Just wanted to say that I am slowly working my way through all your very kind and positive comments, I will try to reply to as many as I can. Thanks once again for all your positive words of encouragement.

Thanks for the amazing response to this video. I really appreciate all the fantastic comments and will try my best to reply to as many as I can in the next few days. It was important for me to make this demo and respond to the negative comments in a positive way. I did this not just for me, but for anyone who has had to face negativity and to receive opinions from those who wish to put them down. I make these videos to encourage others to have ago, whatever your artistic capabilities, I have had hundreds of comments from people who have gained confidence in their skills and from tutors who have shared the lessons with their students. Nobody should put up with words that are used to belittle them and unfortunately the internet does provide opportunity for these keyboard bullies to remain anonymous. I never speak in the demo videos because I feel the visual language is more powerful and enables better concentration of the process, using actual printed words in this artwork was a revelation and I think I will explore this further, my only regret is that I did not translate the words into more languages. Thanks again for all your support, its filled my (He)ART with inspiration.

"This is not art" ... indeed ... it's 'Heart'. Seems to me when freedom in and of art is challenged or criticized in some way it becomes revolutionary to continue to express it. I think you've brilliantly captured and reflected such a force here, Mr. Tirels. I love everything you do...continue.

Excellent response to the trolls and uninformed. When I ran across your channel, I shared your techniques with my students before I left teaching here in the states. They loved it. Especially using items around their homes to reuse and make something intriguing when many don’t have the means to buy “fancy” art supplies. THAT is artistic inspiration. Thank you for inspiring us and inviting us to hang with you while you play and create 💖

Dear Dan, this is such a powerful and eloquent rebuttal to all those self appointed arbiters of taste who have nothing better to do than put others down, It speaks volumes about their inadequacies and insecurities. You are such an inspiration! Thanks for sharing this.

Only inexperienced, unimaginative or social media driven people see imagery as needing to be 'realistic' and 'handed to them' to be 'art'. I absolutely think of your work as art!! Conceptual and imaginative . Your mark making, layering, multi dimensional imagery is deeply engaging. I get to interpret the colours, shapes and meanings from my perspective and I have to think about what the work may have meant to you in making it. Please don't let the internet 'vegetables' change your art practice..... 41.8K people like it as it is!!

Bravo, Dan. People can be such assholes. You’re an artist, period. Keep up the great work.

On another artist's video I saw a comment about the work being a "waste of supplies" just because they didn't care for the style. I thought it was so silly this person felt that way. Someone finding meaning, happiness and fun in whatever art they choose to make is never a waste.

Thank you so much for sharing this brilliant process. The collage is wonderful.

If Damien Hurst's sheep in formaldehyde is art and Tracey Emin's unmade bed is art, then anything goes as far as Im concerned. Anything created from a blank canvas is artistic and will appeal or otherwise. Everything is relative. I hate negativity too. I love this, jut my kind of thing. Thank you for uploading.

Dan, I have been an artist for 22 years and this is the best response to someones negativity i have ever seen! BRILLIANT just like you are! Your videos are AWESOME and inspire others. These trolls are just pissed because they can't copy your every move and do as good as you do. Please make sure to block this person as well because their negativity will continue to look for company.

Your work is brilliant and not only that but sharing your process is so generous. I find myself so inspired after watching your videos. No gimmicks, no talks , Just the sound of creating its very cathartic to me. This is your signature and I love it. We are humans and receiving unjustified criticism hurts. BUT what you do with it sets you apart. Thank you for sharing and use that energy to create more. I'm always happy to see an upload from you. LOVE LOVE LOVE the demo. Cheers Dan fuck the trolls....❤️❤️

I am glad I found your videos, and your ebook. I find watching your demos kind of calming but also exhilarating to see the end result of your work!

Dan, this now needs to be on display for the world to see. A brilliant piece of art, a story that needs to be shared.

I love your work and tutorials!! If someone don't like it, that's on them!! Keep doing what you love. Thank you for sharing.

DAN TIREL .. Brilliant comeback No need to explain .. you are all at once a brilliant educator, creative, intuitive, inspiring and looks to me like a sensitive and well adjusted human.. personal insight is the key and you have BUCKETS of it .. please don’t stop .. MANY ppl rely and depend on your insight ! Stay well .. 💐💐💐

Wow. I have never understood the trolls or trolling. No one is being forced to watch another's KZfaq. Just stop watching, leave no comment...whatever. On the other hand, I have such respect for those willing to put themselves out there and share their creative processes. It has enabled me, and countless others, to learn and continue our creative journey. Thank you Dan.

You should thank the writer of that negative comment because your response -- this video -- is one of your best pieces of art! May I say -- your response was genuine and came straight from your heart.

Thank you for responding with intelligence, wit, and style. This is wonderful.

Whoever complained doesn't have the faintest idea what he's talking about.

I was in the midst of a creative block when i found your channel. Watching you brought me out of it, so thank you! I wish that before people wrote negative comments, they would pause and ask themselves if they would say it to your face. I doubt many would.

Your work is forever inspiring and amazing.

This is brilliant. You are so talented, inspiring and generous.

I am amazed when people think their own definition of something as multifaceted as ‘art’ is the only one that counts. Your videos and ideas have been a real inspiration for me and long may they continue. Sometimes I wish that YT would just turn off comments as it’s one of the worst sites for trolls, immature people and idiots…

I really love all your artistic works. They are creative and beautiful! I am very grateful that you share your work with us...

To make comething creative, out of something destructiveIt, is such a wonderful idea . It's a striking peice of art.

Thank you Dan. Someone wrote in my guest book that anybody with cheap set of pens and paper could make what I call art. That was so hurtful and unnecessary. I love how you have responded to your negative comment. Gives me courage and to learn how to discard the comments of others who wish to dampen your art spirit.

I love your work. I began to smile when I realized you were cutting up a print out of the negative comment & making it into art!!

Bravo, Dan! You took the high road for a win-win on negativity and those who spread it. It has been really great watching you at work and you’ve helped me out of a long period of dissatisfaction with my own work. I started by making quicker decisions and adopting a ‘just do it’ attitude. I’ve been going with my gut, working faster and not second guessing. No more agonizing, I work playfully and joyfully and am so much happier with the results. I especially loved the day you took your cute dog on the beach walk and found materials to work with. I think it was Andrew Wyeth who said “I never go out to make a painting, I just go out to take a walk.” Thank you for sharing what you do that inspires so many of us!

I love that you did this!!!!

I love your Artistry. Thank you for all the time and effort in making inspiring Art videos. I have learned so much and applied the techniques to my own Art work. 🎨

This is Art!

So beautiful…your art always gets an emotional response from me. Your videos are inspirational and my own art has developed from watching them. Thanks for sharing.

Oh wow! The (he)art of the matter! Thanks for this conceptual piece. All art is abstraction, but the visual language of art is purely abstract. If we had as much education in visual language as in verbal language, we would be totally comfortable with abstract art.

Ha! Absolutely beautiful work! That's what i'm talking about! Taking that negative energy and turning it into a beautiful piece of art!

Great work, Dan. You have turned a negative into something very positive.

Love your work….love your mindset. You started inspiring me a few years back and I still look forward to each new video. Plus, I love that you don’t explain anything. You just do it.Thanks, Dan.

Incroyable Dan!!!!! Je regardais vos mains glisser ça et là sur le papier.... Comme ça... Librement.. . Quand j'ai aperçu ce grand cœur.... Je n'y croyais pas.... MA-GNI-FI-QUE 🙆🏻🙆🏻🙆🏻. Merci... 🙏

This is how a creative artist subtly gives critics the finger. Love it. And I love Dan’s art.

Good for you for remaining strong. All artists struggle with this but you are inspiring

Brilliant Dan !!! I love your work. Absolutely Stunning ! Thank you for sharing your Art with us all. I really love your videos. I look forward to them.

I loved what you did! How many of the greats were told their art was trash? MANY. And to make it all into one big heart was just touching. Thank you for your creativity. Love it.

Powerful piece. love it. I am a big fan of all of your art!

Dear Dan Tirels, I love your explorations and your art. Please continue to show the process. I've been an artist for 40 years now and reclaiming my abstract art process with great pride. It is very disappointing to get negative comment. I am using your monoprint technique to produce a handmade book about the Armenian Alphabet! Thank you!!

Dan Tirels..you are a great artist. Thank you for share your talent. 💖

Blimey, Dan - I don't think I'd have been so philosophical lol. Criticism is one thing - the opinion of an individual (with or without knowledge of the subject at hand) is another. Unless criticism is in some way constructive - then it is worthless. Unless someone has specifically asked for an opinion - it is often just an unwanted blurt of egotistic rudeness (and the expressions used in this case - somewhat purile). Keep doing art everyone - and don't let anyone steal your joy xx

What a fantastic response Dan! Thank you for your wonderful art - I love it!!!

Poignant and tastefully responded to! Well done Dan. May your peace abound and success flourish!!

We just throw into the world what we have inside. Thank you for sharing your work, your time, your knowledge ❤️🙏

Speechless.. in an awe .. brilliant idea and thoughts .. what a talent Keep doing Dan

Spontanéité, liberté, imagination, respect, générosité, communication, transformation, évolution, surprise, découverte, émotion sont des mots qui me viennent en vous regardant travailler. L' art est vivant dans chacun de vos gestes et dans l'instant présent. J'apprécie beaucoup!

Dan, when I look at some of the so-called 'art' hanging in high-end galleries or winning awards, it brings home what art really SHOULD be ~ and, quite frankly, you've got it in bucket loads! Art is creativity in constant practice and yours is a joy to watch. You have a distinctive style all of your own and, for your generosity in sharing, I thank you. This particular piece, "This is Not Art", is the perfect response to negativity because it demonstrates that you have a genuine artist's voice when there's something important to say. We are all here, and we are all listening ...

Thank you so much, Dan, for sharing this excellent response and for your constant generosity in sharing your work, your process, your materials, and your mindset. Your content is enormously rewarding and deeply inspiring to watch. All the best.

Have nothing nice to say about anyone who makes comments like that. To you I will say that I am very impressed with how you dealt with it and the wonderful art you made from it. You are an artist!

Absolutely fabulous. I nearly cried when I saw what you made with those callous words.

I absolutely love your art and style. You have resparked my creativity watching you create. You're remarkable.

Way to get back at ‘em Dan. Keep shining.

You are a class act, Mr. Tirels! Brilliant response to a Troglodyte! Good on you! ❤

Art is in the eye of the beholder.

I think your work is beautiful. Thoughtful. Imaginative. Intentional. And most definitely art. Thank you.

Your work is solid art! And watching you working , is helping me with my artist block!🌿❤️🌿👌

What a brilliant idea. You are so creative, inspiring and generous.

Dan is the man! Your work is so free and spontaneous, and also gives new life to the loads of post-consumer packaging. Best KZfaq channel for artists. Vermont, USA

You always inspire. You rock. Carry on. The trolls are really criticizing how they feel about themselves. It's a mental thing.

i love how people think that an opinion is valid criticism. :)

The best response to that ever!! 👍👍❤️

This just inspired me to carry on. Thanks Dan! Thanks for your generosity to come up with these videos and art works!

I am here for what *you* bring to the conversation with your art techniques and unique style. Thank you for all you share and inspire here.

Great response to negativity. A powerful piece. I'm often inspired by your process.

Thank you for the good example. A lot of us get discouraged by criticism, and this one was a troll. I guess some people want to make others unhappy if they can. I will follow your lead and make art from people's ugly comments!

Somehow I missed this video - I will say with ALL CERTAINTY that your prints/paintings/sketches are indeed ART! I was fortunate enough (even blessed) to have the opportunity to buy one of your originals and there hasn’t been a day since I had it framed that it hasn’t brought me pleasure and a smile! Everyone who visits and sees it loves it and I send them the link to the video where you made this piece and it creates new Dan Tirels fans!! Along with this gorgeous print you’ve taught me so much about art, recommended books that now sit in my home library, traveled with you around the English country/seaside (armchair from Texas) and enjoyed your furry companions- I cannot thank you enough for the years of enjoyment I’ve received from your generous sharing!

Congrats. Thank you for such a brilliant response. You are an inspiration. I wish I had had such a response when my father use to constantly goad me with that same ridiculous “This is not art”!! Fortunately it didn’t put me off!

Desde Guatemala: es admirable tu respuesta. Y estoy agradecida de esos videos que sin una generosidad de tu corazon hacua el mundo. Me ha insoirado para ensayar y lograr unos pequeños trabajos. Es arte o no es... eso no importa sino que tiene autenticidad y mucho amor. GRACIAS

Bravo Dan Tirels. Keep up the fabulous work of not creating art. Indeed.🌞❣🤭

I don't understand a lot of Jackson pollock artwork...but I think his work sells into the millions. To each his own.

You have a huge talent and I love watching your videos!

I always stop and watch when I see a new thumbnail from you, and I am not an artist. I am inspired by you and love watching what you create and how. That seems like a pretty good definition of the effect a true artist (in any genre) would have on folks, is my lil opinion. I’m glad your heart is also big and inspiring.

Quite the response ... enjoyed watching that take shape, thank you.

Sublime!! Thank you once again. Brilliant 🤩

I love what those negative words brought out in you. This piece would make an inspirational poster.

I love this.....and the words are so cruel and hurtful.....when you have been endlessly generous with your time, knowledge, skills and inspiration all through the miserable covid isolation. The cruelty of posts like that tempers my otherwise huge enjoyment of how to turn negativity into something completely different. How to turn mean spirited nastiness into a statement about heart.....I love it. Thank you.

They who make such comments know nothing of Art! Love your art and it has been very inspiring for me!

Anybody that says what you do is not art doesn't no a thing about art. Keep up the good work!

You sir, are my favorite artist on youtube. I cannot believe anyone would have made negative comments about your work. the only explanation I can come up with is that they are part of the paint-by-numbers tribe. Consider the source my friend and take their criticism as a compliment. I actually feel your work in the intuitive part of myself ......and this is always what I strive to access before I begin creating. Thank you for sharing your process. I find it inspiring.

I LOVE this. I love the piece, and I love the response to the negative comments. Keep doing what you do!

What you do ,is masterful art. That's the only answer I have for negative vibes from people. In which imo they haven't a clue what art is.

That is how to handle that situation! Fantastic!

This so makes me smile, thank you. I get so much inspiration from your videos. Love it

You are inspirational ❤

Love your work. You are a truly amazing artist in the flow xxxx

This is such a powerful demonstration! Thank you!

Some people wants to spread their own negative feelings to other, to feel self better. Dont worry, don't think about such people. Go your way! Your Art are amazing, awesome and inspired me in many ways. Thanks for that! Your videos are full of infomation, full of silence to concentrate! You made my day ! This is ART !

Brilliant response Dan. I love your videos - each and every one of them.

No matter what the "joy killers' say-- you will always shine dearest Dan. Unfortunately, some live in "the dream of me" and their hearts are temporarily locked, unable to appreciate your love and your willingness to share your knowledge. Unfortunately, keyboard cowards suffer in the darkness they create for themselves. Please know...your art lightens my life and this world needs beacons of love like you.

I am unable to see the video, and I don’t know what transpired, but as far as the trolls go: ignore the coward losers. You are a legit artist and you inspire me with every video that you post.

Perfect response! I always enjoy watching you create.

Sadly, there are many negative, rude, selfish, senseless (should I go on?) people in the world. They are their own reward-they will probably never know true joy in creativity. The joy of interaction with like-minded people. Shameless people never learn (neither do stupid people!). You are in my top 5 KZfaq artists that I follow. Sometimes you’re even number 1. 😊 By the way-I love this piece!

I love your art! Great come back from negativity. 👍🏾

Since the day one that I discover your channel, I became your disciple. I have been incorporating your techniques in my collage work and is going to another maximum level. I really loved the way you answered to the haters out there who are uneducated about the real purpose and many perspectives of art. They just have a heart full of hate. People who were born with a heart packed with those words you used on this magnificent work you created. At least, they can be the protagonists and the inspiration for art. 😊 Keep teaching us every day new things.

Absolutely BRILLIANT !!!! Thank you ! Kind regards - Judi - Australia