- I found something I have to get
I could not pass up on this.
Like this was sweet and I just had to get them.
I had to get them because I do this little painting series
on my channel with tiny paintings
but they're usually six by six.
And I don't like to go much smaller than that
but because it had this really thick gallery wrap
we're gonna do it.
I am so excited to do this.
I actually already test painted one of them.
And I did a magenta undercoat.
So unusual for me.
I am in a mood, like a painting mood.
So let's hang out and paint.
First I need to open all of these.
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Whoa, whoa.
I feel like this is some secret compartment.
So I guess if you hung one of these little canvases
on your wall you could tuck like a $20 bill in here,
and whip it out one day
when you wanna buy a new shirt or something.
I think this is gonna be really fun
because I recently did two giant painting videos
and that took forever.
It was so fun and so fulfilling.
However, now we're going to the opposite end
of the spectrum and doing tiny paintings.
That sounds really fun to me (laughs)
So I hope you enjoy this.
I really do.
The first thing I'm gonna do is tone my canvases.
Basically what that means is I take a dilute layer
of Burnt Sienna and I do a wash over these.
I actually did that with magenta for this canvas
just for funsies to switch things up.
But I usually do Burst Sienna.
It helps me judge color better.
And I like that, it just gets in all these grooves.
So no white peaks through when I finish my painting
I learned this technique in a college painting class.
I just I really enjoy it.
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Now, the toning thing is completely optional.
I just wanted to show you how I do it
to answer your questions.
You don't have to do it if you don't want to.
But yeah, anyway, we are painting flowers on this canvas
and I'm so excited about this because
in Ohio, it is spring.
And everything is blooming and coming to live right now.
And this is the time of year honestly,
that makes me feel most inspired.
Because the colors outside are just so vibrant.
The sky is not sad and gray anymore.
Everything just feels so alive.
So to express that on a canvas feels so good, you know.
And now this is the first time I actually
did a magenta underlayer, and I really loved how
that kind of peaked through all these colors and just lended
to a very beautiful and vibrant color scheme.
And I don't think I could have achieved this color scheme
had I done the Burnt Sienna underlayer.
So I'm really glad that I experimented with this.
And I look forward to experimenting
with that a little more in the future because,
it does, it really does change up how you view color
as you're laying it down on the canvas.
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So I wanna touch on the topic
of just painting flowers again.
You can probably tell if you've been following me
that I've been doing a lot of flower paintings.
And I think it's because you know, that change of going
from winter to spring is just so attractive to me.
But also if you apply that to life,
I'm a person who really loves change.
Like right now we are looking at houses
and getting ready to move.
Hopefully sometime this summer.
And to me, that's so exciting.
I just, I love that, change is so refreshing, you know
when it's like the good kind of change,
but also there are types of change you don't like (laughs)
But yeah, I just, I like to
have a refreshed mind set and
I think spring sort of reminds me of that,
Clean slate sort of thing moving forward.
Anyway, I hope you liked this painting.
I really enjoyed painting this one.
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Mira from the future here.
So we just finished this painting here and it was so fun.
I loved doing the magenta undertones,
but I'm chiming right now to tell you
that I'm actually releasing a limited edition print bundle
with all the many paintings in this video.
So you can get four mini prints
in one bundle and it's gonna be good.
It's gonna really good.
I'm so excited about this.
So if you want it,
you can go to, mirabyler.com.
It is available for pre-order.
So I will be shipping all the bundles
out on or after May 5th.
And I'm just so excited about this.
Let's get back to the video.
I can't wait to show you what is next.
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So I don't think this would be a true Mira Byler video
if we didn't paint water,
because you folks know
whenever I do painting videos that have multiple paintings
water always seems to work its way in there.
It is one of my absolute favorite things to paint.
And this year, one of my goals
is to definitely paint it more.
I just did that giant water painting.
And now it's kind of funny
doing this little one, but it's very enjoyable.
And I think I definitely want to improve
and keep exploring different painting techniques with water.
So doing these tiny paintings are actually super helpful
because when I do larger paintings later
I feel way more comfortable.
So if you are maybe intimidated
to paint something that you've always wanted to paint
these tiny canvases may actually help you build
your self-esteem a little bit, get more confident
know how you wanna execute something on a larger canvas.
So I highly recommend it.
I also do these little studies
in my sketchbook and it's very helpful.
So hopefully that helps you and makes you feel
less afraid to tackle some big art projects that maybe
you really want to do.
Something that's been on your bucket list for maybe years.
And you just keep putting it off (laughs)
This was really fun though, because
this particular painting felt like it really came to life,
once I added all that seafoam
and then did this shading here,
like in the middle of the wave.
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Anyway, this is how it turned out.
I hope you like it.
And I hope this one inspires you to approach
some of your goals without fear.
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So, I think at this point
you'll probably notice a huge theme in this video.
Everything is sort of inspired by the great outdoors.
So it is spring in Ohio.
And as I said, everything is blooming.
The skies are blue now and
I've been spending a lot more time outside, admittedly.
So I think that's why most of these paintings are well
they're all actually inspired by the outdoors.
So we're painting clouds.
That's what we're doing here (laughs)
I really love painting clouds
because I feel like they are so forgiving.
You can pretty much, you know, do tight brush strokes
and super fine details to get photorealistic clouds.
But then you can do these whimsical ones like this painting
with all these swoopy brush strokes in blobs
and texture, sherbet ice cream kinds of colors.
It's a fun time.
I really enjoy just adding little pops
of pink to this in the yellow highlight.
It was a really refreshing.
And then I took one of the pink colors actually
to do the sides of the canvas.
And I felt like it really made the clouds just pop.
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So another theme you may have noticed in this video
are the colors of everything.
Everything so far has been super
super vibrant and saturated and just colorful.
So I'm going to break that theme with this one.
And we are going to tone it down
and try to do something colorful, but with muted colors.
So I'm taking this field of California poppies
and I made the sky like a light bluish gray color.
And now I'm doing like muted greens and oranges.
We'll see, see how this one goes.
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So, now that we pretty much have all our color laid down,
it still looks pretty muted
but it does look colorful and just like a field of flowers.
So it's really amazing what color can do
and how it can convey certain moods.
Like this to me is a very peaceful sort of painting.
And just it screams calm, but it's still,
even though the colors are muted,
it's not like a sad painting.
So I don't know, just a fun little experiment.
I did the sides of the canvas
the same color as the poppies.
And I liked how it kind of made everything stand out later.
I really enjoyed this one (laughs)
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Wow, we finished our mini paintings
and I feel oddly recharged after doing this.
I think this one here is my favorite of all of them.
It kind of reminds me of the painting in the background too.
Okay so as I said earlier in the video
I am doing a mini limited edition print bundle
with all four of these.
I'm super excited about it.
So if you want yours, you can go to, mirabyler.com.
There will only be 100 bundles
'cause it is a limited edition print run
but I'm so excited.
I'm also gonna be listing all four
of these paintings in my shop.
So if you want the original
you can head on over to, mirabyler.com.
And yeah, this was probably one of my favorite videos
I've made in a really long time.
I just, I really enjoyed it.
I actually have more of these canvases.
So another one will be coming sometime
but I have some other things plan
for the next couple of weeks.
Alrighty, well, thank you so much for watching.
If you made it this far
I want you to tell me what your favorite thing
to drink is I guess you guys already know.
I love water and coffee.
Those are my favorites.
So yeah, but I'm curious, what is yours.
Also, if you want me to do another tiny painting video
let me know.
All right, bye guys.