Painting Trees Response

• What are some "moves" you see in these videos?
• The artists have specific techniques for specific ways of painting. Some artists have unique little tricks for getting a certain look on the canvas, for example Bob Ross’ method of creating a reflection in the water by just pulling the brush down, or one of the Disney artist’s decision to use white paint to give a three-dimensional illusion.
• How do these artists describe what they’re doing?  What do the artists refer to while they describe their work?  What do they talk about?  What do they direct our attention towards?  
• the artists will first describe what they are going to paint, with what type of brush (sometimes they will explain why they picked that certain brush), and finally how you’re supposed to do the stroke.
• They explain their thought process throughout,
• How would you characterize each artist's style, and what impact does their style have on you (a viewer/audience member)?  How have these artists chosen to portray their subject matter?
• Each artist had their own unique style. Bob Ross’ made the subjects in his paintings look pretty realistic and life-like, while some of the Disney artists chose to go a more cartoonish/abstract path when painting their trees. What I think is important here is that each artist painted differently depending on their own interpretation of the subject. Like Walt Disney said in the video, “What each [artist] has painted is not just the external appearance of a tree, but his own personal response to what a tree represents.