Creating Art with Heart, Slow Living with My Family, Artist Burnout & Broken Cameras

Welcome to my very first Art Chat! It's sort of like an Art Studio Vlog, except we take it out of the studio for a little bit and go on an anti-burnout weekend! Relax with me and my family as we go to Lake Superior, look for agates, do a little fishing and gardening, and then come back into the studio to see what I'm working on this week! We'll be talking about classes I'm taking, projects I want to get done this week, lightfast testing my Daniel Smith Watercolors, and moving things around in my studio to make room for something new. Unfortunately, my week ended on a bad note, as I broke my camera lens. We'll be talking about that too, as well as the future direction of this channel. So come on in to my Northwoods studio and have a little chat with me! Happy Creating! Join my Patreon (Winter Woods Studio Sketchbook Club, free reference photos, and exclusive tutorials!): https://www.patreon.com/WinterWoodsStudio My brand new blog and website: www.winterwoodsstudio.com To support me: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winterwoods 0:00 Quick recap of my anti-burnout weekend. 1:38 Talking about my week ahead and my art plans, showing sketchbooks and acrylic paints. 8:47 How to put your heart into your work. 19:37 checking in on my bee house. 19:54 Finding fox reference pics and setting up my XP-Pen 20:41 Swatching watercolors for lightfastness testing. 21:25 Garden check in and The Hubs Rototilling the vegetable garden! 27:26 Talking about the disaster with my camera. Other Artists and resources mentioned: Jessica Roux: Domestika Classes: https://www.domestika.org/en/jessicaroux Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicasroux/ Sani Hester: https://www.youtube.com/user/sandihester Nancy Hillis's The Artists Journey: https://amzn.to/3oF8ty0 Lori Mirabelli: https://www.instagram.com/lorimirabelli/ Stylized Acrylic Landscape class I mentioned by Maru Godas: https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/2456-acrylic-painting-step-by-step-create-incredible-landscapes/course Maru Godas on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/marugodas/ XP-PEN 15.6 Artist Pro Drawing Tablet: https://amzn.to/42cnu89 Art Supplies I talked about today: Moleskin Small Art Journal: https://amzn.to/45BlARw Moleskin Large Watercolor Journal: https://amzn.to/43Aq6Os Canson XL Large Mixed Media Sketchbook: https://amzn.to/45Qdkxc Liquitex Soft Body set: https://amzn.to/3IOnxjU Golden Fluid Acrylic set: https://amzn.to/43e1TxD Winsor and Newton Galeria set: https://amzn.to/45G8NgI My every day supplies: Invisible Glove Barrier Cream (protect your hands from your supplies!): https://amzn.to/3Tl9JRC Oil Painting: Michael Harding oil paints (my favorite oil paints- the best of the best): Six tube set: https://amzn.to/40vYN6Z Ten tube set: https://amzn.to/3lcjVz2 Gamblin oil paints (my runner up paint and a little cheaper): Nine tube set: https://amzn.to/3wY67e8 Winsor and Newton Winton oil paint (Best inexpensive but good quality paint for beginners): Ten tube set: https://amzn.to/3JKEXPq Liquin (thinning medium and speeds drying): https://amzn.to/3Rzgr5S Liquin for fine details: https://amzn.to/3YLjryz Liquin Impasto medium (for thicker texture): https://amzn.to/3wYCSaW Gamsol (oderless paint thinner and cleaner): https://amzn.to/3DHpgVC Watercolor: Daniel Smith Watercolors: https://amzn.to/3JQm91v Arches Hot Press Paper: https://amzn.to/3JLKW6H Pastel: My favorite pastel surface is ClaireFontaine PastelMat: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3iWcRWx Blick Art Materials: https://shrsl.com/3w5on Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils: Amazon(set of 60): https://amzn.to/3wooZmq Blick Art Materials (sets and individual pencils): https://shrsl.com/3w5ph Panpastels: Amazon (the set of 20 that I own): https://amzn.to/3R1cYN1 Blick Art Materials (individual pans): https://shrsl.com/3w5p0 Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel pencils: Amazon(set of 60): https://amzn.to/3QWOF2M Blick Art Materials (sets and individual pencils): https://shrsl.com/3w5pa Stick pastels: Prismacolor Nupastels (set of 36): https://amzn.to/3JM9E74 Mungyo (good for beginners and cheap!): https://amzn.to/3YvzZui Pen and ink: Favorite ink- Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bombay India ink: https://amzn.to/3x1CpF8 Favorite Dip Pen: https://amzn.to/3jEiCso Favorite fine liners- Sakura Pigma Microns: https://amzn.to/3lh10mA Favorite paper for ink Drawing- Strathmore 500 Series Bristol Smooth: https://amzn.to/3DKIycm My fine art printer- Canon Pixma Pro 200: https://amzn.to/3XFK2vG My filming equipment: Overhead filming set up for my phone: https://amzn.to/3Z3AAnb My Camera- Canon Rebel EOS SL3: https://amzn.to/3XG58Kk Alternate lens: https://amzn.to/3YFTv7M My voice over microphone: https://amzn.to/3Ixgtbz All music by Epidemic Sound Affiliate links with Amazon and Blick art materials help me buy more supplies!