Awww same I feel like I still cry on the inside sometimes lol but that’s OK 💜😊

Thank you David! 💖 I definitely agree with you re: sable. It will become more expensive / difficult to find given the current events in Europe, and I am more and more switching to synthetics, even doing the entire paintings like this with synthetics only, just to get used to it. Of course natural is easier to work with, but I don't actually feel like it affects the results {only the experience of painting itself} . Regarding the coins - I basically got invited by the Royal Mint after they saw my work online. Something about my decorative {gouache} folk art appealed to them at the time, the first coin was successful, the rest is history:) I really think it was luck + putting my work on social media + my love for intricate details of course :) I'll do more about the coins this year - have lots to show, some featuring watercolors. Thank you for your support of my channel - I am encouraged by the positive feedback on the videos and starting to enjoy the "art" of video editing more and more this year 😊😊😊

@@AnnaBucciarelli You're welcome Anna. You say luck but in your case it's skill! I'm going to join your Patreon group as I really love watercolour and natural history. I've been diagnosed and registered as being partially sighted, and I used to feel like I was in a race to do as many things as possible before I go completely blind, but I got over that after a short while. I live in the County of Lancashire in N.W. England high up in the Pennine hills. Take care Anna and I'm definitely going for the Patreon. David.

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Same! Backgrounds are always tricky! 😊💜 thank you

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Thank you Arabella! I just saw your Instagram message - will definitely finish the blue background version and post tomorrow 😊💜

@@AnnaBucciarelli I saw how you didn't like the blue background in the video you made. I'm always scared to try a background with colors that might not look good, especially after putting so much time into the detail of the subject.

Thank you! I don’t usually sell originals but in this case it totally makes sense 😊 I will finish the blue one and post for sale 💜

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Thank you Beth! Backgrounds are always tricky 😖 I am glad I was able to record and share the process and for sure those Chronos brushes are for sure awesome 💜

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@@AnnaBucciarelli most welcome dear friend... Keep support my channel also.....

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Of course!!! 💜 It always goes in phases and it’s easy to get discouraged but I think the key is to see these “struggles” as learning (because it truly is) and be kind to yourself. I am so glad this story was relevant 😊 Social media makes everything look too perfect sometimes 💕

💜💜💜 Hehe I am so glad someone noticed 🤣 I was cracking myself up while editing!!! On a serious note I am happy you enjoyed the video and definitely we - artists - should be less critical of ourselves, all creative work is valuable even if it doesn’t exactly match our initial vision! 😊

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Interesting, it seems some people do prefer it! 😊 I will post when finished

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Oh noooo! I hope it passes without any complications and you feel better soon 💜 I had it a few months ago and it was realitivy mild but the fatigue after lingered for a few weeks. Take care 💕

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@@AnnaBucciarelli Much better! Thank you for your kindness. Keep sharing your amazing talent with us. We are your biggest fans!

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@@AnnaBucciarelli ... The parrot's feathers are extraordinarily well painted 🎨🥇 If you publish your Artwork of your watercolor wonderful creations, I will be among the first to buy it 🙏🏻🇫🇷😘 Do you sell original paintings ?

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Sounds amazing - we don’t have them in Canada but I’d love to see them live. How big are they in real life?

@@AnnaBucciarelli They are probably about the size of a crow. Not really big or small. They are parrots. I did a series of drawings of one doing a trapeze act on powerlines. They get really active when rain is coming. I saw some photos recently that someone posted of one of them, as part of a group, rolling around on the ground playing with a stone. They just seem to know how to have fun and everyone loves to see their antics. They are found all over Australia I think. I've seen them everywhere I've been. Yesterday I was out taking more photos and the little corellas were out in huge numbers. The corellas are a type of cockatoo and about the same size as the galahs. But the corellas are mostly white. I have thousands of photos of the local bird life. I have to walk and get exercise somehow and if I have a camera in my hands I will do a lot of walking without getting bored. A few years ago I had a few of the galahs in trees in my back yard and I got lots of photos of them that day too. I started taking photos mostly to give myself resource material for my paintings but I haven't done watercolour for years. I am mostly comfortable with oils or acrylics. EDIT: If you'd like to see some of my photos I am on Instagram instagram.com/sthogan1/ And I found this video on KZfaq. It shows them doing their usual behaviour. Not doing any funny antics though. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7xkpsqm0cu5aIU.html

Thank you! 💜 I agree it’s very subjective and more I am getting used to being ok with my own “aesthetic” trying different combinations 😊

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I looove that! I’ll call one of them Cpt Red Hook 😊💜thank you!!!

That’s clever - I love it! 😄 thank you!

Interesting 😊 thank you Christina 💜 I will finish the blue and post them side by side!!

Thank you so much for your kind words! 😊 I had a small green parakeet when I was a child and really really want to get a parrot for my yonger son - he always talks about birds and loves going to Botanical garden with me to look at them. I promised when he is 7 and we move to our new house I’ll get him one - maybe even a big one like this 💜 it would be so fun for me too!!!

@@AnnaBucciarelli Cockatiels are a wonderful little bird. They lower their heads down so that you can scratch their head and side of face. Sometimes when I was tired, I would take my cockatiel to bed with me and have a towel across my chest for droppings. I would fall asleep and wake up and I would have this bird right up on my chest looking at me.i never had to clip her wings. When watching TV, she would walk up and down my legs and up to my shoulder. I have a little Shih Zue now and I would be afraid she would hurt the bird. I do have an owl who is 10 years old now. I got him when he was 6 weeks old.. I am a licensed falconer and able to fly hawks, falcons and owls. I use to have 3 owls, a wild redtail hawk, and a wild falcon. I would hunt with my hawk and falcon and when it was time, I would release them back to the wild. They were not pets. I hunted as a sport. My owl...I hand raised him so that he would not attack me. Wild Owls are quite ferocious and you could be really hurt. My birds of prey have housing outside in their own facilities protected from wild life. We have 65 acres of wooded land and we have wild animals to come and "visit." My owl is a Eruasian Eagle Owl. The largest owls in the world. Their eyes are orange in color. Beautiful birds, but lazy. Ha!

Thank you! I will finish it for sure 😊