Lots of questions? I saw maybe two questions.

Thank you🙏

Thanks for listening🩵

Yes!

I agree. There's a trust element I lean into in the middle of a new painting that keeps me from getting discouraged during the ugly stage.

Acrylic was similar for me. For a long time, i thought that painting was extremely difficult because i only tried Acrylics. But then i bought some oil color on accident and never looked back. There is just something about Oil that makes it so much more pleasant to work with. Water color and Acrylic both need to be aproached with this layering mindset, but with Oil, you can just do whatever you want.

@@gclip9883 Acrylic you can add to it so it stays wet longer and is more like oil...oil is great for more organic brushwork because it takes forever to really dry so you get the very nice blends etc. However you can't layer it nearly as fast as acrylic, eg you could do a cartoon/anime with gouche very fast comparatively

WE LOVE PAINTING RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

What Pochade box is Shannon using @1:15 if you happen to know?

You are so welcome! Thanks for the support

He’s the best!

It’s just a generic C-stand!

It's a Pochade Box but I don't know the brand.

Thank you! 🙏@@NiteRaven

​@@NiteRaven thank you so much

@@thebutterpecanpuertorican7910 I did a little digging and I think I found the exact one she is using. It's Edge Pro Pochade Box. They sell on edgeprogear. They are pretty expensive, starting at a few hundred dollars.

edge pro gear

WMO's have nothing to do with being able to paint.

Not totally untrue, but it did deliver on what the title promised. Maybe dont be so hard on someone trying to have a studio and have it not be a money pit.

​@@adamg.2933 This. ❤

​@@adamg.2933The objection is that the hook misrepresents what is delivered. There's some arrogance here in that the audience is supposed to take the host and artist's word for it that a demo by her is worth purchasing. I would be wrong, if she is well-known for her skills but I've been to workshops by well-known portrait artists working the same way and their tone and content were more professional, clear, and thorough, and way more humble than her complacent, kind of off-hand manner indicates she is....

@@starrbowie8649​​⁠ not arguing your point but wanting to offer the perspective that there are multitudes of ways to learn the same subject matter. And what you may find to be unprofessional or complacent might be perceived as a more accessible and friendly approach to a complex subject matter by someone else. Though I’m sorry that was your impression of me from this 15 minute video!

@@shannonvaughtart I appreciate your courteous response. I had watched most, but not all, of the video, because my initial impression seemed confirmed by the commenter who described it as an infomercial. I see on a second viewing that you did provide some substantive information in the section near the end where part of the demo was shown, and I thought your comments about the soul-crushing nature of making art just to sell were very valuable. It is possible also that you cannot point out that you did not have an adequate opportunity to influence decisions on the final edit. I believe that all of the artists whose workshops I have attended since the 1980s have been accessible, unassuming, helpful, and friendly, including some with heavy formal credentials. One popular, very self-effacing fellow, a landscape artist and top staffer at the NGA, was chock full of hilarious anecdotes during his well-prepared workshops about the trials and tribulations of himself, his contemporaries, and his mentors and favorites in history. Professionalism and formality in demeanor are necessarily not synonymous. It seems that you are highly skilled and well-intentioned, and I liked the fact that you calmly defended your views when the host challenged you. It may be just a generational cultural difference, but I actually did not feel that you were particularly open or engaged with others. Your way of speaking seems slightly affected, as though you are subtlely caressing your words for effect. It's maybe an unconscious way of drawing attention to your presence instead of just forthrightly addressing the subject with a focus on imparting information or at least participating in an exchange where you are not controlling the other parties' reactions by forcing their attention to be divided between trying to learn and trying to decipher the verbal embellishment. I do think that, whether you personally could help it or not, the clip was tantamount to an infomercial and the host was a bit slick in misrepresenting it. There are tons of very well-prepared, sophisticated, comprehensive, and clear KZfaq clips on making and selling art by talented, warm, insightful, often humorous artists who speak directly to their audiences instead of putting up distracting defenses to make the slightly disoriented viewers less likely to challenge their content. The host for your workshop would do well to check out the competition. Thank you for your time.