Creating a small mixedmedia painting in less than 1 hour
What to Consider in Choosing a Frame for your Artwork
In this video I share the most important considerations when choosing a frame. After completing your gorgeous painting you don’t want to choose the wrong frame, so it’s important to take some time and figure out what type of frame will suit the painting best. Your frame should enhance the artwork, not be a distraction to it.
Finding the Mindset of a Fearless and Free Artist
In this video, I tell two stories to set you up to paint with Freedom and without fear or doubt. There is a challenge I set you in an exercise that will help you adopt the mindset needed to create artwork that is exciting and new. This exercise could be the beginning of a new mindset practice to release self-doubt and welcome freedom and joy. Please watch to the end and give it a try!
Building Layers with Mixedmedia: Collage, Stencils, Painting, and Drawing
In this demo, I’m creating a painting in my sketchbook by layering collage, paint, and drawing media. I’ll talk you through what I’m thinking about as I apply each technique and what I’m trying to achieve.
The most important focus is to be playful and experimental and have a keen eye for discovering what you love in the work. In this painting, I loved the colour combinations, the shapes I found, and the drawing that weaved it’s way through the paint.
If you want to purchase my stencils, you can find them at https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencils-by-Judy-Woods-s/2196.htm.
Who to listen to about YOUR Art
Seeking advice from the wrong people can derail our art and steer us in the wrong direction. It’s so important we don’t fall into the trap of asking the wrong people just because it’s convenient. We need to find company that supports our work and helps us to make our best work. When we ask the wrong people we get bad advice and it’s often biased towards making work to please others - often our nearest and dearest. In this video I talk about seeking the opinion of others, why it’s important and where to find the best advice.
Demo in How to Paint Intuitively - Techniques to Try
In this demonstration I show you how I paint intuitively. See how many different techniques I use to create interest in the Painting. And listen to how I navigate my way to finish the painting - what am I looking for and how do I find the direction in the piece?
Then get your paints and painting tools out and give it a try yourself!
Drawing in Combination with Colour and Shape
Another exploration in my sketchbook. This time I wanted to play around with abstract drawing. I created a PDF guide which I give as a sign-up gift to those who register for my Art For Good Workshop. It's all about finding your Visual Language and making your work more authentic with personal iconography. You can still register for my upcoming interactive workshop from June 24 to 28: https://www.judywoodsart.com/starts-wkshp-reg-june-2024-soc
How to make your art stronger
Getting clear around what your abstract painting is about is vital if you want to make it stand out and attract attention. So often abstract art can be overwhelming and confusing becuase the artist hasn’t decided what the painting is REALLY about. In this video I talk you through what to look for in your work to discover where it’s strengths lie and how to make it stronger and more powerful. How to make it stand out from all the other work on the Gallery wall.
Don’t miss out on my upcoming Workshop. I’ll be demonstrating through guided painting videos and Live Calls, how you can make art you love consistently with a process you can trust. June 24 - 28, 2024 register here: https://www.judywoodsart.com/starts-wkshp-reg-june-2024-soc
The Process you NEED to SCALE UP your Painting
What to Do When Your Painting Is A Disaster!
Sometimes your painting session just goes WRONG! We all have days like that. In this video you will see me create a really Ugly painting - I never intended to - it just WENT WRONG! But then I fixed it. So watch the process of finding a new direction and resolving a mess. There are some fundamental studio practices that we can learn from this
🎨 when conditions in the studio are not right - don’t just persevere - correct the problem
🎨 Take a break, always walk away from a painting when you’re getting frustrated - otherwise you’ll continue to make bad decisions
🎨 Come back to it when you’re ready, with clean brushes, clean water and a fresh paint palette
🎨 Trust yourself and your process. If you don’t have a process you can trust - GET ONE! Check out my stARTs Course: https://www.judywoodsart.com/starts1
How to Use Masking Fluid in Your Painting
I’ve recently experimented with Masking Fluid which is traditionally used in Watercolour Painting. But as a mixed media artist, I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to create new marks and surface effects in my acrylic paintings. Watch this demonstration as I explore using Masking Fluid as a drawing tool and then have a go in your own work.
What I do after the Gesso
In this video, I demonstrate what I do after I’ve applied a couple of coats of Gesso. I use black and white Gesso so that my painting already has a variety of marks, effects and tonal values. My process is intuitive - I don’t have a plan, but rather decide and respond to the colours and paint effects that arrive through experimentation. There is a method that I use to avoid creating a mess which has no direction which could happen when painting in this explorative way.
Watch the video to see how I start my paintings with colour and line and make sure you watch to the end to see a surprise tip for getting the BEST results.
Reviewing Techniques and Media Used in My NEW Paintings
In this video, I reveal four newly finished paintings and talk about the techniques I used and the combinations of media used in each one. I also share how these paintings direct me to new work and what I want to focus on more in these.
This practice of reviewing your work when it’s completed is really important in understanding how your work is evolving and where the clues lie for future work.
I talk about media: paint, ink, and drawing media and how and why I’m using them in my work.
How to Create a Mixedmedia Abstract Landscape Painting
Using acrylic paint, ink and drawing media in this video I demonstrate how to create an abstract landscape painting. This technique can be used to create a painting of a place from your memory or to create a landscape you’ve only imagined. Watch as the painting emerges from building layers of colour and then by adding suggestive details at the end the landscape is found. This is an exciting way to paint!
A Demonstration on How to Integrate Drawing into Abstract Painting
This is ideal if you want to move towards abstract art but don’t want to let go of a representational element altogether. In this video, I demonstrate how I build a painting in layers using acrylic paint and line. The drawn line refers to botanicals in this case, but you can combine any subject matter into your abstract work using this method. You could draw from life, photos, or even include collage - which I also demonstrate in many of my other videos.
Drawing with Freedom & Expression for BEST RESULTS
The key to good drawing is OBSERVATION!! Having the ability to observe the subject and represent it on paper doesn’t have to be a laborious exercise. Instead, by keenly observing the subject and allowing your pencil the freedom to record what you see AS YOU SEE IT you can create a drawing that has personality and is much more expressive. This type of drawing will convey a feeling rather than recording a photographic likeness. This is my favourite type of drawing.
In this video I show some examples of figure drawing done during a Drama Festival while I was watching young actors on stage. Then in my sketchbook, back in my studio I draw my daughter in the same style and this time create a composition with abstract shapes, line and markmaking. Watch to see how I integrate the drawing with the painting and use different media within the work.
When and How to Create Large Paintings
Combining Paint, Acrylic Ink and Drawing
In this video I show what media and tools I use to start my paintings. I want to quickly create a surface full of interest with shape, line and colour as well as creating texture and variety in paint effects. Watch me demonstrate in my sketchbook exactly how I start my large canvases by combining shape, line and texture with a range of media.
The stencil shapes used in the video can be purchased from https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencils-by-Judy-Woods-s/2196.htm.
Avoid the Blank Canvas - Use Gesso to Paint
Starting a painting and making that first mark on a blank canvas can be daunting. In this video, I show you how to avoid this nervous starting point by using Gesso to create a beautiful surface instead of a flat blank canvas.
By painting with Gesso, applying it with a variety of tools, and allowing water to flow through the thick paint, you can build depth and subtlety into those first layers. Before you know it, you’ve started a beautiful and exciting painting and avoided the nervousness altogether.
Watch this video and alternate between Black and White Gesso to create depth and interest to your canvas. Using a variety of tools, from squeegee to comb, you can experiment and discover the effects you love as the foundation to your next painting.