So wonderful to hear about your journey AND so happy to hear you are getting out in the wonderful world to do your artwork. ~Marty

So true Sadie. Thank you for watching. ~Marty

Thank you Valarie. It's really nice along the river. Great for painting or sketching.

Thank you Annie. I hope you're getting some time to do some artwork. ~Marty

Thank you very much Evangeline. Any relation to Edgar Allen? :-)

Nah, no relation. Though I did write a poem about him once upon a time.

Evangeline Poe Seems appropriate. :-) The Raven Nevermore.

Thank you Orsi.

It's a nice area. You should come back. :-) ~Marty

Thank you so much Helen. ~Marty

LOL. Nope, I hope you never shut up, I love hearing you talk. Your art is wonderful and so are you. Thank you for letting me be a part of it. ~Marty

Hi Shrey -I want to hear all about your adventures, they sound AWESOME. Please share more place.

Hi Angie - Thank you for the note. Yes, I agree with you that the Midwest is awesome. Great place to raise a family and lot's to do here. Whereabouts did you grow up?

Mary - born in Lafayette, In. - my Dad was at Purdue at that time.....then we moved to - get this - "Nornal, Il.":) My Dad was a psychologist and retired from Duke - so we moved all over the country as he moved up the "ladder" in universities - Austin, TX...then Charlottesville, VA, then Durham. I am now in Dallas due to husband's job and I do not like it here -tons of wonderful people, but just tooooo hot. I miss a reasonably length of summer. It know it's brutually hot in Midwest this year - but the thing is - in Midwest or east coast where we were (hub and I did a stint in D.C. burbs) - the hot lasts only so long....then, it passes and a beautiful autumn comes. That's what I miss- four seasons. Well, we had to go where the job was after recession. Our great hope is to move to four seasons in 5 years - we are in our 50s and not getting any younger. Well, that's more than you wanted to hear:) I am a retired teacher/counselor and I paint a lot indoors to cope with heat/humidity here. Tons of people love Texas - if it were not so hot, it'd be fine! I know many think Midwest is boring, etc. - well, I"ll take boring any day as I age - I create my own fun now:) Take care.

Angie Wilson Hi Angie - I know what you mean about the heat, I grew up in Mississippi and other Southern states. Here's the thing with the Midwest though, you get four great seasons, but one of them lasts a little too long, winter. At least that's the case in Minnesota where I live. I don't mind though because I love it here. IF I was going to move, I think I'd head to Portland or someplace moderate. :-) Or maybe Ireland, home of my ancestors. ~Marty

I hear ya:) Grass always greener, etc. - I just miss four seasons so much. I really love Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc. -but I get that winters are absolutely brutal. Ireland sounds great. I like Portland, too. My favorite place for great weather was suburban Washington D.C. - horrible place to live in terms of lifestyle (work, work, work...repeat) - but just the right amount of each season and beautiful scenery, trees, etc. Expensive though - but so pretty. Take care - I'll be watching your great videos. Love seeing your passion for art. I am new to it - and I am learning. I watch your channel anda bout 4 others to keep learning as I am on a limited budget. Thanks so much for your generous sharing. Take care!

Angie Wilson Thanks Angie!!! Have a great weekend.

Gracias.

Greetings Nancy. I'm so glad you found your way to the channel. I hope you keep on watching. ~Marty

LOL....the line disappeared as soon as I posted...who knew!

Thank you for the note Anita. Those sound like great memories. :-) ~Marty

Thank you Angie.

How do you like them Jane?

Jane Metcalfe Thanks Jane. Sounds like you like them anyway so that's good. I might go glitter at some point, but not quite ready just yet. :-)

Haha! I realised afterwards what I'd said to you and then I thought, 'This man is a proper artist, what would he want with glitter pens!' There are other brush pens you might be interested in reviewing at some point (f you haven't already) such as the Zig Art & Graphic Twin or the Tombow equivalent. They are classed as watercolour brush pens but I'm not convinced. Have you reviewed these yet? If you have I apologise.

Jane Metcalfe Hi Jane - I'm far from a proper Artist. :-) I have tried the Tombow's and the Zig, but not the the Graphic Twin. Here is the Tombow: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/op5nrNZmv73KkaM.html and Here is the Zig kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZ-EdNGot-DToJ8.html Are these the ones you're looking for? Thanks, ~Marty

Well, put it this way, you are more of an artist than I am lol. Anyway, yes, I have some of those Tombows you have reviewed but I don't have the blender..just a Derwent Waterbrush. Whenever I add to the blue I have - for example - the colour does not move around. Does that make sense? So, all I have are blobs of blue whenever I try to do a sky or water. I'm useless at backgrounds so most of my coloured drawings (that other people have drawn) tend to have a white or cream background, depending on what the paper is like. As for the Zigs, the ones you have are the brush versions of my Zig Clean Color 'F' that have the same colours, I believe. I guess the 'F' stands for 'Fine' but I'm not sure. Anyway, they have a 1.2mm bullet tip at one end and an extra fine 0.5mm plastic tip at the other and I find they are extremely comfortable to hold compared to their Zig Art & Graphic as they are smaller in length so better for storing as well. You see, there is nothing I don't know about pens lol.😻

Is there no one in your area that's interested in art? Can social media help you connect with sketchers and other artists? ~Marty

Owings Art well, i have google+

Ichsan Adam I would try that and Facebook.

Hi Pete - Lot's of great questions here. I'm pretty transparent about these things, so I don't mind responding here. For commissions, I tend to leave that up to the client, within reason. However I charge accordingly. The larger the piece, the more I charge - more on that later. If it's an oil painting, I charge more, because it involves a lot more work. If it's a watercolor I can charge less. I mat my watercolors and insert them in plastic sleeve if the size allows it. I can and do frame my oil paintings, but these days I tend to be more inclined to pay a good framer. Here is a link to my blog and a write up I did on the topic of pricing. I covered most everything on the topic as well as getting a show at a local venue. Lastly you asked about where I sell my work. I used to sell quite a bit on Etsy. I like Etsy and it's very easy to conduct a transaction there. However, for the past few years most of my sales have come from word of mouth and referrals. Here is the link: www.owingsart.com/2015/06/art-show-at-frameworks-gallery.html Thanks for asking about this Pete and let me know if you have additional questions. I'm happy to answer whatever I can. All the best! ~Marty