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Watching only two episodes I am amazed at the quality of your programs.  Great work!  Most information into art is much less informative.  Having watched only 20 minutes of Monet's series I have 10 pages of notes- even after having graduated from UofH Art School and post MFA education.  There is so much information packed into 30 minutes-thank you, David!  Keep up the good quality work!
Jonathan from Handen, CT October 27, 2008
I just saw one show and I loved it.  Never had impressionism fully explained before.  More on watercolor please.  Will it ever be on regular pbs?
Barbara from Bellevue, WA October 29, 2008
I love the show because it includes history and techniques of the masters and  color theory. Thank You, for such a informative and smart series. I would love David Dunlop to put out a book.
Patssi from Los Angeles, CA November 2, 2008
It seems as though I am seeing through new eyes as I watch your painting and instructions on public television. Thank you.
Antionette, November 3, 2008
I am stunned with David's approach.  The first show I saw kept my mind whirling for days and I was eager to see another and another.  His enthusiasm and technique is liberating.  I appreciate what he does with a student's work.  Seeing  him correct the same kinds of mistakes I usually make has taught me a great deal.  I hope Create runs the series again and I look forward to a second series.
Mallory Y. in Hampton Falls, N.H. November 16, 2008

When I first saw David do a painting I was so amazed at what he pulled out of what looked like a 'mess' at first.  I really loved the acrylic one he did. Also, how he helps his students 'fix' their paintings. That's great. The show itself is great too just for the locations. So thanks again and bye for now.
Randall in Washington October 14, 2008

We love the show!!  My whole art class is talking about it.  Keep up the great work and shows, we want more and more.

Pam S. from Sterling, VA


Thank You for your show!  It is the best art class and instruction I have seen.  I hope some day to have the opportunity to paint with you.  Once Again, Thank You!

Paul G. from Chapel Hill, NC


I have been watching the Landscapes Through Time series and am enthralled. This series is so beautifully orchestrated and yet is not alienating. I am not a novice to art, but I am slowly adapting to the word 'artist' and my name being used in the same sentence. Anyway, I hope David receives this message because I so want him to know how much I am enjoying this series, how much I am enjoying his style of teaching and how much I appreciate his knowledge and talent. Thank you. Best, Cheryl
Cheryl M. from Chicago, Illinois


Landscapes through time, very informative,brilliant!
Henry from Mass.


My wife would VERY much like to contact David Dunlop for information on his classes - and to learn more about his life and work.  We were AMAZED at his ability to present, in a straightforward, intelligent, and unpretentious fashion, the spirit of his subject -- and to watch him create at the same time.  Incredible talent!    Thank you!  Sincerely, Mike

Michael A. from Germantown, MD


First I just caught your show on Landscapes in Time and love it -- the best I've ever seen on TV as it combines art history and technique in different genres.   I do have a ques as I was looking at the gallery and would like to understand the reason of painting on aluminum and steel.  Also is there a prime used on the metal??  Another question is what is used in the demonstrations on TV = it was mentiioned as being hand primed linen, but it doesn't look as though  it is stretched but more like paper -- or is it just the perspective that makes it not look as though it is on stretchers.  Thank you for your show and insight. Wish I could get to CN. (SEE DAVID'S ANSWER.)
Claire L. from N.J.

I recently discovered your PBS series and I look forward to each program.  I want to learn more from you.  I am so impressed with your teaching and knowledge.  I have ordered all your DVD and feel confident that I will loosen up in my paintings.  You make me want to learn and paint more.  Thank you David.  I also want to thank Connie for all her help and producing this wonderful series.   
Wanda from Raleigh, NC


I watched the episode that featured Vincent Van Gogh at St. Remy.  I was bothered when David Dunlop painted on the student's painting.  Art belongs to the artist and for someone else to paint on it takes it away from the artist.  It would have been more appropriate for the teacher to instruct the student how to lighten the painting and then give her the chance to try it for herself.  Thank you for listening to my opinion. Terri

Dear Terri - 

Thank you so much for taking the time to send us a note about Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop!   I am David's producer, director and editor, so I appreciate  your thoughts. 

On a personal note, I am also a painter  and I started this journey as a student of David's.  I believed that David was such a talented teacher that we first produced a series of art instructional DVDs and then the PBS series.

When I started in David's class, I also was surprised by his hands-on method at first.  However, I made greater progress in my painting after watching him approach and change something in my painting  that I had been struggling with.  Sometimes I liked it and sometimes I preferred to do something else.  But I saw and learned different approaches and that  was very important and served as a catalyst for experimenting with a new approach - for seeing my painting with different eyes.   The very fact of watching how he  painted and how he saw it - particularly when I had run out of ideas - was critical to my learning experience.  It also made painting much more fun for me!

I also learned that even if I had liked something that  David changed in my painting while he worked on it,   I could do something similar or even different  that I also liked, so it made me more experimental and fearless. 

The method  that David uses is also the method that has been used for centuries - in the Renaissance workshops, in the fields with the Impressionists.  Painting had for centuries been a more collaborative process - both in ideas, in inspiration, and  in process.   Master painters did actually touch their paint brushes to other painters' paintings - their peers and their students.  However, in these times many of us have developed a more individual, auteur approach and are not comfortable with someone else touching their painting.   It is obviously a personal choice, and I of course respect your belief, but David's students look forward to learning by the process that David follows.   Since his classes are always completely full with a huge waiting list,  his method has proven to be very useful and inspiring to them!

However, one thing that I probably should have emphasized was that David ALWAYS asks his students first if ihe has their permission to make changes on their paintings.  I included this exchange in a few of the programs, but it might have been better to have included it in all of them.  

Thank you again for watching and for letting us know your thoughts.

Best, Connie Simmons