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Melinda VanRy - Better With Art @UC3TaQQ2_ydHLUjnewlVDnfA@youtube.com

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What happens when you use fluid acrylic on a gel plate? Fascinating separation. Palette knife on the gel plate? Yes! Making art for creative self-care. Join me! Because we're BETTER WITH ART. Take a peek at Tuesday in my studio. Gel plate fun. Did you know you can use a penny to let go of control in creative self-care art? Make art with me. No plan. Just play. Creating MUSE papers to inspire your creativity. Details soon! Relax. Have fun. Make art. Practice creative self-care with me. New prompt every Sunday. Here's how to add a little bit of shine to your bonus monoprints. More no-waste gel-plate cleaning! How to create fun papers as you clean your gel plate. It’s a no-waste solution for a dirty gel plate Art journals. Experiment & express yourself without fear of what others will think. Make art with me T-SHIRTS! Because we are BETTER WITH ART! It’s process over product in creative self-care art-making. But learning as I go. Make art with me. Want all the noise to fade away? Try art. Quiet your mind with creative self-care. Black-and-white gel-plate play. Details on creation & launch of creative-paper MUSE packs next week! Making art is never a waste of time. Play, relax, and learn while practicing creative self-care. I struggle with SAD. Art helps. New creative self-care art prompt every Sunday. Make art with me! Process over product. And this neurographic style with watercolors is ideal for balancing a brain. Soften jagged in your brain by rounding pointy places in your art This week’s BETTER WITH ART small art combines some of my favorite ways to play with lines. Join me! What I'm wearing in the studio tonight. I love comfy art clothes. So I designed some. Check my shop. Sometimes you just need to play. And a damp fall day is perfect for some summery art inspiration. Painting perfectly imperfect wonky pumpkins for creative self-care this week. Join me! Don't overthink it. Make surprisingly therapeutic watercolor blobs with me. Then, voila: pumpkins! Painting watercolor blobs is one thing that helps my brain feel better. Let's make them pumpkins! Another way to get fun "extra" gel prints? USE A GEL PLATE AS YOUR PALETTE! Need inspiration & encouragement to reclaim your creativity? Practice creative self-care with me. Need quick easy art to quiet your busy mind? Try lines! How fun are these?!? Who knew watercolor blobs were so therapeutic?!? Add autumn-color-mixing for pumpkin fall-art fun! Practice creative self-care with simple, relaxing color-mixing. This week's creative self-care art. Do it for the process. 3 of the best translucent-layer collage tools: satin glazing liquid, baby wipes, water spray bottle. One benefit of an art journal? Expressing yourself & experimenting without fear of what others think How to create nature-inspired abstract collage. Take a closer look. Capture color and texture. Glue. Practice creative self-care. Make art with me. How many different ways are there to start mind-quieting neurographic-style creative self-care art? Do you need to hear this about your art? How do I make jewelry with my art? Quick peek at Dusk & Dawn new ring style. Yes, it needs cleaning. Need a new texture tool? Check your kitchen. Look what a silicone pastry brush can do! Creating fishy texture & repairing a gel-print catastrophe with the magic of gloss medium I tried interference paint for the first time to capture an iridescent blue morpho butterfly wing. What does my work table look like when I want to make a new ring & catch up with unfinished jewelry? It's watercolor relaxation for this week's BETTER WITH ART video prompt. Join me! #artheals Watercolor relaxation for a tired brain. New creative self-care art prompt in the morning. Have you seen the gorgeous color you get with acrylic inks on tissue papers? Blues for a new project Do you need to be reminded that taking time to make art is not a waste of time? Join me! Deceptively easy paint effect for relaxing creative self-care. Because we're BETTER WITH ART. You've probably never wondered how to print tissue to collage a salmon. But it's pretty cool. Taking time to make art is not a waste of time. It's good for our mental health.
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