December Monthly Video Recap

January 9, 2023 Steve MitchellLeave a comment

Ho ho ho! We love to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, our only hope of glory. And we hope you all had a very, merry Christmas season, too! As we decorated the house, we were also able to post some great videos.

In case you’ve missed the videos that were posted for all viewers on YouTube for the previous month of December 2022, here’s the list of links to them all.

You will also find the additional links to exclusive content on Patreon (only accessible if you’re a patron). If you’ve not become a Patron yet, please consider supporting this channel and receiving additional, helpful content.

November Monthly Video Recap

January 9, 2023 Steve Mitchell4 Comments

November seemed to fly by this year on a fast downhill to December. We hope all of you enjoyed a yummy Thanksgiving dinner and maybe a little football. We have so much to be thankful for and it’s good to count our blessings at least once a year.

Because we gave some special love to our Patrons this month, we posted just two videos for all viewers on YouTube for the month of November 2022, here’s the list of links to them both.

For you Patrons, we did something special to kick off the month of November. We provided several helpful videos just for you. Make sure you check them out (only accessible if you’re a patron). If you’ve not joined Patreon yet, please consider supporting this channel and receiving additional, helpful content.

October Monthly Video Recap

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 Steve Mitchell1 Comment

The frost is on the pumpkin, the Jack O’ Lanterns have gone home, and we’re gearing up for month of Thanksgiving. It’s time of elections, football, family gatherings, Thanksgiving dinners, and the beginning of Advent. We have so much to look forward to as we move closer to the end of the year.

But in case you’ve missed the videos that were posted for all viewers on YouTube for the previous month of October 2022, here’s the list of links to them all.

No exclusive Patreon content was posted in October. Instead, we’ve done something special for Patrons to kick off the month of November. Make sure you check it out (only accessible if you’re a patron). If you’ve not joined Patreon yet, please consider supporting this channel and receiving additional, helpful content.

September Monthly Video Recap

October 5, 2022November 7, 2022 Steve Mitchell6 Comments

It’s hard to believe October is already here, with cooler weather and pumpkin spice found everywhere. (I’m even using pumpkin spice watercolor paper!) Not found on Amazon.com or anywhere else as far as I know.

In case you’ve missed the videos that were posted for all viewers on YouTube for the previous month of September 2022, here’s the list of links to them all.

New Monthly Video Recap Feature

September 2, 2022November 7, 2022 Steve Mitchell16 Comments

For a while now I’ve wanted to post my videos right here on my blog as another path or alert to ones you might have missed. In fact it was one of the original intents of this blog. YouTube’s notifications sometimes don’t hit the mark even if you’re subscribed to the channel and have the bell clicked for those notifications. I think for me the best approach is to post a monthly recap including all the videos posted in the previous month with a brief description in case you missed one as many viewers often do. For each monthly post I will also include a list recapping the exclusive content I provide on Patreon which can also be easy to miss.

So, to kick it off, here are the videos that were posted for all viewers on YouTube for the month of August 2022, followed by a list of links to exclusive content just for supporters on Patreon (only accessible if you’re a patron).

Looking Ahead While Glancing Back.

March 28, 2022September 2, 2022 Steve Mitchell26 Comments

What’s this? A blog post? Sure why not. For The Mind of Watercolor YouTube Channel, 2020 & 2021 have been interesting to say the least. Challenges continue in 2022 to just maintain my channel’s status quo, and not only because of the “Rona.” New family challenges arose that stressed my productivity bandwidth to the max. I won’t go into the details but suffice it to say a “new normal” had to be adopted. Blog posts are the first thing on my list to suffer neglect and that’s by design. But I do love to write given the chance and that desire bats it’s beckoning eyes every now and then. Landmark events are good occasions to drop a word or two. So here goes.

The 15 Minute Art Student

March 4, 2020June 17, 2020 Steve Mitchell35 Comments

What can you do in 15 minutes? Eat a bowl of cereal? Walk the dog? Go through your mail? Can’t do much though right? It’s interesting that we tend to look at time a bit differently than other things. Take money for example or a pile of dirt. Hold on, dirt? What?… bear with me here. To buy a house or a car most of us have to save a little each month or get a loan and pay it back a little each month. Likewise, moving a pile of dirt is done one shovel full at a time unless we own a bulldozer or have some sort of super power.

Are We There Yet Mommy?

January 13, 2020January 9, 2023 Steve Mitchell24 Comments

When did it happen? When did we outgrow our childish impatience for travel? When did that excruciating wait turn into appreciation of the journey itself as we excitedly exclaim, “road trip!”? It certainly changed for me and I find that interesting because my patience for creating art did exactly the same thing and in very similar ways. Ok, so the analogy isn’t perfect. Nobody wants to travel all the time. I guess the joy in a “road trip” for me is a break in routine, a change of pace, fresh sights and sounds. So the analogy breaks down a bit. In one way, however, the analogy fits perfectly, the maturity to enjoy the entire journey, not just the destination. For a moment let’s contemplate our mental approach to that journey that is our artistic development.

Should you Adopt the Mindset of a Professional Artist?

August 7, 2019January 13, 2020 Steve Mitchell11 Comments

Well, in my not-so-humble opinion, YES! But what exactly do I mean?

What I’m NOT talking about is quitting your current job, doing nothing but art and trying to get paid for it. I realize a lot of my YouTube audience and by extension, blog readers here, are leisure time artists just trying to enjoy themselves with art, produce some satisfactory results and perhaps improve.

So, that last one, improving, THATS what I’m talking about here and this is where a professional mindset will help you regardless of whether you aspire to reach a professional level or not. Even more specifically, lets deal with one important way to facilitate improvement and that’s problem solving.

The Perfect Sketchbook Debuts! AGAIN!

ImageJuly 18, 2019 Steve Mitchell1 Comment

The newest iteration of THE PERFECT SKETCHBOOK will be debuting soon. Go check out Etchr Lab’s post and the interview in which yours truly took part. I’ve been privileged to have experienced Erwin Lian’s original Sketchbooks, and I’m thrilled that Etchr has picked up the brand and design with Erwin’s oversight and blessing of course. […]