Artists on YouTube

We have been looking at various styles of art lately, but today I wanted to give you a breakdown of my favorite artists on YouTube.  I love watching their videos and always learn something new that I can add into my own art when I watch them.

The one I have been watching the longest is The Frugal Crafter. Lindsey does all types of art and she also crafts.  Over the years, I have watched her paint, make jewelry, do paper craft work, talk about her family, talk about the weather up there, etc.  It feels like she is my friend whenever I watch her.  I know all about her noisy studio in the basement, her girls, her husband, the weather up north and her hair color.  She is like a ray of sunshine when I see she posted a new video.  One that I really enjoy is her Saturday chats.  I am sure if you watch her videos, you will fall in love with her too.

My next one (and these are in no special order after the first) is The Unexpected Gypsy. I have been watching her for a couple of years now and I really do enjoy her videos.  She is a bit bohemian, but that just adds to her charm.  She lives in England with her love and helpmate, James.  She does journaling, drawing, watercolors, and acrylic painting.  She loves fairies and Oracle cards.  It is because of her that my studio has lights strung everywhere.  They make me happy, just like hers make her happy.  She shares here life as well as her art in her videos and it is very refreshing to see someone doing plain talking about life and worries.

Another one I have followed for some time is Maremi Small Art.  I love her work.  I also love her accent.  I am not sure where she is from, but I think she lives in Ireland.  I love when she journals and collages.  She also does beautiful watercolor work.  I have watched as she was pregnant with her second daughter and after Hannah was born.  I watched as she rearranged her studio, over and over.  She works and talks about her life and home and it is like doing art with a friend.  She encourages you to work along with her, so I do.  She loves soft colors and bling.

Then we have Monet Cafe, where I get to see pastel demonstrations that appeal to me.  I started my art journey with pastels, so they are near and dear to my heart.  This channel never lets me down, I watch these videos regularly and enjoy each and every one I see. If you love pastels, this is the video channel to watch.

I watch some artists because of the type of art they do:  The Artsy Fartsy Life, Einat Kessler, 49 Dragonflies are channels I watch for collage, although they do other types of art.  I love the variety I get when I watch these lovely ladies working. It never ceases to amaze me about the myriad of ways to make collage they show me.  If paper is your thing, and you love collage, please check them out.

For strictly painting videos, I usually watch Shelby Dillon (acrylics), Paintcrush with Kristy Rice (watercolor), Diane Antone (acrylics and watercolor) and Karen Rice (acrylics and watercolor).  These artists are a veritable source of painting instruction and information.  You can watch them and learn so much.

I hope you visit some of these channels and that you enjoy them as much as I do.  Let me know what you think, will you?