How I know what to do next in my art

Ойын-сауық

Today I thought I
would talk about how I figure
out what to do next in my art.
Of course, every painting is different.
However, the thought process,
at least for me, is the same.
And that is what I want to share
with you today.
Have a look here as I talk about
three paintings I am working on in the studio.
It all comes down to whether you have
too much or too little of what you love.
Of course, sometimes the challenge is
merely in figuring out what that is.
It is all about discernment, learning
to be not attached to what you love. It is
also necessary to understand that just
because you like a particular part of
your art, that doesn’t mean it is right for the
the painting you are making.
I hope seeing how I do this is helpful.
I am curious,
How do you approach your art’s next steps?
Let us know in the comments.
Hope your time in the studio today
is productive and fun,
Nicholas
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  • @sharonputman3633
    @sharonputman36339 ай бұрын

    I’m a beginner & I just get mad & paint over the entire thing & then start over! You are such an amazing artist & teacher 😊👩🏻‍🎨

  • @ChefDerek

    @ChefDerek

    5 ай бұрын

    Haha, me too... Soon you'll get where you keep one then paint over the next 5, then keep another.... Keep going!!

  • @gracefoster4861
    @gracefoster48612 жыл бұрын

    I love how you help me think about my art in different ways.

  • @franceselizabethvanvelzen8555
    @franceselizabethvanvelzen85552 жыл бұрын

    Great! So helpful and generous in sharing your process, which can seem like such mystery when you are starting out, like me. THANK YOU

  • @priyacibi1104
    @priyacibi11043 жыл бұрын

    Awesome.... this was really helpful. I love the way you teach ! There's so much generosity, humility and empathy in your approach .... feeling blessed that I found you ....

  • @lorraineerickson4311
    @lorraineerickson43118 күн бұрын

    Very helpful. I’m just starting out with my art. I think everything I make is terrific. I know it isn’t really but I’m so amazed at what is happening to me.WO!

  • @clairemackin2305
    @clairemackin23054 жыл бұрын

    It's so inspiring and instructive to watch you brain-storm and problem solve. I hope you'll loop back to these pieces with us again, so we can see how they resolve. Thank you so much for your generosity!

  • @anitajulaniya1959
    @anitajulaniya19593 жыл бұрын

    Seems I missed the free workshop but I am sure I will benefit from these KZread sessions. Thanks so much. Happy to find a teacher who so genuinely shares the art and nuances.

  • @paintingzoneart4026
    @paintingzoneart40263 жыл бұрын

    Great learning about differences, thank you

  • @greersommer3577
    @greersommer35773 жыл бұрын

    You elevated my mood today, thank you 😊

  • @chrisruss9861
    @chrisruss98613 жыл бұрын

    I would come down with neurosis trying to resolve those painterly problems, but deeply admire your work.

  • @lindahowe4159
    @lindahowe41594 жыл бұрын

    I am very new to art and particularly acrylics. I thought the way I was creating my art was a bit hit and miss - that I was doing it wrong. Then I saw your you tube channel and watched you having fun whilst creating your art. Thank you for sharing. Obviously I don't have your knowledge or skill level - I just love slapping on paint - until I find the shapes and colours which bring me real joy. I'll continue to follow you and learn as I go. Take care.

  • @63artemisia63

    @63artemisia63

    2 жыл бұрын

    @ Linda Howe One thing I love about the way Nick and his CVP “graduate” Louise Fletcher teach art is that there’s no such thing as doing it “wrong.”

  • @57mobird
    @57mobird4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I appreciate hearing you think out loud as you work!

  • @cherylaotearoa
    @cherylaotearoa3 жыл бұрын

    Mesmorising Nick!

  • @maryfiore5905
    @maryfiore59053 жыл бұрын

    You have a gentle, open commentary that invites reflection and comment. You have a fabulous painting style that works well for you. I love your contrast of messy (mushy) edges and straight, sharp edges among many other aspects of your work. I found myself wincing a little watching you use the straight edge to create a sharp edge. I tend to use soft, more rounded edges. This inspired me to consider why.

  • @harrietblank6812
    @harrietblank68124 жыл бұрын

    Great demo!! I try and guess what you will do next to see if I am on the right page. Thank you so much for the great inspiration!!!!

  • @jlou.316
    @jlou.3163 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your processes...also love the floor ....

  • @miriammoyer7271
    @miriammoyer72715 ай бұрын

    Love the additional change of shape and proportion in the last painting! All three paintings moved up a few notches with the additions you made. 🎉

  • @susanrosen5828
    @susanrosen58284 жыл бұрын

    This is SO good!!! Thanks Nick! And by the way, when I come back in another life I want your hair gene!!!

  • @Art2Life

    @Art2Life

    4 жыл бұрын

    Susan Rosen haha! Thanks!

  • @onaghash4111

    @onaghash4111

    3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent advice👏👏

  • @monicastella9149

    @monicastella9149

    3 жыл бұрын

    When do you decide where focal point is to be? Do you want focal point to be Halloween thing?

  • @d.debellis5091

    @d.debellis5091

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking the Same. My husband would love to have Nick’s hair

  • @meelcewicz-sz8mz

    @meelcewicz-sz8mz

    4 ай бұрын

    When he wears black against a blue background and the light is darker, his hair glows. Episode 3 Art2Life24

  • @KittehNow
    @KittehNow18 күн бұрын

    So helpful and interesting. ❤❤❤

  • @joannavandeneijnden5437
    @joannavandeneijnden54374 жыл бұрын

    So generous with information

  • @dianerice4144
    @dianerice41442 жыл бұрын

    You have helped so much cut through the hard questions. Thank you!

  • @lizpease2544
    @lizpease25443 ай бұрын

    Love your videos! This particular one was so helpful. Your art is so incredible and beautiful, so much to process. I love it!

  • @karlasolomon8128
    @karlasolomon81283 жыл бұрын

    I like the idea of knowing that you will go too far and then have to pull back. Which makes sense, bc how do you know where the edge is until you go too far.

  • @AngelDebstar316
    @AngelDebstar3164 жыл бұрын

    such a serene process thank you for sharing xxx

  • @nanwhitney2639
    @nanwhitney26393 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this was helpful to see your suggestions in practice. I’m a visual learner and this worked!

  • @arlenedubo7364
    @arlenedubo73643 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I needed today! Thank you for the awesome free workshop. So grateful!

  • @yogasaraswati1230
    @yogasaraswati12303 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your generous explanations. Appreciation!

  • @mimimccallum3848
    @mimimccallum38484 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nick!!! I so look forward to your Sunday sessions!!

  • @jhb61249
    @jhb612494 жыл бұрын

    Very nice pieces here. Will be anxious to see progression thru final stage. Thanks

  • @robinbrewer9000
    @robinbrewer90002 жыл бұрын

    You are such a gift to all of us ty!

  • @christinaosterberg5108
    @christinaosterberg51084 жыл бұрын

    This was so great! And your paintings are just fantastic!

  • @sherrillpearson7140
    @sherrillpearson71402 жыл бұрын

    Just a million thanks. Sooooo helpful.

  • @NarcArtTherapy
    @NarcArtTherapy3 жыл бұрын

    So enjoy your sensitivity and passion, thank you for sharing 💖

  • @paigewheeler2983
    @paigewheeler2983 Жыл бұрын

    This has helped me so very much. Thank you! You are a generous soul.

  • @epiphanycollective1060
    @epiphanycollective10604 жыл бұрын

    This is so helpful! Thank you very much! 😊

  • @robertwebber8672
    @robertwebber86724 жыл бұрын

    Yeah differences! As a survivor of covid and cvp 2020 kind of knew some of what you were going to do. I have jumped straight into Louise's course and also the academy. So the learning you started in me goes on. So grateful to u and the team! Best R

  • @jonisauers5130
    @jonisauers51309 ай бұрын

    Loved seeing your process, thank you!

  • @gtberg
    @gtberg3 жыл бұрын

    I like the shapes you end up with in your paintings. Very inspiring to me.

  • @barbbell2424
    @barbbell24242 жыл бұрын

    What a great analogy to life. So helpful on so many levels!

  • @richardcrowe2236
    @richardcrowe22362 жыл бұрын

    Excellent !!! I throughly enjoyed this - love to see more .

  • @joancollier4488
    @joancollier44882 жыл бұрын

    Love listening to your thought processes. Great inspiration, thank you...

  • @inkhotel
    @inkhotel3 жыл бұрын

    very generous video, thanks for the demonstration, I love the steps of removing some paint as well as figuring out what value to use

  • @dottieholdren7621
    @dottieholdren76212 жыл бұрын

    I love your teaching and thinking! Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge!

  • @aletagudelski6414
    @aletagudelski64142 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This has been one of your most valuable videos for me. They are all great, but this one hit the mark. Thank you!

  • @staceyvanier9525
    @staceyvanier95254 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the inspiration Nick!

  • @judeleece6452

    @judeleece6452

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love the dialogue, so easy to connect with...brilliant

  • @dottieholdren7621
    @dottieholdren76212 жыл бұрын

    Looking better, love this painting.

  • @amyhwhitehouse1042
    @amyhwhitehouse10423 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts and painting. You gave me some good things to consider in my artwork.

  • @soulsearcher4truth303
    @soulsearcher4truth3034 жыл бұрын

    This has been so very helpful!

  • @franceeschloesser1862
    @franceeschloesser18622 жыл бұрын

    IT was very cool to watch you. Thank you!

  • @margaretconnell1696
    @margaretconnell16963 жыл бұрын

    Love the colours that you mix Nick Loverly !!!!

  • @Handle1916
    @Handle19163 жыл бұрын

    This is so helpful and you are very generous. I’m returning to abstraction and anticipate a struggle.

  • @prose3562
    @prose35622 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely great - thank you

  • @cynthiathomas262
    @cynthiathomas262 Жыл бұрын

    great teaching moment!! thanks for the good info,

  • @coraannetoledo-merritt1220
    @coraannetoledo-merritt12202 жыл бұрын

    i have learned a lot watching this video. eliminating what doesn't work and working on what does is having experience to recognise it. not always so evident for me. i suppose it's a question of falling down and getting up. some times i long to have someone to guide me.

  • @dianamoura6024
    @dianamoura60243 жыл бұрын

    I always feel so inspired when watching your videos..... Thank you

  • @paigewheeler2983
    @paigewheeler2983 Жыл бұрын

    I also write classical music and this is helping me with my music as well!!

  • @iammissionaryartistpamelac2975
    @iammissionaryartistpamelac29753 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge ! Hope to take your class one day !, 🌟🙌🌟

  • @cookiemonster3147
    @cookiemonster31472 жыл бұрын

    Im learning a lot here. Thank you.

  • @63artemisia63
    @63artemisia632 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for letting us look behind the scenes; it was exciting and enlightening! 🤯 I know I’m not the only viewer who would ❤️ to see the results!

  • @joannavandeneijnden5437
    @joannavandeneijnden54374 жыл бұрын

    Don’t ever stop!!!!!

  • @tantorthebantor
    @tantorthebantor3 жыл бұрын

    That was very helpful. Thank you.

  • @candaceheidenrich6278
    @candaceheidenrich62783 жыл бұрын

    Very sophisticated... yes to addition, subtraction, resizing shapes. Tres chic.

  • @lisapeterson7871
    @lisapeterson7871 Жыл бұрын

    This is so helpful, thank you

  • @sylviagleiter4357
    @sylviagleiter43572 жыл бұрын

    So very helpful to see what you identify as problems and then going the next steps with you as you improve the work. For me, once I know the basics of design, value, color, etc., this is the most valuable kind of applied learning experience. Thank you!

  • @donnarobertson9236
    @donnarobertson92363 жыл бұрын

    It was great to see how you approach your delivery of thought process through the tool then applying that choice of colour or value.

  • @monikalenander2902
    @monikalenander29023 жыл бұрын

    I really liked this video! Thank you!

  • @Lisa-qt7pw
    @Lisa-qt7pw4 жыл бұрын

    really insightful! you have a great way of speaking out your thought process. it helps a lot to understand these subtle concepts! Thanks!!

  • @Art2Life

    @Art2Life

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lisa so glad!!

  • @badmammajamma5929
    @badmammajamma59292 жыл бұрын

    You just solved several of the blindspots Im having in my work right now as Im wanting so much to paint atm but not struggle with it as theres enough in life at the moment to cause anxiety atm so thank you very grateful for this

  • @trishmontesano6703
    @trishmontesano6703 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful! Thank you!

  • @dianalippert6664
    @dianalippert66643 жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick, thank you for your amazing kind of art teaching. I'm from Germany and I think we haven't something compareable. I've learned a lot from you.

  • @beatabooth2363
    @beatabooth2363 Жыл бұрын

    This is very helpful. I usually go by intuition, this gives me a rational reason why something looks good or not. Thanks!

  • @awankstain
    @awankstain2 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video and approach thanks!

  • @mariepadden8399
    @mariepadden83993 жыл бұрын

    Gt insight there. Yes I work pretty much like that. Following my instinct and leaving 1 painting to start another till I can see what adjustments I need to do in the first. Thanks for the inspiration. It can be difficult when working alone!

  • @ireneynes7478
    @ireneynes74783 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant🤩👍🤩

  • @petercehily2687
    @petercehily26873 жыл бұрын

    Inspiring. The first painting really improved although it was good to start. I love the white and beige and the very light gray. They make an interesting background. I plan to try that in my work. These appear to be on wood panel. Thanks for the inspiration. See your process is quite helpful

  • @dottieholdren7621
    @dottieholdren76212 жыл бұрын

    You really inspire me!

  • @marthakaplan6367
    @marthakaplan63673 жыл бұрын

    loved this thanks so much!

  • @jenrice123
    @jenrice1233 жыл бұрын

    super helpful, thank you!

  • @janswimwild
    @janswimwild3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I love your videos! I’m not a Facebook fan and have deactivated my usual account but am trying to join your group quietly to restrict posts only to art or environmental stuff!

  • @drgarywild7907
    @drgarywild79073 жыл бұрын

    This is extremely helpful in determining what is working and what is not working in any given piece

  • @caroldavis172
    @caroldavis1722 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed! Thankyou

  • @VickiPanagotacos
    @VickiPanagotacos4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very good.

  • @billparker6297
    @billparker62973 жыл бұрын

    Cool stuff Nicolas...

  • @jocelyneaubry490
    @jocelyneaubry4904 жыл бұрын

    I like the way you explain. I just discover your art via Louise Fletcher. Thanks

  • @marie-christinescutt7888
    @marie-christinescutt78884 жыл бұрын

    love it

  • @barbarageis1728
    @barbarageis17283 жыл бұрын

    very helpful!

  • @magdalenahadala6799
    @magdalenahadala67995 ай бұрын

    I love that kind of thing, but I get frustrated I guess when things don't go the way I envisioned it, so first and foremost it's about patience :)

  • @pammostek3344
    @pammostek33443 жыл бұрын

    This would be a good bonus video.

  • @loislane5001
    @loislane50013 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful!

  • @irusankingofcats
    @irusankingofcats Жыл бұрын

    Greetings Nicholas, I'm back, had a blank spot for about three months while I concentrated on getting my website written and laid out with the web designer. Felt really isolated and cut off from my stream of consciousness that I normally work in every day, while I produce work.Found it hard to reactivate it. This is a really great video you have done here and it actually addresses the impasse from an artist's point of view. Found it very reflective and helpful. Thank you, wishing you continued success. Brian.

  • @chuckpotter5207
    @chuckpotter52073 жыл бұрын

    Nice tips.

  • @meelcewicz-sz8mz
    @meelcewicz-sz8mz4 ай бұрын

    This is called letting the work speak through you. Or becoming the conduit.

  • @latestarossa
    @latestarossa3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! I agree the PS was a better version. I am an illustrator and for a long time I want to work abstract, but it is so frightening for me, I don’t know. I am so used to work in order to illustrate a story and for this I get to go in myself and for some reason this is so difficult for me But your teaching is so good, thank you

  • @jocelynearcand3907
    @jocelynearcand39073 жыл бұрын

    super, merci

  • @dawnitalutz1953
    @dawnitalutz19532 жыл бұрын

    lol, you said the straighter the line the faster you can get to where you want to be. I found that hysterical.

  • @gilliansolomon2157
    @gilliansolomon21573 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting thanks

  • @edithhardaway3836
    @edithhardaway38363 жыл бұрын

    wow. Thanks

  • @lisengel2498
    @lisengel24983 жыл бұрын

    Great basic questions - What do I like about it? I liked the transparent feeling in some of the layers What do I see first? Whats happening here? What kind of values? Line work is somehow interesting because it to me suggest some kind of movement, maybe a kind of writing

  • @alrenefischer4481
    @alrenefischer44813 жыл бұрын

    Hi am sooo keen to see you did for your sister , are you going to work on it again , absolutely amazing stunning your sister one

  • @suemills8834
    @suemills88342 жыл бұрын

    This was really helpful seeing how you evaluate and decide what is needed. I paint watercolours and wonder how you would approach adding 'too much' and then knocking it back, something that is difficult in watercolour. Would you use a different apporach with watercolour? Thank you

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