Etsy! - Watercolour Piece - Craziness

[Cherryznpearz]

Just to ask what type of paper do you use? I have 200lb but it looks too bumpy - although this may just be from what I can see on camera?

[KathrineFarmer]

Love Gypsy Kings...  and your art!

[mliefje]

LOVE your work!

[AngeliDellArte]

love love love it! i adore the way you shade your art....there's so much to learn. TFS!

[willowing]

thanks so much!! :-) xxx

[cdxerica]

Darn YouTube for disabling the audio of this video.

[kogoeruyoru]

You are so talented. :)

[willowing]

thank you!

[MzHellfyre]

it says the audio has been disabled. :(

[willowing]

i know.. :(

[applepie1991]

but squirrels r cool!

[applepie1991]

you sound like a squirrel

[willowing]

no no, you misheard; it's chipmunk! ;)

[lebeaufeu]

Oh man. That painting was amazing. I am speechless.

[willowing]

aw. thank you so much!! :D xxx

[RLTromble]

Just discovered Etsy a few days ago and opened an account, but haven't done anything with it yet. Cool place and I like your shop too.

[willowing]

oh yes, it's a great place! send me your link, i'd love to take a look! xx

[hollyploppy]

wow! VERY NICE INDEED! i like to draw and stuff too but i can never think of WHAT to draw :S anyway I was wandering what sort of tools and materials did you use? especially that thing you used to make pencil and pastils to look like paint was it just watercolour pastils and pencils and it was just a paint brush and water?

[willowing]

thanks!! :) (your username make me giggle!! In a good way!). i use watercolour pencils (staedler) and watersoluble crayons (caran d'ache). :)) x

[wiredreamz]

Your awesomeness and beautiful spirit are such motivation. Thank you for the wonderfulness that is you and for sharing it with us. XXX

PS: Your art is amazing and inspiring as well, thank you for the inspiration you give me to create and to live with fun and passion.

[beccaboo821]

That's crazy, I didn't know you were dutch! I used to live in Holland!!

I heb een vraag!!!! How do you get prints of your art work?

I am a fellow artist but have no idea how to go about getting prints, do you have any advice?

Thank you, Love your art and your videos!!

[willowing]

ja ja, ik ben nederlands originally. haven't lived there in oh 14 years or so though! :D

you can either go to professional printing places to get prints, or buy a fairly good photo printer (epson) and do them yourself at home. the printers aren't too expensive. the cartridges, sadly, are. but it's all affordable. :)

good luck with your work! :)

[sirensidyll]

I usually watch your videos as they come out but today,with some time on my hands, I choose to go over them one by one.

I think the reason I like your videos so much is the philosophy behind their creation. Your thoughts make your art layered, accessible and beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Hope you're going to do a new one soon!

[willowing]

thanks so much for your thoughtful feedback and for taking the time to watch the vids. :) i'm currently working on one, which should hopefully up and running by tomorrow! :D tam xo

[creativeboho]

this is a lovely video....and i love the gypsy kings....they are my people!

Lovely mixed media piece willowing.

love, violette

[willowing]

thanks violette! :-) i love the gypsky kings too! xo

[EvelineUK]

Yay for Dutchies in the UK! Love the pantoffels!

[willowing]

hee hee. indeed, yay for dutchies in the uk. my partner keeps saying pantoffels now. i think it's may fav word now. :)) xo thanks!

[danamarieart]

Beautiful work, Tam! I watched a different vid of yours and I thought your work looked familiar...I've seen it at Etsy! :) I simply love our girl and giraffe piece!

Happy Creating!

~ Dana Marie

[willowing]

Thank You so much Dana Marie. I like that piece a lot too! :-) The original was sold but let me know if you want to buy a print! :-) xo tam

[bintmalak]

i saw you blot the colors with a piece of cloth.. are u using acrylic? is the cloth dry? I tried to do the same, but was not happy with the result. Best regards

[willowing]

uhm, not sure which bit you are referring to. i usually use a tissue to remove excess water or smudging that i don't want! in this particular piece i use both acrylics and watercolour pencils + pens. :-) sorry if that doesn't help. if you let me know where exactly you saw 'blotting' (ie min/sec of the vid) i'll take a look and describe what i was doing there. :-)

[bintmalak]

hi. both you and your work are lovely. thank you for sharing this with us.

[willowing]

thank you very much for watching bintmalak. :-) xo

[1JustBreathe]

I love your paintings and the videos are wonderful.

PS.

You have beeeeeeautiful skin

[willowing]

thanks very much justbreathe! :))) i appreciate your feedback! 8)

[babisugar]

thanks for sharing I love the video, the sound track is very nice too.

[willowing]

thanks for watching babisugar! xo

[beachbratboutique]

Great new video Tam. I love your artwork. It's so very pretty. I'll have to check out your Etsy shop Asap! Good luck with it, I hope it works out for you! - Gia

[willowing]

thanks so much Gia! i appreciate the feedback, hope you liked my shoppppppp. ;) xo

[crsongbird]

Congratz on your shop! I love how your art differs from piece to piece, it's really nice that it's not all the same. And you... you make me laugh, you're a goofball! Graag gedan :)

[willowing]

ooooh, i'm impressed by your dutch! eheh. i am a goofball indeed!! and proud of it! ;) i do have a variety of styles i suppose! :)) xo thanks!!

[Ginasart]

hi tam im so happy you are doing more videos i love to watch you make art and you like my fav suzie are my inspirational women wow i sure hope oprah has all my fav you tube artists on some day,i just watched the live new earth on line tonight you shared the video that broke my heart about animal cruely now im learning about us bieng spiritual biengs i was afraid of any taro stuff or buhda stuff but as a christian artists im learning here that life is so full of richness thru artists

[willowing]

hi gina! thanks for watching and dropping by! i appreciate your feedback and support!!

i'm glad to hear that you're following the new earth lessons, they are pretty inspiring, aren't they? nothing to be scared of!

imo the core of all religions are one and the same! xoox thanks for being here.

[jodigirl35]

Absolutely FANTASTIC- i so love your art. love the color, love everthing about your videos as well. Thanks so much for sharing your talent...love the music too.

Thanks-

ps- headed to your esty shop!!! yipee!

[willowing]

xoxoxo Jodi. thanks again Jodi!! 8-)))

[BxFirebird]

I love your fun girlie!

[willowing]

ooooh, thanks so much for ordering a print darling! you know you made me smile WIDE!!! :)))) glad you love my fun, too. i had fun making this vid. it just became sillier and sillier! hee. xoox

[BxFirebird]

believe me, it is my pleasure. she is beautiful!

[msdragonfly1]

beautiful watercolor! congrads on your etsy shop :)

[ldplummer]

You are such a nut! I had to leave before I could finish watching this morning and couldn't wait to come home and finish! Fun fun fun! Love the piece and now I'm headed to the etsy shop. When you see "Groggy Froggy hearts Willowing"..that's me. :)

[willowing]

heee ldplummer (gosh, i have got to find out people's first names!), thanks SO much for your comment, made me giggle so much! i'm glad that people find it fun, it was totally intended as a fun/ silly vid!! thank YOU!! xoxo

[monicatlink]

Ho! so cute! I love the little fishes :D

[willowing]

thanks monica! me too. i'm thinking we need more lil fishies! xoxo :-)

[rrreow]

In all seriousness (me serious? nevaaah) I LOVE that piece. I adore how you make it look so textured while still using quite simple materials. And I also love the way you always use yellows and pinks (and sometimes oranges) for the faces it works so well! What is that brush you use when you do your detail work? It looks very effective. I always struggle with the precision bits when using brushes. And did you use a pen at some point for the lines? Tell me, tell me everything!

[willowing]

ooooh, YES, i recently bought that mini brush. i had a few tiny brushes before, but they were useless, so i went to the art shop and said; i need a tiny brush that stays 'stiff'. (LOL), he got it though and pointed me to some brand (can't read it on the brush now, it's all covered in paint, sorry!! if you ask in any art shop though, they'll know). Yes, I also use black pen for outlines, have to be careful though as it dissolves at the sight of water!).

xoxoxo

[rrreow]

You are so cuuuuuuute!! And thank you for the message. Next time I'd love to hear from Mr Moo again. Mr Moo deserves his own YouTube! Also, very important, ANDY!! MR MOO IS NOT A PILLOW! SHOO! Cows are not furniture! Does a pillow qualify as furniture? But yeah, NO MORE COW SQUASHING!

(I have more to say. But it tells me it's too long. I will post ANOTHER comment. Oh I'm so devious!)

[willowing]

heeee heeee!! glad you saw it! i couldn't wait for you to see it and hear/ see your response! ha ha!! you know what, i might give mr moo his own youtube channel ..! andy has gone to hide in a corner after you asked him nicely to respect mr moo! ;) ('cow squashing' had me squirt tea through my nose!)

[Milliande]

Cute.... love the little fishes :-) , well done on the Etsy Venture and Good Luck ..

... Milliande :-)

[artmemoirs]

Congrats on the etsy shop! I'm sure you will sell lots. Beautiful art, as always and love the Gypsy Kings also. :)

[willowing]

hi artmemoirs. :) yep gypsy kings are super! the shop is doing great already, i'm so excited about it! :) thanks xo

[UnificationNow]

I love the image...it reminds me of the Strength card in tarot! Congrats on your shop :-)

[willowing]

oooh, i love making tarot cards, i started doing a painting series a while back but stopped .. thanks for watching A! :))

[UnificationNow]

I would love to see and own a deck by you!

[willowing]

well there is a great challenge!! it's a mamoth task though, so many cards! or maybe i'll just do the major arcana.. :))) it might be my next project! :D thanks A!! xoxoxo

[FaeryComeDraw]

Very pretty and congratulations on Etsy.

[willowing]

merci fcd. :)! thanks for watching. xo

[iatemyhomework]

congradulations!!!!

[willowing]

hee hee! thanks!

[arttxcentrix]

lol grats on your shop, fun vid, great art.

[willowing]

hee. glad it made you laugh, as it was intended! thanks artxcentrix! :))