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- Hi, welcome back.

Certainly glad you could join us today,

'cause today, thought I'd do a painting

that's just a lot of fun and I think you'll enjoy it.

Let's start out and have 'em run

all the colors across the screen

that you'd need to paint along with this.

While they're doing that, let me show you

what I've got done up here.

Have my standard, oh, 18x24 inch canvas,

double primed, pre-stretched.

Today, I've covered it with a very thin coat

of just black gesso, just covered the entire canvas

and allowed that to dry completely.

On top of the black gesso, that we've put a little bit

of liquid clear.

Let me say that again, a little bit.

It takes very, very small amount to make it work.

While the clear is still wet, then we've added a little

bit of color to it, and today, I've chosen

prussian blue, a little bit of sap green,

and a little bit of van dyke brown.

Just covered the entire canvas and that's still wet.

So, that'll allow us to do some fantastic things

that I think you'll enjoy.

Let's start off today, we'll use a little fan brush.

A little bit of titanium white.

Just load a little color right onto the brush.

There we are.

And, let's go up here and just,

let's just have some fun.

This is a day you can just be crazy.

Just spin things around.

Let 'em just dance and play and--

la la la

See, there you go.

No big deal.

Just enjoy, just enjoy it.

Just spin it, make all kinda little shapes and designs.

Whatever you want.

There.

Just dance it in, like so.

Just very loose and free.

Let it happen, let it happen,

'cause we don't care, we don't make mistakes, as you know.

All we do is have happy accidents in our world.

So, the worst thing can happen here is wonderful.

Don't worry about it.

Don't worry about it, oils are so forgiving

that we really don't worry about mistakes.

Maybe a little bit over in here, too, what the heck.

It's your world, so you decide, and you can decide

how bright you want this, or how dark, it doesn't matter.

Anyway that you want it.

Any ol' way.

There.

Okay, lemme grab, oh, two inch brush.

There we go, make sure it's good and dry.

With the old two inch brush, I'm just gonna take

the corner of it, and, very gently, just begin

sort of winding this up.

Just blending it a little bit.

I don't want to lose all those little shapes,

but we just sort of want to blend it together.

That about like it.

That's really 'bout all we're looking for.

Just, we're just making a little background.

It'll end up being far, far away.

Turn it a little bit to one direction, and then,

then maybe a little bit to the other direction,

it doesn't matter.

There.

This is, as I say, just gonna be background mater--

I tell you what, I'm gonna do a big forest today.

I think I'll do that.

And, this'll end up just being some shapes that

are shining through the trees, far, far away.

Okay, and that's about all I want today.

Alright, let's have some fun already.

Let's take, we'll use that same brush, what the heck.

We'll go into a little prussian bluuuueee.

Oh, we'll pick up a little bit of black,

maybe even a little brown.

'Bout like that.

I'm gonna get some crimson, too, I like it, too.

There.

Maybe a little more crimson.

Now, then.

But, notice, we're just tapping, just tapping one corner,

basically, right into the paint.

Let's go up in here.

Now, then, maybe there's some indications of some trees

that live far, far away back here.

We'll just use the ol' two inch brush

and just begin tapping in some basic shapes.

That's all we're looking for.

Don't, don't worry about a lot of detail here.

We really don't care.

All we're looking for is just basic shapes.

Something about like so.

There.

Just sort of let it happen.

Alright.

And, over in here, we don't,

we'll just drop it in.

Now, I'm gonna add the least little bit of titanium white

to my color, just so it stands out against the dark.

You know, you need dark to show light,

and light to show dark.

It's just like in life.

You need a little sorrow in your life

so you know when the good times happen.

There.

Alright.

I'm ready for a good time right now, though.

Now, I'mma go into a little bit of the titanium white.

This is just, basically, titanium white,

and let's pick out a few little things that we'll separate

and make 'em a little different.

Like, there's trees in front, some behind.

It still looks bluish, but it has a little touch

of titanium white in it.

Just as a little separator.

There, see?

Looks like layers and layers and layers of little trees,

far away.

There we go.

And, just by doing this, you can create many, many

layers of trees.

We're gonna have a forest, we need a lot of trees.

Shoot, all my little friends have to have a little place

to live out here.

Alright.

Shoot, we about to get this painting finished already.

I'm takin' but just a second.

Now, using these big old two inch brushes, you can really,

you can cover some space very quickly,

and you can do some detail that people will think

that you've, that you've spent forever with little

one-haired brushes, just worked yourself to deat--

Shh, it's our secret.

Let's take a little white.

A little dark sienna.

Put a little van dyke in there, too, it'll darken it more.

That's better.

Maybe, a little a little roll of paint lives right

on the edge of the knife.

See there?

It's right out on the very tippy, end of the knife.

Then, we can go up here, and just here and there,

and there and here.

I just want to put the indication that maybe there's a few

little tree trunks that you can see.

I don't want many.

Just a few.

They sorta hide back in here.

And, that's really enough.

And then, very lightly, we can sorta blend those

right into the painting.

Three hairs and some air.

Just barely touching.

See?

That sorta pushes 'em back.

But, it gives you the indication

that maybe there's some tree trunks

for those little trees back in there.

Mm kay.

Let's mix up some dark color.

(inhales)

Let's take, alright, there we go, good.

We'll use prussian blue, some midnight black.

Van dyke brown.

What the heck, (chuckles) crimson and sap gree--

All your dark colors.

Just throw 'em in there.

Really doesn't matter.

We're looking for a dark color

that has both blue and green in it.

Other than that, no big deal.

Let me wipe the old knife, here.

We just wipe the knife on a paper towel,

keep it clean.

(Mumbles) Let me get a clean brush.

That one's sorta dirty.

I want this to be very dark.

We use another two inch brush.

Tap a little color.

Right into the bristles.

See, you just give it a little push.

Boop boop boop, like that.

Alright, let's go right up in here.

We have to start making some major decisions

in our world.

I want some big trees.

I mean big, big trees.

So, (sighs) okay.

I know this is scary.

Jump up here in the middle of your painting

and decide that there's gonna be a big tree

that lives right there.

There he comes.

Use the corner of the brush.

Just the corner.

Just the corner

Let it go.

La la la

Where you are.

See?

See, there you go, wherever.

And, all we're doing is putting in some dark background

so our light color will show.

We're gonna come back,

we're gonna put some leaves on all these trees.

Some nice greenery.

But, we have to have the dark

in order for the light to show.

There.

See there?

There goes all your little trees you've worked so hard for.

But, they're still there.

We know they're back here.

You're just workin' so good.

Yeah, why not?

(chuckles) I know,

you say, "Eh, Bob, you've done it this time."

Maybe so.

But, just drop it in.

Don't worry about it.

As you know, we, we don't make any mistakes here.

So, we don't care about it.

We really don't worry.

You know, painting, painting should be fun.

It'd be, it'd be something that makes your--

just enjoy life.

And, one thing that painting will do for you,

I get letters everyday that attest to this,

painting will make you see nature.

People write and they tell me, "There's been a tree

"livin' in my front yard for 20 years and I never saw it.

"Never saw it, until I started painting.

"And, I went out the other day, and I made friends

"with the old tree in the yard, and I understand him now.

"I see color, I see shape.

"I see, I see why he's so special in God's world."

And painting can open these doors for you.

If I keep a yakin' here and a paintin', we're not gonna have

anything left of our background trees.

There.

But, as long as you have the practice of makin' 'em,

that's really all that counts.

'Cause if you want make one tree,

you can make a million trees.

Okay, now we got some dark color in there.

Let's have some fun, now.

Well, there's a fan brush.

It's got a little white on it.

I'm gone take, I'mma put brown, just van dyke brown

on one side and white on the other.

See, it's dark on one side, light on the other.

'Kay?

Now, then, let's say our light's coming right through here

and hitting all these trees.

Keep our dark side over there.

And, we can make a tree trunk and make both sides

at one time. (gently whistles)

Dark and light.

Little more of the dark.

Little more of the light.

You decide where they live.

(gently whistles)

There's another one.

Theeere's another one.

Let's go over on the other side, here.

Add a little touch of paint thinner to my brush.

Thin the paint just a little

so it'll slide off there easier.

Over here there's one. (gently whistles)

Just let it, let it go.

Little more color.

We don't know.

Sometimes you just see indications, little parts

of some that are hiding way back in there.

You decide later where they are and where they live.

Well, we'll take this brush here.

Yeah, that's okay.

(chuckles) We'll just use it anyway.

It's a dirty--

But, if we go right into the yellow, since it has

blue and black in it, it'll make a beautiful green color.

See?

That easy.

Get a little yellow ochre.

We'll add a little Indian yellow now and then--

And, every so often, I'm gone touch a little of this

bright red.

I know, you say, "Why you hittin' red?"

Because red and green are opposites, and it will dull

the green.

Alright.

Push, though--

You see that little ridge, right there?

We're tryin' ta get one just like it

on the end of the brush.

See it?

Beautiful close up shot, there.

Gonna have to give Cathy a raise.

There we are.

'Kay, let's go up in here.

Now, then, let's begin finding our individual trees.

Just use the corner of the brush and begin picking 'em out.

Just use the corner of the brush.

Load a little more color.

Don't be afraid to load some paint on your brush.

There we go.

Just drop 'em in.

Think about basic shape, basic form.

And, off you go.

Off you go.

You should only be limited here by your imagination.

'Cause, your imagination can take you to any world

that you want to go to.

And, with a little practice, you can create any illusion

that your heart desires.

At least, on the piece of canvas.

There.

I go home and try that and get in big trouble,

but here, I can do anything that I want.

Any ol' thing.

It's my world.

Take a little sap green.

Add right in there.

I'm gonna put the least little bit of paint thinner

on the brush.

Remember our golden rule:

a thin paint will stick to a thick paint.

So, I've thinned this just enough to make it a lit--

mmm, a little bit thinner than what's on the canvas,

that's what we're lookin' for.

Let's go up in here.

And, here comes this lil' rascal.

There it is.

Theeere it is.

See him?

Just drop 'em in.

Once again, I know you get tired of hearing it,

but it's important, think about shape and form.

Don't just, don't just get carried away and drop 'em in.

I know it, it gets feeling good, (chuckles)

and, you know, you don't want to stop,

and off you go.

But, take your time.

Take your time.

You have no time restraints, hardly, at home.

You can just play and have a good time.

There.

See?

I want it to get darker and less and less--

that's a little quiet area back there.

Okay, let's go over to the other side.

That tree.

That tree over here

said he didn't want to be left out.

He was talkin' to me.

I'm not gonna leave him out.

We'll put a little, little bit of greenery on him, too.

Now, we said our light was coming through h--

Right through there, so add more over on this side

than you do the other side,

(swallows) so it gives that impression of,

of roundness for the tree.

There we go.

Mmm.

Isn't that a neat way of making a lot of leaves on trees

very easily?

Now, if the two inch brush intimidates you,

and it does, at first.

When you first start painting, that's a big brush.

It looks just like what you painted the barn with last week.

If it intimidates you when you first start,

use a one inch brush, it'll work just as well,

it's just slower.

Just takes a little longer.

There.

So.

But, either one of the brushes will work.

And, you can make just gorgeous foliage.

It's really unbelievable what you can make with it.

There.

I'm gonna add a little bit more paint,

and maybe, yeah.

We'll put the indication of somethin' right along in here

that, it just hangs right over this old tree.

What the heck?

We can have it anywhere we want it, here.

Hmm.

Maybe, I'm gonna add more yellow.

I'm gonna put a little bit of liquid white on my brush.

I wanna do two things:

I wanna thin the color, of course, to make it

a little thinner, but I want to lighten it.

I want to lighten it in value.

Alright.

Maybe?

Yeah, you're right.

Maybe there's a happy little bush lives right here.

See?

There we go.

Try to leave a dark area.

See, there's a dark between these two?

A dark is your separator.

It's your best friend, take care of it.

Take care of it.

I'm gonna go a little heavier into the yellow ochre

and maybe even a little more of the bright red.

Let's put a little sparkler right in there.

Yeah, there he is.

There he is.

Sometimes I get crazy and I give, I give all these little

bushes and trees names.

Talk to 'em.

That's okay.

People look at you like you're a little strange, but,

painters, painters are allowed to be a little different.

We're sort of expected to be a little weird,

and that's okay.

Painters, I think, have more fun than most people,

so, it's alright.

Life's too short not to enjoy it.

There.

Alright, wow, all these places in big tree--

You know, my little squirrel would have a ball here.

I showed a, I showed a little bit of my little squirrel

last time, and, I wanna show you again.

I think we got a little bit of footage, here.

He's one of the cutest little devils you've ever seen.

Little baby gray squirrel.

And I been raisin' him since he was,

oh gosh, he was a tiny little rascal.

Looked like a little rat when I first got him.

But, he's doin' wonderful now.

In fact, by the time you see this, he'll probably

be livin' out in the yard with, with his namesake.

We call this little squirrel "Peapod Junior,"

and he'll probably be livin' out in the yard with him.

Isn't that somethin'?

It's hard to get him to eat, as you can see.

Little rascals are somethin' else.

There.

I'm just puttin' in a few more little bushes

while you watchin' my little baby, there.

At this stage, he's, hmm, probably about

45, 50 days old, maybe.

And, I'm guessing, because when I got him,

his eyes were already open.

He had fell out of a tree and a very nice lady

brought him to me and asked me if I would take care of him

'til he'd got big enough to release him.

Yeah, you know me, I got a soft,

soft place in my heart for these little rascal,

I just can't, I can't say no.

I would, (exhales gentle laugh)

I'd be like one of these bird ladies, like, that I work with

so often, I'd have a whole house full of animals if I could.

Alright.

I didn't do anything while, while I was gone there,

that you don't know how to do.

I just put in some more little bushes and trees.

We need a little land back here.

I'm gonna take--

What am I gonna take?

We'll take some white.

Little van dyke, little dark sienna.

We'll mix 'em together.

Maybe I can put the least little touch of crimson in there.

(gasp) Ooh, I like that.

Don't over mix your color, leave it sort of marbled.

Cut off a little roll of paint.

Let's go up in here.

And, maybe there's a little path.

Gotta have a place to walk in the woods, here.

Gosh, it's just gonna be such a beautiful little spot.

I'd have to come out here and talk to Peapod.

See how he's doin'.

Yeah, there.

'Cause I'd worry about him.

Even if he was out there in the tree, havin' a good time,

I'd worry about him.

I'm like Old Mother Hen with my animals.

There.

But, see?

That's still picking up that color that's underneath,

and it sorta bleeds through.

I hope you can see that okay.

There.

Makes it look like a little path.

But, I want it to stay, I want it to stay dark,

'cause this is deep in the woods.

This is one of them quiet, sneaky little places.

There, not many people come here.

Not too many people come here.

This is, this is where the little animals live.

Let a little light, just a zing, right down the path.

Just enough.

There.

Alright.

Allllright.

We go back to my bush brush.

The brush I was makin' the bushes with.

And, let's come right along in here

and just bring a few of them little rascals right out

over the path.

See?

There they come.

Theeere they come.

We'll have one right out through here.

But, do one bush at a time.

Just one little rascal at a time.

Little more of the Indian yellow.

Pop one in (blows through teeth) right there.

Just sort of decide where these things live in your world

and put 'em in.

There we are.

Somethin' like so.

Yeah, then let's take our liner brush.

We'll use a little brown, a little white,

and I put paint thinner with it to make it very thin.

Turn the brush, that brings it to a nice, sharp point.

And, we'll go up in here.

And here and there, and there and here.

We'll just put the indication of a few little sticks

and twigs, and (breathes gently)

little things that we need

in there, just to hold some bushes up.

Put 'em mostly in the dark areas, though,

that's where you'd see 'em.

A few over in this side.

Don't want 'em left out.

Dee doo doo.

There we are.

(splashing) You decide.

Maybe some.

Maybe here's one that's quite dark,

'cause it's got a lighter background, so it'll show up.

You have to make those big decisions.

(splashing)

Speaking of big decisions,

we gotta minute left, here.

(laughs gently) Ok--

You ready?

(chuckles) If you've painted with me before,

you know what's comin', don'tcha?

We got a minute or so left here,

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna,

yeah.

'Kay, you ready?

This is your bravery test, big time.

Right here...

(gentle falling whistle)

is a big tree.

I mean a big tree.

This is your bravery test.

Let's give him a little friend

that lives right along in here.

(gentle whistle)

Just let it come right on down, like so.

I'm using mostly just black.

Midnight black.

There.

See?

Quite a bit of paint on there.

There we are.

Boy, that is two monster trees.

But, that's what makes it fun, be brave.

Take a chance.

I get letters, sometime, from people, and they say,

"Why'd you put that big tree in there?

"I liked it so much better."

When you paint yours, leave out the old big tree

if you don't want it.

I just want to show you as many things as I can show you

in the time that we have here.

Just to get you excited about it.

Turn you loose on the world.

There.

Let's take a little white.

Little prussian blue.

A little black.

Mix 'em together, but I wanna leave 'em marbled.

Little roll of paint.

Now, barely, barely, barely, barely touching.

Just like you were puttin' snow on the mountain.

Just let it zip right on down the side of this tree.

(mouthing gentle motor)

But, just barely touch it.

Barely touch it.

Don't get greedy.

I know it gets good.

You wanna do it too much.

There.

A little bit on this one so he's not left out.

Just a big old tree. (gentle whistle)

Little bit of black, put right there, so we can determine

that this big tree, maybe, is in the front

of the little one.

That's the way them big guys are, isn't it?

Always wanna be out in the front.

There.

And, you can just, sort of, play the black

and the light color back and forth.

Now, if you let this paint build up, when this is dry,

it will actually feel like real bark.

(splashing)

I'm gonna take a paint thinner on the liner brush.

There we are.

I wanna make some very thin paint.

And, we'll just draw a limb or two on here.

Now, this old tree is so big, maybe all of it's greenery's

way up high.

But, down here, there's a couple 'a old dead limbs

that are still hangin' around.

There they are, see 'em?

(mouths gentle motor)

Just add paint thinner.

If you have trouble making it flow,

just add a little bit more of the paint thinner.

Hey, here's one.

Here's one.

It's comin' from, we don't know where.

We don't even know.

Don't care.

We just know it's up here, somewhere.

Just coming down, here comes one.

It goes behind that one.

There.

Wherever.

Oops, there's one that's broke off.

See?

And you have those in nature.

Absolutely have 'em.

(splashing)

Now, we can take a little bit of our light color

and we can add just an indication of a little highlight,

right up in there, like that.

(splashing)

Shoot.

We can just, here and there, add a stick or a twig.

Couple over here.

(splashing and brush tapping)

Back to my little bush brush.

And, I'll put, just the indication of some little bushes

that are growing up around his foot.

Somethin' about like that.

Just, it pushes it back into the painting.

And then, let's take a little bit of the bright red.

Little paint thinner.

And, I think we'll sign this little painting.

Really hope you've enjoyed this.

It's a very simple little painting.

It'll teach you how to use all the equipment.

And, most important,

most important,

it'll bring a lot of joy to your heart.

If you have time, after you paint, take a little picture

and send us.

We'd love to see it, here.

And, every so often, we'd put 'em together on a board

and we like to show you what everybody's doin'

around the country.

From all of us here, I'd like to wish you happy painting.

God bless, my friend.

(grooving music)