 Three different devices not a single viewer. This will be interesting to see if anyone actually Joins the other platforms majority so far is Instagram Nobody knows me on Facebook or YouTube, but regardless I have three devices streaming at the moment I'm just testing this as something for the first time Hello to everybody and I'm hoping that I can possibly make this a little more of a Frequent thing. I know that Raven's been doing this for a while but I think I would like to Do more streams and kind of keep up with studio updates now that I am a full-time artist Which is very exciting. So I have a couple things to chat about And I'm currently streaming on Instagram YouTube and Facebook, so That's kind of cool. I'm not sure exactly if I was to do it like More consistently per week at what time would be the best to go about it But for right now, I know it's a little bit later in the day. I just had a kind of a busy day, so Yeah, I have my little notepad here with a few things that I wanted to talk about And if I was to do this on a weekly basis, I would kind of go over the different things that are happening in the studio and I do have a Box to open on camera as well at the end. So if you continue to watch till the very end, I will unbox that But I think it'd be fun to kind of chat through Different things and I'm sorry if I'm looking all over the place because I have three different cameras on me, which is a lot So I guess a Weekly thing that I do that not a lot of people kind of pay attention to is the Weekly Wednesday YouTube upload and this week's video wasn't anything spectacular. It was just a little video saying that I'm now a full-time artist, which is really exciting obviously and I Have a bunch of videos lined up for the next couple weeks that are going to be really awesome and Hopefully get back on track in the tutorial department one of the big projects I'm working towards is Customizing several stable mates in different colors and re-uploading those videos with more information and more style, which could be very exciting for you guys to Actually have some tutorials that aren't from you know back when I started my studio because that's it's been a while since I've painted some of those Unfortunately like a day before I was scheduled to become a full-time artist My air compressor for my airbrush broke So that's been something I've been dealing with this week I Had to order a new one and I did in fact order a new one. I bought a Oversized shop airbrush compressor this time I've read good things online and watched a bunch of videos done a bunch of research So I went with the Makita three gallon. I will potentially Do a video on that or kind of an update or post or some sort to explain How that's working because as far as I know currently I'm not really sure If it's gonna work, but I'm waiting on some parts from Amazon to fully figure out how I'm going to situate that But I will keep everyone posted on how that goes YouTube plans Another thing I've been thinking about and I kind of want your guys's input is if I was to do a Video series in which you guys are able to submit some of your customs Projects work in progress, whatever you see fit and I could kind of give advice on those said things Or look them over talk about them. I think that would be a really fun Video idea. So that's something that you would be interested in let me know because that's kind of another idea I want I would like to do more question and answer videos and different things But maybe live streaming is the way to go and maybe that's something we have to go towards in the future And I may need a different set up because this three camera thing is kind of crazy Another thing I want to talk about is my monthly sticker club It's open for subscriptions and you have until December 30th to join for the first month's sticker So for the entire month of December, you are only able to buy in for a year's subscription for the month of December After December 30th, you are no longer eligible for that If you absolutely needed to I'm sure we could work something out, but for the most part Get your subscriptions in Because that's happening the year the theme for this year is Poetry in motion, which is a bunch of horses that are in crazy action poses And they're all going to be different colors I got some feedback that the Apollosa Club wasn't the greatest because not everyone likes Apollosa's so I'm going that route this time Yeah, and I still have coloring books available on my website I've uploaded most of that information and I still actually have three copies of Fritt left for any of those involved So Yeah, I can open this up to questions and I'm not going to make this a super long thing I think it's Yeah, I'm not I'm not sure. I think it's interesting. I I like or much prefer to do Livestreams when I'm working on something. So, you know, I'm not just here filling the void of air and talking I don't know if there's any questions that I've missed in my talking rambling Oh, there's a bunch on YouTube that I wasn't able to see Someone is tuning in from France, that's amazing And can you do a Palomino tutorial? I sure can and that is on my radar And the live chat just disappeared It's really annoying We have some interest in the feedback on the customs. So that's good I don't know how to make this stay Are you planning on filming a collection tour anytime soon? By the way, I love your hair Oh, thank you. This is not my natural hair at all. It's very straightened and like third day of flat curls, but I cut these pieces myself and I'm enjoying them. So I do intend on doing a collection tour. I think it would be great to review the collection because It's been a minute since I've done one for real and I haven't done one in this new collection setup. So I can definitely do that Um, there's another comment here A full red round tutorial. Yes. So all of the coat colors I have planned for tutorials. I have no idea how long this is going to take These are all pipe dreams great ideas that you know could happen and may not happen. So Um, yeah, should we do the unboxing now? This little package came in the mail the other day and I was like, maybe I should save this for a live stream and this would be a good live stream thing because Could be fun could be fun Um, this was like I'm not allowed to be buying things, but it's christmas. So I'm treating myself And it was in Canada Pretty sure it came from Canada. So That's also helpful When things come from Canada There's a comment there. This I don't understand how you use the youtube thing. It disappears Um, could you also do a gorilla tutorial? Yes, that's on the plan. Stop going away You have such a lovely briar collection still working on mine. I would love to have as many as you eventually This has taken a long time like 15 years. Um, and More than 15 years It's taken a while and It's great in retrospect until you need to dust them all Then it's very very Less exciting So what could it possibly be? What could I possibly order myself? It smells Like christmas. It's very strong. Can you see what it is? Potentially We are currently interestingly enough. We have the most viewers tuning in on youtube Just think that was going to be the outcome This is like very strong like eucalyptus or something She's like essential oils the box It is a chestnut raining horse Just a briar for my collection um I Didn't particularly like this mold in the beginning. I now have two others on this mold but Since purchasing drifter, I have a new appreciation for raining horses and chestnuts So this is chestnut raining horse. So I've kind of started a baby conga I have hollywood done it in the buckskin slider and then This guy and I'm looking for the palomino as well Possibly the splash slider I'm still tentative on that one. Um, but he's really cool. So It's a fun little package opening for you guys Um, I'll just hang out for like a couple more minutes. Um Answer any questions you guys have and then I Will go make dinner because it's that time of night And then maybe tune in some other time when I'm actually doing something interesting I'm not just Gabbing online How many briar models do you have? I have over 200 of the traditionals at this point. I have no idea collectively as a whole. I have a ton of bodies. I have a ton of um Classics and stable mates as well. So I couldn't really say exactly how many I have Got any tips painting arabicano? I actually haven't done arabicano since I was a teenager and I don't really fully have advice I need to paint another one and like attempt that uh, the biggest thing is that I do have a Roaning or hair by hair tutorial available on youtube and that kind of has my techniques and my paintbrush But I haven't successfully done that color in a really long time So that is on my list of to-dos is to definitely try and paint that but like I said air compressor has been broken So the painting department has been slow Unfortunately I love your opinion on a custom cutter that I'm doing so that's really interesting that that could be a potential And I just might do that as just another interesting video Um for you guys Sometimes I run out of youtube ideas. I'm not gonna lie Um, I've been subbed to channel for a while and I have so many questions I'm also gonna do another q&a where I open up the Kind of worlds. Well, I'll put a poll out on all the social medias and collect questions from not just instagram But also facebook and youtube and I'll do that Every once in a while for you guys Um What is the best way to attach a tail? You always always always must reinforce with wire So if it's a broken briar or it's your own sculpted tail or whatever Form of tail you're trying to attach you must put wire and I would recommend doing Like putting as much wire into the body of the horse as you can And then super gluing and baking soda It really a lot so that it is very secure and um always always always use wire because otherwise it'll just break Um tips from keeping brush tips from fraying too quickly I don't run into this issue too much. I feel like it's Something that just happens with a lot of synthetic brushes over time. So if you're painting For five years at the same brush, eventually it's just going to fray and it's no longer going to be useful But you definitely want to store your brushes with the bristles up So you never want to store them with bristles pointing down and you don't want to leave them in water So I always just rinse my brushes and let them dry in a jar or dry laying flat And I use a brush cleaner. I don't remember the brand of it at this point To revive any brushes that are struggling to exist. That's a Big thing for me for sure Can you please do a range horse sticker like a ranch horse? Possibly possibly I have lots of sticker ideas too Um, this person's asking I have a briar that's yellowed over time. How do I unyellow it? If you leave briar horses in direct sunlight, they unyellow themselves Which is very interesting. They do not fade, but the yellow disappears So Miraculously you just want to put them in the brightest window of your house You're gonna have to leave them there for like a few weeks and you can flip them But I notice a change in the models quite quickly I've had a couple models that I've bought yellowed and I have a really great window Just in the studio that I can literally put them in the frame like in the window sill so that their entire body gets the sunlight and Within like a week or two, they're already looking much better. So There's lots of questions on youtube here for video ideas Could you maybe do reviews of some rare horses you own? I know the original kroy from the premier club doesn't have any reviews on youtube. That's interesting I'm sure that's another little realm that I could dive into is just showing you what the briars look like because Some of them are interesting I don't really have a lot of rarities per se though I am I'm not a rarity collector. I'm just an avid of collector Uh, do you like painting with oils acrylic or pastels best? I avoid oils because I am an incredibly impatient person I um Struggle to wait for anything to dry so Oils in me don't really agree. I have all the oil things. I don't have a ton of practice with it either I've never really given it the full time of day um, so all of my work is predominantly airbrushed acrylic and pastel It's actually more pastel than you would think And That's kind of my process Um, this person said I reinforced with wire twice and it still broke I think I better notch the wire so it doesn't just slip Break easy and slide out. I even used two wires on the custom, but it is a heavy tail Yeah, you have to be careful and you're not going to really be able to hold the model by the tail either If it's a really heavy sculpture Um Notching the wire can help or even wrapping the wire in a thinner wire is also really useful Um, it's cool Do you have any otheos that is my favorite model from the fact I paint with acrylic I have Is he not in frame? He's just I can't tell It's kind of backwards You can't see over here. No, so I have four otheo models at Fox Valley Oliver the fall treasure hunt The summer treasure hunt and I have I want to say Rainer, but I know that's not how you actually say it Slider custom step by step. I did a refusal horse with Frankel. That's interesting um, I don't really like Pick particular poses. I kind of just film whatever I'm creating in the studio. So um Is that how you say otheo? I don't know Don't take my word for it. It's probably like spanish where the elves are actually a j It's lower quality. It's hard to see which models you have because it's lower quality I will just have to do an updated tutorial for all of you guys because you're really excited And yes, it is the blue ron cc shuffle Um, that was the model I wanted most ever And I she took forever to find so I was very excited to finally find her Any more questions or I'll probably bring this to a close Not a lot of Action Who hung all those shelves? They look great My brother has entered the chat This is true the shelves look amazing my Mom and my brother. I don't think my dad was involved Um, maybe he was I don't remember hung all of the shelves once And I came home and I didn't like it and They rehung them a second time So really they deserve the praise here Hello from scotland Wow, that's amazing um My what is your favorite color and pattern to paint? I love Sooty buckskin that is my favorite favorite favorite I could paint that color on every briar every resin ever and never get sick of it Um, but I also have a soft spot for apollosa. Obviously. Um, that's my big color of choice, uh apollosa In all the forms including leopard is really fun Uh, this person asks where do you buy epoxy sculpt? Um, it's kind of a tricky question because I live in canada So things are very different for me and where I can find them Um, you can get epoxy on amazon as far as I know and potentially other um art sites I don't use epoxy anymore I exclusively use magic sculpt and I buy my magic sculpt through a taxidermy distributor So it's like a specific taxidermy store that I send the email to and they ship me however much I need So that's a good place to look if you're absolutely stuck because Taxidermy people use epoxy sculpt which is kind of interesting But that's the magic sculpt version as well just So y'all know I do have a buckskin tutorial on my youtube this person says so Why do you not like epoxy sculpt from aves? So this is another thing I want to actually um speak about in a video I find that both products work very comparably And both products are used across the hobby And it's purely personal preference So from my experiences, I started with epoxy and then tried magic sculpt and much preferred it and the basic Consensus of it is that epoxy sculpt is much firmer. It's much harder to mix. It's harder to smooth It's harder to apply And for me, I have Not the greatest finger joints. So my hands get quite sore and that's just like a lot for me Um, it details kind of the same But it's just a lot firmer of a product. I was also having issues with mine Not curing properly. So when I was mixing it fully I was finding that It's still like would be a little streaky and then putting it on the model I would have spots that weren't curing all the way through and I've never had that issue with magic or Yeah, magic sculpt I find it's a lot easier to mix and to get to like a smooth solid consistency And then it's easier to apply and it's just a softer clay in general Which a lot of people I could see disliking for that reason because it can almost turn to mush really quickly But I much prefer the softer application than the firmer application. So that's my personal preference on it Uh, when it comes to cleaning models What do you think is best because they collect dust like crazy but are nervous because I don't want to scratch them I will dust My models, I mean you can bath them by rinsing them in water Um, but I dust them with just like a soft cloth You could use a microfiber or a piece of fleece and I've never had any issues with um scratching This person said I had the same problem and have bad hand joints might try magic sculpt at some point I highly recommend that if that's the case So much easier to mix Have you tried milliput? I have not Personally I bought some for my husband and he's used it a little bit. He doesn't like it but he doesn't like Magic any kind of epoxy clay. He finds it really difficult to use um, so I haven't fully tried that but I should actually try it for a video I bought him the white stuff though, which white is usually more finicky and that's another thing to keep in mind is that The natural clays are generally better to use than anything with color But some people prefer different color. There's lots of people that prefer brown epoxy or blue epoxy But the white stuff is horrible and don't even touch don't even touch it with a tenfold pull I have a little bit of it for prepping resin, but it is not pleasant to use at all Uh, do you have any sales groups on instagram or facebook or anything to recommend for high-end models? If you're not comfortable with sharing, it's totally fine I just go on facebook and search up different groups. Um, I'm part of a couple There's like a rare model horse page that's on Facebook that you can join But it's just a lot of searching what works for you or model horse sales pages kind of my go to Have you tried 3d modeling? I use blender and alias But only did it on car design modeling. Are you planning to dabble in 3d softs one day? So I originally actually went to film school and I learned entirely how to model 3d objects in Maya So I Didn't really learn blender. I actually learned like the official programming To do model making and I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it as much as I thought I would And I've downloaded z brush and I've wanted to dabble in it. I um have you know, it on my ipad and I've considered it, but I just the whole reason I got into model horses was because it was very physical and hands-on and I feel like Going into digital sculpting takes that away and where my joy lies is in The physical sculpting realm so I wouldn't necessarily say that Um, I will get into that realm The only thing would be 3d printing potentially I have an interest in but I really like the physicality and I find that there's more Skill required in physical sculpting because you do actually have to match the symmetry There's not a tool that you know, you can only like really you only need to sculpt half a horse in blender But in reality, that's not the case and you need to really Um, understand your anatomy I really miss watching your customizations. Do you plan on coming back with them? I do and I apologize um 2022 was a not so year for me and there's just a lot of personal things happening so my youtube channel suffered and It sucks, but that's just the way it was and I now that I am full-time I'm gonna have a lot more time to edit videos and actually give you more interesting content But my lineup of videos coming up is more tutorial based and more exciting to watch than the speed drop videos I'm sorry. I know no one liked them Keep doing what you're doing because you're a huge motivator. That's so sweet. Thank you um This person asks what's your advice on doing apollosa dotting? You're always Yours are always beautiful You get the gray mapping so crisp Um, so there's a great video Explaining my mapping that's actually on briars youtube channel and that's me painting a leopard apollosa with mapping Um, but basically I paint the spot and I do a white wash over it And then I paint a smaller spot on the inside So the halo is kind of underneath the white wash and that's how I make them So crispy, which I don't actually like it's I would like them to be a little softer um, but If you like the crispiness, then that's perfect How would you rate duplicate color primer? So this has been something I've actually done a bunch of research into because I had a little panic moment That I thought duplicate color was going to eat my plastics Um, because it's not rated for plastic on the container It actually doesn't say it's for use on plastics and rustolium is However, rustolium is a lesser rated primer than duplicate color and duplicate color is one that you definitely should use And a lot of model makers do use and there's longevity within it. So it is not a concern Um, I have found better success with the sandable versus the filler and that's Either my climate or I ran into a bad batch. I'm not sure some of the filler stuff I got was really strong smelling and throwing sandpaper Surface all over the model. So I find the sand of sandable is really smooth and really thin Um, it creates a really smooth surface. So I use duplicate color Um, but recently I've also tried tamaya However, you say that and that stuff is amazing. It's super expensive for a container of it But I think that's what I'm going to switch to because it just it's so easy to use it doesn't have any of the fuss and um, it's made for plastics and miniatures and You can't get much better than that I also have a hard time getting rid of pencil marks on horses What do you mean by this? Do you have any issues with duplicate color being tacky? Never ever ever. It's never been tacky Um, rustoleum is horrible. It actually says on the can of rustoleum that you need it to cure five to seven days to um Actually fully cure too plastic Which I didn't know previously and that stuff is always sticky duplicate color is Not Sticky at all. That's why I really like it um I did run into a bad batch of duplicate color Where it was having weirdness coming out of the container But I think it was literally just the batch of it was not working But otherwise I've had no issues This person asked how's drifter drifter is good. I um Admittedly haven't spent a lot of time with him. I've just had like A lot of other life stuff happening But I hope you know as I fall into more of a routine here with my art stuff I'll be able to spend more time with him. But he's um, he's such a funny horse. He's so content all the time with life He's extra extra fuzzy right now as well because it's winter. So he's got his winter coats on Uh, I get a game plan for my spots to where I want paint to be And some small areas have pencil where I didn't bring my oils too fully I don't know what you mean On the subject of sealer wet matte sealer Do you use that you can use for sealing pastel later is that you can also Paint acrylic on that it will stick to you And wet matte sealer do you use to seal the entire model after acrylic markings? I use testers dull coat always 10 out of 10 You can't go wrong with it. It is just like always consistent always good and The only one that's truly matte. So I just stick with it. It's expensive But it's worth it because you're not fighting with it What is your holy grail model to get to paint and or color? For the longest time it was actually a rose rainer For resin and I have a rose rainer in the studio on commission, which is so exciting um as for briars I've achieved a bunch of my holy grails I can't fully recall. I really really want the matte stone lay surprise from briar fest It was one of the briar fest. I don't remember which one it's on the flash mold and it's the leopard Apollosa in matte and he is like impossible to find I passed one up a while ago for like two 75 a couple years back And I regret that ever since because I've never seen another one Have you ever used a lean's matte? I know that's expensive. I have not I Started with testers and I've loved it so much. I haven't even attempted any other sealers I've tried a couple other cheaper brands But nothing compares to testers All of these people are asking for tutorials. Oh, no Um, and yes tutorials coming soon to a theater near you All right. Well, I think this is good and I should probably bounce. Um, but this has been fun and um, I hope to make this a more regular thing and But the idea would be for you know, Saturday mornings is kind of my idea um But Yeah, this has been fun and it's worked okay on the three devices, but we'll see um How I can evolve this to better streamline it so Um, oh wait, there's one more question before I go. Uh, this person asks can I ask are you from Poland? Sorry for asking, but I always thought that I am from Poland I love your art and you are a big inspiration. That is so cool I am not from Poland But my dad Is 100 polish. So my grandparents were from Poland and they immigrated over to canada had my dad um, so I carry the polish last name obviously and I get this question a lot and the polish facial features apparently as well so um Yeah, I am a little bit polish 50 percent And then my mom's side I have kind of a mixed bag of tricks Mostly other european blood But I get that question a lot and actually a large portion of my audience Is polish which is really interesting Thank you guys. You are all so sweet um This has been fun. So until next time. I am going to vote