Hi Jackie, I thoroughly enjoyed watching how you use Inktense and listening to your comments about life. I also lead a "dull" life, being single, retired and - other than a few volunteer obligations and trips to the gym - colouring most of the day. My philosophy is that I worked hard in extremely fast-paced and stressful professions so now I've earned the peace and quiet. Today I'm going to try the technique you demonstrated in this video so thank you for sharing. Cheers!

I absolutely loved listening to you , I think a lot of us can totally relate , I’m also a homebody and the days that I get to be at home alone pottering and working in my colouring books and playing with my art stuff are my favourite days . Being peaceful at home for me is fulfilling ❤ . I loved the painterly look you achieve with your inktense , just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing x

Thank you for opening yourself up to us and letting us get to know you a bit better. I love the work you do with water mediums and how you just paint the colors right off the tips of the pencils.

I think a lot of the philosophy you’ve mentioned resonates My main hobbies are textile crafts , and I’ve sometimes pressurised myself a lot in that so I was losing my mojo. I pick up colouring to let myself just enjoy colours, simultaneously it releases the creative blocks in my other crafts so I’ve benefited that way too. I’ll soon be reducing my working hours too, so will hopefully have more time to do the things that bring me joy

I am a stay at home mom and coloring has become my new creative hobby! I found your channel and have watched almost every video, it is so nice to color and not feel alone while doing it and getting to hear about your life and tips and tricks and get to be inspired by a beautiful artist! Thank you for the videos! ❤ I'm from Tennessee in the US, btw, and loveee your accent!

Jackie thank you such a honest and informative guide to your art life A lot of what you we saying about trying to be perfect that's me I am enjoying your video so much and trying to be relaxed heather❤😂

Yup!! Stayed all the way through until the end. Loved "getting to know you" Jackie 🤗 🤗

Loved watching all the video and listening to more of your artistic journey. The page is gorgeous and really enjoyed watching them come to life. Thankyou for sharing some more with us ❤❤❤❤

It is nice to hear a little about your life and your outlook on art. The video was relaxing and I loved watching your painting come to life. ❤

I enjoyed getting to know you and your art journey. Yup stayed to the end, but I was learning all the way through. Thank you, 💚💗❤

Thank you for talking us through what you were doing and how you came to what your doing at the moment it was very interesting,and what a lovely picture you have ended up with.

Hi Jackie enjoyed watching and getting to know you. Your page is lovely 😊🧜‍♀️ Really appreciated what you shared.

Hi Jackie! Thanks very much for the video. it was so enjoyable listening to your introduction to yourself😄i was saying all throughout, "i feel the same!" You are so relatable and articulate...I am learning how to use Inktense and your tips are very helpful. i actually won them! i was in shock haha! ...lovely picture... i have on the notify button! hope to see you soon🙋🌅🐦

Thank you for sharing your art journey…and thank you for your wonderful tutorials.

Hello! It was wonderful to get to know you a bit! Thank you for sharing about yourself and also how you use Inktense! My lovely husband just got me a full set for my birthday a few days ago so this video was perfect for me! I have seen quite a few tutorials on how to use them dry and then activated with water but I really like the look you get from taking the pigment from the pencil with a brush and painting on the page like that! Love your videos!

Your colouring is so pretty.

Stunning colouring and i love your philosophy and agree, toke me a while to get that mind frame. Thank you for sharing xx

Very interesting to watch , will look out for more from you , enjoyed watching and you kept the chat interesting too

I just discovered your channel. I'm so glad I did. I'm also a stay at home wife and mom. I did work full time for about a decade and put a lot of my earnings towards paying off debt. Now my husband's income is enough to support our family. So you are right, it's not luck! But I do enjoy being home and spending quiet days by myself. And I get to be creative evey day!

Hi Jackie! It was very nice to get to know You a little more, I was able to stay home as well, and you do have to be able to do without at times. This Picture that You are working on, is very beautiful and amazing. I love the choice you have made with the background and all those bubbles! Sometimes a full background for Me, spoils the picture. Thank You for Sharing and Have a Wonderful Day!💜

Great video Jackie! You've inspired me to use my Inktense pencils more. I'm using them now on a Lulu Mayo page!

I started art seriously when I was pregnant with my first child.. my son who is 30 this year. So we are very similar in that way. I was very ill the first few months, lost my job (this was in the early 90's when businesses could get away with that), and then wound up on bed rest. I had nothing but time on my hands, stuck at home, unable to physically move much. I'd always loved art, and was crafty, but didn't think I could do fine art because I just can't draw.. never could. I decided to buy some paint after watching the TV painting shows on public television every day and discovered I still couldn't draw... but I COULD paint. Totally different skill. I never tried to sell my work but I did give a lot of it away as gifts when my walls were too full. I just painted what I wanted, without ever desiring to paint what others would pay me for. I was a stay at home mom for over 20 years and loved it.. I only went back to work because I had to after suddenly becoming single with a disabled child to support. I very much miss being able to live my own life. Now I trade most of my life for a paycheck. The coloring was an outlet for my art that I could do in short bursts without a lot of commitment in my rare spare time. I'm just not right if I'm not creating somehow.. it's like living without music.

This was delightful!! I learned so much about you and even tho you said this wasn’t going to be a tutorial, I learned a lot about techniques too! THANK YOU ❤❤❤

Thank you Jackie....this video has helped me so much xx

Really loved this video, learning new techniques and learning about you, great combo❤

I enjoyed watching and listening while knitting a baby hat for newborn babies at the maternity in my local hospital. Also learned some interesting tips and tricks. Nice to get to know you. Sorry for my poor english, I'm from Belgium so.....😊

Hi Jackie , great video and nice getting to know you. I have recently semi retired which gives me more time for colouring . Love this picture. You have inspired me to get a Camilla colouring book 😊

Loved this video’

Thank you so very much for this video. Congratulations on reaching over 1000 subscribers, well deserved. I’ve only been colouring since December 23 and got Inktense for Christmas but haven’t dared use them yet, I’m going to use them like you do and not directly onto the paper. It was lovely to find out more about you personally too, I look out for your videos eagerly especially when there is something that’s particularly appropriate to newbies.

Hi, I have only watched part of this video for now, but you have a new subscriber and I'll be watching all of your previous videos too 😊. I love the way you are painting here, I need to try that. Have fun ❤

Hey Jackie, watch the whole video stayed with you. Very interesting to learn peoples perspective on life. Are you going to finish the page? I like it I like to see it finished.❤

I loved watching you working those greens and blues together on Mr Merman. The end results are so pretty of that fluid wandering of colour. Do you ever use a watercolour ground on the paper first? I was still there at the end. But I watched in bursts over Saturday whilst doing other tasks. I want to get my watercolour pencils out now! But no, I have a dot shading image to finish first.

There are several of the new Inktense colors that are really great and fill a gap in the set (including a light pink), but a lot of them were too close to others (a complaint I have about the 72 set as well). I'd suggest picking up a few open stock. If you do want all the new ones Cult Pens was offering an expansion set of just those colors at a discount over single open stock.. that is where I got mine. Their shipping can be way too high at times to me here in the US.. but they do run shipping specials on occasion. Not sure what they charge to ship to Australia. It's a shame because there are a lot of products I can only get from them.. and it's rare that I order if I can't meet their very high minimum for free shipping.