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There are no limits in this world. If you don't like it - change it. It's your world. Anytime you learn something your time and energy are not wasted. You're the greatest thing that has ever been or ever will be. You're special. You're so very special.

Follow the lay of the land. It's most important. That's what painting is all about. It should make you feel good when you paint. Van Dyke Brown is a very nice brown, it's almost like a chocolate brown. Once you learn the technique, ohhh! Turn you loose on the world; you become a tiger. It all happens automatically.

Absolutely no pressure. You are just a whisper floating across a mountain. Each highlight must have it's own private shadow. Imagination is the key to painting. It's a very cold picture, I may have to go get my coat. It’s about to freeze me to death. You could sit here for weeks with your one hair brush trying to do that - or you could do it with one stroke with an almighty brush. You have freedom here. The only guide is your heart.

All kinds of happy little splashes. There we go. Zip. That easy. Let's put some happy little clouds in our world. How do you make a round circle with a square knife? That's your challenge for the day. Only God can make a tree - but you can paint one.

We don't make mistakes we just have happy little accidents. It's all a game of angles. Just a happy little shadow that lives in there.

That's a son of a gun of a cloud. Just pretend you are a whisper floating across a mountain. Let's do it again then, what the heck.

When you buy that first tube of paint it gives you an artist license. I guess I'm a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That's okay though; I have more fun than most people. How to paint. That's easy. What to paint. That's much harder.

God gave you this gift of imagination. Use it. We'll put a happy little sky in here. You can do anything your heart can imagine.

It's important to me that you're happy. There's not a thing in the world wrong with washing your brush. Clouds are free they come and go as they please. If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness. When things happen - enjoy them. They're little gifts. Be brave.

Only think about one thing at a time. Don't get greedy. Let your imagination be your guide. Everyone is going to see things differently - and that's the way it should be. Let all these things just sort of happen.

This is the way you take out your flustrations. I was blessed with a very steady hand; and it comes in very handy when you're doing these little delicate things. Anyone can paint. Just let this happen. We just let this flow right out of our minds.

We want to use a lot pressure while using no pressure at all. We touch the canvas, the canvas takes what it wants. You need to have a very firm paint to do this.

Let's get wild today. We'll paint one happy little tree right here. From all of us here, I want to wish you happy painting and God bless, my friends. All those little son of a guns. Isn't that fantastic that you can create an almighty tree that fast?

Volunteering your time; it pays you and your whole community fantastic dividends. Work that paint. I'm a water fanatic. I love water. Every time you practice, you learn more. Everybody's different. Trees are different. Let them all be individuals. That's crazy.

If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is. Just let these leaves jump off the brush That's why I paint - because I can create the kind of world I want - and I can make this world as happy as I want it. A fan brush can be your best friend. Use what happens naturally, don't fight it.

Let's put a touch more of the magic here. Everyone needs a friend. Friends are the most valuable things in the world. Don't forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you. Maybe, just to play a little, we'll put a little tree here. Maybe there was an old trapper that lived out here and maybe one day he went to check his beaver traps, and maybe he fell into the river and drowned.

We can always carry this a step further. There's really no end to this. Let's go up in here, and start having some fun Mix your color marbly don't mix it dead. Maybe there's a happy little Evergreen that lives here. Just use the old one inch brush.

A fan brush is a fantastic piece of equipment. Use it. Make friends with it. Maybe there's a little something happening right here. Isn't that fantastic that you can make whole mountains in minutes? It's life. It's interesting. It's fun.

We'll lay all these little funky little things in there. Painting should do one thing. It should put happiness in your heart. With something so strong, a little bit can go a long way. Talk to trees, look at the birds. Whatever it takes.

You create the dream - then you bring it into your world. This is the fun part You can create anything that makes you happy. Let's put some highlights on these little trees. The sun wouldn't forget them.

There it is. You want your tree to have some character. Make it special. You can't make a mistake. Anything that happens you can learn to use - and make something beautiful out of it.

You've got to learn to fight the temptation to resist these things. Just let them happen. Use your imagination, let it go. We start with a vision in our heart, and we put it on canvas.

The very fact that you're aware of suffering is enough reason to be overjoyed that you're alive and can experience it. Now we don't want him to get lonely, so we'll give him a little friend. Let's put some happy trees and bushes back in here. There is immense joy in just watching - watching all the little creatures in nature. This is the time to get out all your flustrations, much better than kicking the dog around the house or taking it out on your spouse.

We'll put some happy little leaves here and there. Everyone wants to enjoy the good parts - but you have to build the framework first. We spend so much of our life looking - but never seeing. Just let your mind wander and enjoy. This should make you happy. Of course he's a happy little stone, cause we don't have any other kind.

Play with the angles. We need dark in order to show light. If you overwork it you become a cloud killer. There's nothing worse than a cloud killer.

A beautiful little sunset. You got your heavy coat out yet? It's getting colder. But they're very easily killed. Clouds are delicate. I get carried away with this brush cleaning. A tree cannot be straight if it has a crooked trunk. I'll go over the colors one more time that we use: Titanium white, Thalo green, Prussian blue, Van Dyke brown, Alizarin crimson, Sap green, Cad yellow, and Permanent red.

We'll throw some happy little limbs on this tree. As trees get older they lose their chlorophyll. Just relax and let it flow. That easy.

You don't want to kill all your dark areas they are very important. And maybe a little bush lives there. Let your imagination be your guide. You don't have to be crazy to do this but it does help.

I guess that would be considered a UFO. A big cotton ball in the sky. Just a little indication. Mountains are so simple, they're hard. Poor old tree. You can bend rivers. But when I get home, the only thing I have power over is the garbage.

Be careful. You can always add more - but you can't take it away. You are only limited by your imagination. Just beat the devil out of it. By now you should be quite happy about what's happening here. Decide where your cloud lives. Maybe he lives right in here. We don't want to set these clouds on fire.