13. About painting as a daily job, focus, attention. Sketching in Amsterdam, starting new watercolor

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @lisaseckold9296
    @lisaseckold9296 Год назад +9

    Titus, you're pure poetry! These videos are a balm for sensitive souls - and of course, there are those who will envy you, and their comments are obvious in the thread. I hope you don't feel discouraged by them. We need your atmospheric paintings, your depth and sincerity, on youtube - a wonderful change from the noise and ego. Never doubt yourself. Thank you!

  • @VDArtworks
    @VDArtworks Год назад +7

    A wonderful encounter with a talented artist. The unfolding canvas, spoken words, and serene atmosphere created a beautiful discovery. Thank you for sharing your talent and generosity with the public.

  • @Yuvraj_s29
    @Yuvraj_s29 Год назад +2

    The vibes that the film gives is the best

  • @k.c.simonsen2
    @k.c.simonsen2 Год назад +3

    This has got to be one of the most relaxing and inspiring videos I've ever seen. You usually don't get bother those feelings in one

  • @marildetesilva1410
    @marildetesilva1410 Год назад +1

    Beautiful Art Painter

  • @suze7268
    @suze7268 Год назад +11

    A real privilege to watch a Master at work. Thank you so much!

  • @JaredCullum
    @JaredCullum Год назад +46

    Beautifully filmed and I enjoyed your thoughts. Thank you for sharing them.

  • @noordermaatstudios
    @noordermaatstudios Год назад +5

    Heel mooi, lekker atelier.

  • @kimwilderhinson3716
    @kimwilderhinson3716 Год назад +2

    Titus, I love watching your videos. They are both relaxing and inspiring. Thank you for allowing the actual studio noises to stay rather than filling the footage with annoying repetitive music like so many people do. Thank you for sharing your talent and thoughts with us. Thank you for showing your brushstrokes in real time and for your excellent editing.

  • @abhinavbhardwaj5517
    @abhinavbhardwaj5517 Год назад +2

    beautiful filmmaking bro jus beautiful and i also feel the same the moment i pickup a pencil, or brush, or pen i forget about everything

  • @SourcePhotography
    @SourcePhotography Год назад +115

    There is definitely a difference between looking and seeing... I'm a photographer and filmmaker and there is no greater feeling than when an image is revealed to me by taking the time to "see." I just discovered your channel, and look forward to seeing more of your exceptional work. Cheers!

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад +10

      Thank you so much @Domenico A Galloro. You know what I am talking about.

    • @karenkaren9526
      @karenkaren9526 Год назад +4

      Looking or seeing separates sets artists apart

    • @SourcePhotography
      @SourcePhotography Год назад +4

      Amen

    • @carlosfcruz-rr9hp
      @carlosfcruz-rr9hp Год назад +4

      Thank you, guys. I believe that has been my problem.i look but I don't see.

    • @countessofalava6532
      @countessofalava6532 Год назад

      What's the difference between both?

  • @brain1fluff
    @brain1fluff Год назад +15

    I really appreciate you being so candid and sharing that art requires a lot of energy. As a beginner I find myself so drained at times, and I've come to realise that creating art requires such presence both mentally and physically, like no other type of work.

  • @lievenvanloven4622
    @lievenvanloven4622 Год назад +1

    Mooi werk en een mooie attitude

  • @mohammedhisham1103
    @mohammedhisham1103 Год назад +2

    Iam also small artist. But its the time were l discovered an unique artist . its really nice see your paintings of city scapes. I really love this

  • @Flux_One
    @Flux_One Год назад +2

    It's always fun to watch a pro at work. It looks effortless!

  • @andrew_rogovoy_art
    @andrew_rogovoy_art Год назад +3

    This is an amazing job! Respect for the master !

  • @karenkaren9526
    @karenkaren9526 Год назад +19

    Amazing work. I am so glad you popped up on my RUclips

  • @Pich-Pich-Pich
    @Pich-Pich-Pich Год назад

    Beautiful sketches, especially with bicycles, play of light and dark spots

  • @oneitalia2312
    @oneitalia2312 Год назад

    !!!WOW!!! ~ To watch a shadowed street come to life was majestic. I'm more familiar with oils and acrylics - but to see a watercolor being born, I could not take my eyes off of its (your) creativity. Turning the piece upside down to control the drips of color to contain it was brilliant. Seeing what I considered a finished building, then you washed it in dark - certainly the solution to the perfect shadow. Amazing. The perfect galloping horse and horseman - but you blew me away with the dabs of gold/yellow where the sun kissed its parts . . . the touch of the vertical ruler along the arm of the horseman, the way the yellow 'broke' on its swift stroke on the way down the ruler's edge could not have been more perfect. You can't plan that, it was as if the yellow said to you, "This line must be broken" - and with that, the brush hairs separated from the paint to make its own glow. I mean, so perfect. There was an old German artist on public television who did half hours of "The Joy of Painting" with Bill Alexander (you can still see him on RUclips) I found myself hypnotized after school with his work. Something that stuck with me some 40 years later is he would say, "You have to show dark in order to show light." Must be a painter's 'thing' because you are familiar with that rule. I could go on . . . but at the end of your video you displayed the finished painting (?) with the addition of some people on the street - a very sweet and personal touch. I subscribed to your relaxing and personal channel. The quiet of your workplace is the only way to work. I so enjoyed watching you. The recipient will fall in love with your finished scene . . . so did I.Thank you for your precious time ❤

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      What a lovely and gorgeous comment, thank you so much. You should write books about painting, I enjoyed reading this. Thank you 🙏

    • @oneitalia2312
      @oneitalia2312 Год назад

      @@TitusMeeuws It was easy to write about what you were painting there because I was captured by your every brush stroke. The magic here - (or in any successful watercolor) - is to pencil it out first. The color never hides the sketch allowing the painter to add, or subtract, whatever color he wants to enhance. Really was interesting to watch a true artist within his craft in real time. (Gotta love RUclips!) I never take it for granted, I'm a true YT fan. . . and Thank You for your kind words. ((Have you ever read The Book of Titus in The Bible? In it, Paul instructs Titus on his work in Crete. It's not very long, only 3 pages in my Bible. [online too] It's one of my favorite stories in The Bible. If you haven't ever read it, take a look, it's an uplifting inspiring read.) 🌹

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      @@oneitalia2312 I want to read it!

    • @oneitalia2312
      @oneitalia2312 Год назад

      @@TitusMeeuws 👍

  • @mukundalvi9200
    @mukundalvi9200 Год назад +1

    Nice perspective and beautifully rendered ☝️👌👌👌

  • @CallumWarrenArt
    @CallumWarrenArt Год назад +1

    Such an entertaining look into your practise, thanks for sharing.

  • @richardteale3217
    @richardteale3217 Год назад +1

    Beautiful work thank you for sharing.Best wishes from England

  • @DingleDingleCasil196
    @DingleDingleCasil196 Год назад +1

    Beautiful paintings, I love paintings it’s like a music of the brain,,it eases the disturbance of the brain positively. Thanks for sharing your Artistic works. God bless.

  • @menoyuno8430
    @menoyuno8430 Год назад +3

    Holy hell, that first drawing is considered a sketch? Looked perfect on its own.

  • @desireeostermanmakeup
    @desireeostermanmakeup Год назад +1

    Beautiful film. Completely enjoyed watching you create 💐

  • @jacktaylorphotos
    @jacktaylorphotos Год назад +14

    That was actually nail-biting watching you bring this to life. Loved it.

  • @DannySabraArt
    @DannySabraArt Год назад +3

    Wow. I love the sense of light and emotion you captured. Lovely.

  • @sabihashaikh6180
    @sabihashaikh6180 Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing the drift of your thoughts besides the painting.was a real treat.

  • @chrismitchell6001
    @chrismitchell6001 Год назад

    Very much enjoy your videos. Well made nice music awesome painting and a great narration. I do appreciate your efforts they have much helped myself anyway.

  • @anjou6497
    @anjou6497 Год назад +1

    ..the music is lovely, not too intrusive at all. Thank you Titus ...🌱🎶🌱

  • @ToddAndelin
    @ToddAndelin Год назад +1

    Im a new subscriber from Utah, USA. Thanks for sharing your work!

  • @itsamystery1648
    @itsamystery1648 Год назад +3

    I love the silence in which you painted this. Beautiful amazing work!

  • @KingFishStudios
    @KingFishStudios Год назад +4

    Titus, I’m speechless. Simply amazing. You inspire the fire 🔥. Thank you so much 🙏

  • @k.c.simonsen2
    @k.c.simonsen2 Год назад

    What a pleasing style, everything ends up looking perfect and the colors are fantastic.

  • @dianiskandar1270
    @dianiskandar1270 Год назад +2

    Nice studio we love that 😊👍

  • @thusspokezarathustra
    @thusspokezarathustra Год назад +1

    Magical to watch this process. Bravo Titus!!

  • @ziggyustar3137
    @ziggyustar3137 Год назад

    I started with puzzles using colors and color placement before I was 10 never knowing what to call it by grade 3 someone said that's art/ I have never looked back recognizing this was part of Me// at 5 I was sketching the only thing I could see; while laying in a bed holding me in place with sandbags(ancient practice traction) for three months/ now as an adult, I sketch the same thumb. I have a bunches of paintings, drawings of nothing but my right hand the instrument was taken away from me for 3 long months & then the rehabilitation too. Since then I paint & sketch with both hands each hand has it's own unique gifts / thank You for sharing your live painting and technique

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Wow that’s a special story Ziggy!

  • @danrichardson6108
    @danrichardson6108 Год назад +5

    Dan B Richardson.
    This is the Best instructional video and philosophy of art....that I have ever watched on the internet. We can learn from just watching you work. This is a great video, Thank you very very much.

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Thank you Dan! I am glad you like it so much.

    • @joanlhubsch
      @joanlhubsch Год назад

      I agree wholeheartedly. So honest and highly informative and a joy to watch such a beautiful artist. Thank you

    • @joanlhubsch
      @joanlhubsch Год назад

      Ppl

  • @colincampbell9825
    @colincampbell9825 Год назад +10

    Great to have an insight into an art practice without speeded up sequences and dreadful music! Feels real, considered and thoughtful...

  • @moscowcowboy_13
    @moscowcowboy_13 Год назад +3

    Dude, you are so cool. I found you after work and your video is just the right kind of escape that I needed. You are so talented, I am inspired to pick up my brushes. I love Amsterdam as well, such history, architecture and interesting people.

    • @ziggyustar3137
      @ziggyustar3137 Год назад

      Pretty soft on the eyes as well

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Thank you so much. I am really glad this is making you feel good

  • @thousandaireradio3199
    @thousandaireradio3199 Год назад +1

    It really pops at the end there. Beautiful

  • @heidiirenenyhammer7890
    @heidiirenenyhammer7890 Год назад +1

    I liked to see this video. Unike way to paint. Amazing!👍

  • @mvagiano
    @mvagiano Год назад +9

    Beautiful work, Titus! Thank you also for sharing your daily job as an artist. It is an inspiration for fellow artists who would like to make this a new vocation. 🙏

  • @nickrosas8889
    @nickrosas8889 Год назад +1

    Beautiful, and the thoughts you have shared.

  • @dogma_Jo
    @dogma_Jo Год назад +1

    Great video, really makes you think, looking forward to more. Subscribed 🎨🖌

  • @paulinehughes5325
    @paulinehughes5325 Год назад

    Hello I am enjoying all of your videos, and beautiful work Tank you so much

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      My pleasure Pauline! I am glad you enjoy these video's!

  • @trustmendoza1928
    @trustmendoza1928 Год назад +1

    damn, ur work is so damn clean
    so pleasant to watch
    a fresh breath of inspo for me

  • @Katerina-vm2ok
    @Katerina-vm2ok Год назад +4

    I just came across your channel and took the time to watch. I love your painting process and for allowing us to see it and to listen to your thought process. I appreciate the way you opened up yourself and expressed it so well. It was truly worth the time to watch. Looking forward to watching more on your channel. From an over 60 who wants to learn…😊

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад +3

      Thank you Katerina! Never stop learning!!

  • @kolcava1
    @kolcava1 Год назад +1

    Such a great video, I find watercolour one of the most difficult techniques... you can capture the mood of the places so well. Good luck with your next projects!

  • @dccopa13
    @dccopa13 Год назад

    God bless the algorthim, this channel is pure gold. A new follower here

  • @nancysmitherman9970
    @nancysmitherman9970 Год назад +3

    Just found your channel and loved watching you paint! Looking forward to seeing more and learning. Beautiful work! Such a pleasant video!!!

  • @ambient72
    @ambient72 Год назад +1

    This is a real treasure. Thank you for sharing your work and thoughts. You remind me of that famous quote from Monet, “To see, we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.”

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Yes that’s a good one. And so was Monet

  • @ZenMountain
    @ZenMountain Год назад

    Great video, I enjoyed it very much. Thank you!!

  • @robthejones
    @robthejones Год назад

    I’ve recently started watching posts on art for inspiration as I’m getting prepared to begin my painting again. This has helped. Thanks

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      That's great. Enjoy your painting journey Rob!

  • @igr7747
    @igr7747 Год назад +1

    Great picture. Thank you

  • @junkyjunco
    @junkyjunco Год назад +1

    Thanks so much for sharing your thought process behind your work. It very super insightful.

  • @manuelgutierrez6367
    @manuelgutierrez6367 Год назад +2

    Enhorabuena Tito, magnifico vídeo. Me gusta mucho tu forma de trabajar. Saludos.

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e Год назад +11

    Just found your channel and it looks really nice. I like your calmness as well as your painting. Good luck.

  • @willowhilldesigns7
    @willowhilldesigns7 Год назад +1

    I was fascinated watching the paint be applied to the canvas. It carried me off to such a serene place. Though I love to dabble in painting a bit, I love to create with fabric. I could understand and appreciate your thought processes. TFS

  • @hawkeye9382
    @hawkeye9382 Год назад +1

    Just found you. Love your work. Very calming voice also!

  •  Год назад +2

    Des très belles réalisations sur votre chaîne 👌,un grand talent dans votre travail.

  • @youtousim
    @youtousim Год назад +5

    Thanks for sharing your experience, thoughts and state of mind as an artist!
    I wish they taught me how to use watercolors properly in school, now. Seems like an awesome medium to catch light and create ambience.

  • @judithmalan1502
    @judithmalan1502 Год назад

    Outstanding.
    So refreshing to to watch the development of the harmonies of your composition.

  • @anick6265
    @anick6265 Год назад

    Quel merveilleux moments pour mon âme cette rencontre avec un si talentueux artiste. J ai apprécié la toile qui se définissait sous mes yeux, les paroles dites, le calme, les silences…quel belle découverte! Merci de partager avec le public, vous êtes talentueux mais aussi généreux. Je suis une nouvelle admiratrice. Quebec, Canada

  • @solomonbakker-reynolds6705
    @solomonbakker-reynolds6705 Год назад

    Great video, thank you for the incredible advice on working outside/working in the studio. Very Insightful for me!

  • @onzkicg
    @onzkicg Год назад +1

    This is so interesting, looks awesome 👏 Subscribed!

  • @hansenhennymeeuws2481
    @hansenhennymeeuws2481 Год назад +1

    Wat een genot, deze video. Uniek vind ik de filosofische monoloog halverwege de video. Daar lust ik meer van!

  • @meiredeabreu8665
    @meiredeabreu8665 Год назад +1

    Your art is beautiful!!!! Thanks!!!

  • @tlabuscagne
    @tlabuscagne Год назад

    Wow! Really enjoyed this, the highlights on the statue really made it stand out. New subscriber here!

  • @GarnetLynne
    @GarnetLynne Год назад

    So glad your channel popped up on my youtube. Lovely work and it's so nice to listen to your voice while I paint and watch your technique. When I first saw you you reminded me of Phillip on the Chateau Diaries, then I realize you too are Dutch. I was in Amsterdam in the mid 80's and loved it. I was sad to leave but I went north to Norway, that was the best trip of my life. I always wanted to go back to the Netherlands, now I can watching your channel.

  • @robbiej2070
    @robbiej2070 Год назад

    Thanks for the great video and commentary 👍

  • @Tat2TankT
    @Tat2TankT Год назад +2

    Amazing work found me a new channel to watch thanks for sharing 😊

  • @FishingtonBurpPuzzle
    @FishingtonBurpPuzzle Год назад +2

    Since an art college trip which introduced me to your country I have always admired the way you treasure your cities.

  • @frenchgrama
    @frenchgrama Год назад +19

    I’m enjoying your videos very much, it’s nice to see a day in the life of an artist - especially a watercolour artist (after my family, watercolour painting is the love of my life❤❤❤). I live in Brisbane, Australia which physically and visually is the exact opposite of The Netherlands and to me your country looks soooo beautiful. Every morning when I go for my early walk I’m always looking to ‘see’ my local landscape and imagine how I would paint it and I’m seeing different things in the same landscape every day… Cheers!

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад +1

      Thank you @Magdalena French. I'm glad we understand each other.

    • @joachimklee6433
      @joachimklee6433 Год назад +2

      Ich male selber in der Freizeit.
      Die Lichtstimmung ist Ihnen in Ihrer Kunst sehr wichtig.
      In einem Malkurs habe ich sehr früh Licht und Schatten kennengelernt. Gelernt habe ich sehr viel von Van Gogh und den Impressionisten des 19. Jh. Mir gefallen Ihre Aquarelle. Sehr schön.

  • @renegmw
    @renegmw Год назад

    This is the first video I watch from you and loved it. I like to hear the brush strokes, I don’t know if was rain outside at some point too…sometimes the music in some videos I see of people while painting is a bit distracting and also reminds you that we are watching a youtube video. Here it was like I’m there watching you at work and learning. I enjoyed it very much.

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад +1

      I am glad you like it, thank you

  • @paintingsofwaves_mikewoning
    @paintingsofwaves_mikewoning Год назад +2

    Dude! I didn't know you had a YT channel! I've been following your work on IG for a while, aboslutely love it despite being a different medium than I use myself. The 'overpeinzingen' were killer. Subscribed for more!

  • @anupamm06
    @anupamm06 Год назад +5

    your paintings are like breath of fresh air, absolutely beautiful! I am also a hobby watercolor painter, based out of the Netherlands and am inspired by your art and your mental thought process.

  • @mariamassey5468
    @mariamassey5468 Год назад +2

    BEAUTIFUL❤❤❤

  • @jillianburley3588
    @jillianburley3588 Год назад +1

    Perfection contemporary loose water colour you with sketch book with real passion, watercolor is controlled but the art is to make all the colours Flow together and lyour structured detailed just enough, also drawing is so important with water colour l find , your client should adore and treasure it your natural talent focus with art occasionally use the internet

  • @ryngdaze
    @ryngdaze Год назад +3

    lovely video:)

  • @ИльяЛебедев-х7р
    @ИльяЛебедев-х7р Год назад +1

    Master! Thank you!

  • @michaelhaasjes8066
    @michaelhaasjes8066 Год назад +7

    A brush is such a simple tool but it is amazing how many different marks can be made with it.

  • @jamesmurrell
    @jamesmurrell Год назад +6

    Thank you sharing your process and thinking about how you approach your work. Very personal and intimate, and for a learning artist it is so inspirational and helpful. There are a lot of videos about techniques, but very few about the experience as an artist of seeing and working. Beautiful work too.

  • @Marcus-sx1bj
    @Marcus-sx1bj Год назад

    Loved it! Long periods without any background music at all. And when music plays, it's very gentle and fitting the mood. It is well conveyed the feeling of taking your time. Much needed in stressful times ;)

  • @elasen3087
    @elasen3087 Год назад

    কী আঁকলে গুরু। প্রথমে ভাবলাম এত সুন্দর স্কেচ করা ছবিটার বারোটা বাজাচ্ছ। পরে দেখলাম ফুল ফোটালে। জিওহ্।❤️

  • @mohamadjefry9412
    @mohamadjefry9412 Год назад +2

    I was 14 and still in highschool when i start my painting until now

  • @Motherkuen
    @Motherkuen Год назад

    Love to watch the colors blend across the paper. The beauty of the mixture is magical. I love to play with different types of art from photography to painting, oil pastels, ect.... Have you ever used watercolor pencils? If you have what are your thoughts on them. Thank you for sharing your time and work with us. One of my favorite things to do is look at someone's artwork and wonder what they were thinking in the moment.

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Thank you! No, I never tried any watercolor pencils. I use a lot of water and let it do some work. I am not sure if that’s possible with watercolor pencils ?

  • @bodawei425
    @bodawei425 Год назад +3

    As an artist myself, I can totally relate to the deep concentration you mention while working, and the impression that time stops. It's a great feeling that is so liberating. Your watercolors are lovely, I like very much the light and the peaceful atmosphere out of them.

  • @heidilorenz3517
    @heidilorenz3517 Год назад +1

    Ah that was nice to watch I got right into a flow state just watching you paint, especially while you did those final highlights at the end!

  • @ShakilaTaranumMaan
    @ShakilaTaranumMaan Год назад +1

    Fabulous work

  • @MythbustersMaster
    @MythbustersMaster Год назад

    this ones incredible

  • @romar6370
    @romar6370 Год назад +3

    Wow, what an amazing video. Tranquility from start to end. Thank you so much. By the way, I really enjoy the closing piano, could you give me the name of the track? Nogmaals bedankt!

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад +3

      Thank you, that’s lovely! All the music in the video’s is made and recorderd by myself so you won’t find it on the web, sorry…

    • @romar6370
      @romar6370 Год назад

      ​@@TitusMeeuws Mooi gedaan, erg fijn om naar te luisteren

  • @vanillapapers
    @vanillapapers Год назад

    That is masterful ❤ I'm trying to do some urban sketching here in Cairo and this is such an inspiration.

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Nice to read thank you Vanilla. Have fun in Caïro!

  • @brianrogersart
    @brianrogersart Год назад

    How do you make your paint colors? In real life or even a photograph I will see the sun reflecting on a building or I’ll see the darkness of the shadows cast upon the backside of an object. But I’m not able yet to mix the colors to show the sun light or color of a shadow that looks right. I started watercolor only a few years ago so I have a long way to go. But this one thing, appropriately making colors that are close to realistic will freeze me in front of my watercolor paper. I’m continuing to love your art and videos!

    • @TitusMeeuws
      @TitusMeeuws  Год назад

      Good question Brian. Actually I don’t think in color. I think (and watch) in warm and cold, bright and dark, hard and soft. I started watercolor with two colors. That was enough for years and later I bought a thirth color

  • @booousername
    @booousername Год назад +1

    I’m 27 and I have thoroughly convinced myself I am too old to learn how to paint now 😂 whilst I get over this, how should I start learning how to paint, especially painting oils which I loved as as kid? How do I even begin to think about painting?

  • @culturevulture3382
    @culturevulture3382 Год назад +1

    Bravo!

  • @irenakaczmar6770
    @irenakaczmar6770 Год назад +1

    Danke danke
    🎂🌷🌷🍓🍇♥️♥️🎻☕Irena

  • @AFGautonompunk
    @AFGautonompunk Год назад

    as i was wandering amidst a bright spring day in Amsterdam, i was wondering what the immersive guitar music was, playing along my ever so vivid day dream ? ..

  • @gregorysolomon1727
    @gregorysolomon1727 Год назад

    I am not a “pro” ! Although I do this for number of years of my life.
    Watercolour is my favourite . I learned that focusing is a crucial part of progression . Also , in order to regain it I step away from the painting for short time or maybe longer. It does dramatically
    helps to see anew what I didn’t see before! Anyway I was enjoying watching your work , enjoying to see you tilting the paper ( I do the same, I also having a dilemma when I choose matings…) Thank you for sharing and good luck!

  • @devondetroit2529
    @devondetroit2529 Год назад

    Was that guache paint at the end there? Really made the statue pop out when that was applied. Cant be easy painting bronze