Thanks so much I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Hope to see you here again soon!❤️

Welcome to the channel Bev, and welcome to the little group of Australian ladies who follow me on here, I love that you are here! Thank you so much for joining the channel membership. Copying is the best way to start, it’s how we all start, no matter what age we start at! You will soon find you branch out (excuse the pun) with the birds and create your own ideas! You certainly can continue to learn into your 70s, I hope so as I’m embarking on them myself in a few days (gulp!) - despite all my efforts to stay young it’s happening! Welcome again and please come back and comment often, it’s so helpful to us and I always try to respond to all comments from members. Have a great day, love Diane.

Which is your favourite white gel pen, Diane? I find that some of them are not white enough.

You’re so welcome Judit. So glad you enjoy them. In answer to your question, the one I find best so far is the Uni Ball Signo by Mitsubishi. Here’s a link: Uniball Signo Gel Pens amzn.to/3NPTqJd

I'm with Diane on the white gel pen from Mitsubishi!! (And there's me thinking they built cars!) Their Uniball white Gel pen is brilliant - It's very , very white. Mel in Devon 🍰🌻

Thank you so much!

Wonderful! Thanks so much for your kind words and I’m so glad you are enjoying it!

You are so welcome! So glad you both enjoyed it!

You are so welcome Linda, we do need to paint our blues away some days, don’t we!

Hi Calgary, how’s it going!

Thanks so much for sharing this lovely comment, so wonderful that you have been able to share the experience with your granddaughter and I’m sure she will remember it forever! Thanks also for your kind words about the channel, so much appreciated xxx

We do need plenty of that, don’t we Angela! So glad you enjoyed this one!

I‘m so glad!

Many many thanks

Our pleasure!

Hi Denorah, and thanks for your cute comment!!! We had to let the hedgehog free and I hope he‘s managed to survive - he decided he was recovered and he let himself out of his cage. But it was fun while we had him, and I had never seen a hedgie up close - they are surprising animals with much longer legs than you think, and huge appetites!!! Good luck and have fun with your doodling!

Thanks Mary!

Ah, yes Lily, you’re right! He’s not unlike one of my crochet blankets come to that!

Hi Mary, thanks so much for your comment, so glad you enjoy them, which ones have you done? Would love to see them on Facebook!

My pleasure 😊 and I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

My pleasure 😊

Wonderful!

Thanks Annie, appreciate your comment x

I'm glad you like it Lorraine, he was a fun paint!

So glad to hear that!

Thanks Diana!

Oh thank you for letting me know! Hope you enjoyed it!!❤️

Thanks Linda, it is, isn‘t it!

Wonderful! So glad to hear that Patricia, keep on painting!

Hi Posie, so glad you enjoyed this one!

You are so welcome Donna, so glad you enjoyed the rainbow bird!

What worm? I don't see it.

Last-minute addition! You can see it if you go to the end of the video! And in the thumbnail!

​@@DianeAntoneStudio 😊 here's hoping it'll bring some good energy for your little hedgehog.

Glad you enjoy it Danielle, I’m really happy to hear that you find the videos relaxing. It’s the wonder of watercolor!

They are nice and vibrant, aren‘t they! Yes, I realised after I painted it and Tamsin mentioned Pride. I‘m not really up to date on that! Much better today!

Hi Julie, that‘s wonderful, was it Art Spectrum paints he bought you? They are really great, I love the Australian colours like Australian Green Gold, Pilbara Red and Australian Red Gold and more. So glad you are enjoying the videos! Please thank him for me for encouraging you to paint! Great guy!

Yes, that's them! I also love Australian green gold and red gold, but my favourite is the olive green permanent. I also drove a loooong way to buy quinacridone gold by Daniel Smith, which you've used quite a bit and I now love. Thank you for inspiring beginners like me. And I have to say, I also enjoy the way you use other mediums like pens and inks etc. I love using those to pep-up my paintings. And, yes, he IS a great guy! 😊

You are so welcome! Thanks so much Debbie!

You‘re so welcome Filomena!

That is a great idea Karen, I have been wondering about subscribing to Kindle unlimited. Do you feel its worth having?

@@DianeAntoneStudio I don't use it as much as I ought. I like it. Usually the suggested books in any subject are excellent, and the subjects are wide. At first it was canning and camping food, then all kinds of art, once it was making gifts of all kind, like wax in a glass jar for scented candles. If you have real eclictic needs, not so much. I got all kinds of beginner books on pastel painting and watercolor, enough that I abandoned my art teacher at the community college. You were real helpful in drawing me to what I want to learn or expose myself to.

You’re welcome 😊

Thank you so much Carolyn! So glad you enjoyed him, he was a lot of fun and has many possible incarnations!

My pleasure Diana, and I hope that sometimes you do get your brushes wet - xx😊

Thanks Stella, glad you enjoyed it!

Yes Deb, it’s quite liberating! Suddenly everyone seems to be making it, they must have invented a new machine! Meeden are going to be producing new sizes and new surfaces soon, I’ll be letting everyone know when it comes to pass. Meanwhile I’m enjoying the smaller pieces of paper, their price can’t be beaten!

Thanks so much Kathy, hope you have had a go and are happy with the outcome?

He’s running free now, I think he just needed feeding up and a dose of antibiotics! Thanks so much for your kind comments xx

Thank you! 😊

Hi daisy, thanks so much for your kind words! Don’t forget to check back in the channel for all the older videos - there are lots of whimsical ones in the back catalogue!

You‘re so welcome Cathy, so glad you are enjoying the videos xxx

Yes! She‘s cute!

Thanks so much!

Yay! Thank you!

Glad I could help Margot! Hopefully the bird did his job!

Thanks Linda!

You are so welcome Evelyn!❤️

Thank you 🤗 so much Cristina, that’s so kind of you and I’m very glad you are enjoying the channel!

Thanks so much 😊Barb, I really appreciate you taking the time to send me a message! So glad you are a bird painter and the simple shapes are the best, they are so friendly! I’m so glad you found us too, and I hope you subscribe and come back often!

Thanks Pat!

I’m fine Mary, and I wonder whether KZfaq changed your setting… they seem to have unsubscribed some people, including me, from people I was following… Hope you’ve got it turned on again now!

@@DianeAntoneStudio sure do. Love your videos. So relaxing and yet informative.

Thanks Denise!

Thanks Ginette!

Thanks Windy Wednesday! I love the paint, it is so nice and vibrant and keeps all its colour when dry. And I LOVE that I don’t feel bad about washing my brush off between colours. It really helps with the clean and colourful effect! Let me know what you think about them going forward x

@Diane Antone Studio Yes! That was my first thought. I can get these huge puddles of Juicy watercolor and mix to my heart's delight and not feel bad about wiping the pallet clean afterward. Very fun.

@Diane Antone Studio Wow- wow, wow. I wanted to try out a new notebook for paint sketching (Talens art creations), so I thought I'd give this bird a try. I was worried that I had the paint too watery because I'm working from dried pans, but this paint seems to be even more vibrant dry than it was wet! ...even on "ivory" paper! The first layer is beautifully transparent, but you can definitely see the opacity in the second layer. I have seen somebody on KZfaq who works with opaque watercolors (that are Not gouache), but I don't understand what their strengths are or how to use them to manipulate the image. I'm going to try this bird again at least one more time to see if I can't get the hang of these water colors. I'll try using real w.c. paper next time, too. Cheers.

I think I‘ve always tended to doodle a bit like that, but the rounding off of the crossing of the lines is different to mine…

Hi and welcome! The person I quoted is Hans Wilhelm and the video about art was this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcCFa9CXuMfIaXk.html Hope you find it interesting x

The best white pen I have found is the Uniball signo gel one. My daughter is very grown-up now, almost as old as me! She’s 45 - I was very young when she was born!

Sounds like a reasonable explanation!!

Uniball Signo Gel Pens amzn.to/3NPTqJd is my favourite Judit!

All the sketches are free or you can pay whatever you choose, on our website. Here’s the link dianeantone.com/free-downloads/

I almost always use a size 8 and a size 12 round. And if I need something smaller, a size 5 or 6. Hope this helps!