Not only you're an awesome painter and teacher, but also you speak so clear and pronounce so beautifully that I can improve my English together with trying to paint :-) thank you!
I'm so happy to see you back and better . you are the reason why my paintings are looking better and learning from the best YOU .now I can't understand stand why people gives you thumbs down .you're unique here in Puerto Rico I have introduce you and your artistic way of tutorials and now in the Bronx , New York .God Bless You Mr. Michael I'm 68th. Years old and you have given me my artistic life back again .Thank You So Much GBYA.
Just have no words... Awesome. Im looking at all of these lessons as a guy who has no abbilities to draw, and one thing came to my mind - just to admire of it... This is a REAL ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
These days, whenever I want to do maditation, I just watch your videos. They just take me to a new world where everything is so beautiful and serene. Thankyou very much for the time you spent to make people happy. May God bless you with good health and happiness in this new year, Mr. Michael .
Woooow... You are surely the world's best artist... The learners like me, we always see the finished works of the artists and never get the chance to see the mesmerizing process which inspire and helps a lot in learning..so you are doing agreat job...
Thank You so much for letting us watch you paint!!! I have been so afraid to start painting water, still am, but you give me better understanding! Watching you helps me understand with the layers & glazes applied, I am not one who is book smart, but watching and studying your moves, along with how you paint keeps my mind alive and makes me want to experiment more!!! Thank you from this old lady!
Happy to see you! What an amazing painting of clear water. You are the best teacher ever. I'm french and your english is so perfect to hear that is easy for me to understand, thank you so much. Have a very happy new year Michael!
You really are a fantastic artist,I watch your videos gob smacked,I can,t believe what I,m seeing, it,s so perfect,And I sincerely hope you get your art club back again,it should,nt have happened to you,thank you thank you for putting you work on line,your a genius with oils,
Wonderful painting and presentation. It's amazing how much I've learned from your RUclips channel. It's a testament to how well of an artist and teacher you are! Thank you for taking the time to make these great videos!
You're the best painter of realism now days Michael.. my passion of painting show up again after I watching your videos.. honestly., I learn so much from you.. may God keep you in health always and forever.. bravo
Not only are you an amazing painter and a thoughtful, funny person, you produce the BEST art videos I have seen. You know exactly how to mix film, instruction, and music together perfectly. Thank you!
I started learning oil painting and I realized you are the best option online rather than going to an art school in Dublin. As many peoples already mentioned your instruction is very clear. It is really helpful for me as well. Thank you very much for your tutorial.
Your painting teaches lots of techniques but the best thing is it gives immense satisfaction and calmness to my mind as i undergone a huge financial breakdown and these videos gives huge motivation . You are an angel
Love seeing your insightful painting demonstrations again. Thank you for your time in producing this video and sharing your gift with us. Wishing your 2019 to be the happiest and brightest ever for you and your family.
I love your videos. I have been putting your methods into practice and I now get so much satisfaction out of my painting. Please keep teaching. You are an accomplished teacher as well as a terrific painter.
Hi Michael, God has blessed you with the wonderful abilities : painting,teaching and encouragement. Knowing you’ve just endured some disappointment...I just want to say thanks for sharing your amazing talent ! May God Bless You and your family this New Year! A thankful and blessed American fan, Tony W.
Wow man. Your technics achieve such realism that it looks like you could step right into the water. I haven't seen anyone who sees the colors with such detail and then know what brush to use to put it on the canvas. Thanks for sharing how you do it.
😅😂🤣 Love the shirt. I can just picture me wearing one. I do love your painting. I'm almost 70 now and started painting. I don't have the patience for oils. I follow along your videos an find myself reverse engineering things for watercolor. Works like a charm and I appreciate when you point out things in perspective and shadow because you explain the "why" of it, which sometimes escapes me until I hear you explain it and in hindsight it seems rather obvious, but most people miss the obvious in details.
I learn more about detailed realism painting from your videos, than just about anything else I can find. Thank you for taking the time to put this up on RUclips, and I hope that you get your school back soon! Would love to join, but want to make sure I'm supporting you directly since you put all of this very very hard work into your lessons
It made me so happy to see you in top form, I waited all day to watch this video and you didnt disappoint. You are a gifted artist and a very talented teacher, your instruction are very clear an easy to follow. Wish you could be back to teach in your own school or similar. thank you for your time
Another masterpiece. This is an amazing lesson. So good to have your lessons back online. A new year, a new venture begins, and we are supporting you all the way MJS. I am still using your brushes and learning so much from you. We have some amazing artists in NZ but you are the one who I am inspired by the most. Thank you for sharing your talent. Here’s to the next chapter of artistry in our lives! Thank You!
So pleased I came across your video s and I appreciate your willingness to share your talents I’m a real amateur painter but your are inspiring to push myself to try new things love your art thank you very much from New Zealand
I have just discovered you on RUclips. I am gobsmacked! I long to paint with such control and realism. You make it look so easy! I will definitely be following you!!
Hi maestro, I'm so sorry for the troubles you had with you art school on line, but I'm so glad you are back on You Tube with more detailed videos. Hope you could continue to post them. Thank you.
Hello Michael James Smith Phantastic painting. I like all your paintings. But you can paint phantastic landscapes with acrylic paints, too, what I miss so much.
Thank you for sharing your work ... the more I watch your videos and the more I am amazed at your skill ..... I wish you a year full of joy, health and happiness for you and your family .... greetings from my beautiful Tuscany (Italy)
Well done dear, I regularly watch your videos as I have a hobby of painting and I picked so many useful tips to add in my landscapes..... But the way you do the things with small brush so minutely is just a matter of appreciation and a lots of patience..... I do paint just for my fun and to forget all worries...thanks for sharing yor techniques and talent....
Enjoying the lesson is an understatement! Absolutely brilliant as always. Thank you so much for sharing. (you probably are the best artist on the planet).
It's good to see you back painting, and uploaded this awesome painting. Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. Sorry to hear of your struggles over the website and art school. Keep going, you will win out in the end.
Thank you Michael for sharing. I am motivated by your talent and your ability to explain and teach as you paint. But most of all inspired by your spirit; may great opportunities find you in the new year.
What a great surprise to see you today. So sorry for your troubles, but I’ve learned from a lot of ups and downs that in the end, something good always comes from these things. It’s impossible to see it at the time. I appreciate your skills, dedication and your willingness to share your knowledge and look forward to more lessons to come.
First of all, thank you so much for providing these instructional videos. After years of attempting to paint, your instruction and inspiration enabled me to achieve a level of realism I always dreamed of. I recently sold my first painting as a result of watching you. I am a subscriber to your art school and was very upset after hearing your explanation of what happened. I will continue to follow you in whatever you do, and my thoughts are with you and your family as you move forward into bigger and better things. You are an amazing artist and I am forever your loyal student!
Thank you Michael for being so unstintingly generous sharing your amazing techniques and so much more with heaps of useful hints . You are an extraordinary artist and if I am any judge , a very good man. You didn't deserve to experience the recent business and personal turmoil resulting from the recent business venture. What goes around comes around... A New Year awaits and I hope that it is a Happy 'n Healthful one for you and your family , upward and onward. Also thank you for the great music interludes, I love it. Thank you again . John Arnott.
Michael, thank you for this lesson. I paint river scenes and often have trouble depicting the shallow stones on bottom. Your video lesson clarified how its done to make it look realistic and believable. Your technique for showing flowing water over shallow rocks is superb. Thanks again!
Wonderful to see you back on RUclips. I signed up for the school last year but hardly ever visited the site because these RUclips lessons are so much more instructive. Please keep them coming! Happy New Year!
James you are such an inspiration. I am awed by your detailed work. Keep it up my friend. Would also love to see the work your Father is doing at your side. Dying to know if you learned from him. I aspire to one day be capable of such detail. Thanks!
Love the painting, both the scenery and the realism in it. Mindblowing stuff man! Also, that sweater rocks! Just about the right level of humbleness XD
awwwww… at 6:32 it seems to go out of focus. Such great detail I wanted to see you work. But at 9:35 it's back nice and sharp. Great talent you have, regardless. Just stunning, the ripples, underwater stones, the reflection. So well done
First time on your channel and I must say I very much enjoyed watching and listening to your lesson. Doing river and stream beds are really hard to plan out for me however, watching you simplified the process a lot and I thank you for that!
Superb work Michael! Thank you for sharing with us the beauty of your creations. How to be you? Have you had great mentors or were you just born that way?
loved the ripple effect with the gel liquid... and the highlights that made the rocks on the dry areas come to life. I wasn't sure how you made the grass look so realistic, so it would be great to have you do a short clip of how you did that. Thanks for the tutorial.
Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year 2019. May you keep inspiring us all. God bless. You are an amazing and wonderful painter.
Es precioso todo lo que haces! Gracias por compartir, por ser tan generoso para los que queremos aprender y tu eres el mejor maestro. Siempre agradecida!
Happy New Year.....another remarkable painting...love watching you work, fast or slow, simply amazing .....as I said on another site..one door closes and another will open.......appears it already is .
Something I have not done before, clear water river bed. Indeed you are a great teacher.
Not only you're an awesome painter and teacher, but also you speak so clear and pronounce so beautifully that I can improve my English together with trying to paint :-) thank you!
That's so true
Amazing..👍+🔔😘😊😘😛😜🍎🌷🌹🌺🍂🍃🎃🍒
I'm so happy to see you back and better . you are the reason why my paintings are looking better and learning from the best YOU .now I can't understand stand why people gives you thumbs down .you're unique here in Puerto Rico I have introduce you and your artistic way of tutorials and now in the Bronx , New York .God Bless You Mr. Michael I'm 68th. Years old and you have given me my artistic life back again .Thank You So Much GBYA.
Just have no words... Awesome. Im looking at all of these lessons as a guy who has no abbilities to draw, and one thing came to my mind - just to admire of it... This is a REAL ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
These days, whenever I want to do maditation, I just watch your videos. They just take me to a new world where everything is so beautiful and serene.
Thankyou very much for the time you spent to make people happy.
May God bless you with good health and happiness in this new year, Mr. Michael .
Woooow... You are surely the world's best artist... The learners like me, we always see the finished works of the artists and never get the chance to see the mesmerizing process which inspire and helps a lot in learning..so you are doing agreat job...
Thank You so much for letting us watch you paint!!! I have been so afraid to start painting water, still am, but you give me better understanding! Watching you helps me understand with the layers & glazes applied, I am not one who is book smart, but watching and studying your moves, along with how you paint keeps my mind alive and makes me want to experiment more!!! Thank you from this old lady!
Happy to see you! What an amazing painting of clear water. You are the best teacher ever. I'm french and your english is so perfect to hear that is easy for me to understand, thank you so much. Have a very happy new year Michael!
You really are a fantastic artist,I watch your videos gob smacked,I can,t believe what I,m seeing, it,s so perfect,And I sincerely hope you get your art club back again,it should,nt have happened to you,thank you thank you for putting you work on line,your a genius with oils,
Wonderful painting and presentation. It's amazing how much I've learned from your RUclips channel. It's a testament to how well of an artist and teacher you are! Thank you for taking the time to make these great videos!
That is a fantastic work sir..You inspire a whole lot of artists who get stuck with certain steps..Thank you
You're the best painter of realism now days Michael.. my passion of painting show up again after I watching your videos.. honestly., I learn so much from you.. may God keep you in health always and forever.. bravo
You take pride in your work, it’s amazing to see you taking time to put so much details into your masterpiece.
Michael you are the best artist
One of the best artists of the world.. and best teacher.. thank u
Not only are you an amazing painter and a thoughtful, funny person, you produce the BEST art videos I have seen. You know exactly how to mix film, instruction, and music together perfectly. Thank you!
I like every landscape you're drawing. So beautiful, so vivid & lively! Incredible!! 👏
I started learning oil painting and I realized you are the best option online rather than going to an art school in Dublin. As many peoples already mentioned your instruction is very clear. It is really helpful for me as well. Thank you very much for your tutorial.
Fantastic tutorial Michael. I am hoping I can capture that kind of magic using only acrylics. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Your painting teaches lots of techniques but the best thing is it gives immense satisfaction and calmness to my mind as i undergone a huge financial breakdown and these videos gives huge motivation . You are an angel
Love seeing your insightful painting demonstrations again. Thank you for your time in producing this video and sharing your gift with us. Wishing your 2019 to be the happiest and brightest ever for you and your family.
Your paintings are so realistic that they look like photographs. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Absolutely amazing river, the whole painting is awesome! Chris.
Just love your instructional videos, Michael, espcially when it's showing one of our favourite walks. Cheers
I love your videos. I have been putting your methods into practice and I now get so much satisfaction out of my painting. Please keep teaching. You are an accomplished teacher as well as a terrific painter.
Hi Michael, God has blessed you with the wonderful abilities : painting,teaching and encouragement.
Knowing you’ve just endured some disappointment...I just want to say thanks for sharing your amazing talent !
May God Bless You and your family this New Year!
A thankful and blessed American fan,
Tony W.
So thrilled you are back. Wishing you a wonderful New Year.
Wow man. Your technics achieve such realism that it looks like you could step right into the water. I haven't seen anyone who sees the colors with such detail and then know what brush to use to put it on the canvas. Thanks for sharing how you do it.
😅😂🤣 Love the shirt. I can just picture me wearing one. I do love your painting. I'm almost 70 now and started painting. I don't have the patience for oils. I follow along your videos an find myself reverse engineering things for watercolor. Works like a charm and I appreciate when you point out things in perspective and shadow because you explain the "why" of it, which sometimes escapes me until I hear you explain it and in hindsight it seems rather obvious, but most people miss the obvious in details.
I learn more about detailed realism painting from your videos, than just about anything else I can find. Thank you for taking the time to put this up on RUclips, and I hope that you get your school back soon! Would love to join, but want to make sure I'm supporting you directly since you put all of this very very hard work into your lessons
You write acrylics with paints or a simple gouache paint?
Seascape
Seascapes
It was really wonderful! I admire your skills of drawing water and rocks! Thanks for your teaching!
It made me so happy to see you in top form, I waited all day to watch this video and you didnt disappoint. You are a gifted artist and a very talented teacher, your instruction are very clear an easy to follow. Wish you could be back to teach in your own school or similar. thank you for your time
Thank you for this lesson. I needed help with making water look real. You're very talented and a good instructor.
Another masterpiece. This is an amazing lesson. So good to have your lessons back online. A new year, a new venture begins, and we are supporting you all the way MJS. I am still using your brushes and learning so much from you. We have some amazing artists in NZ but you are the one who I am inspired by the most. Thank you for sharing your talent. Here’s to the next chapter of artistry in our lives! Thank You!
I loved watching you paint this. I've painted a stream and you've just solved some of my dilemmas. I look forward to trying your techniques!
So beautiful. Thank you for sharing your art and techniques. You are the best artist that I know.
You're a very talented and amazing artist ! In your hand the brush moves swiftly like dancing in harmony.
So pleased I came across your video s and I appreciate your willingness to share your talents I’m a real amateur painter but your are inspiring to push myself to try new things love your art thank you very much from New Zealand
I have just discovered you on RUclips. I am gobsmacked! I long to paint with such control and realism. You make it look so easy! I will definitely be following you!!
I am grateful for your RUclips videos. Thank you Michael.
Great lesson! Thank you! Gorgeously painted!
You are a marvelous artist and have a wonderful way of teaching. Thank you for this video. Sorry for your recent business troubles
Hi maestro, I'm so sorry for the troubles you had with you art school on line, but I'm so glad you are back on You Tube with more detailed videos. Hope you could continue to post them. Thank you.
Amazing painting Michael. Keep them coming. I'm sure this year will be better for you. All the best to you and your family.
Hello Michael James Smith
Phantastic painting.
I like all your paintings.
But you can paint phantastic landscapes with acrylic paints, too, what I miss so much.
Glad to see you back. A happy new year to you. I cannot wait until you restart your online- school. Amazing painting.
Watching you paint is like poetry in motion
Thank you for sharing your work ... the more I watch your videos and the more I am amazed at your skill ..... I wish you a year full of joy, health and happiness for you and your family .... greetings from my beautiful Tuscany (Italy)
Well done dear, I regularly watch your videos as I have a hobby of painting and I picked so many useful tips to add in my landscapes..... But the way you do the things with small brush so minutely is just a matter of appreciation and a lots of patience..... I do paint just for my fun and to forget all worries...thanks for sharing yor techniques and talent....
Wow that's great!! It looks real .. like the original place .. very good !!🇮🇹
So glad you are back.Your my favorite teacher on here!!! Please include more details on color mixing,thank you for everything!
Enjoying the lesson is an understatement! Absolutely brilliant as always. Thank you so much for sharing. (you probably are the best artist on the planet).
yes.....fabulous...a really lovely picture and lesson.....thankyou.
Wow.. amazing painting, I like it, thank you Michael
You are a great artist and a great teacher.
You inspired me to start painting with oils and acrylics again.
Thank you.
Your new subscriber.
Great Job as always. Your Great at explaining the color mixing, brush technique and glazing. Glad to see you back at it. Keep on Keeping on.
It's good to see you back painting, and uploaded this awesome painting. Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. Sorry to hear of your struggles over the website and art school. Keep going, you will win out in the end.
MJS a class act an incredible talent and teacher wish we were pals thanks for the lessons
Great to see you back in action on RUclips.
Thank you Michael for sharing. I am motivated by your talent and your ability to explain and teach as you paint. But most of all inspired by your spirit; may great opportunities find you in the new year.
What a great surprise to see you today. So sorry for your troubles, but I’ve learned from a lot of ups and downs that in the end, something good always comes from these things. It’s impossible to see it at the time. I appreciate your skills, dedication and your willingness to share your knowledge and look forward to more lessons to come.
Seriously who could put a thumbs down?? One of the best teachers ever!!
First of all, thank you so much for providing these instructional videos. After years of attempting to paint, your instruction and inspiration enabled me to achieve a level of realism I always dreamed of. I recently sold my first painting as a result of watching you. I am a subscriber to your art school and was very upset after hearing your explanation of what happened. I will continue to follow you in whatever you do, and my thoughts are with you and your family as you move forward into bigger and better things. You are an amazing artist and I am forever your loyal student!
That's great testimony about his classes.
Thank you for coming back . I will start painting this river bed . It looks so real.
Great to see your not letting a bad experience keep you from painting your beautiful landscapes
Does this mean you're back for good? Your lessons are wonderful! Love to watch and learn!
Thank you Michael for being so unstintingly generous sharing your amazing techniques and so much more with heaps of useful hints . You are an extraordinary artist and if I am any judge , a very good man. You didn't deserve to experience the recent business and personal turmoil resulting from the recent business venture. What goes around comes around... A New Year awaits and I hope that it is a Happy 'n Healthful one for you and your family , upward and onward. Also thank you for the great music interludes, I love it. Thank you again . John Arnott.
Great to see you back Michael, I get great pleasure in watching your videos.
It's very natural and beautiful.
Michael, thank you for this lesson. I paint river scenes and often have trouble depicting the shallow stones on bottom. Your video lesson clarified how its done to make it look realistic and believable. Your technique for showing flowing water over shallow rocks is superb. Thanks again!
Wonderful to see you back on RUclips. I signed up for the school last year but hardly ever visited the site because these RUclips lessons are so much more instructive. Please keep them coming! Happy New Year!
James you are such an inspiration. I am awed by your detailed work. Keep it up my friend. Would also love to see the work your Father is doing at your side. Dying to know if you learned from him. I aspire to one day be capable of such detail. Thanks!
Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael!
Incredible talent & work. How enjoyable to watch anything you do....👏👏👏
Love the painting, both the scenery and the realism in it. Mindblowing stuff man!
Also, that sweater rocks! Just about the right level of humbleness XD
Welcome back Michael, happy to see you. Thanks.
Glad to see you ....have a wonderful new year! You are a amazing artist
awwwww… at 6:32 it seems to go out of focus. Such great detail I wanted to see you work. But at 9:35 it's back nice and sharp. Great talent you have, regardless. Just stunning, the ripples, underwater stones, the reflection. So well done
Welcome home Michael. Cant wait to get started on the oils again. This makes 2019 a good year for me , Hope its the same for you
Saludos from Puerto Rico. Specially at these times its like to walk through that river on a sunny day. Thanks.
I enjoy your videos and hope you keep doing what you love doing. Best wishes to you always.
you definitely the best artist in the world your painting looks so real wow! 👍🤗
First time on your channel and I must say I very much enjoyed watching and listening to your lesson. Doing river and stream beds are really hard to plan out for me however, watching you simplified the process a lot and I thank you for that!
Very nice process of painting Sir.
i m delighted to see you are moving on and doing well keep rockin it budy.....jhc
Terrific Michael as usual. Hope you get everything sorted soon with the web site.
Superb work Michael! Thank you for sharing with us the beauty of your creations. How to be you? Have you had great mentors or were you just born that way?
You are amazing... well done mate. Inspirational and challenging to try your ideas. Thank you so much, Mervyn
Michael, yours trees are perfect, its amazing
I am very grateful to you for showing a slow letter.Thanks a lot.
PERFECTION. I had to rewind to make sure it wasn’t a photo. Your detail is amazing. Thank you.
loved the ripple effect with the gel liquid... and the highlights that made the rocks on the dry areas come to life. I wasn't sure how you made the grass look so realistic, so it would be great to have you do a short clip of how you did that. Thanks for the tutorial.
Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year 2019. May you keep inspiring us all. God bless. You are an amazing and wonderful painter.
Every time I see your episode, I feel myself more refreshed and enriched.
This is an amazingly beautiful place the water so clear 👏🏻👏🏻❤️
Brilliant painting, thank you for the tips. I do art class weekly and its good to get new tips and using different brushes.
Es precioso todo lo que haces! Gracias por compartir, por ser tan generoso para los que queremos aprender y tu eres el mejor maestro. Siempre agradecida!
Excellent water flow colouring..... it's quite natural look and you are a great teacher of painting sir.... Namaskar from Odisha, India.
Happy New Year.....another remarkable painting...love watching you work, fast or slow, simply amazing .....as I said on another site..one door closes and another will open.......appears it already is .
Thank you! Your lessons are very enjoyable and your paintings are lovely.
Greet to see your videos again. Thanks so much
Wow! It looks so real. Amazing!