How you do anything is how you do everything 🧙🏼

I imagine many of us are wondering if you are well and hoping that you are. And as followers of your creations we respect your time very patiently and wish to hear from you soon! And if not here, we are glad to have met you and you will continue to inspire us in our own creations. Thank you again ❤

"It's time for new masters." Well said! These days people are so afraid to just TRY something new or get involved into a hobby deeply because they're too busy weighing the hypothetical pros and cons worrying too much about the future. Sometimes you just gotta let go and get lost in the process to discover what you truly enjoy.

When you said "Anything that is important to me, has to be done with excellence. Always aiming for Mastery, whatever I do, even if it's just for fun. I just like to see what I am capable of doing, and I fall but I still retry it over and over. I approach everything with respect, and when you do things with respect, valuing those things, you do them great" I felt like "I HAVE TO WRITE THIS ON MY WALL". This was such a great thing to listen to, I hope I can as well reach this mindset soon, you are great, Valerie ❤️

seriously every second of these videos feed my soul. your voiceovers are so beautiful calm and peaceful. you inspire me ❤

I could sit and listen to your thoughts all day Valerie 🥰 You talking about water reminded me of a poem i came across yesterday called Fear by Khalil Gibran. It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the mountains, the long winding road crossing forests and villages. And in front of her, she sees an ocean so vast, that to enter there seems nothing more than to disappear forever. But there is no other way. The river can not go back. Nobody can go back. To go back is impossible in existence. The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will fear disappear, because that’s where the river will know it’s not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean.

You don’t now how happy I get whenever you upload a video :D Your content is too precious

I truly missed you! Love your mindset and your artistic approach to painting. I'm old now, 71, that is in respect for a career, but you inspire me to experiment and let my mind flow with my imagination. For the most of my life past, I have been a parasite, as you describe, and I long now to break free, completely free with my art! Oil painting has been my main stay, but recently have tried watercolor and Gauche. Thank you for inspiring me!!

Guys, Valerie isn't our little secret anymore. She's grown so far, we are proud of you, Val

Oh my god, I had no idea art prints can be that good??? I feel like I could feel the raised paint strokes through the monitor.

I get to see you introspect and read to understand yourself, and by putting this out to the world helping others as well. As an artist its a huge deal at least for me, I'm so nervous and anxious to write online or share my works even, You share your process and thoughts. Each video so enriching and beautiful. Thanks Valerie:) You deserve the best and all the success. Ive been drawing for 20years now, yet very few works here and there are up. Im also anxious about Social media etc and I freeze. I was made fun for drawing in the realistic way in college and somehow I always think whats the point of it. Then I came across you, Ive been watching your uploads from your second video upload, I look for your name and keep looking for new ones. Also, I re-watch many of them. In my 20's I remember having much clarity. Then I Feel its been beaten out of me coz people around me constantly compete though i never wanted to, all i wanted to do is work and earn a living. Now Im in the crossroads, I wish I can earn purely by drawing and painting not dependant on anyone, but not everyone is Valerie to make beautiful content. Not sure if you have shared before or you mind sharing it how old you are, I ask as you seem to be many years younger than me, yet such a wise little one you are Valerie. (Edited )

Too much these days we got lost in the stresses of society, that we sometimes forget what wonders life has. You are the pillar and reminder to always look deeper and search for that which gives bliss from within, like appreciating something as normal as water whereby we are able to find symbolism within that teaches us something completely new about life. An reflection withing a reflection. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful life can be.

You make some of the most thought-provoking videos I’ve ever seen in my life. Just the way you story tale is amazing. When you say what you did about processed foods, I can relate to that so much. I feel like it even affects my ability to create. I do not create as much if I’ve had a lot of processed food in my body day after day. Your voice is so calming and relaxing. Keep doing what you do you’re inspiring so many of us

“It is time for NEW MASTERS” indeed! You are one of them! Thank you for inviting each and everyone of us into your SPECTACULAR WORLD! Your Artistry, Storytelling, Authenticity are your ever so SPECIAL GIFTS TO SHARE. 🎨🧑🏼‍🎨🖼🎁🌎💝

I can't possible be the only one tearing up over this. The message that is being given in this video touches my soul on such a deep level. It inspires me to create and learn more! -Truly makes me happy, thank you.

Valerie, you have grown so much! If I was your mom I would be so proud of you, love to listen to you and what’s in your mind. Many blessings ❤

She’s back everyone. New video coming out tomorrow. She announced it on her Instagram. Let’s pour some love to her. ♡

Yes I agree with what you said... Being an artist is so much more than stacking paint on a canvas... ! Truly being an artist is a- being in love with life! Indeed feeling deeply everything a Fascinating experience! ❤ Thanks for sharing all the sensitivity and deep thoughts.❤

You are literally a piece of art. I hope that you write a book one day. I would buy that book. Thank you for this video, it's very inspiring and engages deep thought.

Every artist needs to try making paint at least once! Even making a tiny amount of egg tempera using powdered pigment gives a valuable perspective on the history of the craft, and helps us appreciate the vast variety of affordable, ready-to-use colors available today. The process we see here involves the same essential steps as large-scale manufacture- the mortar & pestle and glass muller apply the same crush and shear forces as the triple-roller mill we use in factory-made paints. We see Valerie conducting small-batch testing, taking careful measurements, and recording results here just like our paint chemists do. Note that she is using protective equipment where necessary- every artist needs to judge their own ability to observe proper safety measures and whether their studio can accommodate the process they intend to use. Some things like sun-thickened linseed oil can be done practically anywhere, but amber varnishes and heat-bodied oils are extremely unsafe to make except in a well-equipped laboratory or manufacturing facility.

Valerie my arm hairs are all up. This is the best content on KZfaq I have watched recently, truly you're a philosopher and a poet. You are swimming the deep waters of existentialism, how bold is it of you to explore beyond the flesh of things and mix up its particles to create something suis generis. I'm really touched to meet a fellow human who will inspire it's generation to reach mastery, never blow the flame of evolution. ❤ Thank you for these minutes

The thing you said, about old masters being old and that we now need new masters, is so true. People are so fixated on being ''like the old masters'' or even ''better than the old masters'' but really what everyone should be is different from the old masters. They've done their best, now we need to do our best. Art history is being written as we speak and the only thing we could do ''wrong'' is being so fixated on the past that we don't discover the future (of art). Thanks for the amazing video as always Valerie :)

Literally your videos are nothing less than inspirational movie,the production music choice every thing is soooo elegant and royall...i can't tell you how much you inspires,your art,your talent..your videos are themselves art,and just yesterday i finished watching stranger things and i saw you watching stranger things and i feel soooo good...

Yes!!! It's Valerie time 🤗🤩✨❤️ Dear Valerie, I felt so happy when you showed the process of creating a pigment, like a child that was watching a magician. I want to learn it too one day. I think that the parasite thing applies to the Ai art now: Ai art cannot really create art, it can just take the work of real artists and kinf of... Assemble it. I think that what you have explained here is the key to not be destroyed by Ai art

You are one of my biggest inspirations as a young artist I hope to be able to paint like you one day Valerie,thank you for your content♡♡♡

This is probably my favorite video from you so far. So much thought and effort put in.

Watching Valerie is like if old masters would make vlogs there thoughts would be recorded like this ❤

Where are you? I guess I'm speaking for everyone here when I say I missed you

Your videos mean so much to me. Thank you for the time and effort you put into what you do. I feel like I’m watching a craftsmanship of implementing love and meaningfulness into art and into every aspect of life. Beautiful just beautiful in every meaning of the word.

So true what you said about art being much more than smashing art on the canvas. Exploring the meaning of art makes us better artists, and helps us learn about ourselves and the world around us 💗

I like what you say about observation and empirical discoveries. I just came back from a week long trip to visit some family, and I forgot my phone at home, so I ended up spending an entire week without it. That meant that I suddenly had way less distractions than usual, and after a couple of days, I was bored. I was putting myself limits with thoughts like "I don´t have access to reference images to draw what I want, so I might just wait until get back home" and things like that. But then I said, well, the world is full of references and I don't need a phone when I have eyes to see and legs that can take me to different places. So I started observing the world around me, and the plants and trees in the garden, and drawing a lot from life. And just reflecting on things. I felt like I could do anything I wanted to, like I understood a little more clearly the essence of things. And all because I was bored. What I'm trying to say with this is how important it is to observe to get to the underlying theme of things. But also, how we must create the circumstances that allow this to happen. And to get bored, I think, is necessary for us step out and just observe. I like that you remind us the power of observation and just being ,Valerie, because it is something I find is very fleeting in the environment we live in. Thank you for your videos c:

It's so nice to finally hear someone put these thoughts and concepts into words and make them sharable in a cohesive way. I feel the same about everything you say but have not found, or even properly searched for a way to share them. Thank you for leading a way and making it a lot easier for the rest of us to communicate these ideas/ truths. ❤🎉😊

Your words hold so much beauty and wisdom Valerie, you are so beautiful and inspiring

She is like a therapist for me..... Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video with us take love ❤

I love your channel so much!! I feel like you are saying my thoughts out loud and also adding thoughts to my brain. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one thinking deeply about these things

Valerie, I'm happy for you that you're able sell your prints now

Valerie, your voice is so soothing to hear! ❤🧡❤ Love the beautiful peaceful music playing in the background. 🎵🎶🎵 Please create more videos! 🥰😍😘

I couldn't wait for a new video so I just started watching the old ones ❤ your art is amazing and your videos are comforting and inspiring ✨️ I hope that you're doing well and you'll post a new video soon 🤍🎨

Your thought about understanding water is understanding life is absolutely reasonable. Every living individual is made out of a certain amount of water, we humans even more than 50 percent (I think?). Water is always moving and changing just like life. We look different every day, in our early years our skin is soft and keen but as we grow older we get wrinkles, you know? 😅 Just like the autumn leaves. In the beginning green, later in beautiful colours and in the end they are dried out and crinkled. These changes are caused by water. So understanding water is basically understanding how every living individual, no matter if animal, plant or a human being, is constantly changing and moving. I hope this was well understandable. I also just wanted to say how important your videos are to me as a "growing up artist". It inspires and calms me so much to see you creating. I'm sure that you are an important person in my art journey and you are basically living in my dream room, so:))

Hey Valerie, you are my biggest inspiration and I wanna thank you for existing and creating such creative and inspiring videos. I love you

people like you encourage others to love what they do thanks for your videos💜

Never have I met anyone who understands Life better then you. It's a real Blessing to watch you live it, Thank You for sharing the way to live it! Namaste❤

i couldnt pick one perfect thing to say about your video so i joined patreon instead. youre my first pledge and you couldnt deserve it more. thank you for leading by example and being so inspiring

انتي ساحره تحولين الاشياء العاديه الى اشياء جميله ، لم اندم يوماً على متابعتك شكراً على مجهودك اللذي تضعينه في صفحتك واود ان اخبرك ان هناك عدة اشخاص يتابعونك من السعوديه نحبك كثيراً صديقتك نوره ♥️♥️

I just replayed all of your videos in the background while working on my 3D art school assignment! And your words and the music, and having you as company helped me through!! THANK YOU! ^^ It's amazing listening to you talk about art and the importance of it, while grinding on it myself. So so motivating

If your attempt was to motivate us, wow a fire is burning inside me. Congratulations for what you've achieved and thanks so much for sharing it with us ♥

You are such an inspiration Valerie, I feel like you have reached what a lot of people, including me, are searching for, a purpose. There have been countless times where I just didn't want to exist, not die, but simply not exist, all because I don't really know what my purpose is, I get caught up in all of these little problems that I forget to see the bigger picture. Please keep doing what you're doing, and thank you! 💚

The colours are calm to eyes and the way of your bruh strokes are smiling on the picture 🥰.

"Anger is a burst of energy, the art is to allow yourself to translate this energy into something constructive not destructive" - VERY WISE WORDS

I wish you had a podcast..I could listen to you all day. Love your thoughts, mindset and art.

I found my best friend in you..everyone around me used to treat me boring and would force me to stop doing something saying all that is unnecessary...and I silenced myself to the extent that I forgot who I am! After watching your videos I feel like there is someone like me out there, I wish I found you earlier or found you in my real life as a best friend, anyways I am happy to know that YOU are there! LOTS OF LOVE Valerie🧡...all your thoughts reflect so much deep inside me, I am able to bring them back to light again because of you!

You’re amazing dear ❤you have become a human version of sunshine ☀️ like those days of spring, where everything feels right 😊Thank you ❤

I really appreciate what you have to say. I appreciate your thoughts and your manner in how you approach your life and art. Thank you. I appreciate you.

hey Valerie . this is the first time I am commenting on your channel to convey this message to you that your aura and calm energy is miraculous honeyyy.🥰You have channeled my inner artist. Keep growing🌻🌻

I love your videos, you have brought a lot of peace and food for thought to my mind. You speak so eloquently and profoundly that you can hear that you really feel what you say. Thank you for being you I hope to put some of these mindful thoughts in practice.

As usual, my day with Valerie's videos and her paintings

Valerie, every sentence that comes out of your mouth is art, every movement you make is art, every stroke you paint is art, every time you express yourself; you are art 🤍✨

I really enjoyed when you said "art is reflection of the human being and the human being is everything" idk that just really struck out to me and I just really appreciate you sharing your art and process with others. thank you:)

Thank you for this video !! I'm a artist as well and you make me want to go harder now. I've been stuck in my own mess for a while but this video helped me want to get up and do whatever I can with what I have.

Hi Valerie i'm from Egypt I really have been watching your videos for a while, I really liked them, and when I watch them, I feel the comfort of your speech, and your words give accent and love, also your beautiful face and personality, your smile, you are my favorite, and continue on this, that you are wonderful ❤❤

I loved this video, it is always hard to explain to people that art is simply about everything. Mastery, understanding, making progress and not being destructive, I find all your words so beautiful. It happens that I forget about the value of creating, because being an art student is sometimes discouraging , but this video is going to remind me the importance of our craft and profession. Just thank you, Valerie!

This video was so inspirational. It opened my eyes about the way life should be seen. I have no words to describe how many positive emotions your video brought me. I love your work and thank you for always bringing me a new life perspective.💫

Such beautiful vibrant pastel colours of the painting! Adorable!❤

When you said that understanding water has to do with understanding life, I somehow know exactly what you mean, yet I also can’t exactly put it into words. Every aspect of life and existence in some way can be compared to water’s behavior. The way it has the ability to be soft and hard, fluid and solid, as transcendent as the clouds and as grounding as a river, ever changing yet ever persisting, remaining individual and yet connecting to the greater. I once wrote a short story some time ago in my attempt to sort out this thought but it ended up coming out just as ambiguous as in my head lol. It had been some time since I visited that thought, and I thank you for bringing it back to me. I hope you keep contemplating and searching and eventually find the answer, I think there is a deep wisdom in it. Beautiful video as always.💕

I feel Serene hearing your voice 😌😇

Lot of this philosophy applies to everything in our life, not just art yes! Finally getting to a point where some of this is making more sense

HI VAL, YOUR "PHYLOSOPHY, ART, & POETRY" TO ME IS SUCH A THIRST QUENCHER, IT EQUATES ONLY TO MY "3 AM CUP OF COFFEE", LITTERALY, ITS HARDLY DISCRIBABLE........I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VIDS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE'S, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE IN TODAYS WORLD TRUELY """1 IN A MILLION""".............YOUR SMILE YOUR ART YOUR WARDROBE YOUR COLOR THEMES, ALL OF IT, YOU ARE LIKE MY LITTLE ""GERMAN ART ANGEL"" LOL, SURELY THATS A GOOD THING.....SO, YOU BE SAFE, & KEEP ON CHURNING THE ARTS........MUCH LUUUUV FROM THE SOUTH CARIBBEAN !!!! 🇻🇪🇹🇹🇻🇪🇹🇹🇻🇪🇹🇹

it's so comfortable and so nice , I real enjoy the peace atmosphere,very silent and very peace😊😊

i wish so much to live and see life the way she does instead of wasting my days at a work i hate and get home so tired that i have no energy to do what i really want

This really gave me many thoughts. You really seem to have developed great skill in being present and noticing the world around you. I aspire to live in the moment like that. Thank you

Your videos are healing my soul, and giving so much joy and harmony! Thank you Valerie 🤍

This video is an art piece in of itself! It’s very infrequent for me to tear up over a video simply bc of how beautiful it is; this usually happens to me when I read an excellent book that is well crafted and slowly paced. But to have this emotion with a youtube video? God that’s almost unbelievable!

Extrañaba demasiado tus videos, amamos tu arte ❤

It's so good to hear from you, Valerie. You are wonderful! ❤

Your way of arting is so fine and fun at the same time. You're soo inspiring

I want to cry because of one, your painting are gorgeous, masterpieces that bring peace and joy to my soul, and your outlook on life is so beautiful, hopeful and special, encouraging and just, a blessing!!!!!! Thank you! You're amazing!

Your art is beautiful and I ADMIRE you! How you make a painting is incredible starting from a few strokes to becoming a work of art. Your advice is very valuable to me and I totally agree.

Omg omg omg, can't tell u how much I've waited for this!!!! Lovee yaa lots valerie ❤🎉🎉😊!!!!!

Hey Valerie I love your videos thank you sooo much for posting!!! ❤

Valerie, thank you for inspiring us with your wise and thoughtful words. I think about your videos everytime I'm feeling hopeless about my art practice. Thank you so very much for being your genuine self. Much love from Ontario, Canada ❤🙏

This is so true and powerful-it’s time for new masters!! That’s how we move forward, we always look the the past and what was done. It really is time to look forward to what can be done now and new ways of mastery.

i love watching your videos. the fact that you make the needed supplies by yourself from the scratch is massively valuable!! and i love your authenticity. keep shining, dear!

It's val time!! I can't express how much I love this chanel. Like you just give me a lot of positive vibes. You're my inspiration that motivates me to paint every day. My mom loves your chanel 🖤🖤. I really hope to reach your point in mindset. Everything you said had a positive impact on me. Thank you val🖤

Love how u always spark new reflections in me and positively influence thought patterns. And here its having respect for everything. Especially that I am in a time where I am unhappy at where I am and it greatly affects my motivation. The shift of "respecting the things I need to in my current journey" even if its not where I want to be yet, is soo helpful. ❤

I don't understand how you touch something very close to my heart everytime you speak. Every video you post just heals me a bit more than how much I hurt myself. You are beautiful, Valerie.

Sometimes she is too smart for me to understand but I do enjoy her videos a lot. I like how she takes care of the things in her room, how calm she is. She really takes the time to do something and to do it well. It's always a calm space here, it never feels rushed. Maybe it's because I'm not a painter/artist but I had no idea paint takes so long to make! All those different steps and all that time between certain steps. It was fascinating to watch, almost like those ASMR videos. It was amazing 🌸🌸

Your videos, your choice of words, YOU made me believe in the beauty that life has to give... Thank you so much for not being afraid to speak your mind and create these literal masterpieces! Keep being your wonder-full self because our world deserves to have people like you! ❤

I discovered your channel recently, and am so glad I did it. I love your art and the easy and relaxed way of your approach. Your art is gorgeous, and your place is dreamy. Thank you for sharing all of this, by the way, l love it when you show us part of the surrounding area where you live.

You amaze me every single time!!! Thank you so much❤️

your a very amazing person. thanks for inspiring us all!

Nunca deixei de ver um vídeo seu desde o primeiro que você lançou, e como artista e futura animadora também acho tão importante você abranger a arte, muitas acham que é um trabalho simples e fácil, mas é um mar profundo de estudo. Fico feliz de ter acompanhado você em todos os vídeos e espero que você cresça muito no mundo da arte, espero te encontrar algum dia quando estiver trabalhando em arte.🙂

Your videos give me positive energy and I am ready to watch your videos all day long

Valerie, I have admired you, since the first video, I watched about you. You bring forth beauty, simplicity, kindness. Gracias 🙏🏻

Curiosity is a very nice flaw. Like, I share with you this desire to understand things and learn. You are pretty when you marvel at a discovery. I think that making your own paintings is showing respect for ancestral knowledge. Me, it gave me wings. Thank you for sharing your art studio moments with us. 😊

Valerie, your videos give do much hope to me. To see the world from a curious lens and how beautiful it is! I am blessed to live this life where I get to watch these inspiring and beautiful videos of yours❤

Wow Valerie! I love watching your videos! I always look forward to them. They are such a treat for my brain. Thank you. I really like how you articulate about mastery and living to your fullest potential. Keep it up!!

For the truth you express, for the good in us that you reinforce, for the generosity of your spirit: you are my hero. Thank you for being audacious.💜

I was waiting for your video and the wait is finally over !!!!

That's so true about cultivating habits because I always wanted to learn to ride a bike ( btw m 17) so finally today was my first day and I felt carefree after a very long time 😊😊😊❤❤❤

I really needed this video right now, I just got out of a toxic friendship and I always felt like I couldn't speak my true thoughts or else I'd be punished, but seeing and hearing you just spout out whatever you want just because you want to, it inspired me so much and made me feel seen I always just say the stupid psychological stuff that comes to mind and I always feel annoying or bad for doing so, but seeing you do it and actively encourage it makes me jump for joy This was the first time I listened completely to a video of this style, and the first time I understood it all and took it to heart, thanks.