Mark - the explosion of color is exactly what I think the Northern Lights are all about. It is so kind of you to thank everyone for their support; however, I feel we should be thanking you for all your ideas and for making each video a unique class which teaches us composition, color theory and so much more. Denise ❤
Oh wow! Thank you so much Denise that’s really kind of you. I try and add in as much information as I can within a short tutorial. Thank you so much for all of your kind words and support
I think this piece shows the different shading of the colors more than the others. It is amazing how you achieved these effects with green, purple, pink and black! I don’t think you totally plan the final results. I think you become one with the paint and canvas and your emotions fill in the delicate details. (Yes, some have said I’m a little, um, special). Mark, I think each piece is a reflection of an emotion you had while watching the northern lights, and the thing connecting them all is a sense of awe. They’re all amazing. Thank you for sharing your exploration of that event with us. ❤
Oh Mark. What are you doing to me? You'v produced yet ANOTHER favourite. I absolutely love the colors & the way you have blown it out has given us a truly unique creation to admire. I must admit that I'm a tad envious of the people who are able to view the lights in person, so to speak. When I first became ill i wrote out my bucket list & seeing the various light shows Mother Nature puts on is towards the top of my list. Given where you live, another on the list is to eat at Hester Blumenthals' restaurant. Whether I get to experience anything on my list is probably only going to be in my dreams. But I believe you need to have dreams, they help you keep your sanity. Though some may question MY sanity!! So, once again, it's the wee small hours of the morning, my favourite time to watch your creations come alive. We're in the opposite season to you. Yesterday was the first day of summer & as a winter person I'm already suffering. The air con is on pretty well all the time until the first day of winter. Another thing on my list is to experience a cold Christmas Day with all the trappings of a traditional Christmas lunch. It's usually so very hot here Christmas Day that lunch is usually a big salad with lobster, prawns, crab, ham, turkey & a lovely big salad with EVERYTHING in it. Regular salad things plus lots of fresh fruits. This means I don't have to think about dessert, I put it in the salad. Mango, apple, orange, pomegranate, & anything else you feel like. Ok. I'm off for now to watch the video again. Have a great week ahead & I'll be waiting with baited breath for your next offering. All the very best from Oz, Adrienne 🪃🌏
Aww thank you so much for sharing that with me. I’ll trade our cold for your warm start of summer (our summers are not that warm either tbh!!). YES it’s essential we have dreams and please keep hold of all of those dreams. Xxx
Absolutely Beautiful !! I Love this piece so much.. i know i say that almost with every new piece u create. But this one definitely needs to be in the center of all the northern lights series it just looks like an explosion that started it all. Great job Mark !!
@MarkJRatcliffeArt Great !! Now can't wait to see them all together. It will be almost like the entire sky during the northern lights display u saw... ✨️ 🌌🌈
Mark, this is sooooo pretty!!!! I love the fact that it dried quite dark. It makes the green center look like it's illuminating the rest of the piece. The pink and purple areas are very beautiful and a nice contrast to the greens and the black. I am so glad that you saw the norhtern lights and got inspired by them and I can't wait to see all your gorgeous paintings of this series togehter. It will be extremely difficult for me to decide which one is the best. They are all just stunning and the fact that there are 💚💚💚greens💚💚💚 in each of them makes this series perfect. Great job again and thank you so much for sharing 🖒💖
Je ne me suis pas trompé quand je vous ai appelé Mark Nothern Lights...Vous avez complètement adopté ce phénomène dans votre série et le résultat à chaque fois est sensationnel...Vos tableaux sentent le parfum céleste des aurores boréales...Bravo Grand Mark❤
Have you thought about doing a painting with neon color of green pink and purple? I was playing around this weekend with neon paints and of course the colors were good but my design failed. This painting here is really nice but turned out darker than Id hoped. Its still pretty cool.
That would be cool. Neon paints can be a challenge plus you need a special light to see the real effects of neon paints. This was the last one in the series 💚
Mark, I want to basically do the same type of thing but with different colors & without cells. How would this be achieved? Basically, I do not want cells. Thx
To minimise cells or cell reaction, I’d say: use thicker paint mixtures, avoid a technique that uses less movement or interaction with paints mixing and also ensure you use the same brands and don’t mix them to minimise density differences
Mark - the explosion of color is exactly what I think the Northern Lights are all about. It is so kind of you to thank everyone for their support; however, I feel we should be thanking you for all your ideas and for making each video a unique class which teaches us composition, color theory and so much more. Denise ❤
Oh wow! Thank you so much Denise that’s really kind of you. I try and add in as much information as I can within a short tutorial. Thank you so much for all of your kind words and support
Mark I love this series and they’re all amazing it’s hard to choose a favorite 💚💜💕
Thank you Carla. Go on… tell me… which one is your favourite 😻
Sehr schön wie eine Blume👍👏💖🙏🙋🏼♀️🇨🇭
Thank you so much ☺️
I agree with Natalie the best one yet❤
Thank you 🙏
Oh wow! This is my absolute favourite one of this series so far! 😊
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you so much! That was actually the last one in this series…. Was this one your ultimate favourite? 🤩
@MarkJRatcliffeArt It's really hard to decide as I like them all but if I had to choose then yes I think this one is my favourite. 😁💚💜🩷💙
Thank you Mark for sharing your excitement of the Northern Lights. Beautiful!! Love all the paintings you created. Have a wonderful day Mark. 😊💖
You’re so welcome Judy! Thank you so so much
So subtle, yet makes such a big impact. This is my favorite technique, and this is a stunning example. Thanks!
You are so welcome! 🙏
Love it ❤❤❤😊
Yay! Thank you so much ☺️
Mark.this is absolutely a stunning piece
Glad you think so! Thank you 🙏
I think this piece shows the different shading of the colors more than the others. It is amazing how you achieved these effects with green, purple, pink and black! I don’t think you totally plan the final results. I think you become one with the paint and canvas and your emotions fill in the delicate details. (Yes, some have said I’m a little, um, special).
Mark, I think each piece is a reflection of an emotion you had while watching the northern lights, and the thing connecting them all is a sense of awe. They’re all amazing. Thank you for sharing your exploration of that event with us. ❤
Wow thank you sooooo much 🤩🤩🤩🤩
So pretty ❤
Thank you 🤩
❤ Beautiful 😍
Thank you! 😊
Fabulous 👏 ❤
Thanks 🤗
Stunning!
Thank you! 😊
That's beautiful
Thank you 🙏
Seeing that we are so close to Christmas please please try something Christmasy for us thanks for all the inspiration
Julie - your wish is my command. I’m releasing a Christmas one on Thursday 🌲 xx
Mark well done this is very pretty 😍
Thanks so much 😊
That is awesome!
Thank you 🤩
This is awesome!❤
Thank you so much ☺️
Coucou 👋Mark j espère que tu vas bien 🤗c est magnifique 😍😍je te souhaite un bon début de semaine 🤗🇨🇭
I’m great thank you! I hope you are too
Oh Mark.
What are you doing to me?
You'v produced yet ANOTHER favourite.
I absolutely love the colors & the way you have blown it out has given us a truly unique creation to admire.
I must admit that I'm a tad envious of the people who are able to view the lights in person, so to speak.
When I first became ill i wrote out my bucket list & seeing the various light shows Mother Nature puts on is towards the top of my list.
Given where you live, another on the list is to eat at Hester Blumenthals' restaurant.
Whether I get to experience anything on my list is probably only going to be in my dreams. But I believe you need to have dreams, they help you keep your sanity. Though some may question MY sanity!!
So, once again, it's the wee small hours of the morning, my favourite time to watch your creations come alive.
We're in the opposite season to you.
Yesterday was the first day of summer & as a winter person I'm already suffering. The air con is on pretty well all the time until the first day of winter.
Another thing on my list is to experience a cold Christmas Day with all the trappings of a traditional Christmas lunch.
It's usually so very hot here Christmas Day that lunch is usually a big salad with lobster, prawns, crab, ham, turkey & a lovely big salad with EVERYTHING in it.
Regular salad things plus lots of fresh fruits.
This means I don't have to think about dessert, I put it in the salad. Mango, apple, orange, pomegranate, & anything else you feel like.
Ok. I'm off for now to watch the video again.
Have a great week ahead & I'll be waiting with baited breath for your next offering.
All the very best from Oz,
Adrienne 🪃🌏
Aww thank you so much for sharing that with me. I’ll trade our cold for your warm start of summer (our summers are not that warm either tbh!!). YES it’s essential we have dreams and please keep hold of all of those dreams. Xxx
Absolutely Beautiful !! I Love this piece so much.. i know i say that almost with every new piece u create. But this one definitely needs to be in the center of all the northern lights series it just looks like an explosion that started it all. Great job Mark !!
Thank you so much Pamela. This was the last one in this series 💚
@MarkJRatcliffeArt Great !! Now can't wait to see them all together. It will be almost like the entire sky during the northern lights display u saw... ✨️ 🌌🌈
Beautiful..love the colours, maybe add a little pink and black in the middle of it before you blow ❤
Great idea! Thanks so much
Mark, this is sooooo pretty!!!! I love the fact that it dried quite dark. It makes the green center look like it's illuminating the rest of the piece. The pink and purple areas are very beautiful and a nice contrast to the greens and the black. I am so glad that you saw the norhtern lights and got inspired by them and I can't wait to see all your gorgeous paintings of this series togehter. It will be extremely difficult for me to decide which one is the best. They are all just stunning and the fact that there are 💚💚💚greens💚💚💚 in each of them makes this series perfect. Great job again and thank you so much for sharing 🖒💖
Thank you so much! I always appreciate your kind comments Michaela 💚💚💚
@MarkJRatcliffeArt thank you
Je ne me suis pas trompé quand je vous ai appelé Mark Nothern Lights...Vous avez complètement adopté ce phénomène dans votre série et le résultat à chaque fois est sensationnel...Vos tableaux sentent le parfum céleste des aurores boréales...Bravo Grand Mark❤
Thank you so so much! This was the last one in the series so NEW creations coming next week 🤩🤩🤩
@@MarkJRatcliffeArt On attend...Bonne inspiration
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The Birth Of, The Incredible Hulk👍🍻
Love that! Haha thank you
Have you thought about doing a painting with neon color of green pink and purple? I was playing around this weekend with neon paints and of course the colors were good but my design failed. This painting here is really nice but turned out darker than Id hoped. Its still pretty cool.
That would be cool. Neon paints can be a challenge plus you need a special light to see the real effects of neon paints. This was the last one in the series 💚
@MarkJRatcliffeArt ooohh okay.
Mark, I want to basically do the same type of thing but with different colors & without cells. How would this be achieved? Basically, I do not want cells. Thx
To minimise cells or cell reaction, I’d say: use thicker paint mixtures, avoid a technique that uses less movement or interaction with paints mixing and also ensure you use the same brands and don’t mix them to minimise density differences
@MarkJRatcliffeArt thanks Mark. I have Glue All & I'll be painting star bursts.