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• What are some "moves" you see in these videos? 

A list of things i noted from these videos were:

-very detailed directions

-the painter clears up any confusion

-acknowledges that we are beginners with enough information about painting 

-gives context(like in evergreens) like when he says there are 500 branches in an evergreen

-spoke in a simple language (not painter vocabularly)

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• 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? They take every step of the painting process for their trees and how exactly they come to their final product. Often times, the painter likes to point out (like in the first video) that the painting might look ugly as you draw it; however, by the end of the drawing the different moves combined will make up the picture. 
• 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 has their own unique way of not only drawing the trees but, for example, in the last video how they interpret the tree on to their canvas. So, I was able to relate with certain artists and not others. Besides that, the artists each carried a very similar tone while explaining what they were going to draw. The style's of the artists, besides being unique from each other, can vary from very illusional to structured full of close detail. The simple language that the artist uses and often very simple forms of painting too make it easy as the audience to follow. However, I also have a unique style when drawing so I felt like I connected more with Rob Ross who often takes a very traditional way of drawing.