NOT my Usual Style of Creating Abstract Art | Inspired by Nature | Betty Franks | Abstract Painting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- Hello, friend! Thank you for stopping by! In this video, I show you how I create a piece on paper that was inspired by my visit in Croatia in March 2023. It's a little bit different than my usual style. See how the inspiration was brought into my artwork.
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Hello and welcome! I'm Betty Franks, and I create my vision of abstract fields of flowers using acrylic paints and pencils (and other mark-making tools). I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and travel a couple of times a year to Preko, Croatia (where my parents live). I started painting in 2012 and focused on abstract art in the summer of 2015. Follow all my art adventures on Instagram or Facebook (links below).
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Dear Betty, this is always a joy watching you painting, it always end up beautiful 🙏🌸✨👌🥰😘
Thank you so much, Virginie!
Might be a different style, but it is still so “you” 🥰
Thanks!
love this beautiful new direction. I hope you keep going this way. Thanks for your generous sharing.
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So glad you enjoyed the video and the artwork!
I never get tired of watching you create. Inspires me every time. ❤
Wow, thank you! I appreciate that, Chantal!
Always look forward to your videos! Love the muted colors and design in this one.
Thank you very much, Susan! It was fun to do something a little different!
Loved watching this one and how you showed the inspiration from Croatia. Beautiful piece. 😊
Thank you so much, Angie! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I know this was a while ago, but I watched it again as I love the color mix so much, Betty!
Thanks for watching!
Art God's good blessings to you and your family ❤
Awe...thank you, Glynn!
I love this style and I hope you create more like it!!! ❤
You're very sweet! If the mood strikes, I'll create more!!
@@BettyFranksArt 🥰
I absolutely love this palette & new direction. So fun to see you work through a different process than I'm used to seeing. So grateful you take the time to share with us!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your feedback!
Was thrilled to see there was another Betty video! Another beautifully completed piece - love the limited use of colour. Thank you - it's made my evening watching you paint.
Thank you so much, Deb! Glad you enjoyed it!
You’re amazing how you make each painting into a master piece. Just started painting about 6 months ago . I’m 68 and having fun. Taking your tutorial’s .
Wow, thank you
Croatia looks beautiful. I so enjoy watching you change and grow. Lovely palette.
Thank you so much!
Wow! That is beautiful. Definitely has the Betty look...I look forward to watching the video. Really nice muted colours.
Thank you so much!
@@BettyFranksArtJust watched the video. Such a lovely process, and I really love the way you mix colours. Happy for Joy that she bought this little gem! I'm curious - when you paint on paper, do you frame them, or just sell them and let the purchaser frame them?
Love this new style, Betty! So great to get re-inspired. Beautiful as always, thank you sweetie.
Thank you!
I love how you are brave enough to change it up!
Feels good to stretch a bit!
Thank you so much for sharing your pictures from Croatia that inspired this different type of painting. I really enjoyed seeing the winterish vibe with the grayish pile of sticks. as always, I love your work.
Glad you enjoyed it! It's interesting (and fascinating) how the seasons affect my artwork. Thank you for watching, Sarah!
I've been following you for years and I love how you're using more lines
Oh! Thanks for following me for years! 💗
I love your style and am learning a lot!
Fantastic! So glad you're enjoying the videos, Debbie! Happy you're here!
I love this "branching out" phase you are going through. Love this piece.
It's fun (and good) to try something different! Thanks, Patricia!
Love this with the scribbles as soft boundaries. Puts in my mind, stained glass and mosaic…beautiful!
Yes, it feels like mosaic to me, too. Thanks, Jill!
A gorgeous piece! I love how you kept the lines, turned out beautifully 😊
Thank you so much!
I love the new style, hope to see you creating more
Thanks so much, Shelly! No promises! We'll see how I feel!
Very nice color scheme with slightly muted colors and that nice harmony of a limited palette. You should do more of these!
Awe...thanks! I might get back into doing some more!
Hi Betty! I just bought your course! I am an established artist and I sell courses too! You are the first course I have bought! I am fascinated with your style and I am trying to branch into abstract. I can’t wait to dive in!
Awesome! Thanks so much for buying my online course, Julia! I hope you enjoy it!!
It’s been a while that I’ve watched one of your videos but I always come back to it and you are amazing amazing and she really is an open book y’all it’s amazing how accessible she is
Hi Rachael! Welcome back! Great to have you here!
I just found you yesterday on Insta and I love your style and teaching. Thankful for you Betty...
Thanks so much for following/subscribing! I'm so glad to be part of your art journey!
I like like the painting you just finished online, the best among the recent ones you did inspired by your trip to Croatia.
Thank you!
Love your style and colors .
Many thanks for watching!
Hi again…. This is again way fun…. Have a very Merry Christmas….🎄 🎁 love your work…. As always….
Thank you so much!! Merry Christmas to you!
Wow! It is definitely different❤
Thank you!
Lovely! Thanks so much for your generous sharing. Just purchased Betty's Bundle and can't wait until it arrives.
Awesome! Hope you enjoy them!!
Just received my second order from Nova Color today! I love them.
Awesome! Glad you love them!
I really love it! Great Betty!
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
I tried a couple Nova paint colors and just loved the creamy quality. I just bought your bundle! Can’t wait to receive them. I’ll definitely be purchasing your Field of Flowers class once they arrive! Thank you for sharing your process.
That's wonderful, Patricia! I think you're going to love the paints!
Loving the palette and the calm movement.
Many thanks, Cynthia! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Love your style of painting. So inspiring!
Thank you so much, Debra!
Wow! Awesome work
Thanks so much, Dagyom!
I love your style and freedom it communicates. This is my first time with your class but have watched videos for a while.
Awesome! Thank you, Bonnie!
I’d like to try Nova paints since the colors seem so vivid, but the shipping to Hawaii would kill me,
Enjoy watching you and feeling inspired.
I completely understand! It can be pricey. Thanks for watching my videos, Diane!
Beautiful!
Thank you so much for watching, Tricia!
Love the colors❤
Thank you!
Nova color palette 🥰
HI Brittany! Here's a link to Betty's Bundle: www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints Thanks so much for asking!
As always love it❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So glad! Thank you!!
Hi Betty , i'm Valente from Portugal, you have a warm and calm voice , i like your Art very much, keep expand colors 😊
Thank you so much 😀
This painting is different. Resembles stained glass flowers. I like it!
It sure does! I noticed that, too! Thanks, Jeanne!
Wow, you could make coloring books out of your "doodles". Had a feeling there was other stuff you could do with that talent :)
Hi Yope! Thanks for that vote of confidence about my doodling! I think I'll just stick to enjoying creating them when I need some down time! Thank you!!
Hello Betty. I'm a huge fan of your work and have watched your videos for a long time. I haven't been able to find any new releases lately. Are you still putting out videos? I miss them! Thanks for all your hard work bringing your art to so many.
Hi Brenda! I have been too busy with other projects to put together a new video. I have one that I need to edit. It's on my list and I hope to have it ready soon! Thanks for noticing! Hugs!
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Thanks for watching!
I love watching you create your paintings they always turn out so beautiful 😊👍
You're super kind, Leanne! Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Betty 😊
I love your style and colors! You make such beautiful paintings!
A couple years ago, I started watching you and experimented with painting in your style for about a year, adding a little if my personal style. (I have so many of these paintings from this time period!)
I stopped painting for awhile due to personal struggles, but started back last year using gouache in a completely different style.
I got your newsletter today and just watched your video. I am now SO eager to get my Novacolor acrylics back out and start painting colorful and vibrant and loose again!
(I have some of my gouache paintings in time-lapse on my @TheAnalyticalBtch channel)
I appreciate you so much! Thank you!
So glad to hear that you're back to creating again! Your art is beautiful! I checked out a couple of your videos. Yes....get those Nova Color paints out and have fun!
Newsletter?
@@margoharwood9431 Hi Margo! Here's the link to join my email list: www.bettyfranksart.com/email-sign-up
Thank you for asking! 💙
Thanks for popping in the flower doodle - it reminds me of zentangle.
Thanks for watching!
Oh Betty - this is fun. Love the new approach, very interesting. Great color combinations. 👍
Thanks so much!
Betty - are you familiar with neurographic art? This is like your regular work meshing with neurographic work. I really love the movement in this.
Hi Carol! Interesting! I just looked it up. I can see how my art looks like neurographic art. I had no idea it was a thing! Thank you for sharing!
Love your videos!
Thank you!
Finally a new video. Love the new style direction!
It's been a very busy year for me. Creating videos had to be put on the backburner. Hoping to get a few more out before the end of the year! Thanks for watching, Sherrie!
Challenge is good!! It is no longer abstract if the paintings all start to look a like. Love the flowers. Doodling is great!!
Thank you!
Your black and white "doodle " is perfection, it would make for a beautiful tattoo on someone. ❤
Thank you!
Nova colors thank you!
Hi Connie! Here's the link to Betty's Bundle: www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints Thank you for asking!
Very beautiful ❤ love the colors!
Thank you so much!
Nova Colors...thanks! Your work is beautiful 🤩
Thank you so much! Here's the link: www.bettyfranksart.com/resources
greetings from Croatia!!
Hello there!
That White is bright, it’s the best!!!!
Yes! Love adding white to give my paintings a light value!
Hi Betty! I absolutely love watching you paint and really enjoy your commentary explaining the what and why as you go along. It's really helpful for a new artist like me. I was wondering if you'd be interested in talking about your palette. What is it made of and how do you keep it from drying out? I use a wet palette and it sometimes turns too wet, but without it my acrylics dry out much too quickly. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Hi! I'm using 4 mil plastic (you can buy it in the paint department at your local hardware store or check out my fav art supplies: www.bettyfranksart.com/resources). The plastic is thick enough to use over and over again. I don't use a wet palette because I don't have much of an issue of the paint drying out. I tend to paint fairly quickly and only put out what I think I'll need. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you so much!@@BettyFranksArt
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Thank you!
Really like this new work. ❤
Yay, thank you!
@@BettyFranksArt Of course. You’re one of my favorite artists and people 😊
@DrJones-nh4my Awe...thanks! 🥰
Dear Betty it works fine! I checked the translations into Spanish and German and they are surprisingly accurate!!
So good to know! Thank you for sharing that with me, Silvia!
Love that little bit of mosaic thrown in. It really helps give some structure to it. And since i'm not 'crazy' about abstract it gives me a little something to latch on to in your painting.. I'm the type of person that needs a painting to 'make sense' ... I need to 'see' something in it... so i struggle with purely abstract. But i love to watch you paint and the freedom that you paint. And when your finished i can usually pick out a 'garden' in it which i know is what you go for.. Great video Betty! Thank you! Hugs! deb
Yes, it definitely had a mosaic feel to it. I liked that about it. I'm glad you're enjoying my abstract videos, Deb! Hugs right back to you!
I so enjoy watching you work and listening to the voiceover🥰......Alioban
I'm so glad! Thanks so much, Alison!
Love Love Love this painting..... I'm allways looking for your Videos...... And yes , the translater works also in German 😄👍
Awesome! Thanks so much for letting me know, Jacqueline! And, so glad you're enjoying my videos!
I love this style. Pretty Great! Yet I know it is your art, even if I didn't see you do it. :)
Thank you so much 😀
so nice ❤😍 new subscriber
Fantastic! Thanks for being a subscriber!
When you said “using cool colors” you included yellow. I always thought of yellow as a warm color. Thank you, Judy Peck
I always think of lemon as cool,
Even when I'm using cool colors, I like to add yellow. It works great with warm and cool colors. And, technically, every color can be warm or cool. But, I like to keep it simple!
Good way to remember! All colors can be warm or cool!
Love the colours! Do you gesso the bristol paper? Oh, just read your answer to other viewer.
Glad you got the answer! Thanks so much for watching!
Love ur work. Don’t know how to price my work. I work on pretty large canvases, so I’m not sure what to price them at
Hi Patricia, here's a video I created about pricing artwork: th-cam.com/video/ICF05tbzoTo/w-d-xo.html
I hope you find it helpful!
I love the look of the Nova colors. Is there a discount anywhere>
Hi Laura! Sometimes they have a sale. You'll want to join their email list to be notified. Thanks!
Is it necessary to gesso your paper? I’m a watercolor painter and just starting to explore acrylic paint. I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Nancy! It's not necessary to put down gesso before you begin. However, I like to do it because it seals the paper (less curling) and the paints glide over the surface instead of being absorbed into the paper. We all have our own preferences. Try it with and without gesso and see what you like best. Have fun creating!
i only saw english subtitles but i am a bit of a luddite. :)
😁If you're located in the US, Canada, or UK, you'll probably only see English.
Betty what is that you are using for your palette? to mix your colors.....I like the size
Hi Cynthia! I'm using a 9x12" (or maybe it'll 11x14) canvas board. I covered it with 4 mil plastic. Works great! I have several of them on hand. Link to my favorite art supplies where you can find the 4 mil plastic: www.bettyfranksart.com/resources (use the link to Amazon).
You used and mentioned a link for your favorite dryer - could not find it to save my life
Sorry about that, Shauna! I couldn't find it either. Apparently, the one I had on there is no longer available. I just added another one (same brand): www.amazon.com/shop/betty.franks.art/list/1ZS37QZW9KWHT?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d
Thanks so much for letting me know!
Thank you!
i would like a list of your art supplies
Just look to the left hand side of the screen - in addition to her Nova Color Paint you can see stabile woodies, colored pencils, maybe some water soluble crayons, charcoal, etc.
Here's a link to my favorite art supplies: www.bettyfranksart.com/resources. Thanks so much for watching!
Hallo Betty , I see that your paper does not deform despite that you did not tape it down previously. Do you treat it before you begin painting ? You had a first layer on when you started, and if I strech my paper (300gr aquarelpapier) wet and taped, stays ok as long as it stays taped. However when I take off the tapes and work on the piece further I always get bumps. Best regards Eva Janka, from the Netherlands
Hi Eva! I put down a layer of gesso before I start. I rarely have issues. That's mostly because I live in a climate where there is not a lot of moisture in the air. If I do experience some warping, I put the paper art under heavy books overnight. That usually takes care of the issue. Thanks so much for watching!
Please send info on the nova Betty bundle
Hi Marjorie! Here's the link: www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints Thank you for asking!
Can you send the link to your Betty's Bundle? Thanks!
You can find my favorite art supplies here: www.bettyfranksart.com/my-favorite-art-supplies
Thanks for asking!
What size brushes do you use on large paintings😊
For my larger paintings, I tend to use 12 or 14 plus a couple of smaller ones, like a rigger.
What should I use for mark making?
Here's a video I created showing all the mark-making tools I like to use and how they react to water. th-cam.com/video/Rje8eUbHZ90/w-d-xo.html
Here's the link to my favorite art supplies: www.bettyfranksart.com/my-favorite-art-supplies I hope you find it helpful!🩷
I’m looking for Betty’s favourite tools
Here you go: www.bettyfranksart.com/my-favorite-art-supplies Thank you!
Hi. I eally appreciate your videos. I do have a question. How would I use a stencil to put a bunch of PERFECT black dots on an abstract piece without it running when you lift the stencil? I think a fluid acrylic would run....what do you think? If it wasn't circles I was trying to do, I assume painters tape might allow for a clean edge? But I'm really strumped with making perfect small circles. Thanks in advance.
Hi Melissa! If I were to use stencils, I would probably use a stencil brush (don't overload it with pain) or spray paint. I hope that helps!
@@BettyFranksArt I never heard of a stencil brush! It always seems that no matter what, whenever you lift the stencil it has leaked into the background?
@@BettyFranksArt and thank you so much!
The stencil brush has short bristles and you use very little paint with it. I bet there are some videos on TH-cam!
Betty, how do you keep your paper flat. It doesn't seem to curl.
Hi Judy! I think it has to do with the amount of humidity in the air. I don't have very much, so it doesn't effect my paper. Sometimes, it will curl a bit. I just curl it the opposite way to flatten it out. Or I put heavy books over the artwork overnight. You can also add a layer to gesso or matte medium to the back side. I hope that helps!
Good morning. I'm Sonju from Columbia SC . I am know retired 😊 I am so ready to get back into my art I would like to know about NOVA paint hope to hear from you soon thank you
Hi Sonju! Congratulations on retirement! Yay! Here's a link to my favorite Nova Color Paints (and Betty's Bundle): www.bettyfranksart.com/favorite-nova-color-paints
Thanks for asking! Have fun creating!
Nova color information please
Here's the link to my favorite Nova Color Paints: www.bettyfranksart.com/resources
Thank you for asking! 💙
Milá Betty tvoje nové obrázky dokumentujú schopnosti dosiahnuté tvrdou prácou. Kopíruje niekto toto video
Len hlas máš čudný. Susy. 😊
Thanks, Susy! I'm not sure why you think I have a strange voice in this video. It's me talking. (Unless Google Translate is not translating what you said correctly!)