Rick Stevens | Somewhere in May (link w/audio in description)

[@pleinaire8698]

YOU are such a phenominal painter and an inspiration to all of us aspiring artists.. thank you sooooo much, Rick!

[@RickStevensstudio]

thank you plein aire

[@donitaganzon3300]

Awesome Rick.looking forward for more videos.

[@DeboraStewart]

Beautiful work as always Rick. I enjoy seeing your process here. Thanks!

[@RickStevensstudio]

Thank you Debora. I hope to do another as I have time.

[@CoxJoxSox]

Beautiful painting, beautiful music! Thank you

[@MsYiara]

Your work is amazing ❤️

[@eleonorelepiece2414]

Merci pour ce partage très poétique. Votre univers me touche beaucoup.

[@claudiaalexander6448]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!

[@AnthonyCZeccaSr]

Just beautiful

[@SheOceanbreez]

Rick...it's so lovely!...

[@KA-wl5ix]

Your painting looks much more beautiful than the real scene.

[@alphotheone]

Thanks, this is great stuff and love the sculptural quality.

[@craiglaferty952]

Very very nice! Thank you for sharing!

[@sawsanrawas705]

beautiful painting.

[@wehavealwaysbeenanointed4929]

Breath taking

[@zombie99999999999]

Beautiful

[@lisengel2498]

Beautifull painting and very interesting to watch your painting process which are very beautifull and a fine mixture of abstraction and Nature impression - and very strange that the sound no longer is there

[@RickStevensstudio]

Thanks LIs. The sound was removed due to a copyright infringement. Unfortunately I used some background music that I had in my iTunes library without having permission from the record label.

[@VannaWhiteboard]

I have fallen in love with your body of work!! It came to me via Tumblr.

[@RickStevensstudio]

Thanks Dawn. Tumblr is nice because the quality is better than other social media.

[@asmallstone5609]

your work moves me.

[@milagrosyadira]

Wow!! me encantan. Muy bella.

[@SylVie]

Beautiful ! Thank you a lot!

[@mariabrito3965]

Muita criatividade, originalidade. Gostei muito.

[@RedLetterStudio]

Inspiring!

[@garycraigart3579]

I enjoyed watching your process. Thank you! Where did you find your wonderful easel?

[@MarshaSavageArt]

This was a wonderful demo. Your work always inspires me to try new things. I would love to know what kind of easel that is. You moved it up and down so easily.

[@RickStevensstudio]

It's called a 'Hugh's Easel' I have a smaller model too, which is still pretty large. It operates on a pulley system with weights which are added or subtracted as needed to balance the weight of the painting support.

[@MarshaSavageArt]

Thanks!

[@RachelleMeagher]

Rick Stevens What Hughes Easel Model is the one shown in this video? I live close to their production facility in Florida.

[@RickStevensstudio]

I think it's the largest one he makes.

[@lindaseguin8271]

+Rick Stevens I live in France, I like really feel your work a real blessings. I have been looking for a huge easel. Can you please help me in advicing me how I can buy this large easal. thank you for your kindness.

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Magnificent

[@wtopp345985]

Don't you just hate it when your well constructed video gets spoiled with the dreaded "This video previously contained a copyright audio track. Due to a claim by a copyright holder, the audio track has been muted." You know why bother?

[@timkeogh2697]

Rick, what do you use to varnish / seal your painting with all the different mediums and textures applied to the canvas? Love your work!

[@banness4711]

Stumbled upon your video via Pinterest. Loved watching your process in making this painting. I'm curious though, at what point do you feel a work your painting is "done"?! As I watched and you kept adding layers and expanding this painting I kept thinking to myself, "I would've stopped sooner." I do, however, love your end result and can see why you didn't stop sooner!

[@firdouschoudhury6401]

Painting with aesthetic beauty. Loved it. Sir what kind of color and canvas you have used ?

[@RickStevensstudio]

Regular canvas. I use both oils from tubes and oil bars. I mix oils with wax also, and use some textural elements such as gauze and sand. I speak about it in the video, unfortunately the sound has been removed by youtube due to a copyright issue infringement with the background music that I chose.

[@firdouschoudhury6401]

@@RickStevensstudio Many many thanks. Your reply will millions of hobby painters like me. Thanks again

[@ROBERTATYEO]

Couldnt get the audio to go

[@kathleenstrode455]

very nice...was that gauze you put in the painting??

[@RickStevensstudio]

yes Kathleen. applying with cold wax... Dorland's

[@PainterLady]

What brand of oil paint are you using?

[@RickStevensstudio]

I use several brands, Old Holland, Williamsburg, Sennelier, Grumacher, Winsor Newton, Blockx ... sometimes I like certain colors from certain brands. I'm using oil bars as well, mostly R&F Brand.

[@RachelleMeagher]

Hi Rick..are you using a brayer when applying the semi-translucent overcoat of oil/wax or is it a kind of mini paint roller?

[@RickStevensstudio]

yes a brayer Rachelle. It works well for the oil/wax mixture.

[@RachelleMeagher]

Rick Stevens Thank you..I am trying to achieve the atmospheric quality you explain at 3:17. With Acrylic..do you use semi-transparent paints or does the watering down make it so?

[@RickStevensstudio]

Adding wax makes it semi transparent.

[@lindaseguin8271]

+Rachelle Meagher ,Can you please tell me where I could buy the huge easel that you mentioned. Is there a special reference for it.

[@RickStevensstudio]

+Rachelle Meagher . It is a brayer.

[@edyerae1000]

I am a big follower of your work. I so enjoy what you capture. The videos are great to watch and enhance the feeling of the finished painting for me. Can you tell me something about your easel. It looks fabulous. Is it a commercial brand? can you also turn it into a table easel? Continued success to you. Love the videos you share with the audience. Thanks for all.

[@rickstevens9965]

Edith, thanks for your comments. The easel is made by Hughe's, go to www.hugheseasels.com/

[@mangnu]

Butifor work

[@gypsysnickerdoodle4354]

OIL!!?! so thick, I was sure it had to be acryl or wax

[@RickStevensstudio]

I'm using cold wax medium with oils. The oil bars contain a small percentage of wax also.