Watching Helen teaching is an amazing experience. It is an interesting movie with many heroes, and everyone is important and influences each other. Thank you from all my heart.
Your analogy comparing Helen's teachings to a movie with heroes is spot on. Each lesson indeed feels like uncovering a new character, each imparting valuable insights. Thanks for sharing your poetic and heartfelt appreciation- viewers like you make celebrating Helen's legacy rewarding.
@@HelenVanWyk, I am so happy you like my post. I am from Russia, and my English is quite poor, so it is hard to tell what I feel. I never painted until I was 81. Now I am 88 and enjoy learning. For me, Helen is a great teacher.
Happy Wedding Anniversary in heaven Helen! I'm sure you're having a wonderfully romantic day! Was today actually Helen's wedding anniversary? Thank you for this! It was a sheer delight! Lisa
Look at the mistake at 15:14. See if you can notice the mistake that Helen corrects. I don't want to spoil it so just see if you know what she did wrong. If you are an avid viewer of her videos you should know the answer.
I think being her wedding anniversary, she might have been a little distracted. There were multiple mishaps in this lesson. The one you are challenging others to identify, and a couple of times calling a tomato an apple. She sure seemed really happy that it was her anniversary. Thanks for the comment. It's appreciated.
If the jug handle is casting a shadow it would be hit with light. It isnt it is in shadow itself. Im an artist too and admire your work. but thought I would point it out.
Keen eye. Helen seems to have overlooked that point. In fact, others have noticed that problem. Check past comments. I think Helen also missed something with the lower right corner. Thanks for the insightful comments. It's appreciated.
Ok, much as I like Helen's videos, in this case she would have been better off spending time getting the set up right and then painting what she saw, rather than trying to "invent" shadows. Being consistent with invented things is tricky and she's a bit all over the shop. The shadow of the right hand tomato is almost coming forward - at best its going straight across the canvas. And she moved the cast shadow on the jar (from the edge of the setup) so that it went through the middle of the rim, and yet the cast shadow on the wall, from the jar, includes the handle which itself should be in shadow from the edge of the setup... So word to the wise: spend the time to get the lighting on the subject how you really want it.
Thanks for the insightful analysis of Helen's lesson. Much appreciated. Her commentary from the video makes me wonder if the change to the crock's shadow was intentional, that is, to be part of the lesson. From the transcript she says, "The cast shadow that I happen to see in my arrangement over there isn't the shape that I know I could get from a wall. We don't paint what we see; we paint what we saw. We apply or add some tender loving care. Just to paint what you see is what a painter does. To paint what you artistically want is what an artist does." This could have also been her clever way to acknowledge and correct the poor setup lighting as you noticed. Thanks again for posting, it's very much appreciated.
@@HelenVanWyk Thanks for the reply. I think in a lot of the videos she "improves" her setup to take account of her artistic sensibilities - moving quite where a flower is etc. And of course 99% of the time that's fine. But shadows are more akin to perspective in that they have to obey the rules! And if they don't, even if you haven't consciously noticed what's wrong, I think the brain somehow registers that something is amiss and is unsettled by it.
Helen is full of so much wisdom. Everything she says is quotable.
I agree completely!
Watching Helen teaching is an amazing experience. It is an interesting movie with many heroes, and everyone is important and influences each other. Thank you from all my heart.
Your analogy comparing Helen's teachings to a movie with heroes is spot on. Each lesson indeed feels like uncovering a new character, each imparting valuable insights. Thanks for sharing your poetic and heartfelt appreciation- viewers like you make celebrating Helen's legacy rewarding.
@@HelenVanWyk, I am so happy you like my post. I am from Russia, and my English is quite poor, so it is hard to tell what I feel. I never painted until I was 81. Now I am 88 and enjoy learning. For me, Helen is a great teacher.
Thank you so much. I love this teacher so much
Great to hear. Thanks for posting and supporting the channel.
Happy Wedding Anniversary in heaven Helen! I'm sure you're having a wonderfully romantic day!
Was today actually Helen's wedding anniversary?
Thank you for this! It was a sheer delight!
Lisa
Thanks for the comment. If today really is Helen's wedding anniversary, it's purely coincidence that this lesson was posted on the same day.
@@HelenVanWyk I wish we knew. She was so excited! It was just lovely! I could feel the love she had for her husband!
I am looking forward to her teaching Rembrandt.❤
That Rembrandt portrait lesson is in the queue and should hit the channel in a few weeks.
Thanks so much.
Your welcome, happy to be able to bring Helen's lessons to you. Enjoy!
Thanks a bunch for this !😊
More to come and thanks for posting and support. Much appreciated.
@@HelenVanWyk You're welcome 😁
Look at the mistake at 15:14. See if you can notice the mistake that Helen corrects. I don't want to spoil it so just see if you know what she did wrong. If you are an avid viewer of her videos you should know the answer.
I think being her wedding anniversary, she might have been a little distracted. There were multiple mishaps in this lesson. The one you are challenging others to identify, and a couple of times calling a tomato an apple. She sure seemed really happy that it was her anniversary. Thanks for the comment. It's appreciated.
Yes.I have noticed.
Dutch Masters😊❤
Three thumbs up but I don't understand, someone please explain. What is Dutch Masters?
Well her technique and her aproach resembels the dutch masters. And then of course@@HelenVanWyk her last name😊
I found my master❤
Absolutely...just keep watching and you'll keep learning. Helen's lessons are full of wisdom and inspiration.
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If the jug handle is casting a shadow it would be hit with light. It isnt it is in shadow itself. Im an artist too and admire your work. but thought I would point it out.
Keen eye. Helen seems to have overlooked that point. In fact, others have noticed that problem. Check past comments. I think Helen also missed something with the lower right corner. Thanks for the insightful comments. It's appreciated.
Ok, much as I like Helen's videos, in this case she would have been better off spending time getting the set up right and then painting what she saw, rather than trying to "invent" shadows. Being consistent with invented things is tricky and she's a bit all over the shop.
The shadow of the right hand tomato is almost coming forward - at best its going straight across the canvas. And she moved the cast shadow on the jar (from the edge of the setup) so that it went through the middle of the rim, and yet the cast shadow on the wall, from the jar, includes the handle which itself should be in shadow from the edge of the setup...
So word to the wise: spend the time to get the lighting on the subject how you really want it.
Thanks for the insightful analysis of Helen's lesson. Much appreciated. Her commentary from the video makes me wonder if the change to the crock's shadow was intentional, that is, to be part of the lesson. From the transcript she says, "The cast shadow that I happen to see in my arrangement over there isn't the shape that I know I could get from a wall. We don't paint what we see; we paint what we saw. We apply or add some tender loving care. Just to paint what you see is what a painter does. To paint what you artistically want is what an artist does." This could have also been her clever way to acknowledge and correct the poor setup lighting as you noticed. Thanks again for posting, it's very much appreciated.
That quote is near position 05:00.
@@HelenVanWyk Thanks for the reply. I think in a lot of the videos she "improves" her setup to take account of her artistic sensibilities - moving quite where a flower is etc. And of course 99% of the time that's fine. But shadows are more akin to perspective in that they have to obey the rules! And if they don't, even if you haven't consciously noticed what's wrong, I think the brain somehow registers that something is amiss and is unsettled by it.
Yes, like the tomato shadow and the crock handle. Thanks again.