 Hello artists and members of Monet Cafe Art Group on Facebook. This is a celebratory congratulation video for our group hitting a milestone of 10,000 members. It has been an amazing 5 years since I started the Monet Cafe YouTube channel and it was actually a subscriber on YouTube that recommended to have a companion Facebook group. And I really never thought it would become what it is today. The original concept of Monet Cafe was just many years ago when I thought I was felt alone in my art journey learning all these things by myself. It was kind of hard. There weren't that many resources then. And so I thought I would bring people along on my journey in creating the YouTube channel. And so I always pictured it as an intimate group of artists sharing and growing together without being sold things to death, without competition and looking to the writer to the left to see who is better, comparing our work. And so what is amazing to me is we are about 7 members away in our group from 10,000. What kind of almost didn't want is the group to get so large that it lost its intimacy and connection and loving kindness. And I can honestly say it has not. I get the most amazing feedback from artists that are so thankful for our group. So I want to congratulate you because you are Monet Cafe. It's not about me. But I wanted to make a quick announcement too. I am going to reestablish some of the rules because the group has gotten so large to make sure that it stays what it is now and ad free. And also thanks to another member, Patricia, in our group, you, some of you may know that I have a Patreon page and I am so blessed that someone recommended I get a Patreon page. So I've been hesitant about sharing that on my own page because I don't allow that from others, you know, to just wear you guys out with ads. Patricia did say to me, she said, it is your page. So I hope you guys don't mind. I will share some content about how you can become a patron or see what we're doing. And of course, I will still share the YouTube videos as I post them for educational purposes. So but I do the main goal is to keep this the place that it is. And it's so beautiful. And I'm so thankful that the size of the group has not changed the heart. Of the group. Hey, I did not write a script for that. That just came out also behind the scenes. Kind of like the CEO of Monet Cafe has been the main moderator, which is Katrina. She goes by Katrina Irene here and she has just been a force of protection in our group, along with a lot of other members who will report content that's not allowed. So I wanted to let you guys see the face behind the action. And here's a little clip from Katrina to you guys. Hey, Monet Cafe, Katrina here. For those that don't know me, I'm the moderator of the group. I know you guys are used to seeing Susan on camera, but I just wanted to drop in and say congratulations to you all. We are at 10,000 members. It's crazy. It seems like just yesterday Susan was asking me to moderate. And here we are five years later in 10,000 strong. It's been a great, great blessing to be a part of this group and to be blessed every single day with your guys' talent. It's a joy. This is my safe place. It's been a great five years. Here's to another five, 10, 15, 20 years. And another infinite number of members can't wait to see where this goes. It's been great. Thank you guys. Happy painting. Oh, isn't she awesome? I'm so thankful for Katrina. And in thankfulness and appreciation for all that she has done and hopefully all that she'll continue to do, she's kind of like my partner in this. I would like to award Katrina with a hundred dollar Dick Blick gift card. That's not even close to enough for all the work that she has done, but just kind of my thank you to Katrina. So you guys keep doing what you're doing and helping Monet Cafe to be truly a place where artists can gather together casually and beautiful to share in the beauty of art. All right, guys, keep it up.