It’s Not Too Late to Start Making Art!

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024

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  • @JMulvy
    @JMulvy 5 місяців тому +69

    There are so many examples of great artists that didn't start until their golden years. So rather than list them I will just tell you what it taught me. "If you are still breathing - there is still time."

    • @VeroDeDream
      @VeroDeDream 5 місяців тому +1

      Point 😂😅

    • @TatiKarpa
      @TatiKarpa 5 місяців тому +3

      👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @JMulvy
      @JMulvy 5 місяців тому +2

      @@VeroDeDream I think the point is that it's never too late and people don't have to give up on their dreams because of their age. 🤗

  • @JoAnneSmith-di8ok
    @JoAnneSmith-di8ok 5 місяців тому +54

    I am 65 years old and I am not done yet. I am just mad that so much time went by. I have always had a project. I was doing things with yarn and other fibers from the 1980's until 2020. I wanted a break and came back to drawing and painting even though I have been doing this kind of art in and off for years. I came back with a plan to take on the things that were difficult for me in High School Art. I was an A student but still had things to conquer. Last July I was finally able to sketch my first person. Every time I sketch a person or urban sketch it just gets better. I have not one thing to loose! It is never too late!

    • @SharonFoster852
      @SharonFoster852 5 місяців тому +4

      Same story here, and I'm 73.

    • @carolinependleton8445
      @carolinependleton8445 5 місяців тому +2

      I am 66 and feel the same way feel mad I wasted time but it's never too late 😊

  • @donpertuit1243
    @donpertuit1243 5 місяців тому +15

    I'm 80 art is my happy place. Never stop growing 😊

  • @StarlightConly
    @StarlightConly 5 місяців тому +42

    I'm 43 and going back to school for Visual Arts. Can't wait!

  • @DiegoB0525
    @DiegoB0525 5 місяців тому +24

    I'm 47 and I made art my main focus after having my surgery and not being able to work anymore.
    I want to spend the rest of my days creating things, and if they sell or not, it doesn't matter either because I will still create them.

  • @makw29
    @makw29 5 місяців тому +10

    I'm 75. I started water color painting about a year ago. I love it. I have attention deficits but I really focus when I'm painting.

  • @ThatGaijinFella
    @ThatGaijinFella 5 місяців тому +22

    I'm 56 now. Was average at art in high school, then life happened. Family. Work. Etc.
    Just recently started painting in acrylic and found out I have a natural ability to paint scenery! You're never too old for sure!

  • @tessarotmify
    @tessarotmify 5 місяців тому +15

    I started painting just 15 months ago at age 67. It is my peace and joy. And selling a few paintings now and then is pretty nice, too.

    • @sheilacym
      @sheilacym 4 місяці тому

      🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

  • @nichadaye1007
    @nichadaye1007 5 місяців тому +14

    I will be 59 next month. I went back to 2 years ago and I graduated in may this year. I’m deciding to get my bachelor’s degree and I don’t need a lot of classes. I’m using my old brain to paint and I like doing it

  • @Amyduckie
    @Amyduckie 5 місяців тому +12

    I’ve drawn and painted over the years, I get passionate, then I draw or paint for months, then I put it down again for months or years. Coming back to it at this point right where you started, at 38, getting my first lot of greys. 😂
    The older I get the more I realise that all the garbage and expectation I heaped on myself just doesn’t matter. I can do a thing just because it feels good. And drawing makes me feel good. 😊

  • @monpetson
    @monpetson 5 місяців тому +22

    I'm 49, thanks to you I'm on a mission to learn to draw, to fill sketchbook upon sketchbook from now until I die. 😊

  • @rossiej100
    @rossiej100 5 місяців тому +10

    I started in my early 50s and have never been sorry I did. I went and did Visual Arts at school couple of years ago, I have had an adventure, exploring acrylic painting, learning to draw, ceramics, printmaking, collage, mosaics, art journaling and altered books and taught myself to crochet because I wanted to make an amigurumi monkey. Being retired means my days are full of joy all due to my decision to find fulfilling pursuits nearly twenty years ago.

  • @ArpitaBhawal
    @ArpitaBhawal 5 місяців тому +7

    I believe the journey is very important. Everyone wants the trophy but nobody wants to run the race.

  • @LedgerAndLace
    @LedgerAndLace 5 місяців тому +12

    As always, wise words of inspiration and encouragement! I love your examples of Creatives from many different genres through the decades. And your distinction between the innovation of young whippersnappers and older, "slow burn" artists.
    I just finished writing my first novel this year, born out of my love of Jane Austen. There's no way I had the experience to write it before now, especially since I only became acquainted with Jane in the past five years!

    • @SketchBookSkool
      @SketchBookSkool  5 місяців тому +4

      Wonderful! Congratulations.

    • @sheilacym
      @sheilacym 4 місяці тому +1

      All the best of luck with the novel….congratulations !! 😊🎉🎉😊

  • @DianeAntoneStudio
    @DianeAntoneStudio 5 місяців тому +3

    I started my UA-cam channel at the age of 66 (am now 70) and we have 150,000 subscribers which is a wonderful success starting from zero. So I would say as long as you have the desire it isn’t too late to start anything. It just takes work. A lot of work!

    • @sheilacym
      @sheilacym 4 місяці тому

      ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @sattva11
    @sattva11 5 місяців тому +6

    Thank you for the encouragement, please do more videos for us oldies :) My biggest issue is feeling like there's no time left for the body to master the moves, so to speak. Such fabulous art exists in my head, and I have the eye to know what's masterful, but my ability (aka lack of practice) doesn't come close to my own standards of competence.

  • @allieeverett9017
    @allieeverett9017 5 місяців тому +6

    I live in New Mexico... drove into El Paso yesterday and got your book How to Draw Without Talent. I can hear your voice in the words. Makes me smile 🙃

  • @galiaweiss4328
    @galiaweiss4328 5 місяців тому +10

    Thank you Danny! I’m 56 and started in my 50’s..

  • @efvp1969
    @efvp1969 5 місяців тому +7

    I needed to hear this today, thank you! I’m in my mid fifties and I’ve recently started learning watercolors, they’ve become my therapy in a short period of time. As a beginner however, you can get easily lost in the rabbit hole of tutorials, swatches and supply hauls and never really think about your own style or even considering painting from memory and imagination, not using a reference photo or object is unimaginable. Your video has helped me realize that today is the day I paint freely, gathering my small arsenal of techniques and supplies and just paint and only for me. ❤

    • @sheilacym
      @sheilacym 4 місяці тому

      😊😊Good point ! I definitely can relate to that, too

  • @rosysh.131
    @rosysh.131 5 місяців тому +9

    I'm in my 30s and you've made me feel so excited for the later years of growth I'll hopefully get to have! Life and human experience is just so amazing! And what a joy it is to be a creative in it! Thank you!!

  • @Nancy-x6z
    @Nancy-x6z 5 місяців тому +10

    Oh my goodness, I only just realized that I have only been drawing from subjects in front of me instead of from my own imagination. What a scary challenge!

  • @taravisser9520
    @taravisser9520 5 місяців тому +4

    Thanks Danny for your inspiration. I'm 68 now and just starting art academy. But nothing beats your way of teaching! Many thanks!😊

  • @AnoobishManga
    @AnoobishManga 5 місяців тому +6

    I'm an older aspiring manga artist and I wish I started earlier but at the same time, I felt more inspired to do it now to actually dedicate to my craft and it's not to say someone shouldn't start sooner but for me, it worked out because I didn't have the confidence before. Now that I'm older and wiser, it's ignited a fire in me that I feel burns more now than ever before. BTW I'm in my mid-30s.

  • @lyndaarnold2090
    @lyndaarnold2090 5 місяців тому +9

    Love this! I’m 64, and you are inspiring!! ❤

  • @JsbB-q6p
    @JsbB-q6p 5 місяців тому +15

    I've been doing art (drawing and watercolor) for a couple years now and I'm 79. Enjoying every minute of it - even when I'm not happy with how something turned out. Thanks for helping me with this.

  • @GratefulDeb270
    @GratefulDeb270 5 місяців тому +4

    Thank you! ❤ I’m 71 and I thank you for your books & videos!

  • @pamelasnyder9745
    @pamelasnyder9745 5 місяців тому +3

    I’ve always been very creative in the musical arena, but at 55, I am beginning my journey into visual arts. I really enjoy watercolor and mixed media. I am doing this for my enjoyment and relaxation. Art IS good medicine! So glad that I found your channel.

  • @jwilliams5273
    @jwilliams5273 5 місяців тому +3

    46...started 7 years ago. Love, love, love it. Don't care if its not pretty or perfect, its helping my brain...no matter how bad it turns out!!

  • @suzishapiro9867
    @suzishapiro9867 5 місяців тому +4

    Yes and yes.
    I have done some kind of art my whole life, but I started over about 5 years ago. Relearning from scribbles and messy paint to drawing that I like better than those I did in high school art class. Having more fun too. Constantly learning and exploring.

  • @ohbli_oh
    @ohbli_oh 5 місяців тому +13

    Just been looking at Bill Traylor’s art for an hour, fascinating. Love the video but ahem Judi Dench wasn’t just in the background she’s been famous and a brilliant actress since she was young.

  • @JoyWandrey
    @JoyWandrey 5 місяців тому +3

    I went to art school at 25, and had a definite advantage over my 18 yo counterparts. the midlife and older folks who were also taking classes had a huge advantage over all the rest of us, because they had so much more experience to draw from in making their art. Experience is key to making "great" or even "good" art.

  • @dominiqueguillon6538
    @dominiqueguillon6538 5 місяців тому +8

    Listening to you from France...I completely agree with you
    And moreover I love your way of speaking!

  • @soccerjockey
    @soccerjockey 5 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for sharing this! As a photographer, I sometimes feel “old” next to all the Instagram sensations that are shooting for big brands in their 20s. But if I’m honest, I feel far more creative in my 30s than I ever did in my 20s, and it’s for a lot of the reasons you mentioned here. This was a great reminder.

  • @DreamingCatStudio
    @DreamingCatStudio 5 місяців тому +5

    Great points! I’m as excited to learn at 70 new mediums and techniques as I ever was. I realized a few years ago that the one thing I get excited about in the morning is going to see what I created the day before. That was enough to keep me going through some pretty hard times… There’s nothing like the thrill of creating, and then going to look at it, possibly to do more possibly to put it up for a bit, possibly to sell it… Whatever the outcome the process is so fulfilling!

  • @kalimelokuba9626
    @kalimelokuba9626 5 місяців тому +10

    Many thanks for this video I am watching now, I am an early bird since careers, I have been giving up on everything and trying to letting go slowly and grieve for the loss of my son, so I’ll grab a pen and doodle on my sketchbook sort of like a pilgrim taking his stick and back on the road for a long journey at sunrise again many thanks

  • @mbalberts
    @mbalberts 5 місяців тому +3

    Thank you Danny…..75 ❤❤❤

  • @angelagrimes8237
    @angelagrimes8237 5 місяців тому +2

    This was incredibly awesome! Thank you! At I retirement in 2018 I thought, FINALLY, I can get down to my hopes and dreams around my ‘art’. Life happened and the pandemic and I lost my mojo to get started. I tried through classes (online) and all but I never got the momentum to keep going. I suddenly felt lost…was I ever meant to be an artist? Is that really what I wanted? I am still unpacking those questions and your vlog has really helped me rethink why it isn’t toooooo late. You also reminded me of an artist I read about and adore her work. Mary Delaney. A mid 18th century woman in England who started her art career of botanical illustrations using the method of collaging cut paper and water coloring details. She began in her late 60’s under circumstances and social expectations of women that was limited. She was very successful and the British Musuem now house her work. I am rekindled today. Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @angelicrobles6292
    @angelicrobles6292 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for sharing the lives of these amazing people, along with your own experiences and perspectives in developing artistic identity. I appreciate all these insights!
    My own struggles involve my approach to art as the way I was told to help people who find art-centric tasks either beneath them, or an unsavory part of their To-Dos. It was often presented to me as different versions of "Don't you dare refuse this chance to make yourself useful! Play a song to entertain! Or complete this drawing task for me and shut up about it already, unless you want something worse to happen!"
    Even me enjoying the creative process felt so much like it needed permission. The countless times I have been made to believe that I am developing the wrong kind of personality by leaning into artistic traits.
    When I finally took the steps into creating art for myself, it felt like blinders and puppet strings being torn off me. I am older now than when I first came to want to be an artist. I know now to take each step at a pace I can learn to internalize and understand different artforms. I don't feel like a dog getting thrown a bone anymore when the chance to draw, play music, or dance comes up. ❤
    My love to all you here who have felt they started art too late. You are not late. You're right here at the time you found, and it's ready and excited for you to begin! ✨🥰🖌️

  • @tomascorsi
    @tomascorsi 5 місяців тому +5

    I love your channel, this video is really inspiring!

  • @JaneSenkyr
    @JaneSenkyr 5 місяців тому +3

    Learning as a senior, I look at learning to paint as a brain exercise. Keeps the brain healthy!

  • @denisceballos9745
    @denisceballos9745 4 місяці тому +1

    Frank McCord also wrote “Teacher Man”. The best book about teaching that I’ve read.

  • @betanine
    @betanine 5 місяців тому +2

    I appreciate your sage advice and perspective here. The piece that I take away that you didn’t say explicitly, but came through to me is that it is important for me to enjoy my art regardless of what other people think. Allow myself to play and explore without comparing myself or creating unrealistic expectations or limitations for myself, like my age. Thank you, sir!

  • @ShivaJalali1149
    @ShivaJalali1149 5 місяців тому +10

    Thank you so much, Danny😍🫶🏻

  • @VeroDeDream
    @VeroDeDream 5 місяців тому +2

    I am 51 and now getting very serious about it 😅 although i really started over 2 years ago, just watching and drawing pictures from reference. Doing the basics now in 2024 and its amazing. Feeling myself really grow😅😅💚 "the 🌎 is our oyster" its ok to start anything 😊

  • @KittyFoxArtWorld
    @KittyFoxArtWorld 5 місяців тому +4

    So reassuring. Thank you for this❤

  • @Beautifulmadre
    @Beautifulmadre 5 місяців тому +4

    The most beautiful and encouraging words spoken ots never too LATE, Thank you, sir.

  • @TheGalactica2001
    @TheGalactica2001 5 місяців тому +5

    Thanks for the inspiring words! 🤗

  • @CinzaChumbo
    @CinzaChumbo 5 місяців тому +2

    Forty here. I draw since childhood, yet because of many personal reasons, lost most of my mojo along the way.
    Gone to college (didn't even finish it), got a work some time in the new tens... and here I am.
    Guess there's a long road ahead.

    • @mushiArt
      @mushiArt 3 місяці тому +1

      …and that road will be built upon your choices and your interests. Life is what you make it. 😉

  • @sheilacym
    @sheilacym 4 місяці тому

    Thank you, Danny as always….for the encouragement and inspiration.
    I am 71 and a half ( 😂) and just started my ‘Art Journey’ a couple of years ago.
    Sadly, my dear brother died at the end of 2022 and I completely lost the joy for anything during most of 2023 .
    Have just returned to the UK after a lovely long visit to my son who lives in Australia…..and am feeling inspired once more.
    Thank you once again 😊😊

  • @kh884488
    @kh884488 5 місяців тому +4

    Winston Churchill is a great example of an artist that started later in life. He was able to keep at it for nearly 50 years.

  • @windrock
    @windrock 5 місяців тому +4

    Thank you 🎨 🖼 grateful for your encouragement and sharing your creativity

  • @drawingsimpleton4827
    @drawingsimpleton4827 5 місяців тому +4

    you are such a great inspiration. Thank you for posting these fantastic videos.

  • @gailzaranek6958
    @gailzaranek6958 5 місяців тому +2

    You are an art savant. How else can you be so insightful?

  • @ARTMKFNV
    @ARTMKFNV 5 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s priceless!

  • @deeraven5645
    @deeraven5645 5 місяців тому

    You don't need to have a label for your art style Danny you seem like a creative friendly character and I appreciate your videos and love listening to your stories ☺️

  • @kimlindseyOH
    @kimlindseyOH 4 місяці тому

    The same is true in many, many professions: We can connect so many experiences and skills in the past with what crosses our paths now.
    Being a "honey badger" is so freeing! What an awesome metaphor!! Thanks!

  • @SillyMillyMolly50
    @SillyMillyMolly50 4 місяці тому

    I agree. I'm 70 and about to begin my 3rd year of a Fine Art Painting degree course. (have been drawing since a very young age) And yes it feels odd mixing with 20-somethings, but I am there for the fun of it and not too concerned with the qualifications, which takes the stress off me. Of course I want to to achieve as much as I can whilst there, but hopefully, I’ll have many more years to continue experimenting at my own pace. Most importantly, it helps to keep me young I feel.. Thanks for your wise words Danny.

  • @colorful_christine
    @colorful_christine 5 місяців тому +3

    LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! THANK YOU ❤

  • @zulimamoncada4198
    @zulimamoncada4198 5 місяців тому +3

    Thank you very much Danny for your advices and good vibes!!

  • @esteradi4571
    @esteradi4571 5 місяців тому +4

    Thanks so much Sir, it was so encouraging..Muchas gracias

  • @tucoerquilenne6765
    @tucoerquilenne6765 4 місяці тому

    I just started learning how to draw, and color myself at like 53. I’m 55 now. Granted I am learning digital but this is a great mid-life crisis hobby !!

  • @redjaw69
    @redjaw69 5 місяців тому +6

    I started cartooning after forty. I'm only getting better 😁

  • @wagnerduro
    @wagnerduro 5 місяців тому +2

    thank you so much for this compelling words!

  • @partypao
    @partypao 5 місяців тому +1

    Bravo!! What an excellent point of view!! Thank you!!

  • @svetlanav1107
    @svetlanav1107 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you ❤

  • @غلاالقرني-ق3ه
    @غلاالقرني-ق3ه Місяць тому

    I cried 😢 Thank you so much for this video and your other videos I liked them so much and I’m not hesitant anymore to go back to drawing and making art.❤❤

  • @racheltoler3895
    @racheltoler3895 5 місяців тому +2

    An inspirational video. Thank you!

  • @Chrymusalis
    @Chrymusalis 5 місяців тому +3

    Your inspiring video reminded me of a beautiful song by David Bowie, one of his later songs, „Thursday Child”.

  • @janedutra-salemi2442
    @janedutra-salemi2442 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for this!

  • @loxleybattle2591
    @loxleybattle2591 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for the encouragement ❤

  • @misterbob8834
    @misterbob8834 5 місяців тому +2

    "Geezers like me" Hahaha, amen brother!

  • @SheilaCrosby
    @SheilaCrosby 4 місяці тому

    My great aunt started oil painting after she was widowed in her late seventies. Mum got her driving licence at 69. I've taken up art after becoming an amputee at 60. So far I'm crap, but that's fine.

  • @redmoondesignbeth9119
    @redmoondesignbeth9119 5 місяців тому

    It's 1am and I'm here because I was tossing...wondering if I was too old to get serious about art. LOL And here you are.

  • @Pond6
    @Pond6 5 місяців тому +1

    Awesome speech!!. I watched the whole thing. Cheers and glad I subscribed awhile ago.

  • @katiemynette4285
    @katiemynette4285 5 місяців тому

    ❤Enjoy your TREMENDOUS THURSDAY DANNY! KATIE ❤️ KENTUCKY!

  • @rnilu86
    @rnilu86 5 місяців тому

    Thank you so much. I am nearing my 40s. I am thinking of starting paintings and playing guitars or Pianos.

  • @aprilmunday1152
    @aprilmunday1152 5 місяців тому +2

    I was 63 when I started drawing and painting early last year, so I will be a bit annoyed if it takes me 20 years to learn how to do portraits. I'm not sure that I've got that long left. On the plus side, I'm not sure that I really want to draw portraits, although I'd love to draw a good portrait of my great-niece to give to her parents. Hmm, perhaps I'd better start concentrating on how to draw portraits.

  • @ticofoto2063
    @ticofoto2063 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for this video Sir!

  • @sirguy6678
    @sirguy6678 5 місяців тому

    Really enjoying the series!

  • @banke5950
    @banke5950 5 місяців тому

    Thank you 🙏🏾

  • @TatiKarpa
    @TatiKarpa 5 місяців тому

    I agree
    Disclaim:You never know your expiring date, so start today. Don't wait until you are old and "mature".

  • @kimmom7785
    @kimmom7785 5 місяців тому

    Thank you.

  • @TatiKarpa
    @TatiKarpa 5 місяців тому

    Margareth Mee begun to learn watercolor in her 40s

  • @from_spb
    @from_spb 3 місяці тому

    I like this video so much, i think exactly the same way

  • @hanichay1163
    @hanichay1163 5 місяців тому +5

    And my daughter just lectured me on how the younger people are the wiser because they are more evolved. 😂

    • @kathleenjones8092
      @kathleenjones8092 5 місяців тому +1

      Every single generation thinks that til they get a little older & reality hits.

  • @paulalaelena
    @paulalaelena 5 місяців тому +1

    💛

  • @AnjaLSL
    @AnjaLSL 4 місяці тому

  • @seanodanielsart
    @seanodanielsart 2 місяці тому

    💯💯💯💯

  • @pascalineh4792
    @pascalineh4792 5 місяців тому +2

    I need advice help! I am often in bed as I have ME/CFS; also two dogs & three cats. One of them is a beagle and burst with energy. I can’t close the door as she’ll be a lil rascal and play with carpet etc…How can I do lil sketches that she is not interested grabbing my sketchbook or pen. I might put concrete as a book cover that too heavy to carry 😂. Thank you and thank you!

  • @XtalkerO
    @XtalkerO 5 місяців тому

    How to make money as an artist?

  • @photovincent
    @photovincent 5 місяців тому +6

    Stopped watching halfway. How is a long list of world famous older artists, several of which aren’t even late starters but ones experiencing a second bloom after a lifelong career, going to motivate me? I’m trying to get away from equalling success with fame.

    • @SketchBookSkool
      @SketchBookSkool  5 місяців тому +6

      Watch the second half of the video and find out.

    • @ThatGaijinFella
      @ThatGaijinFella 5 місяців тому +3

      Nobody's saying you have to be famous to be relevant and successful.

    • @valerie_529
      @valerie_529 5 місяців тому +4

      Oh, if only you could listen to what is being said, instead of just noticing the famous names!

  • @ShivaJalali1149
    @ShivaJalali1149 5 місяців тому +4

    I am 54 and your advice is always so motivational for me. Thank you again. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤍🤍🤍