays video ! XXX
I found out about Golden's Virtual Paint Mixer from Jane Davies here on CZcams. She has a recent video called Virtual Color Mixer where she goes through all the ways to use the tool. Fun!!!
Thanks Deanna, I will take a look, that sounds like a lot of fun 🥰
You are an absolute joy to watch. New subscriber here and also a CZcams creator. I am really looking forward to seeing how this group of paintings progress. While sitting here watching your video, I went online and ordered "How To Steal Like An Artist" from my library. I was told about this book before but you reminded me about it, so it's on it's way to me now!
Thank you so much! I'm tempted to find an old copy of the book and paste the pages on my walls !!! Have a great week XX
Oh, great idea! Thank you, you as well.@@gaynorpattle
Thanks Gaynor, I’m inspired as always by your bold creativity and courage. Austen Kleon has a weekly substack newsletter - I subscribe to the free version which is often full of generous snippets. Regards from Durham x
Hello Donna, thank you so much for sharing the substack newsletter....I'm subscribed XX
Hi Gaynor
I started following your art journey yesterday and I AM REALLY HAPPY to have discovered your channel.
Did you go to France recently? If you did have you sketches and more to share?
You have a delightful personality and you are inspirational. Many Thanks. Dianne (Australia)
Hello Dianne, A Big Welcome 😊So good to hear from new viewers. We haven't been to France recently but hopefully we will ! Thank you for watching and taking time to leave a very kind comment X
I love your work, Gaynor! Question: what do you call your style of painting? Like the flowers and the boat pictures. They aren’t realism, but not exactly abstract either.
Hello Diane and thank you X I guess Semi Abstract .... an interpretation ?
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Gaynor, does your husband spray or hand paint with a brush your frames?
He uses a spray gun 😊
Like an airbrush? They look so nice. My husband does my frames as well and we have yet to find a tried and true method
@@denisevance1045 Hi Denise, we have had many disasters trying to get the right finish !! He now uses a top fed air spray gun. There will be trial and error with the mix of the paint and the right nozzle etc. but it is worthwhile 😊