Paint with Me | creative block | abstract painting vlog

Hello & welcome! Whilst I paint, I’m sharing ways I use rules and briefs in my painting practice to help navigate focus and creative block. In this session, I work both inside and outside, over two days to create a new number of paintings on paper. I headed outside for a plein-air session with fellow painter Emily Morey - check out their work here: emilymorey.com/?page_id=1630 Check out the video intro to this series of work, where I share the influences and goals for this project: www.orlastevens.com/findingnature If you happen to be based in the UK, I am running two in-person outdoor drawing workshops in August 2023. Full workshop info & tickets here: www.orlastevens.com/workshops Sign up to my monthly newsletter for new painting & print releases, exhibitions, workshops & more: www.orlastevens.com/about Follow along with my journey on instagram at: www.instagram.com/orlastevens 00:00 Intro 00:43 The story behind Finding Nature 01:00 Aim of this video 01:15 How I write a painting brief 02:00 Influence from Painting Process & Outdoors 03:10 Building consistency & warming up 04:30 Thumbnails & Planning 05:20 Improvisation 05:50 Control 06:39 Studio Habits 07:40 Where’s the Flow State? 08:38 Painting Outside 09:15 Aims working outside 10:10 Managing Expectations 11:20 Titling Paintings 12:35 Making Space Music I use in my videos is through Epidemic Sound: share.epidemicsound.com/3c6qll