Great!Thank you Malcolm! You explain it so well! I've been a happy student of Artistic's Live Channel for almost three years now and I'm waiting for the day when I'll be completely satisfied with my painting😂.It will never come and that's a good thing.The good side of learning is that it is a never-ending story. The more we know the more we want to learn.
I really appreciate your direct way of answering these questions. It’s very helpful and clear as are all of your teachings thank you. Your paintings are great.
I enjoyed this very much. I appreciate the encouragement to keep painting and not be so concerned about mistakes, particularly since I just made a beginners mistake recently in colouring the river lighter than the sky in my latest one. However, I doubt the person receiving this as a gift will even notice since they are not a painter, and the picture is still really nice.
Wonderful tips so nicely explained, always with your easy to listen to voice while you are creating another inspiring painting. After two odd years of learning from you, I am just beginning to accept my many failures as lessons learnt, and not to worry about them. Someone once told me to stop being so “precious” about my attempts, I was quite miffed at that comment at the time, but I get it now , it was exhausting feeling a failure all the time 😂 It’s quite fun looking at old paintings anyway to see how we have actually improved. Thank you so much for your encouragement and inspiration Malcolm 😘
I love your painting style and teaching style! Three more questions, if I may: 1. I notice a few spots of the underpainting remain. Is that intentional? I tend to want every bit covered. 2. Should I/we be practicing mixing colors with the brush? I use a palette knife and tend to mix thoroughly. Your mixing seems more nuanced. 3. Is it okay to attempt your compositions? Clearly I cannot come close to your mastery. Thank you.
Thank you. If the underpainting shows through, it's fine if it makes sense. I don't think about it, actually. Pre-mixing is a good practice, but often the painting changes and you need to adapt colors by mixing with the brush. Sometimes I premix for more complex subjects or larger paintings that need a big pile of paint to cover an area. For smaller works I am happy to mix by brush and it is now second-nature. Sure you can practice the compositions. I have a collection of reference photos here too malcolmdeweyfineart.newzenler.com/courses/your-turn-to-paint-a-youtube-demonstration
Lots of great information. I've been considering using acrylics for some projects and you answered many questions I had. And, as always, you painted something lovely while I was learning! Thank you!
Thank you for the advice. I’m going to try painting over one of my acrylic paintings with water soluble oils to bring out the brighter colors in certain parts. I was happy to hear from you that this is possible. 👍
Fabulous video. Thanks so much for answering these questions. I do think that one thing to point out when it comes to solvents is that even if you dont smell them you are still inhaling solvents. Like you, I keep solvents to a bare minimum. Cheers!
I dislike the fast drying of acrylics, but also the toxicity of oil painting solvents, so I use water based oil paints! Works like classic oil paints but you clean them with water.
You really don’t want to thin acrylics with water. Water breaks down the binder. If you use too much your paint becomes flaky and doesn’t bond well to your surface. You should use something like GAC100 or other medium to thin down.
@@MalcolmDeweyI thin down because I paint with acrylics in the same manner as I do oils. The thinning down allows me to glaze with thin washes of color. I use Golden Open Acrylics.
