WEBVTT 00:15.110 --> 00:18.110 >> I'M PETER HUNTOON. 00:18.110 --> 00:19.030 I'M AN ARTIST IN LOVE WITH 00:19.030 --> 00:19.130 VERMONT. 00:19.130 --> 00:20.190 I'M ON A MISSION TO CAPTURE 00:20.190 --> 00:22.010 VERMONT'S BEAUTY, ONE PAINTING 00:22.010 --> 00:47.020 AT A TIME, AND I'D LOVE TO SHARE 00:50.020 --> 00:50.230 >> I'M PETER HUNTOON, AND 00:50.230 --> 00:51.130 WELCOME TO ANOTHER DAY IN 00:51.130 --> 00:51.230 VERMONT. 00:51.230 --> 00:54.070 TONIGHT WE ARE UP ON KILLINGTON 00:54.070 --> 00:56.120 MOUNTAIN AT THE KILLINGTON ART 00:56.120 --> 00:58.030 GARAGE, WE'RE PAINTING A FARM 00:58.030 --> 00:59.130 FROM PITTSFIELD. 00:59.130 --> 01:02.130 WE TOOK PICTURES YESTERDAY AT 01:02.130 --> 01:04.190 SWEET GEORGIA FARM, AND I'LL BE 01:04.190 --> 01:06.050 WORKING FROM TOE TOES, BECAUSE 01:06.050 --> 01:07.010 WE'RE NOT THERE. 01:07.010 --> 01:10.010 THEY HAVE IS A WONDERFUL GOAT 01:10.010 --> 01:12.000 FARM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 01:12.000 --> 01:19.270 GETTING STARTED. 01:19.270 --> 01:40.040 LET'S GO. 01:43.040 --> 01:43.280 >> I ACTUALLY PREFER DRAWING 01:43.280 --> 01:44.240 WITH A BRUSH, BUT THIS WILL 01:44.240 --> 01:46.280 ALLOW ME TO GET RIGHT INTO IT 01:46.280 --> 01:49.090 AND GET HER DONE. 01:49.090 --> 01:51.030 I'VE BEEN STARTING WITH ORANGE 01:51.030 --> 02:37.140 AND VIOLET AND PINK LATELY, SO 02:40.140 --> 02:41.220 >> YOUR FARM IS AMAZING. 02:41.220 --> 02:42.210 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 02:42.210 --> 02:44.250 APPRECIATE IT. 02:44.250 --> 02:46.060 >> WE GOT TREATED TO A BEAUTIFUL 02:46.060 --> 02:49.020 TOUR, AND OBVIOUSLY INSPIRED. 02:49.020 --> 02:52.240 IT WAS EITHER MAMMA AND BABY 02:52.240 --> 02:55.240 GOAT OR FARM -- I ULTIMATELY 02:55.240 --> 02:57.150 DECIDED I WANTED TO GET THE 02:57.150 --> 02:58.070 FARM. 02:58.070 --> 02:58.210 >> COOL. 02:58.210 --> 03:57.000 AWESOME. 04:00.020 --> 04:01.220 >> I SEE SOME FLOWERS, WHAT DID 04:01.220 --> 04:03.010 WE SEE OVER THERE THE OTHER DAY 04:03.010 --> 04:05.290 WHEN WE WERE TOURING? 04:05.290 --> 04:09.150 WE SAW A BUTTER CUP, A YELLOW 04:09.150 --> 04:12.150 FLOW FLOWER, AND A RED CLOVER, 04:12.150 --> 04:14.000 THE VERMONT STATE FLOWER. 04:14.000 --> 04:17.000 THE LITTLE DELICATE VIOLET. 04:17.000 --> 06:41.250 MAYBE I'LL PUT A FEW RED CLOVERS 06:44.250 --> 06:46.070 >> VERY RARELY IS A PAINTING 06:46.070 --> 06:47.260 ACCOMPLISHED -- OKAY, YOU PUT 06:47.260 --> 06:49.120 ONE BRUSH STROKE ON, THERE'S THE 06:49.120 --> 06:50.030 TREE, FOR EXAMPLE. 06:50.030 --> 06:51.110 BEGINNING ARTIST, THAT'S WHAT 06:51.110 --> 06:52.060 THEY WANT TO DO. 06:52.060 --> 06:54.090 I LIKE TO SNEAK UP ON IT, LITTLE 06:54.090 --> 06:56.150 BY LITTLE, PAINTING EVERYTHING 06:56.150 --> 07:20.050 EXCEPT THE TREE, AND ALL OF A 07:23.050 --> 07:24.210 >> AT THIS POINT I'VE GOT THE 07:24.210 --> 07:28.000 HARD PART DONE. 07:28.000 --> 07:31.000 THE REST WILL BE NUANCE, 07:31.000 --> 07:34.170 EVALUATION IN THE STUDIO, SMALL 07:34.170 --> 07:37.210 LITTLE CONSIDERATIONS, MAKE SURE 07:37.210 --> 08:17.000 NOTHING ISN'T JUMPING OUT AS 08:20.000 --> 08:21.160 >> THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A GREAT 08:21.160 --> 08:22.230 SHOT WITH THAT LITTLE PIECE OF 08:22.230 --> 08:24.160 ROAD IN THE DISTANCE. 08:24.160 --> 08:26.270 WE GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF THE SKY 08:26.270 --> 08:28.290 POKING THROUGH THERE. 08:28.290 --> 08:32.230 I CAN ALREADY SEE A GROUP OF 08:32.230 --> 08:35.230 SMALL BIRDS ECHOING THAT 08:35.230 --> 08:36.040 DIRECTION. 08:36.040 --> 08:44.040 WONDERFUL. 08:44.040 --> 08:47.040 I'M GOING TO USE A TONE TODAY 08:47.040 --> 08:49.150 WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WARM 08:49.150 --> 08:49.280 UNDERPAINTING. 08:49.280 --> 08:51.140 HOPE I DON'T GET RUN OVER HERE. 08:51.140 --> 08:54.050 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO USE OIL 08:54.050 --> 08:54.140 PAINT. 08:54.140 --> 08:56.190 THIS IS A TRADITIONAL OIL PAINT, 08:56.190 --> 09:00.220 IT'S NOT THE WATER SOLUBLE 09:00.220 --> 09:05.020 VARIETY, THOUGH I'VE USED THAT. 09:05.020 --> 09:16.030 SOMETIMES THE REAL VARIETY IS 09:19.030 --> 09:21.130 THEY ALWAYS LEAD FROM SOMEWHERE 09:21.130 --> 09:24.000 2 SOMEWHERE. 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 I LIKE TO THINK I'M HEADING IN A 09:27.000 --> 09:34.050 DIRECTION HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT 09:34.050 --> 09:40.010 DIRECTION, AND THE THE BRIDGE 09:40.010 --> 09:43.010 ECHOS THAT SENTIMENT. 09:43.010 --> 09:45.050 JUST A BIG CHUNK. 09:45.050 --> 09:49.020 KIND OF LIKE IF YOU'RE CUTTING 09:49.020 --> 09:52.020 SOMETHING OUT OF CONSTRUCTION 09:52.020 --> 09:55.140 PAPER WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE 09:55.140 --> 09:58.140 CONCERN FOR EDGES AND COLOR. 09:58.140 --> 09:59.280 GOOD MORNING. 09:59.280 --> 10:00.130 >> BEAUTIFUL. 10:00.130 --> 10:00.280 >> THANK YOU. 10:00.280 --> 10:02.060 >> LOVELY DAY FOR A PAINTING. 10:02.060 --> 10:03.000 >> IT IS. 10:03.000 --> 10:03.250 GOOD MORNING. 10:03.250 --> 10:04.160 >> THAT'S NICE. 10:04.160 --> 10:06.220 >> COME BACK IN A COUPLE HOURS. 10:06.220 --> 10:07.190 >> LOOKING GOOD! 10:07.190 --> 10:09.030 >> SO FAR, SO GOOD. 10:09.030 --> 10:12.110 MY WORK IS PAINTING. 10:12.110 --> 10:15.110 AND IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S 10:15.110 --> 10:18.020 EFFORTLESS AND IT JUST HAPPENS 10:18.020 --> 10:20.120 QUITE NATURALLY, BUT IT TAKES A 10:20.120 --> 10:21.210 CONCERTED EFFORT TO, ESPECIALLY 10:21.210 --> 10:25.210 START. 10:25.210 --> 10:28.210 ONCE I START, NOW THE -- AS -- 10:28.210 --> 10:30.270 ALL THE FORCES OF NATURE 10:30.270 --> 10:32.100 CONSPIRE WITH YOU ONCE YOU 10:32.100 --> 10:33.200 START. 10:33.200 --> 11:30.260 BUT IT'S THAT STARTING THAT'S SO 11:33.260 --> 11:36.010 >> TODAY WE'RE AT SHREWSBURY 11:36.010 --> 11:37.140 MEETING HOUSE, AND IT DOESN'T 11:37.140 --> 11:40.010 GET ANY MORE VERMONT THAN THIS. 11:40.010 --> 11:41.190 IT'S MAPLE SYRUP WEEKEND, AND 11:41.190 --> 11:43.040 WE'RE HERE AT THE COMMUNITY 11:43.040 --> 11:43.160 BREAKFAST. 11:43.160 --> 11:45.060 IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO COLD TO 11:45.060 --> 11:45.200 PAINT OUTSIDE. 11:45.200 --> 11:47.100 THIS MAY BE THE LAST INDOOR SHOT 11:47.100 --> 11:50.010 FOR THE SEASON, BUT I DID WANT 11:50.010 --> 11:55.210 TO DRESS FOR 0H THE OCCASION. 11:55.210 --> 11:58.210 SO THIS IS VERMONT MAPLE 11:58.210 --> 11:59.040 SRIACHA. 11:59.040 --> 12:01.130 THESE ARE MY FRIENDS' DELICIOUS 12:01.130 --> 12:02.190 PRODUCT I USE ON ALMOST 12:02.190 --> 12:03.180 EVERYTHING I EAT. 12:03.180 --> 12:05.000 I'M PREPARED TO PAINT TODAY. 12:05.000 --> 12:06.160 WE'RE GOING TO GO INSIDE AND 12:06.160 --> 12:08.090 PAINT THE CHURCH FROM A 12:08.090 --> 13:17.220 PHOTOGRAPH THAT I TOOK 13:20.220 --> 13:23.020 >> IT'S A MESS RIGHT NOW. 13:23.020 --> 13:24.140 PLEASE DON'T JUDGE IT YET. 13:24.140 --> 13:26.040 GIVE ME ABOUT SIX HOURS AND I'LL 13:26.040 --> 13:27.280 TURN IT INTO GOLD. 13:27.280 --> 13:29.100 >> I'M REALLY EXCITED. 13:29.100 --> 13:30.260 I HAVE A COUPLE OF YOUR PRINTS 13:30.260 --> 13:32.200 HANGING AT HOME. 13:32.200 --> 13:35.090 >> IT'S GOT A VIBE ALL ITS OWN. 13:35.090 --> 13:38.250 >> YEAH. 13:38.250 --> 15:16.000 YEAH. 15:19.000 --> 15:19.240 >> HERE'S MORE ADVICE -- DON'T 15:19.240 --> 15:21.230 JUDGE YOURSELF AFTER EVERY BRUSH 15:21.230 --> 15:22.030 STROKE. 15:22.030 --> 15:23.280 WE BEAT OURSELVES UP SO MUCH. 15:23.280 --> 15:26.050 JUST LET IT GO, AND I PROMISE, 15:26.050 --> 15:27.120 WHATEVER YOU THINK THAT NIGHT, 15:27.120 --> 15:29.210 THE NEXT MORNING YOU'RE GOING TO 15:29.210 --> 16:34.020 SAY, I DID THAT. 16:37.020 --> 16:38.250 >> TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, I HAVE 16:38.250 --> 16:51.030 NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO 16:54.030 --> 16:55.150 >> I ALWAYS KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT 16:55.150 --> 17:01.280 WE PAINT, IT COULD BE THE BEST 17:05.170 --> 17:08.170 >> I'VE PAINTED THIS APPLE TREE 17:08.170 --> 17:09.200 FIVE OR SIX TIMES. 17:09.200 --> 17:11.230 SO WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT BY 17:11.230 --> 17:12.020 TODAY. 17:12.020 --> 17:13.250 I'M LOOKING AROUND, I LIKE THE 17:13.250 --> 17:16.290 IDEA OF TRANSITION. 17:16.290 --> 17:19.290 THIS TREE IS ALMOST LOST ITS 17:19.290 --> 17:21.060 LEAVES, BUT NOT QUITE. 17:21.060 --> 17:24.060 AND I LIKE THAT IDEA. 17:24.060 --> 17:25.260 COMING ALONG, THERE'S A BLUE 17:25.260 --> 17:28.060 JAY, I THINK. 17:28.060 --> 17:30.090 THAT'S NICE THERE. 17:30.090 --> 17:33.140 THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS WE 17:33.140 --> 17:36.140 HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIZED 17:36.140 --> 17:38.000 TREES, QUAKING LEAVES AT THE 17:38.000 --> 18:17.220 TOP, THIS COULD DEFINITELY BE A 18:20.220 --> 18:22.210 >> MY POINT ABOUT THE CREATIVE 18:22.210 --> 18:25.160 PROCESS IS THAT IT IS ONE FOOT 18:25.160 --> 18:27.020 IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. 18:27.020 --> 18:29.200 PERHAPS IT'S A MYTH OR A DREAM 18:29.200 --> 18:32.110 THAT SUDDENLY YOU HAVE THIS 18:32.110 --> 18:34.030 FULLY REALIZED IDEA AND IT'S 18:34.030 --> 18:37.010 JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING IT 18:37.010 --> 18:38.190 DOWN. 18:38.190 --> 18:50.090 WAY MORE OFTEN IT'S A ONE STEP 18:54.060 --> 18:57.060 >> WHEN WE WALKED OUT THE DOOR, 18:57.060 --> 18:58.280 I HAVE A -- IT'S MY YARD, SO I 18:58.280 --> 19:00.190 KNOW WHAT'S AROUND HERE, BUT I 19:00.190 --> 19:02.170 DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COMPOSITION OR 19:02.170 --> 19:04.150 WHAT SCENE WE WOULD CHOOSE. 19:04.150 --> 19:07.150 AND IT'S THE SAME AS IF I GET IN 19:07.150 --> 19:10.150 THE TRUCK AND DRIVE AROUND THE 19:10.150 --> 19:10.240 STATE. 19:10.240 --> 19:17.100 SOMETHING CATCHES YOUR EYE, AND 19:20.100 --> 19:22.050 >> I KEEP LOOKING AT THAT LITTLE 19:22.050 --> 19:23.260 PINE TREE DOWN THERE, DECIDING 19:23.260 --> 19:26.040 WHETHER IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE 19:26.040 --> 19:56.130 PAINTING OR NOT. 19:59.130 --> 20:00.250 >> AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO, WE 20:00.250 --> 20:02.120 HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE GOING 20:02.120 --> 20:03.060 TO PAINT TODAY. 20:03.060 --> 20:05.070 AND HERE WE ARE AN HOUR AND A 20:05.070 --> 20:08.070 HALF, TWO HOURS LATER, WELL 20:08.070 --> 20:31.260 UNDERWAY WITH A PAINTING THAT IS 20:34.260 --> 20:36.020 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, FOLKS, 20:36.020 --> 20:37.220 WELCOME TO ANOTHER DAY OF 20:37.220 --> 20:38.020 VERMONT. 20:38.020 --> 20:39.200 TODAY IT'S TIME FOR TRUE 20:39.200 --> 20:40.020 CONFESSIONS. 20:40.020 --> 20:41.220 I'M HERE IN THE STUDIO, AND 20:41.220 --> 20:43.040 HONESTLY, NOT EVERY DAY I WAKE 20:43.040 --> 20:44.290 UP READY TO TACKLE THE WORLD AND 20:44.290 --> 20:46.230 PAINT A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING. 20:46.230 --> 20:49.110 IT'S KIND OF A RAINY DAY, AND 20:49.110 --> 20:50.280 I'M KIND OF FEELING THAT MYSELF. 20:50.280 --> 20:53.130 AND LOOKING AROUND, WHAT CAN I 20:53.130 --> 20:55.200 PAINT, WHAT'S GOING TO REALLILY 20:55.200 --> 20:57.020 INSPIRE ME, AND I KNOW THE 20:57.020 --> 20:57.120 ANSWER. 20:57.120 --> 20:59.070 I HAVE TO FINISH MY COFFEE, GET 20:59.070 --> 21:01.060 IN MY TRUCK AND GO FOR A RIDE. 21:01.060 --> 21:03.080 THIS IS REALLY ONE OF MY 21:03.080 --> 21:12.140 FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, JUST GET 21:12.140 --> 21:15.140 IN THE CAR AND GO AIMLESSLY. 21:15.140 --> 21:17.050 PLYMOUTH ALWAYS GIVES ME GOOD 21:17.050 --> 21:17.160 PAINTINGS. 21:17.160 --> 21:19.120 LET'S GO DOWN HERE AND SEE WHAT 21:19.120 --> 21:22.120 WE FIND. 21:22.120 --> 21:25.120 RIGHT OR LEFT, NORTH OR SOUTH? 21:25.120 --> 21:26.280 WHAT DID ROBERT FROST SAY? 21:26.280 --> 21:28.180 I TOOK THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, 21:28.180 --> 21:57.000 AND THAT MADE ALL THE 22:01.010 --> 22:04.010 >> THERE'S SO MUCH, YOU KNOW? 22:04.010 --> 22:05.260 THIS IS THE CHANNEL WHICH I'VE 22:05.260 --> 22:07.230 PAINT IN THE FALL, BUT IT'S A 22:07.230 --> 22:08.150 TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION 22:08.150 --> 22:09.080 RIGHT NOW. 22:09.080 --> 22:12.080 LOOK AT THAT. 22:12.080 --> 22:18.140 IF IT WASN'T RAINING I'D PAINT 22:18.140 --> 22:21.140 RIGHT HERE. 22:21.140 --> 22:23.010 I LOVE THAT LIGHT THAT COMES 22:23.010 --> 22:24.130 DOWN AT AN ANGLE WITH THE SNOW 22:24.130 --> 22:26.260 ON TOP OF IT, AND IT LEADS TO 22:26.260 --> 22:29.070 THE WATER, AND THE LAYERS OF 22:29.070 --> 22:30.210 MIST GOING BACK. 22:30.210 --> 22:34.210 A QUICK SNAPSHOT GIVES YOU 22:34.210 --> 22:37.210 NOTHING BUT -- SKETCHING GIVES 22:37.210 --> 22:39.030 YOU AN EXPERIENCE THAT DOESN'T 22:39.030 --> 22:39.290 GO AWAY. 22:39.290 --> 22:42.290 IT'S A MEMORY THAT IS IMPRINTED, 22:42.290 --> 22:51.120 IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 22:54.120 --> 22:55.280 I'VE GOT SOME POSSIBILITIES 22:55.280 --> 22:57.060 HERE, I'M READY TO GIVE UP FOR 22:57.060 --> 23:00.070 THE DAY, BUT NOW I'M ENERGIZED. 23:00.070 --> 23:01.170 DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET YOU 23:01.170 --> 23:02.290 TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE 23:02.290 --> 23:04.170 EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES 23:04.170 --> 23:05.100 OF PAINTING. 23:05.100 --> 23:07.230 THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE. 23:07.230 --> 23:10.010 THAT'S GOT A NICE, LIKE A LAYER 23:10.010 --> 23:11.020 CAKE. 23:11.020 --> 23:12.270 ONE, TWO, THREE VALUE THE GOING 23:12.270 --> 23:13.180 BACK. 23:13.180 --> 23:14.290 I THINK I'M GOING TO GO WITH 23:14.290 --> 23:16.220 THAT RIGHT THERE. 23:16.220 --> 23:18.120 THE QUESTION I GET A LOT, HOW 23:18.120 --> 23:19.240 LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO PAINT 23:19.240 --> 23:20.030 THAT? 23:20.030 --> 23:21.100 WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE HOURS 23:21.100 --> 24:11.110 INTO THIS ALREADY, AND I HAVEN'T 24:14.110 --> 24:18.000 >> A LITTLE TENTATIVE RIGHT NOW. 24:18.000 --> 24:21.140 I PUT IN SOME STROKES, BUT I'VE 24:21.140 --> 24:24.140 GOT TO GRADUALLY COME IN AND 24:24.140 --> 24:25.100 FIND IT. 24:25.100 --> 25:19.030 THEN I CAN START GETTING MORE 25:22.030 --> 25:24.270 >> YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING IS 25:24.270 --> 25:27.270 STARTING TO FALL INTO PLACE. 25:27.270 --> 25:29.260 YEAH, JUST KEEP PUTTING PAINT ON 25:29.260 --> 25:32.100 UNTIL IT STARTS TO MAKE SENSE. 25:32.100 --> 25:34.080 AND TAKING IT OFF AS WELL, AS 25:34.080 --> 25:35.200 YOU CAN SEE. 25:35.200 --> 25:37.260 I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT TREES OR 25:37.260 --> 25:40.040 WATER, OR BRANCHES OR ANYTHING. 25:40.040 --> 25:43.040 I'M THINKING ABOUT MARKS ON 25:43.040 --> 25:46.150 CANVAS. 25:46.150 --> 25:49.150 YOU KNOW YOU'VE GRADUATED FROM 25:49.150 --> 25:51.170 BEGINNER PAINTER WHEN YOU ARE 25:51.170 --> 25:54.170 ABLE TO SLIP FROM PAINTING 25:54.170 --> 26:49.240 THINGS TO PAINTING SHAPES. 26:52.240 --> 26:54.150 >> I WAS READY TO CALL IT A DAY 26:54.150 --> 26:57.000 AND GO TAKE A NAP, BUT DECIDED 26:57.000 --> 26:59.080 TO GO OUT ANYWAY, AND I'M SO 26:59.080 --> 27:02.080 GLAD I DID, BECAUSE I'M TOTALLY 27:02.080 --> 27:03.000 ENERGIZED NOW. 27:03.000 --> 27:14.180 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING 27:14.180 --> 27:16.240 Captioning Performed By LNS Captioning www.LNScaptioning.com 27:16.240 --> 27:19.240 >> I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY INVITE 27:19.240 --> 27:21.150 YOU TO JOIN ME FOR A DAY IN 27:21.150 --> 27:21.250 VERMONT. 27:21.250 --> 27:23.120 A WEEKLY EMAIL FEATURING A 27:23.120 --> 27:24.210 BRAND-NEW PAINTING. 27:24.210 --> 27:26.270 AS A WAY TO SAY THANKS, I DRAW 27:26.270 --> 27:28.180 TWO FREE PRINT WINNERS EACH 27:28.180 --> 27:46.110 MONTH. 27:49.110 --> 27:51.010 >> VERMONT PBS, PARTNERING WITH 27:51.010 --> 27:52.250 LOCAL FILMMAKERS TO BRING YOU 27:52.250 --> 27:56.250 STORIES MADE HERE.