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This is the future, people are just hesitant to adapt to the upcoming changes.

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You know. This is true. I do have family members fighting over my paintings. 🥰

Yes but i think that's in itself a style, but you cant use the same technique in hyper realism

What you say about people taste and general appreciatiation for paintings is true just for natural landscapes. Less likely they will like any still life. Almost impossible that they will like to take in their living room any realistic portrait. But we don't do that for them. We do because we just love to do it such as your potter does.

I think for as many people who exist in this world, there's a drive to make something MORE than just ourselves. We have something inside of every single one of us to express, speak a sort of visual language to the world through art and creation. Painting is an eloquent (if not expensive) means of doing that. It "personifies" the abstract of our thoughts, giving it life. So I've always had immense appreciation to people like Mark who help give tools and tips to others to allow them to take this personal journey. Thank you.

I didn't begin painting until covid at 63. I haven't really stuck to it but I dabble with it all acrylic. I am scared to death to touch oils after reading about them and thinking of my asthma, however, painting or anything creative always lifts my mood . You do know that they teach therapist this very subject. Will you ever dabble with acrylics ? Thanks so much

Well said.

Yes to the other pointers and appreciate your honesty but stop promoting Ai as a tool. It is stolen data. It is theft. Look at the lawsuits happening right now. If it was pure Ai sure. But it is not. It is different getting inspiration from other artists, either from their photos, their painting, music etc... it is human interaction. Creativity is shared and we inspire from it. There is a mind behind it that went through suffering, joy and achievement to get it. Now we just want it fast... Through stolen data. Sure there's way to simplify our workflow - like PS has a fast Ai selection tool. Do your own pasting of photos if that is the case. I do that because of the field i work in and i use a projector because i do not have time to sketch then transfer. Need to pay rent etc. and taxes are killing me. Buy the photos from the artists, or donate to the artist who inspired you... I just want us to be very very very careful how we praise 'AI' over true human creativity. Technology is great BUT there should be limits if we want the human species to survive. I cannot point all of this but Hayao Miyazaki is right - it is an insult to life itself.

I would think that if someone requires another person to show them that, “being creative” can relieve their depression, in this case, it would be just a band-aide. Typically a truly creative person realizes its value early on. If it has to be shown, then maybe the problem is a little deeper … and that art, or the creative process, is just masking the issue. I’m not trying to be mean. Just thinking it through a bit.

Do the hokey pokey !!

I 100% agree with you about the mental health benefits of making art… however.. with me it’s becoming an obsession 💁 I have an extremely supportive husband but it is a fine line I’m treading.. I only started painting a year ago and I’m no spring chicken so I think I’m trying to cram a lifetime’s worth of painting into whatever time I have left 🤣💁

This is why I do my paintings, illustrations to print on.....clothes. I want people to not just put my paintings and illustrations on walls but to wear them on their jackets, t-shirts, tracksuits, leggings, sneakers, bags and hangbags, even prints on denim and dresses. It's changed my life and other people. They tell me they get people stopping them asking them what does the paintings mean. When I finish them, I send it to client with also a detailed explanation of story behind the painting or illustration. That way they can have a full conversations sharing the story. I found it has brought people together, got them out of being socially awkward to use it to converse and talk about themselves too.

Thanks Mark! My way of painting is completely different now but I started from draw mix paint. My first oil painting painting gave me commissions ! And now I sell portraits here and there. I prepare my first collection of paintings so I can get into galleries ! Thanks Mark!

So interesting lecon! Thank you for sharing.

I think defining yourself as an artist has a lot significance.

Anyone know the pallet?

Hi Mark, Thank you for this sweet , short, discussion ! As you were speaking I was drinking in your studio in the background as well a s the soothing quality of your voice. Your art tutorials are some of the best on the web! Thanks! Bill

Thank you so much for this video. Really resonates deeply ❤

I went through a horrible trauma and healed through art and music. I realized my entire life of living with Abuse, I escaped through Art and it healed me. I now have a nonprofit to help heal trauma and PTSD through the arts. It changes the brain and creates healing. Today the schools have many kids that are suffering depression and it’s because they have eliminated the arts from the schools. The schools think that the arts aren’t important yet, these kids are in school eight hours a day with 3 to 4 hours of homework only working on academics. No Creative outlet for them to express themselves in a positive way. And then they wonder why there’s drug addiction and suicide and depression among the young people. Even though so many people in authority do not value the arts, it is the backbone of mental health and of appreciating beauty all around us.

Painting transform my life in a profound way, my life is richer and happier!

I started a couple years ago and it has been life changing. I see the world completely differently now

So many plusses to creating. My brother like all my sisters and I have that (gene?)to create. When he stopped painting, I asked him why and he said it was too much pressure to constantly create and be successful. There is very complex psychology in being a creative . Sometimes just because you can dosen't mean you must. And then there is the compulsive aspect. Meandering thoughts :)

Thanks for all you videos Mark, and this one is on point. I started painting again a few years ago initially with the sole intention of mental health improvement. Once you get going, painting is happening all the time even when driving. It helps to create new neuropathways and break out of the phsychological ruts our minds can get trapped in. It helps us branch off to more positove things and life becomes way more dynamic. Helps immensly with depression. Its also fun to share your works that you are particularly satisfied with for whatever reason. You feel like you earned it when you are rewarded by it. And so on ...

You are such a great guy Mark. Greetings from Winnipeg ~Matthew Feldvari-Sinclair

Very helpful… thank you!

Art: Openness to Experience. It’s a biological trait; a temperamental pattern. 🎨☝🏿

I'm reading a wonderful book on art therapy called Art Heals. Highly recommended. It really opened my eyes to making and viewing art in very powerful ways.

Thank you for your video. I have struggled with bipolar and finding your videos is such a way to heal. I'm so excited that you are providing paint again. I have painted over 20 paintings and love the paint and for it being nontoxic. You are a master teacher and a gem.

Absolutely true

I worked for many years in a psychiatric hospital where Art Therapy was a key component to the overall treatment. Besides completing a finished product that one lays one's hands to, the most reinforcing element to every painting I do is not in producing a masterpiece but in learning at least one thing about oil painting from each finished project. To me, that's what's most satisfying. For every painting I've done, I can identify at least one thing I've learned.

I’ll take the paintings, my wife will want the pots.

Huge difference. There is something about going to the 'artist's reception' for the opening of a new show at my local art gallery, and realizing that I am now considered one of the artists. Cool. Thank you Mark!

It does for me. Its the only thing besides meditation keeping me going...not even LOVE

There are some good art channels on CZcams. But No one I have found is as concise and succinct as you are. Your communication skills are outstanding. The ideas and techniques you discuss are easy to understand & follow and make sense. Thank you.

Great short video! Thank you! I'd like to know about the documentary on the children at the Nazi concentration camp because I'd love to watch it.

It's good that he's recommending a slightly violet-leaning red here. An orange-leaning red will _never_ yield a bright, vibrant violet such is found in rainbows, many types of flowers, some sunsets, much clothing, etc. For those types of secondaries, you absolutely must have a violet red on your palette as shown. Try it yourself! Mix ultramarine first with a violet red as recommended here, and then with a orangey red such as Cadmium Red and you'll see there's a rather dramatic difference! (You'll notice his recommended alternative red has the term "permanent" in the name. That's because traditional Alizarin Crimson was pretty fugitive but nowadays, one can choose from a variety of lightfast violet reds created from a synthetic pigment called "quinacridone"; PV-19 should be the pigment listed on the tube and one of them mimics Alizarin Crimson quite well.) I'm afraid I can't agree however that you can really mix "any color" from just these five. An orangey red (such as Cadmium) is the minimum you must add, but honestly you should also add a green-leaning blue (like Cerulean), and a green-leaning yellow (such as Hansa) to the palette shown here. These are the _must-haves_ if you really are going to mix "any color," regardless of what CZcamsrs tell you. There's no escaping it because of the _physics_ involved in the reflection of light off of paint film, which sadly isn't taught widely and very few painters learn enough about. Nice-to-haves include Phthalo Green and Phatholo Blue (a green-leaning blue), because of their strength and transparency. It's also advisable to have Raw and Burnt Sienna, even though these hues can be mimicked using the split-primary palette I outlined above (btw, google image search split primaries!). The siennas are single-pigment earth-tone paints that are prized for for a level of clarity, even when thinned, that simply can't be replicated when mixing three of the primaries because paint mixing is _subtractive_ and each pigment one adds takes away vibrancy and clarity from a mixture. And if you are going to paint sunsets (or rainbows, or oranges), you might want to keep a small tube of cadmium orange on hand, just for those purposes. So really, your paint box should have 12 colors, plus possibly a little cad orange. Will you always lay out all 12 on your palette? No. But there are plenty of colors and color effects a three-primary palette can never, ever give you. It's science.

Great video, thank you!

2:55 most people I know would consider that eagle much less interesting that the more expressionistic/interpretive sort of art that humans do.

Such a great pep talk! Yes yes yes! Beautify the world!

Bonjour , j'aimerais bien commencer la peinture a l'huile, j'y ai toujours pensé mais ce qui me gêne cest les solvants utilisés qui sont toxiques ...

Did you ever write that book?

Yes i LOVE TO PAINT

Im not lucky enough to have any teachers near me, or privy enough to know any online courses or youtube video lessons for my specific ask. Do you have any advice on how to learn through either thought process, or lessons you can recommend that help build a good artist instinct on where to draw the line between oversimplifying and verbatim copying when it comes to making the pre-paint sketching?

Mark, I discovered your channel during Covid as I searched for a way to get back to creating art after a 35 year break. Your amazing talent in teaching has been my guiding star. I can hear your voice in my head as I paint, guiding me with your method. Thank you for helping me find my creativity. Weathering life’s punches with art has been a blessing.

Thank you, Mark! This is 100% correct. 🎨

Fascinating great techniques.

For me painting is something that makes me feel complete. And I feel part of something and I love the inner silence when I paint. It's like meditation. I also recently managed to abandon the idea "to be good" but rather to just enjoy the process of doing it. And the more you lovd doing it, the better you get. But really, what matters is the journey, not the destination.

Thank you! You've been such a an inspiration to me.

Art is a reflection that takes the doing of it too see.