Paint With Me: 3 Abstract Paintings from Start to Finish

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Жыл бұрын

In this week's video, I wanted to share with you 3 of my recent Abstract paintings I created with charcoal pencils, soft pastels and graphite in addition to paint. I thought it would be fun to share since this is different that my normal process as it's based on more abstract drawing rather than painting. So tune in and tell me what you think in the comments below!
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@lindapowell2660 Жыл бұрын

That was a joy to watch, Louise. What a privilege to watch you develop experiment and yet its always you. Brilliant. Thank you.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you for your kind words Linda!

@deborahwolff5651 Жыл бұрын

You blow me away with your painting! I love the way you use colors

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you Deborah! ♥

@gkmjk1001 Жыл бұрын

When you are brave enough; many doors to the genuine soul open. I love your work!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Gerri! ♥

@suzevanleeuwen3761 Жыл бұрын

Oh I like these paintings!!! It inspires me a lot!! Love to see the process . The third one is really great and I think it is finished.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww I am so glad you love them Suze! Thanks for watching!

@michelenishikatsu4273 Жыл бұрын

Layering…has attracted me…my entire life. And…in agreement, beloved…the beauty is..incomparable!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Michele!

@barbiebeckford2988 14 күн бұрын

I love this. I’ve just found you and love your style of art and teaching. I love to draw, honestly I prefer it, but am fairly new to painting and want to get better at it. I love the drawing incorporated into these paintings. I plan to download your find your style book and hang out here. I’ll try this type painting in the morning cause it really inspires me. I love the feeling of gesturing with charcoal. We will see.

@jeanedwards1857 Жыл бұрын

Marvelous!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jean!

@ulrikeselleckart Жыл бұрын

Love it, Louise! Thanks for being transparent too, in terms of you taking some time to think at times. Also I love when you use the word SMUDGE haha.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Haha you are so welcome. ☺

@jillpratt2447 Жыл бұрын

Hi Louise! That was great! I love the process and the results! On the one to the far right I saw a glimpse of Helen Mirren for a moment! But you smacked her in the face with a dab of paint! A bit rude but it worked out beautifully!🥰

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thanks so much Jill for your kind words and had I known that Helen Mirren may have popped up I would have resisted that dab of paint. 😂

@inesmonguio2886 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I loved hearing you say maybe you liked the earlier version, and if so then you can go back.... that is so supportive and encouraging.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Ines!

@laurienye7514 8 ай бұрын

Louise, I love, love pink, gray and blk. together. I loved that.

@ThisPaintingLife 8 ай бұрын

Aww thank you Laurie! So glad you liked it.

@emoryjoan6305 10 ай бұрын

Louise Fletcher you’re so very kind and sharing your knowledge. Thank you.❤

@deborahwolff5651 Жыл бұрын

That painting is so beautiful ! I love how you blended the pink and black. It gives it a whole new depth. I respect your style you are very talented and I love to watch you paint.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much Deborah for your kind words. ♥

@keldaycreativeart Жыл бұрын

I loved watching you create three paintings. I have really enjoyed your colour choice. I have always disliked pink but when you put it with the black it takes on a whole new meaning for me. I love it. Thank you Louise for this video.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@swl9270 Жыл бұрын

Ditto the pink comment but somehow I like here

@PaulWalesArt Жыл бұрын

They're stunning Louise! Whether they're finished or not it doesn't matter. What struck me towards the end of the video is despite their relative simplicity compared to your other work, they are still very much Louise. The layers are incredible within the muted colours. Thank you for sharing.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much and I'm glad you still see they are very much still me. ♥♥

@janiceblough 10 ай бұрын

I think that this trio is gorgeous! These color’s definitely hit my love button! Thank you for all your time for us all.

@ThisPaintingLife 10 ай бұрын

So glad to hear you liked it Janice!

@dianecharest8365 Ай бұрын

Nice nice

@ThisPaintingLife 16 күн бұрын

Glad you think so!

@TaraSueSalusso Жыл бұрын

It was so lovely to watch you paint. I’m extremely impressed with the outcome. This is not a ways that I pant and don’t expect that I will. With that said, I greatly respect your work and style.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Tara Sue and thank you for watching.

@joanzivi7425 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Joan!

@sheripalmer3192 11 ай бұрын

Oh how I love these! The colors are amazing! ❤

@ThisPaintingLife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@demist66 3 ай бұрын

These are beautiful 😊

@ThisPaintingLife 3 ай бұрын

Awww thank you so much. ❤

@robyncanning7441 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love these paintings Louise! Watching the process is enjoyable but I see that it is definitely an intuitive process that a person has to feel as they progress through the work. I understand better now what you explained in your email about how doing lots of art courses can be confusing (I have experienced that). I have found watching tutuorials by artists whose work I love, I try to work out what it is I love about it and practice my own compositions using those techniques. They key is always practice!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful Robyn and a great way to learn what you love. ♥

@cindythoms7246 Жыл бұрын

❤ especially the colors. I love pink!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cindy for watching. I love how they turned out as well ☺

@estherljonesdotcomartist5505 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the one to the farthest right on the video. I enjoy all your videos, but I think this one might be my favorite. I'll definitely be watching it over!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you for your kind words Esther. I am so glad you enjoyed it!

@katleenemmens4451 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great demo and explanation! It's always so helpful to see you work and hear you talk...i sure are going to the this! And i LOVE working in series too, i discovered this lately...it's probably because i THINK less and PLAY more.😊❤🎉

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Katleen!

@TrueLoveX1027 9 ай бұрын

There is such energy in these paintings! Love it!

@ThisPaintingLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@sheenasproule5335 Жыл бұрын

I love this! The form of abstraction, the black and pink, the reference to memory! Yes queen!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words Sheena. ☺

@RhondaMcIntosh-pp2oj Жыл бұрын

Hi Louise. Loved watching this. Sometimes when I don't have time to paint watching is my brain on art loved the result

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Rhonda!

@melindastclair Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing us, Louise

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome and thank you for watching! ♥

@recreepy 9 ай бұрын

This is truly beautiful. Thank you for spending the time sharing this creation with us. I love it.

@ThisPaintingLife 9 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching. ❤

@frankfolino3118 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely fascinating!

@susanpriestart Жыл бұрын

I so love watching you paint Louise x

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you Susan! ♥

@debtempleton9424 Жыл бұрын

Three beauties all in a row! Love your generosity of spirit Louise. Thank you. P.S. Nothing can ever be too pink.....LOL

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you Deb ♥

@melissataylor5494 Жыл бұрын

I love this group of three. I like the bit about memories it resonates with me.❤ Beautiful.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Mellissa and I'm glad you liked them ♥

@gregoraninalium Жыл бұрын

Beautiful artwork! Love all of them!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot to me!

@LauraLeinSvencnerCollageArtist Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so enjoyed your understand of your process that can only come to the surface with the time you have put in.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Laura! ♥

@collagehouse Жыл бұрын

I really resonate with the colors you use. This palette is one of my favorite so far.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you for the kind words Maureen! ♥

@Lppl10 Жыл бұрын

Love love love!!! Thank you for sharing 😊

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome! ♥

@jendowdellartist Жыл бұрын

Such beautiful artwork, Louise! i'm loving these simpler but still complex pieces, as the white space has as much to say as the marks, paints and smudges you make.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you Jen for your wonderful words! Glad you liked them.

@lyndamalavanya9445 Жыл бұрын

I love this new work! Thank you for sharing the process.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Lynda!

@cheraestone4333 10 ай бұрын

I’m loving watching your process! Thanks so much. I’m having trouble finding your 5 tips to finding who I am as an artist. LOL Could you please guide me?

@trishhaugen6214 Жыл бұрын

I REALLY enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing. I love the looseness, spontaneity and colour tips.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Trish!

@nikiawilliams5689 Жыл бұрын

I love the compositions of the paintings.❤

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you Nikia!

@ruthwarlow7802 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you Louise.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome Ruth!

@dianecharest8365 8 ай бұрын

Those are beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

@ThisPaintingLife 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@frankmestdagh8334 2 ай бұрын

Stunning work - was hoping for start to complete finish

@stargrannyavon Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. Great results!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome!

@lorikurtzlarkin3141 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!!! You are so inspirational!!!!!!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you Lori! Glad you enjoyed it.

@geckonia Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video Louise. Thank you for taking the time to film for us.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome and glad you enjoyed it! ♥

@melanieharris7472 Жыл бұрын

I love them!!!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Melanie! ♥

@judyrandall9756 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Love these!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed them Judy!

@sarawelder1 Жыл бұрын

I love hearing what you were thinking and your process. I had never thought of pink and black... in general I have avoided pink but I might let it in now.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

It never hurts to experiment. 🖌

@irenehenjumfineart Жыл бұрын

I love this color scheme.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks you x

@mollab1 Жыл бұрын

Just beautiful!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! ♥

@johannalaurila4579 Жыл бұрын

Super lovely paintings ❤

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you Johanna ♥

@joanneberardi6598 Жыл бұрын

🎉thank you

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome Joanne!

@Vera4Art Жыл бұрын

The colours are beautiful. Complementary colours but muted variations. The combination of little bit of the green (kaki) with more of the pink, works. It demonstrates that one should not use equal amounts of complementary colours but keep one dominant and the other one in small amounts just to liven up the dominant colour.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it Vera! ♥

@anitaaspforswestin6139 Жыл бұрын

Love this!❣

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@angelaturcu9350 10 ай бұрын

Georgeus, thank you! ❤

@ThisPaintingLife 10 ай бұрын

Aww thank you ♥

@demist66 9 ай бұрын

I just love these😊

@ThisPaintingLife 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤

@theresahenderson5637 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos and talks. I have learned so much from you. Mostly, just be me🌞

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you loved it Theresa. ♥♥

@charlottehogberg9855 Жыл бұрын

I love the colours together!

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks Charlotte! I do too ☺

@charlottehogberg9855 Жыл бұрын

@@ThisPaintingLife I ordered your book, and now I regret not asking for you to sign it. I am really enjoying it! ❤️

@angeladingwall5680 Жыл бұрын

Love the tonesx

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

It's definitely not my normal but it surprised me how much I liked it as well! ♥

@Banniesartistry Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@user-ox3kr7wc5o Жыл бұрын

There are now ink blocks that are like chalk pastel, but they are fixed after you use water on them. They are super cool and I am having a lot of fun playing with them.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Wow those sound amazing. I will have to take a peek at them.

@lisajohnson-crawford935 Жыл бұрын

I love these! I was just thinking of ways to expand on my art style and I think, "I need to leave more white space" or "I need to use my soft pastels more - I wonder if I can find some info on that" and then I blink and that's just what you're doing too:) Also, what you said about memory, that is an idea that's always been present with me since I started painting several years ago. I like to paint loosely and abstractly and that's how I think memories are... kind of fuzzy and blurry around the edges, and my perspective of a memory may be different than another person's perspective of the same moment or place and so it looks differently when I interpret it through my lens, skills, and materials than anyone else would do. Sadly, my Art Tribe trial ended this week and I can't continue at this time but I'm so glad I can still follow and learn from you in other ways:)

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Lisa

@debbiewells2851 9 ай бұрын

I think these paintings are gorgeous! What kind of Fabriano paper is this? I couldn't understand.

@EvaNichols28 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing - I always enjoy your videos (and love your podcast). Wondering how you would frame these, since they are on paper, and you are using charcoal and pastel. Can you still seal them, or do you have to put these under glass?

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Hi Eva, these were just an experiment for me and I had no intentions of keeping them. It was just a way for me to step outside of my norm. Most likely I may use them as collage pieces. ☺

@marilyncarlstead2601 Жыл бұрын

Love your work. Love, love these colors. Could you mention the type of paper and size of the paper that you used, please?

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Hi Marilyn, I usually don't talk about supplies because I use anything and everything and I'm bad at keeping track. I think this was Fabriano Pittura in whatever size that comes in.

8 ай бұрын

🙏

@ThisPaintingLife 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@elenapalacios6374 9 ай бұрын

It’s interesting watching that you make the same stroke on each paper but in different part., although it looks similar and different at the same time. Now, my question, does each of your stroke you made is something you want to reflect or just made the stroke without planning and go as you wish? I like abstract painting I want to try but I need to understand better.

@traces2807 Жыл бұрын

I love this direction you are experimenting with! When you stop to mix a colour - in your other style, not this one - does it interrupt the 'flow'? 😊

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Most of the time no but occasionally I can battle that feeling.

@junebloye1487 Жыл бұрын

These are great! I like them better than some others. Could it be the colour? And I’m not usually a pink person.

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

The pink is definitely different for me as well but I love them.

@jackieswe Жыл бұрын

Great to see you in action Louise, I’ve fallen off the creative wagon again but I’m inspired by this so thank you! Btw the link for the free guide doesn’t work..🙃

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Hi Jackie, I am so glad I could inspire you! I just checked the link and it seems to be working for me but here it is again for you in hopes it works: www.louisefletcherart.com/free-guide ♥

@jackieswe Жыл бұрын

@@ThisPaintingLife thanks so much Louise, the link has worked here😁😁

@cailinsuiledonn Жыл бұрын

Hi Louise, a newbie to abstract art & a new subbie for sure 🤩 What a pleasure to watch your process. Do you run any in person classes or weekend seminars ? Would absolutly love to attend 😊

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Hi Ann Marie, Right now there is nothing in person however I will be launching my course again soon so stay tuned!

@cailinsuiledonn Жыл бұрын

@Louise Fletcher Art great, I'm based in Ireland, so I could arrange hols around your dates. 🤩

@Sebastian-wd9fp 10 ай бұрын

Hello dear, what kind of paper do you use for those paint- regards from Chile!

@gailierunninglynx7310 Жыл бұрын

👍😚

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. ♥

@yopestevens1505 Жыл бұрын

Can i steal that color pallette?! Just joking, but it's lovely that you left so much white space - is it gessoed or just raw paper? And if raw, can you still varnish it? Edit: Would love to paint this way, but I don't always use gesso......?

@ThisPaintingLife 11 ай бұрын

this is just plain acrylic paper - I don't varnish paintings on paper. They'll be framed behind glass anyway, so there's no need x

@yopestevens1505 10 ай бұрын

@@ThisPaintingLife Oh, I just found this reply, thank you! You just opened a whole new chapter for me, up to now I've been studiously covering every square inch with paint, even if it meant ruining some really neat effects. There have been many, many fails because of that, when I was just so happy with what I did have & then seriously overworked it trying to recreate the magic. It was "constipating" me, so I'm very glad to have found this info before starting FYJ taster, yay for me!

@jacquelynamerman1945 Жыл бұрын

Are you using a spray fixative?

@ThisPaintingLife Жыл бұрын

Yes :)

@jaysea5873 Жыл бұрын

Love these paintings! Do you apply the fixative directly after you place your charcoal or soft pastel marks? Or just over your finished work? I work mainly in watercolour and gouache and I struggle to layer over soft pastels. Any tips would be really helpful :)