 This is the first time for us. Do everything on YouTube, but having like a live audience experience is so... It's a little different, like normally to scream like little birds. Just remember, we can hear you guys. Yeah! Yeah! All right! We teach class, and every time we have anybody in front of us, we actually always start with a toast. Yes. So we're going to do a little something that we normally do for new coverage. So everybody hears a newcomer, but we do want to ask Lisa and Scarlett, J.J. Clara, Linda, right? Is that it? Ray, Brandon, come on, come on. Did you invite everybody else? Yeah. That's good. No, y'all, that's all right. So anyways, we always start with a toast. Mixed with being a girl, Mike, Mitch, Fronson. Are you really going? Mm. Oh yeah. Come on, Lisa, go! Get up there, get up there, go, go, go! This is why we're here, you guys. This is why we're here. Is that man and all of these people right here? Like, me? And if I drop an F bomb, I'm so sorry. I promise I won't. Yeah, we're live. So with that said, I know you don't drink. I'm literally shaking right now. I hope that I don't spill this. But we do a shot of fireball. Sit with me. You got it? There you go. Ice tea. Yeah, this is ice tea. And we completely, I know Mitch and you guys, you guys don't drink. Scarlett, you're amazing. I was like, Ken is here? You want to come on? Diana? Diane? She's recording. Okay, there you go. You know what we're going to do? No. Here's the Stone Coat countertops. Here's to everybody here. We appreciate everything you do. We love you guys. Cheers! Specific! Specific! A little bit, okay. There you go. Welcome to the plan. Don't be addicted. There you go. Alright, that's out of the way. So, it's in tradition. You don't have to drink to be an artist. Yeah. Probably going to have like pictures floating through these. I'm not a presenter. I'm not official. I'm not for this. All I can do is tell you guys our story. I'm here to say that everything that all the other presenters said is true. It works. And people ask us all the time how we became artists. And I had a grown-up job for a long time. I was in corporate sales. I did traveling. I ran 32 hotels for a long time. And one day Jeff was like, Why are you sitting in your car that long? I love it. It's real. That's true. He was like, Why are you sitting in your car that long? Why are you wasting hours of your life, of your week, of your day? And I was like, I'm not sure because I need money. I have bills. And he was like, I believe in you. You can do this. Right on. Right. And that's something that I feel is important. To have someone that believes in you. Right on. Tell your story to me. No crying. No crying. No crying. No crying. No crying. I was in a really bad funk when I met her. She turned it around 100%. So basically what I'm saying is, if you find somebody that believes in you, just give it back. She did it. We're here now. Oh yeah. Thank God. Believe in your partner. Don't give it back back to you. Right. So. Okay. You're good. With that said. So, people ask us all the time how we met. And it's kind of a funny story. I'm going to tell you the whole story. I'm going to tell you most of the story. I met Jeff at a nightclub. He's an awesome dancer. And I was like, I challenge you. And we danced. Like we broke dance. Broke dance. What's the past tense? I don't know. We're break dancing. Intique science. And we started talking. And I was like, so what do you do? He was like, I'm an artist. I was like, it's cute. You know what makes money with art? You have to be a deceased Italian to make money at artwork. No one pays bills with art. So it was like, okay, so you're like a trust fund baby. Like your mom pays your bills. He was like, no, like I paint and you know, I make money. I was like, so you're hit by a UPS truck one day. And now you have a settlement. And then also you paint. He was like, no, I literally, I paint a painting. And someone likes it. And I sell it. And that is my cell phone bill. Or that is my car payment. And I was like, we can be friends. And I kind of kidnapped him one day. I was like, let's go paint. Let's go paint. Cause I have a degree in art. It's ceramic. So it's not really what we do. So we went and painted. And I, he always says that I almost kidnapped him. I feel like she, it was a, just about a uncomfortable thing to where. I told her, I said, why are you, why do you want to paint? She's like, cause I like to paint. I'm an artist. I said, okay. I thought she was just trying to, Yeah. So when you go to the spot, it's a place called, the free wall. And you can spray paint. Do whatever you want. It's a huge industrial place. And she's like, I got some supplies in my trunk. Got a little nervous. So open the trunk. And it's full of canvases and spray paint and paint brushes. And then I thought I was going to get a shock from a taser and pushed in and, I'm out of here. And she, and we got out, we got all the stuff out. And I felt, what is this person doing? Like, I'd seen one piece from her that she'd done and caught my attention. I liked it. She starts spray painting. I asked her, how long have you been spray painting? What are you doing? What have you done? She said, this is my second time. And she painted a sea turtle on a piece of driftwood. Like, it was like a, it was hideous. I'm like, who sent you? What are you doing? I was like Batman. Like, who sent you? Like, what? Never. Never would I thought, like, we became friends, face to face. We were instantly friends. I'm like, you know, you're going to be my friend. Under the circumstances at the time, she had to be my friend. Just my friend. So, we became friends and talked a lot, and then we had so much in common, and we started dating, and we moved in together, and that's when we got to the point where he was like, why waste your time in a car all day? I was like, well, maybe I could paint. I couldn't like sell it. And he was like, do one painting. He had a show coming up. He had a show. It's the Deep Elf Hearts Festival's biggest show in Dallas. It's actually coming up in like, this weekend. Yeah. We're missing it because we want to be here with y'all. Yeah. So. It's this part of it. That was our first show together, and it wasn't even done. Like, I painted one lip piece, and you'll see it flipped her hair. It's all the colors. It's a lip piece, and that's what I wanted to paint. And he was like, let me take it. Let me show it. And I was like, who wants to see my artwork? There's an artist here. Like, that's what they do. Why would someone want to see what I do? I'm a novice. And he was like, you need to do it. You need to bring it. And I was like, I have no confidence in myself or whatever. If you want to take it, let's take it. And then someone wanted to buy my artwork. And I was so blown away by it. And he was like, we need to do another one. I was like, okay, there's not two crazy people out there. That wasn't my artwork. And that one sold. So the first one I sold was like $150. It was not this big, but like maybe half this big. Um, not really. It was like. It was big. So someone bought it. And I painted another one. It was slightly bigger and like slightly more. And then. $500. Wow. Then my third piece sold. It was a 48 by 48 lit piece for $1,500. So much. So much for $1,500. I paid my rent on one painting. And I would never have done it without confidence that he gave me. And this is great to have someone to believe in you. And community is important. And all of the people that subscribe to our channel, we call them THAM. Because you have to have that. And having a community, which is all of y'all, is important. I digress. Um, so anyway, so it sold. And I started doing research on other types of artwork. And I found like, it was acrylic pouring in the beginning. And I was like, I was in a corner of our studio pouring paint on this canvas. And he came over and was like, what are you doing? I was like, I'm doing the pour. It's important. And it's going to work. It didn't work. And, um, there was so much mud. And, um, he was like, you're wasting all the paint. But then he tried it. And it, he did an amazing thing. And then I kept researching it and kept doing research. And you two opened my eyes to resin, eventually. We got to resin. And, um, I started asking people, can you help me? Can you tell me one thing that you wish you'd known when you started? Just one tip. You don't have to tell me your secrets. You don't have to tell me like, something that you had invented. I don't care about any of it. Just one, like, one thing. You could have told me, make sure you mix it completely. And that would have helped me because the first two things I did never said. I, I like, I put a pot. They didn't. He had, I kept it for three months. Like, I had blow dryer on it for three months. I was like, this is going to work. I wish it to work. But I tried. And, um, I had to throw away. Um, so I wish I had known some things. I asked all these artists. I asked 50 artists. I was like, in Dallas, and online, and on YouTube, and Instagram, Pinterest. I did all the research. I asked all the best that I found. And not one person gave me any information. I was like, this is so dumb. We had one person, Slavidor, in our face, and said, even though Janet are friends with NBA, I was like, okay. Like, it was ridiculous. So I was like, fine. I'm going to learn about myself. And I'm going to tell as many people as I can, everything that I find out. And so it started to channel. And people started watching. It was the most amazing thing, because, maybe my mom watched. When she was like, I was drinking her coffee. Okay, too. And maybe myself. People started to burn out. And, or, um, they're stuck in bed because they are surgery, and they just want to pain. Yes. They broke their right hand and their right-handed. So they wanted, they can't paint like they used to. But, so that took their, their therapeutic outlet away. And, pouring kind of gave that back to so many people. But nobody was sharing even a product. So it was kind of intimidating, because, resin is expensive. Paint is expensive. Campuses are even expensive. Everything about what we do can be pricey. So I was like, if I can do all of the tests, if I can do all of the products, if I can just show people how to do it, and take the intimidation factor away, then I can help people. I can help all of the people. All you have to do is watch. And I will tell you everything. I, I wasn't in it to make money. But turns out, if people invest in you as artists or as a friend or as family, they'll watch. They'll, it costs nobody to watch a video. It costs nothing to me to make it. But, doing that has given us like, a diversification in income. I think that was that work. The first time. I think that's pasting science. It is true. Okay, y'all. So I, try explaining sometimes, but as I understand them, so it's not really science. It's just science. So that's where I came from. It's how I understand it. So it's how I can relate to people. And so that's what I call it. So, doing that has given us so many friends. All of the loud people in here are family. Chris's sound effects. Yeah. I don't have to. I was hoping he'd get a door slam. You said that. I don't have, I don't have all those things. But what I do have is the want to help people. And that want, give us the niche. We have heart, right? And so that give us the niche, that give us the foothold into YouTube to make money off of what we love to do. Giving information is hard to do. And I try to inspire people. Every day. I want to educate, inspire, and entertain. Even if I fall off the chair during a video, which has happened. Even if I set my studio on fire, live, which has happened. I just, it educates and entertains at the same time. I'm sure a lot of people will laugh at me. I had someone send me a fire extinguisher the next day. It was on me the next day. Fire extinguisher. And I have used it so many times. I don't know. I love, I have so loved creating this community. If I don't get one more subscriber, it doesn't matter. Because of our what, 26,000? It's not 800 million zillion, like y'all. But one day. If I never get another one, it doesn't matter to me because I've helped those 26,000. It could be five. And it wouldn't matter. I'm sure about that. But it's true to our lives. That's all we can do is who we are. We're real people doing real things. We go live every day. Every day. Every day. Every day. We make time to relate to people every day. We answer questions. We've done like five hour video before. Because people had all the questions and I'm here to help people. I don't care if I've repeated the same answers. Billion times. There's a new person every day. There's a new person learning this craft every day. And I want to help that person. I'm going to help people every day. So I'm up here to just tell you the story of why all of the things, all of these brilliant people have said, works. Everything they've said. I've learned from every person I've talked to here. Whether it's an existing fan, a new fan, all the speakers. I've learned new things. I have a full notebook. Things that I thought I knew that I didn't know I could. So I'm just here to give you guys stories about why it works. How it works for us, it's basically what, and I even haven't written out, we aren't here to tell you how to do it. We're here to tell you what works best for us. And hopefully, you take that and run with it. We're not teachers. We're not, we're just here to tell you where you. Like, we're just two normal people. Like, we just love what we do. Yeah. So yeah. So we can't tell you how to be us. We don't want to tell you how to be us. Every time we have a class, we're just like, what do you want to learn today? What is it that you are having problems with? I want to help you to be the best version of what you are and what you do. And so that's what we do in every class. I was like, is that us right now? Connecting with the audience on their daily YouTube show. Learn how Erica left corporate America. And now the Dallas-based couple create a busy heart doing what they love every single day. I don't understand that at all. I was telling you about water. That's accessible. Did that happen? So, what do we, what do we want to do? Do we have any questions? Let's start with a question. This is going to be, let's do this. So we actually have every social media out there. We have Instagram, I have a LinkedIn. You know, it's not something I make a lot of money off of, but the more places you're posted online, the more relevant when they're able to search. Like, if you search resin artists, I want to be synonymous with resin art, because that's what we do a lot of. He's an Air Force artist. And if you're in Dallas, you probably know who he is, because he's attached himself to a medium. We have a website, and actually, it took me a year and a half to set it up. Not like, that's not how long it took, but like, I put it off. And the crazy thing is, if I had started sooner, if I had the thought and did it that day, I would have had more business. I would have seen a year and a half when I should have had that website set up. And while we do have a website, we sell a lot of paint, or like the color of people. I import all of the colors from around the world. And I ship international. And that's what basically our website is for. I want to pull traffic from all of our social media to the website. That's kind of like the hub, the central. I want to have all these feelers out, and I want them to come to my website. So, if we do a demo of a color on our YouTube, I don't need any money off of that. But I want them to want that color. And they're going to come to my website to get that color. I don't have any initial source, which is in Australia, or New Zealand, or Austria, or wherever it is. But for most people that follow us, our main demographic is BUS. And then it's Canada, UK, and Australia. So for all of our U.S. people, you can't get a lot of the colors that we have anywhere else. I've explicitly, with a lot of my vendors, which is BUS, so I want them to come to my website to buy the paint, which is what my website is for, really. Initially, I just wanted to show the artwork that he does, because he's amazing. If you guys ever end up on our website, he, like, what is, how amazing is this, the eyes on this? That's what he does. I saw that in him, and I was like... That's what we have here. That's literally, yeah. Oh, that's Moo. That's Moo. That's our little... That's our studio book. So, I started the website just to show off his artwork, and then we started carrying products, and when we post on Instagram, I always want to pull that from Instagram to the website. I want to pull from YouTube to the website. It's all about pulling to the website. Hopefully that's a good question. Don't sell that many pieces of artwork off of our website. It's all about the product. You sell more artwork on our YouTube channel because you have to sell it every month, every day. And so, I have no wall space anymore. I have paintings on the floor. I'm pretty sure they're in bed right now. I hope that answers your question. So, if you ever watch our videos, this is very much like our videos are, except for we're doing a painting. So, we did this at the... I just wanted to show people how to use paint in such a way with resin that it makes people confident to show off their artwork. I can't tell you how many people we've met so far that's like, I can't do it. I don't want to talk on a video. I don't want to show my face. And that's great. You don't have to. Our first videos... I didn't speak ever. I didn't see me. I just put my cell phone. And it's really funny. Most of our videos are from our cell phone before we went live. But Mitch and Mike came over and was like, y'all did great. Everything you do is great. But let me help you with your videos. And they told us what cameras we needed and they really helped us out. But you don't have to have fancy equipment. Let's put your phone. We took two, like, yardstick rulers and put it on, I think, a ladder and a tripod. Duck tape. And we duck taped my phone so it would be over what we were doing. You don't have to have all the equipment. And it worked. It looked professional for us. Yeah. Did you watch all the videos? A lot of times we do. Is this the one, Erica? We're on it. Is this the one that sold? Yeah, that's one of my first ones that sold. I tried to get a phone call. Came out of the middle of it and just hit the client. Thank you. So you don't have to have all the equipment. You don't have to show your face. No? You don't have to speak ever. In fact, in the beginning, Jeff... Nope. Not that one. Never. When he did, he was like, he was like, yeah, hold on one second. Yeah, I was not a fan. Really? The cotton candy mustache? That's the only one. I promise you I'll find it. The one thing that I really want to push for being an artist is doing what you're doing right now for... Don't put it off. Don't procrastinate. Like, I used to have a joke where I'd say, I'm going to start a band called The Procrastinators. We don't know songs. We're going to write those later. We'll do that later. We'll do that tomorrow. But it brings up tomorrow's going to come. Tomorrow's going to come. Next week's going to come. If you say, man, I'm going to start a channel today. I'm going to do this. And then a month later, you're just like, I just said that a month ago. And I could have had... I could have had one video. The first video's the hardest. The video, a painting, a picture. Just do it. Because tomorrow's going to come. And then next week's going to come.