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thank you so much Wendy! Knowing that you are inspired by what I'm doing keeps me going... Cheers!

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the WAM Channel... Cheers!

Thank you so much! So appreciate your appreciation!

Thanks so much for chiming with your thoughts here! I too, wonder at my "swift trashing" of beautiful passages in search of... what? I don't know, but I always do know when it really shows up for me. Cheers to your artistic practice!

Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment! I'm glad you mentioned that this was a "perfect antidote for fear of the blank canvas" which I know can be paralyzing for some artists... I have rarely had that feeling because I so love just diving into reckless abandon precisely because I can totally let go expectations, which of course expectations is the thing that kicks off the fear of the blank canvas!!! Cheers my dear...🤩

Thanks so much for your very kind and supportive sentiments, Heather! I think this is all built on trusting your reckless abandon mentality trusting that you will NOT mess it up no matter what you do, and then letting go of the need to trust and just live into the flow of paint. Just like you say! It is indeed a journey... cheers to your journey!

Interesting! I think this may be referring to what I am saying in the video at 2 minutes and 11 seconds?!

And I love that you enjoy what I do, Carol! Keeps me going... Thanks so much, and cheers to your artistic practice! 🥰

thank you Marlene! Do you know the album Les McCann Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1969? GREAT music! Cheers and thanks back to you... 🥰

thank you much Susie! Comments like yours keep me going... cheers!

thank you so much Kerry! I'm so sorry to hear about your subscription woes 😔Please email me at marianne@wholeartistmastery.com to receive your intro guide that you would get by subscribing. It's a mystery as to why you're unable to subscribe but my team and I will look deeper into the website to see what glitch there may be. so email me! 🥰🙏

Wow! How wonderful to know that this has brought you closer to your own creative - artistic - voice coming alive. That's everything for me in terms of why I am making these videos. Cheers and onward...

you are so welcome!

So glad to know my videos are inspiring and helpful to your artistic journey... Many thanks for your interest!

Hi Marlene, I so appreciate hearing the story of your own artistic path and that of your son's as well. It means a lot to me that the energy I put into sharing my hard-won knowledge is so well received. So thank you for the gift of appreciation! Cheers to your artistic practice...

Hi Maxine, I'm so glad you found this helpful and informative regarding your own artistic process. I simply love sharing my experience so that other artists can ever deepen their own awareness of who they are, how they express themselves through paint, and what they want to do as an artist. Cheers to your artistic journey!

Hi Sheri! Many thanks for your astute comments! Glad this visual demo was helpful to you, and that my-windy-twisty-road experience made sense 😉🙏

Hi Heather! Many thanks for your thoughtful comments and question. Just to clarify... I think what you are asking is: why did I keep going with a painting that wasn't speaking to me, instead of abandoning it and starting over on a new piece? In answer to this question... I keep going on a piece because I am determined to "get it there!" and actually enjoy the over-time build up of paint that creates a depth of surface that earlier iterations - while lovely - fall short of this depth and history or layering. I hope this answers your question! LMK if you need further clarification 🙂🙏

@ Thank you Marianne… I believe that does clarify things. Beyond the physical depth that continuing on the same canvas provides, I now better understand that there’s an emotional/psychological payoff to taking the same canvas from the beginning to the end… to meet your desire. Is that about right?

@@heatherbell5306 You got it! It's a windy-twisty-frustrating-euphoric journey... worth every moment! The sense of personal accomplishment is great. Cheers to your windy-twisty-frustrating-euphoric artists journey!

@ Thank you, Marianne… and to the continuation of yours!

@@heatherbell5306 🙏🌈

So glad you loved this video and found my process interesting! It's great to know that people appreciate hearing about the long and winding journey here... 😅🙏

So glad to hear this was hugely helpful to you! And sometimes... a painting does just happen like that - without a huge effort.... and sometime they take forever and a day 😅 Cheers to your artistic practice...

Thanks so much for chiming in here!

Hi Hope! Glad you're inspired to paint everyday... so great! Here is a link with a photo of what the panel is mounted on - it's called a "cradle" which is 2" deep but you can buy panels with less deep cradles as well... Cheers to your artistic practice! www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/ampersand-gessobord-panel-cradled-38mm-8x8in?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAnKi8BhB0EiwA58DA4Q63o5jXPmA7L2C9BHbdj-Wm4ky2AXtweTMLHylIOtlgrdc4AZO8BhoCpcUQAvD_BwE

So true! Thanks for sayin' so... and it must take one to know one!

Hello! Thank you so much for your astute comments regarding my thought process shared in this video! Cheers to your artistic practice...

Many thanks for your interest!

Hi there thanks for your comment about my crisp edges and how they are achieved. Check out Video 49 which addresses the making of edges... and I will consider making another one as well! Cheers to your artistic practice...

@@mariannemitchellwholeart Thank you so much!! I love your channel and style. 🙏

@ thanks so much for saying so!

Marianne, thank you for this wonderful video. I'm a (somewhat) new artist and have been struggling with relearning the basics of art and design. I'm also feeling like I want to bring more of myself into what I am making and confused about how to do that. Seeing the process you go through as an experienced artist working to bring your inner world into our shared physical reality is helpful. Love your videos and your work! Thank you.

@@valerieperkins221 Hi Valerie thanks so much for sharing a bit out where you are as an artist! I love helping artists become aware of their inner voice, the story/meaning they want to convey in their work and how to make that happen in composition and color. Stay tuned over the next few months as things are "percolating" in the WAM community to bring more "Meaning and Making" discourse to a wider audience 😊 Cheers to your artistic practice...

So glad you did too! Cheers to your artistic practice...

Hey Susan great to "see" you here! Many thanks for your kind words... cheers to your painting practice! 🤗

Thanks so much. Your teaching and mentoring are always such an inspiration to me!❤

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Hi, thanks for your question! I am painting on pre-gessoed wood panels made by Ampersand - called Gessobord. Here is a link to the product: ampersandart.com/panels/gessobord Cheers!

Thank you so much! I am a oil painting beginner and I think your technics are sooo inspiring.

@@lilianeperroud-x4r Thanks for sayin' so... means a lot!

the panels I am painting on are 24" inches by 24" inches

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this painting here, Dawn! I appreciate your interest in the Whole Artist Mastery YT channel!

Hi Vivian! Thanks for chiming in here... I only use regular oil colors - no fluorescent color. I achieve the luminous quality through layering colors of various paint thicknesses together. Cheers!

Thanks so much for your comments!

And you are wonderful for saying so! THANK you 🙏😊

That's wonderful to know, Jennette! So glad you've found my TH-cam channel 😊

and thanks for sharing your appreciation here! cheers to your artistic practice...

And thanks to you, Wendy, for sharing your appreciation here! I love knowing that the content I put out into the Universe makes a difference in the the lives of those who take it in... cheer to your artistic practice!

Fun to hear you're still using them! They really work in small spaces... You are making some beautiful work these days 🥰

Hi, thanks for asking! These were actually made for me by a guy who "fixed thing" in my last studio building. I brought them with me when I moved into my current studio. Do you know anyone who is handy with a saw and can make them for you? I suggest you watch my earlier video on french cleats... also! a good alternative is a wall mounted easel... here is a link to a wall-mount easel that Dick Blick sells: www.dickblick.com/items/best-wallmount-easel/?clicktracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=51507-1001&country=us&currency=usd&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOkX5ZjSnGTsemI5G1E2m-DX8woW0p4OmbZlFy0HwWBavZDizmGJN7MaAlGGEALw_wcB

So glad to know, Monica! Cheers and thanks...

the carts ARE great aren't they?! They are not always available, and I wanted to focus on equipment/furniture that was more portable and flexible. Hard to cover all my bases, admittedly 🙃

Glad you found this helpful Elle! If you know anyone who is handy with a saw and making simple things, that's the way to go. If not, there is a wall mount easel that looks good, here is the Dick Blick link: www.dickblick.com/items/best-wallmount-easel/?clicktracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=51507-1001&country=us&currency=usd&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAst67BhCEARIsAKKdWOkX5ZjSnGTsemI5G1E2m-DX8woW0p4OmbZlFy0HwWBavZDizmGJN7MaAlGGEALw_wcB

Thanks so much for sharing this info about metal cans. oily rags, water and fire extinguisher. Very helpful!

Hi Heather, thanks so much for sharing about what you like.can do in your own space! The tables are an ingenious design, I've used them for outdoor workshops, indoor studio spaces, books, drawing on top of... the list goes on! So versatile and sturdy. Enjoy!