May I just say, you are hands down the best teacher! I am taking your Field of Flowers course and it is so inspiring,informative and relaxing. Too many teachers rush through the process and forget we don’t paint as fast as them. You really pay attention to details! I can’t recommend your classes enough! ❤❤❤❤
Betty I have followed you for absolute ages and you inspired me to pour myself into small art! I posted them on my Instagram. Thank you for your videos!
Thank you Betty for the generosity of your time and expertise. I love to watch your videos. Your use of color is wonderful and I appreciate seeing your process. I use King Art pencils and I really like them. They’re nice and creamy, great for smudging and blending.
At 8min 30 seconds into your video I learned a trick that I can not wait to try myself! I need to pick up a second hand hair drier too! Merci from B.C. Canada.
Thanks for videos, so fun to watch. I started painting a year ago and very creative, making cars, sewing. Loved to draw earlier but not done it for years. I like using the stabilo woodies, wooden chopsticks and for dots I use wine corks some times😍🇳🇴
I am so grateful that I found you on Instagram. I am a textile artist who has only been painting for two years. I love your work, and I so appreciate your commentary. I can’t believe how much I am learning just from watching you create a piece I enjoy. Thank you for sharing these gifts with the public.
Thank you so much for sharing your process, techniques and tools that you use to create your amazing paintings. As someone new to abstract painting, it is very helpful and I really appreciate your generous spirit in sharing with other artists. Many blessings to you!
Can I just say thank you so much for all of your videos. Your art is so inspiring and YOU are so inspiring! I am learning so much from listening to you and watching your process. I have been playing with some of your techniques and finding ways to incorporate them into my style, which is still developing. You have taught me to be more wild and free and I can feel my art getting stronger because of it. Thank you. 💙
Oh wow, I'm always inspired when I watch one of our videos - all the organic mark making and mixing of your custom colours. Thank you for sharing your process!
I am a graphic designer and work on the computer mostly. Watching your videos carries me away from this "structured" world. Just watching you work gives me so much fun and stress relieve. When I paint, I do realistic stuff, but hopefully one day I will have this peace of mind to "let go" a bit and "go wild". Your colorful and cheerful videos are very inspiring to me. Thank you for this.
I'm so happy that I can offer you some stress relieve. I think one of the reasons I love to get paint on my hands (as opposed to creating on a computer) is because working on a computer reminds me of all the jobs I've had in my life. It feels good to walk away and do something else. Thanks so much for watching!
@@BettyFranksArt I used to be an old-fashioned sign painter before switching to graphic design. REALLY old-fashioned, no computers, plenty of paint and screen printing, and....gold leaf work. It was a great job because every day we did something different and we changed our "office" daily. We even painted once the Olympic rings onto the ice rink in Innsbruck, Austria. So, nothing is nicer than getting paint onto our hands. I am getting there thanks to your inspiration.... :)
This is so helpful Betty I’m telling you you have always inspired me and keep me going whenever I come over to your videos they are always so uplifting and insightful and helpful. God bless you and thank you.❤️🤗
You have me interested in trying out a wooden panel. If we ever get out of lockdowns and shops start to reopen and restock I will make a painting. Thanks for the inspiration. Oh, before I forget I live the blues you use- gorgeous. Thank you Betty, bless you
I'm sorry to hear about your lockdown, Patricia. I hope that it's over soon for you. Thank you so much for watching and I'm happy to hear that it has inspired you to try working on wood panel. Stay well!
The pandemic introduced me to your art videos and inspired me to start my art making once again. Thank you for all the inspiration you share. I’m an avid user of Nova Color now because of you. What a great company they are! I really enjoy your tutorials and explanations of your process. My art is totally different but I appreciate the way you are helping my to find my voice. ❤️💋
I love your work and congratulations on the effort you put into your little business and I hope that we will manage to spend one of your wonderful workshops or tutorials on your video paintings as I am very impressed by them 😀😊😄👍☺
I absolutely love to watch you create art. Inspires me to do art and I just did. For mark making I use cretaclor crayons, they aren't inexpensive, but they are beautiful. And now I use a script brush -- a lot. Thank you.
Great video Betty! I don't make art anything like yours, but I like listening to you talk about your process. I'm currently loving using Neocolor 1 crayons at the end of my painting process and also prisma colored pencils.
WOW! Betty that light ice blue color worked in that corner as I watched you fill that corner that color just popped . Good color for that area. I also liked your explaining of use of wood canvas . I haven't used wood before . I need to try that out as well . As it's different surfaces areas . Good to know and feeling the surface s to see top and bottom to make the wood hang properly when it's dry . Good observation on that good point tip as well. . As you used markings beginning during as you were in progress with it that's a technique I caught as well interesting. Layering effects to your artwork.
Thanks. Like very much your brush strokes and mark making. Than how you mix and combine colours... Your style is ful recognisable. Congrats for your explanation of your painting process!
@@BettyFranksArt they are these intensely pigmented water soluble blocks from Art Graf. Only a few colors available but they are divine to make marks with that create deep shadows in whatever you use over them.
I find it really hard to just sit and watch a video, so I watched this one while hemming my new pants by hand. So now I not only have pants that no longer sweep my not very clean floor, but also some color combinations in my mind that I really like (I have them in a little document as well, in case I forget). I really like the orange yellow next to the yellow green, and also the pink on red - is it vermillion? next to yellow green. I think I need a new yellow and/or orange because I am sure I can't create that lovely orange yellow with what I have. I am not buying your favorite brand because I live in Europe and right now I prefer to buy paints that do not need to cross an ocean to reach me, so I'll have to do some searching.
Thanks for sharing you're video paintings there are very interesting and you're comments are teaching a few ways that is useful 👍 I'm using SILKY CRAYONS FROM COLORIX, it's water soluble, it can be used as ,CRAYON PASTEL WATER COLOUR, THAT'S MY FAVOURITE ONE 👌😀
Betty this is so beautiful! I'd like to know more about those "Woody" mark making pencils you have been using on it. Can you please tell me what they're called? Thanks!
Hi Betty, love love this one. You asked if there were any mark making tools or mediums we could recommend and when I started I did not have the stabilo pencils or any of the ones on your list, but I did have Kingart Artist Mixed Media Gel Sticks which can be used wet or dry. They are beautiful highly pigmented fat gel markers and I personally love them. If you haven't already maybe you can give them a try.
Thank you Betty for sharing you painting techniques with us. I was wondering if you spray your finished piece with a fixative before varnishing? If not, would the marks smudge or resist when you varnish? Thanks again!
Hi Shirley! Yes, I like using a fixative or spray varnish. Here's a video I created on how I varnish my art on paper. I use the same process for wood or canvas: th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html
Glad you enjoyed the video, Sheila! On the back side, I simply add the title and my signature/year and wire them up. I don't paint the back or anything like that. Sometimes there's a little bit of paint that gets back there. I leave it because to me it looks more original than if I clean it up and make it look store bought perfect. Also, no one sees the back side once it's hung up or placed on a shelf.
Thank you! Here's a video I created that shows you how I varnish my art on paper. I use this same process for canvas and wood art. th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html I hope you find it helpful!
Hi Jann, here's a video I created on how I varnish my art on paper. I use the same process for wood/canvas. Also, lately I've been using a fixatif spray instead of a spray varnish I show in the video. Either one works. th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, this was fun and informative. I am new to painting and have mostly worked in watercolor. I would like to use acrylic but am concerned about the mess. I am just using a corner of my home office to paint. It looks as if you used some plastic sheeting to cover your work surface and as your palatte? If so, could you tell us what you use? Thanks again.
Hi Lee, I like to use 4 mil plastic that you can buy at your local hardware store (paint department) or you can buy it online. Just google 4 mil plastic. Thanks for watching!
Betty, in a recent video of a large 60x48 painting, you were mixing in plastic? Styrofoam? Bowls. Do you keep your cool and warm colors separated in your bowls? Do you at least initially use separate brushes for your cool and warm colors? I am struggling with mud. Do you use much water or medium? I wonder if my paints are put on too heavy. Because I’m getting mud 😮. Question three … are all your layers pretty thin paint??? ❤❤Thx! Ann
Hi Ann! When I'm working large, I tend to run out of space on my palette (table) because I mix in larger pods of color. I like to use yogurt containers or anything like that to mix colors when I run out of room or if I have all cool color on my palette, I'll start to mix warm colors in containers. That helps keep my color vibrant. If I don't want mud, I don't cross my warm and cool colors. I'll keep separate brushes handy. I hope that info helps!
Hi Libby! I like using a fixative or spray varnish. Here's a video I created on how I varnish my art on paper. I use the same process for wood and canvas: th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html
so very inspiring--thanks so so much! I am a beginner, and am wondering...do you schedule 'painting time' every day; or paint 'when the spirit moves'? (from Toronto, Canada)
Hello to you in my hometown or Toronto! I don't schedule time. I paint when I'm feeling up to it. I don't like to force it. If I show up in my studio and I'm not in the mood to paint, I find other things to do (clean up, scroll through IG, etc.) until the mood strikes me. It usually doesn't take long! I create about 3 or 4 times a week.
I LOVE Nova paints! Try out their small 4 oz size to see what you think. Here's a link to the colors I use most: www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints
Hi Betty… so I am working hard at cutting down my use of paper towels- the rag that you’re using in this video… is this something that can be washed and reused by chance? Thanks so much!!
Great idea and good question! I don't wash these rags, but I sure do use them until there isn't any more room for paint to be absorbed. I don't believe machine washing will remove the paint, so when it comes out of the washer/dryer, you'll still left with areas that won't absorb paint. Thanks so much for watching and asking!
Hi Natasha! It's a heating tool. Here's a link to my Amazon store: www.amazon.com/shop/betty.franks.art/list/1ZS37QZW9KWHT?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Hi Penny! It's a Stabilo Woody. Here's a video I created that you may find helpful: th-cam.com/video/Rje8eUbHZ90/w-d-xo.html And, here's the link to my favorite art supplies: www.bettyfranksart.com/my-favorite-art-supplies 🩷
You are not only talented but you have a very generous soul to share your work so openly. Thanks!
Wow, thank you, Martha! You're very kind!
May I just say, you are hands down the best teacher! I am taking your Field of Flowers course and it is so inspiring,informative and relaxing. Too many teachers rush through the process and forget we don’t paint as fast as them. You really pay attention to details! I can’t recommend your classes enough! ❤❤❤❤
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for sharing your process Betty. You are always so generous. You’ve taught me so much!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching my videos!
Absolutely love your looseness💖💖💖
Thanks so much, Deb! Staying loose is something that I have to work at!
I love love love your painting 💗. Thank you, Betty. No word can expless my happiness when I saw this video.
Hi Lixia! So happy you enjoyed this video! I loved creating this one!
Right? It makes me so happy every time, too! 💖
Bellissimo... brava.. grazie x la visione... ❤🎉😅
Thank you!
Beautiful Betty!🙏👌✨😘
Thanks so much, Virginie!
Betty I have followed you for absolute ages and you inspired me to pour myself into small art! I posted them on my Instagram. Thank you for your videos!
There's something special about small art. I love creating them! Thanks so much for sharing that with me, Marci!
I'd love to see your art Marci. What's you handle on Instagram?
@@patriotchick77, thank you Deb, it's marcijlo ♥️🌹♥️
Just. Watching you is how I’m learning ur style. I love ur work
Happy to hear that! Thank you!
Thank you Betty for the generosity of your time and expertise. I love to watch your videos. Your use of color is wonderful and I appreciate seeing your process. I use King Art pencils and I really like them. They’re nice and creamy, great for smudging and blending.
Oooo....love a pencil that smudges and blends. Will need to check them out! Thank you for watching and sharing, Nancy!
I love this piece! Lucky Mary.
Thanks so much, Mary Anne!
At 8min 30 seconds into your video I learned a trick that I can not wait to try myself! I need to pick up a second hand hair drier too! Merci from B.C. Canada.
Yay! And, a hair dryer comes in very handy! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
❤❤❤ thank you for sharing this tutorial ❤❤❤
You are so welcome!
Love those 20 yr old hands Betty ! Your Work is beautiful as usual
Hahaha...thank you, Laura! You're very sweet (says my 58 year old hands!)!!
@@BettyFranksArt I know what 20 looks like kinda remember lol I’m 69
I love your vids, I am painting again because of you. I cant find your vid that explains harmonizing colors. Thanks so much for your time
Yes I'm looking for that too
I think it's this one that you're looking for: th-cam.com/video/yq7n9W97h48/w-d-xo.html
I think it's this one that you're looking for: th-cam.com/video/yq7n9W97h48/w-d-xo.html
I love this. Keen to try to replicate in my way.
Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching, Kerry!
I love that there is so much to explore in your pieces!
I love that about them, too! Thank you, Anne!
Love your suggestion of converting colour to black and white!
Yay! Glad that was helpful!
Love the color and texture 🥰👍
Thank you so much, Mideth!
your freedom and movement is astounding! I fight with being too tight and structured. Love seeing your style.
Thanks so much! Lots of practice to get loose and free!
Thanks for videos, so fun to watch. I started painting a year ago and very creative, making cars, sewing. Loved to draw earlier but not done it for years. I like using the stabilo woodies, wooden chopsticks and for dots I use wine corks some times😍🇳🇴
That is awesome! I love the idea of using wine corks to make marks. Thanks so much for watching this video, Helena!
YES!!!
Thanks, Gloria!
I love watching your process. What a beautiful evolution!
Thank you so much, Janina! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Another winner..
❤ Gabby M
You're sweet! Thanks, Gabby!
Love it Betty 💕
Thank you kindly!
Amazing!! Love to watch your process painting!
Thank you so much, Fernanda! I appreciate your kindness!
I am so grateful that I found you on Instagram. I am a textile artist who has only been painting for two years. I love your work, and I so appreciate your commentary. I can’t believe how much I am learning just from watching you create a piece I enjoy. Thank you for sharing these gifts with the public.
You are so welcome, JoDi! I really appreciate your kindness! I'm so happy you found my art!
I love every painting you've ever done and look forward to new ones
You are so kind, Dorinda! Thank you so much!!
You're so right about that pink...so pretty. I see why you bought the quart size! It really does look like a field of flowers!
Thank you so much, Marion! Yes, that pink is yummy!
Thank you so much for sharing your process, techniques and tools that you use to create your amazing paintings. As someone new to abstract painting, it is very helpful and I really appreciate your generous spirit in sharing with other artists. Many blessings to you!
You are so welcome, Monique! I'm so happy you found my channel!
I love your abstracts so much! They are joyful and just gorgeous. Thank you for sharing how you do them.
So glad you enjoyed the video, Margaret! Thank you for watching!
Beautiful, love to watch your videos on the process! I love the neocolor2 and acrylic markers. 💕
Love acrylic markers, too, but rarely use them. I think I need to try them again. Thank you for sharing that, Riky!
Can I just say thank you so much for all of your videos. Your art is so inspiring and YOU are so inspiring! I am learning so much from listening to you and watching your process. I have been playing with some of your techniques and finding ways to incorporate them into my style, which is still developing. You have taught me to be more wild and free and I can feel my art getting stronger because of it. Thank you. 💙
Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Shanna! I'm so happy that you're seeing changes in your artwork! So cool!
I started painting transition. Thanks for coming back. I missed you during your transition to you new beautiful studio.
Thanks, Raye! Actually, I still continued to post videos every two weeks during my move.
Oh wow, I'm always inspired when I watch one of our videos - all the organic mark making and mixing of your custom colours. Thank you for sharing your process!
You are so welcome! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
I am a graphic designer and work on the computer mostly. Watching your videos carries me away from this "structured" world. Just watching you work gives me so much fun and stress relieve. When I paint, I do realistic stuff, but hopefully one day I will have this peace of mind to "let go" a bit and "go wild". Your colorful and cheerful videos are very inspiring to me. Thank you for this.
I'm so happy that I can offer you some stress relieve. I think one of the reasons I love to get paint on my hands (as opposed to creating on a computer) is because working on a computer reminds me of all the jobs I've had in my life. It feels good to walk away and do something else. Thanks so much for watching!
@@BettyFranksArt I used to be an old-fashioned sign painter before switching to graphic design. REALLY old-fashioned, no computers, plenty of paint and screen printing, and....gold leaf work. It was a great job because every day we did something different and we changed our "office" daily. We even painted once the Olympic rings onto the ice rink in Innsbruck, Austria.
So, nothing is nicer than getting paint onto our hands. I am getting there thanks to your inspiration.... :)
on a huge canvas I absolutely love using a long pool noodle dipped in fluid ink sumie ink or runny paint
Oh! What a cool idea!!
This is so helpful Betty I’m telling you you have always inspired me and keep me going whenever I come over to your videos they are always so uplifting and insightful and helpful. God bless you and thank you.❤️🤗
I'm so glad, Debra! Thank you for sharing that with me!
You have me interested in trying out a wooden panel. If we ever get out of lockdowns and shops start to reopen and restock I will make a painting. Thanks for the inspiration. Oh, before I forget I live the blues you use- gorgeous. Thank you Betty, bless you
I'm sorry to hear about your lockdown, Patricia. I hope that it's over soon for you. Thank you so much for watching and I'm happy to hear that it has inspired you to try working on wood panel. Stay well!
Beautiful! I love how you teach!
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful!
Thank you so much, Diane!
white and sometimes black signo pens are a fave of mine. especially when they are knocked back while still drying. thanks for your videos betty!
Those are great! I used to use similar pens early on when I was creating mixed media pieces. Thanks so much for sharing, Jayne!
Thank you so much for sharing your gifts. I am new to abstract art and love watching you create. Beautiful!!
Welcome to my art adventures, Lisa! So glad you found me here on TH-cam!
I found dipping woody or watercolor pencils in water first, then scribbling, makes fun marks! This is a beautiful painting you've created
Yes! That's also a fun way to apply it. Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth!
Love watching you paint!
I'm so glad! Thanks so much, Dr. Daphne!
How beautiful this piece is! Thank you for sharing the process
You are so welcome! Glad you liked it!
❤ this one
Thank you!
Love watching your creativity!
Thank you so much, Barbara! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you for sharing your amazing paintings so inspirational
Glad you like them! Many thanks!
It’s beautiful 🥰
Thank you!
Yes I have used a rigger mainly in water colour it’s my special brushes so reluctant to use with acrylic paints .
Totally understand! You can purchase a less expensive rigger for your acrylics. Thanks so much for watching, Sheila!
Love this !😍💞Thanks so much for sharing!
You're very welcome, Joyce! Thank you so much for watching!
Love your art, you have inspired me start painting again.
Wonderful! I love hearing that! Have fun!
Its beautiful
Thanks so much!
This canvas is very good,
Many thanks, Samia!
The pandemic introduced me to your art videos and inspired me to start my art making once again. Thank you for all the inspiration you share. I’m an avid user of Nova Color now because of you. What a great company they are! I really enjoy your tutorials and explanations of your process. My art is totally different but I appreciate the way you are helping my to find my voice. ❤️💋
Wonderful, Jacquelyn! I'm so happy that you're enjoying my videos and Nova Color Paints! Thank you for your kind comments!
Lovely art like always. Love to watch you create, truly an inspiration
Many thanks, Femarie!
Great video. Thanks for sharing your process
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching, Mary!
I love your work and congratulations on the effort you put into your little business and I hope that we will manage to spend one of your wonderful workshops or tutorials on your video paintings as I am very impressed by them 😀😊😄👍☺
Thank you so much, Sharon!
I absolutely love to watch you create art. Inspires me to do art and I just did. For mark making I use cretaclor crayons, they aren't inexpensive, but they are beautiful. And now I use a script brush -- a lot. Thank you.
That is awesome, Annee! There are so many choices out there for mark making. Glad you found something that you like...and the script brush!
Great video Betty! I don't make art anything like yours, but I like listening to you talk about your process. I'm currently loving using Neocolor 1 crayons at the end of my painting process and also prisma colored pencils.
Aren't those wonderful? I love them both and use them all the time. Thanks so much for watching and sharing, Regina!
Another great video. I like watching your process. I like stabile. Crayon d’arche and sometimes spjust a thin line from ballpoint pen.
Great tip about the ball point pen! Thanks, Cami!
Love the colors and textures
So glad! Thanks for watching!
Absolutely stunning ❤️
Thank you so much, Sammi!
Love this video. I have found some fun pencils and paints to mark make with Stabile CarbOthello they are chalk pastel pencils. I love them.
Thanks for sharing! Sounds wonderful!
WOW! Betty that light ice blue color worked in that corner as I watched you fill that corner that color just popped . Good color for that area. I also liked your explaining of use of wood canvas . I haven't used wood before . I need to try that out as well . As it's different surfaces areas . Good to know and feeling the surface s to see top and bottom to make the wood hang properly when it's dry . Good observation on that good point tip as well. . As you used markings beginning during as you were in progress with it that's a technique I caught as well interesting. Layering effects to your artwork.
Sounds like you picked up lots of good tips during this video, Susan! Thank you so much for watching and sharing that with me!
Thanks. Like very much your brush strokes and mark making. Than how you mix and combine colours... Your style is ful recognisable. Congrats for your explanation of your painting process!
Thank you so much, Nada! I'm so happy you enjoyed this video!
Really lovely beautiful 😍
Thank you, Mary! You're very kind!
I love using inktense blocks and Art graf tailors squares
Cool! Love the inktense products. I haven't heard of Art graf tailors squares. I'll have to google that. Thanks so much for sharing, Kathy!
@@BettyFranksArt they are these intensely pigmented water soluble blocks from Art Graf. Only a few colors available but they are divine to make marks with that create deep shadows in whatever you use over them.
@@kathystewart2642 Thanks, Kathy!
Beautiful 😍
Thank you, Sylvia! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
I just love it!
So glad! Thanks so much for watching, Sally!
Vos toiles sont magnifiques ❤❤❤
Thanks so much, Martine!
I find it really hard to just sit and watch a video, so I watched this one while hemming my new pants by hand. So now I not only have pants that no longer sweep my not very clean floor, but also some color combinations in my mind that I really like (I have them in a little document as well, in case I forget). I really like the orange yellow next to the yellow green, and also the pink on red - is it vermillion? next to yellow green. I think I need a new yellow and/or orange because I am sure I can't create that lovely orange yellow with what I have. I am not buying your favorite brand because I live in Europe and right now I prefer to buy paints that do not need to cross an ocean to reach me, so I'll have to do some searching.
Marjolein, I love that you're a multi-tasker like me! Glad you got the pants hemmed...and got some color ideas! Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for sharing you're video paintings there are very interesting and you're comments are teaching a few ways that is useful 👍
I'm using SILKY CRAYONS FROM COLORIX, it's water soluble, it can be used as ,CRAYON PASTEL WATER COLOUR, THAT'S MY FAVOURITE ONE 👌😀
Those sound like great mark making tools!
Excellent !!!
Many thanks, Ilias!
Omg Betty, this has GOT to be one of my favorite (100) of your paintings, haha. Thank you for sharing with us! 💖
Hahaha....your favorite list is growing, Ulrike! Thank you!!
Betty this is so beautiful! I'd like to know more about those "Woody" mark making pencils you have been using on it. Can you please tell me what they're called? Thanks!
Stabilo Woody :)
Hi Kim! They're Stabilo Woodys and they're chunky and creamy. Here's a link to get to my favorite art supplies: www.bettyfranksart.com/resources
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I love this! Do you have to use a fixative on these before you varnish? Thanks for sharing all your creativity and knowledge!
I sure do! Here's a video on how I varnish my artwork: th-cam.com/video/bVACgRad2Qk/w-d-xo.html
Love your video d have not used a rigger but plan to
The rigger is one of my favorites and I use it in all my paintings--whether large or small!
Hi Betty, love love this one. You asked if there were any mark making tools or mediums we could recommend and when I started I did not have the stabilo pencils or any of the ones on your list, but I did have Kingart Artist Mixed Media Gel Sticks which can be used wet or dry. They are beautiful highly pigmented fat gel markers and I personally love them. If you haven't already maybe you can give them a try.
Thank you for sharing that, Phae! I haven't heard of those, so I'll have to check them out!
@@BettyFranksArt De nada! No I don't speak Spanish, just wish I did. lol :) But I hope you try and like them. Let me know.
Thank you Betty for sharing you painting techniques with us. I was wondering if you spray your finished piece with a fixative before varnishing? If not, would the marks smudge or resist when you varnish? Thanks again!
Hi Shirley! Yes, I like using a fixative or spray varnish. Here's a video I created on how I varnish my art on paper. I use the same process for wood or canvas: th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html
I enjoy you videos so much! Thank you for sharing. How do you finish the backs of the cradle boards to sell?
Glad you enjoyed the video, Sheila! On the back side, I simply add the title and my signature/year and wire them up. I don't paint the back or anything like that. Sometimes there's a little bit of paint that gets back there. I leave it because to me it looks more original than if I clean it up and make it look store bought perfect. Also, no one sees the back side once it's hung up or placed on a shelf.
@@BettyFranksArt thank you!
What fun you have! How do you finish your work so that the pencil marks (some of them are water soluble) don't bleed with the varnish?
Thank you! Here's a video I created that shows you how I varnish my art on paper. I use this same process for canvas and wood art. th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html I hope you find it helpful!
Do you ever use stencils as John Beckley
I used to use stencils when I was creating mixed media art. I don't use them in my artwork now.
Hi Betty, could you tell us how you seal your work? Especially when you have ink tense pencils and Woody's...
Thank you 🌷
Hi Jann, here's a video I created on how I varnish my art on paper. I use the same process for wood/canvas. Also, lately I've been using a fixatif spray instead of a spray varnish I show in the video. Either one works. th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html
@@BettyFranksArt thank you! 🌻
Thank you, this was fun and informative. I am new to painting and have mostly worked in watercolor. I would like to use acrylic but am concerned about the mess. I am just using a corner of my home office to paint. It looks as if you used some plastic sheeting to cover your work surface and as your palatte? If so, could you tell us what you use? Thanks again.
Hi Lee, I like to use 4 mil plastic that you can buy at your local hardware store (paint department) or you can buy it online. Just google 4 mil plastic. Thanks for watching!
Betty, in a recent video of a large 60x48 painting, you were mixing in plastic? Styrofoam? Bowls. Do you keep your cool and warm colors separated in your bowls? Do you at least initially use separate brushes for your cool and warm colors? I am struggling with mud. Do you use much water or medium? I wonder if my paints are put on too heavy. Because I’m getting mud 😮. Question three … are all your layers pretty thin paint??? ❤❤Thx! Ann
Hi Ann! When I'm working large, I tend to run out of space on my palette (table) because I mix in larger pods of color. I like to use yogurt containers or anything like that to mix colors when I run out of room or if I have all cool color on my palette, I'll start to mix warm colors in containers. That helps keep my color vibrant. If I don't want mud, I don't cross my warm and cool colors. I'll keep separate brushes handy. I hope that info helps!
Loving this. How do you or do you seal your smaller paintings on wood or paper?
Hi Libby! I like using a fixative or spray varnish. Here's a video I created on how I varnish my art on paper. I use the same process for wood and canvas: th-cam.com/video/KBg4GjajaPg/w-d-xo.html
I am trying to make similar to yours . Takes time and patience, right? My first cradle board came out ok.
Yes, definitely takes practice! I've been creating in this style since 2018. I've been having so much fun with it!
Betty,
Does Nova still offer your color collection for purchase on their site?
Yes! You can get there through this link: www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints Thanks so much for asking!
so very inspiring--thanks so so much! I am a beginner, and am wondering...do you schedule 'painting time' every day; or paint 'when the spirit moves'? (from Toronto, Canada)
Hello to you in my hometown or Toronto! I don't schedule time. I paint when I'm feeling up to it. I don't like to force it. If I show up in my studio and I'm not in the mood to paint, I find other things to do (clean up, scroll through IG, etc.) until the mood strikes me. It usually doesn't take long! I create about 3 or 4 times a week.
Great video! Beautiful painting. Do you ever tone your canvas before you start painting?
Thank you! No, never tone it (didn't even know that was the term!). I always start with mark making. Thank you for watching!
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Thank you so much!
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Thank you, Raye!
How do you like the NOVA colors ? im thinking of trying them, i have been bounching around different paint brands. Love your work Betty.
I LOVE Nova paints! Try out their small 4 oz size to see what you think. Here's a link to the colors I use most: www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints
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I appreciate you watching this video!
Hi Betty… so I am working hard at cutting down my use of paper towels- the rag that you’re using in this video… is this something that can be washed and reused by chance? Thanks so much!!
Great idea and good question! I don't wash these rags, but I sure do use them until there isn't any more room for paint to be absorbed. I don't believe machine washing will remove the paint, so when it comes out of the washer/dryer, you'll still left with areas that won't absorb paint. Thanks so much for watching and asking!
Hi Betty - is this a hairdryer?
Hi Natasha! It's a heating tool. Here's a link to my Amazon store: www.amazon.com/shop/betty.franks.art/list/1ZS37QZW9KWHT?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
What is a stipple woody? I hope I heard that right. It looks like a fat pencil, is it water soluble?
Hi Penny! It's a Stabilo Woody. Here's a video I created that you may find helpful: th-cam.com/video/Rje8eUbHZ90/w-d-xo.html
And, here's the link to my favorite art supplies: www.bettyfranksart.com/my-favorite-art-supplies 🩷
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Many thanks for watching to the end!
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