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Hello Loves !
This week, I wanted to do a quick video sharing my current favorite method when it comes to creating abstract painting: swiping. I need to put a disclaimer out there: I did not invent this but was inspired by Casey Kempter and Quinton Brunner in the Let It Flow group I belong to in Facebook.

One of the key to create a beautiful pour is the consistency of your paint. In this case, I added some silicone oil into the colors but left the white alone (just added some water to the acrylic paint to get said desired consistency). I bought mine at the auto section of our Walmart; you can find some at Home Depot or Amazon as well.
I did not share the mixing process because it can be long, therefore pretty boring to watch. BUT if you’re interested in that, please let me know in the comments so I can make it a separate video for you.

It is a really simple technique. If you try it, please share some pictures with me 🙂 There are so many possibilities with it..!

If you follow me on Instagram (if not, what are you waiting for ? ;)), you know that this year is the year I decided to explore abstraction in my paintings. I am still deeply in love with my Nixies, but felt the need to do something else and see where this would take me.

Abstract art as many many forms, and I knew when thinking about it at the end of 2016, that I would not be bored by picking it as my main focus for the year.

Right now, I am binge watching videos, and even asked a local artist to mentor me on the pouring technique. There are several ways to achieve a specific visual, and I have done a lot of paintings, not getting it as I desire. They are not bad paintings, just not what I am striving for.

If you would like more videos about this type of art, let me know in the comments. I would happily execute 😉

This year, my Soul Whisper (my guiding word) is PERSEVERANCE. I keep it close because I could give up and try something else. But I know I won’t. I can’t. I owe myself that, to persist and continue until I am finally 100% pleased with what is coming out of my hands.

Painting everyday, just for me, is creating a shift. I can feel it in my bones. Find the joy and stick to it. That is my new mantra in the Studio. My fingers are itchy to create new Nixies, but in a different way. I am open to them, never closed that door.

You know that my Nixies mean everything to me. It is not because we take a little break from each other that I forget about them. They still appear.

This year, I have the pleasure to be a visual contributor to the amazing e-zine The Phoenix Soul. You will find a piece of art from me in every issue of 2017 (it is a quarterly zine).

Meet Cerah. I created her on an elongated canvas (a format I don’t usually use but had around). The theme of this issue is: Living your vibrant life.

I had this vision of a Nixie with rainbow hair. It does not happen often this way; I am an intuitive artist. I let whatever wants to happen happen, and just go with it. But this time, it was the other way around: I could see her before doing anything on my surface. So I let her be: I sketched what I was seeing and created her as she wanted.

I created texture first, and played with ColourArte Primary Elements (shimmery art pigment powders) for her hair. Because it was so vibrant, I went for a more subtle background.

I love her. She was the first Nixie I painted since we moved to Québec, so I was nervous to be honest. She is very stunning, to me. And very meaningful, too. I can not make art that is not personal somehow, this is just how I roll…

I wish I had recorder her creative process in video, but I did not. Maybe next time !

Happy New Year, Loves. I know I know… I say I want to be more frequent and consistent in my blogging and here I am on publishing the first one on January 9th…

Today is back-to-school for my girls and back-to-work for my husband, after two weeks of Winter Break all together. It was our first end of year in Québec without family or friends so we made the most of it. The girls went sliding for the first time (not without a few crying), lots of video games were played for them, tons of books were read for me and we finally had some seriously needed downtime (no 6am alarm clock can do wonders).

It is my first “day in the life” type of vlog so please be kind 😉

Mentioned in this vlog:

• My new #365AbstractExplorations project, which I share on my Instagram account

• Roxanne Cobble’s amazingness

As I told you recently, painting has not been happening a lot in my Art Cave in the past few months. So to un-rust my fingers a little, I decided to take one of the big canvas I had laying around untouched, and just play with it. In our new living room, we are dedicated a wall for my different Lotus paintings created over the years. So this is the only intention I had when I started: create a big Lotus on canvas using techniques that I love and know, and have fun with it.

I hope you’ll enjoy seeing this big painting coming to life layer after layer:

I have a question for you: what kind of videos would you like to see from me in the future ? I am very open-minded and I do them for you *even though I just love filming and editing them, too* so I’d love to know what you’re looking for when you are going to my youtube channel. More vlogs ? Art Journaling ? More art journaling ? More time-lapse videos like this one ? Tell me in the comments (and if you have any question, don’t be shy and ask me) <3

A few close-up photos of the yummy colors and textures: