Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Using a reference photo to find inspiration is an essential skill for all artists. My Patreon challenge this month was to pick a photo from their favorite vacation (or one they'd like to take) and translate it onto a canvas. It's a great way to preserve a memory - and an important skill to learn for commission paintings!
Here is the link to the short playlist of videos in this collab:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0KXcghrBrZs8OlaizLbtB6L7dvvLll-U&si=4M4sC_dv67lsDVco
And here are the descriptions of techniques and colors used by the artists featured in my video:
Monique MO
Multiple Flip Cups with a little drag and some swipes on a 12×12 inch deep edge canvas
Colors used:
TLP Ore
TLP King of Payne
Pebeo Blue Black
Amsterdam;
Prussian Blue Pthalo
Greenish Blue
Blue Grey Light
Pearl Blue
White mixed with a little yellow
2 grey mixed colors.
Used 3 cups with layered colors and tilted each cup out seperately.
Then swiped a bit to blend some colors.
Nikki Rainey
Base was SW Color To Go After the Rain. Layers, in this order, TLP Rad, Tri-Art Manganese Blue, TLP Comet, Tri-Art Prussian Blue/Charvin Indigo mix.
Double CA of Pebeo Precious Gold and Amsterdam Titanium White.
Cathy Jantzen
We were in Kauai, Hawaii on Poipu Beach when this sea turtle came ashore. I took pictures of him/her coming out of the water and then digging in to rest. My inspiration for the piece I made.
I used a 14x14 wood panel inverted. I painted the panel using a combination of Pebeo Studio iridescent blue black, primary cyan and iridescent blue green. For the water, I used resin mixed with TLP sea glass and abalone, I used playground sand and Eye Candy satori white for the beach.
The turtle is a Pour Away Fluid Arts sea turtle template.
Kathy LaRue
My color palette was inspired by a beautiful photo of Costa Rica which we hope to get to someday.
I did a puddle pour which was wrecked with a marble and
then swiped with white CA.
My colors were mostly custom but will list them as best as I can.
CI Payne’s Gray
Deco Art Extreme Sheen coral, Zeus TLP
Tri-Art Cerulean blue & a little Taffy TLP
Amsterdam Venetian Rose & Aphrodite TLP
Amsterdam turquoise & Golden Teal
Amsterdam Naples yellow & Submarine TLP
Want to know the secret to learning to make art? Mix up some paints and play! Give yourself the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them. You'll surprise yourself - I guarantee it. And you'll have lots of fun!
Now grab yourself some paints and BE FEARLESS!
If you'd like to support my channel and collaborate with the BEST and most supportive group of artists, join Nate's Art Lab on Patreon! We do monthly challenges, behind the scenes experiments, share our beautiful art, new and crazy ideas for techniques, and trouble shoot problems together!
patreon.com
I love Fluid Art Co.! If you've never shopped with them before, Fluid Art Co supplies This Little Piggy and Stuck Up Piggy pigments, Aussie Floetrol, Amsterdam paints, TriArt, Pebeo and much more. They are on the cutting edge of everything Fluid Art and they have the BEST customer service!
fluid-art.co
You can now purchase my art online! Visit galeria1084.com to browse through my available pieces, and art from more than 30 other artists who also live in Costa Rica! Acrylic, oil and mixed media fine art; gold and silver jewelry; glass art; ceramics; sculpture; indigenous art; basketry and lots more!
I 'rescue' any paint that gets spun or tilted off by scraping it off of the table, straining it and saving it to use as a base coat for future pours. Very little waste!
All of my music can be found on EpidemicSound.com.
instagram.com/N8_Bright_Art
Using a reference photo to find inspiration is an essential skill for all artists. My Patreon challenge this month was to pick a photo from their favorite vacation (or one they'd like to take) and translate it onto a canvas. It's a great way to preserve a memory - and an important skill to learn for commission paintings!
Here is the link to the short playlist of videos in this collab:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0KXcghrBrZs8OlaizLbtB6L7dvvLll-U&si=4M4sC_dv67lsDVco
And here are the descriptions of techniques and colors used by the artists featured in my video:
Monique MO
Multiple Flip Cups with a little drag and some swipes on a 12×12 inch deep edge canvas
Colors used:
TLP Ore
TLP King of Payne
Pebeo Blue Black
Amsterdam;
Prussian Blue Pthalo
Greenish Blue
Blue Grey Light
Pearl Blue
White mixed with a little yellow
2 grey mixed colors.
Used 3 cups with layered colors and tilted each cup out seperately.
Then swiped a bit to blend some colors.
Nikki Rainey
Base was SW Color To Go After the Rain. Layers, in this order, TLP Rad, Tri-Art Manganese Blue, TLP Comet, Tri-Art Prussian Blue/Charvin Indigo mix.
Double CA of Pebeo Precious Gold and Amsterdam Titanium White.
Cathy Jantzen
We were in Kauai, Hawaii on Poipu Beach when this sea turtle came ashore. I took pictures of him/her coming out of the water and then digging in to rest. My inspiration for the piece I made.
I used a 14x14 wood panel inverted. I painted the panel using a combination of Pebeo Studio iridescent blue black, primary cyan and iridescent blue green. For the water, I used resin mixed with TLP sea glass and abalone, I used playground sand and Eye Candy satori white for the beach.
The turtle is a Pour Away Fluid Arts sea turtle template.
Kathy LaRue
My color palette was inspired by a beautiful photo of Costa Rica which we hope to get to someday.
I did a puddle pour which was wrecked with a marble and
then swiped with white CA.
My colors were mostly custom but will list them as best as I can.
CI Payne’s Gray
Deco Art Extreme Sheen coral, Zeus TLP
Tri-Art Cerulean blue & a little Taffy TLP
Amsterdam Venetian Rose & Aphrodite TLP
Amsterdam turquoise & Golden Teal
Amsterdam Naples yellow & Submarine TLP
Want to know the secret to learning to make art? Mix up some paints and play! Give yourself the freedom to make mistakes and learn from them. You'll surprise yourself - I guarantee it. And you'll have lots of fun!
Now grab yourself some paints and BE FEARLESS!
If you'd like to support my channel and collaborate with the BEST and most supportive group of artists, join Nate's Art Lab on Patreon! We do monthly challenges, behind the scenes experiments, share our beautiful art, new and crazy ideas for techniques, and trouble shoot problems together!
patreon.com
I love Fluid Art Co.! If you've never shopped with them before, Fluid Art Co supplies This Little Piggy and Stuck Up Piggy pigments, Aussie Floetrol, Amsterdam paints, TriArt, Pebeo and much more. They are on the cutting edge of everything Fluid Art and they have the BEST customer service!
fluid-art.co
You can now purchase my art online! Visit galeria1084.com to browse through my available pieces, and art from more than 30 other artists who also live in Costa Rica! Acrylic, oil and mixed media fine art; gold and silver jewelry; glass art; ceramics; sculpture; indigenous art; basketry and lots more!
I 'rescue' any paint that gets spun or tilted off by scraping it off of the table, straining it and saving it to use as a base coat for future pours. Very little waste!
All of my music can be found on EpidemicSound.com.
instagram.com/N8_Bright_Art
