I know I've been promising the step-outs for Spiral Rose for a while, but I've been......ah..........distracted. The pitfalls of a short attention span. hahaha
Today finally, I have it ready to share with you, and in case you are scratching your head and are all like....."huh, spiral what?".........
Here's the step-out:
I think these rose patterns have been a bit of a flash back to 90's folk art painting. Pretty sure I'm done now.
Here's the video:
As a rare treat (in which you may read "treat" to actually mean "cruel and unusual punishment"), I am subjecting you to some narration in this video. It's been a few years since I've talked in a video as I really hate my voice - I pretty much "broke" it 10 years ago when I had whooping cough and after months of intense nightly coughing I damaged my voice permanently, practically losing it for a year. It's never been the same since. Though, to be fair, it was pretty awful before too. hahahaha.
I am interested to know - are captions or spoken instructions more helpful for you? I can't guarantee that I'll always narrate the videos as it takes much longer to produce them but, as always, the feedback is useful to me, and I will not be offended at all if you say you prefer captions :)
In some other "blog" news, I discovered (thank you Bonnie!) that if you try to reply to my blog feed emails they have been going to a noreply email address. Not sure how this happened, but I have changed the setting so you should now be able to reply to my emails again and they will come to me rather than going to the big interwebs noreply mailbox.
You have all given me a lot to think about with regard to full or update editions to the pattern folio each year. I did want to mention though, if you prefer to print your copy but don't like wasting all that paper - you can just print selected pages (i.e. only the new patterns). The exact settings to do this depend on your specific printer, but it is generally very easy to do.
Have a great day!
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Captions or spoken instructions? My preference is spoken instructions so I can watch what you are actually doing as you speak the instructions. In saying that though you are probable aware that some people learn better with visual learning and some prefer verbal learning. So both would suit different types of learners. I know that would mean a great deal of extra work. I am happy with either though. Just putting it out there. :)
I love spoken instructions, but that's just because it gives me the feel of sitting here drawing with you, and we have such a good time! :D
But if it's a hassle, I have no problem at all drawing alone. I learn just as well without. I enjoy your voice and adore your accent. But don't everyone hate hearing their own voice?
The reply to email in the newsletter is still broken. I get a 404.
Also the video is not in the email, it wasn't there in the last one you sent out either. (Gmail)
Thanks again. Have a great day!
I think the video link may have something to do with your email/server settings - maybe it gets stripped out - I know that happens for some and I used to put a note under the videos to visit the website - I might have to go back to doing that.
When you get a 404 when replying, it that when you hit return in the email, or try to use the "email the author" button (I've now removed those links, but a simple return/reply should work).
If you turn on community contributions on your YouTube channel, I would do some captioning for you to get kickstarted. As the channel admin, you have the final authorization to post it to subscribers. The only thing you need to do in prep is to talk while the camera is running. FYI - Including closed captions on your channel improves the hit rate when people are doing searches. That is not true if the captions are just a picture of words.
Linda
I know it can be a bit difficult to read instructions - I have found myself stopping and starting videos a heap of times in order to properly understand what's happening (particularly when I watch software program tutorials as they just seem to go so fast!!!). I am hoping now that I am able to record the video on my iPad, which saves me stacks of time, I can devote a bit more to other areas of the videos, and even produce a few more :) h
Now I am going back to drawing some more Spiral Roses...
If you are ever visiting Melbourne/Yarra Valley I would love to organise a meet up :) hx
I like hearing the explanations as you go along...you posted at least one with no voice or written words at all and it was OK, but not so helpful as with words!
Your voice overs are perfection. I think an Australian accent is beautiful and there is nothing scratchy about your voice. It is little like a spoken song. Wonderful in every way.
I have several of your e-books and wish I could hear your voice as I turn the pages. Since I print your books, (I'm old, printed is easier for me), that won't be happening any time soon. I can now "visulaize" your voice while I'm trying to recreate your lovely patterns.
Thank you.
P.S. Love your farm too.
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