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This is gorgeous and I love your teaching.

I think the changing point for me with tutorials was when i started to realize they aren’t teaching me the right way to do something. Instead i realized it was just A way to do a thing and that I can fiddle with it and alter it if i want. Do that enough times, and you have a unique style. Whether or not those things go together well is a different point but you catch my drift i think.😊

I tell that to everybody… 😮 And never teach tutorials; because its not a good idea; if you Want to be creative.. 🎨… But I teach creativity… which is the way.. but not so ideal if you Want to make(not create) Nice pics…. So Crafting is not Creativity … yet both are Wonderful ❤.. but not the same.. So my courses are always really really disturbing 😆-

I watch the tutorials and then look at the result and try to do it without rewatching it. The tutorials are basically good to help someone with how to layer and when to use certain techniques for certain effects. I used to follow tutorials at first when I got started after buying my first watercolour set. But I kinda get bored following them sometimes and skip to the next step when I'm like... I can do that. So now I watch till the end while often skipping parts and look at the layers they make, then do my best to create that result on my own. Just to test how well I am doing with certain techniques and my colour blending and usage. EDIT: How to pronounce Meegeren. The long EE is like the e in hey. The second E sounds shorter like in 'eh'. The last E is a 'muted' one. So it sounds a bit like 'uhm'. ^^ hope that helps cause I am not that good at explaining, but wanted to use words so it could make better sense.

Jasper Stardust, doesn't he make the paintbrush handles that Cinnamon Cooney (aka The Art Sherpa) is so fond of? Sounds familiar....

I love science and am a pigment nerd. So please bring it on.

Nonsense. Only the talented can be true masters. Yours is what we call the "Point of Comfortable Mediocrity".

bravo!

Beautiful, beautiful work. Just lovely.🥰

So beautiful ❤

Thank you for your perspective. I loved what you said in answer to “I could do that” “But you didn’t!”

Get the portrait plate. She is a very famous artist. You will recognize some of her other works. Look her up/

Professional artist here who's retiring from the rat race of marketing ones work! I still teach but limited smaller classes. I have been know to tell my students - "too many chase the right class, brush, technique on a constant treadmill. But the gain in skill is in the doing, actually playing with your supplies and tools to push their limits and your own. And doing more, miles under the pencil or brush!" I've told some they need to stop the classes and DO. I enjoy your video's Margo, and the straight talk..

awesome. 😎👍🏼

You’re totally right, tutorials should work as if we were kids again, learning how to write. At first we copy as well as we can so we have a base, but with time we should bring our own touch and make our writing (and art) a reflection of ourselves. I love it when you speak to us like that in your videos, looking forward to your art fundamentals! 😊

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Thank you! 😃👍

Totally agree…….As a beginner I started with tutorials to learn technique. I did this for a few months then fled the nest to create my own pieces.

No photographer would ever post a photo just like he took it. So why would painters do so? :) But I felt for this trick when I started watercolour and too was wondering how the hell the colours on any online service could look so bright and shiny. Then I wanted to send a photo of my painting to a friend and ..... "ooohhh, now I get it!" :)

Great video! Excellent info

Bravo for bringing up this sensitive topic of copying tutorials. I do think that they are valuable, especially when just beginning, but they can be a crutch. Maybe the tutorials should focus on techniques and explorations of subject matter, instead of just following along. It's also a good idea to get away from media and go out into the real world and look at nature and real people. I find that if I look at tutorials too often, my own imagination gets rusty!

I think a large part is your attitude about what you learn. If you are specifically learning one way to draw that subject, your focus will be on imitating it. If your focus is on learning techniques that you can apply in various situations, you will gain a lot more knowledge. I used to avoid tutorials for subjects I didn't want to paint, but lately I am trying to choose them more often. They give the the chance to focus on skills, because I know I won't want to paint that subject again. I play around and try to make a version I actually like, or fiddle with ideas of other ways to use what I learn. One bonus is that I can then say it is my own art or practice art on the page.

What every you want to said.❤

Iam so glad to get tio watch you everyday. I never watch NO Artists but YOU.❤

Margot you or great an outstanding an i have learned so much from your Demos. I have Never learned so much from a ARTIST. AN i have painted foor 55 years . Thanks Again For Your Time. Your art work is BEAUTIFUL ❤😊

This is exactly where I'm at...I'm so over following tutorials, still feel a little stuck in my art, and keep asking myself all the artist questions: what to paint, what do I want to say, what's style do I want to have, what techniques to use. Currently, as I'm working through all of these questions and practicing without tutorials my watercolor painting of florals come out looking a bit stiff and cartoon-ish. I can't decide if that's my style and I should lean into it or not. I was drawn to watercolor loose florals and no matter how much I practice them I just don't get them to look quite how I want. Composition seems to continue to trip me up no matter how many times I research and attempt to apply learned techniques. I was thinking of following world watercolor month next month and see if the prompts will help me have something to spark a creative ideas and then paint something without a tutorial or a watercolor painting done by someone else. It just sometimes feels like when I sit down to paint on my own, my brain just instantly looses all its knowledge of learn skills and techniques...like someone forgets on their lines when they walk on stage. I also think it has a lot to do with what to paint as well. I do feel like within the tutorials I've followed I have come to paint my flowers similar but much different from the artist I followed, which is good and bad as at time I really like their better...lol! Thanks for these tips! I will put them into practice!! I can't wait to see your technique videos in the future as maybe I have some gaps or your style of teaching may open my eyes to a new prospective!

Great video, Margot! I'm also a teaching artist and something that I always like explaining to students who are trying to reach their full potential (with this I mean- get to a point at which they are easily able to create great original art), is that it's important to increase skills and develop knowledge in three areas: Principles, Concepts and Techniques. What we learn in step-by-step tutorials would be improving in the Techniques area, which is more about learning how to use your drawing/painting medium. Though many hobbyists are fine with staying here and producing great art that's a copy, if one wants to develop more fully, it's important to avoid ignoring the other two pillars (Principles and Concepts), otherwise, as you mentioned, it's going to be nearly impossible to break free from being told what to do. I chat with lots of beginners who don't know why they aren't able to create art that is their own, and it's because they haven't challenged themselves to use their own concepts, develop their own projects based on their own ideas, and they haven't made time to learn about the fundamentals (art principles). I think, for lots of people who're just getting started, step-by-step tutorials are great. As humans, we learn new skills in the beginning through copying. Like when we're learning to ride a bike or braid our hair. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. The problem is getting stuck there for too long, not trusting in yourself enough to do things differently, or ignoring the other two pillars. Though I haven't followed step by step tutorials in years, I consider myself a lifelong learner and will forever be learning from other artists I admire. I think it's important to continue improving and evolving as we move along in our journeys and will continue investing in workshops, courses, etc., taught by artists I admire. But, at this point, I make sure to bring lots of myself in, as I'm following a class, and use what I've learned in my own way. I don't think we should scare beginners away from using tutorials to learn, because everyone is different, is at different stages in their learning, and benefits from different types of support. But it is important to go into learning resources with open eyes, and make sure that you are learning in a way that supports your current goals. Cheers!

It's now more expensive than other of watercolor papers brand 😮😮

You or so outstanding you make me so relaxing and your artwork is so BEAUTIFUL.I LOVE THE DEMOS THAT YOU OR DOING. THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME ❤ IAM FROM SHERMAN TEXAS,LINDA

My brush holder is a 12" section of pool noodle placed over a section of PVC pipe clamped vertically beside my canvas. My 7 most used brushes are stuck in the top and the rest of my brushes are stuck in the side giving it a tree looking effect. It works great and gives you a great view of the profile of all the brushes.

I never want to stop painting along with you MARGOT.❤

You or my very BEST ARTIST I HAVE WATCHED. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU margot . An i have painted for 55 years. An iam 78 now an i still paint every day❤

I love the way you talk a about how to choose your own art style ❤

To my eye, using the skin tones in the dress reinforce the perception of the material being sheer/translucent. Nice efect

beginner mulling over which synthetic sable to purchase, leaning toward aqua elite. just ordered Rosemary & Co set 65 directly from their site. thank you for this review

You or so true about everything your saying.thanks Again❤

Wow amazing books, this video is so inspiring 😮 I was looking for some books about abstract painting, but these books are much better 😍 thank you!!!

voted artist with the best thumbnails! and darn good vids, too 🥰

100% agree. Similar to cooking, tutorials are a recipe. Recipes inform us of techniques and ideas that can be added to our toolbox. Use the basic techniques but adjust the ingredients to suit your own taste.

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I loved this one Margot. I enjoy tutorials, but only because they teach me things that I can take, and tweak to make my own. Thank you for being thoughtful enough to work out how to encourage the creation of a 'my style' - I did it my way! xx 💜💙

You are hilarious!😂😂😂 learn so much from you

I wish people would watch the entire video before commenting. You LITERALLY stated within the first 2.5 minutes of the video that "copying is something all of the masters do" and have done at some point. All artists copy. All artists "follow along" at some point. You aren't necessarily trashing tutorials. You're just making the statement that in order to find your own voice you eventually need to stray away from the path of copying. But here's the part where I insert my own opinion..... that process is already inevitable. So maybe I don't necessarily understand the purpose or the over-arching goal of this video? Because all artists who aim to BE an artist inevitably find their voice over time anyway. Not all people aim to become "an artist". Some people follow tutorials their entire lives and are more of an arts-and-crafts type of person. Some people literally are crafters and not artists. TRUE artists will inevitably stray away eventually from the copying phase of the learning process. They don't need to be told that like in this video. Again, I'm defending you but also saying that TRUE artists will inevitably find their voice eventually in their path.

I follow a two step progression: 1) draw a circle, 2) draw the rest of the owl.

Love you too! I needed to hear this and I look forward to what you have to teach me in the future!

Thank you for this. Now I know why my attempts failed: I had vague memories of the technique from my school days - a very long time ago! I was doing the steps in the wrong order. Thank you so much.

I suffer from imposter syndrome each time I place my brush on my paper. And I possess zero joy in my completed paintings anymore, Margot. So I grabbed a fancy sketchbook, and began making marks from whatever I'm told. And I'm liking it. After 7 years of wc painting, I'm on the first yellow brick, on the yellow brick road. Painful. I feel like I've wasted these 7 years of "trying.' I'm so unhappy. So I make little art things that please me, listening to my self. And I've discovered that I LOVE illustrations BEST! And now I"m creating characters who come to life on my paper. It's the starting point, but I'm finally listening. Thank you for your beautiful paintings and your pearls of wisdom. Always a delight to watch your videos. :)

Beautiful!! Thank you for your inspiration and light spontaneity. Margot!

good advice

So if I watch a tutorial ,and I think (I would do it that way or change this and that) It would be okay.? Or isn't it disrespectful, because it's a teacher?