A Paint Problem & Overcoming Artist's Block - Oil Painting With Stuart Davies

[@williamwalker5326]

Just keep talking while you're creating. Why? For myself, your conversations, for one, gives us an insight into your creative proses. Why this color or that, what does a painting need and why. Most importantly, you show that we should not be afraid to paint! As you say, "let's just do it and see what happens".

[@Broody58]

He just cut loose on this one! It changed by the minute. Fearless!

[@robindupont6399]

Yes! Keep talking.

[@woofpet]

Absolutely! Keep talking Stuart. Anyone who doesn’t want to listen can always turn the volume off. I’m definitely not in that category!

[@douglasalan5783]

My evening is made! A new video from Stuart! And no, you don’t paint too fast. I prefer natural ambient sound to music. When you “texturize” a painting, there is a soothing ASMR effect.

[@davebean9119]

Your art work is really great & I get some good painting ideas from watching you! I’m 78 years old still getting some good ideas from your art work!

[@decea9380]

That makes two of the us.

[@neilbrucker5985]

Do what you do man, that is the reason everyone started and stayed watching. Regardless of what you do i will watch these videos until either YT or i and gone from this place.

[@jbtownsend9535]

Personally a few moments of concentration with silence is perfectly fine in my opinion. I enjoy the painting and the commentary but overall it’s fine for a long form video and totally understandable and realistic. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

[@TAW72]

Yes, please keep waffling Stuart!!

[@glendabpospisil3851]

Hi Stuart. You reawoke my love of oils. It has been many years since I painted in oils. This is the 3rd or 4th video I have watched of yours and I'm thoroughly enjoying watching you and learning how your mind works and putting it into your art. You make it look so effortless. It won't be for me. 😅 You encouraged me to go spend $150 on oil supplies. So I gave them to put them to good use now. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing skills. ❤

[@dianebonneau2350]

Amazing transformation. Perfect for fixing rather than tossing the canvas☕️

[@black-and-light]

Everything is fine just as it is, Stuart! Every video is a joy to watch. My absolute favorite contemporary artist!!

[@pjjmsn]

I vote for silence over music. I am transfixed by the visuals and don't even notice if you happen to go silent for a few moments. The whole thing is an organic experience and the audio meshes energetically with the visuals in a natural way that makes me feel like I am there in your studio. Film making is another talent you have.

[@shazart1111]

😂🤔 Well who saw that coming!!....Love the chatter, as your voice has a chilled quality with loads of nuggets of knowledge. Wonderful outcome to a rugged atmospheric piece Stuart. Thank you 😊

[@pjjmsn]

What a nice surprise when you transformed it into a landscape from a seascape with a minimum of effort and brush-strokes! It really popped the painting into the dramatic!

[@donneekk3169]

The final results are masterful Stuart, beautiful!

[@sseepersad5836]

I just love all your paintings. Keep going and dont stop talking ❤

[@lindamyers8605]

Every sound is you and only you!!! Love you talking so keep it up!!!!!🥰

[@allanmacdougall8334]

Your brand of waffle and your painting speed are just fine as they are. Absolutely no change required!

[@NMGH]

Thank you! I had to break this video into 2 days--so all day long today I was thinking how wonderful it was that I had your second-part to look forward to! The change of the painting was like reading a novel that has a sudden surprise turn of subject in it: disconcerting and exciting! I would vote for no music, the silent parts are fine with me. The discussions I find the most engaging are when you are just thinking aloud about what you are going to do and why you are making the decisions to paint what you are doing. Those may seem obvious to you, but to someone who is not used to painting landscapes hearing how you are thinking about the painting is really valuable information. Again, thank you so much for these videos!

[@kayprins6779]

I absolutely Love how the sea turned into a snow scape!, gives so much inspiration to let the paint tell you what it wants to be. I always watch to the end of your video's but I do it in sessions while drinking coffee or tea

[@DeborahHamilton-q1w]

That old saying you were looking for, I learnt as "Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky at morning, sailor take warning". I can see it being said as a shepherd, instead of a sailor, since it seems to work on land, too! And this looks like another awesome work of art!

[@CharlesEvans-c4h]

I enjoy watching till the end. Your voice is calming and reassuring !!

[@stevedempster2378]

Liked the smudge you eradicated. Looked like a horse galloping or maybe I've had too many menthol sweets! Keep up the talking, keep it in real time, just keep on doing what you are doing. I have learned SO much!

[@ShuSouth]

More magic! I really love the cliff/sea/moody sky - those really draw me in to get lost in their story. I’m watching you create, mesmerized, once again in awe when, from a white canvas to some flat shapes, you cross a mysterious moment of time when it just suddenly comes to exquisite life. And you make it feel ‘more’, even better, and just right. And I really enjoyed the conversation. 😊

[@DeborahHamilton-q1w]

Absolutely LOVE that cliff!!!!

[@lornabergan5043]

Just be yourself, don’t worry about what others think. You teach us a lot with all of your talking and explaining. Just be you.

[@martimajor4766]

I like your chatter. But am most grateful for your teaching. Also, a video of you painting whilst music is playing would be delicious too. 😊

[@zenaidamateos9376]

Wonderful landscape. Thank you !!!

[@lynettesharp7728]

PS please no music! I like your videos just the way they are. I've been watching you paint for years now and love them as is.

[@evanstheresa]

just love your way of teaching ,im really enjoying my cloud painting and sea scape from your style ,im going to go for a landscape next ,thank you so much

[@Paul-su3qh]

Stuart you paint at your pace. Time is of the essence when making videos, I believe. As for the old adage, it goes like this: "Red Sky, at night, Shepherds delight. Red Sky, in the morning, Shepherds Warning!!" As a reader of the skies, I thought you would remember that. Generally though, it is a note observanle by country folk, Like myself. Incidentally Stuart. One does not need a weatherman to recognise the changes..lol As always. Love watching you paint and chat. Cannot be easy when seemingly talking to yourself...lol ❤😊😢😅

[@edcarroll6465]

Ed from Kissimmee FL very nice painting. Love the sky.

[@shawnsimmons8179]

Yes,😊please keep chatting while painting. Very educational and entertaining. I think you paint at just the right speed also. Thank you for sharing your talent

[@stephenjames4250]

Absolutely loved it as a seascape, and then I loved it as a snowy landscape, pure genius to change half way through. This has inspired me. I will most definitely be taking some if your zoom classes in the very near future. 👍

[@keefus10]

It was "Johnny Nice Painter" in The Fast Show. "BLACK!!!, BLACK!!! You're not there yet Stuart. Great video as always.

[@janesamaniego6853]

Red sun at night a sailors delight! A red sun in the morning sailors take warning! First time listening to you! Waffle awsy! Enjoyed it very much!!😂

[@StuartDavies]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pchabanowich]

A surprisingly chilly scene, barren and forbidding with an eerie expanse. There is indeed a surreal quality evident. On the way to Hades, perhaps. A wondrous peek into your restless artistic spirit.💐

[@PeterWashburn-kx4zc]

I live in Maine in the U.S. Most people in America love the accent. Not to mention you make me laugh as you "waffle," lol. I've learned so much from you and can't thank you enough 😊

[@StuartDavies]

Lol! Thanks, Peter :-) What is it about the accent? I've heard lots of people saying this over the years.

[@PeterWashburn-kx4zc]

I find it quite soothing. In the United States, there’s a wide variety of accents, ranging from the Southern drawl to the distinct Boston accent. By contrast, the English accent tends to be more consistent. However, I think what makes it stand out most is simply that it’s different than anything here in the U.S.

[@jacquelinecardoso8505]

I absolutely love the snow scene. It looks like the Serra da Estrela, Portugal. Thankyou.

[@Broody58]

I've had some problems also drying. One dry, another not. It could be, if I remember right, under the paint, was previous dryed paint. Some canvasses would stay sticky for months. ( not good with pussycat fluff) I couldn't figure it. Some I'd glaze, & the glaze would bead up. Spirits with a drop of dishwasher detergent seemed to solve that. I'm adding what was called Japan dryer years ago. A purplish brown liquid. Cobalt?Just a drop or two mixed in. Black, white & crimson are the colors that stayed wet for some reason. *I watch you paint, music not necessary for me. * I mentioned a material called tyvex. I got a piece. Put oil on it, it worked great i.m.o. but it was plastic backed. Original has no plastic back. It takes paint just fine. It'll last maybe longer than canvas. It was once affordable. Now the price is comparable to canvas! It comes very wide though. I've seen around 4 meters wide by roll length?

[@teresagillespie9806]

I enjoy your chatting with us! Please continue! Oh how I love your cloud creations! I have not painted for 28 years…I am afraid to start. But when I get up my nerve….I want to try clouds❤️Thank you❤️

[@dennisrperrin9122]

Your cliffs are rugged and astonishingly majestic ❤

[@carolgivati7372]

Breathtaking. I liked the seascape but the snowy landscape is spectacular. The best part is the cloud/snow/light effect on top of the mountain. It could still be a seascape with a bit of land inbeteewn forming a cove. ❤❤

[@lynettesharp7728]

Keep talking I love it! Red sky at night sailors delight, red sky in the morn sailors take warn. At least that's what I've learned in the U.S. Beautiful painting!

[@pjjmsn]

In my own work, I am trying to learn to see when "it is convincing" and to stop there. You see it so quickly, but it is taking me a while to be able to see that. I think trying to expose myself to many photos of landscape paintings has helped me to begin to see the landscape in my paint marks, and not ruin something that looked "convincing".

[@suzanneharquail3422]

Compliments on the colours in this new cliff painting, it’s beautiful! ❤❤❤❤

[@decea9380]

Stuart, I’m an old retired printer. Lithographic and letterpress inks are virtually the same as artists oil paint. To ensure and speed up drying, we used two driers. One was liquid cobalt drier and the other one was paste drier. The cobalt was a surface drier, while the paste drier tended to dry evenly throughout the ink film. Inks and paints use several mechanisms to dry. Evaporation, oxidation and absorption. Ink printed on newsprint for example virtually dries by absorption. Solvent based liquid inks used on plastic film virtually dry through evaporation. Lithographic oil based inks often employ all the drying mechanisms that I mentioned. You could probably buy some paste driers from a printing ink supplier. I believe that many years ago boiled linseed oil also assisted drying. Hope this ramble helps. PS. Only use a very small quantity of drier.

[@MayRobertson-xd2ow]

You paint as you feel inspired so we need to feel that so just keep doing what you do. Admire your loose style .

[@louieandreas2182]

I always watch your videos all the way through. I can see some subtle green areas on the land and gradually rise up a little on the bottom right of the mountain and in between the flurry of snow. It could be somewhere in Scotland. An interesting and intriguing painting. 🖼️ congratulations!

[@deadsteve2180]

Black! Black like the night! Leading to the chasm of clams!

[@riveralucioni]

Keep talking, those that mind can turn the volume down. I like to hear the thinking process as you paint. And no, you do not paint too fast, your pase is part of your style and we watch you because of your style so don't change. 😊

[@ArmandWeilbacher]

I enjoy your painting and your conversation. Stay the course. From Tyler, Texas.

[@pjjmsn]

Great paintings Stuart! Love the cliff!!

[@mb2308]

I love your style Stuart...Inspires me...Thank You...

[@j.p.7914]

Thank you very much 👍🏻👌🏻‼️I like the color , and technic from you 👍🏻👌🏻and all…👍🏻‼️Thanks ‼️

[@CharlesEvans-c4h]

Learn something each episode !! Thank you so much !!

[@JohnS-fb1py]

Awesome painting, I learn so much from you!!!!!

[@MarkXHolland]

You don't paint too fast or too slow. And you don't waffle too much or too little. In my opinion. 😁

[@tolkienfan1972]

I've had the same issue with particular oils taking many weeks to dry. Funny thing: I love the smell of turpentine! I avoid it, of course, but I love it

[@francinedaime1784]

Bonsoir Stuart, je vis en France et ne comprend pas l'anglais, aussi pour lire les sous-titres en français je baisse la vitesse à 75%, alors j'ai le temps de lire et de vous voir peindre, donc c'est parfait pour moi. J'avais bien aimé aussi vos vidéos en Français (la voix était un peu bizarre, mais je pouvais ainsi voir tous vos gestes, c'était super) Bonne soirée et prenez soin de vous.

[@robinmacdonald7222]

Absolutely do ‘Keep on talking’, could have been a Sid James special. Reminds me of the Witterings, but in a good way

[@pattibaldwin1793]

I love your waffling!

[@guylainedeschenes2399]

Love what you do always❤

[@treborob]

Most impressive! Very convincing!

[@kayprins6779]

I would really like some more information about varnishing, how and after how long etc.

[@StuartDavies]

In the next video.

[@evelearmont8545]

Hello Stuart, I really enjoy your videos and your info and general soft ramblings. Please don't pollute any of it with unnecessary noise or music, it would ruin the stillness and peace that create the atmosphere of your work. Thank you. Eve

[@geoffc1862]

Stuart, you're a tease! I was enjoying that seascape developing - and then you introduced a drought! Is that your nod to global warming and localised desertification! 😅😅 Dinnae fret about your waffling and rambling, it's all part of your process - same with speed of your painting, youtube allows you to watch at between 0.25 and 2x speeds. All I can add is Tom's a lucky recipient, that first landscape's gorgeous. As for the sea turning to a landscape - reminds me of some of the mountains in west Scotland with lochans tucked into the glens. All entertaining and very educational stuff!

[@lanagaylechandler1948]

Your voice is very soothing ❤️

[@marcusprice5907]

Almost as relaxing asBobbyRoss,what thickness is your ply wood? And what type of frames do you use?

[@virginiamcclure6104]

❤❤❤ your content and your voice is very pleasing.

[@StuartDavies]

Thank you so much!

[@arhodes2866]

Really enjoyed that. Thanks

[@margieoakley3239]

I missed it and I am subscribed.

[@shirleeb3708]

Hey Stuart, I would like to follow along after I've watched the whole thing. Will there be a part 2 And if so would you label it like something like part two with the cliff or something so to easier to find. I'm watching this for the writer's block which I've had for a year. Well not so much writers, huh, painter's... Shirlee from Florida!

[@shirleeb3708]

Thanks for going closer

[@katherinebaer6798]

In the US, we say, “red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning”. Waffle away, Stuart! I love it! 🥰 By the way, what artists do you think were equally successful in painting both marine scenes and landscapes.

[@kathryntitus9647]

Greetings, dear mentor. 💚

[@cliffryan1334]

I stuck right through with great interest and pleasure. Thank you again… Talking or music- how about both…

[@philipswain4122]

My favourite tools are cheap brushes and palette knives. I only splash out on paint and tobacco for a pipe I sometimes puff on. The latter is great for idea generation.

[@kayprins6779]

yes, keep waffeling/talking :) I like it. wish I could show you some of the things you made me paint :)

[@tforrester917]

Don’t change a thing. Keep waffling away 😊

[@SnkobArts]

Be sure you're using a linseed oil based Titanium. Safflower and Sunflower Titanium whites take forever to dry, and evidence is mounting among conservators regarding the weakness of the paint film with those latter drying oils. A big fuss is made about linseed oil yellowing, but as long as your painting isn't kept in darkness for years, the yellowing can be reversed by allowing sunlight to bleach it back to the original color through a sun facing window.

[@StuartDavies]

Yes, I remember all of this from my art school days. I put a few paintings in the sun from time to time.

[@SnkobArts]

@@StuartDavies I forgot Im talking to the kung fu master of painting 😅

[@StuartDavies]

😂

[@ariskampas.artist]

Lead white dries quite fast, relatively speaking - this contrasts titanium white which is a slow drying paint.

[@paulnovak7892]

It's hard for me to believe anyone can find you annoying. Your talent for speaking matches your paint talent.

[@hilliardkrecker1729]

Great cliff! Don't think you need to speed up, slow down or add music when your not talking. Quiet time is fine. I'd also love to see a video, could be a short, on varnishing one of your paintings. High gloss? Satin? How do you keep the brush strokes from showing or competing with the existing in the painting? Thanks!

[@StuartDavies]

I always use high gloss varnish. The trick to avoid brush marks is to work fast and try not to go over the same spot more than twice, and don't fiddle with it.

[@pjjmsn]

Strange about the paint not drying. I wonder if it is certain tubes. I just bought some Lefranc titanium white but I have only used a little of it and have not noticed any problems. I have been using Winton titanium white with no problem. I bought a tube of Lefranc Naples yellow hue that seemed to also not dry and also had problems sticking to the canvas for some reason, so it might just be certain tubes.

[@Crabbyolebat]

I quit your group on Facebook because when I put a painting in there they took it out. Which I think was rude. I will continue to watch you because I like the way you paint. I paint more than just Landscapes.

[@StuartDavies]

Which painting was it? Send it to me in a PM via Messenger.

[@MarySzentivanyi-ye6wr]

What kind of material are you painting on ? Thank you. i just found you, and I'm glad I did .

[@StuartDavies]

Sometimes canvas, but mostly plywood.

[@MarySzentivanyi-ye6wr]

Thank you. Love your art just found you, and im glad ​@StuartDavies

[@zokakamber]

Bravo! ❤❤❤❤

[@dianebonneau2350]

i’m sure 👍 you’ve considered this, but maNy feel that unless you’re doing all a prima all at one go, then fat over lean kicks in. That is if there’s too much medium in the first layers, the top layer can’t dry quickly. q since the first layers are not dry enough☕️

[@geedee4]

Stuart Davies without waffling? No thanks 😅 Can you do a video on the varnishing process, please?

[@harrystrunza3047]

I tried water based oil paint. Thick white paint does the same thing. Had to scrape it off.

[@nichtlachen1554]

whenever I watch your videos I'm like nope, cant do that hahaha I dont even know how to mix oil colours, I dont know what I need regarding art supplies

[@BazzSelby]

I loved it, up until 18:00, as no brown was needed, in my opinion.

[@StuartDavies]

That's ok, we all make mistakes!

[@margieoakley3239]

I’m watching 9-12-24 and my husband’s birthday is tomorrow on the 13th. I hope to catch you on the 14th.

[@donneekk3169]

Hi Stuart, regarding the reasons folks unsubscribe; I can only speak for myself. I have in the past gone subscription crazy and then lose those that I want to keep at the bottom of the list. I eventually go through the list and cull out those that I find less interesting because my ADHD has led me in another direction.

[@shirleeb3708]

Quiet is nice at times. Cuz at least myself, I'm concentrating with you so don't need chat

[@patrickhannon8372]

The clouds were overlapping the top of the trees slightly.

[@margieoakley3239]

How to get to Zoom class ? Love watching you ❤

[@StuartDavies]

The next class is tomorrow, Saturday 14 September. Booking link: momence.com/s/105755907

[@integratelive]

I enjoy your monologue. I suppose is someone does not they can always mute and play music.

[@dshepherd107]

Waffle away! As to your painting too quickly; I don’t think you can slow down. I will watch a video through, & then rewatch at 0.5X speed. That does the trick. I enjoyed this one very much 🙂

[@JerryStahl-l4o]

Still here Stuart

[@kerryfletcher8114]

No, don't slow down! I imagine that might be hard, anyway!