The Mining Shack - an alla prima oil painting demonstration of a Mining shack in the landscape. 

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Thank you very much for that, Robert - I can’t tell you how much I appreciate hearing that!🤓🎨

Thank you, Darrion - I’m glad to hear that. Let me know if you’ve got other themes or subjects you’d like me to pursue in future videos🤓🎨

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Thank you very much for the feedback, Heather! I’m hoping my next one will be finished in a week!🎨

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Hi Rick - great time hear from you! Thanks for the feedback! Yes, I am planning that - this video was just a short intro to both myself and the way I painted so I wanted to ‘stay out of the way’ a bit and just let people watch the process. The next piece will be all voice over instruction. Thanks again for the feedback, brother!🤓🎨

I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful feedback, Shilton - that’s everything I was hoping for when I made the video! I hope enjoy the others as much🎨🎨 Thanks for taking the time to comment!

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Thank you very much, Constance - I really appreciate the feedback. I’m working on a new video that has some of those elements- I should have it posted in a week or two - thanks again!

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Hi John - thanks for the feedback - I’m working on that!🤓🎨

wdtpaints Thank you very much! I really appreciate that - thank you for the support - I’ve subbed to your channel and looking forward to watching them all! I love it when we can all find ways to support one another!🎨🎨🎨 Lets build this art community!🤓

@@douglevittfineart Something strange happened - my sub to you did not take so trying again. And yes we should support each other. It's a marathon not a sprint. How often will u post?

wdtpaints I’m aiming for once a week as I move forward- crossed fingers! (Or maybe I should say crossed brushes)😆🎨

Hi Shelly- yes, I’m working on a second camera set up that can capture the paint mixing as well but I’ve had some tech issues - but it’s uppermost in my mind! In the meantime, I am thinking of doing a short video just talking about my paints and how I mix - let me know if that would interest you and tide you over until I get the second camera up. Thanks for commenting!🎨

I can’t thank you enough for the kind words, Mark - really means a lot! And the music comes from Artlist - it’s a subscription based music library - I can’t recommend them enough if you’re looking for music to use in your own projects!🤓🎨 Thanks again!

@@douglevittfineart Thanks, Ill check it out.

Hi Nicky - thanks for the question and I’m glad you liked the episode! I have a breakdown of my palette colours in another video - it’s the ‘Q&A: episode 1’ video. At 15:40 into the video I go into the colours I use. I also have two ‘Two minute tip’ videos that talk about how I set up my palette and brushes too. I hope that helps and thank you again for watching!🎨🎨

Thank you! This was done as a demo for a student and took just over 2 hours.

@@douglevittfineart Jeez that’s way faster than anticipated. I was thinking maybe 6 hours hahah. Anyways thanks for the answer!

@@Thesamurai1999 no worries - thank you for watching and commenting - I really appreciate it!🤓🎨

Thanks! I use oil paint and it’s mostly out of the tube - when I thin it, I use a mix of gamsol/linseed oil.

@@douglevittfineart Wow! Thank you for answering! i heard that doing an Alla prima painting can be difficult because you only have one layer of paint. But i see that a lot of artists actually paint a lot of layers doing Alla prima, i´m not sure if they are all using a type of medium and thinner or if they are mixing the painting on the canvas without any medium, but that would contradict the whole thick over thin rule right?

@@erp123erp when you paint alla prima it’s usually done in one setting and it’s best to start thin and as you go you do tend to build up the amount of paint you’re using - for me that’s part of the fun 🤓🎨🎨

Morticia147 Hello - thanks for the comment and question! Actually no, out of the tube (good guess, btw🤓) the paints are fully dry to the touch within days to a week. I offer online teaching, if you’re at all interested in trying that out, feel free to direct message me on my Facebook page at Doug Levitt Fine Art or email me at: thepainter@douglevitt.net - thanks so much for chatting and have great fun on your journey!🎨

@@douglevittfineart Thanks for the nice reply. Unfortunately at the moment I can't afford any teaching classes, and I don't have an FB account (I don't like them). For the time beeing I have to figure out most of it myself or by finding helpful information on the internet. Hopefully I find a way, because at the moment my oil paints and me are not on the same page ;o) I want to paint without this poisoness stuff and alla prima seems to be a good way for that, it also plays in my not existing patients. So for the moment I'm subscribing and wait what's on the way....

Morticia147 I totally understand all that! I’m working on the editing of a new video as we speak and I’m happy I can be of any use to you on your journey! And hey, I’m proof that pushing paint, miles on the brush and on the job practice (and maybe a smidge of sheer stubbornness) works! You can learn this on your own - it does take longer but you never forget what you’ve learned from any given lesson on the way because you fight hard for that knowledge - so just keep pushing that paint!🤓🎨

@@douglevittfineart Oh, you are very usefull on my journey. You provide so much information thats helpful :O)

Morticia147 Thank you - very glad to hear it!🤓🎨

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I’m prepping for a show at the Leighton museum in July that focuses on birds so I’ll have some videos of creating those paintings coming up and then in August I’ll have lots of plein air landscape videos and some animal videos as well - so stay tuned!🤓🎨

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Good feedback- thank you!

I’m sorry it wasn’t to your taste - I’ll be releasing other videos as I go that are portions of real time brush work. The thing I like about the time lapse videos like this one is that you actually see every brush stroke (although it is fast it gives you the full development of a painting) while the real time videos require jumping ahead - so you see brush strokes as they happen but you also miss a ton of stuff. But if you prefer the real time demo come back for another visit and give those a try - and thanks for giving my channel a chance🤓🎨 Also, I’m working towards a full, real time instructional video. I hope to have it released in the New Year!