I really appreciate every single comment. Thank you. And I read them all. In the past I've also answered them all. Given how much the channel has grown, answering them all is proving a bit daunting. Going forward know that I will continue to read them all. I really enjoy your comments. If there is a question or comment that might be interesting in a way that is generally helpful I will continue to answer those. But please do know that I read all your comments and appreciate them. Thank you and best wishes.

@sharonstritzel9490

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all you do!

One of the best on-line instructors in oil painting. Keep 'em coming, Ian.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Edward. I appreciate your telling me. All the best

After watching many of your compositional videos, I have noticed that the way I view the world has changed. I’ve painted in watercolor for decades, so my sense of color and value is pretty well tuned, but now every where I go, I mentally compose pictures from landscapes to cityscapes to people doing activities. I’ve even become very aware of how movies are filmed to get the best composition to catch the viewer’s eye. I just watched the Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power filmed in New Zealand…the videographers are certainly masters of their craft. The whole time viewing, I was mentally composing paintings based on what I learned from you. Thank you…you have made my life more enjoyable😍

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing that with me Leila. I watched a film last year called The Dig that it seemed every scene was so considered in terms of composition. Best wishes

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are seeing more in terms of shapes and designs too Max. All the best

@sapphiresennelier2319

Жыл бұрын

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Have to agree on that. I’ve been on digs. In that film they took an isolated element and transformed it into a world. It was impressive.

Ian, you are a highly effective communicator. When viewing other well-intentioned instructors, I come to appreciate your work even more.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

You're a prince Ivan.

You are a master artist and a master teacher. Thanks again for another act of generosity, sharing your talents and what goes on behind the eyelids. 🧠 Thank you!

Thank you so much Ian.

Thank you for your videos! I’m not that proficient but even listening to it casually I feel like I’m learning a lot. Cheers!

I think the secret is just to love "painting" then we will see entire life in paintings visions. I love what you do ... from algeria

Your videos always hold such gems of information Ian. Sometimes its a reminder of a concept/idea previously known yet I've forgotten how important it is to remember to remember it, or sometimes it's a totally new-to-me gem. Your videos are little treasures, especially in the context of the pressure these days for us painters to be film makers too and produce a slick, quick, attention getting, "junk food" like reel to feed the social media gods. Whereas your videos are like "whole foods", making me just want to sit down with a nice cup of coffee and take the time to thoroughly drink in and digest your informative, helpful and enjoyable content. I do have both your books and pull them out over and over. Oh, and lovely painting too!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Hi Julie, thank you for equating my videos with whole food. I too find it so easy to let my attention get distracted by youtube analytics. But I think what I have to say it pretty much decided so I don't stray looking for more.

This video ended with me gazing out my window on the scene I look at every day. I have wanted to paint it - an alley - but wanted it to look more “back yard”. Watching how you just eliminated elements instantly guided how I was looking at this site. The details often drag me down a rabbit hole. Your recomposing of a scene, drawing on the bones or architectural design elements, has influenced my way of seeing. What power you have and have given us! 😉

Allow me to join the chorus, you are an excellent teacher. When you first put up your photo I was struck by the shape of the distant trees, I saw the wind in them pulling them to one side...but you elected to draw them and paint them straight up and down. I would have left that wind in....but we're all different, and that's what makes painting exciting. Thanks for the lesson.

Even as someone doing large format pinhole photography instead of painting, I find your videos very instructive! While I can't leave out things that are there, it helps to get a better sense of what the important elements of a scene are. Pinhole photography has some slight similarities with painting, as it smoothes out many small details and forces to simplify the composition.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Sounds interesting Christian. Good luck.

So interesting, and so concise. Ian, I have learnt so much from you over the last year or so!

Oh it’s so good to be back and listen and watch your very very helpful videos. I love how you delineate the composition at the very beginning and walk us through all the next steps. I also admire your colour mixing skills 👏🙌🏻👏 your way of teaching is kind and encouraging. Have a wonderful day Ian!

Awesome sir.

Thank you once again Ian, I have watched your videos for many years now and have purchased several of them. You are so giving and a wonderful teacher. Good on you mate

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

This is again a very useful and instructive video of a great landscape painting of yours. What I found particularly useful this time is how you showed very clearly till what stage you had reached at the end of the first day, before finishing off the painting. Thanks again for the inspiration!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Rafael.

I really appreciate your style and approach to painting and teaching. Showing us your attention to design is so helpful. One thing I need to do is to create thumbnails to work out the composition. I've tended to want to rush the process, to sketch on the canvas and get on with get the painting. I see the value now in taking a bit of time up front to plan the frame and make important decisions. Thank you for sharing your artistic wisdom!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

I just think it makes more sense to have a roadmap before heading out on the journey. Best wishes

@LukenUSee

Жыл бұрын

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition I agree. Great advice. Thank you so much!

This is a great video!! I'd love to see more like this, where you give examples of how you identify a scene to paint. You're incredibly helpful, and I always want to walk into your paintings!!!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

I'll maybe see if I can do a video just on that. Finding the image.

@hikingwiththedog6078

Жыл бұрын

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Thank you!!!

I realized that you can really make people become aware of where they really are if you do a good job as a painter/drawer.

Those first words …. To c the picture from the back…. That was an EXCELLENT advice bcz the emotion will be easier to get in the painting

Love yr work. Thank you for the way you break it all down. I wasn’t lucky enough to do art at school, was a young mum. Went to uni at 32 to do nursing & had a fulfilling career until Ill health struck home. So now at 62 decided to eat, breath & follow anything so I could to learn about Art. I Thought it would just be a few acrylic pours & abstract paintings….easy right! anyone can do it! No. I started learning about composition with abstract….heck theres a lot to it…I could not just put paint to paper….I needed to understand it Then I met you… love your style….now composition is making sense ( slowly). I just brought your book as well. Thanks again. Look forward to more info 😁

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Hi Anita, Lovely story and my very best wishes for your artistic journey.

Really helpful video Ian - thanks for making everything so clear and simple. Love the painting by the way!

Thank you so much, Ian! I am a beginner and your videos are incredibly useful! All the best!

"Painting to design first." Oh, so that's how it's done! Fantastic demonstration of color choices, shapes, placement of them, and their interaction with each other, basically.

Thank you Ian for the lesson! You make me look at painting more professional every time. Thus, you support my creative work at professional level. I've learned a lot from you.

Your painting is beautiful. I’ve often wondered, what to look for when taking pictures for my own paintings. This is great help. Thank you. Julie 🥰

I’m stealing the analogy of “ coming in from the backside” - it really speaks to finding the skeleton or structure to hang an idea on. When painting outside sometimes it’s hard to get someone to see shapes, so I think this will be helpful!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Glad that was helpful Liese.

This one was magic! Great painting, and great reminder to sketch out the design first. Learned that the hard way this weekend working on a large piece without a roadmap first.

Soooo beautiful! Every step makes sense. I live in Northern California and you’ve captured a scene I might drive by. Thank you very helpful!

The grasses are so full of vibrancy in such simplistic way!!!! Unbelieavable!!💚

Another home run, Ian. What a great synopsis on composition, design and simplification. Once again, “shapes, not things.”

Absolutely beautiful. This is very helpful information. Thank you.

It looks so easy when you're painting. I'm very attached to details and need to free myself from them. Your paintings are wonderful!

I'm so glad I found your channel. I've always drawed and painted intuitively and your process is so simplified and refreshing, I feel like it has made everything easier for me. I even want to paint now, but using "your method". Love this, I just realized how much I complicate things because I always focus on the details throughout my paintings. Sir you put the fun back in painting because it's almost like I start things off already stressed out. I'm so stiff in my mind despite my brushwork seeming "free"... I'm a graphic designer and I admit, I've always thought about painting as a separate thing from design, but now, after watching your videos it seems kind of silly. It's also great that you read most of the comments. Greetings all the way from Portugal! :)

This looks like a scene in Northern California where I live. Now I am inspired to drive around and see what designs I can find. I loved watching you paint!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Yes Sherry. See what you can find. So much up there. All the best

Ian Roberts: this video is VERY VALUABLE for me!

Thank you. I took a picture of a scene with this style of information and did not know what to do with it. You answered every question.

So much makes sense that did not gel before! Your explanations are down to earth and easy to follow.

Such a good way of explaining - thank you!

That was a beautiful painting Ian , and the video's are always helpful! Thank you so much , Craig

Thank you so much for all the insight you bring and the demonstration showing your process from the initial drawing to the mixing of colors to the application of it to the finished painting. I'm so glad your book is back in publication, definitely have to get a copy.

Fantastic Ian (as always)! Thank you for your great advice!

Thank you, Ian, for another great video tutorial! Very clear and helpful. ❤❤❤

WOW! What an eye opener, thank you sooo much!

I value your instruction, Ian. Each time I gain insight and new techniques. Keep hammering home Mastering Composition which I find inspiring.

I live in France and I am surrounded by beautiful light and landscapes and I have long been wanting to start painting landscapes in oil. Thinking now is the time to start this journey, I stumbled across your tutorial. It is so clean and simple to follow! You really are able to transmit your confidence to the watcher! I love your style too!

Beautiful painting Ian!! Thank you for renforcing the essential, composition!!

I seen recently for the 1st time what your talking about. At first the beautiful scene is what caught my eye, not long after I began to see the design. It was winter trees, with repetitive V shapes, some were distorted V shapes, but they were repeated everywhere. It was really exciting when I saw the design of the composition and not just a scene.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear you're seeing the design. Onward.

Just want to say thank you for the videos, they have all been really helpful and well presented. Big fan of the book as well. Looking forward to what you have planned next!

Thank you for a very thoughtful and provoking demo! I really enjoy watching you paint. Thanks again!

Marvelous work and process Ian as ever.

Again another fantastic tutorial! I love the way you teach. Thank you for your generosity🤗

A very helpful tutorial that simplifies what the artist should see first. This relieves the tension the every single detail would add to at first sight. Thanks again Ian !

Beautiful painting Ian, as always…. Thank you!

Thank you Ian. I think it is one of your best pieces!

Oh my! Things seem so easy when I watch your videos… I love it ! Thank you !!!

I really like the way you simplify things. Its so good to watch you work

I love your book. I have returned to it many times. And I’ve watched your videos that go along with it. You are such a consistent teacher. I really like the way you present concepts. Thanks so much for these shorts.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I love your videos, and this is one of your best! I learn so much from each of them. Thank you so much!

Your videos always bring me clarity. Thank you so much

This was so helpful and I love how you show your sketches and the thoughts behind each one. Learning color mixing is a hard one for me. Thank you Ian! 🎨

So helpful and informative. Thank you!

I loved watching you construct this painting and mixing the colors. The finished painting is awesome. Country roads are among my favorite subjects. Thank you.

great book great video thank you Ian

Watching this morning before heading out with the plein air group - so helpful. Thank you Ian! So many good reminders for how to start your plein air paintings….😊ps….the cows are feeling a tad slighted!😂 Have a great day!

Thank you for another outstanding and helpful lesson. Your words on design resonate! I learn so much from your lessons, thanks.

Your videos always give me a shot of inspiration to keep painting

Absolutely gorgeous!!

I find your breakdown of the composition, simplification of the design, and the painting demo clips so helpful! Something I am working on and still find difficult especially when I am out painting in plein air. You make it look so easy, and I know it's not. Thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us!

I love how you simplified the painting from the photo you took! Those shapes that you pointed out truly make it interesting! I will be honest I do the exact opposite most of the time (I like complexity) but I do agree 100% on how you explained that we as artist can pick and choose what we keep from the photo in the end if it helps with making a better composition!

Thank you so much! Once again, another excellent lesson.! I cannot get enough of hearing, "Simplify" !

Another useful reminder of how to approach the start of a painting. Thank you, Ian.

Excellent work. Love it.

Thanks Ian I learned a lot from your demos. It's also very useful for Aquarel paintings. I'm new in this art world.

Thank you so much for sharing your practice with us! You are a very helpful instructor, and your book is also a treasure. Thank you thank you!

Fantastic advice. Thank you!

Love how you simplified eliminating unessential elements of the scene. How you direct the focus to the center of interest, love the whole process. Thank you. This will help me see better!!

Your lessons are very helpful. Thank you!

Love it! So helpful to see step by step, and what you edited out to make the painting stronger. So often I get hung up on “getting everything in”…seeing this reminds me “less is often more”.. thanks!

Really clear communication, one of my favourite KZread painting instructors. Every time I think “I’ll remember that for next time”! I’ll have to put your book on my wish list.

I listened to your interview in the Learn to Paint podcast and I was intrigued by the way you explained the relevance of composition in a painting. This video and the clear, concrete, example you used, helped me understand much better how to think about composition. Thanks so much, this was super helpful!

Thank you so much for your lesson. Beautiful

Thank's Ian, love you approach to painting also love your books are very informative. Thank's for sharing your video. 😃💖

Another strong video Ian. I find that I go home every time I hear and see your videos. Hope to get back to painting soon.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Candice

Brilliant! Thanks for these lessons that helpfully simplify it all!! 🙏👍

Working with all those greens was terrific. Nicely designed, also.

I love that you included some of the mixing process it is educational.

Another wonderful video! So helpful.

You’re a legend Ian, most helpful instructor I’ve watched

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.

Lovely painting. It is interesting how painters can see a much better reality than the scene before them. You did just that with great subtractions and abstractions. Thanks for the great video.

NIIIICE! so painterly and fresh!

Again! Just outstanding insight! Thank you, Sir, for sharing your experience and passion.

Just fantastic! You have such a gift for mixing colors-thank you for presenting these videos so we can see how a composition evolves!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Gorgeous ! Thank you so much! Loooove it!

Brilliant. Thank you very much for sharing 🙏

awesome work sir! good lesson!

your videos are very relaxing and helpful while also still being very engaging

I so appreciate your help, Ian! Although my style is a lot different from yours, the information you so generously provide is the single most important element that is improving my work. Thank you!!

This was great man, thank you! Also this is definitely my favourite painting of yours!