Oh noooo... I just found your channel and was so happy about it, but then I saw: you didnt upload a video for YEARS 😢 Why??? Your content waa so interesting and good!
@HajraMeeks
3 ай бұрын
LOL...it's because I've been very ill with chronic health issues, and also because YT and much of YT 's audience didn't really care for my info-dense videos. People don't really care about good teaching and learning anymore--a few wonderful people like you, but not enough to make a living on YT (and by extention Patreon, Skillshare, etc). I do plan to get back onto YT once my health ever shapes up (still struggling with Hypermobility Disorder complications), but I will be posting as a public service or personal art journey, and rely on other venues for income. Thanks so much for your interest and I wish you all the best in your own epic art adventures, h
@NinaQueena
3 ай бұрын
@@HajraMeeks I'm so sorry, I really hope that you feel better very soon and get well, or at least that your symptoms improve! I still believe that there are enough people who appreciate good art content, but KZitem is so full of channels that it's often very difficult to find the really good ones. Personally, I would be really happy about a comeback from you! Best regards
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Found this brunaille painting in a drawer, had forgotten all about it! Then I found the video demo start, too. Hoping to finish the painting and demo sometime this year as I hope to feel better, God-willing!
@InLiquidColor
Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about you the other day, Hajra! It's so good to see you again :)
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Denise, much appreciated! 🎨 ✨ 💕 If you're ever back in CA, let's hang out for lunch or dinner. I'm hoping to slowly get back on my feet and back to creative work this year--the hiatal hernia complications from my HSD (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder) has been brutal! Still dealing with all the HSD issues daily, from dislocation injuries to hives to the deigestive issues, but trying to make do and get on with life! take good care, h
@InLiquidColor
Жыл бұрын
@@HajraMeeks I'm so sorry that your health has been so brutal. I understand the struggle of trying to claw your way back into the realm of the living 😅 I may be in California this fall. I'll keep you posted! Let me know the best way to reach you :)
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
@@InLiquidColor Tight! Email or text (my cell phone is the same).
@mjpete27
Жыл бұрын
Hullo Hajra, I am just so happy that you are feeling well enough to post your work! I ask that you please take care of yourself most of all! I have missed your concise and knowledgeable commentary. I enjoy watching your videos and listening to your mellifluous instruction makes my day! Thank you. I hope your health is on the rebound and you take your time getting back to sharing your art and know how of painting. You have truly been missed, thanks for sharing this wonderful video with us. Please take care, be safe and enjoy your afternoon!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
How very kind of you, Michael! 🎨 ✨ 💕 You made my day, too. I do hope to continue to post this year as my health allows, God-willing. Also wishing you joy, health, and epic art adventures, h
@amberzartwork1466
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back, so glad to see another video from you! Your channel was one of the first KZitem art channels I ever found when I started watercolour, and you're responsible for my fascination with gouache! I'm about to start a painting using a verdaille/verdaccio, actually. I've done that digitally but it'll be my first time trying it out with watercolour & gouache. Sending best wishes for your health this year!!!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Amber, that truly means a lot! 💕🎨✨ So glad I helped you with your gouache adventures, and I hope my health holds up and I can post regularly again soon. wishing you joy, health, and epic art adventures, h
@leahsy1386
Жыл бұрын
Glad you are back😊
@victorcooper1016
Жыл бұрын
So glad you're back, hope you're feeling better soon
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Victor! I hope I stay well enough to keep posting this year. 🎨 ✨ 💕
@Zairanang
Жыл бұрын
Omg I didn't realise how much I missed your videos. They're such a comfort. I don't even paint, but I love listening to you explain everything in so much detail. Your videos seem so much slower and calming compared to a lot of art content out there. I like it a lot. Hope you feel better with your health.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
That's very gratifying to hear, and so kind of you! It really does seem like high quality of all sorts has been on the decline for a while now, too bad. Managing my poor health as well as I can, thanks for asking. 💕 💝 wishing you all good things, h
@mjpete27
Жыл бұрын
Ok, I chuckled out loud when you talked about scrubbing a hole in the paper! I took a job years ago to repair a painting and I used a watercolor ground applied in light layers and I was able to fill the hole and paint in the part of the painting that the little boy had destroyed! I sure have missed you!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
lol...I've scrubbed a hole in watercolor paper a few times myself in my time...XD XD XD Always fun to hear your thoughts! 🎨 ✨ 💕
@moodyandtheartist
Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to see you post 😊
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, sweetie! I think I may finally be well enough to start posting again this year! :D
@moodyandtheartist
Жыл бұрын
@@HajraMeeks that's great news, I'm very happy to hear that you are in better health 😊
@nannette628
Жыл бұрын
You're back!! It's about time, you've been missed.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Nannette, it's good to hear from you, too! 💕 ✨ 🎨 I hope to post more as my health allows. take good care, h
@sigrunella1
Жыл бұрын
Lovely to have you back Hajra ❤
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sigrún! 🤗 I hope to keep posting this year if my health allows. 🎨 ✨ 💕
@tessa6307
Жыл бұрын
So happy to see another video of yours!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Tessa, I hope to be well enough this year to start posting and working again!
@ahreftasha
Жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh so glad to see you upload! Missed your uploads so much!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, my friend! I hope to get back on my feet slowly this year and finally post again, won't be back to normal ever, but I will take what I can get! XD
@ahreftasha
Жыл бұрын
@@HajraMeeks we'll take what we can get on these KZitem streets as well! Take care of yourself always my friend!
@sandramaler440
Жыл бұрын
So very happy you’re back, Hajra! I’ve missed your inspiring videos. Hope you are feeling better and that your health is improving.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Sandra, much appreciated! I am trying my best with my fickle health--it's been quite tough. I do hope to post online again this year whenever my health allows. wishing you all good things, h
@jcortese3300
Жыл бұрын
How nice to see another upload from you!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, hope to get back to work again this year. :D
@kristinamichalowski6787
Жыл бұрын
I am so glad to see another Video from you.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Kristina! 🎨 ✨ 💕 I hope to continue to post this year if my health allows.
@Katrina.for_art
Жыл бұрын
I love this choice of colours. Welcome back 🎉!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, my dear sweet friend, much appreciated. 🎨 ✨ 💕
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
p.s. I didn't use earthy triads for years, and when I finally did, it was like finding chocolate or ice cream for the first time! How could I have used only brighter colors before all these old masters triads? They are INSTANT art mood.
@Katrina.for_art
Жыл бұрын
@HajraMeeks they both have their appeal.
@nelson333
Жыл бұрын
How wonderful! A new Hajra video..... ISmile and click right away :) You have been missed :) Wishing you improved health in this new year.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Awww, very kind of you, and much appreciated! I do hope to finally post again this year and maintain the health to get back to creative work. 🎨 ✨ 💕 wishing you all good things, h
@Via_Von
Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness Hajra - it is so good to hear your sweet voice and see your art come alive again!! Love this piece and that colour palette! We need to voice again when you've time, ok?! 💛❣️
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Hey there, Von, sweetie and thanks so much for your always kind thoughts! 💕 ✨ 🎨 It's lovely to see you in my comments and yes we should chat sometime! I hope to post more gradually as my health allows.
@Via_Von
Жыл бұрын
@@HajraMeeks I will enjoy whatever you do, whenever you do. ♥️🤗♥️ My health has been nuts too since last we spoke. 🙃🤣
@RoryP22
Жыл бұрын
Yay! So happy to see you posting again! I hope you're feeling better. 🙂
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Rory! I hope to feel well enough to post again this year, wishing you all good things. 🎨 ✨ 💕
@SharonNolfi
Жыл бұрын
Hi Hajra! I'm so glad to see you posting again and hope your health continues to improve. I've been wondering how you're doing, and, of course, missing your fantastic videos.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Sharon! It's good to see you in my comments again, too. 🎨 ✨ 💕 I'm hanging in there, my health is quite hard to manage and the past few years it's gotten worse. I did hope to God-willing slowly increase my posting this year and get back to creative work. So we'll see!
@TracyIndy
11 ай бұрын
This has been the most rewarding 30 minutes I have spent online in a very long time. I am so happy to see you back online, Hajra. You have been missed. ❤️ Best wishes to all of us for better health and happiness. 😊
@HajraMeeks
11 ай бұрын
SO sweet what you said--made my day! 💕 🎨 ✨ I hope to be more active from mid next year onwards, God-willing, if my health allows it. I've missed doing art and posting stuff for sweet folks like you, too.
@claudiaweslowski
Жыл бұрын
Hey Hajra, nice to hear from you after long time!!! 🤗😊❤️🙋♀️
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Claudia, very kind of you! 💕 ✨ 🎨 I hope to post more gradually as my health allows.
@TheRealMythril
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you for sharing this. It’s so interesting, and it’s not a colour palette I’ve ever heard of Probably due to having no formal art training.) This video is going straight into my colour theory list! Lots of love and hugs💖
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, so glad you enjoyed this and learned a bit more about color!
@drsfn101
10 ай бұрын
amazing work and very informative video Hajra and Elias are amazing with the questions on point I hope you will be feeling better soon and I will never forget you are the first person to encourage me to do art and your videos have motivated me for years and still do
@sarajamal799
Жыл бұрын
Hi! We missed you!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Sara! Hope to feel better health-wise and post more later this year, inshallah. 💕 ✨ 🎨
@sdmbusiness
4 ай бұрын
Learning so much. Cheers
@HajraMeeks
4 ай бұрын
Wonderful, wishing you much joy in your epic art adventures. :)
@nicolettenonya6757
Жыл бұрын
Ooh wow, there are so many terms here I would be fascinated to learn more about! I love your ‘old masters’ triad discussion and would love to see the culmination of this work. Never heard of brunaille (sp?) before, or tiling, although I am a total noob and amateur (no more formal schooling for my broke ass). Your vids are so full of technique bombs, and so straightforward and no BS, I friggin love your teaching/demo style. Also I recently read “Circe” by Madeleine Miller - cool to see a rendering of Penelope, who makes her way into that story :) I hope you’re feeling as well as possible and we will see more of this gem in time!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
That's all very heartening to hear--you sure know how to make my day! 💕 🎨 ✨ I plan on getting my health together enough to post vids and make art and books again sometime next year, God-willing. In the meantime, check out my painting and underpainting technique vids, which detail grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, tiling, etc. I have a playlist here (I would watch the maple leaf demo vid and the value painting variations vid first so you can see me define the techniques): kzitem.info/door/PLAMQu8Nf_JPVx9l7Mf3u6jYjvX_7fGCbX
@greyareaRK1
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, it's wonderful to see you back online. I think of you often, still. How are you doing?
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
Well, John, it's been brutal to be honest. The HSD (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder) only gets worse as I get older. It was annoying in my 20s and turned into a nightmare in my 30s. The hiatal hernia stomach dislocation complications from the hypermobility, as well as the constant joint dislocation injuries and allergies and digestive issues have had a huge impact on my mental health at this point, too--when one's physical health is so constraining and such a setback to career and goals and life, it causes a lot of anxiety and depression, too. It's maddening, just maddening. But I keep trying to dive deep for strength and meaning and continue to make long lists of books I want to write or art series I want to paint. Now that I know how even more limited and precious my work time is, I think I will strive to do original art and books as much as I can. I have thought of you a lot, too, and always very fondly--it's funny how a few special people stick with you, even if you never meet them in-person. It's one of the few, tiny parts of the internet that still holds merit. Hope you have been doing well, hopefully better than me! XD great to hear from you anytime, h 🎨 ✨ 💕
@keepyourshoesathedoor
Жыл бұрын
My professor makes us use 18”x24” or bigger and it’s honestly a pain. I don’t like doing stuff that big. It’s actually painful and when I’m done I get upset that it didn’t look how I wanted it to look and disappointed me.
@keepyourshoesathedoor
Жыл бұрын
Also, welcome back. We all missed you. I hope you feel as best as you possibly can!
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
I know exactly how you feel!--really big paper always made me feel that way, too: more body pain and work and also just never got to the level I needed it to be as a result of that. It's easier to gauge finish for a smaller painting; no getting up over and and over to back up and assess values or color intensity like for a much larger piece.
@HajraMeeks
Жыл бұрын
awwww, thanks so much! Hope to God I can keep managing as well as I can--it's too bad that HSD (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder) is a lifelong thing that gets worse with age, but it is, so c'est la vie!
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