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I found the video hard to watch because of the constant repeating of the phrase , " you know."

This is such a good, valuable video. Thank you. Really wanted to see the final painting tho!! Subscribed and will look for it

Thank you so much for doing this video, I really enjoyed it :-)

this is the first video ive found that thoroughly explained the under painting process for acrylic , and i am grateful i found this.

How do you decide what color to use for an underpainting? Does it matter? I have used transparent burnt sienna as underpainting for landscapes (I am very new to acrylic) but I was under the impression that would give the final picture a glow and you might see a small amount peek out. Is there a science to picking the color though? I love the idea of mapping out your values, to me it seems like it would make it easier to paint the pic once the values are mapped out.

Wow…I learned more in the first 5 minutes of this video than in scores of others online! Thank you, I can’t wait to watch more of your videos…

Exactly what i needed, thank you!!

What do you think about those water-based oils

Adding salt and spritzing like a water colorist does..might be interesting.

New to your channel and loving it so far. Also new to painting. I have canvas, a few, but I'm curious what you recommend for practice? I don't really want to buy and toss canvas's if I don't have too. What a good surface for practice?

Love your channel 💕New sub here ☺️🫶🏼

Awesome, thank you.

Really cool!

Very helpful.

Very insightful and full of helpful instruction. Thank you

Thanks for sharing, my hobby is reading so I begun appreciating the art of printing when I saw an ex libris collection. I love ex libris, hope some day you share a video about them. ❤🙏🌈💐

This is fascinating

Thank you for explaining a portrait

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This one of the techniques I want to try! Thank you for your work and inspiration. x

For the life of me, I just do not get why you have so few Likes and views! YT can be quite unfair and imbalanced sometimes. I really enjoyed watching this video. You demonstrated well some really interesting techniques. I have experimented with so many different mediums and techniques myself so I am familiar with some, but you have introduced me to a few new ones. So I for one will be trying them out (plus a few from another of your videos on graphite / powder). I have saved these vids to my Watch Later list so that I can follow them step by step! Thank you very much for your hard work. You deserve so much more recognition. And I sub'd. x

Great canvas. Compositionally, the only part I’d change is the blue wall shadow sprouting from his head. But a good project idea.

Thank you, just what I needed :) very helpful.

Statin stitch?

"The horizon line is not where the earth meets the sky" made this 1000% more confusing for me

Thanks! lovely.:)

Good video, I enjoyed going though those terms again to fresh up my knowledge

Silverpoint demo? Yes, please!!

P R O M O S M 🙋

If gouache is re-wettable, does that also make it prone to lifting if you go over it again? Thanks in advance,

I've gotta ask - what are those bones and where did you get them?? Thanks in anticipation!

this was enormously helpful, especially the part about how/why to use the complementary color pairings, I never thought to use the word exotic to describe yellow and purple but it rings so true 💛💜

I love you ❤ gracias por estos videos ❤

You’re an amazing artist! I think I’ll try your layering method, seems fun

Great stuff!

Class thanks for the help Kudos from Cornwall

Gracias ☺️ excelente clase 👍🏻❤

Thank you Melissa. This is a great exercise. I am currently learning proportional drawing and this is super helpful. I especially love the initial “sighting” step and then confirming that through measurements and finally setting in stone with the thicker pencil.

great vid!

Very informative and interesting to see your process. The only thing that I would point out is that your comment around the 10:45ish mark is flat out wrong and should be corrected as it involves health and safety of these paints. There’s a huge misconception about acrylic paint being safe and these paint companies are not correcting or doing a good job of informing the public about their products health risks, in fact it’s misleading and harmful to perpetuate this myth of nontoxic paint. Especially one held in a acrylic suspension. Acrylic paints are actually extremely toxic to the environment. They are a plastic which is composed of synthetic resins derived from petroleum components. “These pigments are then suspended by an acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers (synthetic resin binder) to make it stick or dry on any surface. Binders are usually synthetic resins or natural polymers such as acrylic polymer emulsion. Many of them are known harmful to health, especially in the air, water, and soil.” “Acrylic polymer emulsion serves as the binder in most acrylic paints, they are mostly made of compounds like methyl methacrylate and a common catalyst mostly made of carbon and hydrogen. Although humans can not ingest this chemical compound it can affect the skin and may cause cancers.” Acrylic paints are ‘plastic’ or called latex paint which means they contain plasticizers which are basically liquid plastic to make them stick or dry on any surface. They produce toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde, acetal, acrolein, and ethylene oxide when exposed to intense heat. Some acrylic paint contains cadmium, cobalt, manganese, chromium, and lead. These metals and substances can cause damage to the brain and kidneys and can also cause nervous system disorders. Acrylic paint also contains carcinogenic pollutants such as benzene, xylene, styrene, and butadiene. Benzene is an ingredient used in pesticides; it has been shown to cause leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and other blood disorders. So this whole dilution in water with acrylic’s is actually very harmful to our shared water sources and the environment in general.

Very good tutorial. I think I will watch more of them in the future from you. Just curious, though you seem to use such a small brush and most of the tutorials I see from well-established artist use quite a big brush. In fact, they usually say the biggest when you can for the size of your canvas. Just wondering if you could explain your choices to me as I tend to use smaller brushes also

Thank you! I’m just getting started in acrylics…this was wonderful!

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I really like the transparent layers. I have acrylics and tried them years ago, but didn’t like them (I paint in watercolors). I do like the look of oils, but after watching your video, I am going to try with acrylics. Just subscribed. Thank you!!

Good job beautiful art good luck my friends

Great video, do you have any tips on transitioning from drawings using cross hatches to drawings that emulate the look of etching?

Hey Melissa. I missed the notifications of several videos. I'm working through them. TH-cam irks me when it does that. I love that you leave your daughter's photo/video bombing in the video. What a hoot. LOL

Hey there Melissa, I really enjoyed the new video. I have heard most of these terms. However some I was a little fuzzy about their exact meaning. It was great to review the ones I knew and to clarify the others with great examples. Thank You.

Don't use a lot of water with acrylic, it breaks down the bonds and results in cracking. Use a medium. :)

Good painting bad video and sound quality