Thank you so much for your kind words! I truly appreciate your support and I'm thrilled to hear that you enjoy my watercolor painting videos. It means a lot to me that you find inspiration and joy through my content. Keep creating and stay inspired!

Hello Diane, thanks for the inspiring videos! I saw, you have colour's from Meeden. Is your palette also from Meeden? I could not find any palette like this. Best regards from Germany, Susanne

Hi there, thanks so much for your comment! I just wanted to reassure you that I am not putting myself down, and I’m sorry if you misunderstood my intentions! I was trying to show how, if you paint something that doesn’t match what you expected to produce, or that at first glance you feel is not pleasing you, there is something you can do about it. You can carry on, and take it to completion. My method of drawing over the top of a watercolor can produce really striking results and the looser (or even uglier!) the original watercolor, the better the final result! I did this to avoid getting into a mentally blocked situation, not as a result of my painting being “ugly” (just a manner of speaking, being a Brit can be hard…) but because I’d had the kind of emotionally draining day that can lead to an artist’s block. I wanted to stop that one in its tracks! Hopefully I’ve explained my thinking process now, and I do hope you continue to enjoy the videos xxx

@@DianeAntoneStudio oh good!!!! Lol sorry. Yes, I completely misunderstood and I’m glad that you explained what you meant. I think I was having a really off day that day as well, and was triggered… So I’m glad that is all sorted out and I will absolutely continue to watch your beautiful work unfold on KZfaq. Thanks for sharing again! Have a beautiful day/evening. 🙏🏻💗

Thanks Carla, where would we be without Tamsin!

You are so welcome! It has been interesting watching you over the past few months. KZfaq is not the easiest job to do although it is certainly rewarding being able to reach out to people around the world. I hope the fires have died down now in Alberta - my ex still lives in Edmonton and he was very worried about the possibility of fires coming really close. Happy fall and wishing you a very Chinooky winter!

Yes, it has been a huge learning curve and rollercoaster of ups and downs and inside outs! ha. But I'd like to stick with it.... I admire you for how successful you are on here and your videos are so authentic and inspiring. Yes, the fires have died down but it seems they are becoming the norm in summertime here. Where abouts are you located now?@@DianeAntoneStudio

Hi Madeleine, thanks so much for your lovely comments! So glad you didn’t do that decluttering of paints - I can hardly believe I got that low that I nearly threw everything out, and I’m so glad I didn’t in the end! Keep watching the channel and commenting whenever you can, it’s lovely to hear from others of my generation - we are so wonderful!

Hi Linda! My son went to university in Lethbridge! We might have ended up going down there if it weren’t for my husband’s work being in Canmore/Banff with Canadian Pacific Hotels… I’m so glad you are enjoying exploring watercolor, and as an experienced acrylic painter I think you’ll soon find you a creating lovely work in watercolor. You’re totally right, and 73 is definitely not too old to start anything (or almost anything, not bungee jumping…) I’m going to hit 70 this year God willing, and life still has its great challenges to come!

Oh, I’m so sorry to hear you have Covid. I hope you get over it completely very soon. Maybe you saw my video from Friday where I mentioned that a friend had come round for coffee and sat down opposite me, then announced she’d had Covid recently!!!! I wish people would THINK! Feel better soon! And thanks so much for your support, it means a lot xxx

Oh I will definitely ignore the critics! I’m far too old to care any more!!!

Thanks Lynne, don’t worry, we’re not planning to stop any time soon! I think I kept far enough away and she swore she was three weeks in the clear so fingers crossed! Thanks for your kind words, so sweet xxx

Yes, the black lines are very powerful. It’s fascinating to me!

Thanks so much Jeanne, it often happens that the practice one is the best!

Thank you for your sweet words!!

Hi Deoni and welcome to the channel! So glad you found us and that we are able to cheer you up a bit when you feel down! The pen and paint style is so friendly! It’s my therapy too! Happy painting and thanks so much for your kind words and your support xxx

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Oh, yes, in those days it was much harder work, I believe. This is child’s play by comparison!

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and kind words ❤️

Great idea Sherry and I’m so glad you’re enjoying the channel!

Hi Sundie, so glad you’re interested in finding out more about the gelli prints, it’s a fascinating craft! Thanks so much for your kind comments and I hope you are keeping well xxx

Oh that sounds wonderful Deb, how lucky you are to have such lovely family around you! He’s right, of course, although I’m sure you’re not thinking about your legacy just yet!!!! So glad your paintings have found lovely homes, what a lucky girl to have four feathers as a gift!

My pleasure 😊 you won’t get rid of me that easy!

Thanks so much for the tips and the support, really appreciate it Gail x I should definitely get some help with those lids, they are already quite stiff. I should also clean my tube necks, so lazy!

Hi Cate and thanks! You are definitely my soul sister! First prize for picking up on the philosophy of life!!!!! So glad you found me xxx

Thanks Janis, coming soon!

Hi Fanna, great to get your lovely message! Yes, next time I am in doubt I’ll throw it out to the girls and see what comes back! Good plan!! Some days it’s when you really need to paint that you are afraid to - but if you can get through that it’s often then that progress is made and lessons learnt - or so I believe! Fascinated with the idea of the accordion sketchbooks - did you find the idea online, in other words is there an instruction video to follow? I think you told me there was but I can’t remember offhand what it was! Can you tell me what Doodlewash is?

That’s really good to hear Ellen, so glad you’re having fun!

That’s such good news!!! I’m so glad I didn’t give up too, and you mustn’t either! It’s so important to create, and I really like the idea of the reverse coloring pages, where you just randomly cover a sheet of paper with color and then later decide what to make it into! Guaranteed to smash any block!

Thanks Bonnie!!

Have fun!

Hi Stephanie and thanks for your lovely comment. I’m glad you didn’t give up! I am glad you have purchased some of the Meeden paints, I think they are quite liberating as when I use them I don’t worry about the cost and can be very liberal with the use. Have fun!

You have a similar bird video that is one of the first things I tried when I picked up my brushes again!

Thank you for your kind words! Thanks for being a part of my artistic journey!

Oh, thanks so much Gemma, that’s really kind of you! I was very unsure about the chances of that one working out, but I like it too - thanks for choosing it!

I’ve watched this several times and keep coming back to it. Love it so much!

Yes! It was all the rage in the 90s and Tamsin was reminiscing about a ski jacket she had in those colors!!

Thanks D!!

Glad it was helpful! So glad you tried it out!

Oh thank you! So glad you like this one - I agree, it has that 70s look for sure!

I actually did it today. it was really enjoyable. thanks again.@@DianeAntoneStudio

You’re so welcome Linda! Enjoy!

Hi Malgozata, thanks so much for your interesting comments! So glad you enjoy the videos and have found watercolor to be a pleasure x My daughter and I have been reading A Course in Miracles for several years now and what you say is obviously true, it’s not necessarily easy to put across in an art tutorial though, so I tend to keep things a bit more neutral! Thanks again for your support and kindness xx

@@DianeAntoneStudio Hi Diane. You are welcome. So glad that you are reading ACIM (A course in Miracles). FYI, the original, unabridged, genuine version of a course of miracles is: Urtext manuscript version and, newly published, "Circle of Atonement" version. If you are interested, Seth books, channeled by Jane Roberts, especially, "The Eternal Validity of the Soul," "The nature of personal reality," and "The Individual and The Mass Events." explain the existence from a different perspective, actually quite technical. I studied ACIM for years and years. The only thing is that I felt pressured into doing things and forgiveness and I kind of felt like I did when I studied the Bible. That's why I am giving it a break while studying other energy essences channeled through physical human beings. So far, I like Seth the best. Although, once I studied Seth, Abraham (Jerry and Esther Hicks) has some useful, practical applications, actually similar to ACIM's lessons, but not as structured. Speaking of practical, as far as health is concerned, there is a scientific application done by Emile Coue (check him out on wikipedia, if you can) , who, found the same principles simply by researching science. I.e., he has really very practical and useful technics. His focus is health but there are all around techniques. Very simple, very practical. Here's the full "book" with text, lectures, testimonies and even letters from medical doctors: archive.org/details/selfmasterythro00amergoog/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater There is a version of it on youtube, but incomplete. I recommend the book. His printed books are not as complete as this one, online. In essence, all of these books and teachers teach the same thing, but from their own perspective/personality. Best wishes, Eve (my actual name)

Hi Eve, I have just received your message that you sent 2 months ago - don’t know why YT had withheld it from us for so long. Apologies for that. I’m sure you must have thought I was rude x I heard of Coue back in the 1970s but I have never looked into him, so I’m going to do that right now. Thanks so much for your thoughts, really appreciate it!

Hi Donna, so glad you got over the Covid. I think I had it before it was really identified as a new disease, because I came into indirect contact with Chinese students my son used to teach. It affected my breathing. Better now but I’m not keen to get it again! So glad you are interested in the idea of the gelli printing. I haven’t tried doing both sides yet. I use paper which has a smooth surface, something like really heavy copy paper (60lb) or sulphite paper seems to work well. Watercolor paper or textured paper doesn’t seem as easy to use. So glad you enjoyed the painting today, they are lovely colors aren’t they! Have fun xxx

Yes, you probably did have Covid. My bad days were with difficult breathing. 💕💕

Thanks Vivienne! Your encouragement motivates me to continue sharing my passion for watercolor painting with others.

LOL! Thanks Cindy, I really appreciate your support and your kind words xx

Thanks so much Saralyn, I really appreciate that!

Thanks so much for your super-kind words! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and I really appreciate your feedback, it makes the whole thing so much more rewarding xxx

Thank you! Cheers!

Hi Nancy, Alaska must be a beautiful place to live? This time of year I remember is good in Calgary, nice and green before it gets rather hot and brown in the summer. I used to know one or two breeders of dogs when we lived there, one friend bred Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, and another bred Keeshonden. We used to show our Keeshond at that time. My husband worked in Canmore near Banff for a few years. Happy days!

Hope you do it and have great fun!

Hi Rita, and thanks so much for your kind words! Fires are awful. We even had a bush fire here in wettest Brittany last year. First ever. The fire brigade didn’t know what to do!!!! Hopefully not this year, it’s been unseasonably cold!

Thank you! Messy painter!!

Glad you received the paints and I’m sorry about the delay on the paper. I think they sold out in the States, and it is supposed to be coming from China specially for you, so it should be there in a reasonably short while x

Thanks Angie, you’ll enjoy it and it’s pretty easy! Allison is very new, I hope she finds her audience!

I find it easiest to say before I start “I am going to paint the worst painting I’ve ever painted.” Then you will relax and you never know what might happen!

Ha ha, yes, it would be great for that!

You are so welcome Deirdre, so glad you enjoyed it!

@@DianeAntoneStudio I had a heart attack 2 months ago and I’ve not felt like painting since…… you inspired me and tomorrow I plan to get my paints out and paint some nice bright flowers and finish them off with your black pen technique. Thank you X 💜 X

That is the way to be! X

Thank you! 😊

@@DianeAntoneStudio you’re very welcome.

Yes, get those brushes wet Dizzy!

Thanks Posie, I’m thinking of you and sending love and prayers and hugs to speed you back to health xxxx

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And I think it would make a very nice 1960s mini-dress!

So glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much for commenting x

Thanks Amanda, I had to chuckle when that comment was made, I think backruns are my signature look, I can’t help it! We have to have a thick skin these days! Thanks for your kind comments and I’m looking forward to doing the gelli prints!

Glad you enjoyed it Teresa, really happy you are enjoying the fun paintings we do!