I Took A Workshop!

Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Great video, as a hobbyist painter who loves painting portraits I find abstract difficult. Julia you have inspired me to venture outside my comfort zone and paint abstract. Love your videos

Very informative. The R&F sticks seem like they'd be fun to experiment with, I can also see so much potential in your abstract work. I like how loose you are in them and it's cool how the diptych just emerged naturally

Hi Julia. Great video. Fun and informative. I'm loving your abstract journey. Hi Sharon.

Love love love the diptych! Great colab video - so much learning to open up. Your abstracts would also make great carpets!

All your gardens look stunning

What a great video with SO MANY great tips and tricks. You both are an inspiration. I am an abstract painter, and really appreciate Sharon's styling and procss. Great job!

Super fun!! Thank you for sharing!!

Great video! I love Betty Franks and Andrea Garvey too. R&F pigment sticks are addictive!! I just started using oil paint this year and I love them!

The words of creative wisdom between you two!!!!🎉❤😮

It would’ve been really nice for her to allow the master teacher to teach her things, but she seems to keep wanting to butt in and do the teaching herself.

I love how you are exploring abstracts! I love your mastery of color and look forward to seeing you in this new genre.

Thank you for sharing this learning experience Julia. I may attempt an abstract again. I’ve done a few and have 3 of them hanging in my home. Where I live is rural dairy country and very very few people are interested in abstracts. But on occasion I just desire to set myself free and go with color and composition , marks and drips. Splatters and more. I have a ball and yes, it can be very messy but the result is worth it. I’ve been curious about the R and F pigment sticks which I understand one can paint an entire painting with. The colors are rich and thick but I think it would be very expensive to do so. As accents: great idea. Thanks again Julia.

I haven't watched the whole video yet, but I'm excited to see the abstract workshop. The hostas in your garden are absolutely beautiful by the way.

Your abstracts are pretty good. I've. Even trying for a year now and it's not easy.

Much thanks for sharing this day, Julia. I feel you benefited from the collaboration in that sometimes we just need a respected colleague to acknowledge what we already know. I am wondering if you don't think you could obtain equally fine results sticking with acrylics. My take-away from Sharon was primarily to keep your early layers thin and don't be in a rush to cover every inch of canvas. Sometimes I end up being thwarted by early texture that works against later flow.

Love how you are branching out Julia. Do you ever allow people to come to your studio and watch you paint?

Hi, I live in Ontario Canada and would love it if you could list the Canadian shopping places for art supplies that were mentioned in the video. I have a hard time finding things where I live and usually have to resort to ordering from the big place you didn't want to mention. 😂 Thanks so much. I do love your art!

Can you give more details on the ‘lipsticks for painters’ please. What are they?

how long does it take for the oil sticks to dry, esp on the acrylic paints? this was the most fun and informative video to watch!!