Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Jean, your continued support is much appreciated.

Thanks for reaching out. I have cut the music out of my recent videos and will continue to do so moving forward. Interestingly enough, the music is barely audible on the video editor when I produce them, with the audio level turned way down, but somehow seems louder for certain individuals watching, your not the only one. My color mixing is trial and error anyway, so your aren't missing much if it's the colors you are concerned about. Hopefully you are still able to gain something from the technique. Happy painting!

Thank you!

Thanks for warching and the kind words. The river is South Holston just outside of the Bluff City area.

Thanks! I have only done a few paintings with the knife, this one probably was the one I liked the best. I'm probably due to try another!

I have not done one from that perspective, but for sure sounds like a fun project. If it were me, I would google images of eagles flying to see if I could find something for reference. I'd love to see if it you make it.

You’re welcome 😊

For sure go for it. I have a tutorial of royal wulff up on the channel somewhere. My personal favorite of mine is of an elk hair caddis.

Thanks for the kind words!

Very likely Rize yes. One of my crew for sure. Looks like yall had some good fishing lately!

Sounds awesome, thanks for sharing!

Thanks!

What sort of trouble do you feel you are having?

Hey, sorry for the delay in response. Been traveling for the Holidays. That is a 16 x 20 canvas.

Thank you. It is beautiful!!

Thanks for the kind words. I'm very happy to hear this video has helped you. I'll admit I've been in a season lately where I have not had the time to put out as many videos as I would like. I'm still painting, and hopefully will be able to get more routine content up on the channel in the future.

Glad it was helpful!

Miss you guys too. We are using the wood bowl you made us daily, it stays on table or kitchen counter. I seen some pics of yall with fish this past week, looked like fun.

Rodney, thanks for the kind words and checking out my channel. In terms of canvas prep and gesso, it just depends on what I am doing. Sometimes I prefer texture of the canvas for pulling paint of, sometimes not. Some commission work I will certainly do it. Most of my paintings for the channel itself I don't take the time to do any canvas prep, I just roll with it. Happy painting!

Thanks for viewing my video. All of my dog portraits are commission requests so if someone brings me a white one, then absolutely. Beyond that though I unfortunately would not have a chance to work one in. Process would look exactly the same, just have to adjust colors for a "white" dog and I would start with darker tones and put highlights on top. The first pass would be almost grey, with a little blue in it for shadows. I would then lighten up my fur color with more white for highlights and final fur and hair details.

Glad to hear that

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Thanks for the support! I have several different videos up with dog portraits so maybe some of that might help in terms of how I go about creating the dogs themselves. As far has dogs hunting rabbits, maybe try an image search online for hunting dogs, and find some pictured running for a reference, then just create a rabbit out in front of it, 😉

Rodney, thanks for the continued support and feedback. This painting and the items in it were not my ideas, they were a commission request. At first it was just for a waterfall, Blueridge mountains skyline sunset and wildflowers. Once I presented that finished work to them, they wanted me to add more rocks and the bear. I was just doing what the customer requested. And yes, it got a bit busy, LOL. Happy painting!

Indeed. I really would like to get more videos up, just got to make the time. Hope all is well.

Thank you!

Glad it was helpful! I have learned lots from watching others as well, so I am hoping to provide the same. I'm still figuring things out and have more to come as time allows me.

Susanne, thanks for the kind words. I wish you could see the shop and gallery I had, but my family moved to Seneca and I had to shut the studio down for now. All of my paintings are stacked around my house for now. I hope to get a new place to display them soon.

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Linda, I know the struggle as well, and I am no expert at color mixing. What I can tell you is the top of that fish is mostly a green color, any darker shade will do, with maybe a touch of black in it to darken it up at the very top, and a little more white in it to lighten the green up as it comes down the side. I will dip brush in a little water to thin paint if needed and help make it blend. The sides of the fish are really mostly white with a hint of blue and black. Hope that helps, but remember you can always paint over it and try again. Perhaps even test out colors on a scrap canvas.

Awesome Michael, sounds like a very cool piece you will be doing.

Very welcome Linda, hope this helped in some way.

Thanks Carole!

Thanks Peter!

Thanks dude. Good seeing you recently.

Thanks Jean. And the answer is, I don't know what color to add, I just try something in a lighter value and hope it works, haha. If it looks bad I just try again with something else. I'll have a few more videos from this project up soon. Good seeing you and Deb recently.