@mafianote3685

2 weeks ago

You are my inspiration, you made me want to try watercolor and gouache for the first time. I've always only used colored pencils, and never felt like I needed to branch out. But about a year ago, I discovered your videos. Your art sparked something in me, something about the way you talked about the medium, the way talked about the struggles as much as the successes, and just the overall pop of your art. It made me want to try. And I did, I went to the art store and got my first ever set of watercolor pans. I was unsure at first, I was not used to the lack of control. The colors smeared, and it looked like shit. But I was determined. From then on I started painting over all of my drawings, my hand got used to the movement of the brush, and my eyes began to notice little hue's I had never noticed beforehand. with watercolor, every stroke count's. Every stroke is permanent. I pulled up photo references and started painting with colors that would seem random and out of place to the regular human eye. I started painting white walls with mixes shades of pinks, yellows and blue's. Every color could be seen somewhere on every object. No longer was I coloring a wall white and shading with blue, no now the wall IS blue. Blue and every color of the rainbow. I find it calming, finding all the different hue's in all of the random things. I've come to have a better understanding of color theory, and how light affects objects, and especially bounce light. I spent 10+ hour per piece and there's nothing I'd rather be doing then listening to music and painting. So thank you Scott. You have truly changed my life for the better. Nothing has ever spoken to me the way watercolor has. Thank you.

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