I agree, I've just completed my historical interpretation acrylic painting of many weeks. I'll speed up. Today I'll mix and copy your painting, an exercise made simple.

Thanks so much Luna. I really appreciate your letting me know it was so helpful. Best wishes.

Hi Jonathan, I think that sounds like a good plan. A faster, looser interpretation of something after weeks of tighter, slower painting.

You literally couldn’t have said it any better! Wow

I couldn't agree more , Ian please do a video on mud because of wrong temperatures , you can use any of my paintings!

Agreed

Really appreciate your letting me know. Thank you.

It really demonstrates that it's not just about subject matter, but that the _composition_ is key

Thank you so much. Delighted you enjoyed it.

Thanks Janet.

You are very welcome

Thank you so much Pat!

Glad you liked it Christine. all the best to you.

Our youngest is going to college in a month and my wife had pretty much the same title for it.

Thanks Ramona. All the best to you

Thanks Danny. Glad you liked it.

Thanks so much. I am working on perspective now.

Thanks Pauline. It's easier to get those relationships to work when the color is more muted.

You are welcome Jane. All the best.

You are so welcome!

Really happy you liked it. Thank you for kind comments here. Best wishes.

Thank you so much Dana.

Glad you found it helpful Marie.

You are so welcome Brigitte.

Very glad to hear it. Thanks for letting me know.

Glad you are enjoying them.

I'm delighted you found it helpful.

Great! Delighted it was helpful.

So glad you liked the video Mimi. Best wishes.

Thanks Ken. Glad you liked it.

Glad you liked it!!

Delighted you enjoyed it Dee

You are most welcome Donna.

Thank you so much !

Hi Debra, I'm glad you found the video helpful. By adding a neutral to all your paint it's true the whole effect gets not really muted but dull. All the best.

Thanks for letting me know Jan. I appreciate it .

I'm glad you liked it.

Hi Gayle, so glad you liked it. Nice to hear from you. All the best.

You are welcome Josh.

You're very welcome!. Like the tag Luken U See!

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition 😉

Glad it was helpful Varda.

Delighted you enjoyed it

I agree with you entirely. Figuring things out on your own, you really own it. And yes perspective next week.

Hi Cindy, yes brief and concise. It means I find there are questions raised that a longer video could address but I'm with you. Short.

Glad you enjoyed it Laura.

HI Patrick, glad you are enjoying the videos. And good luck with the digital painting. My wife Anne Ward paints on the ipad using ProCreate.

Yes I use Procreate too!

Thanks so much Denise. I really appreciate your telling me that.

Glad you liked it. I love that when nothing can pulled out of obscurity and makes a decent painting.

Thank you very much!

Ian is a truly amazing teacher. I took his courses last year (he is doing another set next year!) and he taught us to see the way he sees, and suddenly my world looked entirely different. It's startling and exciting to have your perception of your world shift like that!! You are not too old! If I can learn it at 70+, so can you!

@@Ladysmyth Thank you soo much, Diana, for your encouraging words! :D I'm located in The Netherlands, so it's going to be difficult to follow his classes 'in situ', but I watch and re-watch his videos all the time to try to learn that capacity of abstracting the 'real' world into shapes and colors. Am so greatful that he still shares his knowledge every week without tiring, determined to make us just a little bit more aware, teaching us to understand the beauty, harmony and contrast of the world around us. Amazing! This painting with the boxes in front of the solid coach is a gorgous abstraction of shapes and colors. I'm amazed. You're lucky, Diana. I would love to see how your work progresses. :D

​@@Tizaheijting the course I took was Skyped around the world..we had members from Hawaii, England...I don't recall all. I suspect the classes will be the same time as last time, which for you means 5 or 7 pm Saturday or Sunday. It also included group and personal critiques and a group forum where we could learn from each other. Best money you could spend on instruction.

HI Patricia, I agree with Diana, you're not too old. I'll be talking about the courses late in the fall and if they seem like a fit for you I'd be delighted if you could join us. The meetings are weekly on zoom. All the rest is online so you can be anywhere. My very best wishes.

Thanks so much Diana.

You are so welcome Mary

I remember the coach houses in Toronto from when I grew up. I always wanted one for a studio.

You are most welcome. The tech world eventually got simple enough to anyone can make a video.

Excellent. Glad to hear it.

You are most welcome Jay. Glad you are enjoying them.

You are so welcome John

HI Caroline, delighted you've been watching all the videos. The issue isn't about the color being muddy on the palette. The issue only happens when you put the color on the painting in relationship to other colors. That is when you can get a color looking muddy because the color temperature is wrong in relation to the colors around it. You can mix all the colors you want on the palette, but it is that color then put on the canvas that has to work.

Aha, I see what you mean! I’ll go away and think about that and have a play around with some mixing. Thank you for the explanation.

I always think that in fact it is the master of muted color that really knows how to make a color pop. Too much color can of course make the end result noisy and that in its own way then diminishes all the colors. Glad you liked the video.

I'm glad it was helpful.

I liked that too and I suppose talk a bit about that this week when I analyze the perspective of the the image.

Glad you enjoyed it Mary.

Delighted you enjoyed it.

Great to hear. All the best.

You are very welcome Alice. Glad you found it helpful.

Delighted you enjoyed the video.

You are welcome Joanne.

It's a good lesson I need to keep reminding myself of too. All the best Elizabeth.

sounds great. And good luck.

Welcome. Glad you are enjoying the videos.

Thank you Mohan.

glad you liked it Alison and yes, the oils!

You're welcome Andrei.

Thanks Jon for letting me know you liked it.

Thanks Christine.

Thanks Thomas

Delighted you liked it Julie. All the best.

Glad you think so Judy. All the best.

That is great news. Thanks for letting me know.

Glad you liked it Christine and found it helpful.