A new approach to my YouTube videos

 While I was editing my lastest demonstration, a white on black rabbit protrait, I was struck by inspiration.

Rather than  just have the full 45 minute demonstration or a high speed demonstration I added the high speed demo to the end of the real time demo. Genius! Well, it is to me. Then, if you go to the hi-speed demo and you want to see more you can. If you get bored with the real time demo you can skip ahead. The time is listed on the video so there's no guess work. 

Here's the final piece:

Just click on the image so that you can go to the video.  

That's all folks. Let me know if you have any thoughts about this new approach. Thanks for reading.

I finally figured out what art journaling is for, for me

Four days ago I decided I needed to keep an art journal. Just for me to experiment.  No videos. Just for me. I bought a beautiful art journal which is multimedia but not really. You have to be careful about watercolors, etc.

I'm trying to find my best medium for this time of my life and since I'm drawn to watercolors and I've been studying off and on for a few years and I love to experiment I'm working to master this medium. Now, in truth, I believe pastels, soft pastels, are my strongest medium and if I went back to just chalk I would create beautiful work. 

Still, I am intrigued water colors and other water based medium. These are subjects I've done in the past fours days and I have done the all in pastels and much better. But I have done some brilliant work with watercolor when I am patient. I don't have to be patient with pastels. Fixing mistakes is easy. Not so with watercolor. Patience is key. For watercolor and for me. But my hands still wabble, still remain unsteady and I wonder why I'm punishing myself.

That's what I figured out in three days. I didn't journal today yet. The day job got in the way. Anyway, I must be patient. I must let the medium lead. Like a slow dance. So I close my eyes, pretend I'm moving to a beautiful song in the arms oh Mr. Who. Just who is my dance partner? Graphite? Ink? Acrylic? Watercolor? Neo color 2? Gouache? Pastels?

Delta sparkle is the best animal portrait I've done since I was hospitalized.  Its time to put away the water medium and go back to my original medium, chalk. In fact, while I exercise and continue to reclaim my drawing skills, I will start with white charcoal and white pencil on black paper. 

In terms of teaching, acrylics and pastels are my strongest mediums. Just like the third grade, I'll pull out the chalk and write on the black board. Journaling really was helpful. I've been bouncing around too much trying to fix something that wasn't broken. 

From my few days of journaling.

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And the search goes on and on and...

 Here's what I've been up to since last I posted. Derwent Inktense blocks and Pencils.

I e joyed it but it wasn't as fulfilling as it once was. I've done better with the medium and I've done worse. In the first painting I used blocks and some pencils. In the second I used mostly pencils. I prefer the softer touch of the second piece. 

Well, one would think that I would continue on to do more work with Inktense but, I'm not. I put away the inktense and pulled out my water soluble graphite pencils and my watercolor pencils and trying my hand at glazing. I've started on my latest project and with composition in place, I'm activating the graphite one area at a time and  then I'll glaze with watercolor pencils in tge same way. So far I'm enjoying it and enjoying not taping it. I will tape the last of the project so everyone can see the process but I really enjoy not worrying about camera angles and narration. In fact, I've not narrated mt last 2 or 3 videos. Amazingly, as much as I talk, especially at the library where I have to talk to people, I like working in silence. I even enjoy working with the sound of a mystery or tv show in the background.  

Which brings me to my latest quandary. Hiw to keep up my YouTube channel without doing the normal demos. I've been watching a few YTERS for ideas and I think il on the verge of the verge of the verge of a new approach. 

I want it to be better. I want it to be more interesting. I'm praying on it. Seriously. Inspiration is needed and prayed for. 

Thanks for sticking with me.