Beatrix Potter once said-“ I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations”. What an incredible and brilliantly edited video. The journey of research has created a stunningly beautiful composition. The attention to detail and paint colour used is outstanding 😊
Hi Michael, I’m no way an artist but appreciate most works. The amount of research you have put into your latest story into Beatrix Potter’s precise art work was so interesting, it gave a bit more insight into her artwork. Thank you.
My husband Paul has a Masters in art and we just finished watching your Beatrix Potter video. He was so impressed with your teaching and research. I used to watch you by myself, but he dearly loves your smile, your honest life and how calming your teaching voice. Thanks Michael!!!!! Well done!
For me, as a watercolorist, this is your best video ever. The research-my god. I am forever grateful. I had always guessed how Beatrix worked, and I wasn’t far off, but now, to have the actual colors! Thrilled isn’t enough to describe how I feel. And because of the writing slope, the paper, pencils, brushes, and most importantly, your love and respect for Ms. Potter, I feel as though I have been instructed by the grand lady herself! Thank you Michael, for inspiring me and others by sharing your knowledge and talents.
Your videos are less of a vlog and more of a documentary, each one. But especially this one. You put so much time and effort in, and it shows, and we love it. Never let anyone say the effort was wasted because your episodes are full adventures with an excellent, comprehensive story, neatly wrapped up. Love your work Michael!! 🎉
Now this is the kind of stuff we need on Netflix - Michael is outstanding in his dedication, passion and talent regarding Beatrix Potter and the artwork. Thank you so much for this incredibly interesting documentary - I’ve learnt a lot! I feel like Michael is an old soul, he’s so talented.
What can I say! This video will go into my saved to rewatch over again. You’ve reminded me why I love painting. It’s the whole process. From gathering the supplies to making the sketches. I’m going to be 69 soon my grandmother was an artist. I just received three large albums of the watercolors she did of wildflowers. Most of these are at least 80 years old. She was poor. She used children’s school tablets and children’s boxed watercolor paint. I will do my best to archive these so that they may last for my great grandchildren. You have inspired me to gather my supplies and begin painting again. Thank you Michael.❤
So very much in one single episode: travel, history lessons, a how to and a beautiful piece of art by a very talented Mr M Petherick. Thank you Michael 🙏👍😊👏❤️
As an obsessive artist who has tried and failed so many times to recreate the work of Beatrix Potter, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your extensive research and instruction. Keep up the great work! ❤️❤️❤️
Why are they called "starving artists"? They spend most of their money on Art Supplies. Not only is Michaels work beautiful, it is quality materials. Michael is just as fussy about the paper the prints are on, worth every penny!! Thank you Michael for inviting us into your kitchen/studio.
I bought my girls those videos when they were little, and my then 5 year old would run around speaking like Peter, copying his English accent. She's now 19 and a lifetime Beatrix Potter lover, and artist. I showed her your video and she absolutely loves it.
Ms. Potter is one of my hero’s,her art inspired millions of us to see the world from a child’s perspective. She was a scientist as well and her art reflects her knowledge of each animal she drew. Wonderful video,thanks.
I think we all agree that missing your videos last year was well worth the time you had to achieve the results of your research. This was a beautifully made video and the drawing, watercolor that you created right before our very eyes on that precious drawing box is wonderful. All of your research has led you to finding and using paper and tools from ages ago and discovering the difference between the old and new. You are brilliant Michael! ❤
Amazing surprise, was bored today and weather in northern Ireland is wet wet wet so just made my dinner and got a bell alarm to say Micheal is coming on brilliant, so every one hit the bell then you will know when this amazing vlogs come on thankyou Micheal ❤x
My daughter (now aged 24) and I loved the Beatrix Potter videos when she was a child. Sometimes we still find them online and watch to reminisce. Your video was beautiful!
4 am in Australia,can’t sleep 😴 what a wonderful surprise to see you giving us ,your adoring fans an art lesson, you are such a multi talented person, amazing …loved every minute ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for taking us on that trip. You can’t really appreciate some of the work until someone explain the how’s and why’s of it. What a lovely magical trip. ❤
Michael, I have adored Beatrix Potter since I was a child. My Aunt gave me a 1910 edition of The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse published by Warne & Co. It has several drawings in it. It is my favorite book and I will cherish it forever! Thank you for this video!
Dearest Young Man, I raised my beautiful Daughter, Tara, on Beatrix Potter's Books, Art and Sciences of Nature. We both are Artists with water color. I later studied sculpture. I am sincerely proud of your integrity and diligent research to aquire her methods and tools. Yes, paper and dies and paints are critical to the style of her work. Beatrix is highly honored in America. Just as much as Shakespeare. Tara is now a Teacher for a private school and has her Master's Degree in Education and Literature. I am now in my final years enjoying your wonderful Spirit of knowledge, a young lady of 70 years. I pray you will continue to declare your work and I am quite sure that many will be buying your work which you might find in your favor to patent first as numbered originals, sealed in your name and title. This way no one can steal your work and sale it for their own profit through the Internet, we have so many people doing that. I hope all continues well for you and your production. The world needs your wonderful deliverance and talent. With full Regards, Mrs. Fawn Cheyenne Valley Joseph White Cloud Jett Anstiss Best Morley Scott
Michael! You are definitely a strongly marked personality who has and will influence people now and for generations to come. It is privilege watching you and learning from you
Michael, what an absolutely generous thing you are doing by sharing all those hard-researched details of Beatrix Potter’s materials and processes with your YT family. I think you have done your muse a great service and, wherever she is, she is smiling at you.
We used India I nk at school many years ago. Mainly in Geography to outline countries which we had to draw before we filled in cities, rivers etc. I was no artist. Your picture was perfect 😊😊
Michael; your videos are so well done. There is no one else in your league. So appreciate the quality of everything you produce. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Michael, I share with you two mantras by which I live my life and I believe you do as well. I hope you will agree. The first is a Russian Proverb I found decades ago, "It matters not that we live, but how." Which, if I rightly remember the original French writing, is "Il n'import quon vivre, mais comment!" The other is, "Life is short; Art is long." You embody both. Thank you for the excellent Beatrix Potter illustration lesson.
Michael research is the number one point in doing what one loves. You have done a lot of research and it shows in this wonderful piece of artwork and thank you for taking us through the history of how Beatrix Potter did her paintings and the paints truly fascinating. The paper mill making the paper Beatrix Potter used and made was an absolute treasure to watch. Thank you Tom for showing us. My dad was an artist and I only found this out when he was hospitalised and I had to go and clear his house out after he passed away. He never spoke about his art work and I now have a few of his paintings hanging in my house. Michael this was a lovely vlog and I hope you get a lot of sales. Have a lovely day.
Perfick by Pip Burley, the theme music from The Darling Buds of May TV series is probably just ideal for these vlogs about Beatrix Potter and her art. She was a perfectionist and so are you Michael. Mesmerizing to watch, even a little hypnotic. Congratulations on a wonderful project. Daryl in Munich.
Wow Micheal, just wow what a wonderful wonderful video. Train ride, history on how hand made paper is made and the most beautiful painting to boot. You have really spoiled us. Your art work is so stunning.
The biggest thing I would love to see more appreciation is for the artist and the artisan. The paper making process was an art in itself as well as your beautiful work. I hope a generation of children rediscover beautiful art designed just for them and grow to love it enough to pass it down to the next generation.
Carol, just go for it! I'm almost 73 and did a lot of fashion drawing in my working years, but retired at 58 because of arthritis. Having thought about it many times... even buying supplies, I realised I should have been painting even though my hands are not as steady as before... this video has even inspired me to get cracking again! Hello from Sydney! 🖌🦘
68 and excited because Michael has touched my soul to write and illustrate again he’s marvelous! Us oldies should do a field trip with him❤️🙏music is grand… yes award winning show! Thank you sweet man🙏🇺🇸
This documentary/instructional video is amazing! Your months and months of research, acquisition of expensive original materials - all your work - is a gift to the artist world. Thank you for sharing this. I hope more people will share this all over the world! God bless you!
What a cool vid! Loved seeing the paper making shop and seeing this art form continuing on. I hope they are able to prosper and continue to keep this process alive. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Michael. I am also a lover of all things Beatrix Potter and a watercolor artist. This is a wonderful video and such a tribute to Ms Potter and Peter.❤
0:36; oh my. when my daughter was 3, we watched these over & over until the dvd box went shabby. she is 21 now and just hearing that beautiful intro music gave me such a wonderful memory rush. thank you hun. rest in peace Tom Thumb...
When I was a child I loved the Beatrix Potter books. I never read the stories. It was her artwork that fascinated me. Now as an older adult, I have been teaching myself how to paint with watercolor paints. How wonderful to see how to recreate her beautiful artwork. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for a lovely video, it has inspired me to get out the dip pen and nibs that I used at Art School in early 1950. That is all we had in those days. I’m 92 now and still enjoy drawing.
I'm thrilled with this video. When my children were younger I read them every Beatrix Potter book I could find. I enjoyed her work when I was a child, too. This bit of history on her method was wonderful and absolutely charming. Thank you
Thank you, Michael! That was wonderful! I enjoyed the history, the paint info, the paper factory & watching you paint. Not to mention that your videos are always so well done!
This may well be the very best video I've ever watched on youtube. Absolutely superb work. The time you spent researching was well worth it. Are there Emmy awards for youtube?
Watching the process of paper making was very beautiful, especially knowing the guys are trying to keep the tradition alive. Huge fan of Beatrix Potter’s art, brings me back so many childhood memories.
My young adult daughter was also inspired by the opening sequence in that Beatrix Potter series! It seemed like such a magical and dreamy world. I love that you are making videos about her art...and writing desk.
Fantastic! Thank you. You must be around my children's ages. They loved those videos too. And they bought them all on dvd from Amazon because they are a treasure of childhood.
Michael, Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful Vlog!! So knowledgeable and talented. I expected your bunny to wiggle, turn around, and blink at you!!! Thank you so much!
I am so happy that you took the time to do the research and that you also took the time to show us how you paint! You have given us another opportunity to support your work by purchasing a painting (I ordered one) and you have also given us an opportunity to see how the paper was made and I hope the exposure will help these craftsmen to keep working!!!
That was brilliant, Michael. My mother gifted me the full series of Peter Rabbit. I will now have a renewed appreciation of Beatrix Potter’s work. You are such a gifted artist ❤
Just the most loveliest video ever. Made, researched and edited all because of the love you have for Beatrix Potter. She lives on because of that love and that is precious. Thank you so much. 💕💫💕
So interesting. I find it hard to find nice paper to write a letter. Glad you shared the paper making process. I love your art and Beatrix Potter. I have a few of your art pieces.. Have a wonderful day. Love Victoria.
I appreciate your sincerity and knowledge of history and artwork. I would take art instruction classes from you anytime. You're amazing Michael. I think Beatrix Potter would be proud. Thank you!!🐇🖌
Your trip to the factory in the Lake District took me back to the early eighties when I was still a child. I visited Wookey Hole here in Somerset. At that time, the site still had a working paper mill where we got to see that exact process of handmaking fine paper with the old methods using the cotton pulp and the laid paper making frames. I found it fascinating s a child and when i got to take my daughter to Wookey in the recent years i was saddened to see this is something they no longer do. I'm glad someone in the Lake District has had the foresight to keep this tradition going. Artists all over would be pleased with the quality of these papers, I'm certain. 😊
I am a maker who enjoys bookbinding and watercoloring, and this scratched all of my itches. This is now my absolute favorite video of yours, Michael, well done!
Thank you Michael. I just love Beatrix Potter and love collecting items like her children's book and the like. This video was extremely interesting and I loved learning about paper making. I am so glad you are making videos again and can't wait until the next one airs. I have many of the same interests that you share, for example, restoration & preservation, collecting pottery , antique furniture and of course, Beatrix Potter. The pencil, ink and watercolor drawing is beautiful. You're work is wonderful! I am ordering this print today! Thank you again for your interesting content that you share with all of us! 😄
Michael, you are so talented bringing all that information and artistry together. Please don’t stop making videos. It just seems like you’re a natural. From the music to the research and the stories, it’s just brings joy to my life just watching your videos. I was in the middle of watching Stephanie‘s birthday with her new dog and I saw below that you had posted a video and I immediately paused what else I was watching just to see yoursbecause they are so magnificent. I do wish you would design some more wallpaper or some other prints that we could buy on Spoonflower. I think that would be a tremendous way to make money and make a lot of people happy being able to buy your work!
You made the arthritic fingers of an old artist who lost his muse positively itch to put pen and brush to paper once more. Perhaps it will be just that, once more, but you've truly inspired me, Michael, and I thank-you.
Your work is phenomenal! I don’t paint, but watercolors are my favorite works of art. I had no idea how much work went into a watercolor painting! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!! 😁👏🏻🤗🥰
The research was amazing Michael 😊 Your ADHD was employed in such an admirable way, finding the paints, manufacture of paper, finding the modern equivalent. Bravo 👏 ❤
I have really enjoyed this video, and so proud of your attention to detail, both actual painting and authentic materials. Never heard of layered paper before, but how I enjoyed that segment of History being preserved. You deserve a Gold Blue Peter Badge!!
Michael, I absolutely loved this video 🥰 I enjoy all your vlogs. I started pencil, charcoal drawings in my early teens and that turned into pen and ink (the modern pens!) I always felt something was missing. A teacher suggested adding colour, specifically water colour/wash but I was scared of applying colour. Watching you just now showed me one way and I think a lovely way of using colour. I’m in my early 60’s and gave up on my art many years ago but after this I suddenly feel inspired to ‘have a go’. I am very much a perfectionist so to even consider failure has always caused me to just stop. Shall I be brave and find some of my drawings and dare I say ‘have a go?’ Your passion and skills are amazing and very calming to watch! Thank you so much 🍦🥰🙅♀️🙅♀️
Such a lovely glimpse in the world of Beatrix Potter. You work is always beautiful, Michael, & your administration for this wonderful artist & author warms my heart. Blessings.
I also fell in love with Beatrix Potter just from watching that little live action bit. As a child growing up in the middle of Brazil, the Peter Rabbit & Friends VHS made such an impact in my life and that of my sisters!
