Hacking Your Brain to be a BETTER ARTIST
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2021
- Alla prima artist Chelsea Lang is here to show you some innovative practice advice rooted in psychology. By changing the way you think about and approach practicing, you can reinvent your approach in a way that works for you. Learn how to practice effectively and start working toward your goals, while giving yourself plenty of room to experiment.
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I have been following her art works.
Пойдёт. 😜👍
I'm going to argue that there are people who learns much more faster than others
I've been taking art seriously for 10 years now after drawing for almost my entire life, and turns out that I find a 15 year old is waaaay better than me despite the age difference and practice
This is what I think people meant by "talent" is just that some people absorb information quicker than the rest, is not that they didn't worked hard to achieve it, but they develop their skills at a faster pace
child prodigies exist in every field so not much point comparing yourself to them unless you are finding multiple 15 year olds producing 'better' art in which case it's likely that they have been learning and practicing a much more effective way than yourself
They may have started earlier and were more consistent and focused at an earlier age then you were.
think she addresses this about 3 minutes in, you can sit down and do mindless reps but without a goal in mind of course you wont gain anything
Yeah, everyone has it's paces, not every person learns as fast, but even if those fifteen year old at the end product look better, you have more knowledge on art.
you probably need to change your approach on how you learn certain concepts and skills
"hacking your brain" one step closer to the matrix
haaack the plaaaneeet
More like ghost in the shell
Couldn't be more relevant consider tomorrow's release 🤣
I hope not Matrix 4, it was awful!
Already in it
i find setting a clear goal for art practise difficult for me, i think the thing with self-taught artists is that they dont really understand what it is that they're missing in their skillset. So they're basically testing certain things that may or may not be the thing that is actually holding them back.
Getting a macro view of your learning process is probably the hardest thing for a beginner
This is where honest friends become important. I've got plenty of friends who'll look at a piece and say, 'wow, you're so good' but their opinions matter way less for me than just the one friend who'll brutally, honestly tell me what he doesn't like. Sometimes I get hurt but then I realise that he's right and work on that. I'm a self taught artist myself and it took me years to get where I am now and the greatest tool in my bag was his opinion; he's honest and wants me to continually get better, it's the greatest gift, more than I could hope for.
I agree with you.From my experience being a self taught artist, I mostly go with gut and intuition with what I feel is lacking. Though right now I have better understanding of what I'm lacking, It's always good to join a discord server or whatever that is accessible for you and ask around. Just keep in mind that, people have different views and take it with a grain of salt because some advice is a land mine.
@@whyvern6817 do you know of any discord servers that would be willing to critique my work if I joined??
Even if you were go into art, through the academic route, the same thing would apply, there’s no one syllabus that has all the perfect modules which will teach you everything, so in effect, no matter what route you take, there’s going to be a rather large aspect where you find yourself “winging it”
@@aegresen the problem with that is that art is very subjective.. most of my friends not only like but also have bought what to me looks like horrible bad art that a toddler can make that i would never spend money on.. and when i receive a compliment from them it doesn't hold much weight to it even if they are genuine. then again, if they give criticism (depends on the critique of course) it can be a similar case because.. well they don't really understand what they are talking about and dislikes can also be subjective.. so i feel like it's pretty hard to get valuable feedback sometimes
really really appreciate that you show the actual process of mixing the paint too!
As a non-artist who keeps saying “I can barely even draw stick figure” while secretly wants to learn art - Art seems like magic at time. In the video during the “process” stage, all I see are random big brush strokes with heavy paint that might look like an outline of the finished product - but then suddenly it became the finished image on the left without me realising when or how.
My brain is truly not thinking/seeing like an artist.
Squint your eyes (pretty hard) and you'll figure it out. Or even, look at the video upside down.
Sounds cliche, but you just have to practice, and do many paintings before it clicks. Realize the first few may/ will be hard and look bad, but after it gets easier and you learn from mistakes
My adviced is when you want to learn how to paint or draw just enjoy the time you have and have a clear goal in mind what you want to achieve. You can have a simple goal at first and as time goes on your goal will grow and so will your skill.
Trust the process, finish the drawing/painting even if you make a mistake "a piece is not finished until it's finished". Even if it turns out looking bad, you can learn to be able to let go of mistakes, adapting to it and ultimately learn from the mistakes.
Why wait for the "perfect time", when you can start now and become better. I certainly understand your predicament, I started about 7 months ago waiting for the right time and now Im hoping I started earlier because the time I use thinking if I could've done it or not could be used to actually *EXECUTING* it - Advice from fellow stick man gang
Watch the anime blue period
I've been digital painting for about 1.5 years (far less if we go by days when I painted) and I found channels like Chelsea Lang's that helped my skills grow exponentially from where I was before. The thing that made me get better than I was before was building a reproducible process. Then being opened to changing my process and mindset when they gave me information that I tried in a simple painting and saw better results with. When the information was to high over my head I looked for the fundamentals.
I digital paint and went from choosing colors from the color wheel to actually mixing the paint on the painting pad. The act of mixing colors opened up a floodgate of information I was missing out on when I was using the color wheel. My skills jumped so much higher after learning how to mix paint I am still playing around with color concepts (i guess they call it color theory).
This is when I realized how important knowing the fundamentals were. Now I am finding the problems in my art and tracing them back to fundamentals I ignored in the passed year and then my skills are jumping when fix/implement those changes. I don't try to implement everything at once. I keep them isolated to see the changes. Then put it together at the end.
I should say I don't undo, I don't use layers, I don't color pick. I try to keep it as close to traditional as possible for now. Later I'll go in and learn the extra stuff of digital painting.
Well written and good points. Fundamentals and not limiting the mind to a single medium is gold. Im a pixel artist for 1 year now and learning fundamentals and watching videos of digital art and traditional art is soo benefitial
Thank you for sharing, this comment was very helpful!
You should share a link to your portfolio
There was a lot of great advice in this video. Especially liked the parts about being intentional with your learning; how copying masters doesn't take away from originality because you're learning techniques; and to remember to enjoy painting and keep it playful.
One of the most challenging things I’ve ever done was copy a master drawing for the course I was taking. I thought I made a simple choice, but the deeper I looked the more complexity I saw and found myself doing mental gymnastics trying to reverse engineer it.
i have wanted to copy a masters painting for so long as i've heard of many artists doing that and suggesting others do it for practice too, but it's so intimidating! i have a hard time even choosing which one.. i can totally see how it might look easy at first and as you progress you realize the complexity of it
@@edelleaa Is there any artist that isn't worth learning from? You can't choose wrong : ) Even if it turns out horrible, you're guaranteed to pick something up.
Great painting Chelsea!
Hi coach👋
I watch ur videos dude... They just whoaaa 🔥
I used to not want to do any studies before doing a final painting. As I grew up I realized that doing studies was extremely important to work out the details, colors etc. Though sometimes a painting comes out fully realized without having to do any sketches or planning. That’s a good feeling lol
title almost turned me off, but Chelsea Lang's made me stay with her deep insight into art practices.
Me while watching this: i can definitely do this
Me in front of my canvas: hehe paint go brrr
you can do it
thank you so much. i have been in such a hole lately, feeling very insecure about my art because i had painted everyday for so many years and I felt like i couldn't achieve what the artists i loved could do. you really helped me take away that i should focus on what i love instead of trying to create a "masterpiece 'everyday". thank you for also saying that it takes hard work instead of talent... you have really brightened my day today. thank you so much
Experiencing last advice for myself and OH GOD it is strong advice. I had tried to achieve so many things with my drawings that made my drawing routine incomplete because I thought that the pieces I was making didn't worth being finished. That left me with only academic pieces that I had to finish anyway. Of course, it wasn't healthy for my art routine. I become so tired of courses, that I had dropped all of them for half a year. But in about that time I started doing my webcomics. It was fun, easy to finish and overall forgiving for imperfections. After a year of making it, I can say with full confidence: It was worth it so much!!! Having a fun time with your current skill is crucial to exploring your art confidence. Sure, my webcomics didn't make my shading skill grow much, but it gave me the power to work with more serious projects "for fun" and finally apply my academic knowledge to something that is worth to be done.
I have like seven paintings I didn’t finish because of that very reason. The idea of pushing through also makes me not want to finish them. For a long time I thought I was just uninspired & unmotivated but truth is they aren’t the kind of art I want to make. Maybe I should let loose on some canvases & make sure it’s something I really want to pursue
not even a painter but this is still pretty inspiring. i can kind of apply the same mindsets to making music.
technically still art
I have found early on in my art and crafting experience that the hardest thing do over all is when it is time to STOP and walk away...Over time and confidence you reach milestones with ..you need to give yourself the limitation and self awareness to tell yourself to find that "place" where if you continue on in that doubt ( on a personal self awareness level) you can step back and say that if you DO more on the project ,is it going to possibly make the project worse or looked overworked? Is it making the idea or message you intended to portray in a genuine intense feeling way to the person seeing it? It takes time to discover when it feel right to set down those brushes or needle or glue gun to leave it at its best stage ..Be gentle,kind and patient with yourself,it will happen!
this video is 100% good just without audio (you can watch her painting a face calmfully) and 200% good with audio and all the tipps. Great work!
This is a great painting tutorial even though the commentary is not at all a play by play of what's going on...it's almost like two videos in one...I like it!
"Go into each practice session strategically" But you see, I'm an artist and my goal is to work in a messy way all throughout my life, making the art I wanna look at, not caring about having structure. Random bursts of energy and inspiration are what shall power my way
I get that, it's your personal way of how you approach the painting process and that's great. This video, thought, is meant to give you advice on ways to grow effectively as an artist. Your way of doing things may be more personal and more expressive, probably sacrificing a bit of efficiency but that's ok, everyone has a different way of approaching art. That's what makes art so interesting.
If you watched the video at the end she says something similar to that..to a lot artists the point of art is to enjoy it, it enhances life (imo)...artists all have different goals with their art but it should always be fun or enjoyable or expressive for urself.. pointless art is just commercial, what's the point ?
@@_sumina I'd argue that commercial art is important and can be imbued with so much personal touch and iconography that it ends up having a deeper meaning, maybe even if the original intent is just to create a product.
those hands are amazing, so much practice went into that. She just slaps them down with a brush 0_0 incredible
Now this is the kind of painting I understand! Flat brushes, filberts, loose handling, idealization of color, etc. It can be kept loose or refined to a high degree of realism quite quickly without laboring over the canvas for hours on end using tiny brushes.
i'm brazilian, have been studying english, drawing and anatomy, and my principal goal is learn and can understand English better for a better benefit of these videos. Thanks, Proko team
You must think in an abstract way in order to make great art. For example thinking about the shadows before the outline or drawing all at once.
I'm not currently a painter, but this is rich universal growth advice towards any craft or artform! I'm a filmmaker, and I'm developing my third short in a series I've been working on for a few years. I've been a bit stifled, by all these thoughts and expectations... I think while my goals were starting to feel too lofty, I was also forgetting to play. So much wisdom! Thank you for guiding me back toward the tracks
Omg this speaks to my soul! Once I started taking complete, quality reference photos, the game changed completely
I think the most destructive thing you can do is compare yourself to any other artist. Outside influence can be destructive to your own growth process. I will look to any medium for inspiration but i dont want to copy someone elses style or believe that im better or worse than anyone. art is subjective and interpretive.
It's not just about talent. It's about learning the techniques to make what you imagine come true. It takes as much work as it takes vision, if not more.
“What would be fun to paint today?” Thank you for this question. OMG, she’s so pretty.
Richard Schmid’s daughter’s work is rich with her Father’s hand. Thank you for calling attention to his hand & style. He is our Family & we lived with his work our whole lives. You have succinctly described the inner self. The approach is Play. Do not critique your work.
Thank you for sharing your vision & skill set💓
Not a painter, but this applies to what I do too, lately I've found myself simplifying color, studying styles of inking and trying expressive lines for my sketches (with varied results). I've been feeling a lot more satisfied with the results since I stopped both drawing mindlessly just to "draw every day" and following tutorials step by step.
This is such an incredible video omg, it’s made me want to get back into painting so bad. Thank you so much!!!
Just when I needed it the most... IT'S HERE. Thank you so much for this!!!
A guest artist who is articulate and has a nice voice, is this a special day or something?
Thank you Proko. you have been a great help to us Artists.
I forget how much I love doing master copies in between doing them. They are often the most fun exercises because they're about learning. You know it's not going to look exactly like the thing you're copying - that's not the point! You just want to walk away with 1 or a few "ohhh that's how they did that, maybe!" and that's such a fun exploration.
yep the book OUTLIERS changed my life, I say it all the time but you said it in applicable way to art. The process of iterations with analysis and deep deep reflection on what you tried for 10,000 hours. I have challenged people to fail 1000 times in a playful way and show me the 1001 effort in anything. You will astound yourself. Trust the process.
This was such an awesome video! It’s so relieving just to hear to do master studies of the artists you love to apply that to your work and I respect that she ended the video by telling us to still make art for fun. Honestly just seems like a full proof plan to succeed. I can relate to this too. I getting super frustrated trying to draw my character and I started crying and my brother consoled me and helped me talk out my frustrations. And I still wanted to draw, so I just copied one of my favorite artists work to get rid of the stress of making something original and then I felt confident enough to start drawing my own character again
seeing your process and watching you build up on the piece is helpful in of itself
This is a game changer… I’ve been painting for about 12 years, and this changed my entire perspective
I love seeing the whole painting process, it's mesmerizing and helps me focus on what she's saying
Hi Chelsea! I know this sounds maybe a little odd or strange to say ,but I think most artists and creative people are highly intuitive ,empathetically wired people as it is ..same with musicians ...and often when I gave painted works of a master,I sometimes can tune in to the feeling and missed of the heart and emotion of the original artist from the nature of their style and actual techniques they use to produce the work itself....it is amazing how you can almost feel the passion and joy that ,say, Van Gogh felt at the time painting his "Sunflowers " for example...it is a part of humanity we all share if we remain open to it
This was so freaking cool to watch!!!
P.S. I'm the model Chelsea painted 🖌 🎨 ✨ ❤
Thanks Chelsea! A great "start" for 2022! I realized I continue to put very high expectations on myself to the point I become hesitant to start another painting. So time to take the time to practice - have fun with the practice - plan and paint what I enjoy to paint vs what others may believe is more marketable in the area. I agree that painting what we enjoy or want to paint plays a big part of success as a professional painter!
This was so fantastic. It got me out of my scared zone and move forward in my own art. Thank you so much.
I don't think I pulled more than one or two practical ideas from this. I'll probably have to watch it again to try and understand what's even being talked about in some parts of this video. To be fair though, I'm not a traditional painter nor do I even like traditional painting, so I probably won't get things coming from that view point on the first go. I think the ideas are more abstract than I'd like, which makes them less actionable to me in a practical way.
Things I took away
-consider everything before even making a mark, composition, colour scheme, lighting, techniques, materials and even brush stokes. By going in with a plan it takes out a lot of the painful guess during the painting process.
-look at others work for inspiration and reference. Not just on an “I enjoy this level” but down to all the above. Try to work out how and why that images works for you. Consider the techniques the artist has used, how they achieved them.
-constantly evaluate what new techniques you want to work on to improve. Using the above point of looking at other artists work, work out what’s inspiring or what you feel is missing from your “toolkit” Then within your next piece/pieces work on those techniques.
-If you feel burnt out from constantly trying to push yourself, stop and appreciate how far you’ve come by doing something fun/safe/comforting. Her example is using this model, but it can be anything.
Hope my 2 cents helps
@@Mochi_Demon It is really helpful to see the message of this video in a short list like manner, thanks!
From what I can understand from this video are basically learn from other artist, meaning their techniques,views and perspective when it comes to art. You would be able to connect dots and apply it to your art. The first part was from my opinion, don't do mindless reps and practice/studies with a clear goal in mind.
@@Mochi_Demon I think that does clear it up for me a bit. Much more concise. Thanks
So, I found art advice in a really strange place. In Jeffrey Epstein's Netflix documentary there's an artist who became incredible and said she put herself through artist bootcamp, literally painting nonstop and doing everything she had problems with over and over while watching info on how to get better, really on a major grind for about a year, and by the end of it she was selling her paintings for over 20k at auctions.
Did not realize this was a video about painting when I clicked on it. But I still watched it all the way through just in awe at the pure amount of skill, thoughtfulness, and her ability to break down her approach to improvement in the medium of painting. Unfortunately most of it does not apply to the kind of art I am trying to make but this still was such a great watch.
1. This video is super helpful, a lot of great takeaways
2. That painting turned out GORGEOUS, i can't stop looking at it. 12/10 would hang this in my home. Thank you for sharing your art
I find many UA-cam Artists channels are mainly to get people to sign up for courses and paid content, most channels seem to skip important details in the process of painting
This advice is rock solid 👍 having a goal sets you on a trajectory that mindless and unfocused efforts cannot
Thank you for not only sharing your process but also the valuable advice that I will remember.
Wow! This is beautiful! Thanks God for meeting you on youtube! ❤️❤️❤️
Watching your painting process was absolutely insightful, alongside the advice you talked about. Absolutely great video!
Good advice for some, but too much effort for others. By which I mean that many painters actually do have an intuitive approach, from "reinventing the wheel" from years of playing, copying, tracing, fumbling, without overthinking and planning... But maybe I'm just jaded. I have been painting since I was a child, and now, at nearly 67, I've come to realize that it isn't about the Work, it's about the Guess.
Inspiring words while watching beautiful art come together? I absolutely adore this 💕
✨🌟✨🎨🖌️Proko is a brilliant art channel. Thank you, Stan, Skelly, guest artists and Stan's staff🌟🎨🖌️
yes , the right mindset ALWAYS important
I personally don't paint (would like to try some day). I mostly sketch, but I still found this advice really helpful, thanks a lot!
Thank you not even halfway through and love what's being said. Its already helping me.
Excellent insight of something I've tried to comprehend for the longest time.
This....was actually super fucking helpful, holy crap!
What a quality cross over! I would love to see Marshall and Stan interview Chelsea, similar to how Marshall did with April Solomon.
making things waay to complicated for learning art. simplifying the explanations would help people actually want top concentrate on the explanations in the video instead of process. "treating art as play" was kinda the most useful advice in this.
Love Chelsea's approach to this discussion. Thanks for sharing it!
I'm the only one who loves the hands at 4:09 ? so silky and the color is beautiful and the texture is super interesting
Great video! I'm glad you tackled that 10,000 hour bugaboo. It's not just about repetition, it's also about quality of practice! Art is a continual learning process.
As for copying the masters, every time Picasso got stuck, he'd copy a Velasquez. He felt all the answers he needed were locked up in there.
Her voice calms my doubts and relaxes my thoughts
Liking something makes you wanna do it more. Doing it more makes you better at it. Being an artist isn't the ability to draw something exactly as it is in real life or expressing complex emotions only through surreal pictures. Being an artist may mean playing with watercolour or crayons or making things out of clay or writing or appreciating a pretty leaf and scrapbooking and many more things. Being an artist is a way of thinking and acting in every way in your life, being creative even if it's just baking cookies and making them in other shapes. It is magic and it takes effort but it has to be fun and enjoyable and make you feel like a child spilling paints on paper to see what happens. Be free, let your mind express itself
I would seriously buy this painting it’s so captivating n stunning 😍
great share @Proko. And so very well talked-through by Chelsea. I always get caught up in sketching out the line art before painting. Chelsea seems to nail it without sketching. My positive mindset wants to take me there (not needing to sketch prior), though in the mean time I guess I'll sketch 🙂
Hello proko i love the recent videos and lives but i've always enjoyed YOURE tutoriels unfortunetly its rare that we get to see them lately
Beautiful painting, thank you so much!
This is exactly what I do and it's such a non-stressful way to paint!
Watching this actually help me clear my mind and what i want to do in art. Thanks!, this motivates me
Absolutely love Chelsea, she's fantastic and her channel is awesome.
Nice painting and video. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you to Chelsea and Proko!!!! Both visual and advice are excellent.
Great advice and very enjoyable seeing the process. Yesterday I was re-creating a Georgia O'Keefe watercolor, and having so much fun and challenge doing it. I love what you said about copying masterpieces. Also so helpful to remember, we can't grow if we only practice what we're already good at. We have to practice what is hardest for us to truly get better.
Wat great talk on painting !!!! , Thanks alot Chelsea !!! I love It !!!
Watching the painting gain 'life' as you where talking was so soothing...nice video, Proko!
Fantastic video all round. The painting was beautiful to watch, and the ideas so clearly expressed. Well done.
I have been burnt out for 5 years now, this video made me excited to make art again 🙂
This painting is so good, wow!!
I actually really love this, I typically use acrylics but you work has me a bit intrigued about trying oils now..
Necesitó un vídeo así en español
Already come across your work online Chelsea - love your expressive style!
Thank you so much.
Right now I am thinking of how to transliterate this to other arts; like music where referencing is often considered ripping-off.
I loved the idea of the mock-ups to make the reference look closer to what we want our work to look like (I often struggle choosing images that have low contrast, loosing myself on the middle-light)... If we deliberately edit to make details clearer, it's like a having a clearer road map 🛣️
Such a great video, planning is so important. Thank you for everything. Painting turned out amazing
Such a beautiful work and great advice! Thank you, Chelsea!
this was incredibly valuable, as someone who's trying to grow as an artist on their own, thank you!!
Very helpful and inspiring to hear you talk about these processes and approaches. I love your idea of a personalised Pinterest Board which you look at before painting. I have been accumulating many Pinterest watercolour paintings, but I hadn't thought if using them in the way you mentioned. It's definitely worth trying. First step, make the right selection that interests me and that covers the type techniques I want to work on.
There are great insights in this video, and those take-aways at the end were key for me: ask yourself what will be fun to paint today as well as what exercises will make you a better painter. That's exactly the tip I needed to hear right now, thank you so much. Happy New Year to you.
This was beautiful! Wonderful to watch and very sound advice!
i´m pretty sure that i won´t be starting to paint. i just got seriously injured a month ago i all i want to see is nice and inspiring people. So... Muchas gracias
Beautifully done. Her voice sounds just like Robin Sealark as she describes her process.
You might want to explain how you not only add paint but often remove paint to adjust your drawing etc.
Thank you for sharing your perspektive. It helped me to see making art in a new and wholesome way.
Thakn you. I loved it. You have style!...dont stop.
I’m not a painter but her technique and approach make painting seem approachable for anyone. My ¢2
Beautifully said