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Denise, if you don't mind me asking, what is the cause of your shoulder pain?

these are so beautiful, what lovely colours 😍

Hullo Denise, WoW! This was 5 years ago! I am truly glad that you are enjoying the support of your Patreons and your SkillShare classes continue to instruct as well as bring in much needed income for you! I am not sure why this popped up on the sidebar this morning, but I am watching it anyways! I did forget about the majority of the content but your thoroughness has remained just as relevant today as it was 5 years ago! Thank you for keeping this content available for your subscribers and new viewers too! Please take care, be safe and enjoy a lovely day!

Not an Aro but I'm an Ace and I'm soooo happy ❤️❤️

i have to say I liked the first attempt, too! :)

Two absolutely gorgeous paintings. Watching you rendering the texture of the beaks was especially satisfying to watch.

Adorable! The little dragon looks so happy! And the cat gryphon is just purrfect!

so pretty, well done!

1:26:00 'Das Schloss' - german for 'the castle' but also for 'the lock'. Funny name for a color though.

Denise, I know you love to paint animals, but I didn’t know you dislike painting plants, and am now curious, why is that?

I am Demisexual and I didn’t know we get to be dragons I love that lol The most annoying discourse I see commonly about being demisexual is the idea that everyone is like that. But “society” makes it so people don’t have any values. Very confusing to me because one of the main things I felt before I discovered the label was how different I am from my peers.

Great paintings!

I didn't come to the realization that I am ACE until I turned 50, which is a hell of a time to make a life altering realization about yourself 😁 In grade school I fell in love with Smaug after reading The Hobbit and for years when people asked me about my first crush I told them it was Smaug...and now I consider myself a book dragon...and I had no idea Aces identified as Dragons....this makes so much more sense now...Your work is absolutely stunning and thank you for recognizing and including us.

I love both of them!

Denise, do you know if it’s ok to be part of world watercolour month, even if I don’t draw the images myself… I watercolour digital stamps/ acrylic stamp images.

As a recently self identify Asexual, I didn’t know that dragons were a symbol for my peeps! I love dragons, and actually call myself a magpie all the time! I guess it was meant to be! Love learning all this today! Thanks for sharing! Also love the paintings!

Omg the brushwork... The soft and gentle gradient into white... You are such an inspiration! I always feel filled with creativity whenever I watch your videos. And I am also aro ace, so I now feel both inspired and seen. 😊

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These came out fantastic!

Hullo Denise, I have enjoyed watching your creation for your “Pride animals” and believe that art can open eyes and hearts! You create truly beautiful paintings and lovely commentary too! I was a bit surprised by the comment of someone who felt they were NOT part of the LGBT+ community. It is easier to hate than accept. We are all on the spectrum of life and we can encourage everyone to be what and who they are. I am glad that you continue to be truly open and encouraging through your art. Thank you for sharing more of your ideas and pride creations! I did wait for the final results of the final creation, I am just going to say it is glorious! I have been a bit hard on myself about brushes and how many I use. I was taught that you should be able to get your whole painting done with a #12 sable! I am just going to say that I was only able to do this for a very short time, while my Gran created painting after painting for many years with the one brush. Go easier on yourself and enjoy your painting, use every brush there is to create the effects you need for your paintings! I have also started to use white paint in my watercolor paintings, mostly gouache but I still hear that voice in my head “The white in your painting comes from the paper!” It is truly a hard rule for me to break. I am just so glad that art and artists are evolving and acceptance is possible if we all just try.

I'm aroace (possibly Grey) and didn't fully realize until I was 34. More awareness is needed, so thank you so much for this video, Denise 🥰

I’m not part of the LGBTQI+ community but I love these so much. Sending love to all those ace/aro friends out there!

Denise, I love all your work but I always look forward to your Pride artwork videos. Great job with these!

I am aro ace and absolutely adore your art!! this was something unexpected to wake up too!! i have missed your videos dearly and glad to see one pop up in my feed! I hope you are well denise and thank you for including us into your series and art <3 I am in tears typing this. <3 <3

I adore the aro gryphon!! I'm demi aro/ace myself, and I truly appreciate the thought put into these pieces! <3

thank you so much for making the point that although aro and ace are often a package deal, they arent so inherently! these paintings are lovely and im very glad you did them as separate pieces!!❤❤ sincerely, an aromantic bisexual

LOVE your ACE dragon 😀 i keep meaning to make dragons for everyone

Yay 💜🖤🤍 I'm ace but i love gryphons so much!

my favourite greens, brighter the better 🥰🥰

yaaaay I love these so much! Feel so seen right now. These are beautiful!

Love love love this, Denise! Your Pride Animal paintings never fail to put a smile on my face every year, and as someone who has recently embraced their identity as being on the aroace spectrum, these pieces in particular mean a lot. As always, your painting process is so lovely to watch. To my fellow aromantic and asexual siblings, you are valid <3

So good! Thanks for making these. Your designs and painting process are so wonderful.

Love that you included these two parts of the rainbow!! My daughter identifies as aero/ace and will LOVE these prints. She adores turacos and that dragon magpie is FIERCE. Love the way you did the edges of the wings. Excellent work and video. Thank you!

To people here watching who might not consider ace and or aro people part of the lgbtq+ community, consider: Asexual and Aromantic people can be heterosexual- although, they still do not fit the heteronormative norms of today even if they were straight, especially asexual people. I’m also aro ace myself, and I know for sure it is alienating to be around others who do not feel the same way growing up, I’ve been harassed for “pretending” I didn’t have a crush or had sexual or romantic feelings. I eventually find out that I’m not the only one who felt this way, it was reassuring All things said, it’s important to know that Asexuals and Aromantic can still be lesbian, gay, bi, pan, trans and etc. But some may be straight too, and they’re still part of the lgbtq+ regardless If you still think they don’t belong, I probably can’t change your opinion on it and I don’t care enough to educate someone who came to hate rather than take the time to understand other identities

AAAAAHHHH MEEE MEE ME!! IM ARO ACE!! THIS ONES SO COOL, THANK YOU DENISE SODEN!!

Definitely a beauty :)

PY129 is just soooo beautiful and versetile! im so sorry for your loss, take care of yourself darling! <3

I just love this Mixing …… Learning a lot 🧡💚❤️💙🤎💜 Subscribed 🤍

So sorry to hear of Crickets passing...she was so cute! Take time to grieve...she will be missed in your videos...sending hugs from WV...🫂

DaVinci for the win! I've actually thought for a long time that they have similar pigmentation to W&N and Schmincke; they only are weaker compared to the other US brands. Looking at your swatches at the end, I'm not even sure that's fair to say. I do find their phthalos to be noticeably less pigmented, especially the greens, but I've concluded that's a feature, not a bug (to make them easier to handle). I see why you love the Sennelier ultramarine -- I'll have to try that someday! Oh and isn't it interesting how DS paints pan so terribly 😅

Lovely spread!! Its really funny because one of my least favorite colors when not mixed is quinacridone violet. Its hard to explain, but I’m autistic and have sensory issues and visually that paint gives me the same feeling that nails on a chalkboard does. However, I adore that paint for mixing rich deep skintones and purples. So I suffer it on the palette and mix it in as soon as possible 😅 Vibrant greens like this look pretty to me but I so rarely have a use for them, however it is useful for toning down my dreaded quin violet if I add too much.

This green is a color you see everywhere in string in the great lakes everywhere, I never understand why people are saying it isn't natural like say a olive green. Not just this green but any flourescent color, when I go out in spring I see soo many bright colors that you just cannot get unless you mix in colors that are flourescent, you could also use them as a underlayer, mix, or secondary layers, that way you still have lightfast color, but you can have a color closer to the truth, at least for a while, tbh its kinda poetic in the way the flourescent colors will fade, just like spring fades to summer and summer fades to fall. I do believe that the flourescent colors do last longer when I layers them this way and they last even longer with UV spray and glass and or reflective plastic encasing. I will never believe these colors aren't natural because when you really look at nature you will find plants and other life that will react with blacklight and that grow all on their own. Even when you look at butterfly under uv spectrum you end up seeing what they see, which is completely different wing designs than what we see with our eyes, there are some videos here on RUclips that provide visuals for what I'm talking about.

I'm so sorry for your loss, been dealing with grief as well. As for the bright green, I have a love-hate relationship with it, sometimes I use it a lot, sometimes I wonder why it's on my palette at all. In any case, your spread turned out beautiful! :)

I went to Jackson’s blog to read the article you mentioned (By Evie Hatch)… they have changed the author to someone else. Weird times.

orange orange orange orange!

So sorry to hear about Cricket. I bought DS's Phthalo Yellow Green as a beginner, and wanting a color wheel palette influenced by Oto Kano. I regretted it but have since realized it's quite useful for florals (I painted a pink amaryllis with just Bright Rose and the Yellow Green, it neutralizes quite nicely) and also for summer landscapes (can't seem to get that bright green from other mixes!) I did miss seeing the finished spread as a whole instead of only in closeup! Also. I just used Stormy Blue this morning.

I can't wait to see the aro and ace pride painings!!

So sorry to hear about your loss, please take all the time you need, loosing a pet is never easy. The spread was beautiful, and I never thought of all these ways to apply bright green to a painting! I’ll have to take notes for next time

So sorry to hear about lovely Cricket, I can imagine the hole that was left. Loved today's tutorial. Thank you.