You are only limited by your imagination. The little tiny Tim easels will let you down. You’ve got to learn to fight the temptation to resist these things. Just let them happen. If what you’re doing doesn’t make you happy – you’re doing the wrong thing.

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. You have to make those little noises or it won’t work. We need a shadow side and a highlight side. Everyone is going to see things differently – and that’s the way it should be.

Nothing wrong with washing your brush. This is where you take out all your hostilities and frustrations. It’s better than kicking the puppy dog around and all that so. In nature, dead trees are just as normal as live trees. Don’t be afraid to make these big decisions. Once you start, they sort of just make themselves. If you’ve been in Alaska less than a year you’re a Cheechako. Nature is so fantastic, enjoy it. Let it make you happy.

God gave you this gift of imagination. Use it. Now, we’re going to fluff this cloud. Mix your color marbly don’t mix it dead. We don’t need any guidelines or formats. All we need to do is just let it flow right out of us.

They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers—just to upset the critics. We start with a vision in our heart, and we put it on canvas. If you do too much it’s going to lose its effectiveness. Take your time. Speed will come later. We’ll put all the little clouds in and let them dance around and have fun. We need dark in order to show light.