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Suzan D. Art
Netherlands
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Amsterdam-based creative, drawing & painting nature (plenty of plein air going on), although sometimes I switch back to architecture as well. A lover of art, nature (trees are a thing on this channel!), photography, books and, well, basically sharing beauty. 😊 I hope you enjoy the videos!!
Featuring The honour gallery, Rembrandt, The Vermeer Exhibition 2023 & The dollhouses
Hello everyone! This time I'm taking you along with me to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. We’ll be visiting the honour gallery, and then some of the surrounding rooms, featuring quite a lot of Rembrandts, but also a lot of other great art, of course. I’ll show you something of the Vermeer exhibit of 2023 as well. Then lastly, as a fun bonus round, I’ll show you the Rijksmuseum very elaborate big doll houses. All of this focusses on art of the 16-hundreds, by the way. So, care to join me for some great I art? If so, I hope you enjoy the vlog!
All the artwork can be found on the Rijksmuseum website, including additional information (obviously): www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
Also highly recommend following them on Instagram, they have one of the best (and funnest) accounts out there in museum-land, imo. 😊
All filming was done on a Samsung phone, all editing in iMovie, and the thumbnail was made in Affinity Designer.
The music is "Almost in F" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
My own personal website can be found here: www.suzand.nl
All the artwork can be found on the Rijksmuseum website, including additional information (obviously): www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
Also highly recommend following them on Instagram, they have one of the best (and funnest) accounts out there in museum-land, imo. 😊
All filming was done on a Samsung phone, all editing in iMovie, and the thumbnail was made in Affinity Designer.
The music is "Almost in F" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
My own personal website can be found here: www.suzand.nl
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ART VLOG - Creating a fineliner & watercolour tree painting (dealing with loss & a tribute)
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This video is a little bit different from my usual ones, because it deals with emotions and loss, sadly. Last year, unfortunately, I've had to say goodbye to my last surviving parent (my mum), and some emotional issues have come up, as was to be expected. So this vlog actually comes with a bit of a trigger warning. However, it is not meant as a depressing vlog at all(!), but more like a tribute...
CALM ART VLOG - Plein air drawing an old willow tree
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In this video I’m drawing a big older willow tree plein air, my current obsession. As per usual, there is a lot of fineliner drawing on location going on, and I finish the piece at home later. Care to join me for a nice peaceful art vlog? 😊 If so, I hope you enjoy the video and thank you so much for watching!! The materials used for the drawing are: Fineliner: Sakura Pigma Micron PN fineliner, ...
PEACEFUL ART VLOG - First plein air of the year! Fineliner drawing of a willow tree in April
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Hello everyone! In this video I’m going to a new favourite spot in the Amsterdam Forest, in April, to draw plein air. I head out for two separate outings, so there is quite a bit of drawing on location going on (as well as a bird intermission, lol). And then later I finish the piece at home, as per usual. Subject? A young(ish) willow tree. Medium? Fineliner on watercolour paper. Care to join me...
2023 RESULTS LIGHTFASTNESS TEST WATERCOLOURS Rembrandt & Schmincke, 1-year & 2-year results
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This test features mostly Talens Rembrandt en Schmincke HORADAM watercolour paint, and it includes two-year results as well at the start! It was started July, 2022 and the final comparisons were made in December 2023. Just as with the swatching video (link down below), it's a pretty long video, so perhaps put it on in the background as you go about your own creative business? 😊 Timestamps: 0:00...
SWATCHING for a ONE-YEAR LIGHTFASTNESS TEST REMATCH - Long chatty swatching/set-up session
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In this video, I'm setting up my one-year lightfastness test, which I started in the summer of 2022. This test features mostly Talens Rembrandt en Schmincke HORADAM watercolour paint, as well as the odd other brand. It's a pretty long video, so perhaps put it on in the background as you go about your own creative endeavours? 😊 The next video will show the results of the lightfastness test over ...
ART VLOG - Plein air fineliner drawing of two willow trees in very early spring
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In this art vlog, I’m making a plein air drawing of two pollard willows (knotwilgen) at the end of March, in the Amsterdam Forest. I picked a bigger size paper than I’ve become accustomed to, and I loved(!) working larger again. Definitely going to continue working in that size. I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks so much in advance for watching! 😊 Edit: I am now finally aware 'knotwilgen' are c...
ART VLOG - A quick(ish) plein air drawing of willow trees in late winter
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Hello everyone! I’m trying to work faster for once, so I set myself a time limit of one hour for drawing plein air. I failed 150% in the end. 😆 But I still like the drawing, which is of a row of willow trees. I’m starting the drawing outdoors and then sneaking in some additional drawing time at home. I hope you enjoy the video! Thanks so much in advance for watching!! 😊 Edit: I am now finally a...
WINTER ART VLOG - Plein air tree drawing on a lovely winter's day - Calm & relaxing creative process
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Hello everyone! In this art vlog I’ll be drawing plein air in winter. I’m making another fineliner tree drawing, a close-up of the trunk this time. I’ll be starting outdoors and then later finishing the drawing indoors, as usual. No speed drawing for once, just a calm creative process. I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks so much in advance for watching! 😊 Timestamps: 0.00 Intro - 0.35 Getting st...
ART VLOG - Fineliner & Polychromos speed drawing of ivy-covered building in botanical gardens
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Hello everyone! I’m going back to drawing with fineliner & Polychromos pencils on coloured paper. I’m using the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam as my subject again, to draw a lovely building with abundant green creepers. There’s a lot(!) of speed drawing in this one, and a quick interval where I set up a colour swatch card. I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks so much in advance for watching!! 😊 Ti...
The year 2022 seen from an ordinary Amsterdam balcony - Calm & relaxing changing of the seasons
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Hi guys! Over the past year, I’ve filmed the view from my balcony a lot, and I made a short video of all the seasons passing by in 2022. I hope you enjoy a very relaxing 5 minutes featuring the inner gardens of an ordinary neighbourhood in Amsterdam. ☺️ Have a wonderful new year everyone!!! Filming was done on a Samsung Galaxy S10 Editing was done in iMovie on an iMac The thumbnail was made wit...
ART VLOG - (Speed)drawing & painting the Botanicals gardens in Amsterdam
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Hello everyone. In this art vlog I’m using the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam for inspiration again, to draw the interior of a big palm greenhouse and paint a white building with abundant green creepers. So, a lot of speed drawing and speed painting ahead! There's also another (very) short tour of the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam included, to introduce what I’m tackling. I hope you enjoy the vi...
ART VLOG - Getting back into drawing architecture - Precise graphite (speed) drawing
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Hi guys! I've been getting back into drawing architecture. It’s been a while and as I’ve switched sizes, materials and methods, it was a bit of a challenge. 😊 This project started because of a failed oil painting endeavour, but at least something good came out of it! I’m also trying to up my graphite pencil drawing game in this one, which I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. And there's a s...
Results One-Year Lightfastness Tests: Acrylics - Japanesque watercolours - Ecoline
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Hi guys! The results of my one-year lightfastness test are in for my acrylics, Boku-undo Japanesque watercolours and Ecoline, and once more it is not all good news. I’m also swatching the pretty Japanesque watercolours, and I do a little wet-in-wet demo with the vibrant and fun Ecoline in this video. I apologise upfront for my off-beat acrylics collection, and also for the occasional footage th...
ART VLOG - Plein air drawing in early summer (and some painting from home). Trees and poppies ahead!
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Hi guys, welcome to my early summer art vlog! In this video I’m heading out to the Amsterdam Forest again to start some plein air drawings in June, but, as per usual, there is also some indoor creating/finishing going on. Three pieces in total this time, two monochromes on coloured paper plus one in colour (watercolour paint and acrylic ink). I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks so, so much in ad...
2022 RESULTS one-year lightfastness test Rembrandt watercolours - not entirely faultless...
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2022 RESULTS one-year lightfastness test Rembrandt watercolours - not entirely faultless...
ART VLOG - Speed drawing landscape & swatching Polychromos pencils
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ART VLOG - Speed drawing landscape & swatching Polychromos pencils
Watercolour palette set-up 2021 - SHOP - TEST - SWATCH - Rembrandt watercolour paints
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Watercolour palette set-up 2021 - SHOP - TEST - SWATCH - Rembrandt watercolour paints
Sy nice gerat work nice video.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
I loved every moment. Congratulations.
This was so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your process!
Thank you! ☺
This is really beautiful. If you'd like to do another one where you describe some of the techniques you use with the pen, I'd love to watch it!
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed the video! ☺I’d have to have a good think about how to describe the pen techniques I use, though. It’s actually still in development (very, very busy with fineliner drawing plein air this summer, which will be one long compilation video later this year). Technique-wise, I hardly describe it to myself, lol. It’s all more to do with light-and-dark and composition. But yeah, I’ll think about it, for sure!
We just got home from Amsterdam. I never got to see the beautiful countryside the you show in your video. I wish I could have met you and see your beautiful work in person.
Ah, that is a pity. However, most tourists/visitors don’t end up in the Amsterdam Forest, as it is quite a bit out of the way from the center. I just happen to live in the right part of town, to be able call it reasonably close. I hope you still had a good time though! And thank you for commenting, as well. ☺
Gewoonweg ‘out of this world’ prachtig 🤩🥰
Dank! ☺
this is so beautiful! thank you
Thank you so much! ☺
The two swatches after 10:19 Talens Rembrandt titanium buff and Schmincke Horodam Potters pink, which you say have both yellowed, is it the paint, or the paper? I think I can see yellowing of the paper when you bring the two halves together could it be the paper which has made the paint colour look different . Thanks for all your hard work, mammoth task.
Hi & thanks for watching! I don't think it's the paper. (Unfortunately, because I'd prefer that actually, lol). I used good quality by Arches and I did check the backs of all my tests. Sometimes you can see a bit of yellowing on the back because of the tape I used to stick it to the board. Also, for this small part I had a desk lamp on to the right, which cast a bit of a yellow glow. So, alas, that titanium buff did that all on it's own, although I'm still holding out hope for the Potters pink. ☺
I've wanted a set of polychromos for a long long time. I'm fortunate to to be here. Life is a gift.
Thank you for sharing your extensive research with us! It would be interesting to see a lightfastness test with UV protective spray because I'm skeptical that it makes much of a difference. Either way, I think I'll just continue painting with non-lightfast colors because searching for completely lightfast options is exhausting, expensive, and seems near impossible.
Glad you found the video useful! ☺ I have by now tested a W&N UV protective spray with some alcohol inks, and that was not(!) a good result (faded within a few months). But then again, inks fade so fast, it was probably an unfair test. I’ll try again with some watercolours, one fast fading, one with only slight fading after a year, but like you, I am not very hopeful it will have any effect anymore. And I hear you about finding lightfast options being exhausting etc.! I’m still trying, so I’ve got a few new Daniel Smith replacements for colours that I consider necessary, which I’m currently testing. However, if those proof not to be lightfast one year later, I’m not sure what my attitude towards the whole thing will be either going forward… 😁
Beautiful painting❤
Your accent is 🔥
Belíssimo!
Very thorough and interesting video thank you Suzan, I think many red and violet pigments are more fugitive than other colours, particularly the PR83 alizarin crimson which is a most gorgeous colour but not lightfast. It's a shame about prussian blue, it is such a pleasing colour. personally I like Indanthrene blue PB60 so that's a disapointment for me.
Glad you enjoyed the video!☺ I was also very disappointed about the indanthrene, I have to say.
Wow, Susan, that's incredible. So complex, but you've really captured the gnarly beauty of this wonderful old tree.
Thank you so much, I had a lot of fun with this one! ☺
Ahh..that's why my pencils keep breaking! Yes I use the broken bits too. Where possible, I even tape them back on to the pencil!
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks Suzan, I just watch your lovely video- Art Vlog- drawing with fineliner and polychromos. WOW what a lovely drawing. Well done. Looking forward to your future work. Alan.
Thank you so much! That one is a particularly popular video, indeed, haha.
love to see all the process of drawing!🙂
Thank you! ☺
Hi Suzan, lots of love from the UK. I just stumbled upon your channel and I love your work. You now have a new subscriber. My neighbor had an old apple tree in their garden for several years, it looked very similar to your willow tree. I wanted to draw this tree in fineliner pens so I videoed it and took lots of photo's. The next day it was gone. Sadly sawn up. But luckily I have my photo's and it's my next drawing project. Bye for now, Alan. xx
Thank you so much! And good luck with your tree drawing, as well. Fortunately you got your photo's just in time, but it's always so sad to see any tree cut down, isn't it? Thanks for subscribing! ☺
Prachtig gewoon! Knotwilgen zijn zo’n mooie bomen, maar dan moet je ze ook nog zo prachtig kunnen teken! Mag ik vragen hoe lang je er in totaal mee bezig bent geweest?
Dank! Het is een beetje een obsessie aan het worden, de knotwilg. 😄 Het urenaantal in totaal is moeilijk in te schatten, omdat het 'afronden' zo gespreid gaat bij mij, maar hier zit behoorlijk wat uren aan werk in. Het is niet 1 middagje werk, zeg maar. ☺
So much Work and effort is on this video, i hope more people see it
Thank you so much! ☺
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Awesome video! Schmincke' number: 215 is their Lemon Yellow. Pigment number PY3. They don't make a Permanent Yellow Light in their Artists grade paint. And you are correct. PY3 is not the best yellow for lightfastness in any brand.
Thank you for the information on the Schminke yellow! 😊
Your drawings are so beautiful! I like pen and wash, but never thought to use coloured pencils with fineliner - the result is really effective and allows for more control and detail. Thanks for sharing your work.
Your speech is just fine. I only thought you had an accent for my American ears. I have trouble hearing but I understood you perfectly. Thanks for the lightfast info. It’s always helpful information.
Thanks so much for your positive feedback! And I'm glad you found the video helpful. ☺
It must be just the way it looks on camera because the Van Gogh Prussian Blue didn't look like it faded at all whereas the Schmincke was noticeably different. I appreciate all the effort you put into doing these! Filming the making of the swatches, the year later filming, and then going through and putting those bits together and editing them...........
Thanks for commenting! That Van Gogh Prussian blue was way darker and more vibrant to begin with, that might also have something to do with it? I stared and stared at my swatches a lot(!) but the result does not always show up well on camera, alas. It was quite a bit of effort, but at least now I know what I've got, right? And all the footage already helped me re-identify some stuff, so worht it. ☺️
To be quite honest, I didn't notice any kind of speech issue at all. You sound just fine and "normal" to me. And those results are really surprising! And as far as Prussian Blue goes, since I heard you mention something about that being the color that inspired your lightfast testing, I know that it isn't lightfast, but I also learned that it comes back if left in the dark! I would love to try that!
Thank you! Exelent informatorom!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing this in-depth lightfastness test results. Really appreciate it. Its super helpful!
You're very welcome, glad you liked it! 😊
Thank you for a great video and all the work you put into testing these paints. I had to laugh about mystery pans because I've forgotten to mark a few myself. 🤣 I love Prussian and Indanthrone blues, but neither held up very well. :( PV19 was in quite a few of your failed mixes, which surprises me and now has me wanting to test all mine. PR83 and PR177 were expected. Thanks again as I thoroughly enjoyed this. 🙏
Thanks for watching! Honestly, my mystery paints are a little out of control, and apparently I felt the need to add even more, lol. I'm afraid my pigment knowledge continues to be very lacking. 😬 Always impressed by people who are very at home with all the numbers!! Glad you enjoyed the video. ☺
@suzand. No worries. You're right there with the rest of us, learning while enjoying something that brings you happiness. 😉 Color names come first, then you'll start picking up the Color Index numbers. 🤣 I am looking forward to more of your videos.
This is a really good video, thank you so much for sharing your results! I am also making my own lightfastness test, but I only have a south-east facing window. So my results take longer to get to your level. As for some lightfast pigments, I suggest that you look on Kimberly Cricks website. She tested a lot of colors. Handprint (google search: handprint watercolor pigments) is also very good as a resource, but a bit older. And for looking up colors in general, Jane Blundells blog is also highly recommended. So as my lightfastness tests are not in a south facing window and only a little more than one year old, here are my suggestions for yellows and reds: PY154 PY175 PY150 PY129 PR122 (it’s lightfastness is better than on the label. It is one of the most lightfast red (magenta) pigments) PR255 PR254 All cadmium yellows and reds and oranges: PY35, PO20, PR108 PR209 PR179 PV29 PV19 (in its Rose shade) is my favorite red and showed no fading so far. But I predict that this could happen in my second year of tests. But in general I chose all of the colors I own with lightfastness in mind. I followed recommendations from the above mentioned websites for most of my colors. That’s all what I have at the top of my head right now. Have fun looking them up 😍😊 (I might edit this post when I remember more colors 🤭)
Simply beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to make the video
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it ! 😊
I've heard that UV spray doesn't really work, but I've never tried it. We have to remember: paint lightfastness is best preserved under museum conditions...low light (or managed lighting for certain time periods, I think?) and mounted under what is called "museum glass" that is made w/UV resistance in the glass. I think it's very pricey. All we can do to preserve our paintings is arm ourselves w/knowledge of best practices, and recommending to our customers, if we're selling or if it's going to hang in a gallery, that they don't hang any art work in sun or even bright light, and then we have to kiss 💋 it goodbye, right? I'm getting ready to get some of my art printed and I understand that the ink colors used in printing are more lightfast than almost any of the paint we use. That's good news! 😁
Thank you for your comment!! You're totally right about the lighting conditions, of course! It's certainly a trade-of for the ease of using watercolours and the beauty of the medium in and of itself. Most oil paints and acrylics are far less likely to fade, at least my own test show me this. I'm going to test some UV protective measures, for sure, see if they work (and I have plenty of non-lightfast paints to test with, lol). But I'm also still going to try and collectc a basic (biggish) palette that's as lightfast as I can get it. PS. Not good at saying goodbye to my work myself, definitely prefer the printing version. 😄
I believe it's the other way, printing inks will generally LESS lightfast than artists grade paints. You can see it in any bilboard or magazine cover that were out in the sun for 1-2+ years. Meanwhile classic pigments like ultramarine blue, phtallos, siennas, umbers, ochres, cadmiums, cobalts, quinacrodones, etc will all outlast that, i think nowadays in pro paint only opera rose and alizarin crimson are still being sold despite being fugitive.
The UV protection glass doesn't work 100 percent either because sunlight and lighting have other rays coming through. Plus the UV glass has a tint to it that compromises the original colors used also.
its none of my business but I believe this is the first video i've watched from you and my first thought was "this person has such a sweet voice and accent!". wow not very often we get to see such long experiments when it comes to watercolours. This is very valuable thank you
Thank you so much, especially about the 'talking' thing. I'm still getting used to doing voice-overs, so that's good to hear! 😊 Glad it was helpfull as well!!
Thank you for you swatching and light fastness tests.
You are so welcome!
You made a great job🎉.
Thank you! 😃
Thank you for a great video! It was very informative
Thank you so much for your comment!
I agree with @erikaleighart to try PY175 as a lemon yellow. Winsor Newton calls this Winsor Lemon. It made it through an 18 month test in my south facing windows in the Mid-Atlantic in the US. None of my deep reds (I tried over 12) made it through without changes, except my cadmiums. Some faded, most just had color shifts, usually not in a good way. Reds (and purples) are simply difficult, with the exception of cadmiums, which are known for their stability. There are some brands with deep cad reds- leaning to purple, Schmincke‘s is more blue leaning than Rembrandt. I have one from Utrecht ( a small American brand) that is quite a deep red, leaning purple. Qor Cad Red Deep also looks lovely ( but I think is very expensive in Europe). There are so many things that go into stability, environment plays a big role. Humidity can wreak havoc on watercolor. The numbers that manufacturers put on their tubes are from testing that was done nearly 25 years ago. Pigments manufacturers change, even the method of synthesizing some pigments has changed, and that can affect the stability. Manufacturers, if they do any testing at all, now use a Xenon arc lamp that is supposed to mimic so many years of UV exposure, but it is really not the same as actually hanging on a wall. And those numbers are for museum conditions too. I enjoyed watching the video, thanks for all the work!
You mentioned suggestions for some spots on your palette you are trying to fill with more lightfast options…For a cool-leaning red, how about PR264? And for a cool lemon yellow, maybe PY175 (Winsor and Newton has a very nice one)?
I am quite literally in the very middle of swatching all my supplies and doing exactly what you did, so I know how much work this is. But it’s great to do, right? Because then you can sort out whatever is not lightfast and say with confidence to anyone purchasing your work that you use lightfast materials. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this in a video on UA-cam. 😊 What a lot of work not just to do the tests, but also to compile everything into a video!
Thank you so much for your comment! This was indeed a ridiculous amount of work. 😄 Worth it in the end, though, even if the results were not quite as I’d hoped. The search continues for certain lightfast colours, and I will most definitely take your suggestions into consideration. Thanks for those. 👍 W&N is readily available over here, that helps as well. Goodluck with your swatching/testing-journey!
wonderful thank you ............so enjoyable to watch ..god bless and all the best
I love your video. So calm and soothing with the spoken commentary.
Thank you so much!
I’m curious to see the results. I have a large Rembrandt pallet, and a small schmincke pallet. Also, a few schmincke granulated paints. I watched the video all the way through. It’s very calming, your commentary is so relaxing and conversational.
Thanks for commenting! Glad you enjoyed the video. I hope to have the result-video up in two weeks. Probably not going to be sooner, because I'm still getting used to the whole recording a voice-over thing. 😊 (I'm afraid the news is not all good, though.)
Brilliant.
Thank you for sharing this, it is beautiful! It makes me want to try some coloured pencil drawing - I have some somewhere in a cupboard 🤗
Polychromos and ink omg i love that mix!
It’s totally beautiful thank you for sharing , i look forward to seeing more xxx
Wonderful video, and I love the mix of fine liner with pencil! It's a combination I never tried before, but definitively curious to try it someday. All the work you did in the sky really paid off - the whole drawing looks amazing. Super happy to have found this channel and your work!
Beautiful. I had a set of 12 Polychromos laying around for a long time and tonight I decided to use them in my sketchbook. I was wowed by them in every way and considering getting more colors which brought me to your video. I loved watching you draw with the fineliner. I think I learned a trick or 2. Thanks. All the best to you!