Great Marty! I was at a Life Drawing session once and a fellow said "I like to keep things as loose as possible as long as possible." That always stuck with me, and I think your draw lightly tip is in the exact same spirit. Be well and Merry Christmas (though I hope to see more videos before the holiday. It's only the 11th, man!)

Thanks Marty!

Thanks Marty 😊!

What kind of pencil are you using?

💜💜💜😂 Excellent choice in announcer for your “The Joy of Field Sketching” course! Definitely took me by surprise to hear Lindsay! Wonderful way to support each other!

I love Wet Paint! Those are very generously sized paper samples! It really gives an ample amount to test different techniques! I need to plan a trip to the cities soon to wander around the store for a few hours!😂 Fabulous price for this sample pack too!

Thanks for this episode Marty. My favourite papers have always been Fabriano and Hahnemuhle. Loved your happy little tune by the way! Patricia

I am so obsessed with paper! It absolutely makes a difference! Though not in terms of making your art “better” necessarily - more that it’s kind of its own medium, and sometimes so unexpected. I looooove paper

There's nothing better than being so excited about what you're about to do that you sing a happy little song. This little song will stick to me. :-)

I feel an urge to go on my annual shopping spree to Wet Paint. I'm intrigued by your little paint set and looked it up. So my cart will be full of paper samples and paint! Thanks for the video and singing!

I can tell you’re excited! Thank you for the video and the bonus singing! 🎉 I really love how the QOR dot samples are packaged! I wish more companies would package their samples like that! Oh! I recognize that voice! Surprise collab. Happy Holidays Marty!

I was really surprised on the size of the paper samples. They really could keep you busy for some time. Great job on testing the paper. Still miss the days of washing machines, car washes, tire tracks and hanging the paper out a car window to dry. Take care and hope your weather isn’t too bad up there.

I love paper samples and I like your presentation of them, you explain very well 🙂

In your video, I think you may have had it the other way around. I tried it your way and it was a whole lot of gum Arabic to just a small amount of powder. In other people’s recipes. It was less gum arabic and more powder.

fun!

I just knew it would be Lindsay's voice! Looks like an exciting class Marty!

Looks brilliant!

I love it❤

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I got my bison!!!!!!! 1st thing to excite me and make me happy since Helene. Our backyard is not large but the devastation is immense. 20 trees gone means so much loss of habitat for our feathered and furred friends. I literally cannot bring myself to go out there. But studying on the net to find the best shrubs and trees to plant. That has been interesting. Now know that they need nesting and cover habitat. Thank you for bringing joy into my life.

Great review! This set is very affordable and I love the variety! Hm, I find that no matter which brand, metallic colored pencils (and also metallic watercolor pencils) tend to be lack luster. So it’s not user error, they just aren’t that metallic. Edit - Hurray! I was worried the art and recipes book would already be sold out but I was able to snag one! 🎉

Great overview! Thank you!

Try the metallic pencils on black paper.

Hi Marty, is your But Me a Coffee page still an option for sending donations to you? I signed up last month and recently had funds taken out this month. Thanks for the demonstration of this Duomo pencil set. I've never had much success with metallic pencils laying down a good sheen. If I want a metallic sheen, there are some gel sticks that are better. I even have watercolor paints that are made from minerals that have that quality. For a beginner set, would you be able to layer the metallic pencils with regular colored pencils; not watercolor pencils?

Hi Marty, I don't want to be a "Debbie Downer" but the link to your etsy page doesn't work. I then found a link on your homepage, that etsy-shop has a different name. The book isn't listed there. Or am I completely clueless and did something wrong? The pencil set seems to be a great gift, even with the metallic-pencils not being really metallic. That's true for the Staedler metallic pencils too, unfortunately 🤨 Friends told me how angry they were after spending money on an "art kit" for their kids only to find out the kids could gain good muscles by how hard they had to work those pencils to get some color onto the paper. This set seems to be worth the money. Thank you for doing a thorough test even on such "cheap" materials.

I would ditch the metallics and ad add more coloured pencils! Nice set for an arty youngster

Thanks for this wonderful video, I always look up to ur videos. ❤❤

Thank you 😊

This is so delightful. I love your whole vibe so much

… and then you get to post it on here and have conversations about the conversations 😂

Very nice, Sir! Very nice!

What a gorgeous painting!

Greetings from Northeastern Ontario Canada ( Sudbury area ). I lived around Lake Superior in the small town of Marathon Ontario for a few years. Breathtaking scenery around that area, from Sault Ste Marie to Thunder Bay. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones Marty. 😊

Wonderful scenery, set-up, and sketches Marty. I wish I was brave enough to sketch and paint plein-air. I love when I see sketchers out and about with their sketchbooks, easels, and art supplies. 😊❤

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍽🍁 Lovely paintings! I think it’s wonderful that you chat to the people interested in what you’re doing! I could never. I get very shy when I’m painting outside/in public. 😅

Awesome art! 🥺

What a beautiful place to spend the day. I was very envious when you showed that shot looking up at the lighthouse from the beach. My heart truly loves at lakes and lighthouses! Lovely paintings and what an interesting tidbit from the park worker who told you about the door to nowhere. Standard plans makes a lot of sense. I think I would have assumed it had been used for something at some point or that there had been a lookout platform there once upon a time but standard builds that sometimes needed the extra door makes a lot of sense! I hope you and your family have an excellent Thanksgiving weekend!

Nice job Marty! I am always so intimidated by people looking over my shoulder that when I head out to sketch, I look for places where I can hide out unseen. You handle it so well! Thanks for a little tour too!