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00:00 - Intro
02:09 - Chat about overworking a painting
08:19 - Chat about Anselm Kiefer
17:33 - pastel on watercolor
24:03 - Preparing canvas for next houseportrait in oil
24:09 - Chat about painting on larger sizes
28:00 - Preparing canvas for next houseportrait in oil
28:57 - working on Marching band watercolorpainting
32:26 - Bycicle trip to the station
33:36 - starting on a larger sized watercolorpaper
55:48 - Thank you see you next week
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"Finding your way by losing the way sometimes." You have no idea how I needed to hear those words today. Thank you!
What an exciting time for you, and then for us. You appear bursting with energy to get on with the painting. We are with you dear Titus. What a journey; what a special time. ❤
❤ love it...
You have a twinkle in your eye when talking about your adventure with this large painting.
You are a fantastic painter because you know how to think about your painting process and how well you can analyze it. I find you to be a genius and how well you explain your process. What a thinker. I'm so grateful for your videos. Thank you so much.
Thank you again for this generous video. About overworking it reminds me of golfing. The worst way to miss a putt is not hitting hard enough and see the ball stoping short to the hole.
Fijn weekend.
It's so lovely to hear you talk about this larger size... you seem genuinely excited, it's great. Thank you for sharing all of this.
Beautiful colors. Exciting adventure.
A friend of mine came to my house and was showing me pictures that she had taken facing towards the sun. She broke the”rule” of taking a picture with the sun in front of her. Something happened to me after having seen you paint your muse, Titus. She gave me permission to use her photo to practice painting the light coming towards me as you have done. I have to try it, even though it may be for naught. It will be challenging. Luckily, I am an amateur; as always……learning and having fun with it.
Loving watching you work at scale like this Titus.
How joyful you look about painting on that huge surface! So exciting to begin again! Love the spatters❤
Yoga, combined with industrial quantities of watercolour paint 😄.
My paintings seem to be getting smaller, and tighter. Your enthusiasm is infectious though, and I wonder if I might try having a larger sketchbook handy, to let rip after a session of my more constrained style. Thank you Titus, this was a joy to watch. It may have already been said, but each of your videos is a work of art in itself. 😊🙏
Titus, you're really caught up in the momentum now! It's fantastic. Nothing better than finding a subject that resonates with you at a particular moment in time.
Somehow you also make a cold attic seem very cozy! Take care -Steven
Thank you! For reminding me about that important word “play”. I’ll pair that with the word “relax” and try to remind myself often. This video was great timing as last week was a bear with watercolor and Friday found me frustrated. I do work on other paintings at the same time giving me a break from 1 to the other but I am often too serious about it all.
Wow excellent Works-inspiration incredible creatively Congratulations admirable for YOU 🇳🇱🕊️👍
I watch this video twice 😊
I also like the way the light glows through the ears. Gorgeous!!
Hi,Titus .. I can't tell you how much I love how you share your journey , and how your words and processes always ring so true to me , as I paint my way through , as well.. I always wish I could sit with you, some hot tea , and share thoughts about finding our ways in our individual art paths.. After each video , I almost feel like we have done that lol.. thank you , once again .. Norakag , here 👍👍have a wonderful
weekend ..
Congratulations on a new first in what sounds like a while! So fresh and fun! Great to see your beautiful smiles!! Fantastic, exciting work!
Toujours un plaisir a regarder et ecouter . Merci de partager
Can I just say, your videos are masterful. Each one is a gem of production and content. 👏🏼👏🏻👏🙏
Exciting movie for both us and yourself! Thankyou for posting, it is indeed very different to what else is out there on YT. Overworking is indeed a great way to learn - of course in the beginning thats just what happens but doing it with purpose is also so important to explore the limits of the medium and paper. I do this with intent knowing that by the third or fourth attempt at an image I will have gained much more understanding of what it is I am trying to create.
Titus, really love watching the process and progress in this series of paintings you’re working on. Fascinating to see how you can take one subject and re-interpreted in different ways. I’m thinking of trying the same thing with a small painting of a bicyclist I din in oils. thank you for sharing this process with me.
Great commentary on overworking the painting! As long as the paper can take it all is well. I don’t know where or how certain instructors might feel that someone has overworked anything unless it affected the paper. I have had this conversation in the past with artists that have over 60 years painting and they all say the same thing, that it is impossible. I wish that I could throw my larger paintings on the floor and paint, great exercise too, but my health doesn’t allow for it but in reality it is always better to bend from your waist so I was glad that you used your easel. That was the nurse side of me speaking. Sometimes I just set it in my lap because leaning over for long periods of time on larger work just isn’t ergonomically good for anyone. It’s even better if your easel can turn and lay flat while raised. I couldn’t tell if it does but they are a very good investment for larger paintings. I love the contrasts in brighter colors in your paintings. I recognize the pigments and find solace in painting in the basement where it is quite other than what I listen to. Thank you for sharing your videos and Podcasts which I enjoy so much. Have a lovely weekend Titus and to everyone!😊
You said that you know what you saw, and you know how you felt, and that really meant something to me. That in itself is everything, and it is worth very much joyful effort to try to realize it, to communicate it to the world ❤
Tremendous! I nearly always paint on larger size canvasses. I find it gives you more freedom to express.
Problem solving in art is scary and rewarding. I share your excitement my friend.
Este video de Artes Painter é uma Palestra exclusiva e compensadora para nível de técnicas e descobertas em conhecimentos nas experiências exatas de explorar um certo avanço na pintura impressionismo desafiador das dimensões em suas fases de processo de pintura em trazer a beleza e o intusíasmo no criativo e inspirador--Obrigado você Maestro da Arte Titus Meeuws painter.
Thanksyou
Oh wow! This new size is HUGE!!! It is truly exciting to see a watercolor of that scale. It will be truly an exciting piece, I can feel it. That paler must have cost a fortune but it will be worth it. But olease be careful on your back. I would not want you to get injured manipulating this huge piece which seems like a sport in itself. Thank you as well for showing your mistakes as well because it allows us to see how they can be fixed. Havea great weekend and I cannot wait till next Friday to see how it will turn out.
Thank you! I will be careful for my back from now on
Fantastic.
Comment vous dire ....ce grand format était en gestation dans le ou les derniers formats raisonnables de cette fanfare dont je n'entendais aucun son.
Le chaos crée le bruit par la lumière qui arrive d'en haut, distingue les musiciens pour venir les séparer bruyamment dans la moitié basse du travail.
Cette lecture m'a sauté aux yeux pendant la réalisation de votre dernière aquarelle,( pas la grande) avant que vous ne lui donniez tellement de sagesse, qu'elle est devenue silencieuse à mes yeux et à mes oreilles.
Votre maitrise des techniques est puissante , juste et vous permet de faire ce que vous voulez, avec sérénité et grande réussite.
Je suis admirative et encore plus lorsque je vous voit emprunter le chemin qui sort des sentiers battus.
Hâte de vois la semaine prochaine ou nous mène ce sentier....
Avec toute mon admiration et respect pour votre travail.
P Th
Merci beaucoup!
I find that painting perfect… you took me there throgh it… I wouldn’t try to make it more realistic about the red hair girl… but you are the painter😊
Thank you to share with us this new process. This format is very challenging and i love the "mess" of colours you put in general at the beginning. I am so afraid to begin something even small...i think it will possibly be a good idea for me to work bigger. It forces to dive perhaps. Sure your big experience give you confidence in your choice of colors and gesture even in this format. We can feel your happiness in this adventure. Have a very good week.
When I took a watercolor class, the teacher wouldn’t allow us to use a small piece of paper. It had to be a large sheet.,,,,about the size that we saw Titus paint on earlier. Unless there is a need to conserve monies, or to sell a certain size commercially, then what is there to fear ? If you are painting for yourself, then there is no reason to be afraid. Just throw some paint on it, and see what happens. That often starts a lot of great things. Go big or go home…..hahaha
Wow! The dimensions of a work are part of the composition and message. A small opening invites us to privacy. I have never seen such a huge watercolor paper. The spectator of the marching band with this dimension, will be immersed, be part of the chaos of colors and sounds, the rhythm of the scene. Magnificent. Titus. On the other hand, I love this feeling of slowness in your work and in your videos, in a world that is always late or too fast for me. Thank you for sharing.
I really like your perpective on trying and making failures... :) Thank you for sharing!!
Great job Titus
Love your work.
C’est un beau registre de teint(es)
plus clair(es)..
( la rosée ) d’une matinée plus légère
You are right. Some times as an art teacher I take myself and art making far too serious. Play, that is how we learn, pushing boundaries to see what will happen. Playing with the medium to see what will happen if "I do this.." Playing is learning Let us not for get what Picasso said "Every child is an artist, the problem is how do we remain an artist when we grow up." Go play, don't listen to cranky old art teachers like me. :)
True! Realize all those amazing things you’ve learned when you were a child!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us while painting, giving me inspiration to act. I watch all episodes many times, I try to paint like you, even though I am an amateur. You give me valuable knowledge and peace of mind. Thank you very much, master.
My pleasure. Don't try to paint like me, but like you!!
Hello Titus and everyone. I am enjoying watching you with your St Nicolas paintings. Thank you so much. The freedom to experiment, watching you use your mind’s eye and create is inspiring. I’m always painting between my ears as they say. I wonder, do changes in weather influence how creative you might feel about painting? Do changing seasons affect your choices of papers, paint colors, mixed mediums? Thank you.
It is fascinating how a subject matter can become such an addictive force in the creative process. Your subject "Marching Band" is really becoming exciting to watch. All the versions so far are different from one another. Your process is somewhat different it seems every time you do another version of it. Playing is definitely part of the paiting process, I find. Never forget to play. And in these paintings - how the watercolour moves and the light and reflections in the paintings - is what it is about. These things create the mood. Suddenly you will be done with this subject and you will know it. Treaure it while it lasts. You looked like a small kid in a toy store when the large paper from Arches arrived. Really happy. Can't wait to see how this large painting will turn out. Fantastic opportunity that you are allowing us to watch the process. Thanks, Titus.
I love your Impressionism LifeStyle , Sir
Keep it , just keep this great Style for the Life
It’s like stepping up to Mahler .. After years of Mendelssohn ..😊
Yes, something like that!
Hi Titus, I stopped the video somewhere halfway through your video, just as you sat down to look at, and contemplate the large Marching band aquarel. I think this was one of those moments when you listen to what the painting is telling you what it needs.
Being a bit of a novice artist myself (oil paint here: het brave jongetje ;-) ), reflecting this to my own work, I find myself being overly self conscious at those 'stepping back moments'. In the beginning, the stepping back is (for me) about seeing if the proportions are right. But the further I get into the painting, the more the process of stepping back becomes unclear, for lack of better words. I find that I try to listen to the painting and from there see where it needs to go. But both the 'listening' as well as 'determining the next steps' is a difficult balance between 'feeling' and 'rationale'. And all the more so once the proportions are ok. Where it becomes difficult for me is that 'rational thought/ objective theory' so easily overpowers 'feeling' which then derails the whole 'stepping back process' and turns it into a 'getting the painting as close to the reference as possible' (=which is as objective/ rational as it can get but not necessarily my ambition... I think).
Do you have an approach that might help stop 'rationale' overpowering 'feeling'? Or questions you ask yourself/ steps that you take (in your mind) to help bring 'feeling' more to the foreground and balance the whole stepping back and listening process?
PS just writing this down already helps me move forward but still interested in your thoughts.
PPS finished the video before posting: cheers once again for putting these vids together. Much appreciated.
Hi Mike. Thanks for your comment. Good question. The first thing I noticed while reading your question was that you are “judging” or determine the process. You are speaking in terms of “feeling” “rational”, but in my opinion it’s all in that moment of the process. You only “listen”, so you don’t ask for it, and you don’t doubt or think about what you have to do. You don’t think about good or wrong either or accomplishing the work. You just listen and work. Hopefully that’s an answer to your question?
@@TitusMeeuws Hi Titus, thanks for your answer not sure if it answers my question.
I guess what I am trying to get at is that the end result of 'listening' is an action (work). My assumption is that after the listening you go back to the canvas/ paper with an intent for your work: I want to darken this, or the painting needs more definition there, needs something to balance the dark on the right or oooh that colour works well lets make it sing even more, etc. Maybe even: I want to feel the chaos of the Marching band more. But the intent should be clear before doing more work, no? And then I assume that once you know your intent, you need to translate that to an action: how am I going to achieve this intent, what am I going to do... or am I wrong here? I know I am over-rationalizing the process but this question requires putting it into words like this.
Maybe intuitively, because you have a ton of experience, your instinct/ skill tells you how to achieve your intent. But for me, lacking that ton of experience, I want to understand how to achieve what I intend.
Hmmm. Thinking now that maybe the message is 'do', see where it goes and either do more or do something different...
Urrrgh, this seems like food for a koffie/ beer: I don't think doing a ton of typing is the best way to go at this. Thanks for taking your time to read all of this. I know that despite that I am not sure of your answer, just putting all of this into words does help me. At the very least, next time I stand in front of my painting and listen, I will start with: what do I like? What don't I like? -and now shut up and listen- ;-)
Wonderful to see your excitement as you explore this larger territory! Thank you for sharing the process (and not just the product). The thrill seeking (or finding) process is the most beautiful part of painting. Your enthusiasm is a joy to witness!
Thank you !
Thanks as always
Graham
Big brush for the great Painting
never mind the Detailing after I saw Monet's Sun Raising , Impression
Thank you so much for your very interesting answer about overworking, and what a pleasure to watch your new adventure with this large size paper !
My pleasure Rosine!
I would have a hard time painting that large, moving the board would set my back off. I know that you’re active riding the bike and playing with your kids. Is there anything that you do, exercise wise, to keep your back and legs in condition to do this type of heavy board painting?
Your words in the beginning of the video about “perfection” and showing all of your work, good and bad really spoke to me. There are times when I’m almost paralyzed by the idea that my work is not very good and certainly not as good as most work we see posted on IG ect. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this!
I always think that my paintings are not finished. People always enjoy and praise my paintings but there I am in the corner telling myself that its not good enough. I'm not sure if that's a pandemic throughout the art community, but I do know that it sucks to not be satisfied with your own work.
I hope you will be able to be satisfied with “unfinished” paintings. In my opinion every single painting asks for the next one
Hi Titus, can you explain why you travel so far to the studio rather than working from home or neare to home please? Does it seperate work from home? Loved to see your enthusiasm for this new work.
Hi Richard. It’s worth traveling!
❤️👌
Hi Titus, It doesn’t seem to be in your character but if tou are ever in need of content for this channel then I’d love to see some of the paintings you have stacked in the corner of your studio… and perhaps the story behind them. Thanks for all of heartfelt thoughts you share with us.
Those paintings in the corner… Some are from the past, others are waiting for the next exhibition or ready to het picked up
RE: The larger piece: The abstract qualities of the colour marks almost to my eye have a right of passage in themselves. Just love the physicality and expressive qualities emerging.
Thank you
First i saw people where the head was the thing on thrir hats and the shoulders to that head were the head of tge actual person. Just later, on a wide shut I saw these people doing a music parade. Not sure if this is intended, but it looks eeally interesting when you catch it.
Good idea working the larger atomizer on that huge sheet. I can't imagine how many tubes of paint this one piece will eat up. Does your small regular atomizer have a brand name? I bought one off Amazon sight unseen that isn't fine enough.
Love this. By the way do you sometimes use a mirror to check the image?
Късна среща, но чакана с нетърпение💓
🕊️🇧🇷🖌️🎨
Losing your Mind and Go Madness
and You will be the Greatest Artist
just like VanGogh and Monet
I just let the cobwebs fall into my work and call that close enough, I don’t know if anyone who would want to be mentally in torment and famous. I hadn’t heard of Monet being off and for some reason, unbeknown to me, people assume that artists and musicians naturally have mental health issues. It is an incorrect assumption. One can just enjoy their work and this thing called happiness. With regards to living a life on the road, we all know the dangers of life that lay therein.
I'm really enjoying your experiments with motion, the larger format, and using colour to invigorate your style. How did you feel physically after the movement of the larger work around the studio? Like other commentators here, I worried for your back!
Thank you. First I felt like I had been at the gym. The next morning a headache so I realized I had to think about how to handle those larger paintings
Why I can see the human face inside the painting ,
( I don't want to say this is the "Ghost" )
your brush Works is really Powerful and Great , sir
Thanks to you for your insights while your paint. Have a question, I always see no matter what size of paper you use, how is it that your paper never buckles or has air bubbles.
Thank again for your kind insights.🙏🇳🇱
He uses Arches 300lb/650gr just is too thick to bubble. One can cut the size they want from large sheets and it is more economical to purchase that way. Whether hot pressed or cold pressed it is just too thick so it could handle being literally soaked and soaked again and again. Even if it did start to lift up from being soaked, it will dry flat. I call the paper “the super soaker” and love it but it is expensive. The same brand sells the 140/lb weight which is less expensive and can take a beating as well. Some choose to pre soak and stretch it, staple it or not. Either way even if the thinner weight is a bit wavy it is not hard to fix. Just lightly dampen the backside of the painting and weigh it down flat overnight and it will flatten.😊
640
Hi, the paper I’m using is thick enough to stay flat and straight.
@@lynda8852 yes 640 gsm we use pounds in the US thank you
The energy imparted into the marching band painting is amazing. Just one question - with movement of the tuba back and forth as it would, is there not some glamour of sunshine reflecting off the outer edge? Or was the tuba not a polished instrument?
Hi no it’s not a tuba. It’s a white sousaphone
holy smokes, is that 300 lb (600gsm) paper? I can't imagine the cost of each sheet at that size lol.. talk about making it count lol
how can I get these big paper for the Watercolor painting
These are I believe D’Arches watercolor paper manufacturer’s Elephant size sheets of 620gsm (300 pound in USA) watercolor paper. The cost is high as is shipping. Sheets might be purchased in your local artist’s supply store or ordered online from artist’s supply sources like Jackson’s, Blick, etc. Or maybe even Amazon. Before spending a lot on the Elephant size paper sheets, you might first want to purchase smaller “blocks” of D’Arches 300lb (620gsm) to see how you like working on a thicker internally sized watercolor paper.
One more thing... Titus, your English has greatly improved over the past several months. Now maybe it's time for all of use to learn YOUR native language. :)
Haha! Thank you!
Peut-être que le français peut figer..
( ces projections )
« comme ce bonheur de te voir.. »
Merci je parle francais assez bien 🙂
A bigger formate , of course Art need
experience in all format of live and inspiration,and coming in Natural way,. Maybe you need more exterior , I'm agree it is like life everything not exito
Bonjour..
( mon amour ) « 🌷 »
Time for a bigger studio, Titus?
Sometimes I’m dreaming of a second studio, in the woods. So Incan work in the city and work in the woods
@@TitusMeeuwspainting in the woods is so peaceful to me. I used to do that and where I lived there are many many lakes and endless acres of forest, the smell of sweet pine in the air, an occasional bear and away from any larger cities. People got around on their snowmobiles, a bit of Alaskan/ Canadian weather in the northern part of US. Times have changed, it is still very beautiful but one puts up with tourism for awhile. Just the trees were interesting to sketch.😊
Je suis fille unique.
« je ne connais pas mes parents
( biologiques.. ) »
I'm thinking, maybe it's because it's too contrasting, it has sharp lines, it's over a figure... I don't know what it's saying, but it cancels it out... right from the start...It is a very unnatural object... Titus...what did you mean by that? soften it... I don't know... it's very distracting
( Je n’aime pas les sauvages.. )
Et. Ce pays manque de civisme..
j’ai envie de partir..
I don't understand that circle ... on the right.. is it a head, a tree? What is it? it doesn't seem ok,. I will say that the first watercolors of this subject were better... this is already too contrived... unnatural... no
I love your watercolor work, but there is too much sense here...