You are far too generous.
He appears to be self-taught. So, in that sense... he's further than some, but still only about 35% or 40% as a professional. He'd have to break some bad habits, which is hard to do. Who do you know, using oils adds thinner directly to the paint instead of paletting it ?? Who do you know will put a sign in front of his/her place, let alone make a movie doing such amateurish work ?? In my first year, I might've made stuff like that, but to make movies and act like you're doing some kind of masterpiece is stoopid. Who do you know who uses a sword on their side instead of a flat liner ?? Sure, sometimes we'll cut a corner here or there in a pinch..... but this guy's making a movie on 'How to'. What da fug ?? Why use p!ss poor techniques ?? Other than straight lines, I didn't see him demonstrate jack. Anyone can paint a straight line or a curve. I wonder how many drips he had to catch or wipe up ?? He introduced about five bad things in about 1-1/2 minutes of movie. That's pretty good.
Heck.... he can't even afford a pencil sharpener...........
