 Hi guys, wait a minute. How to turn the sound off? There we go That sound has to go off this sound has to go off Cell phone cell phones off Okey-dokey, so you have your choice today of working on painted rocks or I have some more spirit dolls I can to work on their faces In fact, I worked this weekend on tracing them out and cutting up little pieces of fabric out I just need to now sit and paint all the faces, so What do you guys want to work on today? and I've got the other two shapes that I've done already and then I've also got a couple of different kinds of wings and More of an angel-y shape and a mermaid shape on the spirit dolls There's some videos coming out on these Specifically on making the patterns which if you don't know for these the pattern file is free in My Facebook group under files the link to my Facebook group is in the description below and The files for these pattern the file for these patterns is in the in the is free. It's a free download, so You can make your own spirit dolls or little art dolls or whatever you want to do with them Hey Wanda We're just taking a minute here to decide what we're doing Kind of letting everyone catch up. I guess I should spend some time cleaning my table. It's a mess again That no worries. Jodi. I won't tell anybody So you guys just let me know what you want to do. We can work on some rocks I've got I stole some more rocks out of my husband's garden Oops So I could paint them I had so much fun doing this one and it's not a new craft You know, it's been around forever and it's been around YouTube forever. So but it's they're fun to do Reposition the iPad So hopefully it's in the place that I can still see it, but I'm not gonna get paint on it. Maybe good luck with that There we go. Hey, got it. Well, whoo. All right, so what do you guys know good see? Yay, don't tell him I suppose when I put him out back out in the yard Then he starts to see well, we'll do maybe we'll do a rock and then we'll probably do a couple dolls When he maybe starts to see them go back out in the yard or on the front porch He probably won't even guess what happened to his rocks. He'll know by one glance Okay, so we're gonna start with black and at first when I was watching other youtubers do these sort of Mondala rocks. I wondered why they did the black in the background I thought I may be kind of new and then when I actually did one then I for sure knew So the black really gives you a nice base to make the others pop and I just freehand like a black circle and We're using deco art America on a craft paints. These are really great for this and they're inexpensive That go art does have some outdoor paints So if you are going to use these outside in the elements Then you probably want to use that kind of paint or make sure you seal these really well Your circle doesn't have to be perfect. I should say it doesn't have to be perfectly round But you will notice you probably need a little bit more paint than you think because the rock is kind of You know, it's got the uneven texture, but it's also a little bit absorbent It really soaks the paint up and you could paint the whole rock black But I think it's it looks more interesting if you just do a black circle in the background Just like that And it dries pretty quickly. I don't think I waited too long for it to dry when I did the first rock We have these river rocks all over our front yard Because we live in California and you know, California never has enough water We did a what do you call it in the front yard low water? Landscaping that's not what you call it, but that's all I can think of right now So we don't have grass in the front yard and what grass we have in the backyard is dead. In fact, I've got some videotape I'm not sure I'm gonna post of us washing the dog over the weekend and on the video You can hear me complaining about The fact that how come my husband didn't warm me to leave my shoes on because the grass is awful of stickers It's not really grass. It's weeds and it's dead weeds and they hurt my feet It was kind of funny and of course I was the dog holder so he soon as he started shaking out was the one that got wet Now we don't have in any water in California. You know, we're in a drought so we have I Don't know what you call it low. We have but we have low. We don't have grass or anything in the front yard We have all you know plants and and landscaping that doesn't take very much water Well, I don't know There's a term for it and I'm just having you know having those of you who are fellow anxiety sufferers sufferers know one of the issues that we usually have is we have memory issues and Yeah, so today I'll remember what it is like, you know, probably at midnight and awake me up And I don't think menopause helped my memory at all to be honest with you All right, so I have this idea for doing one of these in a rainbow. I saw a mandala rock Over the weekend where somebody did it with like rainbow color starting from the inside out. I thought that would be really cool. So Rory G. Bibb, right? Red orange Yellow Green I don't really have indigo. I never have indigo If wonder if I do this I wonder if I do these colors What do you all think? I Think they would be cool on a rock and see what I mean about it not taking long to dry I don't know if you guys can see but the shine is almost gone on this paint It's almost completely mad already. It doesn't because the rocks are kind of a porous surface the paint just soaks right in Hey, Josie Yeah, it's a dry like this, you know, we're California's it for the most part of desert state anyway We have like no water. So we have very low like low impact landscaping in the front with a lot of rocks and bark and a few green things and The back we kind of we were going to do the same to the back and then the economy died This was a few obviously a few years back. And so Yeah, we never kind of did the backyard. So it's just kind of dead I mean, there's some pretty roses and stuff back there, but we'll see if I actually post the video We're also going to probably need white All right, so I want to do one of these in a rainbow. I think I want to do the big one in a rainbow I like the idea of doing a rainbow rock So I'm going to put my colors around the edge of my plate and the white in the middle Just because just not for any particular reason except that for painting the rock. I think that'll make it the easiest So you're going to need some colors of paint you're going to need some Rocks and I did wash my rocks and let them dry Thoroughly You're going to need some Things to make round marks if you're going to do a Mondal you can do any kind of rock But if you're going to do one of these the easiest way to do it is to just get some tools that make round dots So I have a bunch of different kind of tools here these sponge tools or deco art. These are Something sticks now I forget I did post them in my Facebook group These are from Hobby Lobby and in there they're in the fine art aisle by the paint brushes They come in a few different sizes So we have tomato red Spiced pumpkin lemon yellow foliage green Indian turquoise, you know, I was going to sneak turquoise in there somewhere Isn't that pretty we have purple pizzazz and because I don't have indigo I'm going to use dioxazine purple purple it's not really It's not really, you know indigo at all but and if you have a house like mine that was built You know my house was built in 1969 and Consequently, you know, it's an older home So nothing is really plummet square anymore and you know, if you don't prop things open with door stops then door slam shut by themselves and So, you know, if you do one of these rocks you could put felt on the bottom if you're worried about scratching the floor and Use it as a door stop. That would be a great door stop. I did coat this with Americana cream wax after the paint dried and you can see the difference in the fact that this rocks a little bit Like satin got a satiny finish and this one doesn't that's just because of the cream wax All right, so here's our plate. Isn't that pretty? Yeah, see I don't have to go too far because we've got all these rocks in the front yard, so All right, I'm gonna I'm gonna turn it that way. I'm gonna start with My Americana tools are kind of Well used well loved Zero escape. Oh Narda, I think you're right the term is might be zero escape We have that in the front yard We have a few green bushes and some potted plants that very low water Usage front yard and the backyard we had a huge lawn and we just honestly we just let the lawn die So it's just all full of weeds and prickly things. I Have some videotape of watching the washing the dog And you hear me complain about the fact that I'm stepping on thorns and prickers and my feet are hurting Because the husband didn't warn me about the sticky things in the grass. I don't know if I'm gonna post it or not But we'll see All right I'm gonna start with this end in the red and I'm just gonna get it well coated Not too much. I'm gonna kind of tap it off on that rim of the plate and I'm gonna just Approximately in the center give it a little jiggle doesn't have to be perfect and So let's let's put the dolls aside because you know what I'm gonna stick my hand in something I don't want to stick my hand in all right I Use this one let's go in with the orange So just something that you know, it's really easy for you to make a dot with oh, yeah the dog Okay, so the good news is he's just old He has some What in human beings we and I guess also in dogs you would call skin tags and He's getting more and more of them. They're just kind of showing up all of a sudden He also has a large mass under one of his shoulders in the front and it's just a fatty tumor And there's really no point in doing anything about it because of his age and it's not hurting him It's not anything to be worried about evidently So that's good news. So we're gonna just let it go He is gonna go back in a couple weeks and they're gonna anesthetize him so they can clean his teeth and While they're he's out. I said, can you please clip his nails because he is 12 and he really hates having his nails clipped So they're gonna do that they're gonna take care of all that so I said oh, yeah I'm gonna go into the yellow so he's gonna be fine. I mean he is old. We will lose him at some point But not today so yay So this is from a different set of those same tools They have these ones that are rounded and then these ones that are pointed and you get like six different sizes in the same set Hey, Aquarius. Hey Peggy Hey, and hello Lisa by the way Yeah, I am too because I you know, I don't have great luck with the vets You know in the past when we've taken dogs to the vet. We've come home without the dog And he is old so when they you know when they start to get old you get more start to get more worried Yeah, I said to somebody that he's a pain in the ass, but he's my pain in the ass So I wasn't really ready to let go of him yet. Oh see and I did something I did last time too Get sloppy with the paint because I just start having fun There we go Thankfully baby wipes work by the way really well of getting the paint off if you get somewhere you don't want it You know FYI I Love these colors. These are great colors An American and paints they have so many wonderful wonderful colors The temptation of course if you're like me is to want to have one of every single color that they make Yeah, so, you know, they're part of your family, right? So no matter how much you complain about you know them getting fur everywhere and If you have cats, they're like my sisters they drag mice in the house, you know They're still part of the family and you love them and so You know while you feel bad when they're hurting, you know, you're not quite ready to get rid of them either. Hey Cheta switch to This one We're doing a rainbow rock Because you know I like a good rainbow and these painting these rocks is fun Painting rocks is so fun and so it's not stressful at all Maybe it's because you're painting a rock and it you know, if you make a mistake, it's not a big deal Hello, you're painting a rock No, it's a lot of fun though Maybe it's because it's something from nature. So you don't really expect it to be perfect. See I've got more of these like See they make this shape too With these straight edges The dog technique is fun and it doesn't really look like much at first until you start to get a lot of dots on there We might put some dashes on there That might be interesting. I don't know what to see Let's continue with our dots though and bonus we do now have a really great bet who I really like who She was very very nice So did you guys all have a great weekend? I hope I've seen some of your really sweet comments on the giveaway video. I haven't replied to any of you yet I saw my agenda to do today. I just didn't have a chance over the weekend but Thank you all for the very sweet comments so I have a couple sets of the same sizes on these because I do use them a lot and Like now I have a habit of Wanting like the same size and two different colors and rather than cleaning it. It's easier to just have two of them Because they're not expensive. I think this I forget now I did post it in the Facebook group I don't remember but the set was something like five or six of them in different sizes for five dollars I got a hobby lobby. He's a coupon. I need to put this last color on there Size do I want to do? Hmm Maybe this one. I really do need to when my next deco art order I need to order more of these spongy tools because I'm really hard on them. Oh, thank you. I like my rock Who doesn't love a good rainbow? That's all I have to say And you really could use anything that's a circle or you could you know You could decide you want to do a different shape mark Circles are easy You could paint the circles, but it's easier and more fun if you have a like a bunch of Round sponge tools or something and deco arts tools are great because they're double-sided. So you get a few different sizes in the one pack There we go That works for me now, let's go almost time to go into with some white and make it pop. Yeah, well, welcome We welcome just about everybody It's a fun group. I think I have to make sure today is a daily thought to get posted Okay So I'm gonna take one of my smaller dot tools and start with the white and again, we're gonna start Just like we did in the middle in the beginning. We'll start with the middle and work our way out No, but you could definitely use a pencil eraser if that's what you had that's a good size to use these are these are mark-making tools from a hobby lobby and You get them in a pack of like five or six of them for five dollars I think I'm also using the deco art Americana Pouncer tools they have them they come in a few different sizes I think there's actually one more size and it might be dirty. I'm not sure where it's at Oops, I almost dip that in the purple. Well, I guess I want that dot there because it's for it landed The biggest challenge for me is not sticking my hands in some paint. That's wet I would definitely if you're going to have it be handled a lot or you're gonna put it outside Then you want to Really coat it with let the paint dry and then coat it with some kind of sealer Like I said, I just use the Americana cream wax Because it's really easy to use and I know dries really clear and you get this like satin finish But you could use anything, but you probably do want to coat it and try to protect your paint So I'm gonna go to a tiny tool. You could also probably use and like the end of a knitting needle Or something like that for the small dots. You could also probably use a paintbrush Handle the back end. See I've got to decide how I want my dots That's like the hardest part They make great, you know garden stones or you know, wouldn't it be fun to paint a rock? And then if you like to go hiking take that rock and like leave it somewhere in the park Just leave it to see for somebody else to find no worries Heidi. I Suck my finger in something else again. That was wet because you know, that's what I do Holy moly You could use a needle tool. Maybe you have a or a pokey tool to make really teeny dots You really could use just about anything Remember we're mixed media artists. So there's no rules So you can use anything on this. There's no rules Just make sure that whatever you do on here that you let the paint dry completely and then give it a good coat of deco page or Cream wax or something Before you put it outside if you're gonna put it outside like I said, I'm probably gonna use mine as door stops because most of the doors in my house don't Stay open on their own Hey and becks creations. Hello And as I was saying earlier, I hope you all had a great weekend. We got some more stuff purged in the garage The husband is finally able to set up his own Creative space for himself out there And oh my gosh, we found stashes of things that we just you know forgot we had we've been here so long Things just accumulate in corners. You forget they're in there And then you open the cabinet and you're like, oh We still have that. Yeah, like yeah, one of those little yeah things that you clean out your ears So who doesn't like circles and dots also like if you have like a dental pick that you're don't you know One that you're not using on your teeth. Obviously the rubber ones that would make a really tiny dot Look around your house. I bet you have more things than you think that you can make a dot with I'm gonna wipe this off I'm gonna use this one I'm gonna go in down here Some of the lighter purple Maybe I am oh Q-tip. Yeah q-tip Earbud is what they call it in other parts of the world. I think is what you call it is a earbud Chopsticks. Yep. Yep pencil. There's like a million things the back end of a paintbrush There's yeah, there's a million things around your studio. You can probably use all right. Let's see. Let's see Let's see. I want to put more dots on here. I know I do. I just have to figure out where Hmm Wanda, I am not gonna even try and pronounce that holy cow. I have trouble with English Wow, I always admire people who can speak two languages because I can't I'm not I don't even try because honestly, there's no point. I butch I could buy butcher English. So I Want to stick with this one for right now They can be used with the jelly plate. I have used them on the jelly plate They're fabulous. Like I said, they're from the Hobby Lobby. You'll find them in the fine art aisle by the Fine art paint brushes They'll be in that aisle. They're usually nearer to the pallets and the texture tools Cotton sticks. Well, that's an accurate description of what they are cotton sticks So just keep going around your rock making dots until you're happy. Oh, you're welcome And if you saw my posts over the weekend Where I went to the Bass Pro shop, you know, you can get find all kinds of fun artsy craftsy stuff at the most unusual places, so don't be afraid to you know, look at You know the hardware store the sporting goods store You never know where you're gonna find something interesting that you can use in your artwork Well, those aren't really dots. I think the purple paint is too wet, but that's okay. I'm gonna leave it Doesn't have to be perfect, right? Thanks, Heidi Of course, you know the one color I need more of is the turquoise because y'all knew that was gonna happen, right? Why why not? I think that would be fun and You just leave them on hiking trails for people to find I after I did the first video There was somebody in the comments that said they were out hiking and they found one on the trail that was painted like a ladybug I think that would be fun to you know, leave them just leave them on the hiking trail for somebody else to find Oops, that was the wrong color Yeah, just a random act of art in a place where nobody is gonna expect it They are not gonna expect to find a piece of artwork out on a hiking trail See there you go Don't I mean, I think it would be fun to do I really do I think it needs one more thing But I'm trying to figure out what that thing is. Let's see You know, my name is not hard to spell but you'd be surprised how many times people misspell both my first and last name I could see the last name. There's hidden hidden letters in there that you don't expect But Gina, how do you misspell Gina? Everybody gets it wrong Used to bug me. It doesn't bug me anymore. All right, let's see. Yeah, I think this is what I needed back here Or purple trying to turn the rock without sticking my finger in the wet paint, you know It's a challenge. It's the biggest challenge of doing your rocks See Well, I'm especially at Starbucks because you know, they purposefully try to misspell your name So I think every time I've ever gone to Starbucks. I think it's been spelled a completely different way And let's just not tell them, you know that my last name is Aaron's because let's just you know I can't even begin to tell you how many different ways that's been put your Yeah, it's just too ridiculous, you know And like I said it used to really bug me, but you know now that I'm older. I just you know, whatever I don't care anymore It's you know It doesn't bother me like it used to When you're younger everything bothers you, right? Thank you. I love painting the painting the rocks. Who would have thunk it? You know, this is something you do like in, you know, elementary school and middle school you like paint rocks, but You know, it's fun And the rainbow rock is rock is fun Yeah, my maiden name may have been italian But it was spelled the exact same way it was pronounced. So it wasn't nearly as hard to spell as um Aaron's Aaron's People Frequently get it wrong Because it has hidden letters in it so that you don't really hear when you're saying the name Especially if you're saying it in german because I don't pronounce it correctly You say it in german. It's pronounced differently. Okay, so I can always go back and fix a few things Which I think I need to because I don't know if I like this here So there's a bunch of changes coming up for the new year Um to youtube my facebook group my website A bunch of stuff, so I hope you guys are going to be around for that I agree with you Heidi about Wanda's last name lever dearly, but yeah at Wanda. That's just not happening I wouldn't want to try to insult you by trying to spell or say your last name in your language because it just I would just do it a complete injustice. So There's no there's no point. I'm just fixing some things where I put Um extra color that I don't like Which I can do because it's my rock I'm related to a family In new york that I understand is a men's clothier Um and that company has my maiden last name of bronzini um But that family is huge. I'm I'm the poor relations. They don't even know me so I wouldn't expect them to so we're gonna let that dry I will seal it. So I'm going to let it dry And then like with this one, I will put after the paints completely dry I'll put a coat of cream wax on it the americana cream wax and let that dry completely and then Once that happens then it's good pretty much to go almost anywhere You could put some deco art craft twinkles on it if you wanted The you know, this is like glitter suspended in a clear acrylic base Which would be fun if you want to sparkly rock and then seal it after you do this Yeah, see So here we have a little or one. So let's use the paint that's on the palette. So we can let's make one more Um I want another palsy tool See, I knew I had another one. Here's the other one. Yeah, I think we're gonna use that one Do we want to do rainbow again? Oh, why not? We'll use up the paint that's on here. I don't know if we're gonna get a good rainbow or not This is a little one I thought this one would be a good paper weight Do people still use paper weights? But you can see with the black base how much more the colors pop on top of the black than they do on the gray rock color Especially, you know, what else what I'm just now thinking of this just now If you're doing the lots of arts and craft shows Especially later on in the summer and or in the fall and they're outdoor shows I always needed little bags of bean bed of BBs or something or rice or something to hold things down when it got windy What if you did a bunch of these little painted rocks? That would be cute So I just literally I brought them into my garage staying kitey And I scrubbed them with some soap and water and then rinsed them off and let them dry completely And once I did that then I knew they were ready to paint I mean because honestly you not only want to get the dog the dirt off But I mean might have been in the front yard So, you know, I want to wash them because how many, you know Different dogs in the neighborhood have, you know, peed on them or something So I try to control my hoarding, but those of you who have been watching me for a while know that That's why we've been purging lately And you know on some date we don't we never intended for this to be our forever house And so now that our daughter's grown and out of the house We are thinking about moving and so I don't you know, we've been here over 20 years So you accumulate a lot of stuff and I don't necessarily want to bring it all with me So I'm only keeping the things that I love And then I know I'm going to want to use And everything else is going to go away And and because I have anxiety disorder if things aren't organized and I can't easily find stuff It's kind of a big problem The yellow is called lemon yellow. It's Americana lemon yellow And thank you Aquarius artist. Thank you It's just honestly it's something I do out of necessity To keep me sane and off of medication and out of therapy to be perfectly blunt and honest And fabulous Heidi See I have family members Use which paintbrush is going to use See at some point. I just don't feel like I've got enough of these I don't know one there it is at the bottom. It's all wet now though A big standard plain old big shot and I haven't had a problem with it But I probably don't use it as much as the rest of you guys do You know, I'm getting an accidental transfer of like some of the red Into this purple because this was dirty, but you know what? I like it. I'm going to leave it Putting the crank on oh on the awana on the on the new the new electronic machine Oh, see, I just have the standard big shot. I don't use it that much I do have a silhouette the little tiny the little the little one under my desk Um, but and I I use them both occasionally. I don't use them enough To buy any more die cutting equipment. Oh, thank you Heather um The next time I do buy a die cutting machine If I ever do buy another one, it will probably be one that can cut chipboard Because I would really love something that's easier to cut chipboard with to cut some of the Some of the doodle designs and stamp designs had a chipboard for you all to offer in the etsy shop And I myself would like to use them um So, um, yeah, that would be something but that probably isn't going to happen anytime soon Yeah, there is a machine out there that cuts chipboard and I can never remember which one it is Hey Kathy welcome For once you all are joining me on and it's just like, you know, I just treat it like we're just I'm in my studio painting with friends because I am Yeah, but for once, um We're not discussing menopause or anything at least not yet. So, you know, you never know around here It's pretty much open season on what you want to talk about So we're just painting some rocks here with the deco art americana paints, which I love I haven't put any eons on any of these yet, which is unusual Okay, so now we need some like white on there or something. So let's do that Because you can see by these are so much more colorful than this one I know, right? Usually we're discussing, you know poor victor. Usually victor or somebody else is on here One of the other male fans is on here watching and we ended up discussing menopause or something poor guy I always feel bad It doesn't stop us from talking about it, but I feel bad Okay, Heather. I remember pet rocks only too well I will be 53 on august 2nd Just fyi I'm way past the um Point where I'm worried about telling my age A lot of them Wanda can cut foam and fabric, but they can't cut chipboard Or they can cut the thin like cardstock chipboard I want something that cut cut thick chipboard Ground caliber that sounds familiar I can't tell you from where because you know, I do have anxiety disorder. So I don't remember sometimes what I did yesterday Holy cow did I tell you guys I almost locked myself out of the house Again again the other day. Jeez Yeah, see chat chetta. We don't you know at some point. I just you know, whatever I don't care what people think is not, you know, it's more important what my my You know close family thinks And that I'm happy with my life But You know, I don't really care much, you know what the average Joe on the street thinks Although my family would prefer I don't wear my crazy like galaxy pants out in public Yeah, so we're all in our fifties. So we remember pet rocks eight track tapes You know Gas that was less than a dollar a gallon buying hamburgers fries and the soda at the local hamburger joint With five dollars and having money left over for candy You know All those things that my daughter just like looks at me and it says what Who remembers the you know 1970s gas crisis where you had to you know, stand in Be in line with your car at the gas station on the right day to get gas That was something Switch again We're just using up what we have here It's a big glob. You'll look pain on there So I am going to be making a whole bunch of these spirit dolls this week At some point and they'll be they'll show up in the etsy shop. I got some more crystals to put in some of them some healing ones So those will go in all the dolls And I'm working on a secret project That is nowhere near completion. So I can't talk about it Those of you who are crafty and have youtube channels There's a brand new magazine card called artful magazine by Deb over at art and zology and She is looking for submissions and the deadline is friday She has a video on her channel About the magazine So if you're interested in submitting something go over there And get the link and check it out Wanda 77. Yeah, you're a baby Um, what was I gonna say now? You made me forget That doesn't take much though. I gotta tell you. Oh, I know So, yeah, my mom was one of those moms that you always knew when you know The bronzini kids were in trouble because you could hear her screaming at us down the street That was my mom She was that mom So these are just fun. These are just fun and there's no, you know, there's kind of no rhyme or reason about them They're just fun. I mean just have make some marks and and play Let's put all these in some water so they don't get too gross We're gonna we'll just let those dry And I want to do at least one of these while we're still on camera I have these patterns for these are on like I said, they're on the facebook group. They're free You can download them for these dolls and It includes a few different body shapes and a wing And the basic design for the face I there's a video coming out soon where I make hard copies of mine And they all just fell on the floor again Um, and I have these patterns in a few different sizes because I used to make little art dolls for sale like Christmas ornament size So this is a mermaid shape one. This is one of my own designs that came up a long time ago And I'm going to just cut her out a little bit better Because I just did a rough cut. I traced her on here and did a rough cut. I cut out a whole bunch of them top left this one Heather This is the first what I did and you all know that the blues are my favorite color So, um, I love the blues blue and purple. Oh, you mean this one I don't know which one you mean this one. This is my left This is blue and pink. It's actually pink Um, this one is I think it's this color which is indian turquoise and then I think it's um Calypso blue And then it is sizzling pink with some white I'll try to remember to put the paint colors in the description below And aren't they pretty when they're put all together and they don't have to be perfect Um, but just let them dry and then coat them all with some cream wax And then wouldn't they be cute like on your front porch in your garden? Like we said before you could you know, if you're howl hiking you could leave them on the hiking trail somewhere for somebody to find Wouldn't that be fun? We have somebody in the neighborhood who Um, does the rock What do you call it? Where they stack the rocks So I'm just taking my stabilo pencil and I'm drawing a basic shape here of a face on here and I'm gonna I'm gonna just pencil in some features And then let's get some more Let's get some flesh tone Which I have in here somewhere here we go You could deal with purple. I would just you know, I would just pick your favorite colors That's what I did with the first one. I just picked my favorite colors You're gonna want white or a neon Because the white the the little dots of white or or in this case white and neon really make it pop so You're gonna want something like that need a little brush Okay Yeah in a potted plant would they be cute? So I'm gonna start with the flesh tone. You can do these in any color. Um I know that the stabilo pencil is gonna mix up the paint a little bit. Um, I'm actually okay with that It's gonna dry pretty quickly. So and it's really only gonna be in that first layer I do want to give her face like a base coat of Some color to calm down the background So I can tell more what I'm gonna do with her face It's dark right now, but it's not gonna stay that way um Let that dry for a minute. I'm gonna bring some of the Other paints here that I happen to have These dolls are fun. Now the mixed media fabric is fun to make and there's a video on that already on my channel Um I could get out Now these dolls are not ever intended to be washed. So we're just using craft paints. Um, there's a layer of collage on here So the fabric is natural. It's this is the natural color of the canvas on the back. It's natural colored I don't usually buy white. I like the off-white canvas color the natural Okay, cheta. See you later Um So I happen to like the natural color. I'm not sure why exactly but I'm attracted to this color You could use white you could do these little dolls on it, you know with the dark base Or blue or purple. I mean think outside the box. They're just little, you know, little dolls little spirit dolls if you will and Little art pieces so you could do anything and I just I hand paint the fronts and or the wings And then I usually the back is usually either plain or it's um Um trying to get some white here with no blowing it or it's um just um got A smear's a fabric on it. I'm smear's a paint smear's a fabric So I'm going to start lightning and brightening her up. Now her face is really small. So it doesn't take much paint to do this And don't you know, don't worry about it if you Um start to lose any of her features. You can always bring them back Yeah, I I like the sort of natural off-whitey color of The the canvas or denim I have bought denim before too to do these on The off-white color that those fabrics are because I do think that There's something about the way the colors show up on the fabric and I do think that's why I like it So I'm just going to be constantly like adding shadows And then adding highlights and then adding shadows pushing and pulling at the paint as My teacher Pauline Agnew says that's one of her favorite terms If you take a class from her you've heard that before I have we have some videos coming up here on the channel. Um With black canvas Where I am doing some interesting things with black actually it's black denim Um and black is fun, especially, you know, if you're going to do something like these and maybe do Use lots of bright like neon colored and or metallic paints Then the canvas is a lot of fun the dark canvas is a lot of fun to do those on I like to use unusual colors to do my shading The green here is really warm. The blue is cooler. Um, so the green could really be, um A good accent warm accent color to the blue I kind of want to make some I wanted I want brown, but I don't want to get the brown out Do you know what I mean? So I'm think I'm going to just see what happens if I mix a bunch of these together Probably not what I want Because I don't think I have the right colors and the one downside to craftsy. No, I'm getting a weird color of green The downside to craft paint is that um, I've found they don't generally mix well Let's see. I'm going to get out. I'm going to look at the question in a minute For umber will work We just need a little bit Just like a drop Oh, it's just the canvas So yeah, so we do have something with it's black denim. Now remember I use Sometimes canvas when I can find it sometimes I use duck loft Sometimes I use um denim The denim does have a Right side and a wrong side Um unlike the others So, um be aware of that Now you'll notice when I added the brown in here suddenly We're getting some sort of depth to her face because that really added a nice dark definitive shadow You could of course use any any color And you know what I'm going to zoom in for you a little bit Yeah, I don't have the reds all dried up and I was trying not to pour out any Um paint you can mix colors with your craft paints. They just don't mix the same as artist paints because they're not pigmented the same um, so Just be aware of that I'm not saying not to use decor at americana paints to paint with for god's sake. No because y'all know I like them a lot um I would never tell you that Just be aware that They don't mix the same way. So I'm gonna use one of these brushes. So I found these at hobby lobby These are from the model making department where they have the model cars And you can get a set of these little tiny brushes. They have these little tiny tips And they're four bucks I have classes for that at next creations Um, and it's just there's no shortcut. You know that there you just have to it's just practice Um So I've used both Honestly, it just depends on what mood I'm in Which side of the denim I use I always get the non-stretched denim Um, but you know what side of that I use. Uh, just really honestly it depends on what mood I'm in So I love these so you get a whole set of these little tiny round brushes model making department And they have these nice handles that are a little chunkier than a regular one So those of us who aren't 20 anymore and maybe have a little problem with our hands They're easy to hold on to I was buying some model making and miniature stuff with my husband for him because that's what he's getting into Um, and I saw the paint brushes and of course I had to have a set for myself because you know That's what I do All right, let's see. I want to get some neon neon neon because like why not And I'm just going to take these colors out of the cap because we really don't need much I've always liked the americano neons I started out when I was painting doing faces and experimenting with the americano neons I still use them a lot They're still my favorite They really the orange and the pink especially when you're doing a primitive style like face like this They really just give you that pop of sunshine And dimension that your face might need See you later narda. Yeah, I'll be back on wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific daylight time with watercolor wednesday I've no idea what you're doing because I just don't but we will be back You guys have a particular thing that you want to see you have to let me know And creating a good face is just really about layers, you know Layers and marks And I like to like thin down the paint and rub at it with my finger so that You can still see the colors below And I'm really I'm using this little brush with not too much paint Almost scrubbing it in so that you're getting a thin coat of paint. You're still seeing all those other Marks and things below So now I'm going to go back with the stabilo pencil And I'm going to put her closed eyes. I usually always do closed eyes and that's the suggested face That's in the download document In the facebook group So just bring back some of those pencil lines On there you go. She'll be a cute little mermaid when she's done So I have a whole bunch of these to do so she's not the only one and they all fell on the floor. So I'll see So I'll be painting later today and maybe tomorrow in between working on the secret project Does anybody have any questions? And I'll I'm glad we're glad we're going to be glad to see you there narda. All right So go out this week get out your craft paints your americana craft paints And get some rocks out of the yard and paint some rocks or make some more little dolls As soon as I can I will get um These dolls made and in the s e shop. Um I'll see how long it takes me. I you know before we go I am wanting to um Punch an Ella punch an Ella. She needs a punch not not a not a smack punch Oh Yeah, different kind of punch. Okay, and I'm wanting to use orange. I have no idea why So I'm going to Just use only a little bit of paint with this stippling brush and I'm barely Barely touching it to her body barely barely Because I want to get those dots on there Most of the time I'm not too concerned with getting a good stencil impression But in this case, I think I really do want a good stencil impression. So I'm barely barely touching. Yep That's giving me the interest on her Um That I want just because you make the mixed media fabric and then cut it out and start making your dolls doesn't mean you can't add to it I mean, what did I say before we're mixed media artists? That means there's no rules So you can do whatever you want So there now I now I like that a lot And there is some gold in here too because when I painted the fabric I used some gold paint So good. I'm glad Aquarius artist. I'm glad you're putting yourself first. That's important And Wednesday, we're always on at 10 am pacific daylight time And so we will he be here for watercolor wednesday if you're in the facebook group Then you um can please, you know post something in there. Make sure you tag me what you would like to see on wednesday At this point. I don't really have a plan Because I'm too Probably because I'm too distracted with the fact that I have a bunch of these dolls to do and I'm working on the secret project And I yeah, so my brain is in a few different places um But yeah, if you have guys that have kind of idea what you'd like to see on wednesday, let me know with the watercolor And I'm going to um I need to have some lunch now All right, you guys all have some fun painting your rocks Heather sure we can let's do and you know what before we sign off Let's do a little bit of a few minutes of q&a So sure. So I've said it before and so for those who don't know I've been crafting my whole life. I grew up um with Lots of women in my life that were crafty seamstresses Needlework artists painters So when you walk into a big box craft store I can do almost everything in the store And when I say that I'm not joking Um, I don't like doing them, but I can do them. I used to make wedding dresses I don't enjoy dressmaking, but I know how it's not my thing Um, but then I watch people like uh the gal over at stitchless tv and she's so great and so funny She makes me sort of want to get back into dressmaking, but then I think may I just rather have her make me stuff Um My favorite Um medium is probably paint The easiest answer for that is paint My favorite if I had to pick a paint one paint would be Watercolor, but I like acrylic paint. Um, I love paint. I love when my hands are messy and um goopy I do there are a couple of videos showing the finished dolls in fact The last week we did a Monday with deco art slash sewing 101 live And in that video I finished the dolls that I started the previous week And I actually have one I kept This is the one I kept she's obviously she's a different shape Now when I first started making these I'll hold on I'll grab them I'll grab three of them anyways. So these are similar pattern shapes to the one you get in the free um Document over in the facebook group This one is obvious. These are obviously not painted. These are stitched and embroidered. These are made out of felt and um These are three of the same shapes that are in that document and this is one of the wing shapes These are I used to make these as like Christmas ornaments and I made a lot of them over the years and sold them at shows Yeah amp-bacs creations. Yeah, I've I've Um, I've done a lot of you know 99 of what's in michaels or joans. I've done Um, is there one that I haven't used? Um You know, I haven't done a lot with um Um pouring medium. I've done a little bit. I won't say I haven't used it ever But I haven't it's not my favorite. It seems to like never dry out which so and I'm an art journaler So that's kind of a problem for me. Um, I've never used oil paint Um, mostly because I have asthma and I was always hesitant to get into oil paint Because of the chemicals involved in the odor is kind of a problem for me I was more worried about that than getting it on my hands to be honest I don't want to have an asthma attack. So I've never actually even tried oil paint Um, and speaking of the dolls this one and this one are made from the same pattern Obviously, I just blew this one up a lot But they're the same pattern done two different ways So, um, these dolls can be done in a number of different ways You can paint them and do a mixed media thing You can do a stitched one and you don't need any other patterns But the pattern and that the face pattern with the closed eyes Which is similar to the one that I drew on here. That's included in the document Yeah, I have a problem with it never drying. So it's not my favorite And like I said, oil paint has never been my favorite because of the chemicals I'm not afraid of getting them on my hands. I used to be a licensed dispensing optician And when I first started in the business, we had no idea the chemicals We were working within the coolants in the machines were carcinogens and we did not We wear gloves, uh, you know Are the dyes that you dye your lenses they dye your lenses with or any of that we didn't wear gloves. So The magazine timeshare the magazine is called called artful magazine The youtuber who is behind the idea And she is the gallant charge is art zoology here on youtube Um, and her name is deb packwood And um, if you go to her channel, she's got a video about the magazine Um, let me see white. I have my iPad here. Let me type it. So I'll type the sea art Yeah, so That's the name of her channel So if you look that up, um, you'll you should find she just posted over the weekend something about Um, the um submission deadline coming up. It's actually I think Friday So I encourage you all whether you've ever been published before or not go and give it a try What's the worst that could happen? I don't think you're going to get any money for it because I think it's a free magazine, but It, you know, your name is going to get out there. You're going to be able to promote your youtube channel and social media links So that's not a bad thing And you can say you've been published You're welcome, um So yeah, these were always a big sellers when a seller when I was doing arts and craft shows these little angels Especially were always huge sellers and they were a great way to use up, you know Just little bits and pieces of seed beads and ribbon roses and, you know paper clips and You know, I would just sit at night and just um in front of the tv and just make dolls And I like I obviously I know how to sew an embroider but and I do it sometimes But it's not I would not want to do it all the time. It's not my favorite thing I like paint like if you only if you say you can go to you're going to a desert island You can only take one medium with you while I'm taking a paint palette with me That's just No question All right, I'm going to go clean up and eat some lunch and I will take care of you. I'll I'll take care of you all later I'll talk to you all later and um, we'll see you hopefully on wednesday Um, there is a current giveaway going on on my channel and there's a video for that so go over to that video and go to the description the raffle copter link is in that description and join There is a lot of different ways to join The free like I said free pattern for the dolls is in my facebook group link for that's in the description below And don't forget the most important thing Go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it Right, aren't they cute? Wanda, I sold a lot of them in the day All right, that's it you guys have a great day. I am going to clean up and Hit the computer. I hate computer work I'd rather clean toilets But it's got to get done and I don't have an assistant All right, I will talk to you all later. See you wednesday. I hope let me know in the facebook group If there's something particular you want to see me paint on watercolor wednesday and I will see you then You can go to deco art the link is in the description to buy any of their products or find out where to buy them locally to you And uh, yeah, deco art americana paints. Love them. There are some of my favorites Especially the neons love them All right, talk to you all later. Bye guys