Creatively Made Watercolors with Courtney Khail (The Blooper Reel) from Courtney Khail on Vimeo.
My parents are in town visiting for the week (yay!) so I've been spending some quality time with them instead of the computer. BUT I wanted to wish you all a happy Monday as well as share a video I created last week.
While taping for my Creatively Made Watercolors class, I realized three big things. One- Always make sure the camera is filming. (I don't want to admit how many times I had to redo an entire lesson because the camera just shut off and I didn't realize it. Luckily, practice makes perfect. Or kind of perfect.) Two- talking to yourself all day makes you a little crazy. So crazy that you may just start singing to the camera despite not having the best singing voice. And three- watching yourself on video is incredibly funny. So entertaining in fact, that I thought I'd create a "blooper reel" of sorts and share it with you all. There were so many other bits I couldn't fit in this video without it becoming super long, but hopefully this gives a little insight into what goes on "behind the scenes." (and let's you see just how much I talk with my hands. I mean seriously. I'm going to poke someone's eye out one of these days.)
One "slip up" in particular- which has long since been edited out to protect those with fragile ears- was during the last lesson. I was trying to say "pull UP method" and I accidentally said "pull OUT method." Ever awkward, I tried to cover it up (and give some advice?) by saying something like "Oh that's inappropriate. And definitely doesn't work so don't do that." I think I then realized I was making the situation even worse, which then of course proceeded to my laughing hysterically for like 2 minutes. But like I said, it's been edited out, though even the best editing couldn't hide the laughter in my voice.
So yep. I can't wait for the class to launch (August 5th!!) and hope to see you all there. If you haven't signed up yet, but want to learn how to watercolor or get a refresher, get on that! It's super easy. And inexpensive. And awesome.