Thank you for sharing your knowledge...you might try looking at your local drug store cosmetic counter for a blending brush...we who put blush on our face do like a brush thadh that Keeps it’d soft bristles.
I love your channel and have been watching it with my 8 year old daughter, she loves it too! If circumstances were different I would definitely be joining you in France for one of your courses. Thank you for your tips and tricks and for giving us a window into the creation of a fine painting.
I said "Yeah!!" really loud when you suggested also using purple in your skys. When I was very young I discovered purple made a great color for skys when I colored in my coloring book. Every photo wasnt complete until I finished my background in (usually) a dark purple. To me it made my coloring book picture "more real looking" and bit spooky too sometimes😂
Make up brushes are very good blending brushes, they are cheaper and they do not shed, they also work AMAZING!!! And this painting is incredibly beautiful. Your work just makes my soul smile.
Thanks for the tip on makeup brushes. I was just wondering what to do with all the big makeup brushes I have and never use. Cleaned up and organized my bathroom yesterday. So glad I kept those!
Amazing tutorial! It was poetry in motion to watch you wielding those brushes. The painting is beautiful, and it was a joy to watch you bring it to life. Many thanks for sharing your profound talent and your time.
So very refreshing to finally see someone breaking the "rules." I really needed this. I rarely subscribe but this is a welcome exception. This is the first video of yours I've seen, but I think you are my new favorite instructor!! Thank you so much.
@@chrismerrick9578 His approach with the technical part of painting is different yeah - the feeling behind his painting though, gives me the amazing feeling Bob Ross gives me. Thank you for your thoughts, but Stuart loves my comment - that is all the validation I need sir! ;)
I see brown in the sky, too., and such jaggedy shapes that I think 'If I painted it exactly as it is now, no one would believe that it is the real sky of that moment'. Lovely sky! Thank you.
I love your style of painting and teaching. My first time watching you . I live in Tennessee, USA near the Smoky Mountain range. What do you use if any for a finish. If you use a finish when do you apply it. I will be watching more of your videos. Thank you.
Your voice sounds very similar to Bill Nighy. As soon as you started futzing around with the sky at the end of the video, suddenly the yellow grassy area behind the trees, jumped right out of the picture. This is the first time I’ve come across any of your videos and you can be sure that I will continue looking out for your lessons. I was looking to get some distance perspective in my work and I got it. Thanks a lot. ❤️ Babs
❤️ Funny how a suggestion can change one’s perception. I love your style, your narration, and your wisdom. I was not so enamored of these trees until you said they might be hawthorn... silly ol’ me. ❤️
At the time of watching I see 236 thumbs down. Those folk have to stay with their painting by numbers kits from the toy shop because they obviously know nothing about being an artist and love showing their ignorance. Stuart your one of the most talented and generous artists on this platform and your expertise comes through in your commentary. I and the rest of your subscribers are so grateful for your down to earth and instructive narration we can't help but improve, thank you.
This was my first Stuart Davies instructional painting, where I painted along with you. I was quite pleased with the outcome. BEAUTIFUL sky. Now that it's dry, I see things I want to change. I wish there was a way to share it with you. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us all! I am learning so very much ! The tiniest things you probably think pass right over are the things I pick up on the most!! Please don't quit telling the stories!! Be well Stuart!
You refer to amateurs....I am not....yet when I watch you paint, I truly am an amateur.... Finding you, Mr. Davies on TH-cam, has been such a great blessing and I am so grateful for your videos. My children have been told that going to France for one of your classes is now on my "to do" lists.
I love watching your videos. Since I started watching I started to look at my own paintings in a different way and I changed my style over time quite a lot. Now I don't feel this "pressure" of perfection anymore. Thank you for everything! 😀
Since I watched the video before how you changed the wonderful sky in this painting, now it was good to observe the development of the landscape. I also really enjoy listening to memories from the past. Many thanks to our wonderful teacher!
Yes! 56 min. of bliss! As I look out my window this evening wouldn't you know it, there are some wispy clouds that are tinged with burnt umber -- fantastic!
I can smell the paint! I love your style of teaching, repetition is good. The landscape in this painting is uncannily similar to the views from my front garden, including the big sky which changes mood at the drop of a hat! Thank you for inspiring me to take up my paintbrush once again.
It will never cease to amaze me how you can so effortlessly compose such beautiful paintings. To me you are on par with money and the other great impressionists (however different your style may be) and the emotions in your paintings, especially the skies, are powerful
After following your tutorials i enjoying painting again. It's like when I was a child, no stress or expectations. It's fun seeing what the paint does Thank you Stuart!
The result looks like a photo. The trees look like each leaf was painted. It really does look like twigs and grass were individually painted as well. I think I can even see each drop of moisture in the clouds. Excellent tutorial!
Masterful painting and wonderful video. Production quality, both visually and aurally, is the best yet. One more thought about repetition....it has been said that many artists keep painting the same painting over and over again throughout their lives in order to "get it right". (Whatever IT is). This may be somewhat of an exaggeration but I have seen it to be generally true with artists I have known personally. They paint and paint within a narrow genre or subject matter, producing hundreds of variations on a theme, hopefully getting closer to some imaginary ideal in their head. You often unapologetically state that you only want to paint raw landscapes with no sign of humanity. (Your viewers are happy about that, of course!) Be as unapologetic about the repetition in your voiceover. Repetition and practice of a few important skills is the essence of mastery of any art form or sport, as you clearly know. You are bound to repeat yourself verbally as you demonstrate your art. Embrace it! We love and appreciate each subtle iteration of both landscape and instruction.
I find myself wondering what the view out your livingroom windows is like. I get so caught up in your voice and the scenery appearing before my eyes that it is the closest thong to the wonderful feeling of being involved in a GREAT book. That place your imagination takes you that is nothing like the movie. Im saddened by the thought that these next generations might not ever know how much more wonderful your own mind can make a book. And it is definately better than the movie. Please keep up the Art of illusion lessons. I really didnt think I had a chance to become a real painter yet my best works have come from my sessions with you. Thank you.
When I listen to your introduction....I immediately go into "relaxing mode".... It is "me time".... I absolutely love your cloudery... (such beautiful clouds in most videos)! Thank you...
Seu trabalho é encantador, incrível. Um grande artista, que cria lindas imagens. (Your work is charming, amazing A great artist, who creates beautiful images. )
I really enjoy your voice and inflection as well as the entire video content. Your background story-telling skills are very charming indeed. Thank you.
It’s my first video of Your work. What I can already say is that: I, FAN! Thank You, Stuart. Much love from Berlin / good old Germany! Not only for You Stuart, but for all of You folks! Hard times in june 2021 - ❤️
I could watch and listen to you all day. You are very calming. I also love the way you paint, nothing precise. It is about interpretation. Just let it flow out of you. I have no art in my background, however I started painting in 1908. I have a wonderful friend that introduced me to expressing myself on canvas. I have used many different things to paint on shingles from 1700. Rocks, you name it. I am getting ready to do a huge painting on a sliding closet door. We took them out, so I feel they would be something to paint and lean against a wall. Enough about me. You are magnificent.
When I first came across your paintings, I thought they were just too random... Now, after watching a few, I wish I could emulate them! I use acrylics and tend to paint more 'realist' landscapes. I'm just gonna have to loosen up and try your method. If I had the chance,I'd love to come to one of your classes but the bank won't wear it!!! So, keep those great videos coming!
Hi there, By adding colour to the sky it looks far more interesting. So I agree, there's not only blue and white sky. And I keep repeating myself "I LOVE YOUR STYLE OF PAINTING" thanks 👍
I very much enjoyed watching this and the advice that you have shared! As a fairly new painter, I feel so fortunate to have access to this amazing information! I have wanted to paint my entire life, but as an introvert, would never take a class. I hope someday to be able to paint like this!!! Amazing!!! Thank you!!
I share your fascination with stormy skies, I find the colours and depth beautiful. I have never painted in oil and would love to try; this has given me the inspiration to have a go. Thank you.
On days that I don’t paint, I watch videos and yours become a favorite. I’m self-taught so I need these kind of learnings from somebody who’s really learned. I’m always surprised at the outcome of what you’re doing.
I don’t know what it is about your videos but watching them and listening to them really help me out when I’m drawing. I recently been lacking motivation to draw anything, but when I discovered your channel it really motivates me to do more. I’m so glad I found this channel, thank you so much for the amazing content you make ❤️
I just love this painting and I also love the sky. I hope one day I can make my sky's with all the feeling I have when I am looking at the beautiful skyline.
I must thank you Stuart for your inspirational & thoroughly informative videos. I have only recently begun experimenting with oils & have painted along with you on several occasions. Your guidance has been priceless, & i look forward to each opportunity to paint along with your videos!!
Whenever I'm feeling a little bummed, like recently when I was working on a video and my camera arbitrarily decided to stop functioning, I like to put on one of your videos and just listen to you talk. It always makes me want to whip out my sketchpads and throw out whatever comes to mind onto paper, it inspires me and I also learn a little something about oil painting (which is a medium I'm really getting into more and more lately). Thanks for the uplifting and keep up the astounding work!
The illusion of depth is so strong my eye can not escape the center in any direction for more than a few seconds! Nor do I want to! Bravo Stuart...a masterful lesson, thank you!
From the technique to the voice, watching you is a pleasure. I'm just starting to draw and paint and I'm quite interested in learning technique. You're such an inspiration. Makes me want to practice every day. Thanks a lot for your generosity
I am a beginner from the SF Bay Area in California. I just wanted to. Know that I love your videos. I learn a lot but I also just love the commentary! Just thank you for posting.
Thank you for reiterating the preparation of your painting surface. This is the first instructional video of yours that I'm watching and I appreciate understanding all the steps needed from the foundation of your work. I'm learning a lot. Thank you!
Thank you Stuart for your detailed painting processes. I have never ever painted anything before other than a house. I am 69 and in the new year will be trying my hand at being an artist in training. I intend to follow your guidelines. If I may, I would like to show you my initial painting attempts. Regards, Stan
I started 1 1/2 yrs ago, and I’ll be 60 this yr. I couldn’t draw a stick man, but now I can sketch, paint in acrylics, oils, and watercolors. Self thought with books and videos. It’s a beautiful world that’s opening up to you, and by FAR, this impressionistic approach by Mr. Davies is so incredibly good. I think he’s great and very easy to listen to. Happy for both of us!
Hello and thank you for the video After a long break I´ll go back to the canvas and make some paintings, thanks to you Mr Davies. Finally a person who really want to teach others in the noble art called painting, and not talking about "them selves", that´s awful to listen to....sorry to say that. But when that´s said, you tell it in a very calm way with a bit of a smile too, explaining all the small details, telling us that you also got problems by buying the wrong brushes now and then....smiles. So, there is just to wish you a pleasant weekend and keep up with your good work. And good luck to all the people out there, who paint and have fun and joy with that all time. The best regards from Denmark, Thomas
Thank you so much for these videos!! They are very informative and also interesting to listen to you and your stories! ...I throw in my one cent: to get those lose hairs off your paintings quickly and easily, causing less "damage", I use a stiff round bristle brush (size 5) like "tweezers"!
Listening to you talk about adding brown to your sky, made me think of growing up in the Midwest near Lake Michigan. Lots of volatile looking skies there. I’ve seen skies like the ones you paint in various places in my country. Don’t know if you know this, but 🇺🇸 has the most volatile weather of anywhere in the world. We’re Number 1! lol. Learned that from my brother who’s a commercial airline capt on the West Coast. At least we’re number one in something besides Covid 🙄😏. This is my 2nd viewing of this video. I watch/listen to them multiple times as I find I learn something new, or something important youve imparted that I had forgotten. Love this one. Ty Professor.
Beautiful painting , curious why you shifted from usual style of detail illusion with the large brush and beginning the sky in layers and using the smaller brushes for more detail ?
Your techniques are explained well and shown in detail instead of rushing through. As a painter who is self taught that is so beneficial to me. Much appreciated!
I find that fluffy foundation makeup brushes work wonderfully as blender brushes. They don’t shed hairs at all and are very inexpensive! Lovely video. Thank you
Hello, Stuart. I am a new viewer and a new painter. Never done it before. I have produced some paintings using what I've learned from you, and I'm really happy with the results. I never NEVER let my clouds end in the middle of the painting. I'm learning the difference between light and dark. But my most fun lesson is that I new have the courage of my convictions with paint. I can use color from a tube and feel confident that I can work with anything I'd like. My first EVER painting I feel is a lovely success. Not brilliant, not perfect, but that's the way I like it. Thanks for your help. Eileen
I just subscribed which I NEVER do. Thank you for teaching this style of painting. It made me get my paints out again, since I can't draw at all but love to paint I realized I can do this with the help of an amazing teacher. Thank you
Extraordinary. You are the man. You taught me about clouds to take them off the canvas. I paint with acrylics. I don’t where to start. You just “ah” me. I just watch you paint. Can you achieve this look with acrylics I guess that would be my first question. Thank you Mr. Davies, for sharing with us your gifted talent. I love the college story. If I tried that today no doubt I would be arrested or some idiot would steal my paints.lol.
I landed on your site tonight. Only picked up a paintbrush a year ago. I'm 59 years old and was never allowed to take art in school. I started doing easy acrylic paintings or acrylic pours. Canada is shut down due to Covid virus and I'm low on supplies. I've watched 3 of your videos tonight and will watch a few more before I fall asleep. Tomorrow will go buy some oil paints and try to paint along with you. (If the stores are open!) These are the type of painting and scenery I would love to be able to do. Thank you for sharing your expertise and story tellings, makes for a very intersting video. I also like hearing your calm voice and mo music. Helps me focus better. New sub!!
I liked the way the sky looked before you added more grey towards the end of the video, but the finished result is just as beautiful! Thank you so much for teaching! Lilly R.
The stormy skies are just more interesting to me as well. There's just so many colors & movement. Static skies are ok if you're painting the Grand Canyon or something that will have all those up front warm colors against a static sky - but overall stormy skies are, imo, more interesting & plain old beautiful. Plus it's a lot of fun watching them come to life. Thank you for sharing your work with us! I'm doing wet on wet but I find that I'm using more shop towels than I am brushes anymore!
very impressive. painting for me typically brings about a certain amount of anxiety, especially prior to starting. But watching you effortlessly begin and then carry that effortlessness through to conclusion really does help me realize that I don’t need to be afraid.
I echo other comments. Listening to you impart your knowledge and experience of drawing, painting techniques and invaluable information on colour, favourite supllies and overall expertise is an absolute joy and privilege. I have only just found you, woe is me but better late than never. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your brilliance. ❤❤❤xxx
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. . I love the dynamic skies in many of your videos. Learning a lot of great tips and like your freedom of expression.
I like watching you and love your calming voice with NO music! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge...you might try looking at your local drug store cosmetic counter for a blending brush...we who put blush on our face do like a brush thadh that
Keeps it’d soft bristles.
WORD!
Totally agree with you. So calming to watch. Thanks Stuart!
I love your channel and have been watching it with my 8 year old daughter, she loves it too!
If circumstances were different I would definitely be joining you in France for one of your courses.
Thank you for your tips and tricks and for giving us a window into the creation of a fine painting.
I said "Yeah!!" really loud when you suggested also using purple in your skys. When I was very young I discovered purple made a great color for skys when I colored in my coloring book. Every photo wasnt complete until I finished my background in (usually) a dark purple. To me it made my coloring book picture "more real looking" and bit spooky too sometimes😂
Make up brushes are very good blending brushes, they are cheaper and they do not shed, they also work AMAZING!!! And this painting is incredibly beautiful. Your work just makes my soul smile.
Thanks for the tip on makeup brushes. I was just wondering what to do with all the big makeup brushes I have and never use. Cleaned up and organized my bathroom yesterday. So glad I kept those!
Amazing tutorial! It was poetry in motion to watch you wielding those brushes. The painting is beautiful, and it was a joy to watch you bring it to life. Many thanks for sharing your profound talent and your time.
So very refreshing to finally see someone breaking the "rules." I really needed this. I rarely subscribe but this is a welcome exception. This is the first video of yours I've seen, but I think you are my new favorite instructor!! Thank you so much.
You are like a British Bob Ross - very soothing voice and relaxing videos. Your work is awesome. Thank you for what you do Stuart!
Duran Duran64 I’m not sure if Stuart likes Bobs approach to landscapes. He’s mentioned that he doesn’t paint barns, huts, posts and mountains!
@@chrismerrick9578 His approach with the technical part of painting is different yeah - the feeling behind his painting though, gives me the amazing feeling Bob Ross gives me. Thank you for your thoughts, but Stuart loves my comment - that is all the validation I need sir! ;)
The only thing they have in common is the gentle nature and soft calming voice.
Bob Ross is no tonalist!
16:54 otherwise known as "beatin the devil out of it"
I see brown in the sky, too., and such jaggedy shapes that I think 'If I painted it exactly as it is now, no one would believe that it is the real sky of that moment'. Lovely sky! Thank you.
My wife and I were watching a Stuart Davies video, and she shouted "I'm in love with Stuart Davies!," and I said, "I forgive you."
Now THAT really made me laugh :-)
Its good thanks
Me too ! I actually burst out laughing !
I love your style of painting and teaching. My first time watching you . I live in Tennessee, USA near the Smoky Mountain range. What do you use if any for a finish. If you use a finish when do you apply it. I will be watching more of your videos. Thank you.
Haha
Hi Stuart, my painting is improving thanks to you
Appreciate your time,
Trevor - South Africa
I love your videos and you have a wonderful way of teaching thank you very much for sharing your wonderful technique
Your voice sounds very similar to Bill Nighy. As soon as you started futzing around with the sky at the end of the video, suddenly the yellow grassy area behind the trees, jumped right out of the picture. This is the first time I’ve come across any of your videos and you can be sure that I will continue looking out for your lessons. I was looking to get some distance perspective in my work and I got it. Thanks a lot. ❤️ Babs
Thanks, Mr. Davies. ❤️
❤️ Funny how a suggestion can change one’s perception. I love your style, your narration, and your wisdom. I was not so enamored of these trees until you said they might be hawthorn... silly ol’ me. ❤️
Wow! Means it seems real!
I can smell the grass and feel the texture of the ground while I walk endless miles in your painting.....Thank You.
At the time of watching I see 236 thumbs down. Those folk have to stay with their painting by numbers kits from the toy shop because they obviously know nothing about being an artist and love showing their ignorance. Stuart your one of the most talented and generous artists on this platform and your expertise comes through in your commentary. I and the rest of your subscribers are so grateful for your down to earth and instructive narration we can't help but improve, thank you.
This was my first Stuart Davies instructional painting, where I painted along with you. I was quite pleased with the outcome. BEAUTIFUL sky. Now that it's dry, I see things I want to change. I wish there was a way to share it with you. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
That was Fantastic I wish I had talent like yours!😎
Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us all! I am learning so very much ! The tiniest things you probably think pass right over are the things I pick up on the most!! Please don't quit telling the stories!! Be well Stuart!
You refer to amateurs....I am not....yet when I watch you paint,
I truly am an amateur....
Finding you, Mr. Davies on TH-cam, has been such a great blessing and I am so grateful for your videos.
My children have been told that going to France for one of your classes is now on my "to do" lists.
Buenas tardes. Quedé encantada con tus lindas obras. Te felicito👌 Quedan espectaculares. Que Dios te siga bendiciendo con ese lindo Don,🥰
I love watching your videos. Since I started watching I started to look at my own paintings in a different way and I changed my style over time quite a lot.
Now I don't feel this "pressure" of perfection anymore.
Thank you for everything! 😀
Since I watched the video before how you changed the wonderful sky in this painting, now it was good to observe the development of the landscape. I also really enjoy listening to memories from the past. Many thanks to our wonderful teacher!
Yes! 56 min. of bliss! As I look out my window this evening wouldn't you know it, there are some wispy clouds that are tinged with burnt umber -- fantastic!
I can smell the paint! I love your style of teaching, repetition is good. The landscape in this painting is uncannily similar to the views from my front garden, including the big sky which changes mood at the drop of a hat! Thank you for inspiring me to take up my paintbrush once again.
Your voice is satisfyingly soothing. Love what your doing. Just found you on Utube.
It will never cease to amaze me how you can so effortlessly compose such beautiful paintings. To me you are on par with money and the other great impressionists (however different your style may be) and the emotions in your paintings, especially the skies, are powerful
After following your tutorials i enjoying painting again. It's like when I was a child, no stress or expectations. It's fun seeing what the paint does
Thank you Stuart!
Thank you for the entertainment, Stuart! I think you are the only artist I do not fast forward....I do not want to miss any of your observations....
The result looks like a photo. The trees look like each leaf was painted. It really does look like twigs and grass were individually painted as well. I think I can even see each drop of moisture in the clouds. Excellent tutorial!
Masterful painting and wonderful video. Production quality, both visually and aurally, is the best yet.
One more thought about repetition....it has been said that many artists keep painting the same painting over and over again throughout their lives in order to "get it right". (Whatever IT is). This may be somewhat of an exaggeration but I have seen it to be generally true with artists I have known personally.
They paint and paint within a narrow genre or subject matter, producing hundreds of variations on a theme, hopefully getting closer to some imaginary ideal in their head.
You often unapologetically state that you only want to paint raw landscapes with no sign of humanity. (Your viewers are happy about that, of course!) Be as unapologetic about the repetition in your voiceover. Repetition and practice of a few important skills is the essence of mastery of any art form or sport, as you clearly know.
You are bound to repeat yourself verbally as you demonstrate your art. Embrace it! We love and appreciate each subtle iteration of both landscape and instruction.
I find myself wondering what the view out your livingroom windows is like. I get so caught up in your voice and the scenery appearing before my eyes that it is the closest thong to the wonderful feeling of being involved in a GREAT book. That place your imagination takes you that is nothing like the movie. Im saddened by the thought that these next generations might not ever know how much more wonderful your own mind can make a book. And it is definately better than the movie. Please keep up the Art of illusion lessons. I really didnt think I had a chance to become a real painter yet my best works have come from my sessions with you. Thank you.
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When I listen to your introduction....I immediately go into "relaxing mode"....
It is "me time"....
I absolutely love your cloudery... (such beautiful clouds in most videos)! Thank you...
Seu trabalho é encantador, incrível.
Um grande artista, que cria lindas imagens.
(Your work is charming, amazing
A great artist, who creates beautiful images. )
Totally recommend Stuart's art course!! Lots of good fun and creativity! My daughter and I spent three amazing days painting with him.
Thanks, Sergio!
I really enjoy your voice and inflection as well as the entire video content. Your background story-telling skills are very charming indeed. Thank you.
It’s my first video of Your work. What I can already say is that: I, FAN! Thank You, Stuart. Much love from Berlin / good old Germany!
Not only for You Stuart, but for all of You folks! Hard times in june 2021 - ❤️
I could watch and listen to you all day. You are very calming. I also love the way you paint, nothing precise. It is about interpretation. Just let it flow out of you. I have no art in my background, however I started painting in 1908. I have a wonderful friend that introduced me to expressing myself on canvas. I have used many different things to paint on shingles from 1700. Rocks, you name it. I am getting ready to do a huge painting on a sliding closet door. We took them out, so I feel they would be something to paint and lean against a wall. Enough about me. You are magnificent.
When I first came across your paintings, I thought they were just too random... Now, after watching a few, I wish I could emulate them! I use acrylics and tend to paint more 'realist' landscapes. I'm just gonna have to loosen up and try your method. If I had the chance,I'd love to come to one of your classes but the bank won't wear it!!! So, keep those great videos coming!
Finally one with a british accent! Love your talking while painting!
Hi there,
By adding colour to the sky it looks far more interesting. So I agree, there's not only blue and white sky. And I keep repeating myself "I LOVE YOUR STYLE OF PAINTING" thanks 👍
I very much enjoyed watching this and the advice that you have shared! As a fairly new painter, I feel so fortunate to have access to this amazing information! I have wanted to paint my entire life, but as an introvert, would never take a class. I hope someday to be able to paint like this!!! Amazing!!! Thank you!!
I started back with art after forty years. finding it the most relaxing time ,love watching your videos it helps a lot.....
Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you. Horribly NOT boring! Thanks Much!
Thanks for these yrs of your mind spoken paint I move from video to video on a loop n learn more each time
Thanks for keep n in touch how’s Tiger Lilly ☮️📌
I'm not sure what I like the most: the painting or your stories and advice :)
Thank YOU for an Effective Video filled with lovely tips.
Much appreciated.
I share your fascination with stormy skies, I find the colours and depth beautiful. I have never painted in oil and would love to try; this has given me the inspiration to have a go. Thank you.
On days that I don’t paint, I watch videos and yours become a favorite. I’m self-taught so I need these kind of learnings from somebody who’s really learned. I’m always surprised at the outcome of what you’re doing.
Thank you. I have been looking for this type of painting and tips for months. I am now encouraged to get started.
I don’t know what it is about your videos but watching them and listening to them really help me out when I’m drawing. I recently been lacking motivation to draw anything, but when I discovered your channel it really motivates me to do more. I’m so glad I found this channel, thank you so much for the amazing content you make ❤️
I just love this painting and I also love the sky. I hope one day I can make my sky's with all the feeling I have when I am looking at the beautiful skyline.
I must thank you Stuart for your inspirational & thoroughly informative videos. I have only recently begun experimenting with oils & have painted along with you on several occasions. Your guidance has been priceless, & i look forward to each opportunity to paint along with your videos!!
Whenever I'm feeling a little bummed, like recently when I was working on a video and my camera arbitrarily decided to stop functioning, I like to put on one of your videos and just listen to you talk. It always makes me want to whip out my sketchpads and throw out whatever comes to mind onto paper, it inspires me and I also learn a little something about oil painting (which is a medium I'm really getting into more and more lately).
Thanks for the uplifting and keep up the astounding work!
The tree line is absolutely gorgeous hmmmm woow. Love the colors
The illusion of depth is so strong my eye can not escape the center in any direction for more than a few seconds! Nor do I want to! Bravo Stuart...a masterful lesson, thank you!
A sunny sky is pretty, a stormy sky, sublime! I could easily spend the whole day listening to you and watching your skies emerge.
I think that's the best tree line I have ever seen painted !
From the technique to the voice, watching you is a pleasure. I'm just starting to draw and paint and I'm quite interested in learning technique. You're such an inspiration. Makes me want to practice every day. Thanks a lot for your generosity
I am a beginner from the SF Bay Area in California. I just wanted to. Know that I love your videos. I learn a lot but I also just love the commentary! Just thank you for posting.
Genial resultado, hermoso paisaje. Gracias por compartir
Absolutely love watching you paint, the instruction is phenomenal. Thank you!
Thank you for reiterating the preparation of your painting surface. This is the first instructional video of yours that I'm watching and I appreciate understanding all the steps needed from the foundation of your work. I'm learning a lot. Thank you!
You are right about the stormy skies, imagination go wild, with the serene music!
Thank you Stuart for your detailed painting processes. I have never ever painted anything before other than a house. I am 69 and in the new year will be trying my hand at being an artist in training. I intend to follow your guidelines. If I may, I would like to show you my initial painting attempts. Regards, Stan
Hi Stan, if you're on Facebook you could send them to me.
I started 1 1/2 yrs ago, and I’ll be 60 this yr. I couldn’t draw a stick man, but now I can sketch, paint in acrylics, oils, and watercolors. Self thought with books and videos. It’s a beautiful world that’s opening up to you, and by FAR, this impressionistic approach by Mr. Davies is so incredibly good. I think he’s great and very easy to listen to. Happy for both of us!
Fantastic work Stuart thanks. And I have to say I do love the empty sky at the middle of the painting too.
Hello and thank you for the video
After a long break I´ll go back to the canvas and make some paintings, thanks to you Mr Davies.
Finally a person who really want to teach others in the noble art called painting, and not talking about "them selves", that´s awful to listen to....sorry to say that. But when that´s said, you tell it in a very calm way with a bit of a smile too, explaining all the small details, telling us that you also got problems by buying the wrong brushes now and then....smiles. So, there is just to wish you a pleasant weekend and keep up with your good work. And good luck to all the people out there, who paint and have fun and joy with that all time.
The best regards from Denmark, Thomas
So much talent, so much advice, so much tranquility, your videos are mesmerizing. Thanks so much for sharing.
I felt like I was actually there in the making of this video. Thank you. And thank you for teaching without teaching.
Thank you so much for these videos!! They are very informative and also interesting to listen to you and your stories!
...I throw in my one cent: to get those lose hairs off your paintings quickly and easily, causing less "damage", I use a stiff round bristle brush (size 5) like "tweezers"!
Listening to you talk about adding brown to your sky, made me think of growing up in the Midwest near Lake Michigan. Lots of volatile looking skies there. I’ve seen skies like the ones you paint in various places in my country. Don’t know if you know this, but 🇺🇸 has the most volatile weather of anywhere in the world. We’re Number 1! lol. Learned that from my brother who’s a commercial airline capt on the West Coast. At least we’re number one in something besides Covid 🙄😏. This is my 2nd viewing of this video. I watch/listen to them multiple times as I find I learn something new, or something important youve imparted that I had forgotten. Love this one. Ty Professor.
Watching and listening to this beautiful video is a delight.
Your mention that take clouds to the end of the canvas was brilliant.
La semplicità del gesto che parte dalla mente! Bravo
Beautiful painting , curious why you shifted from usual style of detail illusion with the large brush and beginning the sky in layers and using the smaller brushes for more detail ?
Mostly because it's a very small painting.
Your techniques are explained well and shown in detail instead of rushing through. As a painter who is self taught that is so beneficial to me. Much appreciated!
You made my new painting life much easier. Thanks for sharing your talent and ideas .
If you come to south africa, you will see the amazing colours of our sunsets. Especially in the cape. It is like living inside a painting 😊
I find that fluffy foundation makeup brushes work wonderfully as blender brushes. They don’t shed hairs at all and are very inexpensive! Lovely video. Thank you
I,m using the make up brushes aswel. I just stole them from the misses 😁
Merci encore pour vos peintures qui m'apporte beaucoup !
C'est tellement joli et relaxant.
Hello, Stuart. I am a new viewer and a new painter. Never done it before. I have produced some paintings using what I've learned from you, and I'm really happy with the results. I never NEVER let my clouds end in the middle of the painting. I'm learning the difference between light and dark. But my most fun lesson is that I new have the courage of my convictions with paint. I can use color from a tube and feel confident that I can work with anything I'd like. My first EVER painting I feel is a lovely success. Not brilliant, not perfect, but that's the way I like it. Thanks for your help. Eileen
I just subscribed which I NEVER do. Thank you for teaching this style of painting. It made me get my paints out again, since I can't draw at all but love to paint I realized I can do this with the help of an amazing teacher. Thank you
This man is a wizard but he won't admit it.
Illusion of details amazing. Thanks again ,
Extraordinary. You are the man. You taught me about clouds to take them off the canvas. I paint with acrylics. I don’t where to start. You just “ah” me. I just watch you paint. Can you achieve this look with acrylics I guess that would be my first question. Thank you Mr. Davies, for sharing with us your gifted talent. I love the college story. If I tried that today no doubt I would be arrested or some idiot would steal my paints.lol.
Personally, I don't think this would work with acrylics.
I landed on your site tonight. Only picked up a paintbrush a year ago. I'm 59 years old and was never allowed to take art in school. I started doing easy acrylic paintings or acrylic pours. Canada is shut down due to Covid virus and I'm low on supplies. I've watched 3 of your videos tonight and will watch a few more before I fall asleep. Tomorrow will go buy some oil paints and try to paint along with you. (If the stores are open!) These are the type of painting and scenery I would love to be able to do. Thank you for sharing your expertise and story tellings, makes for a very intersting video. I also like hearing your calm voice and mo music. Helps me focus better. New sub!!
Lovd stormy skies too...Dianne Cape Town South Africa
I liked the way the sky looked before you added more grey towards the end of the video, but the finished result is just as beautiful! Thank you so much for teaching! Lilly R.
The stormy skies are just more interesting to me as well. There's just so many colors & movement. Static skies are ok if you're painting the Grand Canyon or something that will have all those up front warm colors against a static sky - but overall stormy skies are, imo, more interesting & plain old beautiful. Plus it's a lot of fun watching them come to life. Thank you for sharing your work with us! I'm doing wet on wet but I find that I'm using more shop towels than I am brushes anymore!
very impressive. painting for me typically brings about a certain amount of anxiety, especially prior to starting. But watching you effortlessly begin and then carry that effortlessness through to conclusion really does help me realize that I don’t need to be afraid.
thank you, the freedom of the color in the sky is liberating.
Love this!!! It’s so reminiscent of George Inness, and his tonalism/luminism paintings!!!
Mr. Davies, I have to tell you my daughter and I both love your painting videos!!! Our dream is to come to France and take your one week course!!!
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHH....!! That´s the way I´d like to paint...!!
Again a great tutorial.
Thank you so much.
Best clouds ever. thank you
I echo other comments. Listening to you impart your knowledge and experience of drawing, painting techniques and invaluable information on colour, favourite supllies and overall expertise is an absolute joy and privilege. I have only just found you, woe is me but better late than never. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your brilliance. ❤❤❤xxx
I love the colors and the way your picture develops. Thanks 😊
It's a pleasure see you painting and explaning what you are doing.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. . I love the dynamic skies in many of your videos. Learning a lot of great tips and like your freedom of expression.