I have been feeling called to paint a raven and so I'm going for it. These beautiful birds are complex and intelligent and they have so much symbolic meaning. Working up to this idea, I was filled with a lot of uncertainty and doubt and it seems this is often the case when I am faced with an upcoming deadline. Using Positive Uncertainty, I pushed forward and I am very happy with the results I was able to achieve. As Henry Ford said: "Whether you think you can, or think you can't - you're right." I hope you will feel inspired to assess your mindset and push through whatever doubts you may be having in your own creative process.

#intuitive_watercolor_painting #mixed_media #watercolor_painting #positive_uncertainty #raven

Here’s a list of the materials I used for this painting: (*** I now have the ability to monetize my site. This means I can include links to the products I use and when you make a purchase using some of these links I will get a small commission. ( This applies to the Amazon links in this description and YouTube Shopping Affiliate links included in my video. ) Any purchases made using these links help me earn a little bit of money along the way, so I can continue doing this work. Please note that I will only ever add links to products that I actually like and use. Thanks in advance!***)

Watercolor paper (Arches, cold pressed - https://amzn.to/3XRhpxG)
Paper cutter - https://amzn.to/3BEOOEE (for this process, I cut my paper to 8 x 12 inches)
1 inch Artist tape - https://amzn.to/3ZTJY0l
Clip board or another solid movable surface to tape the paper to
Water
Paper towel
24K Merck Gold watercolor - https://amzn.to/3Nh9epw
Decadent Pies watercolor palette - https://amzn.to/3NjZDyr
Watercolor brushes in varying sizes - https://amzn.to/3U1UYVM
Mop brush - https://amzn.to/3U2ZVxp (This brush may also be sold individually at Michael's)
Number 2 round brush - https://amzn.to/3BvYnFF
Micro mini brush - https://amzn.to/3BCf96d
Fountain pen - https://amzn.to/4gV8lRj
Fountain pen ink - https://amzn.to/4dFjouQ
0.5 pen - https://amzn.to/3NksnXI
0.25 pen - https://amzn.to/4eBsDgW
Dotting pen - https://amzn.to/3ByX9tg
Dotting pen ink - https://amzn.to/4eHbGC8

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The music for this video was provided by the You Tube Audio library. Thank you Jesse Gallagher and Kevin Macleod for sharing your beautiful creations with us! Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

I recorded my video using my iPhone 12 and edited my video using iMovie.

My thumbnail was created using Canva.com. Many of its features are free and so easy to use!

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And most of all, thank you for watching! Have a great week and happy creating!

Gabrielle :)
00:00 Positive Uncertainty and how it can help with creativity.
06:28 Moving past the blank page
08:36 Starting to work on the overall composition
16:27 Adding details using ink
18:50 Using values to create dimension in a figure
25:19 Building up values monochromatically
32:12 Adding the darkest value in varying intensity
46:07 Adding gold and finalizing the composition
53:03 Final painting reveal