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I, myself, am a teacher. Anna Mason is a rare painter, who is also a superb teacher. Thanks for a great video.

Thoughts do not have to be believed ... what an awesome phrase! especially blocking and negative thoughts, like the rest of your teachings, thanks for sharing new ways of thinking!

Thank you for this Anna! I couldnt download your free pear tutorial bc of my phone. Everything you talk about is so true. I had the perfectionist mindset and that initially stopped me bc of the seemingly unforgiving nature of watercolour. I started painting leaf shapes...practising precision and surface patterns. I used the mindset of allowing myself to make mistakes. I played with pigment strengths and what ugly ducklings were running loose I carried on with or added golds and coppers to embellish them as i was determined not to waste any of my expensive papers. I used a very simple idea of creating greetings cards i had had in the pipeline, to practice. I put illustrations in watercolour in a 5cm x 5cm square. Loved it. Then went bigger...and bigger. I love this medium so much now. Thank you x

Oh. My. Gosh! You must be a mind reader! Exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for the tips!

Hi Anna, I truly loved this video. You accurately described the obstacles that have been preventing me from restarting my love for watercolor painting. Restarting because i took up the hobby when i was much younger. This pandemic is giving me more time and I thank you for inspiring me. Wishing you more success.

Thank you very much for this video!!

I know the feeling of these 5 blocks. Thank you for the video, love it :)

Thank you for the talk. It is encouraging!

Brilliant.... what an awesome bit of catching... Thank you Anna

Thank you so much. You answered all my questions. So helpful.

Super helpful! I totally identify with number 3 and Im happy to know it wasnt just me! Thank you so much for the suggestions, they are great.

I LOVE this video. Thank you

Very, very helpful content. Thank you!!

WOW, it's as you were reading my mind, thanks very much i can now understand the painting process.

wow,wow,wow....you spoke every artist heart out!thank you

Thank you for this video, I was looking for inspiration, then you showed me all I needed was my paints and pad. great thanks again.

Love your artwork and tips👏👌🙏👍🥰💐

And what you said about not being fluent in a language the first day, rather repeated lessons, classes, time, etc. BRILLIANT! Thank you! That one expression changed it all for me! :)

Thank you, Anna. It was much needed and came at the rightest of times. ♥

Great video as usual and a special thank you for your past tuition which has given me much inspiration..

Wow I was so relieved to hear these are common blocks for others. This year I’ve promised myself to get out of my own way.

Thanks for the great video.

So true...thank you for this video! Still not where I want to be, but while trying to put brush to paper for anytime at all, consistently, I am beginning to see that "consistency" could actually help me get to painting something I will be happy with.

This was very helpful. Explaining that all the issues are mainly internal was a very useful point.

Sensible and well thought out solutions. Good communication skills on your part. Thanks for sharing!!!

Inspiring. I suppose I re-found my inspiration again in your videos. WOW! Watching in 2019! Thank you! God bless!

Such a fun video to watch

Thank you so much. This is so me at this point and time. Being a beginner!

Very good advice.🌹

G'Day Anna, this is superb. Love your videos ✏🖌🖍

Loved this! Thank you!

Thank you so much for this video. ❤️

Thankyou Anna it was helpful 😊

Anna this is brilliant. You make so much sense and it's this sense that can be applied too many other things in our lives.

I have learned so much from your videos. But can you do some teaching about brushes

Great video! Thank you! :D

I love this! Very helpful! Thank you, Anna!😊

¡Muchas gracias! Thank a lot!

Anna, thank you very much for this sensible advices.

Thank You🥰

That was so helpful Anna, thank you!!! I have finished the first free class painting the pare and I LOVED IT!!! I’m waiting for some paints to begin the second free class. I have and do have these blocks though and this video helped me to take a step back, take a breath and give myself some grace as I learn. You are an inspiration to me!

I'm just starting out with painting and your video has been very helpful as I can identify with some of those blocks! Learning how to overcome them will prove useful to me in my journey, I'm sure. Thank you!

Thank you it is all true and helpful for me! 😊🤗

Thank you very much ma'am... this is really helpful 😊

YEESSSSSS!!!!! I love this

Yeah, I'd say my issue is the "not feeling inspired" one. Oh yeah, I had a painting that I didn't touch for 4 months because it hit "an ugly phase" and I couldn't mentally get passed it. I finally did, and was hit with inspiration and finished it in two days and I love how it turned out... but those 4 months, man... they were very deflating.

Thank you Anna. :) Another block is negative energy from those around me. That's a tough one to break through!

1st Comment Hi🌸you are absolutely right. thank you for your helpful video. 😊

excellent video, Anna

So true!!! There is a stage in painting I want to cry, then I show the painting to a friend and says, how you do that it's so beautiful!😂

Anna thanks a lot! !!! kss!!

I just started painting and I think I've checked all the boxes already. 😄😬😱 Very convenient advices for me right now (maybe for good, it seems, haha). Thank you so much! 💓🙌

Im learning PhotoArtisitry with Photoshop. These tips apply to that form of art also.

I find that if I just add one mark then I get sucked in creativity mode and time passes without me even knowing.

you. certainly hit the nail on the head or should I say five nails! thanks for this!

Loved your videos and advice, but Anna! I need to know where you bought those lovely coffee (or tea) mugs! LOVE them! Fanna Turano Denver, CO

Looking forward to some new tutorials please ... 🤞

Thank you for all your videos! They help me a lot! :) And I know this has nothing to do with the subject, but I love your hair and you hair style! AND you look super pretty! (honest compliment from a straight women---> I'm not hitting on you, I swear^^)

Hi Anna, you've such a cool drawing 'table/easel', can you tell me where to get it? Thanks for all you lovely and inspiring videos!

Hi Anna, do you still do courses in water colors? Would like to enroll please

what are the paints that you are using to do your beautiful work!

Do you have any advice on bypassing blocks to pick a piece back up? Say you're in the middle of a piece, but put it down to go to bed or to go to work or something and have a block in picking it back up again. How might one overcome them?

I find when I just add one mark then I get sucked in creativity mode and time passes without me even knowing.

I can't schedule practice session...i have to wait until my toddler asleep or it would be a struggle time painting

Sorry.... awesome bit of coaching

In darker moments I can sometimes think what is the value of an image, especially in modern times. A painting for painting sake and not as a concept or driver of some other form of art (tv show, game etc). It is kind of depressing because while I love painting I also don't find paintings interesting outside of the technicalities of it, I can't really appreciate them as nice visual stimuli for more than a minute or two at most. Sometimes that makes me think, what's the point? But then the only thing is that I enjoy the act of painting. The value of it outside the act is almost nothing for me, which is a weird feeling. Like a musician that can't enjoy listening to music. Anyone else think like this?

I really hate the way you paint so easily 😂 really wish I was you