A Day in the Life of a Fluid Artist Studio Life & Behind the Scenes Vlog 5 day 22 by MarjoleinART

Good morning, it's Friday and today it's painting day, it's studio day today. So welcome to my studio, I just made some coffee and I didn't film yesterday a lot, just a little bit, today is painting day. I'm making two paintings today, they are both 40 by 50 centimeters. I'm making, as I told you yesterday, a warm color and a cold color, so let's prep that. And you can see I just left yesterday, there's no lids on my bottles and stuff, and I was just thinking I had to mix this one and I forgot that yesterday, so I will have to mix it now and I hope there are no air bubbles in it when I'm painting. So I will first make the warm color and then the last one will be this one, so the air bubbles have enough time to get out of my paint. So let's mix this one now. First coffee. I see something what really should not be doing that thing. That thing, what I see, is not supposed to do that. Yes, I will show you. Do you see something weird here? Something that thing is not supposed to do. Because there is a lot of weight hanging on it. Look there, this. Look, there's a painting hanging there. But it's still, I don't know, I hope it will keep this position for a long time, because that painting my niece made, love it, for her new room, but her room isn't finished, so I will let it hang here. I will try to let it hang here. I hope it will hang here for a long time, but it's there. And you can see here, there are some stuff here, standing there, and there that I have to wear when I will paint. It's a big mess here, and it's a big mess. The only part that's not a mess is there, what you see on my screen when I make a video. That's the part that I will clean, and all the other parts here, you can see there, and there, and there, and there. It's a mess. That's me. And there is a spider there, and I bought this spider, because I would like to make a Halloween painting, and then I will use this spider, I think. Yes, I am weird. I will put this on my canvas, and then I will pour the paint on my spider, and then I think it will go there, and I think it will make a nice pattern. I don't know. This will be my Halloween painting. Yes. Ah, yes, yes. And speaking about spiders, there is a spider webbing there. Ooh, I really have to clean that up there. And I will make a reel on how I mix my paints. I am here in my studio. I have my camera here, so why not make a reel of how I make silver paint? The only thing is that you cannot see it really well on camera. This is also almost white, but I think people love to see how I mix, so that's why I make a reel of it, and you will see that on my Instagram, or Facebook, or maybe on my YouTube. I don't know. Everywhere. But my mount is missing, and it's inside. Look at this thing. It's really funny. This is how I use it. You don't see it in my video, but I really wanted to keep this thing a little bit clean, because it was really expensive, and this is how I grab it when I'm painting. So I hope there will be no paint on it. So that's why there is this paper towel and my Frogtape on it. So this is the mount. I'm not sure if it's called a mount, but this is magnetic, and it magnetics on my phone. It will stick to my phone, and you can stick this here, I guess. And then, of course, it has to fit there. I have to use two hands for that, because there is a red thing there. You can see that red thing, and that needs to be there. Now it's perfect, and now I can attach my phone to this, and then it's connected to each other, and then they are talking to each other. So I can use this for filming. I can use the record button, and my phone will respond to that. So that's really a nice thing, and I love how this is alive when you put it down, and it's still alive. So the reel is done. Look, my paint is mixed. I only see the ceiling there. I cannot go down. What happened there? Let's put it off. So this is much better. I will hold my camera myself. Look, this is the paint that I just mixed. You can see it. I think it's already the right consistency here. Perfect. So I can start prepping my table. I will grab my camera and everything, and let's start. I'm so excited. I really love to paint. I am a fluid artist, and everyone thinks that I'm painting every day, but that's not the truth. I'm painting, I think, one day in a week, and that's only half an hour in total. Everything besides painting is mixing. You've seen editing, socializing with you on the Internet, how to respond to comments, everything. So painting is, I think, one half an hour a week. And I will start, of course, with my warm colors for this first painting. I think I will film them separately, so I will tell you the colors in each video, and then in the second video, I will show you both paintings when they are dry and next to each other, and I can make a compilation video also with two paintings where I cut it shorter. So let's see. Let's grab the bottles from those paints. This is... I'm not sure what this is. I know this one, I know this one, and I know this one. So let's grab those bottles, and I can show them in my video. These are all the bottles. My Floetrol, I use my Floetrol. I will show you my water Floetrol, and of course, my cell activator. I will show you this bottle also in the video. And I will show you my cell activators. And I'm telling that it's the Oxid Black. And I'm telling you that the other one is the Titanium White. So I can tell you that, and I can also use those bottles for the black and the white. This is the white. And this is the black. There. So I think everything is now on my table to record the video where I show you the bottles and tell you what you need for this painting. So that's what I do now. Let's grab my camera. So here is all my equipment that I use. And of course, my hairband. I forgot that. Everything is falling here. My signature thing. Let's wear green today. I don't know why I found this. And I think it matches my pendant a little bit. This is everything that I use for filming. And of course, my vlog camera. Everything was on the power. So there is a lot of wires on it. And this is my microphone. This is my broken camera. But I hope I will get it on for one video. I really hope that. Otherwise, I have to use my phone or something. And that's really not handy. Because it has to be there on that thing there. And this really matches. I can screw this. I will screw this thing there on that mount there. I put my camera over here. Like this. I put the screen. First, I take the screen. And I put it down there. And power it up. Put it on. Put this one on. This one. And I will use my finger here to scratch a little bit. And I can see that the audio is doing something. Power. It is on. So I will keep it on and I can see while I'm busy here with preparing. That I can see if it's going off or if it stays on. So. I really hope. And I have a small problem. Because I am out of. Not completely out. I only have one large pushpin. And I bought new ones. You saw them yesterday. But I think I will reuse some from older painting. Because I want to keep those transparent ones for my website. But I do not have any. More. So. Let's find a painting where I can use them. Look, here is already one. That I can use. I can remove those. I need eight. And that one. I will. That one. I will use the pushpins from that one. They are really, really, really stuck. So. Oh, I can't get them out. This is a different canvas. This is really. More expensive. The wood is really hard. Hard wood. I can't get them out. Let's use two ends. No. It's not possible. Wow. Let's grab this one. Maybe I can hold it better. No. One eternity later. Look at my finger. Can you see it there? Oh, I'm shaking. It really hurts. Two down. Two to go. I need to wiggle them. Wiggle. And then. That one went easy. Why? Last one. Last, but not least, I think. Four pushpins. See? How it works. So, let this put on record. Check the microphone. Yes. And let's film the colors. And I will show you them here. I already told you. Everything is here in order from left to right. So, I can tell everything what I use. And that will be in the video, of course. And the last pushpin. I have to put them there. I think I will say that at the end. So, I start here. And I mention everything what I use. I will show them to you. And then. Yeah. Then everybody knows what I use. So. And I will use my Google gadget thing for that. So. See you. So, everything is now recorded. So, now I can clean it up again. So, it's time to record the intro for this video. And I have a small secret. I will put on a dress for that. Only to cover this. So, that looks like I am wearing nice clothes. But I still wear my old clothes underneath it. So, let's do that. And check this, of course. I told you yesterday that it always happens when I make an intro. And I put on this. Oh, I put this here. Sorry. There. And I put on this just for the show. It's just a show. It's all a show, folks. And why did I put on this green thing? It doesn't match. Okay. It's not matching. But. You know. When you watch the vlog. You know why I wear a green hairband. Because. I wasn't planning to wear this today. And this also didn't do. This match. And this match. So, now it looks like I'm completely dressed. And it's only for the show. Ta-da. Check everything is decent. I think it's done. I wear this thing again. Check this thing again. And it still works. So, let's make the intro. And I will stand here. Maybe you can see me. There. You can see how many takes it will take. I think that's it. So, I will watch with that camera. And I will put it on. And I will start. Film me. Hi, everyone. And thank you for watching my new video. I'm Marjolein. I'm a fluid artist from the Netherlands. And from my own studio. I would like to show you what I do. Let's start. One take. I did it in one take. A few mistakes. But that's okay. I'm an editor. So, alright. Always I'm very hyped when I have to do something for my camera. Let's drink something. Sorry. And now I'm thinking I was speaking too fast. It was stupid. No. Yes, I think that. But that's out of there. And now I have to think if I said everything that I have to say. Two paintings. Black and white. Yeah. I think it's good. Let's drink something. You know. I'm always really tired when I'm making a video. Because of this. When the camera is on. And now I have to be on all day. When everything is done. Then I will shut down. Completely. And that camera is still on. Perfect. Alright. What to do now. That thing is still on. Still filming. Let's. I'll put down this camera a little bit. So you can see me. I was. One time I filmed the intro. And then I forgot to lower the camera. So you can only see. You didn't see the canvas. That was stupid. Let's prep the table. So everything is prepped. I prepped my canvas. I will do a drip test. But you can see there is nearly something in there. I think. I think this will be. A problem. While I'm filming. And I do not have more. Bread. Let's see. So all my paints are here. You can see them there. And here is the yellow. And here of course my blank canvas. And let's. Unblank it. That's not a word. But let's do that. I am backstage. And I didn't do the drip test. I think that was not a good thing to do. Because now I think my paint is too thin. But let's see what will happen. I don't know. I had some yellow. But it's completely gone now. There is no yellow. You cannot see the yellow anymore. It completely goes down the. Bottom. I messed up with the black and the white. So. I hope it will be a success. You will see that later. And the puddles all grow. So big. Let's swipe. I will swipe. And you will see. You can see. Maybe. There. I made small puddles. But they are really big now. Allright. Let's go on with this one. And let's see what will happen. It's fluid art. Allright. Let's add some gold here. And I will start here on the black. I think I will use it only on the black and white. You can see it there. Popping out. You can see the cell reaction already. Ooh. Love that. Ooh. I drag along with that. Grab a little bit of gold there. Maybe. I can make. Look. There is some gold there. That's really nice. Ooh. And there. All those. Those cells. Ooh. I lift up my palette knife. Just a little bit. So I can make a line there. Ooh. That's really nice. Let's go there. That's really nice. I love that line there. I'm done. The painting is done. The first one. And I really love that. Maybe I can show you. It's here. You can see. The paint was a little bit too thin. And I told you already. When I was painting. When I was mixing. The paint was too thin. Some of the paints. But. I hope it will dry well. I will let it dry there. There's no. There. I have to make room there. I will use my big. Plate. My big wooden plate. I will lay it there. And then I'll put this painting on it. And then my food cover. And I will tape it. All right. Let's go. Let's do that. And I use a nail here. To secure it. Because I don't want them to collapse. When this thing is on my painting. I really hope it will. I hope it will fit. This is so exciting. All right. It's on. And I really hope. That the other one. Fits next to it. So. And now it's time to wash off my stuff. And I go inside. And I will eat something. And then I will start. The second painting. And I really hope. I can finish it today. And it will fit. Underneath my. There's not enough room. This is really tight. All right. I'll see you later. Let's eat something. I will. I will be back with you. Soon. All right. The plans are changed. A little bit. I do not have the energy. Left. To make another painting. Today. So I will skip that. For today. And I will make the painting. Somewhere next week. I do not have the energy. Left. To create a nice video. Where I. Have a lot of energy. To show you everything. So I think. It will not be a nice video. If I am out of energy. So I will clean up. Everything here. Let's tape this. On here. I need some tape here. And I will use my. Here. My mosquito net. I'll put it over. The. Everything. All here. You know. I'm done for today. I'm so done. Everything is going wrong. Now. So I will quit for today. I will film something. Inside. When I copy and edit. And maybe I will go. Lay down. And I have to do. Some cleaning up. Inside. So I will. Clean up this. Thing here. And. See you later. And I will use my frog tape. Of course. To tape this. On here. But I have. Two hands. I need two hands. For that. So I think. Let's do this. With two hands. Before. It's sliding off. And. I will tape this here. Here. And here. I cannot reach that point. But there. I will tape that. And then I use this cover. Thing. Mosquito thing. And I will lay it. Over here. So I. That's. That's the only thing that I can do. Do not. That flies. Sorry. I'm so tired right now. I cannot speak anymore. So you know what I'm going to do. I will do that. And. Then I go inside. And. This is really tiring. But. I hope you still enjoy this vlog. So it's taped. You can see there. I cannot reach this part here. There's no way I can. Tape it there. This is taped here. And there. And. A little bit. There. So. And now I will. Fold this thing. In half. And then I will. Drape it over there. Let's do that. So. And this is how it looks like. This is too short. Maybe I can tape this. A little bit. But. I think this. This. I really hope this will work. I really hope so. Let's. So. The everything is. All my lights are out. And. There are still some. Things. I have to put a lid on that thing. But. I will do that later. Tomorrow. I'm so done for today. Let's go inside. And. Copy all the files. To my laptop. And. Then I can start editing. So. This is the end of this vlog. I hope you enjoyed. This kind of videos. And if you like my videos. Please subscribe to my channel. Tomorrow. The full video. Of the painting. That I made today. Will be online. So. Check my channel. Tomorrow. And if you are not a subscriber. Please subscribe. Until you don't miss that video. It is really amazing. So. Thank you all for watching. And see you. Next time. And as I always say. In Dutch. Houdoe.