Spring has arrived! New Painting Tools & Fresh Creative Energy!

It's our first spring in the new studio! The season has brought a flurry of activity both inside and outside. There are gardens to tend, art to hang, and new painting tools to get excited about!

Come join me as I chat about my approach to abstract painting, demonstrate how I am using a needle-tip applicator and brayer to make interesting marks, and watch me work on a bunch of different mixed media pieces.

I hope the spring enthusiasm is contagious!

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🌻 Hello there, If you're new around here, I'm Laura Horn, an artist based in the Adelaide Hills. I teach online classes on how to paint abstracts and botanicals in acrylic, watercolour, and mixed media. If you are looking for a weekly dose of creative encouragement and inspiration, press subscribe!

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[carolkothmann]

thank you for the wonderful explanation of your thought process as you work. Love your art!

[QOGS]

Richie is absolutely spot on! Create for YOU 1st! I am adoring all you do! I have been in a stuck mode here in our winter weather but you have given me inspiration to grab the cold and apply it to my art which will be beneficial to my early spring exhibits. Saying goodbye to winter in a series… wonderful! Happy New Year!

[jodicolette]

Hi Laura, your videos are so enjoyable to watch. It is really fun to see your new studio space evolve as you settle in and it's so generous of you to share what you're learning as you go. It's also great fun to see your garden evolve with the seasons! All the Spring growth looks delightful! Your art is really, really beautiful. What you have learned lately about the fine liners and use of a brayer is really cool and such an interesting layer to your mixed media botanical/abstract pieces. Thank you for making and sharing this content!!

[juliegroganhorsesandyou]

Love that Laura…Make what I love to make.. I keep reminding myself that too 🩶

[mbshaw]

Love your suggestion to use a brayer over top the fine lines. Your space is just beautiful.

[tonyamiller]

I so enjoy your work and the time and care you take to share things like your studio space and garden.

[annickcottom]

I really enjoy watching your videos, especially those of you working in your art cottage. I was so surprised to see so many cottage garden style plants growing in the garden; it really is beautiful.

[luannianke]

I really love the set of botanical paintings in the corner between the windows. What a nice studio and gardens.

[QOGS]

I am jealous of your lovely studio & the magnificent light you have! Congrats. Query: how do you prep your canvases for your collage pieces? What types if any medium do you use prior to applying your paints?

[Devenny]

I love your art and work ethic; i don’t really care where you do it.
I would like more videos of you trying out new color combinations and new mixed media effects

[carolinedelaronde]

I could watch you paint for hours! Thank you for this moment with you in your beautiful studio. And I too like that scratchy sound of the needle tip ;)

[janinafisher]

Oh my, your studio garden is just lovely! I think you would love having the companty of "studio chickens" - and I wouldn't weed that area. It won't take them any time at all to scratch up all those weeds and get rid of them for you! Your studio is so lovely, too. What a beautiful place to work. And even the indoor plants look like they are thriving! Looks like you got the a/c unit in just in time. I, too, recently bought some of those tiny bottles with needle tops, and now that I've seen you using them I am excited to get going with them. Using the brayer to add to the variety of marks you can make with them is a great idea! I do think Richie is right - do what brings you joy! Whatever art you are doing here on YouTube, I'm sure we'll love it!

[perinilan]

Love the light and garden in your new studio space. You inspire me to try out the needle bottle I have with a braver. Love the marks you can make. As for the incomplete larger work…great colours and interesting marks. It’s quite busy so recommend you keep layering and consider where you want the focal point to be.

[angelinamichelle]

How wonderful to have the space to be able to treat wall paintings like sketchbook pages. And big trays of pencils and paint trolleys. I am so happy for you. The garden space is incredibly inspiring. Thankyou for sharing.

[ellengoodloe]

I agree with Richie. Do what you want and brings you joy. Speaking of joy, that garden is incredible! So much beauty and inspiration - I don't know that I would want to leave. I love the idea of chickens but the reality may not work. My brother and SIL have chickens but they do require daily work and interaction. Plus, don't you guys have lots of icky spiders and snakes down under?Thanks for this video reminding me to include variety - definitely what I needed for some current works.

[faithisrising]

Your garden is so full of lovelies! What a wonderful spot to take a break from your studio! It’s a treat to see what is happening in your part of the world and what you are creating…you’ve been busy and I thought it all beautiful.

[brendachate]

Enjoyed my time watching the vid. Thank you Laura. Also, enjoyed the music. Who is the artist please?

[liseovery]

Laura I could listen and watch you all day. Your work is so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for letting us walk through this special place with you. (I am 76 and live in beautiful Niagara, Ontario Canada.)

[Karenfree]

Hi, it’s kind of feeling like ‘spring time in northern Florida also. The difference has been the most hot and awful hot summer preceding.

[kathysausen]

What Beautiful gardens!! Like paradise! Happy painting 👏👏💕💕