Thank you, Emily, for sharing your painting approach. You really made me aware of many basics that I didn’t know. Mark teaches so many valuable things from his confidence, experienced viewpoint, and you taught many different ideas from your less experienced viewpoint. What I appreciate most of all is that you two are sharing both viewpoints, allowing us to absorb what we need based on where we are. I’m very new to oil painting, and want to achieve realistic portraits, but I’m sure I’ll try several still life paintings first (‘cause the figs won’t be hurt if I don’t represent them perfectly!). Thank you both for helping all of us struggling to gain new skills!
Really enjoyed it. Your commentary was also very refreshing to hear. Your approach was really good, about you not being confident, and how you are trying to follow rules, and sometimes trying to break them, then trying to fix something. finally getting an awesome painting! It was like watching a race between how you were feeling inside, and how you were struggling outside, and just hoping you will make it, and then you do it!. It was very honest and Very very encouraging to all of us amateur artists. Mark is a great painter and a teacher. His techniques are unique.
How refreshing to see and hear from another student and to see her going through some of the same challenges as I am going through. Emily, your painting is wonderful.
This video is so helpful. It's easy to get overwhelmed by mistakes, but Emily just cheerfully accepts them and continues, and still ends up with a great result. I feel like this is what I need to learn most of all.
I just keep picturing Mark standing over your shoulder and grunting/scoffing with every brush stroke you make. Haha!! 😁 Great video as usual! Thanks for all you two do to help instruct others.
@@macclift9956 I don't think so, she is a busy woman, a registered nurse and mother of 4 or 5 kids, long time ago she had a webpage with lots of family pictures and pictures of her paintings, I don't remember the site, perhaps blogspot or something similar.
Jeez, once you get the 20 or so little piles of paint mixed and ready to go it is like the 'paint by numbers' paintings my grandmother used to do, except a lot better of course. Same idea but you have to figure out what numbers go where.
Great work Emily. Keep painting and sharing more. Always inspiring to see that process of learning and leaping ones way through and realizing that all artists have somewhat similar 'struggles' and victories. Great values and brush work! Overall a lovely painting. And Mark, that horse is just gorgeous! Wow.
I absolutely loved watching this... Her painting turned out so lovely! Very very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also learned so much just from watching and listening to her paint. The same things that Emily was saying that she obsesses over are very much the same for me and I loved seeing her just 'go for it' without stressing over the details. It was really refreshing for me - and I loved the result!
Liked the painting! I would be proud to hang that on my wall. Amazing colors. The onion looked so nice. An onion! Made me want to cry. Pun totally intended. You are blessed with talent.
I love that you allowed yourself to be vulnerable enough to share your process with us. Thank you so much. I’m just starting and haven’t put paint to paper yet. 🙂
I love that you both paint! My wife and I also paint together and we have so much fun! my style is more like a kevin hill type style and hers is her own unique thing. her oil paintings look almost like chalk. Very soft but they have this depth that's incredible!
I am not a professional painter, but I have been painting for years. There was a time when I could not practice my passion because I was raising a child on my own and going to school. A lot of different things were going on in my life. Now that I am older I feel this is my time before I die to pursue my dream, even if I don't make it to the top. But my passion is fulfilled in a wonderful way. I have painted from photograph as well as have drawn in different medias from life. Now, the oils and other medium I have painted from photographs. I am learning a lot from you guys. I am a self taught painter, have read many books and also watch practically every artist I can on You Tube. One can learn a lot from others. Mark is a great artist and fantastic teacher. I have painted wet on wet without even realizing it was alla-prima. Also impasto. By watching others I have learnt that I instinctively use these techniques on my own. I struggled, but I have done it and many people have told me that my paintings are awesome. I still don't feel confident. But I cannot pay an expensive school. Therefore, I will keep on watching other professionals and keep on practicing too until I leave this world. I have seen great masters work in museums and the Internet, I try to figure out what it is that some of these old master had to become so famous when I do not really think that their art were so great. My favorite is Rembrandt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Goya, Velazquez, and some others, but not all of them. I would like to try the impressionistic painting and emotion, because I am concern about the world problems. This is what I would love to do. Being able to paint like Rockwell, who painted everyday people and their lives. I also love Vincent Van Gogh, I think he was a great visionary, and he expressed his feeling in all his paintings. Most people, even today do not appreciate a great painter. I feel that to be a great painter one needs to see the world in all its beauty as well as in all the sufferings, and be able to paint these interpretations of life. Thank you for your teachings, I think that if you paint feelings with your knowledge Mark, you would be like the great Rembrandt and Vincent Van Gogh. Thank you
One of the best videos you've posted. What a delightful person (at least that's how she sounds on the video. Maybe she beats the kids every night.) The stream of consciousness about her process etc. is very entertaining. You should think about taking the show on the road. I'd pay. Thanks for the art. Oh, and I gotta say that I've spent a lot of time in hospital in the last few years (not to my liking) and if it wasn't for the nurses and the important work they (you) do the doctors would run amok. Kudos to you all.
I love it that Mark says you must do this and that -small steps, brushes for every shade etc. and at 73 i don't think I have enough time on this planet to perfect this technique. But there you are, bigger steps, two brushes and wonderful paintings. You're my kind of woman. I think I will have a go at this your way. Thank you.
I appreciate your ability to curate such a professional channel. Good call having a student/wife share her insights to your teachings. Btw, beautiful horse painting.
Painting on the right side of the brain was an inspiration to in understanding the painting of the abstraction and improved my ability to see as an artist. That and the advice I learned here have revolutionized my approach and helped to increase my skill level way beyond my wildest dreams. Thank you so much for sharing.
Definitely a nice painting. I need to try not blending so much too. The results on especially the onion look excellent. I'm almost afraid to mix all those in between steps though, as I feel I'm wasting paint. Mixing every color accurately as a result takes so much more time haha. Oh well, I'll get there eventually.. :) edit: Oh one more thing, the optical illusion of the dark lower part of the onion is really extraordinary. I constantly thought it would be too dark indeed.
This one is especially good for me when combating my own "curse ". Listening to Emily and Mark speak about the process has its own power. I oftentimes play their videos at bedtime and just listen.
Really enjoyed the video Emily. It was refreshing to hear that you cant stay at the canvas for too long and that you have a break, coming back to it with fresh eyes. Ive been giving myself a hard time for drifting away and coming back to the painting. You have helped me understand my reasons for doing so. Its nice to see that-dont worry or obsess too much relaxed approach.I also watched and enjoyed your cup of coffee painting the other day.
Emily- love your illustration, it’s a confidence booster to see how you paint- Mark makes it look too easy for novice like me- for you, I can see myself painting like you, not very sure, self doubt, and eventually come up with something beautiful - great painting!!! More illustration in the future please!!!
Mark - Emily - enjoyed this video immensely - well done - I am a few weeks shy of 85 and probably have done about three dozen paintings overall - mostly acrylics - no training, just trial and error - thanks again for a truly enjoyable presentation - well done Emily
Hi, Just started watching your videos this week. I did not watch them in order. I plan on going in and seeing your order. Thank you. I enjoy seeing your process and finished products!
What a great idea, this is very good tutorial for me. I am always worried about getting things right. This teaches me things about myself that I can move the boundaries and not be too much of a perfectionist. Also not to be too self critical. Great video.
I love your wife she is so funny very funny commentary she sounds like me when I'm painting except I'm like cursing my painting out lol 😂 she definitely balances you out. I hope she does more videos! Even though I paint in acrylic's I still love listening to you because you are well-versed in color theory and you have a Lotta good techniques to share so thank you so much.😀🌺🌺
Thanks Emily , it's beautiful and your colors are sweet. You are exactly like me for not going on with two dimension and perspective stuff, like a puzzle to me. i love your paint , thanks.
Just found your video today and love it! Also, nice to hear you are/were a nurse, as was I, long time retired 😂. I am so excited to get back to painting because of binging on this website. My figs rotted last fall before I got a chance to paint them! Love looking at your palette. Inspired!
Great job!!! Im really excited to hear your thoughts as you go. for instance how you get sick of looking at the painting after a while. Thats so interesting. I was wondering if you guys had a link on how to use this color checker you keep referencing? I haven't heard of this yet. Very new to painting.
I love the consistency of those paints! What should I do with the paint that comes out thickly from the tube? Should I mix it with painting medium or linseed and store in a little glass jar?
You have a great way of putting down the abstract shapes of each color. I was amazed. Thanks for sharing this video. Just wondering why you use the Geneva paints exclusively?
My eyes seem to be telling me that the colors can seem much darker until the field is filled in darker colors. For instance when the table cloth was first painted it seemed so dark until more darks were painted. Or the first stroke on the inside field of the plate seemed way too dark. After all darks were added, it is like magic to see the table cloth now popping with a sense of space. This is what I think is being alluded to when they say “just laying in the color.” Because we are temporarily painting blindly. We are blind (or rather put at a disadvantage) to the details hidden by relative contrast.
Very nice Emily. I really enjoyed your commentary as you were working. The correcting of shapes or maybe "breaking" a rule or two is something most if not everyone will do at some point.
Great video Mark and Emily - thank you! Question: what does one need to do if one has to stop an wet-on-wet painting and then continue it the following day or some days after? Thank you very much!
