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I am the same, finally starting again after family. At 70! But it seems harder to 'get out there', to be seen! It´s like young people are so many and have so many options. Friends all over the internet. Some galleries don´t even want to take old people in shows... don´t know why.
Goood! Me too! After 30+ years teaching and raising kids... it time to work on my dream. 🎨 I’ve done a few paintings and a lot of decorating and furniture finishing over the years, but now it’s all about the drawing hours and the learning digital art (they didn’t have that when I was on the Ark. lol)
74 here. I showed work when in college. I didn't want to be an artist for hire. I don't do well when doing what other people want me to do. Life took me in another direction--and I don't regret that. Now I have the time. I've got a lot of supplies built up. Most importantly, I have no pressure to make a living from it. Just please myself and see where it goes. The pandemic has really helped by narrowing my focus. It's also limited my space and that has had some surprising benefits. It's very different painting at this age. It's a shame that isn't honored. All the life experience brought to the table ...
@@pac2840 We can be the change, to speak for respect for elders/ wisdom/ experience. I understand that some other cultures value elders more than in the USA, which is known to value youth, physical appearance, etc. But on the other hand, if you look closely into many art shows, and even series like Art 21 by PBS, you will see that there are many elderly artists that are put forth. All artists can have their audience, and no artist will appeal to all audiences as another factor to consider. Older artists can be an inspiration even more than younger, to people who need inspiration. And they may have learned more, to have a deeper wisdom to share, since art is all about public communications. Blessings.
Your style is simply the result of all the choices you have made as an artist over time. There is no shortcut to this process that is authentic and sustainable. So just work. Keep what you like, and discard the rest. Look at your work critically to determine this. Each new work is a new opportunity to explore
I agree, but when you say "discard the rest", I must strongly disagree. I would encourage everyone to keep every single tiny piece of art we create as it may be useful in the future. We must love even that which fills you with shame and embarassment.
truly thank you! journeys! these events that occur in our timeline can be places of great content. I lost my art in a depression for a while and to express the joy and loss. I made nearsighted art as troubled creations. creative flow is the journey.
I put down the paints,sketch pads,etc...about 40 yrs ago.Kids,jobs,priorities.... Now at 57 I have picked up my acrylic paints again and am loving and appreciating it more than I did then. Your tutorials are a great help with working on needed skills and learning so much.Thank you.
That's so amazing, we're glad you picked them back up again! Hopefully you'll be making some work again soon :) If you liked this video, you might also enjoy this portrait tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/m3LvvB1EKKk/v-deo.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I love your channel, your critiques, descriptions and honesty. Appreciate the diverse artist you include. So refreshing. Looking forward to watching your other videos.
Same for me. 30 + years of life but no art. Now, in my 50s, I started again. I have found the same thing, I am more patient, and I'm more attentive to my art. My style is developing, but the trip getting there is SO REWRDING! I'm not sure if I want a particular style.
00:03 Developing your own art style is a natural evolution over time. 02:19 Artists evolve their styles over time 07:02 Art styles can be varied but not too repetitive or monotonous. 09:16 Finding a unique style amidst endless organic forms and nature themes. 13:34 Young artists worry about feeling limited in their artistic style 15:41 Success in art styles leads to imitation 19:33 Artistic influence is unpredictable and perpetual. 21:28 Art should outlast everybody 25:17 Painting technique and contemporary themes in art 27:03 Mark Tansy's unique art style and use of symbolism in paintings 30:47 Different art styles can have a lasting impact and relevance. 32:41 David Lettle Beauvitz is an amazing chef and influencer 36:08 Making old stories accessible to people through simple language 38:02 Different art styles and materials 41:53 Discover your art style by trying different materials and compositions 43:41 Different artists discussed their preferred art styles and techniques 47:25 Embrace the process and try everything to find your art style. 49:15 Explore different art styles to find your own 52:47 Encouraging children to try new foods 54:39 Addressing influences in art creation 58:23 Master copy is helpful for dissecting a painting 1:00:11 Transition from one-off pieces to targeted art series 1:04:06 Finding the rhythm that works for you is important 1:05:56 Transitioning from sparse, graphic style to luscious black and shading 1:09:47 The project 'Falling' is emotionally charged and focused on the artist's personal experience with depression. 1:11:38 Realized wanted a photo, not sculptures 1:15:21 Artists may struggle with unpredictable content for subscribers 1:17:14 Tutorial on art styles and experimentation 1:21:03 Teaching art provides artistic freedom 1:22:50 Exploring different art styles and artists' work.
When I was 17, I wanted to apply to RISD, but I didn’t have the confidence to put together my portfolio and apply. In 2018, I reclaimed the person that I wanted to become and started creating again. I’m so grateful I found this channel!
RISD have long had a strong reputation for being among the best art schools in the US. However, hearing Clara's story about not getting a tenured position due to being Asian, and many other racistic problems with that place, perhaps it is not worthwhile going to that school anyway. May I recommend a more inexpensive state university that offers the exact same educational quality - yet more affordable and with more decent values on etnicity. I went to Washington State University in Pullman, WA and that was absolutely excellent.
I use to do in my youth detail art, fine detail. Then my hands and eyes deteriorated and have discover the freedom to be relaxed and let go of pressure, change is discovery!
I want to thank you at Art Prof for your work. I'm enrolled in a post-grad art research program and it has been very confusing. I'm autistic and my research project is related to autism but my professor doesn't seem to get that I need exemples and extra explanations to understand even what the program itself entails. I'm extremely passionate about arts and I was somewhat happy with my work so far (I'm still at the beginning of my career and I see my technical flaws, but I'm having fun), but interacting only a handful of times with this professor made me feel so inadequate and incompetent. It's artists like you at Art Prof who make content online with clear explanations who really help me stay focused and want to work harder 🧡 Thank you!
You are so welcome, we are beyond excited to share in your love of art and help along the way. If you'd like to chat more, consider joining our discord! Creative people everywhere are always having lovely convos like this about all things art :) artprof.org/community/join-us-on-discord/ - Mia, Art Prof Staff
I think you are so talented and don’t need one style. You can do anything well! Because you’re a teacher, you’ve needed to learn various mediums, techniques, and you will continue to grow forever.
I just want to say that not having an art style is my art style. I know it sounds funny but I really enjoy that the way I draw is constantly changing and its pretty exciting how you wake up one day a find out another way to draw. I'm actually happy with this and don't pressure myself to always draw equally.
Your commenter who said that customers would love all the work of a single artist regardless of its look meant there's s sensibility of the artist that can be seen in each piece that is the artist's, hard to articulate but she called it a feeling I think. Loved this video, thank you so much 💖
Your advice is what my heart tells me. I'll have to ignore what my teacher is currently telling me about finding a style and setting it down. Thank you for these videos. They really do help. I'm a middle-aged woman finally taking time for myself to learn and grow. Artist is the first thing I ever wanted to be.
Absolutely! It is so important to let yourself work through a million different varieties & figure it out as you go, don't be pressured at all. It'll just make you miserable! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Thank goodness I found your channel. I’m a self-taught artist since 2016 and still evolving up until now. You’re right. Developing one style takes practice.
Those tissue pieces are so beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’m really inspired by how you really used the medium to heighten your subject matter (I read themes of fragility, aging, deteriorating...). I’m find myself also getting hung up on trying to perfect my technique and foundations before I can even pursue a subject/topic, which in the end burns me out and I don’t even get to touch the subject matter. So, thank you for the advice! I’m relatively new to Art Prof, but I’m really enjoying all the videos I’ve seen so far. Thank you and team for doing these videos!
Thanks for watching! Yes, it's really common for many people to think they have to be "ready" to pursue a subject, but there's really no such thing. I encourage my students to tackle technique with subject at the same time, it's tougher at first, but when you get used to it, it ends up feeling very natural. If you like the tissue paper pieces, this playlist has videos of my drawing process making those: ua-cam.com/video/X0_nOQGdj5Y/v-deo.html -Prof Lieu
Ive been through the system such as yourself.one thing i distinctly remember is, "do not compare yourself to others" or there is no freedom or joy. Please do not keep beating yourself up about your art, you are one of the best draughts men (person) ive cone across. ❤
LOVE you guys, thanks for being FREE...you are the best. I've felt so disconnected from my art, and from my environment. You always teach what we need to know.
I think a way to speed things up is to do active "aesthetic exploration" (on everything visual art, music, story, people, feelings...). Once you find what resonnate with you and can groupe things that give you similar feeling and put word on it you'll have way more tool to express yourself & gravitate toward what means the most to you.
Professor Lieu, million thanks for this video. I am just getting ready to put together my first website so I can show and sell my creations. BUT, my style and products are vast different and all over the place. I was worried and struggling to decide which style I should be showing. But now, after listening to you. I have NO FEAR now. I shall show ALL my work even the early studies. Because it’s all ME. Hahaha.
Based on the younger artists I know this strikes me as an excellent topic. 'Find' seems like the correct verb; do lots of work and let your style emerge.Being that I'm late to art (65) and my day job is a career, I don't have to sell any work.I just need to identify the theme(s) that are important to me and execute them in the mediums that work. Three years in and I'm working in carving, art glass, and oil painting.
Thanks for your support! It's so wonderful that you’ve decided to find a passion for art. You’re working in a great range of art media as well. Take care and continue creating! - Marc Stier, Art Prof Staff
I think those artists who are made to teach end up being all over the place while also having a cohesive body of work simultaneously...and I think this gives them a better advantage to helping a variety of students. I really found your retrospective very valuable! Thank you so much for an authentic.share!!!
As a young artist in high school it seems like finding a style is a given and that being academically high in technical skill is highly sought after. For me, at least, style comes as the small quirks of the person making art, the cadence of their marks and the combined active and passive choices of the artistic process.
Realism is sought after in high school, but it’s the opposite in the art world. This video might help: ua-cam.com/video/zVAkdgRe8QE/v-deo.html -Prof Lieu
Ive been painting all my life, and I always knew I wanted to express myself in paint. But it wasn't until my early 50's that my style finally emerged, ten years later I'd honed that initial idea into a method and look that I am happy to work with. It's been a painful process, and not for the faint of heart. Maybe some people aren't prepared to wait that long, but if you don't give up a look will arrive, and it will take you by surprise.
Just wait till your my age 66 and like photos of youth, you will go back in your memory and finally love the art works of your youth. It brings back time and knowledge you forgot.
I enjoyed this session. What I understand is your style is very much like your fingerprint. The more you do the fingerprint will happen. And we evolve and grow. So the style of today will change the more you work and experiment. I also find my style does change somewhat from acrylic to watercolour and to scratchboard. Partly because each medium has it's own technique. But then, when it's together, there is still that feel of the same person that touched the work.
That's a beautiful sentiment! Style definitely works that way. It's something so original and unique that it flows out of the artist no matter what medium they work in :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Note on Hirschfeld, he always put his daughter’s name ”Nina” in each of his paintings. He would sign his art with a number, letting the viewer and his daughter know how many times he used her name in the work.
lol I'm 55 and there's til too many mediums I'd like to tyr to ever have a style yet. Mainly I love textiles but I'll just as quickly sculpt or paint a subject or mix as many things as possible together. just adore what you do and keep going.
I am glad I found this channel. I have drawn off and on my whole life but would stop for a while and then come back and then stop. I didn't even consider that Art school could be a thing. i have a Graphic Design degree and a Web & Digital Design degree and all I want to do is draw lol I really regret not being able to just pursue that after graduating high school but many reasons for that. Now as a 39 year old with a stable design job - I am tryin got focus on creating a consistent practice to build my skills and TRY to not worry about finding a style or being "too old" ( i know this is not true) and slow down and enjoy the process.....it''s just really hard lol Enjoyed this video!
Thank you for this video! I change my medium about every ten years and I keep waiting (I'll be 54 in two weeks) for my art experiences to finally come together so I can see what kind of soup I've been making! I have a BFA in graphic design, fell in love with print making my last semester of college never had access to a press again. Got married, raised three kids and during that time spent a decade as an art quilter, and hit a decade as a professional photographer and now I am looking for my next ingredient. I took a Surface Pattern Design course this spring and have been plagued by "finding my style" and found your video today. Your words are encouraging and I hope I can keep searching and not quit - a daily temptation! Thank you Clara!
Love to hear about all of your art transformations over the years! Surface Pattern Design is such a cool field, it just takes time to see how you fit with the medium! -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
I actually like your emotionally charged work about depression the best. It's the most powerful and personal of your work. I actually like your MFA installation a lot. I love working on large oil paintings and the physicality of it. I find the water and waiting work kind of generic
Just found this channel and absolutely love it! At 58, for the first time since high school, I’m trying to develop my artistic self. Trying many mediums but get like I need to develop my drawing skills so I can creat what’s in my head. And then, I love simplistic styles in my home (like charcoal) but I love painting in a bright palette. And I feel if I jump around to much, I don’t progress much in anything. Oh the challenge….
Welcome to the Art Prof family! :) You might find some of our free tracks helpful for focusing and progressing: Drawing: artprof.org/learn/tracks/drawing-basics-track/ Painting: artprof.org/learn/tracks/painting-basics-track/ Good luck! -Lauryn, Art. Prof Teaching Artist
What a great topic to talk about. Love the intro, such a simple but hard but answer about finding your style. I feel like I have a style (which kinda feels like a crutch now) but maybe its about finding era's in our works and journeys as artworks rather than a style, but i would tottally agree that your style isn't expected to change in a month or too. Cheers for the detail and excited to join the community online.
Thank you so much for this video! I work in the entertainment industry and sometimes a lot of our styles can end up looking samey (we are constrained by a very tight deadline unfortunately...) so looking at all the different styles from a variety of artists that you introduced in this video is so refreshing! :)
You're so welcome! Even if styles can be similar, I love seeing how each artist makes it their own :) We're so glad you liked the video! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
l agree with tackling content along with all other basics. I also agree with trying to copy old master's to learn real difficulty, how deep you most go to understanding how to get there. I copied many Winslow Homer master works until I could create his extremely emotional brush strokes. Then I copied Hopper to learn about shadow and light. I see so many beginners fail at abstract because they didn't take the time to learn the basic tools of the masters before using unconventional tools to make unique marks and shapes. It always reminds me of someone trying to restore a piece of furniture or automobile without 1st going through the proper preparation steps. In anything you try to learn, there is this bit about teaching the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve learns from both mistakes and accomplishment. Therefore, no need to feel good or bad about failure or accomplishment. Just keep working , working, working, and allow the vagus nerve to do the rest for you. Once you start allowing those emotional thoughts get in the way, you are taking away from your vagus nerve learning. I am dumfounded to why all instructors of art, sports, music, don't teach about he vagus nerve. (getting out of your own way)
I think that as a selfmade artist I developed the way of applying acrilic on canvas and particular strokes of brushes and the way of mixing colors and developing my paintings, which brings me as a result to painting pretty recognized works.
I don't have a style but my best work is acrylic paintings. I do feel the pressure to find a style but the excitement to try doing something new always beats me. So, what I'm doing now to push myself a bit is that when I do a painting I like, I will try to make 2 more that are similar. I feel that this teaches me the discipline to eventually, someday, have an exhibition with work that is somewhat consistent.
Style: yes, you have a style. Monochromatic. Eeery. Sculptural. The theme of the body in transition, and action and dynamic processes of the body and how the body is the vehicle for our emotions. I can see a style here. For sure. And, your still life has the look of a body and form. Bread, the flesh, it is kind of iconic and spooky and somehow evokes the impermanence and that the foods are on the edge of decay or transition. All of your work has this ethereal other worldliness
This is the best video I have ever seen your right because my artist mine is always changing. I had an experience where I lost my early art. I rented a space where I stored my art, one day I didn't have the money to pay the rent and I lost all my art at first I was devastated but later I thought that maybe it was for my own good because now my mind is evolving I even lost all my pictures of my early art so I had to start all over, things happen for a reason. I just have to stop being afraid to move forward and just do what's coming out of my mind. Thank you. I do have a style.😊
Your style is mostly determined by what you like. I like certain colors more than others. I like sharply defined foreground with blurred backgrounds. I like more dramatic colors rather than subdued, even though I honor the beauty of it. Also, it is determined by your choices of technique, media and what you avoid. Altogether, it is the beginning of a style. Then, you exaggerate it. Then, it is a distinct style.
I am a recent subscriber so you probably wont see this but I needed to say it anyway. I have never had an artist say what I wanted to hear so much. I started my art journey ten years ago at 60. I was always told as a child that I couldn't be an artist as I couldn't draw. I know n is ow that isn't true as its a learned skill-which I now have. I try everything and do so many styles. I don't want to limit myself to one style at all. i get bored very easily so love art so much as there is always more to learn. I now teach as well which is a blast. I was a teacher in high school and university in other things most of my life. Art is the best thing and has saved my sanity. Thank you for your viewpoint. I have been binge watching your videos this week. Many more to see.
took me about 2 and a half years to find my style what helped me was to look into what i was inclined towards when i was a child, that was nature and landscapes so today i make a style that resembles topography
i love the tangents on different artists/mediums/etc. it makes these videos very engaging especially as a burnt out high school senior !! love your content
The subject matter and the approach to that subject are completely consistant!!! And REALLY interesting!!! So, yeh, you have a style! And it's really good!!! And unique!!!
My wife and I saw some of El Anatsui’s work at the Tate Modern in March 2019. It is quite impressive when seen from a distance and fascinating to see the detail up close.
Enjoyed this so much! Loved seeing all your work Clara. I'm taking your advice and trying as many different mediums possible..also, over the christmas holidays while we are traveling, i am challenging myself to just draw from life!
I’m only just watching this on last day of 2023. Thank You. I have no style. I love so many styles and artists. You gave me some hope, I have been really wondering if I ever will decide on a particular style. Thank You ❤
I just started art/ watercolor and it was mentioned to me that I "need to find my style" 🙃 Heck, I'm still trying to figure out the very BASICS 😅 Retired now and love learning, playing, and the challenge of watercolor painting👍
Thank you so much for ALL of the amazing content you are sharing. It’s all inspirational and like being back in uni again. I am in South West Wales, UK. Please keep these wonderful tutorials coming. You are a great tutor Professor Clara Lieu.
Thank you so much! I'm having a lot of trouble trying to develop my art style and it's a blessing your video appeared for me 🙏 it gave me a lot of good food for thoughts
I'm new to art and I have been trying as many media as I can. I was actually feeling a bit bad about it, but now that I hear you recommend it I feel great, thank you!
You are totally on the right track! It's important to explore a ton of different avenues so you can find what you love the most :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Thank you for sharing this thoughtful video, Professor! Several of your examples were from artists to whom I'd never been exposed. I don't feel the need to have a particular style, though I know many people are comfortable when they have one, or their favorite artists have one. I am not a professional artist, but I enjoy painting with acrylics, gouache, and watercolors. I also make fabric and book art. To pick just one or two of those to concentrate on, might bring me grief. Others thrive in that way. In one of my groups, I see artists who create in a 'series', and I can understand making a several similar pieces, but , to me, there comes a time when you've washed enough squirrels (a Montessori reference). Artists are different from one another, which makes it all so interesting!
I have been told by many people that I have a recognizable style though I really don't see it myself. I don't work at having a style and just paint whatever interests me so I don't stick to a certain subject.
self taught only 2 years ago ....I love all art !!!!! i started out woodburning on coffee tables Which led me to paintings,paint poring abstract art,Changed my life!!!! I think i like painting my ladies best but cant my niche be art? Im so passionate about all of it,i never know what im going to come up with.....lol
I normally don't gush over youtubes but I just want to thank you. I feel like you are setting the standard for online art ed. And the pace of your delivery and word choices are perfect for my EL students. Thank you so much.
Just an excellent lesson . I am very new at finding my art let alone my style . I just go at it everyday and enjoy myself mostly . But I’m recognizing that the better I get the more pressure input in myself . So I just try to calm down and remind myself that I have been doing this for a year. I also don’t think about my art like it’s a way to be seen?? I am just proud of myself for sticking with it, working hard and releasing my art energy that’s been stored up for 56 years 🤣 anyway ..I give myself grace and as you say it will take years to evolve and I’m being patient ..I’m ranting now . It will evolve . As long as I enjoy looking at it and someone else enjoys it … then it’s art. Style will come .
I watch a lot of art videos, but this has to be one of the best I've ever seen. What a great collection of images, and thoughts about style etc., and loads of recommendations to follow up. Can't wait to visit your Art Prof site and find out more! I can really identify with you when you say you always want to be trying something new, and don't want to stick to just one thing - I am this way too. I think I get this from my dad who could have been a professional musician, but he said the reason he remained an amateur was that if he had become professional, he would have had to concentrate on a single instrument, but as it was, he played many different instruments (90 percent woodwind) and had the most tremendous fun all his life, playing in amateur orchestras, chamber music etc. He was also a gifted amateur engineer, and a superb professional ophthalmologist. With my art I have been creative across the board for many years (I am now 70) and have just begun a year-long online drawing course and amazing myself that I can actually DO this! Always pushing the boundaries, thinking outside the box... I've never thought I had a "style" as I am far too ecclectic but if anything, I suppose I love using unusual (non-art) materials, recycled junk etc. I really am not anxious to develop a style that I am known for. I'm an amateur creative person who just enjoys creating and I really couldn't give a hoot what people think or say about what I make, or I don't have a style or whatever. My only problem is that being so butterfly-brained about my art, my studio is full of UFOs (UnFinished Objects). Occupational hazard!!
@@artprof You are welcome, and very many thanks for taking the trouble to reply when you must be so busy. Really appreciate it. I've visited your website and discovered a wealth of brilliant material to dive into! It's going to give me hours of pleasure. You and your team are a real asset to the art world and so generous as well, with all the free material, and so much fun too - you always seem to have a good laugh about things which is refreshing in a world where everyone takes everything (and themselves) far too seriously!
You are one of the very few who name it, and say it like it is, without BS. Thank you. However, what does a person do who is older, and does not have a second life to develop a style over years?
Another great video! This has really helped me. Back in 2018, I stopped doing commercial photography and have been exploring drawing and painting. It has not been easy, rediscovering myself and finding my “style”. 1:14, yes...I think you have a consistent and distinctive style. You are very talented! Love all your pieces.
I think you do have a style! Those black and white portraits and figures are quite recognizable. And by the way, your watercolor technique is also great
Thank you for more excellent content - this is so very interesting. I must admit, I never thought very much about developing a style. I just prefer to work on things I'm passionate about and let style sort itself out naturally. I don't think I have a style but it doesn't worry me really.
My style is strongly influenced by materials, mood, and how much time I have. I know it's mine because I did it, and I have my own unique blend of things I find interesting enough to work to finish, and my own emphasis building into it. I experiment a lot and challenge myself, but I also have my comfort zone of fun stuff to make.
Thanks for sharing!! That's a wonderful way to produce artwork, you never want to force yourself but it's always good to tackle new things :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I recognize easily the feeling you talk about - not having a style but that people say I have one. I am very attracted to organic movements in humans, animals, nature and all kinds of phenomena like sounds in nature, rhythms, light, Music, but also the feeling of words, etc - this to me point toward a vital interest in the feeling of life or even aliveness as a felt sense - and to express it both as a recognisable phenomena of some kind or purely abstract - and because of this interest my art might be pretty varied ... and yet have a style
You've put this into words so beautifully-- I feel the same way. I think recognizing a style within your own are is more difficult than finding it in someone else's :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
That's such a real strain on a lot of artists! It can be really stressful to maintain a style when you want to explore the art world in all its entirety :( - Mia, Art Prof Staff
I love your honesty. I believe people can learn to paint and draw but real artists have a gift and not all people can have a style or gift. Just like dancer and actors some have the gift others do not. A lot of young people that want to have an original style will end up getting frustrated. So you can learn to paint and draw but this desire to be a great artist is not necessary. As you can become a teacher. And so many artists do copy today and just cannot get a style. Maybe they are not meant to. Van Gogh died not selling a painter.
It's true, there's a lot of pressure on coming up with your own style, but we're always influenced by what we see around us, and that will have an effect on our work. You might also like this video on whether drawing is a talent or a skill: ua-cam.com/video/Uz3TD0kBfec/v-deo.html -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
Thank you for sharing this. I know the video is already a little bit older, but its just what I needed. I see myself as a little creative chameleon and get easily bored with one medium. I'm like a kid in the toy store and I want to play with everything!
I can’t believe we have the same bookshelves. I have never met anybody who knows Pat Keck. She used to show at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln ma I always looked forward to her shows. All her pieces are kinetic. The are truly amazing in person.
I'm put off when artists copy other artists because it is apparent they did not develop their own style. Of course, I do think we can be influenced by other artists subconsciously, and there may be a trend like the impressionists or cubism, however, most of these persons developed their own style within that movement. In this regard I think of, Mark Ryden, and how so many copied his style. It does take years to develop one's own authentic style, and it changes over time as we grow. Great video, thanks.
Yes, it's a hard line to walk too because often artists need to try out a bunch of different styles and emulating others to find bits and pieces of that way of working that speak to them. -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
The watercolour of the bread still life looks amazing. I also like the monochromatic figure work you did. Thank you for exposing me to different artists and ways of achieving different results. I don't feel I've found my style yet - although vibrant colour and fluid lines would be part of it.
“I don’t want to sacrifice any creative possibilities because I’m worried about how it’s going to look on social media” This really stuck out to me. I was working in social media and got burnt out. After a three year hiatus, I returned with all new accounts and had to figure out a better way to interact with the platforms because I feel like there’s too much pressure to be a brand and not a person.
Of course you have a style, may you feel you don't, because you work in different media, you work is so strong and gutsy, no matter what you use to acheive the final art work. There are so many and challenging art ideas to explore, I can't imagine beign stuck with a limited scope, doing the same thing over and over. I feel your style carries through in the different periods of your art growth, love your artwork, very powerful and inspirational.
Yes-- I think you can tell if something was made by the same hand, even if the "style" changes throughout time. It's beautiful to me! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
I love to work in many different mediums and I think my "style" changes with each and I don't want a style!!! But when in illustration school I was told I had to work in one medium AND develope a style. Since I'd gone back to college at 42 that whole concept was daunting as I'd already been doing art my whole life!!! If I had a recognizable "style" it would have been established by then.
I think it's really frustrating when you're put under pressure to "develop a style" in school. I feel like it just doesn't happen like that! -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
I was 1st taught still life in soft pastel. I mostly do oil abstract and oil landscape today. The bouncing back and forth from landscape to abstract keeps me sane or getting too critical in my work. But if I were to do either a still or portrait, I would go for the unique softness of the pastel. For the beginner painter to learn how colors work with each other, I would advise to work in soft pastel for a full year, mostly still life before tackling portrait.
I recently spoke to a 5th grader who was worried about not yet having her own style. A lot of social media encourages young artists to follow a consistent, trendy style. I know that was I was stuck in the same style for a few years as a young artist. It really stunted my growth as an artist.
Finding a style can be so frustrating, you're right. And there is so much pressure from social media to find a "trendy" style, too! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Wonderful content 👏🏾👏 I loved it. And I love your work. It was so interesting to see the development of your work and style over time. Your students are very fortunate to have you as their instructor. Keep up the good work 💪🏾👍🏾👊🏾
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After taking care of family, at the age of sixty seven, I want to draw, draw, paint, and paint! Your videos are such a big help to me!
Wonderful!
I am the same, finally starting again after family. At 70! But it seems harder to 'get out there', to be seen! It´s like young people are so many and have so many options. Friends all over the internet. Some galleries don´t even want to take old people in shows... don´t know why.
Goood! Me too! After 30+ years teaching and raising kids... it time to work on my dream. 🎨 I’ve done a few paintings and a lot of decorating and furniture finishing over the years, but now it’s all about the drawing hours and the learning digital art (they didn’t have that when I was on the Ark. lol)
74 here. I showed work when in college. I didn't want to be an artist for hire. I don't do well when doing what other people want me to do. Life took me in another direction--and I don't regret that. Now I have the time. I've got a lot of supplies built up. Most importantly, I have no pressure to make a living from it. Just please myself and see where it goes. The pandemic has really helped by narrowing my focus. It's also limited my space and that has had some surprising benefits. It's very different painting at this age. It's a shame that isn't honored. All the life experience brought to the table ...
@@pac2840 We can be the change, to speak for respect for elders/ wisdom/ experience. I understand that some other cultures value elders more than in the USA, which is known to value youth, physical appearance, etc. But on the other hand, if you look closely into many art shows, and even series like Art 21 by PBS, you will see that there are many elderly artists that are put forth. All artists can have their audience, and no artist will appeal to all audiences as another factor to consider. Older artists can be an inspiration even more than younger, to people who need inspiration. And they may have learned more, to have a deeper wisdom to share, since art is all about public communications. Blessings.
Your style is simply the result of all the choices you have made as an artist over time. There is no shortcut to this process that is authentic and sustainable. So just work. Keep what you like, and discard the rest. Look at your work critically to determine this. Each new work is a new opportunity to explore
Your right, I'm finding out the colors I really like.
I agree, but when you say "discard the rest", I must strongly disagree. I would encourage everyone to keep every single tiny piece of art we create as it may be useful in the future. We must love even that which fills you with shame and embarassment.
@@my88110I understand your point of view, and largely agree. But avoid being a hoarder
I am binging all of these videos. Everything I wish I had heard as a young art student back in 2006.
Me too
Heck, yeah!
I’ve been binge watching too. I never learned all this at Art college in London back in the late 1970’s
You guys were the best discover on this quarantine. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! -Prof Lieu
truly thank you! journeys! these events that occur in our timeline can be places of great content. I lost my art in a depression for a while and to express the joy and loss. I made nearsighted art as troubled creations. creative flow is the journey.
I put down the paints,sketch pads,etc...about 40 yrs ago.Kids,jobs,priorities.... Now at 57 I have picked up my acrylic paints again and am loving and appreciating it more than I did then. Your tutorials are a great help with working on needed skills and learning so much.Thank you.
That's so amazing, we're glad you picked them back up again! Hopefully you'll be making some work again soon :) If you liked this video, you might also enjoy this portrait tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/m3LvvB1EKKk/v-deo.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I restarted after 27 years. ❤
I love your channel, your critiques, descriptions and honesty. Appreciate the diverse artist you include. So refreshing. Looking forward to watching your other videos.
Me too. 77 years young🎉
Same for me.
30 + years of life but no art.
Now, in my 50s, I started again. I have found the same thing, I am more patient, and I'm more attentive to my art.
My style is developing, but the trip getting there is SO REWRDING!
I'm not sure if I want a particular style.
00:03 Developing your own art style is a natural evolution over time.
02:19 Artists evolve their styles over time
07:02 Art styles can be varied but not too repetitive or monotonous.
09:16 Finding a unique style amidst endless organic forms and nature themes.
13:34 Young artists worry about feeling limited in their artistic style
15:41 Success in art styles leads to imitation
19:33 Artistic influence is unpredictable and perpetual.
21:28 Art should outlast everybody
25:17 Painting technique and contemporary themes in art
27:03 Mark Tansy's unique art style and use of symbolism in paintings
30:47 Different art styles can have a lasting impact and relevance.
32:41 David Lettle Beauvitz is an amazing chef and influencer
36:08 Making old stories accessible to people through simple language
38:02 Different art styles and materials
41:53 Discover your art style by trying different materials and compositions
43:41 Different artists discussed their preferred art styles and techniques
47:25 Embrace the process and try everything to find your art style.
49:15 Explore different art styles to find your own
52:47 Encouraging children to try new foods
54:39 Addressing influences in art creation
58:23 Master copy is helpful for dissecting a painting
1:00:11 Transition from one-off pieces to targeted art series
1:04:06 Finding the rhythm that works for you is important
1:05:56 Transitioning from sparse, graphic style to luscious black and shading
1:09:47 The project 'Falling' is emotionally charged and focused on the artist's personal experience with depression.
1:11:38 Realized wanted a photo, not sculptures
1:15:21 Artists may struggle with unpredictable content for subscribers
1:17:14 Tutorial on art styles and experimentation
1:21:03 Teaching art provides artistic freedom
1:22:50 Exploring different art styles and artists' work.
Thanks for making timestamps! ❤️ -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
When I was 17, I wanted to apply to RISD, but I didn’t have the confidence to put together my portfolio and apply. In 2018, I reclaimed the person that I wanted to become and started creating again. I’m so grateful I found this channel!
YESS!!!! We are so happy to hear that! We are rooting for you tenfold! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
RISD have long had a strong reputation for being among the best art schools in the US. However, hearing Clara's story about not getting a tenured position due to being Asian, and many other racistic problems with that place, perhaps it is not worthwhile going to that school anyway.
May I recommend a more inexpensive state university that offers the exact same educational quality - yet more affordable and with more decent values on etnicity. I went to Washington State University in Pullman, WA and that was absolutely excellent.
Check Mary Pratt
I use to do in my youth detail art, fine detail. Then my hands and eyes deteriorated and have discover the freedom to be relaxed and let go of pressure, change is discovery!
cutting loose really opens up so many avenues in a piece!!
I want to thank you at Art Prof for your work. I'm enrolled in a post-grad art research program and it has been very confusing. I'm autistic and my research project is related to autism but my professor doesn't seem to get that I need exemples and extra explanations to understand even what the program itself entails. I'm extremely passionate about arts and I was somewhat happy with my work so far (I'm still at the beginning of my career and I see my technical flaws, but I'm having fun), but interacting only a handful of times with this professor made me feel so inadequate and incompetent. It's artists like you at Art Prof who make content online with clear explanations who really help me stay focused and want to work harder 🧡 Thank you!
You are so welcome, we are beyond excited to share in your love of art and help along the way. If you'd like to chat more, consider joining our discord! Creative people everywhere are always having lovely convos like this about all things art :) artprof.org/community/join-us-on-discord/ - Mia, Art Prof Staff
I think you are so talented and don’t need one style. You can do anything well! Because you’re a teacher, you’ve needed to learn various mediums, techniques, and you will continue to grow forever.
Thank you so much!! -Prof Lieu
I just want to say that not having an art style is my art style. I know it sounds funny but I really enjoy that the way I draw is constantly changing and its pretty exciting how you wake up one day a find out another way to draw. I'm actually happy with this and don't pressure myself to always draw equally.
Well said! We're glad you're so confident in your work, that's a really valuable trait an artist can have :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Your commenter who said that customers would love all the work of a single artist regardless of its look meant there's s sensibility of the artist that can be seen in each piece that is the artist's, hard to articulate but she called it a feeling I think. Loved this video, thank you so much 💖
Your advice is what my heart tells me. I'll have to ignore what my teacher is currently telling me about finding a style and setting it down. Thank you for these videos. They really do help. I'm a middle-aged woman finally taking time for myself to learn and grow. Artist is the first thing I ever wanted to be.
Absolutely! It is so important to let yourself work through a million different varieties & figure it out as you go, don't be pressured at all. It'll just make you miserable! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Thank goodness I found your channel.
I’m a self-taught artist since 2016 and still evolving up until now.
You’re right. Developing one style takes practice.
Waiting to develop a style is like watching paint dry...except it takes EVEN LONGER. 😂 -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
An artist once said: "Your style evolves by itself". I find that to be true.
That's a wonderful quote! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Thank you .. I’ll enjoy the the process till it evolves :)
Those tissue pieces are so beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’m really inspired by how you really used the medium to heighten your subject matter (I read themes of fragility, aging, deteriorating...).
I’m find myself also getting hung up on trying to perfect my technique and foundations before I can even pursue a subject/topic, which in the end burns me out and I don’t even get to touch the subject matter. So, thank you for the advice!
I’m relatively new to Art Prof, but I’m really enjoying all the videos I’ve seen so far. Thank you and team for doing these videos!
Thanks for watching! Yes, it's really common for many people to think they have to be "ready" to pursue a subject, but there's really no such thing. I encourage my students to tackle technique with subject at the same time, it's tougher at first, but when you get used to it, it ends up feeling very natural. If you like the tissue paper pieces, this playlist has videos of my drawing process making those: ua-cam.com/video/X0_nOQGdj5Y/v-deo.html -Prof Lieu
Ive been through the system such as yourself.one thing i distinctly remember is, "do not compare yourself to others" or there is no freedom or joy. Please do not keep beating yourself up about your art, you are one of the best draughts men (person) ive cone across. ❤
LOVE you guys, thanks for being FREE...you are the best. I've felt so disconnected from my art, and from my environment. You always teach what we need to know.
Wonderful!
We are all evolving (1) & (2) Who cares what other people think. Art is for the artist and it's GREAT to see how a person evolves their art
I think a way to speed things up is to do active "aesthetic exploration" (on everything visual art, music, story, people, feelings...). Once you find what resonnate with you and can groupe things that give you similar feeling and put word on it you'll have way more tool to express yourself & gravitate toward what means the most to you.
I feel like there's a theme of calm, quietness, and solitude through all your work
Professor Lieu, million thanks for this video. I am just getting ready to put together my first website so I can show and sell my creations. BUT, my style and products are vast different and all over the place. I was worried and struggling to decide which style I should be showing. But now, after listening to you. I have NO FEAR now. I shall show ALL my work even the early studies. Because it’s all ME. Hahaha.
I'm so glad I can give you a positive push! -Prof Lieu
@@artprof million thanks for your reply.
Based on the younger artists I know this strikes me as an excellent topic. 'Find' seems like the correct verb; do lots of work and let your style emerge.Being that I'm late to art (65) and my day job is a career, I don't have to sell any work.I just need to identify the theme(s) that are important to me and execute them in the mediums that work. Three years in and I'm working in carving, art glass, and oil painting.
Thanks for your support! It's so wonderful that you’ve decided to find a passion for art. You’re working in a great range of art media as well. Take care and continue creating! - Marc Stier, Art Prof Staff
I think those artists who are made to teach end up being all over the place while also having a cohesive body of work simultaneously...and I think this gives them a better advantage to helping a variety of students. I really found your retrospective very valuable! Thank you so much for an authentic.share!!!
As a young artist in high school it seems like finding a style is a given and that being academically high in technical skill is highly sought after. For me, at least, style comes as the small quirks of the person making art, the cadence of their marks and the combined active and passive choices of the artistic process.
Realism is sought after in high school, but it’s the opposite in the art world. This video might help: ua-cam.com/video/zVAkdgRe8QE/v-deo.html -Prof Lieu
Ive been painting all my life, and I always knew I wanted to express myself in paint. But it wasn't until my early 50's that my style finally emerged, ten years later I'd honed that initial idea into a method and look that I am happy to work with. It's been a painful process, and not for the faint of heart. Maybe some people aren't prepared to wait that long, but if you don't give up a look will arrive, and it will take you by surprise.
Things always find you when you least expect them, like an art style! Thanks so much for this lovely comment :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff
It doesn't matter if you have a style, I love your work.
Just wait till your my age 66 and like photos of youth, you will go back in your memory and finally love the art works of your youth. It brings back time and knowledge you forgot.
I love this so much. -Prof Lieu
I enjoyed this session. What I understand is your style is very much like your fingerprint. The more you do the fingerprint will happen. And we evolve and grow. So the style of today will change the more you work and experiment. I also find my style does change somewhat from acrylic to watercolour and to scratchboard. Partly because each medium has it's own technique. But then, when it's together, there is still that feel of the same person that touched the work.
That's a beautiful sentiment! Style definitely works that way. It's something so original and unique that it flows out of the artist no matter what medium they work in :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Note on Hirschfeld, he always put his daughter’s name ”Nina” in each of his paintings. He would sign his art with a number, letting the viewer and his daughter know how many times he used her name in the work.
lol I'm 55 and there's til too many mediums I'd like to tyr to ever have a style yet. Mainly I love textiles but I'll just as quickly sculpt or paint a subject or mix as many things as possible together. just adore what you do and keep going.
I am glad I found this channel. I have drawn off and on my whole life but would stop for a while and then come back and then stop. I didn't even consider that Art school could be a thing. i have a Graphic Design degree and a Web & Digital Design degree and all I want to do is draw lol I really regret not being able to just pursue that after graduating high school but many reasons for that. Now as a 39 year old with a stable design job - I am tryin got focus on creating a consistent practice to build my skills and TRY to not worry about finding a style or being "too old" ( i know this is not true) and slow down and enjoy the process.....it''s just really hard lol Enjoyed this video!
Thank you for this video! I change my medium about every ten years and I keep waiting (I'll be 54 in two weeks) for my art experiences to finally come together so I can see what kind of soup I've been making! I have a BFA in graphic design, fell in love with print making my last semester of college never had access to a press again. Got married, raised three kids and during that time spent a decade as an art quilter, and hit a decade as a professional photographer and now I am looking for my next ingredient. I took a Surface Pattern Design course this spring and have been plagued by "finding my style" and found your video today. Your words are encouraging and I hope I can keep searching and not quit - a daily temptation! Thank you Clara!
Love to hear about all of your art transformations over the years! Surface Pattern Design is such a cool field, it just takes time to see how you fit with the medium! -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
I actually like your emotionally charged work about depression the best. It's the most powerful and personal of your work. I actually like your MFA installation a lot. I love working on large oil paintings and the physicality of it. I find the water and waiting work kind of generic
I love that series too! It's so emotive and raw. Thanks for watching :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I am a big fan of El Anatsui too! I think he should be better known worldwide, his stuff is amazing on so many levels!
Just found this channel and absolutely love it! At 58, for the first time since high school, I’m trying to develop my artistic self. Trying many mediums but get like I need to develop my drawing skills so I can creat what’s in my head. And then, I love simplistic styles in my home (like charcoal) but I love painting in a bright palette. And I feel if I jump around to much, I don’t progress much in anything. Oh the challenge….
Welcome to the Art Prof family! :) You might find some of our free tracks helpful for focusing and progressing:
Drawing: artprof.org/learn/tracks/drawing-basics-track/
Painting: artprof.org/learn/tracks/painting-basics-track/
Good luck! -Lauryn, Art. Prof Teaching Artist
What a great topic to talk about. Love the intro, such a simple but hard but answer about finding your style. I feel like I have a style (which kinda feels like a crutch now) but maybe its about finding era's in our works and journeys as artworks rather than a style, but i would tottally agree that your style isn't expected to change in a month or too. Cheers for the detail and excited to join the community online.
Thank you so much for this video! I work in the entertainment industry and sometimes a lot of our styles can end up looking samey (we are constrained by a very tight deadline unfortunately...) so looking at all the different styles from a variety of artists that you introduced in this video is so refreshing! :)
You're so welcome! Even if styles can be similar, I love seeing how each artist makes it their own :) We're so glad you liked the video! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
l agree with tackling content along with all other basics. I also agree with trying to copy old master's to learn real difficulty, how deep you most go to understanding how to get there. I copied many Winslow Homer master works until I could create his extremely emotional brush strokes. Then I copied Hopper to learn about shadow and light. I see so many beginners fail at abstract because they didn't take the time to learn the basic tools of the masters before using unconventional tools to make unique marks and shapes. It always reminds me of someone trying to restore a piece of furniture or automobile without 1st going through the proper preparation steps.
In anything you try to learn, there is this bit about teaching the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve learns from both mistakes and accomplishment. Therefore, no need to feel good or bad about failure or accomplishment. Just keep working , working, working, and allow the vagus nerve to do the rest for you. Once you start allowing those emotional thoughts get in the way, you are taking away from your vagus nerve learning. I am dumfounded to why all instructors of art, sports, music, don't teach about he vagus nerve. (getting out of your own way)
I think that as a selfmade artist I developed the way of applying acrilic on canvas and particular strokes of brushes and the way of mixing colors and developing my paintings, which brings me as a result to painting pretty recognized works.
I don't have a style but my best work is acrylic paintings. I do feel the pressure to find a style but the excitement to try doing something new always beats me. So, what I'm doing now to push myself a bit is that when I do a painting I like, I will try to make 2 more that are similar. I feel that this teaches me the discipline to eventually, someday, have an exhibition with work that is somewhat consistent.
Style: yes, you have a style. Monochromatic. Eeery. Sculptural. The theme of the body in transition, and action and dynamic processes of the body and how the body is the vehicle for our emotions. I can see a style here. For sure. And, your still life has the look of a body and form. Bread, the flesh, it is kind of iconic and spooky and somehow evokes the impermanence and that the foods are on the edge of decay or transition. All of your work has this ethereal other worldliness
wow tysm for this lovely description, now I can see it! -Prof Lieu
This is the best video I have ever seen your right because my artist mine is always changing. I had an experience where I lost my early art. I rented a space where I stored my art, one day I didn't have the money to pay the rent and I lost all my art at first I was devastated but later I thought that maybe it was for my own good because now my mind is evolving I even lost all my pictures of my early art so I had to start all over, things happen for a reason. I just have to stop being afraid to move forward and just do what's coming out of my mind. Thank you. I do have a style.😊
Good for your spirit. Yes, things happened for a reason. Great way to handle a great loss. I admire you. Congratulations. Good luck.
Your style is mostly determined by what you like. I like certain colors more than others. I like sharply defined foreground with blurred backgrounds. I like more dramatic colors rather than subdued, even though I honor the beauty of it. Also, it is determined by your choices of technique, media and what you avoid. Altogether, it is the beginning of a style. Then, you exaggerate it. Then, it is a distinct style.
I am a recent subscriber so you probably wont see this but I needed to say it anyway. I have never had an artist say what I wanted to hear so much. I started my art journey ten years ago at 60. I was always told as a child that I couldn't be an artist as I couldn't draw. I know n is ow that isn't true as its a learned skill-which I now have. I try everything and do so many styles. I don't want to limit myself to one style at all. i get bored very easily so love art so much as there is always more to learn. I now teach as well which is a blast. I was a teacher in high school and university in other things most of my life. Art is the best thing and has saved my sanity. Thank you for your viewpoint. I have been binge watching your videos this week. Many more to see.
Tysm for sharing your story with us!! ❤️ -Prof Lieu
took me about 2 and a half years to find my style what helped me was to look into what i was inclined towards when i was a child, that was nature and landscapes so today i make a style that resembles topography
i love the tangents on different artists/mediums/etc. it makes these videos very engaging especially as a burnt out high school senior !! love your content
Glad you enjoy it! Good luck with the rest of high school-- you got this! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
The subject matter and the approach to that subject are completely consistant!!! And REALLY interesting!!! So, yeh, you have a style! And it's really good!!! And unique!!!
My wife and I saw some of El Anatsui’s work at the Tate Modern in March 2019. It is quite impressive when seen from a distance and fascinating to see the detail up close.
That's wonderful, I would love to see pieces like that in real life! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Thank you for being free and so helpful! Ive been practicing every day thanks to your video :)Gives me lots of motivation during lock down
You're so welcome! We're so happy you've been drawing along with us :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Enjoyed this so much! Loved seeing all your work Clara. I'm taking your advice and trying as many different mediums possible..also, over the christmas holidays while we are traveling, i am challenging myself to just draw from life!
Thanks Tammy! That's a great challenge to give yourself, I'm sure you're going to learn a lot! -Prof Lieu
I’m only just watching this on last day of 2023. Thank You. I have no style. I love so many styles and artists. You gave me some hope, I have been really wondering if I ever will decide on a particular style. Thank You ❤
You are so welcome! -Prof Lieu
Great content Clara. Creating different series are helping me.
that bread and butter painting is so good! every time I see it I can't stop looking!
awwww thank you so much! -Prof Lieu
I just started art/ watercolor and it was mentioned to me that I "need to find my style" 🙃 Heck, I'm still trying to figure out the very BASICS 😅 Retired now and love learning, playing, and the challenge of watercolor painting👍
That is awesome! -Prof Lieu
Thank you so much for ALL of the amazing content you are sharing. It’s all inspirational and like being back in uni again. I am in South West Wales, UK. Please keep these wonderful tutorials coming. You are a great tutor Professor Clara Lieu.
Thank you so much for being part of the Art Prof family!! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Thank you so much! I'm having a lot of trouble trying to develop my art style and it's a blessing your video appeared for me 🙏 it gave me a lot of good food for thoughts
I'm new to art and I have been trying as many media as I can. I was actually feeling a bit bad about it, but now that I hear you recommend it I feel great, thank you!
You are totally on the right track! It's important to explore a ton of different avenues so you can find what you love the most :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff
@@artprof Thank you
Love the comment about the end game for an artist. We know them by their end not the process of getting to the end.
Thank you for sharing this thoughtful video, Professor! Several of your examples were from artists to whom I'd never been exposed. I don't feel the need to have a particular style, though I know many people are comfortable when they have one, or their favorite artists have one. I am not a professional artist, but I enjoy painting with acrylics, gouache, and watercolors. I also make fabric and book art. To pick just one or two of those to concentrate on, might bring me grief. Others thrive in that way. In one of my groups, I see artists who create in a 'series', and I can understand making a several similar pieces, but , to me, there comes a time when you've washed enough squirrels (a Montessori reference).
Artists are different from one another, which makes it all so interesting!
I have been told by many people that I have a recognizable style though I really don't see it myself. I don't work at having a style and just paint whatever interests me so I don't stick to a certain subject.
self taught only 2 years ago ....I love all art !!!!! i started out woodburning on coffee tables Which led me to paintings,paint poring abstract art,Changed my life!!!! I think i like painting my ladies best but cant my niche be art? Im so passionate about all of it,i never know what im going to come up with.....lol
I normally don't gush over youtubes but I just want to thank you. I feel like you are setting the standard for online art ed. And the pace of your delivery and word choices are perfect for my EL students. Thank you so much.
I'm so glad our content is a good fit for your students! -Prof Lieu
Your videos are so helpful, interesting and informative and i love to listen while in the studio! thank you!!
Thanks! I love that you listen to us in the studio! -Prof Lieu
Just an excellent lesson . I am very new at finding my art let alone my style . I just go at it everyday and enjoy myself mostly . But I’m recognizing that the better I get the more pressure input in myself . So I just try to calm down and remind myself that I have been doing this for a year. I also don’t think about my art like it’s a way to be seen?? I am just proud of myself for sticking with it, working hard and releasing my art energy that’s been stored up for 56 years 🤣 anyway ..I give myself grace and as you say it will take years to evolve and I’m being patient ..I’m ranting now . It will evolve . As long as I enjoy looking at it and someone else enjoys it … then it’s art. Style will come .
Absolutely, you have such a beautiful way of putting it! Style will find the artist, in the end :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I watch a lot of art videos, but this has to be one of the best I've ever seen. What a great collection of images, and thoughts about style etc., and loads of recommendations to follow up. Can't wait to visit your Art Prof site and find out more!
I can really identify with you when you say you always want to be trying something new, and don't want to stick to just one thing - I am this way too. I think I get this from my dad who could have been a professional musician, but he said the reason he remained an amateur was that if he had become professional, he would have had to concentrate on a single instrument, but as it was, he played many different instruments (90 percent woodwind) and had the most tremendous fun all his life, playing in amateur orchestras, chamber music etc. He was also a gifted amateur engineer, and a superb professional ophthalmologist.
With my art I have been creative across the board for many years (I am now 70) and have just begun a year-long online drawing course and amazing myself that I can actually DO this! Always pushing the boundaries, thinking outside the box... I've never thought I had a "style" as I am far too ecclectic but if anything, I suppose I love using unusual (non-art) materials, recycled junk etc. I really am not anxious to develop a style that I am known for. I'm an amateur creative person who just enjoys creating and I really couldn't give a hoot what people think or say about what I make, or I don't have a style or whatever. My only problem is that being so butterfly-brained about my art, my studio is full of UFOs (UnFinished Objects). Occupational hazard!!
Tysm for your kind words and wonderful thoughts! So appreciate you sharing. -Prof Lieu
@@artprof You are welcome, and very many thanks for taking the trouble to reply when you must be so busy. Really appreciate it. I've visited your website and discovered a wealth of brilliant material to dive into! It's going to give me hours of pleasure. You and your team are a real asset to the art world and so generous as well, with all the free material, and so much fun too - you always seem to have a good laugh about things which is refreshing in a world where everyone takes everything (and themselves) far too seriously!
This topic is gold. I'm been asking this question ever since I started painting. Thank you for the insight and guidance.
You are one of the very few who name it, and say it like it is, without BS. Thank you. However, what does a person do who is older, and does not have a second life to develop a style over years?
Another great video! This has really helped me. Back in 2018, I stopped doing commercial photography and have been exploring drawing and painting. It has not been easy, rediscovering myself and finding my “style”. 1:14, yes...I think you have a consistent and distinctive style. You are very talented! Love all your pieces.
That's fantastic-- it's always amazing to rediscover what you are truly passionate about :) Thanks for watching! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I think you do have a style! Those black and white portraits and figures are quite recognizable. And by the way, your watercolor technique is also great
Thank you for more excellent content - this is so very interesting. I must admit, I never thought very much about developing a style. I just prefer to work on things I'm passionate about and let style sort itself out naturally. I don't think I have a style but it doesn't worry me really.
You're very welcome! I agree-- style has a way of finding itself through years of practice :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff
My style is strongly influenced by materials, mood, and how much time I have. I know it's mine because I did it, and I have my own unique blend of things I find interesting enough to work to finish, and my own emphasis building into it. I experiment a lot and challenge myself, but I also have my comfort zone of fun stuff to make.
Thanks for sharing!! That's a wonderful way to produce artwork, you never want to force yourself but it's always good to tackle new things :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Thanks!
Thank you so much Robert!!! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Yes, I can see you voice throughout your work.
I am not sure! I just got my portfolio out of storage. I look forward to taking a look at my body of work over time.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Wonderful channel.
I recognize easily the feeling you talk about - not having a style but that people say I have one. I am very attracted to organic movements in humans, animals, nature and all kinds of phenomena like sounds in nature, rhythms, light, Music, but also the feeling of words, etc - this to me point toward a vital interest in the feeling of life or even aliveness as a felt sense - and to express it both as a recognisable phenomena of some kind or purely abstract - and because of this interest my art might be pretty varied ... and yet have a style
You've put this into words so beautifully-- I feel the same way. I think recognizing a style within your own are is more difficult than finding it in someone else's :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I'm feeling very comforted. My teacher this term is all about picking a style. That's hard for me. I love so much art.
That's such a real strain on a lot of artists! It can be really stressful to maintain a style when you want to explore the art world in all its entirety :( - Mia, Art Prof Staff
I love your honesty. I believe people can learn to paint and draw but real artists have a gift and not all people can have a style or gift. Just like dancer and actors some have the gift others do not. A lot of young people that want to have an original style will end up getting frustrated. So you can learn to paint and draw but this desire to be a great artist is not necessary. As you can become a teacher. And so many artists do copy today and just cannot get a style. Maybe they are not meant to. Van Gogh died not selling a painter.
It's true, there's a lot of pressure on coming up with your own style, but we're always influenced by what we see around us, and that will have an effect on our work. You might also like this video on whether drawing is a talent or a skill: ua-cam.com/video/Uz3TD0kBfec/v-deo.html -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
Thank you for sharing this. I know the video is already a little bit older, but its just what I needed. I see myself as a little creative chameleon and get easily bored with one medium. I'm like a kid in the toy store and I want to play with everything!
I am the exact same way, I really cannot stick with just one medium! -Prof Lieu
I can’t believe we have the same bookshelves. I have never met anybody who knows Pat Keck. She used to show at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln ma I always looked forward to her shows. All her pieces are kinetic. The are truly amazing in person.
That's amazing! Yes, we've mentioned Pat Keck's puppets and automatons in a few streams! -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
Wow
So glad i found your channel.
Was a gifted child but have never found a style which really bothers m r
I found this yesterday, & I love it!
Seek & Ye Shall Find!!!!
I'm put off when artists copy other artists because it is apparent they did not develop their own style. Of course, I do think we can be influenced by other artists subconsciously, and there may be a trend like the impressionists or cubism, however, most of these persons developed their own style within that movement. In this regard I think of, Mark Ryden, and how so many copied his style. It does take years to develop one's own authentic style, and it changes over time as we grow. Great video, thanks.
Yes, it's a hard line to walk too because often artists need to try out a bunch of different styles and emulating others to find bits and pieces of that way of working that speak to them. -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
The watercolour of the bread still life looks amazing. I also like the monochromatic figure work you did. Thank you for exposing me to different artists and ways of achieving different results. I don't feel I've found my style yet - although vibrant colour and fluid lines would be part of it.
Glad you enjoyed it! -Prof Lieu
Thank you for talking about this topic!
You are so welcome! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Oh wow! I just found the RISD store. My favorite art supply store.
I love the RISD store! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
“I don’t want to sacrifice any creative possibilities because I’m worried about how it’s going to look on social media”
This really stuck out to me. I was working in social media and got burnt out. After a three year hiatus, I returned with all new accounts and had to figure out a better way to interact with the platforms because I feel like there’s too much pressure to be a brand and not a person.
It's so wild how quickly you can burn out through social media! I am feeling that very hard these days :( - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Of course you have a style, may you feel you don't, because you work in different media, you work is so strong and gutsy, no matter what you use to acheive the final art work. There are so many and challenging art ideas to explore, I can't imagine beign stuck with a limited scope, doing the same thing over and over. I feel your style carries through in the different periods of your art growth, love your artwork, very powerful and inspirational.
Yes-- I think you can tell if something was made by the same hand, even if the "style" changes throughout time. It's beautiful to me! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
I love your contents so much! Thank you for making them.
Thanks for watching! -Prof Lieu
I love to work in many different mediums and I think my "style" changes with each and I don't want a style!!! But when in illustration school I was told I had to work in one medium AND develope a style. Since I'd gone back to college at 42 that whole concept was daunting as I'd already been doing art my whole life!!! If I had a recognizable "style" it would have been established by then.
I think it's really frustrating when you're put under pressure to "develop a style" in school. I feel like it just doesn't happen like that! -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
Thank you, Professor Lieu, for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience with me through Art Prof.
We're so happy you enjoy our content, we're so lucky you're part of the Art Prof family! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Your piece’s dealing with the older woman on tissue paper is really exquisite
You have great energy and enthusiasm- love your work! Im very glad I've found you!!
I was 1st taught still life in soft pastel. I mostly do oil abstract and oil landscape today. The bouncing back and forth from landscape to abstract keeps me sane or getting too critical in my work. But if I were to do either a still or portrait, I would go for the unique softness of the pastel. For the beginner painter to learn how colors work with each other, I would advise to work in soft pastel for a full year, mostly still life before tackling portrait.
I recently spoke to a 5th grader who was worried about not yet having her own style. A lot of social media encourages young artists to follow a consistent, trendy style. I know that was I was stuck in the same style for a few years as a young artist. It really stunted my growth as an artist.
Finding a style can be so frustrating, you're right. And there is so much pressure from social media to find a "trendy" style, too! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I do love your watercolor piece with a butter and the crusty bread that’s really nice
I love that piece too! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Wonderful content 👏🏾👏 I loved it. And I love your work. It was so interesting to see the development of your work and style over time. Your students are very fortunate to have you as their instructor. Keep up the good work 💪🏾👍🏾👊🏾
Glad you enjoyed it! That means a lot to us :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Prof Lieu is my bias
Just finding your videos and loving them. Thank you so much for sharing. Much appreciated.
We're so glad you like them! Thank you so much for watching along with us :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff