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OMG!!! From your first pattern….my jaw DROPPED with the second floral. It’s gorgeous and I would wallpaper it for sure!!! I love the colors you chose in it. It’s my fave of all of them. Also, the larger ice cream cone scale is better than had they been small. However, it is really just two different looks depending on what you’d use it for. I’m a fan. Please keep sharing the progress and inspiration!

Being a GenX artist, an organized space is different than a clean space. I have a mindset to change by not trying every craft and by getting rid of items I haven’t used for literal years! An organized CLEAN space ensures you have time to create.

You are badass, thank you for sharing these ideas. Appreciate #7 especially, I think a person's energy, focus, responsibilites, motivation can vary so much from day to day, week to week, month, year, etc that a person really has to feel it out literally daily. I like your ideas because they do help a person train themselves to "do" even when our minds are not feeling it and it is true that if you start engaging in art making even when you don't feel like it the motivation comes after you have begun and sometimes you do get some new ideas and insights from the short work burst of 10- 20 min because that was all the time you had that otherwise you might have lost had you given in to the mental fatigue. thank you again for your time and effort to put this info out and help others

I find that if I go too long without making things, I feel more drained. In spite of painting or drawing when I'm tired, I find that even if I spent 8 hours a day 4 days into the work week, if I spend an hour or two of that night drawing, then at the end of the week I feel better than a week where I didn't make anything. Creating relaxes me, I have so much fun making things that it really helps keep me alive.

Just found your channel! So inspiring as a fellow artist trying to get more focused on my own business. Thank you for posting these videos

Such a cute idea! Your paintings are beautiful 😊

Love this video x and how adorable your companions are! ❤ I try to avoid master studies out of fear of not developing my own style! Watching and listening to you makes complete sense x I’m of to collate some pieces to use for some ms practice xx thank you x

Great video x thank you ❤

I love your drawing and your videos. Keep it up. I have a question, what is the name of the brush you use? Thank you for sharing the drawing steps. We really want more of that.

one sentence in, I was like yeah that's exactly it.

Nice- glad to find your channel

This hit home with me. I relate to your story in so many ways. I am an inherently creative, artistic person - but I also excelled in math and science, and that is where I channeled all my time and energy and goals after childhood. I am at mid-life and am only now learning it is ok to take my life down a different path. Thank you for this video. I just subscribed to your channel and love what you have to say.

I wish I had found this mindset a few decades ago, but it’s never too late. I’m in my early 40’s and certainly had different ideas in mind where I wanted to be financially by now. But…a toxic marriage and a rough mental health journey made those goals so out of reach, until now…even though I am raising kids on my own and had to start over…I simply cannot and will not do the crazy hustle and grind. I’m not where I want to be financially yet, but putting in my best effort and sticking to what I can handle.

It’s amazing how universally obvious these tips feel when you hear them explained to well. It’s so easy to get bogged down mentally so hearing you lay these tips out so clearly has helped so much. Thank you and I wish your artistic journey well!

Congratulations! This is so inspiring, since I just started my writing channel a little less than a year ago, and I also have a full time STEM job. It's useful to put it into perspective what a realistic "small" channel look like and you have such a positive, wholesome energy to share. I can't wait to watch more of your videos!

Thank you for this great video! The “follow your natural energy” tip was very helpful to me. It made me realise that I’m a night owl. I’ve been forcing myself to create in the morning and it just doesn’t work quite as well as when I work at night 😂

Thank you for sharing!

I also like working in day light but it's always " oh so much is pending I will do this first then sit, do that one then sit" and when everything is done it's already night 🗿, light might not be there but atleast my mind is clear , there is no work pending at night there is no one calling at night and other disturbance. So when I have to record something then I make a space in between the daily routine to record in light.

I'd buy that wrapping paper! It's a super cute pattern! You've inspired me to get my iPad out during my lunch break! Thank you for that! I also struggle as an artist that works full time, no windowed office, and a night owl.. I just struggle to even use my evening.. I miss being able to do all of my art so much.

Its not the full time job, part time meaning thing…try adding two kids, or god forbid 3. Having just a full time job and a part time meaning is easy after you have experienced having kids

I can’t believe you put your poor cat in the carrier *with* a cone. How miserably claustrophobic. And putting 2 cats in one carrier?? I felt so sorry for all of them.🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

#1 is very true. I have my work station for my day job and, I have my art station that consist of my drawing display that I go to after work. I keep both in separate corners and it helps out to mentally switch over.

So nice to discover other artists passionate about food illustration! Congrats on moving and may you flourish as a person and artist in the new place 💕

It's all about finding time for sure. I bought my first acrylic painting set today as it will help me focus on my recovery from addiction. I feel nervous, as i have not painted since i left school 20 years ago!

just found ur channel and ur art is gorgeous

Very inspiring! Also love your curls ❤

Congratulations on the new space and having a dedicated corner!! It really is amazing to have that. Excited tos ee how you decorate the space. I can see so many cute ways to decorate it !!

Congrats and best of luck. May the ideas flow freely!

Wish You all the best for your new Home❤and every time I watch your videos it‘s so calming and a come down moment for me, thanks 🙏

I couldn't agree more that you should totally copy other artists work, for your own practice and learning and art journey. I actually touched on that briefly in a video I posted about lies/myths that artists believe in. If it weren't for recreating other artists pieces, I would not have discovered certain subjects I now love to paint, or probably wouldn't have tried a different brush or technique for certain parts of my paintings. Just DON'T sell any of it or take the credit for it. I'm all for honouring other artists!!!

Having moved a lot in my lifetime I can relate to this video. Wishing you, Nick and all your furry little friends all the best in your new space. May it bring you everything that you are expecting and more. 🎉

This is relatable I work in a lab but try to do art outside of work bc I hope to be a children’s book illustrator at some point. but it’s rlly hard to balance… this def gives me inspiration and you manage your time very well!

Congrats on the new space ❤ excited to see what you do with it! Also I have to say you have such dedication to film while packing up and moving! I would have forgotten about the camera halfway through 😂

Congratulations on the move! It will be so exciting to see your new art space all set up. Enjoy every minute of this wonderful new phase of your life.

thats so exciting, spaces really matter, having a space just for you is so fantastic!

Lovely new space! That double aspect and 4windows4!! did I count them right? I have just arranged my studio space in my living room and it has helped me so much in my productivity (website is practically finished) and creating new patterns almost every day.. Best of luck and looking forward to seeing your set up and creations when all’s ready. A Cancerian? it must be your birthday soon! best wishes 😊

Keep being excited about those $1.53 days because that energy will only bring in more for you. I still get stoked about $25 deposits for music royalties 😊

This is so relevant to what’s been on my mind today and feeling misunderstood by a mentor who is 💯 grind and hustle culture and doesn’t get that ease is my priority but that doesn’t mean I’m not motivated to create, build and profit. Just finding my own pathway there.

Have you considered using Adobe Fresco? I've been using that a lot and find the vector brushes to be a major game changer. Chris Piascik has lots of really great videos showing how he uses it in his career.

Just found you this week and am SO happy I did! Couldn’t love this more!🙌🏽

I'm so excited to be in this new space! Let me know if you have any fun ideas for my new art corner that I showed at the end of the video! I'm thinking... standing desk? Pegboard for paints? Give me your best ideas! 🙌🏼

I love how real and helpful you are haha. This is great for artists who are just tired, but we gotta keep going

I really needed this video, by job is so draining sometimes but I have a big goal of becoming a full-time artist. I feel like I'm failing anytime that I'm not drawing if I'm not at work 😓 I'm going to implement the masterstudy idea, and I already keep my tablet on my nightstand, it's very relaxing before bed! I'd also like to add that I've given myself a small amount of time to meet by the end of the week, I can draw for as long or as little as I want, every day or only a few days as long as that time is met (right now it's 7 hours per week, had to drop it from 10 because life happens!)

I also ADORE GBBO and I appreciate this series so much :)

But is tracing okay?

Love love love the tutorial! Thank you for sharing!

It’s a very useful video! I am in the same situation with the exactly same issues with a full time work and a kid😅 I try to apply to me a very simple rule in my case: just do one thing every day. Even if I am tired, I found out I can always manage to do something even small for my art 🙌

Hi I would like start a career in surface and surface pattern design but I don’t have any experience in this field, but I’m really interested in this , could you tell what are the steps and do I need to study any specific course?

Hi! I'm following along with your tutorial today - thank you so much for sharing this info!!! - but I'm stuck on "apply layer mask". It is greyed out and not allowing me to select it. When I searched this up it said I needed to convert my original scan to a smart object (rasterize) but it looks like you are doing that on the next step...any clues as to what I've missed?

Hi! I'm following along with your tutorial today - thank you so much for sharing this info!!! - but I'm stuck on "apply layer mask". It is greyed out and not allowing me to select it. When I searched this up it said I needed to convert my original scan to a smart object (rasterize) but it looks like you are doing that on the next step...any clues as to what I've missed?