hello Titus, the word you were searching for the roof is " straw " the type of roof is called a thatch. A great uncle of mine was a thatcher. A thatched roof generally lasts for about 25-30 years. Then you could have a complete re-thatch or a half where they remove the top half. There are not many thatchers now here in England 😊

Great productive week!

I love how engaging you are in these videos. I find myself smiling back and even answering you out loud 😃. It's okay, I live alone 😂. I'm working on a commission, when I'm not at my day job, and it's just comforting to know you, and others, are out there, working away also. Thanks for finding the time to share your life with us. (Btw, same weather here in UK).

@marthapinnola1771

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and musings, in addition to your watercolor painting process. I appreciate it. 💖🌷🌻

Titus you have a wonderful artistic ability to create moods and paintings of light that generate emotional responses from your audience.

Happy to see you like the liquid charcoal Kristina and I brought with us. Already thought your used it for the sketches you are doing. Sometimes it takes a „new“ material to get inspired.

Always my Friday pleasure time.

I appreciate the magical way the hat and shoulder of the musician glows with the light. Beautiful

amazing, the sketch looks almost like a photo!

I love that you work in large sizes - so hard to find watercolorists on youtube who do.

I really love those fanfare watercolors but also like the house portrait in this video. Excellent work. Look forward to seeing more.

Titus, I am always impressed with how much "production value" you give to your videos. All the "b-roll" (scenes of the outdoors or scenes unrelated to the paintings) alone take so much work to get the video and edit! I find your sentiment to "do things together" lovely. I look forward to enjoying your podcasts now as well. Will we be getting some shorter versions of your lectures there as well? I would understand if the answer is no. Perhaps you could extract some of the ideas from your lectures to share if you think the podcast is the right kind of forum for that. I was wondering how you're enjoying your brushes? I think you're now using the Da Vinci synthetic squirrels yes? Let us know how you like them now that you've had some time to use them, or have you done so already and I missed that? I feel that philosophy is the heart of all creativity. I often say that philosophy (at the very least historically) can be said to be the "mother" of all the arts and sciences. For me, art and science are the means with which I understand the world, others, and even myself visa vis responding to my own work. Creativity is simply my response to my own philosophy of the world as I engage with it, others, and myself. I find that if I don't spend enough time to engage with the world around me, the people in it, and myself, I lose creativity don't you? Perhaps that's why you crave "doing things together" as you put it? Anyhow, I thank you for creating this space on KZread and Spotify for sharing. I do get so much enjoyment from you, your work, and these conversations!

@TitusMeeuws

8 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks Paul. I finally fel in love with the synthetic brushes. Took quite a while because I was used to the real "animal hair" brushes, but I want to use vegetarian stuff wherever it's possible. These synthetics can soak a lot of water, the only difference for me is the imperfections of animal hair. You lose more control using animal hair. And I love that.

@paullee4442

8 ай бұрын

@@TitusMeeuws I agree. I often wonder if they made the hairs a bit longer like 1cm more long, would it help get the effect of natural hair brushes? I assume they test these sort of things but perhaps you could mention it to someone? Chinese calligraphy brushes are quite long (but normally natural hairs) and have this effect of being difficult to control and providing "random" marks.

@Viveleemage

7 ай бұрын

Paullee, may I post your comments about philosophy and creativity to the private Facebook group for Acrylic University? (From “I often say” to “…don’t you?”) AU is a kind, well-motivated group fostering beginning and advanced skill development in all aspects of making paintings, not in marketing. The group is open only to students with paid tuition, who post ongoing work-sharing, offering observations, and “doing things together.” If you are willing, please let me know how you would like to be credited. If not, please know that I understand, and value your comments, especially about the generosity and depth of commitment of Titus Meeuws.

@DanWalterTradeview

7 ай бұрын

Paragraphing.. priceless 😊

Thanks mate! That was great!

🎉🙌 w🎉w!! Titus Meeuws painter -- your paintings become real photos on canvas -- cogratulations , excellent image --- Work of ART, increbible result.

@marildetesilva1410

8 ай бұрын

Okay

Those fanfare paintings are really special ❤👌🏻

This painting is really special. I just love it. It is exciting, eerie and spooky all at the same time. The lighting and perspective is awesome.

Happy to see a new video. Was happy to see pastel bring incorporated thoughtfully in your watercolor. Thank you. Have a relaxing weekend enjoy some rest and family. 😊 going to have a go with the cherry pit liquid charcoal. On order will be in next week.❤

It is amazing to me how relaxing watching his videos are. There's also more about art to think about.. Overworking a painting is not easy to conquer.

Titus I hear you very clearly and will be happy to follow your podcasts and recommend them to others. Your painting is coming along beautifully. It was a productive week here also. I appreciate that you mentioned about simplification in wc. I am a detailist at heart but I love to put certain details in the center of the show. It does take a lot of pre thought in especially compositional work and painting scenery with specific details gives me relief between paintings. I think that is why sometimes I switch mediums to had variety. The liquid charcoal is great stuff and so so true about using it in those shadows which are our playgrounds.

Thank you Titus for your video. It's give me inspiration!

Titus, you have a wonderful way of expressing your thoughts and philosophies. You are a very natural and gifted teacher. Thank you greatly. Graham

Good insight on how an artist distills a subject to an impression. Very difficult when the subject has aleady done that for you. Great thoughts on great work, Titus!

Very excited to listen to the Art in the Making podcast. I followed it and will be happy to review after the listen. I will listen during today's painting session here in my living room studio in Northern Michigan. My heritage is 50% Belgian Flemish (on my mom's side Salenbien/LaRoy). Love your videos. -Lue

Love your fanfare watercolor

Thank you, Titus! Always inspirational

You put my call in there! Haha 😄!

Less detail equals more movements, I really like your watercolor band. It's almost an animation. Thank you for sharing. 😊

Enjoy these videos every time. Have learned a lot about the inner workings and preparations before a "house-portrait" as you call it. Are watching your earlier videos (have just finished number 14) and they are excellent. I enjoy your fast style of painting. Great stuff! and thanks for letting us get behind the creative scene of an artist at work.

Thank you for sharing and I’m so excited about your podcast and to listen to your interviews. 😁

You appear to be having great fun. Love to see the progress with the "fanfare" parade.

It’s called thatch, Titus. Looking forward to see it .

Het is steeds weer boeiend, ja spannend, hoe jij de opzet van een aquarel aanpakt. Ongelooflijk, hoe het uiteindelijke resultaat tenslotte is.

I get the turning the picture you have just worked on, away from your view, just as you move on to the next. Knowing that a fresh view will reveal much more than as habituated presence. I am always aware with work I do that sometimes I get so fixated on what I think I have done that the next day shows how different my perception and my blindness to weaknesses was. It is a process and sometimes a difficult one. Loved the brave commitment to these you have done. Thank you Titus.

I am enjoying your Fanfare paintings, the way you put warmer over cooler colors. The way they respond & mix to bring the painting to life when the paint dries. I’m going to have to try this technique. Thanks for sharing what you have learned, for the teaching in your videos. Looking forward to listening to your podcast. Stay well Titus.

Hi, I think you mean "thatch" covering the roof of this house. Looking great as always Titus!

brilliant white🙂 Silhouette lighting and lace ornament✨😉💂

It was amazing to see how you put so energicaly the warm colors on the cool. It is a good example for me to past trough a kind of fear....thank you

There is a great sense of movement in your picture of the parade. When you are using more random strokes and throwing paint on it at the end, there must be a kind of trust in the chaos, because you are letting go of the careful control you use in the other methods. Maybe you can speak about that - the limits of control and the role chance plays in painting and creativity generally. Thanks for letting us hang out with you in your studio again. I hope you had a safe drive home in the rain.

Thank you, Titus. I enjoy the abstract sense of movement with the addition of the warm colours: bodies that march, areas of the marchers that are in front of each other.Left and right; to the music. I love the sense of movement, that you have captured, in the 'air' above the fanfare, resonant with the loud sounds of the band.... Wonderful. Thank you again for sharing your space, and your process and practice... Take care...

I'm so glad I found your channel. Your videos are so enjoyable to watch. I have been a watercolor artist for 20 years but have really struggled to be successful. To be honest, it has been a soul destroying experience ... however, I still continue to paint because I enjoy it so much. I'd appreciate any advice or videos you have on such a topic. I wish you all the best.

Hey Titus. Thank you for spending time to share your thoughts and process with us. You already have a busy schedule and I appreciate the time and effort it takes to also share it with your viewers. I believe you must also gain something from it, whether it be in exposure but also to help to put your thoughts into words.

Thanks for the video Titus, I always look forward to and enjoy them. Good luck with the podcast, something else to look forward to.

Wonderful Works Arts .

@marildetesilva1410

8 ай бұрын

Ok!!

Thank you, Titus. I receive art education from the thought process and demonstrations you so generously share. I look forward to your new podcast!

So looking forward to your podcasts.

Titus tienes un sello muy personal y hermoso en tus acuarelas, felicidades maestro....🇲🇽🇲🇽....

This fanfarra painting is fenomenal, really like it! Well done Titus! Greetings

I really did enjoy this video. The weather made me sleep. Here in Canada, we had a bit of snow already, but it is almost all gone now. I love to see your process and when I see you putting small accents of light and/or bright colors, I know a piece is almost done. Too bad your conference is not in english, it would have been really fun to watch and listen to. Have a great weekend.

Just love these works! Such fun exploring~

Such an exquisite painter you are! So happy I came across your works. Not all artist's can do what you do, you know that:) Thank you again for sharing.

@rebeccafriel6455

7 ай бұрын

So nice to hear your thoughts as you begin your paintings.I am a former JOSTEN'S artist.USA. Now my favorite is portrait drawings of prople and animals.✒️ Calligraphy too.

Thatched roof :)

Expontanius , diferente I like that one , ❤️🖤 , perspective focus one man And Ligthing ,. More Freedom on the way , . Beutifull Learn a lot with you .thank you .

Titus Защо дъхът ми спира в тишината на твоето ателие? А като заговориш пулсът ми се ускорява. Каква магия имаш в телефона, че чайката запява? Рисуваш ли, не трепвам, гледам във приказна омая. Защо е всичко туй ? Не зная. 💝

Thank you for sharing your videos

@daphnephilpott8138

Ай бұрын

What is the pastels that you use sometimes in your artwork?

We call your grass roof a Thatch roof in South Africa. Great show and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

Thanks for the tipp for the liquid charcoal. I use Schmincke water colours for many years now but I never stumbled over this one. I'll try it out for sure. I always use graphite for shades. It's great, too, but it's only dark grey. btw: that paper you use - is that coarse grain, fine grain or satin surface? And that Art in the Making idea is great because these monologues of yours are deep and start the listener thinking about it and his own relation to it. Not for me, though, because I already watched all of your vids and thought a lot about your ideas. :)

@TitusMeeuws

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark. I use the grain fin paper

Titus, I were you using pastels or were those the new watercolor sticks that I got an ad for this week? ( by Daniel Smith, maybe?) I am looking forward to the podcast and I will write a review as soon as I get a moment to listen. I watch your videos every week, and you are helping me to think hard about who I am as and artist and why I make the choices I make when I create art. Thank you for taking us on the journey with you!

@TitusMeeuws

8 ай бұрын

Hi Charlotte, no these are pastels.

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Why pastel versus gouache? Also I just started using charcoal for my value sketches and also love it!

@TitusMeeuws

8 ай бұрын

Hi Marlan. Pastel has more intense colors. It does not soak but remains on the paper.

Hi Titus. Is the pastel permanent or will you remove and replace with watercolours.

@TitusMeeuws

8 ай бұрын

Hi Irane, the pastel will be permanent

@ninner196

8 ай бұрын

@@TitusMeeuwsI enjoy doing the same sometimes. I lightly touch the pastel areas with Spectrafix final fixative, not the Degas workable fixative in a wc painting because it is just casein, which as I am sure that you know artists used centuries ago. The owner is a very kind woman. For pastel work I put it in a superfine mister and I have never had any issues with it darkening my pastel works/ mixed media. 😊

So enjoy watching your videos! Is that chalk or a type of compact stick paint you are using as reflection on the band uniforms?

@TitusMeeuws

7 ай бұрын

soft pastel

@JohnDavis-lr6yy

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, for letting me know! I’m a new beginner of watercolor and oil painting and have much to learn. So thankful I stumbled onto your videos! God has given you a special gift!

Thatch

Titus your work is very fine. 😊 Do you collect all your works chronologically in a kind of collection/catalog

@TitusMeeuws

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I always take good pictures of the paintings and these are in my computer with all relevant information

@a4n625

8 ай бұрын

@@TitusMeeuws Thank you for your answer. This is interesting, so you can always observed your development. Maybe you could show us all one of your first pictures? 🥰 Have a nice week. Good succeed.

Reeds ;-)

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Watercolor becomes mud like a WW1 trench its the nature of the medium, trying to add white highlights to rescue it is funny

How do I get a copy of your book?

@TitusMeeuws

Ай бұрын

Hi Dpahne. Thanks for your comment. Could you please send me a message through the contactpage of my website? Then I will answer soon. Here you go www.titusmeeuws.com/contact/

What are you selling a painting for now a days??