Art and artist inspiration along with watercolour painting and mark making.

My current art ideas and artist inspiration along with watercolour painting and mark making. We paint botanicals and the start of little colourful houses. In this video I discuss my current art and artist inspiration. I introduce a book titled "Striped Pears and Polka Dots", by Kirsten Sevig, and we do a little painting with watercolour on paper. I add mark making to my botanical watercolours with ink and paint pen. I paint whimsical watercolour houses, or fairy houses as they seem to be developing. I read a page from my book titled "How to Be More Tree", and also do a flip through of one of my favourite artists ‪@BettyFranksArt‬ book titled "Fields of Flowers". We pull a card from my "Art Poetry for Insights and Inspiration " oracle deck and I chat about random art insights that come to me as I record this unedited video. Book mentions: "Striped Pears and Polka Dots" by Kirsten Sevig ‪@kirstensevig1130‬ "How to Be More Tree" Illustrated by Annie Davidson "Fields of Flowers" by mixed media artist Betty Franks Krause, 2020. ‪@BettyFranksArt‬ Allison Dawrant 71 card art deck: "Art Poetry" for insights and inspiration (oracle deck) https://www.allisondawrant.com/shop The 2024 Artist Almanac (Search this group on Facebook to learn more). Watercolours: I use a variety of brands but recommend 140 lb watercolour paper or heavier. (Mozart, Komorebi is a brand that I use a lot of during the video). I use Canson XL Mixed Media 140lb , 9x12" paper in a coiled book. Available at Michael's Canada Pens: Staedler Lumocolour permanent black pen Amazon.ca Studiogel .5 mm permanent black pen Dollarama (packs of 12). I like Sharpie waterbased paint pens in medium and use black. Paintbrush Number 12 round by Princeton