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Many thanks. Yes - I also made an oil painting of her in month 2 I think. It fell off the wall the night she died. I have a feeling I will put her into more of my works...This way, she lives on...

Jeff... every comment you write I want to just say yes, yes and YES! I am very aware of the Jungian spiral, in many aspects of my life. The quotes are so great, and so encouraging! Thank you!

You're welcome! Well since I'm on a winning streak, will you write a bit about the one that you say "breaks the rules"? Such a rebel! ;-) I see it as a mandala. There's a story in the quadrants. I have my ideas about it, but your interpretation is the only one that means anything because it's your image. I'd love to know what it means for you.

Oh you are very welcome. Yes... I have been you TH-cam for a long time and bored with polished perfect in one brushstroke kinds of things, as it is usually not the truth, or has been practised 10-100 times over until it was achieved. Painting is a searching-process for me. That is actually one of the things that makes it so exciting, every time you start a new blank canvas...

Oh you are so welcome! Yes, many layers, even though this painting was a pretty straight-forward process!

Thank you so much, that is just about exactly what I am hoping to do for the viewers!♥️😘

Oooooh, so cool! Yes, and even though acting is considered being an artist, too, there is much more authenticity, creativity, imagination, freedom and independence in being a painter. At least that's what I am finding... All the best to you!

@@katjart3649 yes it’s why I made the switch! It’s so much more and give me the freedom of expression when I can’t with words then I paint! Hehehe

Oh good for you!!! Ah yes, the perception of others... it helps me to think that I can never really know what everyone thinks, nor really actually influence it. So I might as well act and paint the way I love it myself... Yes, moving at your own pace definitely has advantages. I found myself rush through a lot of the program, but like you said - at least I can go back. Have a great time painting, all the best to you!

And thank you for encouraging me - it gets easier that way!😘

Thank you!!!

Thank you so much, that is very encouraging! 😉

Oh thank you so much, that is so good to hear! Don't worry - if your motivation stays strong and if you just keep doing it and digging in - also into your innermost driving forces - you will for sure find your voice! If you are still in Part 1 there is no rush. This is all about getting the techniques down and finding your strength. All the best to you - I hope to encounter you again here and/or there! 😉

@@paintedsage9253 This is what happened to me, I found I got so blocked by following the program as is, that I'm just doing it as I want and my flow is really flowing at the moment 😅

OMG you are amazing, it's like you looked right into me - LOVE Rima Staines and didn't know her yet. Thank you so much, both are definitely very inspiring for me! Good for you for having gotten on your own track! Have a great time with lots of in the flow painting...😘

Awesome, great for you!!!

♥️🙏♥️ Thanks to people like you I get more and more daring to "being me" more often.

I will! Thank you - you are actually not the first one to say this, and the original is sold already! I just need to take a really good photo of it, so the prints come out great... it's on my to-do list, but not at the very top...😉

Oh my, what encouraging words, thank you so much! That being said, don't want to be me - want to be you! I bet you make great art when you get rid of all those filters and censors we like to put on ourselves and let our souls speak through our brushes. Ok that was cheesy. Thank you for liking my art. That is encouraging. I hope to encourage you to be yourself, too!

@@katjart3649 yeah, I started taking ozempic and no longer think about food, happily now I think about art more often and watching the Milan free videos have turned on some fire, now I am watching Milan student vlogs which is how I found you, I’ve found some nice women artist with awesome art! I come from the art Sherpa world. She’s a good teacher too! It’s more fantasy fun art but it’s practice! I am looking to learn new styles!

Haha, I doubt it! I barely do film/tv work, I mostly hop around on live theatre stages 😉

Thank you so very much - that is exactly what I hoped to do for viewers/artists! 😘

I've come to the same conclusion! I'm 80 years old. I know what I DO NOT want to do already.

Well I think that is exactly what's recommended! To use the program to your very own needs! There are lots of gems in the videos, but discovering it in your own order and at your own pace makes more sense than going at a rate that doesn't suit you! Congrats for already knowing what you want - keep going, the journey only gets better and better, the more we follow our own path😘

Perfect!! Exactly - why waste time on things that aren't worth it for you! Knowing what you don't want is so valuable, and acting on it is very important to find happiness!

Hah, you make me laugh. Thank you. Agreed😉. And I promise I will!😘

Those are such beautiful and encouraging words. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! You have a nice day, too!♥️

Thank you!!!

Great question! I wouldn't call it subtractive, because I am not putting on paint that I then take off again, but leaving the spaces for the herons out when I am painting the background...

Awesome painting ❤...I would like the timelapse to be a bit slower ...but that is up to you😉. I really enjoy and learn a lot from your videos. Thank you 🌹.

@@katjart3649 I went right over to my easel and painted after this! Thank you for inspiring me today!

Oh my Goodness that is so cool! Wishing you all the best for that painting! Thank you for sharing, you put a big smile on my face!

Thank you so much for that input! I actually feel the same. I will have to see how I do that, my Timelapse shutter speed can't be adjusted, but I guess I can slow down the speed of the video afterwards...😉

Thank you so much, glad you are here! A lot of people end up struggling, because part 2 is all over the place and you try out all these materials and you kind of loose yourself in all of that, while with the workbook questions you are supposed to find yourself😅. I didn't like spray paint for my two assignments, but I think I will try them again in the future for bigger canvases. Oh and I'll be curious how you do with collage - because even there I ended up covering up more than I wanted😅. Try to keep a sense of humour and curiosity and you'll be fine.

Jeff!!! Thank you so much!!! I wanted to answer to your amazing uplifting comments in the community, but didn't find them anymore! You made the best compliments and I appreciated them a lot! I will at some point sell prints of my art on my homepage, but I don't dare predict when that will be. A lot of work has to go into my homepage first ;-) I will post a time-lapse of this painting though, in case you are interested. Thank you again!

@@katjart3649 Hi Katja! Apologies for the sudden disappearance. Thank you for your kind words! :-) The videos you make are very candid and honest and insightful. They're extremely helpful to those who are in, or are thinking about joining the Milan program. I've left the Milan community. It's not my intention to be a professional artist, only to learn how to draw and paint symbols and images from my imagination as Odilon Redon and CG Jung did and I realized the full Mastery program would be way overkill when I only need something like the Beginners Art Program. What I appreciate about your art Katja and wrote about it in the community is that your art is different, interesting, refreshing, and from imagination that's unique to you. I love that you appreciate surrealism as I do. I love that you are painting "weirdness" as you say. Of course you must do the assignments with the formula they give you to complete the course properly. I'd love to see how your own style refines itself over time. The Milan formula in my opinion typically is: 1. A collage background 2. Drips of paint 3. A portrait of a woman 4. A portrait of "romanticized, ideal" masculinity stylized as an animal (usually a powerful feline) 5. The whole lot drowning in flowers 6. "Finding your voice" means doing all this but trying to make it look different from everyone else doing the same thing For anyone trying to reconcile the "Milan formula" and their own unique style consider this: even Alphonse Mucha painted art nouveau to make a buck and earn a living. But he also painted "The Slav Epic" which I had the fortune of seeing in Prague when I lived there and it is amazing and definitely not art nouveau! Paint what you must for money. Paint what you want for yourself. If it happens to be the same thing you're lucky! Totally understandable about the prints and website and all that. I look forward to watching the time lapse of the bird painting, super cool idea! Thank you!

Oh wow Jeff, I love everything you wrote. It all rings so true in my ears (and made me laugh) and congrats to you for knowing what you want and need and not wasting your time on everything else out there... Can I see what you make somewhere? My next Mastery Program video of month 6 is out today, and you will see that I put out some more opinionated comment on the predominant abstract realism style that is out there ;-). I agree with you on everything. And since part 1 and 2 are over now, I get to paint whatever I want and that will be so exciting and fun. I will keep searching that balance between possibly being sellable and staying unique as opposed to mainstream, but mainly I want and need to be authentic in my creativity. That's what it all comes down to. Otherwise I don't have to be an artist at all. Thank you again. It's always inspiring and uplifting to connect with like-minded humans. PS: I love Alphonse Mucha of course… the „commercial“ as well as the artistic works

@@katjart3649 In answer to your question, no they're all in my sketchbook. They're really primitive sketches. So primitive that if I uploaded them, I'd be sued by ice age people for copyright violation and all the time in court would take away from my learning ;-). Mostly they're suggestions of form and shape placeholders and notes to help me remember stuff for when the time comes that I can actually give them the vibrant and colorful life that they truly deserve.

Oh please don't despair! See it as a mystery quest! And by all means don't expect to make any kind of cohesive and awesome art during part 2... If you did, you wouldn't need the program. Try the techniques and discard what doesn't rock your boat! You don't have to share your failures like I do! Oh and if you think my stuff is great (thank you for that) - notice that people might say the same about yours! I get it that it doesn't feel like it to yourself. But it is actually also not important. What's important is that you stay with it and don't loose the general passion for painting. If you do, step away and let yourself paint whatever you want to (if you know). That will also give you good input. My next video is coming out very soon and you will see that I am still struggling, but with a definite silver lining!

@@katjart3649 thanks so much, you are right I may have to step out for a week or so.. listening to this and seeing the comments that I’m not the only one who feels this way it’s give me more perspective to not be so harsh on myself too

Oh, that is soooo good to hear! Yes, we are all unique and different, but it is so good to hear that we are also very much alike... at least some of us, hahaha!😅 I will get even more opinionated in the next video (should be out soon), but I tell you - I am actually starting to understand many of my personal conundrums!

Ooooh congrats! And if you are already painting and experimenting a lot now you will have such a head start! Thank you for the input on the heron painting - the suggestion is great - I could have created a 3d-effect on the 2d-look of the waves! That would have been even cooler.

How awesome, thank you! Well... as for paper... I wasn't thrilled with the thought either. I think they mainly want you to do it because a lot of companies that you might end up working with will prefer works on paper. Then you can make a bunch, roll it all up and send it away easily... If you use exactly the paper they recommend (100% rag and acid free) it works fine and actually doesn't warp at all.

@@katjart3649 thank you so much - that actually makes sense.

Thanks for this cause I’m too and I’m stuck can’t seen to find my groove yet too, so frustrating

Oh my Goodness you have no idea how great it is to read this! Honestly such a relief! Thank you very much!!!

Right?! Don't get frustrated though. See yourself as a detective and have fun figuring it out. I find more "nos" than "Yesses", but pretty soon I have ruled out enough that only the good stuff is left over 😅

Hi Susan! It is 100% rag, acid free paper, which is what they want you to use for the mixed media part of the program. But honestly I can't wait to get back to canvas and canvas boards!

@@katjart3649welches Papier hast du denn genommen? Strathmore?

How cool, I love to hear that

Ooooh excellent! Congrats!

I usually use a white or transparent Acrylic Medium, or simply acrylic paint diluted with water (acrylic matte medium or acrylic gels can also be used as primers). It depends a little how well pre-primed the canvas is that I am using.

Thank you! Yes, I have a palette like that, but no, I don't use it, hahaha! It just hangs in my studio and looks nice, and it has all this old dried-up paint on it. In the mastery program they teach you how to make a pallette yourself out of glass, and it is really great to use, so I highly recommend doing that...

Great question! I used to use regular masking tape but it can tear your paper when you remove it. Someone just told me you can use a blowdryer when removing the tape, to meld the glue - that way it won't damage the paper! Need to try that. But I have now been using a special artists tape that removes without problem. I talk about it more in the part 2 videos.

Awesome!!!

Yes this is all paper, deckled edges, 100% rag, acid free. This is what they ask you to use for the mixed media part of the program. But I am really looking forward to painting on canvas again.

Another great question! It depends on the effect you want and on the size of canvas you use! I look forward to using large ones on large canvases! But here I only used really cheap small ones - bought a variety pack from about 1 to 4 inches. I figured this will be enough to try it out and find out whether a bigger investment is worth it...

True. More planning could have helped, too 😅

Yes! agreed! These are all still studies to find what I like and to find my process. And it is coming together slowly...

Since I can't tell at which point in the video you wrote this, I am not sure I know what you mean... red satin wrap?

I like weird too. Maybe a different kind of weird than you😅

And thank you so much for all your input!!! Yes, all is well and I am about to post the next video already - end of part 2!

Great, I love to hear that! It is actually freeing to know that all our experiences and tastes differ!

This is a great question! I Suppose you mean for oils? Well I probably don't have enough comparison to be able to answer that. So far I have been using Winsor & Newtons Liquin as well as Schmincke's Rapid Medium, and I can't tell a difference. I like the gel-like consistency of Liquin. I also have some Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyd paint, which is supposed to dry faster, but I haven't noticed that much of a difference. The most important factor is the climate in your studio. If it is cold and damp it dries much slower...

Oh thank you so much 🙏 I hope you are well too! 😘

Oh yay, thank you, that is so good to hear! I am uploading the newest video right now... 😉

Thank you very much!♥️🙏