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Ian Roberts @UCD9oGgSJ6CSDDMMfuEc-3mg@youtube.com

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Welcome to my YouTube channel. In October, 2019 I decided to


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See What Mastering Composition Students Are Painting Now - A 2-Minute Slideshow of Recent Work
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The #1 Skill You Need to Master Both Loose Brushwork and Vibrant Color
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Mastering Composition: Registration Open This Week ONLY!
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An Online Course to Dramatically Improve Your Painting
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How to Find the Poetry in Your Reference Photos
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A Few Tips on Where and How We Find Inspiration
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Some Tips on Where and How to Find Inspiration
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New Video: How to Stop Overworking Your Paintings
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How Important Is Originality in Your Art Practice?
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Understanding Abstraction and How It Is Already Part of Your Practice
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Mastery is a Path You Travel, Not a Destination
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How Edges Make or Break Your Painting
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The Quality of our Attention Connects Us to Beauty and to Art
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How to Deal with the Visual Overload, and Feel the Exhilaration of Plein Air Painting
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Building Your Vision on the Scaffolding of Structure
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Seeing More in Shape, Design and Structure
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Stripping out the "10,000 Things"
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This summer really get some light in your paintings!
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Some Insights into Artistic Growth
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Muted Colors Are What Allows a Few Colors to Sing
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Art, Mystery, the Sacred
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Exploring your resonance with the world
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...Or Think Design, Not Subjects
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Thinking in Shapes to Simplify an Image
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Yes, my last video. And I'll tell you why....
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How to Make a Painting Pop
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Think less about subject matter and more about design
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See the Rich Variety of What Mastering Composition Student Are Painting Now
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The #1 Skill to Learn for Loose Brushwork and Vibrant Color
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Mastering Composition - Registration Open Now!
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An On-Line Course to Build the Foundation to Dramatically Improve Your Painting
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Find the Structure, Express the Essence, Ditch the Details
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Exploring Interpretive Color to Transform Your Paintings
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Crafting Dramatic Engagement in Your Paintings
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Or How to Get a Painting Right the First Time
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Before and after images from the August 1, 2023 YouTube video
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Dramatically Increase the Illusion of Depth in Your Landscapes
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A Way to Explore New Artistic Territory
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Pushing Against Your (Artistic) Comfort Zone
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Turning the Raw Material of the World into Art
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Drawing Helps You See the World
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Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes
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Painting a Figure in Evening Light
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See What You Could Be Producing Artistically This Year!
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The Secret to Both Loose Brushwork and Vibrant Color Happens Before You Touch the Canvas
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5 Principles to Master Anything
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The #1 Skill to Dramatically Improve Your Paintings
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How to Find Artistic Inspiration and Enthusiasm this Year
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A Christmas Gift and Holiday Wishes to You
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How to Stop Overworking Your Paintings
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How to Have Looser Brushwork
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How to Enhance the Color in Your Painting
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One Fundamental Tip to Improve Your Painting Today
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How to See Like a Painter
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Or, what was I thinking?
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Pushing Color: How to Enhance the Color in Your Paintings
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Getting the Most from Your Reference Photos
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How to Simplify - Or, what do I do with all those details?
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"Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees."
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How Darks Create Drama and Form