 Oh my goodness, I am so excited to have a Patreon account. I'm Susan Jenkins and I have had the channel on YouTube called Monet Cafe for many years and so I'm welcoming you as I always do into my artistic world. Currently I have about 168 free YouTube videos on the channel that I call Monet Cafe where I feature video tutorials focusing on soft pastels but I do use many other mediums as well and a lot of different techniques and experimenting. I give you money saving tips on how to create some of your own surfaces, product reviews, color theory lessons, lessons in composition and even behind the scene interviews with pastel manufacturers to find out how pastels are made. So why this Patreon account? Well it's really because of many of you. As you know I've been providing the free resource for so many years around five years and I plan to continue to do that. I am going to be focusing more on the beginner tutorials on the YouTube channel and I will always continue to bring that free resource. However many of you have asked how you can support the channel. You've heard some of my challenges in life over these past five years and man I am just so blessed that you guys would like to support Monet Cafe and me Susan Jenkins Fine Art. So this is how you can help. Currently there is one tier or support level that I call Art Angels. It's basically to support the continuance of the free videos that I literally bring to people all over the world who may have limited resources or time to seek out art instruction. So your support at this level will ensure continuing those free videos to be a resource for people to be used everywhere. I do have plans for a second tier that will most likely be behind the scenes, information, more communication with the subscriber, perhaps art critiques, access to my reference photos and other artistic benefits and I'd like to add that one of the successes I believe for Monet Cafe has been the sense of encouragement and the commonality that we have in admiring and loving our beautiful creation and seeking to emulate it as artists. So if you are here on my Patreon page I am honored and humbled that you would consider supporting me to continue to bring art to the world. Thank you in advance for your kind support and as always happy painting.