Correction: Painting at 2:16 is by Mead Schaeffer, not Dean Cornwell. D'oh!

This is brilliant. I'm definitely gonna follow this advice. I'm gonna get rid of my 4th kid.

I absolutely love this! Didn't know about this rule - everyone says "simplify", but no-one tells how. Now I know. You are amazing! (:

I just wanted to say, every time I feel a bit rusty in my art journey, I have come back to this series of videos and I am still astounded and extremely grateful that you have provided this content for us. You are truly a master not just artistically but you are an amazing teacher. You speak so clearly and get the point across so well. Thank you thank you thank you.

So well explained. My whole painting semester in 10 minutes.

damn marco, this is probably one of the best formats for art lessons thtat ive seen on youtube, and thats not including the great content as well. looking forward to more!

Thanks for watching, guys! Episode 2 will be out in roughly a month from now.

These are really good videos it's like mini,mini painting classes the bullet points you really need to know.

OMG, I'm actually struggling with a painting now and while procrastinating came across this video. This is EXACTLY what I need at this very moment. Thank you so much!

This is not only useful for painting and drawing. This is how art itself works!! If we read a novel, we don't need to know ALL the life of EVERY single character or what they're doing every second; we just need to know the things that complements the argument of the whole story. Same for the cinema. In music we don't need every single sound to play a melody on their own; even Bach (king of polyphony) guided our focus to a single important theme while the others just completed the MOOD of the piece. And I could continue talking about other disciplines of art, but I think my point has been settled. Thank you Marco!! :D Yours is a really great content youtube channel!!

The idea of merging shapes is phenomenal. I had heard of seeing basic shapes within larger forms, but this is next-level thinking. Your demonstration makes it obvious how to create an emotion on the page.

Hello! time passing by seems to be unable to erase the quality of theses videos. I feel grateful for having found this literal gem. Massive impact on my skills. Massive thanks.

One of the most helpful videos I´ve seen in a long time. Simple but effective

The key to mastery is how we can breakdown complicated thing to simple one. Thanks sir I learn a lot from you

It's 2022 and I just discovered your channel. Best one I've found! This video lesson that's 4 years old is amazing, it's both beginner friendly and suitable for intermediate art appreciators as well!

Mind = Blown! Never thought lost edges could improve pictures so damn much! Less is more apparently! Seriously thanks for this, especially for environment drawing and concept art this is priceless!

You put so much thought and effort into this. Perfectly done! Thank you very much

man, you explain all so clearly. I just discovered you channel now, and i'm in love with the videos

Woua what a great new format of video ! And in fact it's true, you don't need many explications for this lesson but a lest you explain it ! Every professor tell to simplify but they don't explain and if they show you well it's not easy to understand. And you do both so it's so great ! Thanks !

This whole series is so so interesting and inspiring, thank you!

I really like your tutorials. Coming from a drawing perspective where lines are important, these really help in bridging the gaps to color and color shading and concepts

Helped me a lot (thinking). I haven't been able to apply yet, I have been drawing with outlines all my life and this is so foreign to me, and very difficult. Your video was very detailed though, not a second wasted on instructing! Thank you!

i find myself coming over and over to these videos, this one in particular, as you express so much and talk about such a core AND difficult concept in a simple and clear way. Thanks Marco

Best art teacher in UKposts. Thank you.

You are an EXCELLENT teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such an accessible manner.

Great advice! I like what you said about the frustrating beginning of a painting. Deciding on a subject and composition worth spending so much time on always gets me flustered and leads to me giving-up. Once I have the basics established, I'm more content to proceed even if I have to practice a lot in order to get it out.

Woooow... You simplified that real quick. Youre now my main mentor. Keep up your lessons. I'm your new subscriber! Much love and prosperity to you

this video is mind-blowing, omg, every artist should listen to it .

For some reason, the blew my mind. Thanks for sharing it in a digestible way.

I'm so thrilled that I've found these videos! I don't go to art school, but I'm really passionate about art and it makes my day when I find gemstones like your videos here on youtube! Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much for creating all this great content. I bought one of your classes years ago from School of visual story telling and I loved it. Recently I came across your youtube channel and I'm learning so much from your tutorials. Every single one of your videos are like gold!! Thank you!!

OMG like, seriously, you blow my mind with every video, in each detail you paint or say. You help me to keep my inner child - my excitement and passion for art - alive and growing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Oh I love these series!!! You are so to the point in 10 minutes and I learn so much! Keep doing this!!

Your art is supernatural. You're such and amazing artist and teacher!! Thank you very much for this.

Thank you so much! I was so excited when I saw you're doing a series of tips! :)

it's been years since i came across this video and going back again and still squeezed tons of informations, marco is simply one of the best art teachers out there!

I've been watching your videos on SVS , i'm addicted to your teaching style and your painting methods. thank you for sharing, your pictures are very unique and exciting !

This series is phenomenal. I found you through your video on ambient occlusion, realised you recommended watching the earlier relevant videos, and now I'm watching this series through. I've learnt SO MUCH it's insane! Thank you so much 💖

You're a great teacher, Marco! I've learned more from you in 3 hours than I did in 5 years of high school art classes...

Dude, I'm gonna lie, i absolutely love these, straight to the point, and it actually covers some of the principle that i often struggle with. Great stuff man.

This is an aspect of digital painting especially where I really struggle and now I have a name for it and an idea of how to improve. Thank you very much!

just want to say thank for all the videos u share - they are absolutely amazing and helpful!! look forward to seeing new ones!

Best lesson I've ever taken. Most courses I *bought* don't even mention these concepts.

This series of videos has been one of the biggest contributors to my success as an artist. I listen to it on repeat as I paint and would recommend it to anyone. Thank you Marco! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

it took you 1.5hr to make that masterpiece ?! it is so far beyond my own capabilities that I cannot even see it :)

I dont know how I can be learning for years and I watch you and it's amazing I feel that I dont know anything again. I get so excited

You have a strong yet pleasant voice, which makes it easy to listen to. But -hey! Careful, this compliment is a hydra-head, don't think that you can ease out on speaking now! xD

This is just mindblowing. Each of this eppisodes has more valuable information than i have ever seen in art class

Hi Marco, I've been watching this 10 Minutes to Better Painting Series and it's been exactly what I feel like I've been missing in my art learning recently. Thank you for making these videos!

Just want to say thank you for your tutorials. Ive been painting for 30 years and understood the painting concepts you discuss with great clarity. You're a great educator, thanks.

literally amazing, best video format in art teaching, genius ! thank you Marco

im am so happy to find this video! i have been searching ways to improve my artwork and all of them tell me to do the same thing and i never actually learn from them! i actually learned new information! i really appreciate that! thank you

I love these videos. Im a 3d game artist but these are so valuable to me. Thank you so much.

I run a daycare and will use this advice. Thank you!

Your explanation on those concepts are amazing. Even though I'm not an artist, I starting to appreciate other people's artwork more, because now I can understand them.

Another fantastic video and thank you!!! I'm so glad UKposts has made it possible for us to learn from master painters like Marco, despite living on the other side of the world!

This is a fantastic series! Your way of explaining things is incredible.

how have i not seen this in this manner before. Marco you are an absolute lifesaver. Great video!

This is great content. It builds well on some of your previous videos, in particular the one on staging. This seems to be a popular approach with those who've learned to leaverage the advantages offered by thumbnailing. That idea of starting simple and strong making sure the image reads well first and foremost before moving on to detailing the most important areas.

I was just learning about gestalt in school, and this definitely helped me understand it and think about how I could use it in an illustrative sense, rather than a graphic one as it was being used in the class. Thanks for the wonderful video!

Saw this posted in an art group and honestly so glad I saw it lmao.

I get something new from these videos every time I watch them. Thank you!

loves all your art theory detailed explainations with examples!

Wow, your painting class video has gotten more and more enjoyable, I like the flow of this lesson a lot!, Can't wait for the next one.

Brilliant! Great lesson Marco! I always have trouble simplify my painting, this tutorial summarized it so well!

You are the boss Marco. My painting has improved immensely from watching these vids. I now take great pleasure and serenity when I make oil paintings. I used to stress when building and now I relax. Thank you.

great insights, i think putting into perspective a set of ideas a lot of us artists inherently feel but havent really encapsulated and explored in the way we should so that we can consciously apply them. i see a lot of people who like comic/anime style drawing feeling really down about their art classes at college/university, the way they feel their teachers constantly making them do abstract work and not letting them draw cartoon schoolgirls with guns. what ur saying about all paintings being abstract is so true, theres things to be learned from abstract that then apply back to all painting, its reducing art down to the foundations of shape, value, composition that underpin every piece and when u get them right its hard to fail, and when u get them wrong it usually dooms the work.

I love how you could demonstrate that simplifying makes things more epic and that how painting calls the viewer to fill in the details!

Amazing tutorial. I am going to watch all of the series!

Thank you. These series are the best! Very important fundamentals and easy to understand. Its been like 2 years since the first time watched this video and i came back to watch it again. Because i thought i knew this concept, but i was merely thinking that i 'knew it' and i wasnt able to incorporate this concept into my personal works. So thank you

I discovered your channel by accident today. I am so grateful. Seriously this format is brilliant and interesting and works. And it always seems to have the info everyone seems to forget to teach you

Line, form, shape & color... Rules of design that I go by. You explain focal point perfectly

I have been binging these videos like there's no tomorrow and tbh not even in art school I learned this much! I may even get one of your workshops later on ♥

Closing thought at the end of the video says it all..... Man big fan of yours after watching just two of ur vids... u r an expert of making complicated things ridiculously simple...may God give u strength to make such more videos... Such an inspiration u are..ur vids are gems n masterpieces especially these lesson vids

A great tutorial, thanks very much Marco. You definitely have a point and I wish I could hammer your concepts into my painting.

so much informations in 10 minutes, wow, great job Marco. It's always awesome to see more videos from you. And of course your little book Campfire was amazing aswell. Keep it up!

best art channel hands down .. thank you !

Thank you so much for sharing your precious thoughts. I am a newbie but I'd love to start on the right track with this kind of guide!!

Excellent videoes. Some of the best tutorials I have seen on any subjects

Wow !! This video just blew my mind !! Richard Schmid and You are AWESOME ! Thanks a lot !

marco ilysm for this

This was really really great, thank you! Can't wait for episode 2!

I think i had a breakthrough. I had hit a wall with painting a while back. THANKYOU! I love how well made, to the point and informative this was!

Your lessons are great, I was trying to understand “this” for quite some time, but couldn’t quite find the right place to even start looking for it.

I feel that you putted in words something that I've been struggling with but I couldn't define. Now that I now my enemy I can make the adjustments. Thanks I'm going to make progress with this mindset of simplification!

I love this 10 minutes idea. Looking forward to more!

Honestly, I have never clicked "subscribe" to a channel this quickly. This is absolutely wonderful information that will help me level up my art quickly (with dedicated effort towards incorporating these pieces of advice in my painting, of course)

Fantastic lesson! Thank you Marco

painted that masterpiece in an hour and a half, you madlad

Thank you. Now I understand the value of a) squinting, and b) simplicity in design in order to communicate more to the viewer. This is the heart of Impressionism and abstraction.

Thanks! This is very good! I have been a detail person, and I like concept art- and this idea of merging shapes.

This is soo helpful and i feel like no one on youtube talked about that before... Thank you so much for this series of videos!

You are an amazing wealth of knowledge and I cannot thank you enough for this series.

You ....are ......a .......GENIUS!!!!!

Wow I just came across these videos and I have to thank you for breaking it down! This is sooooo going to improve my art. Thank you!

What a wonderfully clear and thoughtful way of representing this idea of blending shapes. The end result was beautiful too, thank you for sharing! Subscribed!

I loved your painting with the boats when you were at the first merging of shapes - the figurative idea was visible but in a mood of stillness, softness and maybe a kind of friendly mystery - to me it looked phantastic and it also was a clear showing of how figurative and abstract is totally intertwined

Very few teachers can explain art clearly as you do. I'm glad I came across ur videos. God bless

You deserve more views! The world doesn’t know how helpful and entertaining your vids are

FANTASTIC lesson.