Carla van den Berg, how-to 10 -mixed media technique

[sarahnava333]

thanks a lot for youre advice . background was strucured but maybe not anogh. i will try to let it dry a litle . i realy love youre way of working it gives a lot of freedom . keep the spirit free and emotion flow naturaly as it should be.

[sarahnava333]

hi wonderfull carla, thank you so much for sharing youre knowlege and youre great ideas. i love youre work, these vids are so insparing . i tried to do the black wash trick . paint and wash right away but it was all washed off. no nice black trce like in youre paintings. shold i let it dry alitle? thanks again.

[carlavandenberg]

@sarahnava333 I'm not sure why you washed it al off. First of all the background should have structures, you know what I mean? It may help if you let it dry a little, because may be your paint is more liquid as mine? Or you can use a wet sponge instead of the direct water at the canvas. You have to do some experiments by yourself I think :-)

[Telekon5]

All I can say is... You've got balls... :-)

[carlavandenberg]

@Telekon5

Ha ha thanks :-)

[ChuckDebi]

Beautiful Carla! I just LOVE your vids! Such an inspiration to us all! Thank You!

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks a lot for your comments!

[santrome]

Dos Buenos Cojones. Si señor !

[JudiG]

Me gusta este tutorial, pero cuando lo veo, creo que la misma cosa! Estoy riendo que usted acaba de decir eso! LOL!

Ik hou van deze tutorial, maar als ik het zie, denk ik hetzelfde! Ik ben lachen dat je zei dat! LOL!

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks, thanks! :)

[clubsoda921]

you know how much I like you now I like more.

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks Lisa.

It is completely different with yours, I love your portraits!

[lisacole690]

really cool technique ... xoxo

[evokedemotions]

beautiful lady Carla..

it reminds me of an old africian ceramic i had years ago..

it was used by the sharmans as a fertility cup... thus shaped in a mans testies..

for all us men over 35 we can see it more of a work of realism rather then abstract..

none the less it truly is a beauty....BRAVO!

[carlavandenberg]

Yes, I've seen that fertility cups too, but may be already 20 years ago, I wasn't thinking of that. I was thinking nothing, the painting just grows..

Really? For all you man over 35?? :-))

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks for watching Angela.

And how bigger your imagination, the more your creative powers will grow. And that's great, isn't it? :)

[rizzin2thetop]

So unique, so naturistic brings to mind alot of things about myself. Oh yeah and thats a good thing LOL no really........ he he he he.

[lettherebeart]

wow carla your work is so inspiring beautiful texture and colour i wouls love to try something like this. WOW WOW WOW

[carlavandenberg]

Hi Crissi, thanks for the comment! I hope you show us what you're gonna make :)

[artsycalgal]

Wow, Carla! Thanks so much for doing this painting so we could all see how you work your magic! It was very sweet of you to do it because I asked about it. The textures and colors are wonderful...I just might use them for the texture piece I did in a recent video. Next time, I will do a shape instead of an all over texture. Yours turned out so beautiful. I agree that this shape can be many different things..very voluptuous! Your circle piece is a wonderful mandala. Thank you so very much!

[carlavandenberg]

I've had to use a translate tool for the word "voluptuous" (in Dutch "wellustig"), and I like it very much that a shape so very simple as this one could stimulate different person's imagination that much :) Thank you Donna!

[garyreef]

love the texture and colours...sure Donna will love it too ;)

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks Gary :)

I like it that you like it, but it surpises me a little bit because the color palette as well as the shape is very very sober :)

[UminaTaylor]

Carla - the texture and the way you draw it out is amazing. I think It's beautiful and womanly

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks! For me it is not specific a female shape, it could be a male shape too. How do you say that in Englis, an uni sex shape??

[adamyodum]

It looks like a pair of balls no offense just pointing it out.

[T3art]

was mjust thinking the same thing

[carlavandenberg]

Thanks, I can see that, it can be a lot I guess :)

[spiritsartattack]

wonderful texture and depth. what did this shape represent to you? i initially thought it was the back of a person...hmmmm

[carlavandenberg]

This is a natural shape for me, a 'mother earth' shape. I didn't want to represent something specific, it's ment to be abstract. I think it could be different things for different people.