 Good morning. It's Sunday morning June, uh, June. Holy cow, January 12th. 11, 12 a.m. still morning. We just got out of the gym and we are going to spend the rest of the day I think just at home. I don't think we're doing anything in particular. I'm gonna try to get the rest of the clear coats and all the acrylic poor paintings and I already have an idea for another painting in my head I don't know if I'll get that started today, but I also have a lot of video editing to do so Yeah, all that stuff. Anyway, what are you guys up to today? All right Whatever it is. I hope it's fun. I'll be back Good morning, but it's afternoon. I spent the morning doing some artwork And filming set artwork for YouTube now. I have been clear-coating all of the acrylic pours I've done recently Unfortunately, one of the deco art products I used to do some of the clear coating It might have been the triple thick. I'm not sure Has crazed on a whole bunch of the paintings I don't have any more triple thick To see if another coat will fix it. I tried putting some more clear pouring top coat on it. It didn't really fix it But I don't think it's cause it's it didn't cause any damage to the paintings, but It gives it a little bit of a pattern To be honest, I'm not so sure I hate it I think I'm gonna leave it. I do think all or most of these are going to be up for sale the ones I don't have room to hang anywhere I'm gonna leave them. So Hang on. I'll give you a close-up. You really can only see it from certain angles. So you can see it here And there you can't really see it up there unless the light's shining on it so I don't know Not really anything I can do about it now It seems to be on quite a few of them. Here's the red one So it is what it is. They are going to be for sale. I'll probably mark the price down because of the pattern in the clear coat. Again, it's not It doesn't feel cracked or lifted. Whatever it did. It's sealed in there So I'm going to just let them dry really thoroughly Trim any bumps off the backside. Sign them. There's like a bump right there Sign them. Give them some waxing. So it takes away any sort of sticky temptations from the clear coat and Then they'll be for sale So if there's one of them you want and you've seen them recently somewhere on social media I guess I better get to editing video because I think I lost track after four, but I think I might have filmed six videos And I've got some brushes to clean. So Yeah, I better get to it. I'll be what's wrong seven videos That's right seven videos I thought it was four five maybe six seven. They're all edited They're all loading to different places Some to youtube and being scheduled out At least two of them to Dropbox to be posted over in patreon for the patrons over there Um, again, it's a very low fee two dollars a month. Um, if you want to join there's no tears. It's a flat fee It's very reasonable anyway all right I'm gonna stop harping on it And uh, yeah, I've got some other stuff here lined up to play with In the next day or so. I'm gonna be getting back to work in my gene Haynes books Finally after like two years I'm embarrassed to say Um, I gotta make some more paper clips I've got a pile of things here including some Korean newspapers and magazines to use I want to work on some more four faces journal tutorials and I've got all that stuff over there that's drying that's crazed but We're gonna just let it go And we're gonna have it be what it is and if you all want to buy it you do and if you don't You don't and yeah All right, that's it for the moment. I can't think anything else I'm gonna let the computer do what it needs to and I'll be back. So it is a balmy 39 degrees out We're expecting snow tonight And yeah, we're crazy. We're out walking with crazy pants She's all over the place already see and and crazy man. There he is Yeah, we're bundled up. We're out walking. So Maybe you get some steps and we'll be back I would say good morning, but it's afternoon. It's 1 14 p.m. On Tuesday January 14 I'm currently at Portland international airport. I just dropped my dad off And it's been a crazy morning I got some paperwork type stuff I needed to get done done And Started laundry and stuff like that now. I'm just trying to get out of the airport, which is like A chore in of itself So that wasn't quite as bad of a driving trip as I thought it would be I was worried When I found out I would have to take my dad to the airport today Not have to but that I would be taking him that and then I also found out it might be snowing and icy I was worried about that more than a little worried Anyway, it wasn't that bad But I am going to check the peel box in the way home and I'm you know what? I'm going to get myself some chocolate Because I can is Wednesday January 15th 409 p.m. Don't get all excited. I'm looking at the iPad. Hello um, I spent the morning uh working on 14 paper clips and finishing them up. I started them yesterday All it's cert some pictures here somewhere of all 14 paper clips Some of the best ones. I think I've done yet. They're pretty cute And to have some good messages in them and in the art and on them. So anyway, they were fun to do. I also started some Work in one of my Jean Haynes books That I've been meaning to I have got three or four for books. I never finished working through Before we moved and so I've just now Um gotten back to starting on them. So I'm working on one now. So I'm working on some experiments with Venetian Texture is what she calls it. I think it's I think from at her atmospheric watercolors book It's the one with the chickens on the front. I'll link the specific book in the description below on amazon Anyway, so I'm working through that and of course I was chatting with friends today It is Wednesday. So it's Wednesday chat day. So I was chatting with friends while I was doing that I have a house to myself Well, me and lily she's on the couch here There she is cold up in a ball Um, bob is at work the kids are out house hunting and yeah We're gonna be headed off bob and I are gonna be headed off to the gym when he gets home from work And um, then we'll go get something for dinner It's just me and him for dinner tonight. Everybody's doing their own thing. So that's a good thing. Anyway Uh, that's all for today. I think for the moment. I am continually every day working on things for um, the youtube channel the etsy shop figuring out ways to promote things to raise some income since we Um, virtually virtually lost in all any ad sense money that we were getting here on youtube Um, I think I was at 16 cents today Yeah So anyway, um It is what it is, right? So working on promoting the store and um Developing new products and all that stuff. So Anyway, that's it for the moment. Uh, I will be back at some point Maybe with um footage from the gym. We'll see I'll be back. I came upstairs to show you guys It is the gene hains atmospheric watercolors That's the cover of the book and the lesson that I'm working on is page 136 the venetian technique If you can't afford to buy yourself any more books You might see if they have it at your local one of your local library branches or any of her books Actually, this happens to be the one I'm currently working on but I've Worked through a lot of her books already and I have not found one yet I don't like and they don't learn a lot from anyway and these are the results of the technique Look at all that texture. That's Some of that is because I use Daniel Smith paint. It granulates really well, but a lot of that's not It's from the plastic wrap and the salt and I used a couple different kinds of salt Look at look at that I like that too Really really interesting. So I'm going to be continuing on with this lesson tomorrow and I can't wait I was going to record this upstairs in my art room because this is an art channel, but My daughter turned on the shower upstairs. Anyway, welcome to today's vlog. I am working on Some channel memberships for the channel to increase revenue on the youtube channel and by association the etsy shop so i'm working on that this morning and Really not much else. I'm really focusing on trying to get that set up so it can go into review and hopefully get that up and running soon On the channel so that there are other ways besides patreon Like sharing and subscribing and shopping in the etsy stop shop to support the free content here on youtube Not required, but you know Anyway, so i'm working on that this morning. Of course, I've got the normal chores laundry and stuff like that I don't think i'm going to go out and leave the house anywhere I kind of toyed with the idea a little bit, but I don't think i'm going to I think i'm going to just stay home We are expecting a little bit of snow tomorrow, but they've said that kind of on and off all week And we haven't had any that's stuck yet. So we'll see what happens All right, that's it for the moment. We're out for our evening stroll before dinner It's a brisk 38 degrees I've already got one glove off Because i'm warming up Uh, yeah, that's a thing Your fingers are white. I'm I'm warming up I don't I don't know what to tell him Yeah, I don't know Anyway, I spent the day getting the youtube membership thing set up and Working on patreon and The etsy shop. I got some more stencils done and sent off to manufacturing and Yeah, I'll talk more about it in the next clip. I'll be It's Friday morning 10 53 a.m January 17th Don't get excited I'm looking at the computer anyway I've been chatting with some Art friends and we've been strategizing about youtube and upcoming videos and boosting sales and etsy shops and all of that stuff. So We came up with a good game plan. I think The end of seven year anniversary of my etsy shop is coming up and it's march 17th I think i'll be running some kind of special promotion and and or maybe a live On or before that day a live broadcast I don't know if it's going to be here on youtube yet Or if it's going to be in the facebook group a life of a life of art and self-expression I don't know. I haven't decided yet, but there will be a very limited time coupon code I think for the shop old coupon codes that may be out there will be shortly discontinued And inactive And I think there's a lot of new products coming out Some new exciting stuff. So we've been working on that this morning And also by happenstance got a lot of really good Video ideas, so we're gonna work on that too Anyway, that's it for the moment. I need to eat some food. I'm starving. All right, I'll be back Hi guys It's about 41 degrees in drizzly. We're headed out for a walk After dinner It's been a pretty good day I got to chat with my friends for the afternoon I got a bunch of watercoloring done that I wanted and I finished one of my gene hains books Atmospheric watercolors, so that was all good I'm gonna start on the new one Sometime this weekend. Paint yourself No, not paint yourself calm paint yourself I don't remember. I'll let you know tomorrow Paint yourself happy paint yourself Positive I don't remember Yeah, I don't remember Anyway, we're gonna go walking and Enjoy the fresh air and I'll be back. Um, I would say good morning. Only it's not morning anymore It's 12 47 p.m Saturday afternoon, January 18 I think I think it's 18. Yes Saturday was I mean Saturday Thursday was my dad's 81st birthday. Everybody say happy birthday dad Um So yay, he's in southern california right now with my brother um Bob and I already went to the gym and Now, of course, I've aggravated my knee but I took my What do we call it? Tylenol. Like cedron arth... um Advil I can never remember what it is, but it's Tylenol arthritis. Anyway, I took two of those put on some DoTERRA's deep blue rub, which smells like bengue It smells delicious My old lady perfume as we call it. Anyway, we're on our way out to go run some errands I have a dollar store challenge cut that's going to come up here on youtube and We might stop a dollar tree today and and take care of that and so At least the purchasing part of that anyway, and uh, yeah, probably have lunch out without the children Give everybody a break from each other Get out of the house. Yes. So anyway, we're gonna go run some errands. We'll bring you with us where we can and we'll be back So it is saturday evening. I don't know what time it is. What time is it? It's uh 6 20 6 18, whatever We're getting ready to cook dinner. We've got a another home chef meal kit. This is Cajun shrimp jambalaya With peppers and onions. I don't know it sounds good Does she bring sticks in the house? Lily Anyway, it's been a good day. My knee hurts. I came home after We were done running errands and put ice on my knee until the ice pack was no longer cold And now I have my brace on my knee. So it's all good, but it's been a fun day. It's been a fun week um Getting into the swing of things with the new year. I think art wise I think maybe Anyway, my to-do list for next week is pretty big, but if I can get it all done, I'll be a happy camper next weekend So cross your fingers. All right, that's it for today. Don't forget to like share and subscribe If you have any questions comments or concerns, leave them down below. We have some exciting art tutorials coming up product shares for the etsy store Video hops coming up one of which I have to go shopping for tomorrow And a bunch of other stuff. So stay tuned. We have new youtube channel membership options to support the free content here on youtube We've got patreon. We've got the etsy store. So check out the video description and the channel homepage There's a join button there. So check all the options out and see what works best for you if you can do them That's it for right now. The most important thing, of course, is go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later