as a gym rat and painter, i think its super imporant to learn what scedule suits you. Personally painting every day often led me to slump and not progress, whereas painting every few days led more to improvement, just like weightlifting. As sargent said, painting is mostly about training the eye to see color and shape, this is why he wanted to sketch everything constantly, but the brain needs time to process these things.

@NancyGarcia-cm4yy

2 жыл бұрын

abandone el concepto del cerebro es como si estuviera poseído por un agente...el cerebro es parte de su vida,..una herramienta para interpretar el entorno...el cerebro es ud con sus experiencia...los cerebristas solo predican impersonalismo furtivo ...ahí también residen los neurolingüísticos...,solo parlotean y complican la vida...y en cuanto a su el rabia... es que ud es muy arrogante....trabaje la paciencia....cante hare Krishna y indague sobre buda...o entrene fuerte, pero haga algo real....acá necesitamos apoyo artístico y no comparaciones.... existos...

@SlickOils

6 ай бұрын

I’m the same, I paint and go to the gym a lot, I thought it was a unique combo, obviously not. 😂

@Matthewmest

4 ай бұрын

So do I haha we need to build a community :d@@SlickOils

"The most important tool an artist can master is observation" - Marc Brunet. This quote from Marc really changed how I approach art. Being able to observe how things work/look really help you improve and goes back to the idea of not needing to practice everyday. Just thinking about art and actual focused study helps more than just painting or drawing or sculpting just to do it everyday

@Bobbotov

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Yogi Berra quote: "You can see a lot just by looking!"

@RatusMax

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when I stop painting for long periods of time, I just go out and look at the world and keep asking myself how I would start the painting and think about painting in my head. Sometimes I look at the clouds and wonder how I can tell which ones are close and which ones are far.

@edwardhodgson9751

2 жыл бұрын

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This was one of the most useful and insightful lessons I've heard in quite some time. Really appreciate your sharing your own thoughts and the valuable lessons with us. Thank you Chelsea.

Thank you for such an informative and insightful video and a fantastic portrait demo. I too realise that I need space to reflect and to gather my energy before painting and no longer push myself to burn out. As a result my craft has become more meaningful and I am more open to the process and ready to reflect afterwards.

Thank you Chelsea for this video... You have s good technique in simplifying the painting from it´s begining... I am a painter too and i think i have things in common with you in technique... I ´ve watched several of your videos, they made me happy for the moment of watching... Carry on you are a very good painter... Once more Thank you!

So eloquent! I am equally as impressed by the messages you convey, as the words you put to them - it's poetic. Even Chris Fornataro called that out in his recent podcast with Andrew Tischler. It's so true! Keep doing what you're doing and thank you 😊

I love your videos talking about the psychology behind painting. I’ve been trying to paint consistently and constructively for a long time but I realized my depression is getting in the way where I was getting no joy from the process of painting. So I stopped painting. I’ve been managing my depression recently and as part of that process, I’m trying to get back into a habit of painting on a regular basis where I emphasize actually having fun from painting as opposed to focusing on the end product. Like when I try to create colours or play around with values just to see how they turn out on the canvas. This approach is kinda working for me and I see myself painting more. Love your videos and they’re so informative and validating!

@SmillyDonut

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that you are finding something that works for you. As someone who also suffers from depression I completely relate to needing to remind myself to focus on the joy of creating instead of focusing on the end result. I also remind myself that not every painting has to be a masterpiece and that once I have painted I have learned and made a step towards improving. So even if I don't love the end result, I'm happy for having painted.

@samanthadouglas9270

2 жыл бұрын

I’m currently in a similar situation where my depression is preventing me from painting and enjoying the process/end result. Thank you for commenting this!!

I'm enjoying keeping a train of paintings at different stages that I'll cycle through. It's nice to always have something that's almost complete, seems to require less reliance on 'inspiration'

Your videos are really helpful and inspirational, at least to me❤️ thank you

I love your style of painting; THAT's what I aspire to do ... some day. Thanks for this and all the great videos. You are awesome.

You don't go to school for techniques...you go for experiences. Been competitive with class friends, talk about art at parties, sharing the same doubts and dreams. Drinking partying, is something you can't get on your own or online, or by reading books. Luckily I had both. Nice video.

Thank you. You are great artist and great teacher too.

Thank you , very inspiring, this painting is beautiful

Thank you for this. Amazing painting.

I have a 30 year career in animation. I draw, I paint, I play guitar, I garden, I cook, I do a bunch of things... but I have not and never will master any of those. And I am okay with that. I am okay with just being passably proficient in all my hobbies without ever being a master. I idolize masters, I respect masters, I envy masters. To show that much dedication to a single craft is admirable.

Curiosity is about observing different things, trying new things, changing subjects. It is about expanding your understanding of relations of objects and forces in the world- for painters it usually boils down to "expanding your visual library".

Really beautiful!

Beautiful work!

New to your channel. Thank you for the helpful encouragement and wise words.

I’m right on target with everything. Great vid

happy painting. that was amaizing

Many of my struggles are addressed here. Comparison to mentors is a recipe for complete paralysis for me. Just subscribed. Thanks!

Beautiful painting with good message 😊

Beautiful portrait art work

People can be taught! I attended a class and was quite good then when I joined, I attended for the converation and for the trips to different galleries. Watercolour painting was natural, I was fearless. But over the two years others was painting exciting expressive works. I experienced a burn out through trauma. I had to learn again, I had lost my advantage and fear was there. Well I'm starting again with a new medium, ''OIL'' and I love it!

Chelsea I agree with you when you said taking more thinking time and less doing time helps the work more than not. I agree especially when you're at our level and you're confident with your drawing skills and you understand how your media works . Seeing is to me 80% of painting, so this means that the rest is the mechanical action of the strokes . But the mind has to interpret the task to the physical action of what hits the canvas Btw love your work. 👌

I really enjoyed this advice, lecture, talk. I am what ii consider to be a doodling artist.i love it and have sold a few but have always felt unworthy because I never attended a college.

That was really helpful , thank you

Great lesson!

Ok I'm dying to know... what mediums can be used for the wet on wet process & where/when do u apply it???

The way I avoid comparison traps is to put the work away for a while. A week or two or more, while I work on new/other stuff. Typically, when I return to it, I see good things in it, and ways out of problems areas/sticking points I couldn’t recognize earlier. I know this doesn’t always work for everyone when there’s commission deadlines but, it usually works for me.

Great video. Thankyou.

I also paint ala prima, I love oil painting.

Excellente. Merci.

nice, how many hours did it take you to make it?

Chelsea, your work and words are beautiful. This demo came out wonderful. Thank you for sharing. In this video, the list comparing strong and weak artist habits was one of my FB posts that I soon ripped down, crumpled up and threw in the trash can. It was a sour dud, and I knew it. We all get them now and again. Anyway, I’m glad someone found it, picked it out of the trash and gave it to you to make lemonade out of it. We’ll done. What you missed in your screen shot was the first sentence I had in trying to understand the patterns or habits of various artists and I was curious to see if there was any habits i could change in my life that would make me a stronger artists. I’m also reading James Clear’s book on Atomic Habits and I was curious on the habits we artists have in life and how these patterns effect our growth. It was written as an attempt to spur conversation over various habits and choices each artists makes. I like how you boiled it down to Consistency, Curiosity and Tools to analyze your own work. Again, your work is beautiful, keep on making beautiful art and sharing your wisdom. Huge fan.

I really like the painting, but I thought because of the title that you talk about alla prima. Some dos and don'ts about it. Did you have a video where you talk about this?

Excellent

All artists need to be in harmony with themselves. You must like what you do. Success is nothing you can control by force. In fact you can never do better than what pleases you.

Gorgeous painting ❤️ what solvent or medium do you use for each layer from beginning to end please? I am always confused about this issue 😔

@NCWildHeART

Жыл бұрын

I know she said on one she uses Gamsol to start

Please give me knowledge about this brushes 🙏

Only a closed door stands between your idea of what you believe is on the other side and what you'll actually find. What unlocks and opens the door is the key you carry in your heart (passion) and the setting aside, in your mind, what's on the other side. Let the love and your passion inspire you to keep painting. Listen to the voice of your passion guide you. LISTEN. QUIET your mind.

I think my current problem is I want to work with oil paints. I am just not sure about color values and in what stages to apply. Also I am afraid of losing my paint materials. I also am the type of person who wants to do it all in one sitting, in fear of losing interest in the piece. Also don’t have an easel, or what I would consider good lighting.

That post was horrible, I feel like the person who wrote it, is probably “weak” and needed to diminish others to feel “strong” Thank you for your tips, they are very useful & inspiring 🌸

@kpatricia7680

2 жыл бұрын

P.S The painting is beautiful I love the orange around the hair & brush strokes 🧡

The last two words of this video sum it all up. Happy painting. If painting (or art in general) doesn't make you happy then don't do it.

Wonderful Painting. Very informative Video If you can show your Pallet all the time during painting We can learn a lot about what is your painting process. Thanks again for the Video

thank. you

VERY NICE

I'm an art educator with a Masters in Studio Art. I teach 4 levels of drawing and painting, as well as AP and dual credit art appreciation 1301. With respect to your process and experience, I can sum up what it takes to master a teachable skill in one word: practice. Students and people who love art are beholden to this idea of a great master creating Master works in museums, but what they don't imagine, or can't imagine, is what it took to make those works: process. They don't see the thousands of drawings and painting studies, the untold hours of work put in to practice. They just see the result, the product. There's no magic formula. Old Masters didn't have the endless supply of resources we have now. They did a lot with a little, and what they did was practice in an environment free of smart phone social media distractions. Wanna get really good at something? Practice.

@ozziefernandez4603

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Practice is the best tool an artist has to learn and see things in a different light with every brush stroke.

I use oil paint in a different way but it was very interesting.

is that acrylic or oil?

Great

honestly, I feel like the initial post was saying a lot of the same things you are, if one just makes a simple shift in the way they interpret the words strong and weak. now I'm certainly not saying there was no point to the video, as it comes across to me as though you've rehabilitated the set of statements (while rightly dismissing some plain old silly elements like the books/tv one) so I definitely appreciate the more rounded and understanding perspective you've offered here (as always) especially (as perhaps my comment illustrates to some degree) since I tend to be a lot more charitable with others than I am myself. anyway, just some thoughts. now to go and paint something..

My favorite part of this method and your process is. At 1:09 when you block in the larger masses.

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Good content ...

It seems to me that most portrait artists have the most trouble getting detail, or even the illusion of detail in the EARS. Would you agree, and why is that?

MISSLEADING??? Chelsea you are amazing, but why title this MASTER Oil Painting Alla Prima, and say nothing about lt. How about "Painting Alla Prima / But talking about something else". Goddesses like you make my world an amazing place. Thanks.

@yssimon9058

7 ай бұрын

Her talking is not clear in many cases.

@PartScavenger

2 ай бұрын

+1 You are an amazing painter but I've pretty much quit watching bc titles don't have anything to do with content.

Each of your marks were so perfect. Often I think the marks are right and then want to change them later which is a problem.

I don't mind whether I am a good artist or not....as long as I could produce whats in my mind on the canvas....!!!

Hi Chelsea Have a a question In the medal of your speech😅your brushes suddenly disappeared‼️what happened😂😂😂

I just paint and feel it

This is so frustrating! I only find painters on youtube who talk about the right inner motivation, but none really explaining what solvent they are using and how much in the underpainting, how they are building up with oil, I dont care about blabla, I wanted technic!

Painting needs to not feel like it’s work. Also learning to draw first helps as well as learning to some degree how people are going about painting.

The weak _should_ fear the strong.

There is no such thing as mastery. There is only skill and content.

Look where you're painting and paint where you're looking

For real though. TV is mostly a waste of time.

i really like cliche paintings and overdone themes so i think you're great

why do artists like to paint women a lot or female figurures?

@simpflores7561

2 жыл бұрын

I think its because women or female figures just look very aesthetically pleasing in general. This is just my personal observation and what my fellow artist friends tell me.

@davidsalvatore6320

2 жыл бұрын

@@simpflores7561 isn't that a little sexist, i mean, men can be pleasing too

Im not 100 percent sure about that assesment. Most greatest artist have been influenced by other artist, for example mone inspired another great artist, Also Michaelangelo in his beginnings with Paint didnt have experience with color so he hired some artist to teach them, according to the story i know about them. Theres no such a thing as a self taught artist.

@ozziefernandez4603

2 жыл бұрын

A self taught artist has an inborne god given talent that is developed throughout a lifetime.

As someone who went to school for art(and as a relatively successful artist) I can tell you it's a waste of time for artists in most cases

это кто, кристина орбакайте ?

good talk for shure, but clickbait title. NOT COOL

Слишком затемнил теневую часть лица полная херня

Watching the painting was great. Listening to the talking was painful.

Yes that written piece is rubbish

Not a good title for this video. Change it.

an artist holds a brush like a pencil, watch Bob Ross...there is no control holding a brush at its end, it is ridiculous that is why it is not detailed...

@williamronne699

9 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen Bob Ross paint a portrait? Of course not, he never gained that skill, too much mineral spirits in the air maybe.

an artist holds a brush like a pencil, watch Bob Ross...there is no control holding a brush at its end, it is ridiculous that is why it is not detailed... and annoying to watch.