I dropped out of college to pursue art | Sketchbook Sunday #55
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Painting a quick sunny grassy forest sketch while sharing my story of dropping out of college and leaving my job to pursue an art career.
My artist story: • How I became a self em...
Why I didn't go to art school:
• Did I go to art school...
I am an artist residing in sunny, warm [humid] florida! My paintings are heavily inspired by nature and its beauty. I work primarily in oil paint, and sometimes watercolor. I prefer to work in a mostly realistic style and occasionally experiment outside of that. I post oil painting time lapses, painting lessons and tutorials, drawings, art tips, and occasionally artist vlogs where I share bits of my life as an artist. Creating art is my greatest passion and I'm thankful for the chance to share it with you. ♥
☾ My Links:
⋆ Patreon - I post real-time oil painting videos with voiceover of my oil painting techniques and process for several realistic paintings, royalty free art references of my own photography for you to use, postcards, q&a podcast, and more!: / lenadanya
⋆ Art Store- Original paintings and fine art prints available: lenadanyastore.com
⋆ Instagram - works in progress, my art studio, and many more: / lenadanya
⋆ Facebook - my official facebook art page: / lenadanyapage
⋆ Tumblr: / lenadanya
Art Playlists of my channel and art videos:
Oil painting time lapse / Speed painting:
• ♡ Art Timelapses ♡
Water Series | oil painting time lapses of my realistic, figurative, portrait paintings involving realistic water: • ♡ Water Series ♡
⋆ Sketchbook Sunday | Casual series where I paint and draw sketches in my moleskine sketchbook while and chatting with you about artist life and many topics of that nature:
• Playlist
⋆Learn to paint - Art help, oil painting tips, oil painting basics tutorials for beginners:
• Oil Painting Basics | ...
⋆Lena's Art Diary | Vlog series where I share some of my life as an artist. Traveling, adventures, art museums, art galleries, nature, follow me around, lifestyle:
• ♡ Lena's Art Diary ♡
Music:
Amarante - Clairvoyance (Instrumental)
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amarantemusic.com
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Bravery, it's an artist trait for sure ♡
Your work is beautiful!
I needed to hear that. I'm an artist who has a full-time job at the moment and I often have days where I feel like a failure but no, you're completely right, I'm just being responsible. It's one of those things that's so simple you think I would have realized that by now but there you go. I don't have to feel bad about not doing art full-time at the moment. Thanks Lena!
I understand what you mean I work full-time and do art but it's fustrating bc there's days you want to do art but don't have the time
@@tysonsilvers4903 I get you completely! Sometimes you have to give up social time and doing chores around the house to MAKE time. At this point, I truly feel like I'm working two full-time jobs! Only one is a labor of love. Hopefully one day people will help me make it my main focus ♡
I went to Community College briefly before dropping out. Art degrees are so expensive!! There's a University in Orlando that many of my art friends went to and most of them regret going. In the day and age where you can bootstrap your business with minimal expenses and have a ton of free resources online to learn pretty much anything and everything, I just don't think the student loans are worth it. It took me about 3 years to finally get more consistency of income with my own business with no degree after I dropped out. Interestingly this year I made almost the same income as I would've had I stayed in school and got a job as an elementary teacher. Thank you for sharing your story as always these Sketchbook Sundays are wonderful!
If you're talking about full sail it's a scam if you're talking about ucf it's just not good and full of crazy druggies
4:19 Happy D. fans, where u at
Thank you for sharing your experiences, for once again. ❤️
Yesss! 👏👏
I actually just quit my job this year to pursue an art carrier as an oil painter and so far i am so happy that i did that but kinda scared of failing. Your videos are such a great help for me so thank you so much.
Good luck!! You’re so brave I’m proud
@sleepy Eevee oh hey thanks a lot it's @mohamed_fahdi_artist
@@icecreamcloud3372 thanks a lot
@@drunkond5888 catching you on insta bro
Some people don't realize, that working on the business is not the same as working in the business. My biz took a little over two years to become stable.
Could you talk about art criticism online? How do you handle the toxic people and how do you tell them apart from the people who are genuinely trying to help? You seem to have found a balance with this so any advice in this regard would be helpful. Love your vibes and love your art!
i work two full tome jobs! what helps me keep going are those times i get to sit at starbucks and actually work on my art! i do not always have time to draw and when i do i get really happy!
Love your art and sketchbook Sunday’s. One day I hope to own one of your pieces for my home. They go so fast on your art store. :/Thank you for posting and painting.
thank you :] I will have new pieces available next month!
Good video. I just started oil painting -- as a hobby. Your videos are very helpful and your work is very inspiring!
Amazing Painting. It is so beautiful forest.
I love the maturity from which you speak in here.
Even tho I am a fine arts student and i am looking for a job while hoping to start my own artist career soon. I still think I will not drop out college since I consider it a key to my learning process in art.
I miss so much this videos! Sketchbook Sundays with oils !!
I really love your painting and talks about life... I love painting. It's my pleasure
Your honesty is so reassuring. Thank you!
Is that other art friend Happy D artist? It sounds like a story I heard from her.
i was aboutta comment the exact same thing lmao. I'm sure it is her since they're good friends :)
Happy didn't have an art degree, she worked in computers
@@jacquelinem382 I never said she did, the whole point is that she didn't lol. She had a computer science degree.
I think you are a inspiration to everyone & thank-you so much!
You’re such an inspiration. Thank you for inspiring those and myself to get back into doing art. I’m so in love with art. Always wanted an art studio for myself to just paint and relax as I go. Hope to have this one day in my very own place. Keep it up! I enjoy every moment of your videos. I hope that others after me who views these videos will have the same feelings as me or even better! ♥️:D
Love your idea for using oil in a sketch book...gesso first. I have used card stock, but then you have loose papers to organize. Makes so much sense. Love your spontaneity and freshness in your work.
Browsing through a few of your vids at the moment. I love watching these little world's being created. I would love to be in the woods you painted. Absolutely stunning
I love your story and I would like to pursue art but I am always not confident I could live off it but I know I love it the most 🥰
Another excellent video Lena; As Mark Twain said "I never let schooling interfere with my education". You have approached your art career with a great deal of thought and determination and it has paid off;
Slow and steady wins the race; I think more people would be successful if they followed your path;
There is nothing wrong with making money and having nice things, but so many people are just "keeping up with the Joneses" for no other reason than that; Then, they wind up buried in debt with nothing to show for it.
The "ideology" in art is a real problem too; When I watch your videos, they are so original and beautiful; I think paining "what you want to paint" makes all the difference
(John Singer Sargent did his best work when he stopped doing portrait commissions and just "did his own thing" - he still did portraits but they way HE wanted to do them).
If you take a painting you have done to 10 artists, each one will "beat the work to death" until there is nothing left!
It seems they will tell you "you are doing it all wrong" but now I will show you how to do it correctly (MY way).
Once again, you and your work are very inspiring!
BTW: Your tutorial videos are VERY helpful!
Just a quick question on this video : what type of sketchbook do you use for acrylic/oil painting (weight and quality?) :)
You are an inspiration for me!!
Thanks for sharing your story i work at a backroom inventory stocker person and I started art about 2 months after I started that job and im almost to 5yrs for both I did take two art classes and haven't really continueed after a year but I do feel like I've learned art my way through books online notes my personal experience exc. And I feel like I learned more with that than in classes.
I wish I dropped out of art college to pursue art.
I would love to even be able to go to an art school to begin with -_-
Love your videos 🙌🏾 Lena! I’m so happy I found your page a few years ago it’s been so helpful and inspiring while I’m on my art journey... I want to start my own UA-cam as well & I’m hoping to be a full time artist one day !
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Great work as usual all the way from South Africa. What you say is true. I've had many similar experiences and still trying to make things work out. Hopefully one day my art will be as good as yours. I think persistence is a key factor in any job field not only art. I actually couldn't draw. I was only good at molding and had to learn to draw. But I saw that I could mix colors really well and got a bursary into art school. Which I graduated and know I am struggling for work but I am trying really hard to make things work out
You mix paints so well 😭 It's a weird thing to notice but it's so satisfying!
I would love to do art for a living
Hi Lena...your art work is amazing..I hope to buy one of your beautiful paintings for my home soon..love from India♥️
Lena you are such an inspiration! Honestly whenever I watch one of your videos I just want to deep dive into my work regardless of motivation or anything else XD you’re amazing. I’m currently looking for a part time job because I am in debt 😂 I was an idiot and decided to go to photography school cause I was insecure about art since I’m nowhere near expert level. So I just thought it was this unattainable dream that I could never have and settled for the second thing I liked and could maybe turn into a career. But the further I got into the classes the more I realized I was slowly losing my motivation because I was never really THAT passionate about it. Sooo I dropped out and decided to start trying to get better in art. Hopefully one day I can be at least half as good as you :)
Honestly I don’t care about becoming rich or anything like that. I just want to be able to somewhat make it and be able to do what I love full time
I quit my job as an engineer as the stress/anxiety just piled up. I'm using art as meditative tool now, and to also do something other than gaming ':) I would like to do art as a career but I'm 27 now and cant go back to college/university.
so amazing and beautiful one.❤️😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Wow nice 👍👍👍
I have followed you since Phil de franco gave you a shoutout... always knew you were gonna make it and live of art
One thing that is true is if you believe in your self and what you are doing you can make it work. I read about some people with just grade 3 in school. Enough to read write and do math. They would teach them selves as they go. And some even went on to become millionaires. Because they believed that life is what you make of it. And you can learn as you go it takes determination to build a nation.
Waooo.. it's really amazing
Nice advice!
Loved the insights here. Thank you 🙏🏼
Lena Danya is my inspiration, she is amazing !!
I'm almost 50 and after 25 years of painting folk art, I still can't make a living. Actually the last year has been very bad as far as sales. I won't give up but have accepted that maybe I'm just not ever going to make a living from it.
Any field is a tough proposition any more; Don't feel badly about your art work; I think the only way to "make it" nowadays is through alternate revenue streams; Investing is one way; making money through labor is a very difficult proposition (even when you work for yourself).
I hope the art you produce gives you a sense of enjoyment and accomplishment.
@@dchurch2012 yes, I do at least get enjoyment out of it. I do wish I had more time to paint like I used to. It's a major stress release for me and I just love to create. I have a contract with a licensing agency and sites like art.com have my prints but royalties are a joke and stuff isn't selling. Maybe it'll pick up.
@@susanc.houghtondogandfolka3163 Uggh...frustrating; The problem with selling or marketing anything I suppose, is the radical impossibility of predicting endless fads; Even if you find a market for a particular type and style of art/crafts/jewelry, etc., it is a "moving target"; A thing may be popular for awhile, then tastes change, and you are back to square one (and these are the "successful" examples). I love to paint for the same reason; the feelings you get from creating something that you are 100 percent committed to.
I'll definitely check out your work on art.com (and I started following you here on youtube)
We all definitely need encouragement for our art!
Wooww so cool☺👍
Beautiful art work 👌👌❤
I have to learn more work from you 😊
I watch your every videos video they are quite amazing 🔥🔥
How long does it take for the oil paint to dry in the moleskine? Love your work x
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Nice video! For a future Sketchbook Sunday, I'd be interested in hearing about artists you are inspired by and future goals/aspirations of things you'd like to create with your art. :)
Heck you gott have some dough to buy them nice art supplies. I spend a king's ransom at hobby lobby hahaha. I've gotten to the place now selling my work to fund supplies and old vintage frames
Inspiring
Thank you 😘
Beautiful as always ❤️
Saludos desde Chile !!❤
Looooove! Also, early squad!
yay!
@@LenaDanya youre videos are always so amazing, you've fully inspired me to start recording my art again and do inktober! Thank you for being amazing and sharing your talent with the world! Xx
Hii, from Brazil...!!
Beautiful 😍
I’m curious why is your palette colors along the outside like that are they just dry paint you’re not using I was just wondering and sorry if that’s confusing I tried to figure it out myself but idk
She cleaned a large area on the palette to mix colors but left the area around the edges for the paint straight from the tube from previous paintings which is be used to mix new colors for the current work. It's just a quick, easy way to make space to mix and keep the paints you've squeezed out already without cleaning the entire palette every time and wasting paint. Oils stay usuable for a long time so no immediate worry about them drying out.
Beautiful krasovo ochen' !!! I from russia. I don't know english. Ahyenno!!😍😍😍😍
The dislikes are the strict teachers that are jealous of you
Μπράβο! Υπέροχο!!
I want to pursue architecture or film director but my father wont be supportig me and stuff here are really expensive so i dont know what to do
Can you show us how you edit your videos and which software you have? Thanks a bunch!
What is this you put before you paint? I'm brazilian and I love your videos ❤️
but my problem is i'm not even skilled to get another job and do art as a side thing. and my art is still on the learning phase. have not reached a professional or sale-able level yet. so should i invest time in learning other skills that will bring money or ....idk at this point really. basically i'm venting here. i just turned 25 this year so the anxiety only keeps getting worse.
ps; i do know how to do some things. like writing in english even tho it's not native language and translation and stuff. also mobile photography, some typography but i'm not moderately good enough in anything to generate income. just the basic newby level at most things.
Nice
Hi lena..thank you for your video..
May i know what sketchbook you are using?
Which brushes do you use ?
Your videos are awesome
Love from india
Where is the best place or way to buy Gamblin oil paints?
Dud you watch Katie jobling tutorial? I saw that one on her channel. 💞
Where can I learn oil painting?
👍👍👍👍👍😮😍💕🌹Wow,
Why don’t you just get a painting sketchbook 😂
Because it's her preference not to
I dropped out of collage to pursue nothing 😁
Hi lena..thank you for your video..
May i know what sketchbook you are using?