Heya, just found this video and thank you, I have complained that I tend to overwork and add to much and this gave me some good advise on stopping myself XD
Hi Matthew and Thank you so much for your advices! I am from Hamburg, Germany, and can rather easily understand you - where are you from? I am now 70 years old and learned English in school and a lot in 1974 from American soldiers in Berlin. He came from Florida and she came from California - that's why I am curious to know from wich part of the world you are from. And thank you again!!!!! Bye for now🙂
Thank you so much Matthew! Simplification is something I struggle with, but now I understand that I didn't really know what it involved. Your excellent explanation has given me concrete steps I can take to work toward this goal. I appreciate this lesson, and your time and effort to provide it!
Very helpful, thanks Matthew. What I still don't get is the need to connect shapes. Heard this from other artists already, but haven't seen yet the purpose of it, or in other words: what's the disadvantage if I don't connect shapes.
Good question! The advantage is that it reads clearer from a distance when you paint large connected shapes. It avoids a cluttered look of a lot of smaller unconnected shapes and it allows the colors to softly transition one to another. Which is a lovely quality of the medium. I hope that helps.