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[@MalcolmDewey]

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[@iloveart1]

Your videos helped me get out of a rut. I quit painting for quite a while and picked it up again. I forgot so much. I then subscribed to your videos and now doing so much better. Thank you! 😊

[@MalcolmDewey]

Welcome back! This makes my day!

[@DanNicholsWatercolour]

When I was younger everything had to be detailed and tight, now I don't care about any of that, loose paintings are so much more interesting to do. And look at. To me anyway, I heard a great saying once from an artist "if it's boring to paint, it will be boring to look at"

[@MalcolmDewey]

Exactly!

[@MalcolmDewey]

@dev null that's a great analogy.

[@T3po69]

God, gorgeous man, gorgeous artwork, gorgeous voice, one of my FAVORITE artists. Love the toast metaphor. If only I could put as much paint on my brush….half a brick of cream cheese is how I like my bagel, too!

[@bdml77]

My favorite art teacher on KZbin

[@MalcolmDewey]

🎉Thank you!

[@elsawessels3044]

This was just the best painting lesson I needed 😊

[@Eva-iy6vy]

The man is very sympathetic and his teaching excellent,

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Eva 😊

[@sueharper1976]

I agree. He fills me with confidence with his calm delivery and gentle voice

[@suepidlubny3183]

Great advice. Thanks Malcolm

[@irismaguire]

Thanks for that analogy with butter. I really like to spread my jam thick on my bread. Now, I'm gonna think about that every time I paint.😄

[@MalcolmDewey]

Perfect!

[@BluesofButterfly]

Can you do a series about which colours look good together in cool, warm or neutral palettes. Also more demonstrations and live painting sessions, helps to learn and feels peaceful.

[@antoniogilart]

Dear Malcolm, I`m following your free painting course for beginners and I want to thank you for sharing such valuable information. I follow your videos closely and have started to experiment. I'm sure that I will see improvements in technique with time and dedication. Thanks again. A follower from Seville, Spain.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Many thanks!

[@daisyyu4571]

Got stucked in a 100*70cm landscape painting. As you said it is so difficult to paint lose in this size and the technics needed are so different. Thanks for the tips!

[@barbaraoreilly5456]

Great advice. I need to be braver and not fiddle with weak paint🤗👍

[@dianerose4469]

Hi Malcolm I've been painting for some time but your information about loosening up has been so very helpful in breaking a habit of painting tightly....I would love to see you demonstrate how this technique would translate to a larger size painting. I know it would be more work but I'd like to apply this to a larger work. Can you suggest or would you be willing to demonstrate this at some point.

[@MalcolmDewey]

The bigger format will require bigger brushes but not much bigger. The result will tend to look more resolved from a distance. Up close the brushwork should still create an interesting abstract pattern. Hard and soft edges become very important too.

[@lisengel2498]

I love your passion for rich brushstrokes and loose painting 🎶💜♥️🩷🎵

[@margaretspurling8162]

Thank you! for the encouragement, and advise.

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure Margaret

[@thomasbenian4701]

Thank you Malcolm. Great advice. I'm locked into realism. It is so hard to break the habit of fighting with detail and oil does not like detail. But I will give loose a try.

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a fun and liberating way to paint!

[@mariakapatos9545]

Thank you Malcom....have a good day

[@NicolasConnault]

Great tips! Another important point about working quickly is motivation. Starting a new painting is always exciting, there are lots of short, creative steps building up to the final painting. But if the subject is really complicated (portraits and urban scapes tend to be like that), I often get lost in the tedium and I lose creative momentum. In other words I get bored if I can't finish it quickly. I think having a clearer plan at the start could help, but too much planning also impedes spontaneity!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Agreed 💯

[@suhoart1395]

Thanks for the tips, very useful! 👍

[@Lukisandijlrayaandongubud]

I fully agree with your advice that starting with small canvas can be more fun and I can focus and put my energy!!! I always tried to make big ones which sometimes became a kind of burden to fill it up! I will try small ones and already am so excited!!! Thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@MalcolmDewey]

So true!

[@pjsart7640]

Love your work, love your style. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent and tips.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you very much!

[@yeshonestly4268]

Thank you for excellent advice!

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure

[@jorgegutierrezartistaplast2071]

Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾 MAESTRO

[@jonroads8281]

Absolutely love your style, going to take the opportunity during this lockdown to practice this advice!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Excellent - Thanks Jon

[@amir1977sw]

Thank you for sharing the tips.

[@MalcolmDewey]

You are welcome

[@TrudieTiger70]

I love the painting you did behind you 💜

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you!

[@artistgigot2044]

Great tips. Thank you!

[@MalcolmDewey]

You are so welcome!

[@marinab106]

Thank you Malcolm for more of your precious advice and motivation! A while ago I remember telling you I had trouble handling paint that was too thick and asked you for advice on more fluid brands...then as I kept following your courses, I found myself switching back to the thick paint! From now on, I'll remember the slice of toast, good one!!! :-)

[@MalcolmDewey]

😀 Thanks Marina

[@kaiballington55]

Malcolm, I just looked up your work and it’s BEAUTIFUL.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you 😊

[@katemaurer1750]

Thank you..enjoying your lessons..from another South African..🙏

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a pleasure!

[@dawncostello5483]

I am a beginner painter and these tips are amazing, these are things I have never even thought off.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Brilliant, thank you

[@desireeyoung2814]

Excellent advice, and just what I needed to hear. Thank you so much!

[@MalcolmDewey]

You are so welcome!

[@mrsmikster]

Thanks Malcom, hugely helpful as always.! I’m guilty as charged for over blending 😆 I promise to loosen up.

[@walterfahmy7894]

Thank you very much; excellent tips

[@MalcolmDewey]

You're very welcome!

[@markcockburn2616]

Really helpful. Thanks Malcolm. Getting inspired now !

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad this helped!

[@mariliamonteiro3458]

Thank you so much for your tips. Finally learning how to loosen up when i paint. 😊👍

[@MalcolmDewey]

Happy to help!

[@cassimameerally2641]

Thankyou for the most beautiful advice,Sir.

[@Tiarabrustart]

Thanks so much for your video. I really appreciated your way of explaining your thoughts. I learned a lot! Excited to implement this into my work!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Excellent, glad to hear that.

[@AbiNomac]

I giggled at some of the things you said. Yes, one metre canvas straight away. Try two of those which is what I did. Lol

[@nasrinkiarostami880]

You teach beautiful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, it's a pleasure

[@janetcollamer4048]

Thank you! Your suggestions are so helpful!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Happy to hear that Janet

[@doriscates4941]

Thanks!

[@monikadhuware2238]

Will try your tips.

[@joannemurphy4636]

Great quick tips to keep in mind as I venture from tight to loose painting. Thanks!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Joanne

[@marinaabsolutefitness6441]

Thank you for these crucial tips !

[@viviencotter8696]

Thankyou

[@ferretface]

This is a very good talk. Thanks for sharing!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you

[@grasachig1]

Thank you so much, this is really helpful!!

[@harksta229]

Thank you! Really great tips, concisely delivered.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JoanKentBible]

Thank you for your encouraging demonstrations. Your paintings are beautiful and exciting.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you so much!

[@guylaineregimbald2914]

Those tips have changed the way I see and do now. Yes, it’s motivating to go on, and on.

[@unidentifiedshrubz]

Ya ive noticed painting with my regular brushes on a bigger canvas i end up making it look almost "perfect" and fine, and i realized ooooh its because im use to painting on a small piece of paper... So i definitely need to get bigger brushes haha

[@genevievedickman5910]

Great tips

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks!

[@BeginnersMind-ArtMind]

Such clear and helpful advice! Thank you 🙏

[@MalcolmDewey]

You're so welcome!

[@shrljazz]

I really needed to watch this as i’m guilty of not using thick paint and i also don’t use thick butter on my toast! Im going to stay with the latter but try your method of bigger brush and thick paint. Thanks much - i have to go and mix up a big mound of paint!

[@ranjanachand9306]

Very good tips.. And advice..

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you liked it

[@marieandersson2953]

Thank´s Malcolm for great tips! Haven´t painting for some month but now I waiting for my new glasses. You really makes me wanting to paint!

[@cinnamon.s5946]

Thank you, so much..great advice 👍👍👍🤗

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dheajamila4295]

I like rembrant paint... ❤

[@annasleczek4710]

I can't break this habit of painting details and I would really like to paint more loosely. Your videos are very helpful, thanks! I would be grateful if you could provide some specific argument for using more paint, because I have seen paintings by professional artists who paint loosely, but the texture of the canvas is still visible underneath the painting and I would also like to achieve such an effect. How do they do it?

[@MalcolmDewey]

There is beauty from near and far. Therefore more paint provides something extra up close. You can paint loose without texture and rely on the larger brush mark alone.

[@heleneouimet5633]

Hi Malcolm , i love your style! Im a beginner and i have a question in the only class i took ,my teacher said not to start with a picture but to start painting from another painting. I find there are pros and cons to this. I cant paint loosely if i try to imitate another painter. Do you think it would be easier with a picture? I would like your opinion on this. Thanks.

[@MalcolmDewey]

That idea may go back to pre-camera times when they produced copyists aka apprentices. Learning to interpret from reality makes working from photos important. Of course the best is to work from real subjects outdoors, for example. This is not always practical so photos come into it. Try it and see. Don't ditch learning from paintings either, but you need to know how to start and that makes photos and reality unavoidable.

[@stephenvale2037]

Is there a way to get a listing of all videos? Would be helpful, esp if numbered somehow?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Use the search bar on my channel's home page and search for loose painting tips.

[@sueharper1976]

Hi there I’m really enjoying watching you paint and see your references change from boring to beautiful. Can I ask, are all the tips and techniques, methods and mark making also applicable to acrylics as I see you favour oils as a rule. Thank you. BTW, I did well in the quiz. 👍🏼

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks, Sue - Yes, I paint the same in both mediums. The differences come from the mediums themselves, like drying time and the basic look of the paint. But the painting method is the same.

[@sueharper1976]

@@MalcolmDewey thanks Malcolm. It’s so lovely of you to get back to me so quick. I’ve just done one of your ones in acrylic, trying putting on buttery paint with confident big strokes but it leaves a lot to be desired. But, it’s obvious that practicing it over and over has got to help🤞🏻is it right that even buttery acrylic will leave smoother brush strokes than your gorgeous textured ones in oils? Is that what you mean by the look of the paint? Thank you

[@MalcolmDewey]

@@sueharper1976 yes acrylic will settle a bit compared to oils.

[@philmecup]

Hello Malcolm, can you tell me the type of brush and size you were using, please?

[@MalcolmDewey]

It's a 10x12" panel. Brush is size 6 and 8

[@philmecup]

@@MalcolmDewey Great! And is that a filbert brush?

[@dogloverjb6873]

Love your instruction...nice to see an impressionist instructor that isn't shouting out the video instruction.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you 😊

[@jytte47]

Dear Malcom How did you do the mountains on the little painting ?

[@ruthletford1100]

What is the yellow you are using? Or prefer? Thanks for the help. Ruthy

[@MalcolmDewey]

Cadmium yellow lemon and cadmium yellow deep are my preferred colors.

[@ruthletford1100]

@@MalcolmDewey thanks a lot. I do struggle with finding the hue of yellow I seek., the bright ones are too bright in my opinion. Lovely work. I followed this with a new style of painting and wow it was really effective. The bigger brush is just what the doctor ordered. Excellent.

[@SBraven]

Is this in acrylics or oils?

[@MalcolmDewey]

I am using oils

[@gwenritch]

I love your style and all your wonderful tips! Your explanations are clear and the pacing is awesome! Is there a place to sign up for sessions? thanks

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you - Yes you can grab this free course on my school site art.malcolmdewey.art/SpringYT

[@LoriF25403]

I have a lot of problems with using bigger brushes in watercolor...

[@MalcolmDewey]

Too much water?

[@renukaagrawal403]

🖌🖌👌❤

[@azuriebluette4637]

I'm a beginner, but only doing it for my school project (nope, our school isn't even an art school, just for the sake of my grades😅), and my teacher requires it to be on a big canvas..😓

[@MalcolmDewey]

Enjoy it!

[@tetianaabramov]

❤️💛🧡👍👍👍