- Hello, it feels so good to not be moving anymore,
not be painting walls and unpacking a house.
(Miranda laughs)
The last two months have honestly just been an adventure,
but we actually had an adventure within an adventure,
because in the midst of all this moving,
it was probably a bad idea,
but it was also a great idea,
we decided to go to Hawaii.
So from like the end of August
to the beginning of September, we were there.
And the reason why I'm saying that
is because we took a GoPro with us,
my husband and I,
and we got a bunch of really sweet underwater
and over-water footage with the GoPro.
And I did that
because I am super passionate about painting water.
So what you're gonna see is a giant water painting today.
And it is from the footage
that we got when we were in the ocean.
I'm so excited.
(upbeat music)
All righty, let's prepare the palette,
get everything out.
I'm gonna go in with this burnt umber color
for the under painting.
I'll show you how I do it.
I put a little bit of Galkyd in with it,
a little bit of odorless mineral spirits.
Nice, cool fall day.
Perfect day for painting.
Let's take this burnt umber and do the underpainting.
I will tell you a little bit about this,
in case you're new to my channel,
because this is probably the most common question
I get with painting videos,
why do I do this?
So I like to do a thin underpainting,
usually with like a brownish orange color
to add warmth to my finished painting,
but also to get that pigment
to soak into all those textured pieces of the canvas,
so no white shows through at all,
because sometimes, you know, the brush
leaves little gaps for the underpainting to come through.
And if that warmth shows through,
I just really like it.
I really, really like it.
And if you're somebody that paints with thin layers,
the warmth coming through underneath too is just so nice.
Anyway, it's a personal preference (laughs).
Let's do the sky here.
The sky was really easy,
because the footage that I got,
it was often like a clear day,
maybe a cloud or two in the sky,
nothing complicated.
(upbeat music)
Now, let me tell you something about,
I guess the way I look at water now.
So my husband and I,
we took all this footage of water
when we were in Hawaii.
When I got home,
I spent hours and hours just like watching the footage,
combing through it and studying it.
And I kid you not,
I feel like my brain comprehends it differently now.
So you're gonna see my water process for this painting
is a lot different than my older paintings.
And I think it's because the way my mind is grasping it now,
like, I cannot unsee it,
and I can't even see like how I comprehended it before.
(Miranda laughs)
Do you guys ever like have that like as an artist,
if there's something you paint?
Does your mind ever just like change how you comprehend it,
and then you can't like comprehend
how you used to comprehend it?
Really strange.
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So before I talk more about this painting,
I do want to say that if you are interested
in limited edition prints,
they are available at mirabyler.com.
I will be offering
eight and 1/2 by eight and 1/2 size prints of this piece.
And it will be a limited edition print run,
so there will be at 100 of them.
I might also offer a couple of larger prints
on rolled canvas,
like two by two-foot prints.
So you can check on there if they're there,
but if they're not, then it did not work out,
so yeah, maybe in the future.
We'll see.
I'm not really sure yet,
but I guess you guys will know by the end of the video,
'cause I filmed this ahead of time.
The original painting will also be available though.
So yeah, if you're interested in any of that,
you can go to mirabyler.com
So I probably spent about a week painting this.
My husband was actually working on in-patient
in the hospital.
He's a resident right now,
and, yeah, he was working nights,
and I decided if he's working long hours,
I'm just gonna get lost in a painting for a lot of hours.
And this is what came of it.
It was actually really fun and enjoyable and therapeutic.
I'm really glad I had the opportunity
to set aside a lot of time for one piece.
It kind of felt like...
I don't know, at this point,
I could tell it was water.
And I got the joy of layering
and adding value to all the reflections.
Everything felt like it was clicking,
hence why it's like dark out,
and I'm still up painting at this point.
I guarantee you it was like 2:00 in the morning right here.
(Miranda laughs)
(bright music)
Yeah, 2:00 in the morning, we'll say.
New day. All righty.
Time to add more value to all these little water ripples.
This was the day I tackled the area
I had been avoiding as well.
All those simple ripples at the bottom of the painting
intimidated me for some reason,
which you'd think would be the other way around,
like all the ones up top that were like more convoluted,
but in my mind, it was the simple ones.
(Miranda laughs)
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When Dorv got home,
he hung out with me in my art room.
We just did arts and crafts together.
He likes to do 3D printing for Dungeons and Dragons minis,
'cause he's a DM in his campaign,
and yeah, he makes a lot of cool stuff.
I can't show you what he's making,
because my friends watch my channel,
and they're in the Dungeons and Dragons campaign,
and I can't spoil it, sorry.
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Something about painting on a really large scale like this
is liberating to me,
because it requires very large movements.
And when I feel like I can incorporate my whole body
into a piece of artwork like this,
I feel so much more enthusiastic about it.
I don't know what it is, but yeah.
That's why sometimes I just like dance while I'm painting.
And sometimes I paint with both hands at once.
I don't know.
It's just a whole different experience.
(upbeat music)
So at this point here I am mapping out
all the little highlights
where the sun is gonna sparkle across the water.
This is when I started to really get excited
about this painting,
because I knew I was getting close to being done.
And I feel like once you get to this point in the painting
and you start adding all those noticeable highlights,
everything changes so fast and comes to life.
And I think it's my favorite part too,
because it shows like,
oh, I painted my way out of the messy stage,
or I painted my way through it, rather.
(upbeat music)
So my question for you folks,
what are you working on right now?
Are you doing any creative projects
that are just inspiring you?
Crocheting, or painting,
or I just remember a couple of years ago,
somebody commented and said they painted on hubcaps of cars.
and I just always thought that was so cool.
I've always remembered that comment
and I bring it up from time to time.
But yeah, I love hearing about your creative endeavors
in the comments.
It's a joy that we can hang out
and talk about art
and watch art videos and stuff together.
(upbeat music)
At this point here,
I was trying to add more of a greenish hue
to certain parts of the water.
And that is kind of like where the sun
is shining down through.
And the water is a little bit more translucent
in those areas.
It was fun trying to capture that.
You can see her I'm painting with both hands.
I do that sometimes.
(relaxed electronic music)
Anyway, we are getting close to finishing.
That's so exciting.
I'm so excited to start another water painting soon,
because I'm definitely the type of person
who does not get attached to the painting,
hence why I sell like all my artwork.
I am the type of person that gets attached to the process,
and like working through everything.
It's fun to like kind of problem solve that,
and also to just like work through my own life.
It's like therapy.
Yeah, I really enjoy the process.
That's my favorite part of art, I think.
Oh, and I decided to actually do my signature
on the front this time,
instead of the back,
so there you go.
Yay, we finished the painting.
This is how it looks back there.
This is definitely the largest painting...
No, I have done a larger painting before.
Just kidding.
This is not the largest painting I've done in my life.
This is the second largest painting I've done in my life.
Oh, yeah, I know I mentioned this earlier in the video,
but I wanted to mention it again.
If you want limited edition prints,
they will be available at mirabyler.com.
The original is also available at mirabyler.com.
Also with the limited edition prints,
they're gonna be eight and 1/2 inches.
It's a square print.
That's what's easiest for me to ship out.
However, there might also be an option
for like 24-inch rolled canvas prints,
if I can get that worked out.
If you don't see it,
it did not work out,
and I will do it for a future painting.
But if you do see it,
there will probably be like five or 10 of those
somewhere in there.
So there's gonna be between 100
to 110 limited edition prints in total.
All righty, thank you so much for watching,
and just hanging out.
It's always fun to geek out and do art together.
And life is back to normal now.
So something fun is coming next week,
and I can't wait to show you.
Anyway, have a good day.
See you in a week. Bye.