You just have to keep practicing and not worry about messing up, because that’s how you go into discovery phase and improve by building memory muscle!!

Thank you very much!!!

Thank you, im thinking of doing another!

Thank you Nancy, same here! It’s so versatile!!

Anytime Kristen, thank you for watching!!!

Lol, no worries, I answered anyways!!

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Your welcome Beverly, glad you found me!!!!

I appreciate it, thank you!!!

I’m really glad I was able to help you Jackie, more videos on the way!

Thank you very much Susan, glad you enjoy them!! Hope I’ll have more videos out soon!

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It was my pleasure, thank you for watching!!!

Thank you, I appreciate it!!!

Thank you, yes, sometimes they get a little tricky, Lol !!!

Thank you for watching Michael!!

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Thank you, I’ll be doing more, so stay tuned!! I’ll be working on some wildlife such as spoonbills, herons, and egrets!

I thank you very much, your support is always appreciated!!!

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Obrigado André!!!

Thank you Jackie!!!

Thank you!!

It was my pleasure, thank you for watching, I’ll try and have more for you!!

@@GebahiArtworks you can bet I will be watching

My pleasure Pati, thank you for watching!!!

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Thank you!!!

Thank you Rachel!!!

Thank you very much David!! I’ll do others hopefully in oils as well!

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You’re very welcome!!! Thank you for watching Deborah!!!

Anytime, more coming!!

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De rien Martine!!

Thank you very much, I’ll add it to my list!!

Thank you!!!

Hi Jon,, I can perhaps do one eventually! Yes the highwaymen did theirs in oils but used a palette knife to do the palm trees,?thats how they were able to cake on that much paint! It’s a bit harder on a smaller panel though. But I can try for a demo!

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Thank you Geraldo!!!

Good question, you can, but in this instance, if I did the sky first and messed up the tree I would have to color match the sky to fix the tree. Sometimes I start with the sky first if I’m not going to put details on the tree! I hope this makes sense. Here I’m able to sculpt the tree with the sky colors and shape the tree a little bit more to my liking! The opposite would have been harder ! I probably should explain that in another video, you bring up a good question!

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Thank you Tracy !! Sounds good I have a couple beach pictures I took while in Cape Coral, Florida couple of weeks ago. Let me look through them and see what I can do!

Thank you!! Sometimes you don’t have to give much details just enough information to give the viewer and idea and let them finish the story in their heads!

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Thank you very much Abdullah!! It’s basically the same principle!

Actually I have once with acrylics but it wasn’t my style! It’s nice and you can make it look like oils if you use a thick amount of paint and you see the brush marks! It all depends on your style.

Yes you can paint the trees over a solid background, I’ve done so in the past when I wanted to add more trees, but you have to be careful when using acrylics, especially if you make a mistake and have to match colors to rectify the error!

Well I just started using them and so far I’m happy the they applied to canvas, but now I have to try them on wood panel! They are very well pigmented fir sure and a little went a long way. I still have to play with them a little more. I was just to see flow acrylics would work with my style of painting, so far not bad but still want to experiment!

That would be a video to do! I definitely love Golden heavy body and Matisse, they dry satin from what I see. They do blend very well and sometimes I mix Matisse with my Golden paints without a problem.

My top 3 brands are Golden HB, Matisse Structure, and Winsor&Newton artist acrylics! All highly pigmented. I don’t know where you live but one of these three brands must be available.

Good evening Rajani, thank you for what you do and did!! Since I paint in a impressionistic style, I paint loose. In order to paint loose you need to concentrate on what’s important in painting and leave out the rest! To start painting loose use a small canvas such as 6”x8” or 8”x10” and use a large brush, that will force you paint things in masses and not in details! And it’s the same wether in acrylics or oils! I’ll put trees on my list of subjects to teach! Thank you for watching!!

Thanks for the advice! That was a great help. I will definitely follow your instructions. For oil painting which brushes do you suggest? Can we use same brushes for oil and Acrylic? Also what type of canvas board is good? There are so many varieties, which makes difficult to select. I am planning to order all the material from Jerry’s Artarama, once I know the details from you. Thank you once again for the help.

@@rajanikanteti1484 hi Rajani! For oils I would pick Princeton Catalyst series brushes, they hold paint well and have a nice feel. For canvas, since your ordering from Jerry’s, I would “Edge Canvas (11/16 depth), they are my preference and affordable!! I just made an order of these canvas myself. Some acrylic brushes can be used for oils, just make sure they are not too soft. I’ve used ProStroke synthetics brushes from Jerry’s and worked fine!

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your help. I will order the brushes and canvas from Jerry’s Artarama as per your advice. I also want to know about birch wood boards, which you have used in some of your paintings. What’s the advantage of those in comparison to canvas? Is smooth surface is better for painting? Can I use your paintings as a reference for my practice? I am not aware of the rules and regulations regarding this. I hope there is no misunderstanding. You are a great artist and I am lucky to get the guidance from you. Thank you once again. Kind Regards, Rajani

@@rajanikanteti1484 the birch wood is nice because it’s smooth and can get more details depending on your style of painting! But there is work involved in preparing the wood, like gesso and sanding which are a little time consuming! Otherwise nice to paint on. But now I’m back to canvas because I’m tired of the preparation work. You use my paintings as references but can sign the painting as your own! You must write original copy, and give credit to the original artist!