 Hey, YouTube I used to do live videos every Wednesday And I kind of got tired of it coronavirus came hunkered down But I'm ready. I'm so ready to create things again and the key Seems to be having a space to be creative in so today. I Want to walk you through my new creative space and in here. I'm gonna be doing live videos again And I found the live videos really helpful because you guys ask questions and it encouraged me to Have projects ready every week. So having the live videos in my life Made me create more things. So I'm very excited to show you the space the new space that I have for this new season of life and I anticipate the world is gonna just explode Hey, Mohammed Thanks for watching the world is gonna explode with art and creativity and new music because we need it. We need it so much So this is my new space. Look at that. That's where the painting studio is. I'm gonna show you around, okay? If you have any questions, let me know Hello, Dodd It's been rough this coronavirus hasn't it But as artists It just gives us fuel all these emotions we have Going through hard times it gives us fuel to create more things Artificial marble commercial, okay, I will do that and I'll show you where okay Here's a tour of my new studio call it the Shedio because it was a shed. Let's go in the front door Hey, Kathy car Hey everyone Yeah, I got this new awesome space That's just gonna be for creating things and you'll see I got a science lab Thanks, sir. Thank you Yes It's time to make stuff Yeah, it was tough. It was emotional. I Had a tough time, but I'm back And I'm almost ready to go, but I haven't been dormant. We've just been making stuff Yeah, nice Okay, so this is gonna be the science lab resin room This is all Going to be a dust-free zone Where I can resin paintings so this place is still in the work There's gonna be some glass windows some glass doors here And this will be like the science lab and resin room, okay, you come in I'm gonna put some nice Utilities things here As artists know you get really messy yet dirty, so I'm just creating a space that's gonna work Perfect for making lots of art. Okay. Now if you walk over to this side See so you come out of the science lab and this is gonna be the workshop the wood shop So this is where we can do someone just asked about marble full marble. I'll do a bunch of that in here You know what? I'm gonna write it down. Let's start writing down these ideas and get things going again Okay So how we did these live videos in the past is people would just say suggestions and I'd be like all right Yes, let me write it down and then we get to it So that's what we're gonna start doing again. Thanks for watching everyone I'm just given a tour of This new creative space during the coronavirus. I've been kind of quiet. I've been Been talking very much. I've just been kind of inside myself But I'm just feeling this bubbling and this burning to make stuff and I think that lots of artists are because of Well, we've gone through as a world so I don't know I Encourage you guys to Keep making stuff. So we're gonna look at foe Marble, so I'll do big countertops. Okay All right, so let's continue this tour We still have construction material because I'm still building out this new shop I put track lighting in up here so I can have work in progress paintings up there. See three big paintings there Whiting surprise glad I Know what that means. So this is gonna be Like a workshop, this is where all the tools go woodworking here we'll be working on Wood resin projects. This is gonna be a nice office like an editing suite We're doing graphics and video and stuff And I got this nice window so while I'm working here. I can look out at that isn't that nice Okay, let's carry on the tour So this is just you know Your whole life you create things and you create spaces and You create spaces to create things in and you kind of learn what you need And so this building was an old shed and I've kind of turned it into my ultimate creative space So I'm gonna show you my favorite part now. Oh Thanks, Kathy. Oh, thanks Janine. So these these are temporary stairs, but they're going up to This amazing place So I'm setting up music stuff here if anyone wants to start a band. I Need some band mates. I think I want to play the drums But look at this So this is where the painting will happen So I put up this track lighting for each track light will be where I'll just paint right on the walls so a painting underneath each track lighting and Then this Nature Nature Yes, Jane. It is an awesome place in nature It's just healing It just is so healing being in nature Look it. Oh And I get the page in here Thanks, Kathy So so so blessed The studio space is my dream. I know look at and there's a pond down there Which is really cool Yeah, I had this on my vision board. I'm we're actually another thing. I'm doing in here is making a new vision board The craziest stuff was on my vision board. I had on my vision board from like 10 years ago a Photo of this little blonde girl drinking water out of a lake And then I had a little blonde girl and she was drinking water out of the lake And I took a picture and put it beside and I couldn't believe how accurate it was anyways vision boards good So this track lighting see again track light a light for every painting that I'm working on. I'll be air conditioning See light for every painting that I'm working on and then here I'll put like another Utility sink and little counter and little toilet and this will be a lot of a water heater and I Look for cool and all that stuff, but that's it That's it This is where I will create This is where I'll make things This is where I will do live videos. This is where I will resin stuff. This is where I will be And I don't know what I'm gonna make but Thanks for watching and look out for some live videos. I'll start planning what I'm gonna do I'll start listening to your responses. If you have anything put in the comments below I'm here and I'm actually in it's called Dundas, Ontario in Canada In Ontario where it's so restrictive. The government is telling us we can't do anything. It's hard. It's hard for all of us But I find the best thing to do The best thing to do is to make art To just make a mess make art. Oh, thanks, Ann I'm gonna start I'm starting to feel Like it's time to get creative and make stuff. Okay. Thanks everyone for the nice comments Thanks for coming on this tour of this creative space Maybe one day you can come visit. Welcome back art is a salvation. I know Kathy Yeah, you kind of have to do art to discover how good it is for you to do and Then when you do it and you keep doing it you say I need it in my life. It's like eating and sleeping It's your mental health Okay Look at this That kind of sums it all up. Doesn't it kind of send it all up Okay, everyone have a great day get to work Yeah, thanks, and you'll be all well. I'll talk to you soon Bye everyone