I'm so sorry for your loss. I have just seen this lady for the first time, and she has many tips that I can work with, I'll be happy to see more of this lady with her videos as she is very talented and she is wonderful to watch. She can help me with alot of ideas as I am quite artistic myself. I wish she was still here as I have many questions to ask but I am sure I will keep on watching her videos so I can take up her tips and anything else she has to offer for me. ❤ rest in peace my lovely.
Love the racks you have your paints. I’m just staring because a friend of mine said it’s good for people that suffer from anxiety like me. Thank you for taking the time to post and share your knowledge with everyone.
Welcome to my channel Magali. This art form is very good for stress it’s why I started painting as well. Through the years I’ve heard from many who have had similar experiences. Just try not to pressure yourself with perfection. Enjoy the process and relax while painting. Your dots will improve with practice, We are our own worst critics. I hope you find it as relaxing as I do 🥰
I'm thank you for sharing your experience and tips and tricks with us! I love to read through the comments and give them thumbs up as you talk about your intro! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into your giving us this free gift!
I leave a half toothpick in the leftover paint in the palette. Once it dries, you can peel it out very easily by pulling on the toothpick! Thank you for sharing all these very helpful tips. Love how you call it the "dollar bill store"
Thank you so much for sharing your information and knowledge with us. I have learned so much from you. You are a wealth of knowledge. You are such a great teacher. Your artwork is amazing.
Hello Sue, I am interested in Mandala painting and this was an "Excellent " video for me. I can watch your video's for hours. Thank you so much for all this information. I look forward to part 2 of this kind of video. I hope you have a great day!!
Awesome video... those are things I’ve learned along the way with Trial and Error, I would have loved to have seen this video at the beginning of my journey.👍
At 13 minutes I really liked how you showed us how to drag the dots. And while I was looking at it I noticed that your paper towel has a wonderful dot Design!
Hi Ms. Sue! I haven’t forgotten you! I have a job now. 10 hours a day at least. So, I don’t craft, dot or diamond art hardly at all now. But I hope to start dotting again in time. I miss miss you so and truly hope you are doing well. I don’t get on Facebook either. Just wishing you the best and didn’t stop praying for you and hubby! 🌹❤️🙏🏻
Your so sweet! I was wondering what happened to you! I hope things are going well for you and you can get some dotting time in soon. We are doing ok over here thanks so much for the well wishes 🥰.
Thank you for the time and knowledge you give us! I am not a person who envies or covets what other people have, but I really do envy and covet your paint racks! I am a decorative tole painter from way back when, and have amassed many many MANY paints. May I ask where you got your racks? Everything looks so neat and tidy, and I could certainly use the bookshelf that currently houses my paints for other things...canvases, record albums, wood pieces, patterns, and so on!
Maurina they are actually Nail Polish racks. I just got them from Ebay. Have to make sure you get the FIVE tier though. They do make 6 but there is not enough distance between them for the bottles has to the 5. Also if your buying on Ebay like I did be very careful to read the descriptions. I had to send a few back as they showed the large rack with the smaller ones on the side but were only selling the center until. They were 25 for the 3 racks when I got them. But I've had them a while now. The center rack will hold 90 bottles, and each of the side racks 40.
This was excellent. Although I've painted on/off for three years, you offered some very helpful tips. I'll be sure to check for additional videos. Thank you!
I really like the tutorial. I did learn a lot. I never thought to shake up the paint but I do stir it after I put it in the pallet. I am also wasting paint so I like the idea of using the cap or the wet pallet. Good stuff! Post more!
Thank you. I just tried my 1st mandala on paper. Made my tools with some craft dowels I had around ,just playing around. Tried to do the swoops and wondered what I did wrong".I wasn't expecting perfect by no means but.... this 1st video I've seen that talked of how a rounded tool was better for swirls and showed diff rounded and flat. So got new thoughts
I was just about to start a project on wood and I'm SO glad I got a notification for this video!! Thank you so so much!! Great information! I love all of your videos, thank you for sharing with us!
Athabaskan a heap for all the info given so freely and extensively.ive only done 1 mini piece n it was a disaster,but now I know a bit about what I should be doing!youre a champion!!
I really enjoy watching you create. I just made my first stones using the happy dotting company molds and watched this video while doing so. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Thanks so much for saying that. I'm hardly an expert I just like to share what I've learned so that folks can have fun with the hobby sooner and learn from my mistakes. :)
Hi Sue. This video is just a perfect start. I certainly picked up some tips. I am starting this as I have just reached my age of maturity ( I my 60’s 🤣🤣🤣) during a pandemic. I want something to do during the winter as there will not be anymore outside visits - too cold in Canada. I felt so comfortable that when you said bye I did too lol. I look forward to seeing your other videos. Stay safe. xo from Canada.
Glad you found the video useful, welcome to my channel. 😀. I do have a beginners playlist made that you may find useful. Take care and happy dotting! Sue.
I was very interested in your happy dot molds and wondered how to make them a little bit more rock like. I’ve tried Plaster of Paris but they are a little bit soft
The ultra cal 30 works great. It’s a mix of plaster of Paris and cement. Others have used cement before or quik creat however you spell it you can get right at Home Depot or a hardware store.
So happy I found your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and taking the time to make the videos. Hope you are doing ok. Thinking of you often Take care
This was really helpful! Can you show us how you MAKE rocks? I had never heard of doing that, but those molds look very interesting to me. Your videos are great- I just found you and subscribed and I'm working my way through them. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Teresa welcome to my channel! Hopefully this video will help. 😀. Happy Dotting Company Molds - Dot Mandala - 35 th-cam.com/video/rpLm_qPv6PQ/w-d-xo.html
Hi Sue that was a fab video, I got so many useful tips from you. Can you please explain how you get the right consistency to dot please, I am very new and finding it really hard. I haven’t done a project yet all I’ve done is experiment on card. Thank you x
Hi Lyn, welcome to my channel. 😀. The best way I can describe it is you want a yogurt like consistency. If you stick your tool or brush in the paint and pull it out you want to see the paint peek up to a point and then quickly fall. If you leave it thick you will get sharp points on your dots. Most paint (if you get DecoArt Americana) will be the perfect consistency. Other brands like Apple Barrel and Folk Art or more expensive tube paints will be to thick. You can add a bit of water to thin them out but you need to be careful not to add to much. If it’s more then a few drops you want to use a blending or pouring medium. What you use us really personal preference some are glossy some are matte etc. but with those you won’t lose the opacity of your paint like water does. Also there maybe times where your paint is just to thin. For that you will need a gel medium to mix in to thicken it. This doesn’t happen all that often.
@@SueSloan hi Sue thank you for taking the time to reply. Once I master the dotting and hopefully the consistency I will invest in some Decoart paint. I did do a very small canvas today which I’m happy with even though there are a few mistakes and the consistency wasn’t always correct. One of the colours was perfect but I stupidly didn’t count how many drops of flow improver I used 🤦♀️🤷♀️
@@lyn8381 well unfortunately each paint color even in the same brand might require different amounts to be added. Keep at it once you learn how it’s supposed to look it will be second nature to you. 😀
@@SueSloan thank you so much for this in depth advice much appreciated. I thought I had replied sooner but can’t see that I have. Sorry for late reply.
Thank you, Mike, for keeping Sue's wonderful videos going. She is missed, but her expertise and example of her work is still highly appreciated.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I have just seen this lady for the first time, and she has many tips that I can work with, I'll be happy to see more of this lady with her videos as she is very talented and she is wonderful to watch. She can help me with alot of ideas as I am quite artistic myself. I wish she was still here as I have many questions to ask but I am sure I will keep on watching her videos so I can take up her tips and anything else she has to offer for me. ❤ rest in peace my lovely.
Love the racks you have your paints. I’m just staring because a friend of mine said it’s good for people that suffer from anxiety like me. Thank you for taking the time to post and share your knowledge with everyone.
Welcome to my channel Magali. This art form is very good for stress it’s why I started painting as well. Through the years I’ve heard from many who have had similar experiences.
Just try not to pressure yourself with perfection. Enjoy the process and relax while painting. Your dots will improve with practice, We are our own worst critics.
I hope you find it as relaxing as I do 🥰
Thank you so much for taking the time! My gosh, what a great source of tips. We said "plethera" at the same time! 😂 i do love that word.
Excellent tips Sue. Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏻😊
Ooh my gosh, fantastic tips, I didn't know not to clean my dotting tools the same as you, not to clean with baby wipes. Lesson learned there. X
Glad it was helpful!
Live your tips! As a newbie I really appreciate this.
god i hate seeing old comments after people have passed, just makes me tear up more.
@@niightshyft I do miss Sue with her tutorials 😢
The color combination look gentle and cooling to eyes. Wonderful mini mandals with dots.
Love you dear. Thank you so much for sharing 🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏
Wonderful tips for beginners and more seasoned painters as well! 😊
From a beginner this video was super informative. Thanks for your advice and helpful hints.
I'm thank you for sharing your experience and tips and tricks with us! I love to read through the comments and give them thumbs up as you talk about your intro! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into your giving us this free gift!
Thanks for the tips. I m new at this. I m enjoying painting while we are on “lockdown “ in our retirement home. Keep the tips coming.
Painting is such a fun relaxing hobby I hope your enjoying it. 😀
I'm new to dotting and these tips were so helpful!!! Thanks so much! If you could do a second video like this it would make my day ☺️!
Thanks for all the tips!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!!!!
Extremely helpful tips, thank you very much!
I leave a half toothpick in the leftover paint in the palette. Once it dries, you can peel it out very easily by pulling on the toothpick!
Thank you for sharing all these very helpful tips.
Love how you call it the "dollar bill store"
Hello Sue Sloan!
Bestiful and ver job!
Thank you, it was very informative for a beginner like me. Keep them coming
Thank you so much for sharing your information and knowledge with us. I have learned so much from you. You are a wealth of knowledge. You are such a great teacher. Your artwork is amazing.
thanks Nikki :) Glad you find my videos useful!
Hello Sue, I am interested in Mandala painting and this was an "Excellent " video for me. I can watch your video's for hours. Thank you so much for all this information. I look forward to part 2 of this kind of video. I hope you have a great day!!
Awesome video... those are things I’ve learned along the way with Trial and Error, I would have loved to have seen this video at the beginning of my journey.👍
At 13 minutes I really liked how you showed us how to drag the dots. And while I was looking at it I noticed that your paper towel has a wonderful dot Design!
now i have to go look lol :)
I am new to dotting and wanted to say thank you for your helpful tips.
Thanks Sharon glad you found it useful 😀
Hi Ms. Sue! I haven’t forgotten you! I have a job now. 10 hours a day at least. So, I don’t craft, dot or diamond art hardly at all now. But I hope to start dotting again in time. I miss miss you so and truly hope you are doing well. I don’t get on Facebook either. Just wishing you the best and didn’t stop praying for you and hubby! 🌹❤️🙏🏻
Your so sweet! I was wondering what happened to you! I hope things are going well for you and you can get some dotting time in soon. We are doing ok over here thanks so much for the well wishes 🥰.
I’m watching again! I need this beginner’s tutorial! It is very helpful! ❤️🌹🙏🏻
great info even 3 years later. Thanks
Thank you! This is a great video for beginners, like myself!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the time and knowledge you give us!
I am not a person who envies or covets what other people have, but I really do envy and covet your paint racks! I am a decorative tole painter from way back when, and have amassed many many MANY paints. May I ask where you got your racks? Everything looks so neat and tidy, and I could certainly use the bookshelf that currently houses my paints for other things...canvases, record albums, wood pieces, patterns, and so on!
Maurina they are actually Nail Polish racks. I just got them from Ebay. Have to make sure you get the FIVE tier though. They do make 6 but there is not enough distance between them for the bottles has to the 5. Also if your buying on Ebay like I did be very careful to read the descriptions. I had to send a few back as they showed the large rack with the smaller ones on the side but were only selling the center until. They were 25 for the 3 racks when I got them. But I've had them a while now. The center rack will hold 90 bottles, and each of the side racks 40.
@@SueSloan thanks so much!
Me too. Lol
This was excellent. Although I've painted on/off for three years, you offered some very helpful tips. I'll be sure to check for additional videos. Thank you!
Debra C glad you found it useful 😄
So many great tips Sue! Not many videos out there to give people tips. Thank you!!
You are so welcome! Glad you found it helpful. :)
I really like the tutorial. I did learn a lot. I never thought to shake up the paint but I do stir it after I put it in the pallet. I am also wasting paint so I like the idea of using the cap or the wet pallet. Good stuff! Post more!
Thank you. I just tried my 1st mandala on paper. Made my tools with some craft dowels I had around ,just playing around. Tried to do the swoops and wondered what I did wrong".I wasn't expecting perfect by no means but.... this 1st video I've seen that talked of how a rounded tool was better for swirls and showed diff rounded and flat. So got new thoughts
You’ll be making perfect dot and swirls in no time! Just takes a bit of practice 🥰
@@SueSloan thank you.
Great tips, loved the video, maybe you could talk about brush care, I'm a beginner and i dont know how to care for my brushes
Great tips! I just got a set of tools that I ordered from Wish and am excited to do this dot painting thing!
Wonderful! Have fun. :)
I was just about to start a project on wood and I'm SO glad I got a notification for this video!! Thank you so so much!! Great information! I love all of your videos, thank you for sharing with us!
You are so welcome glad it was useful to you! :)
Very helpful. Thank you!
awesome video love to hear new tips and tricks!! Thanks Sue
This was so helpful! Thank you!
Great tips! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank You!!! Just wonderful!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you for sharing this!!
Thank you! ☝️😍
Wonderful tips for a beginner.
Glad you found it useful 😄
Athabaskan a heap for all the info given so freely and extensively.ive only done 1 mini piece n it was a disaster,but now I know a bit about what I should be doing!youre a champion!!
Beverley Stacey thanks glad you found it useful 😄
I just subbed, belled, thumbed up, saved to my Dot Painting playlist and will share on FB soon. Thank you~~~
Amazing array of ideas and tips. Very helpful to be sure. Thank you !! Love and Peace from Canada, Catherine
Thanks for commenting, glad you liked it 😀
Sue, your work is delightful; your graphic background is so obvious
Thanks :)
Good tips. Thanks Sue.
Glad you found them useful. :)
Thanks Sue!
I’m very new at this. You are most helpful!
Glad you found it useful 😀
Great tutorial! Absolutely great info for anyone, but especially for a beginner.
Your video was a great help for a beginner like me hope to see more by you. Thank you 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tips… thanks sharing your experience
Love your all work
Thanks 😄
Really helpful. Thankyou.
That’s neat!! So helpful! Thank you!
Very helpful. Thank you
Thank you for your insights! Very interesting and helpful. New to dotting! LOVE your designs and eye for color.
Thanks, welcome to my channel 😄
What a great idea for a video! Thanks very much for creating it, I learned a few things I'd never heard of before. Great tips.
Glad you found it useful, thanks for commenting 😀
I really enjoy watching you create. I just made my first stones using the happy dotting company molds and watched this video while doing so. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Thanks for the info, today👍👍♥️
I was surprised! thanks for these tips!
Thank you. This was very helpful!
This was very helpful! I'm a newbie and I really appreciate that you took the time to make it. I struggle with finding the center on everything!!
Everything was so helpful to this newbie!…Thank you so much for taking time and sharing your knowledge with everyone!…Love your paint racks!
Thanks 😀
Thanks for sharing Sue! I love the advice on top dots-you are such an expert on this-you could probably do a whole video on top dots alone!
Thanks so much for saying that. I'm hardly an expert I just like to share what I've learned so that folks can have fun with the hobby sooner and learn from my mistakes. :)
Great video! Thank you!! I'm new to dotting and this is a perfect introduction with great tips and technics !
Welcome to my channel Barbara, glad you found it useful. 😀
Awesome video! So so helpful. Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Sue! Love your videos. Tks forr posting
Great info... thank you!
What a fantastic video! Thank you!
Just found you😁 awesome vid!!¡ I found handy to cover my paints with piece of press n seal last many days for me😁
Wonderful video! Thank you so much.
Thanks, I am brand new at this and your video was very helpful! :)
Hi Sue. This video is just a perfect start. I certainly picked up some tips. I am starting this as I have just reached my age of maturity ( I my 60’s 🤣🤣🤣) during a pandemic. I want something to do during the winter as there will not be anymore outside visits - too cold in Canada. I felt so comfortable that when you said bye I did too lol. I look forward to seeing your other videos. Stay safe. xo from Canada.
Aww thanks Elizabeth welcome to my channel 🥰
Loved all the tips you presented. As a beginner I found them all interesting and helpful. Thanks for taking your time to make this video!
Glad you found the video useful, welcome to my channel. 😀. I do have a beginners playlist made that you may find useful. Take care and happy dotting! Sue.
I’m new too, just found you! Such a perfect video for me - thanks!! :)
Welcome to my channel 😀
Very helpful!
Thanks so much💕💕💕
I was very interested in your happy dot molds and wondered how to make them a little bit more rock like. I’ve tried Plaster of Paris but they are a little bit soft
The ultra cal 30 works great. It’s a mix of plaster of Paris and cement. Others have used cement before or quik creat however you spell it you can get right at Home Depot or a hardware store.
I just subscribed because you are an amazing artist and teacher! Thank you!
Thanks Michelle, welcome to my channel! 🥰
So happy I found your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and taking the time to make the videos. Hope you are doing ok. Thinking of you often Take care
Thanks Cindy
Enjoyed your tutorial...you explain things so well. 😃
Thanks, glad you liked it. :)
Very informative. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Complimenti, sei bravissima
Hi Sue thanks for your help found the video very helpful
I watched again. Lol 🌹🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹
Great little tips, tfs & take care 🌺🦉🎨
Never thought of this for a username, good on you. From Townsville.
Just love your painting. Great ideas. I would like to do a mandala project but not sure how to pick out colors that would work together. Thanks !
I have a color wheel on my website you may want to check out. It lists complimentary colors etc. lovetocolor.com/pages/color-theory
You could also use plastic wrap or aluminum foil over your pallets to keep them clean!
Very true or just use a paper plate and toss it after 😀
Very helpful video thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips and very helpful!!
thanks glad you found it useful :)
Thank you so much
I love your video and I also like your paint racks on the back wall where did you get them?
Ordered them on Amazon they are nail polish racks. Make sure you only get the five tier or they will be to short for your bottles.
Thank you
Excellent thank you soooo much this was very helpful 😁😁😁
Glad it was helpful!
This was really helpful! Can you show us how you MAKE rocks? I had never heard of doing that, but those molds look very interesting to me. Your videos are great- I just found you and subscribed and I'm working my way through them. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Teresa welcome to my channel! Hopefully this video will help. 😀. Happy Dotting Company Molds - Dot Mandala - 35
th-cam.com/video/rpLm_qPv6PQ/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
This was very helpful.
Thanks for commenting Jackie so happy you found it useful. 😄
The best
Hi Sue that was a fab video, I got so many useful tips from you. Can you please explain how you get the right consistency to dot please, I am very new and finding it really hard. I haven’t done a project yet all I’ve done is experiment on card. Thank you x
Hi Lyn, welcome to my channel. 😀. The best way I can describe it is you want a yogurt like consistency. If you stick your tool or brush in the paint and pull it out you want to see the paint peek up to a point and then quickly fall. If you leave it thick you will get sharp points on your dots.
Most paint (if you get DecoArt Americana) will be the perfect consistency. Other brands like Apple Barrel and Folk Art or more expensive tube paints will be to thick. You can add a bit of water to thin them out but you need to be careful not to add to much. If it’s more then a few drops you want to use a blending or pouring medium. What you use us really personal preference some are glossy some are matte etc. but with those you won’t lose the opacity of your paint like water does.
Also there maybe times where your paint is just to thin. For that you will need a gel medium to mix in to thicken it. This doesn’t happen all that often.
@@SueSloan hi Sue thank you for taking the time to reply. Once I master the dotting and hopefully the consistency I will invest in some Decoart paint. I did do a very small canvas today which I’m happy with even though there are a few mistakes and the consistency wasn’t always correct. One of the colours was perfect but I stupidly didn’t count how many drops of flow improver I used 🤦♀️🤷♀️
@@lyn8381 well unfortunately each paint color even in the same brand might require different amounts to be added.
Keep at it once you learn how it’s supposed to look it will be second nature to you. 😀
@@SueSloan thank you so much for this in depth advice much appreciated. I thought I had replied sooner but can’t see that I have. Sorry for late reply.