Jessica, thank you so much! I really want to say a BIG thank you to all the people who contributed to the making of these videos. It was delightful to travel to Cincinnati and meet all of you, and the experience of making the videos was quite a treat, too. I never realized how much went into such a thing. The video crew was so helpful, and it was great to have the support of many of the F+W staff there, too.

I had an odd experience watching myself paint. I started to become more of an observer, naturally, and at one point I caught myself thinking that 'she' should have done something differently! Out of that I realized that when I paint I'm standing directly in front of the easel, but an observer is necessarily standing to one side or the other. As a teacher I need to remember that the student watching my demo is not seeing exactly what I see and consider further how I can answer the questions they have. Now in my classes I'm trying to remember to stop and allow my students to step directly in front of the easel for a moment so that they can see what I'm seeing as I paint. So you see, I'm also learning from the videos!

I hope many people enjoy and benefit from them. I have a thread over at WetCanvas where people are welcome to ask questions they have about my process, so I hope people will join our discussions there!

Thank you, Deborah. I think the video looks great, and your presence on WetCanvas is a vital asset to the community!