Seeing beauty - look beyond the ugly mess

When you see trash or ugly spots, try looking again expecting to see beauty. In artmaking this can be a useful habit as well. In this video I show how to open your eyes for beauty and have fun in a different way, when painting. It’s a new painting challenge as well. Care to join in on the fun? Details can be found below.
The video about the artwork on the wall behind me: • EASY black & white - S...
A video of a previous painting challenge: • FUN & EASY - Line pain...
Painting Challenge: Enlarge Detail
Submit your artwork on or before March 22, 2024.
The exercise is shown and explained in the video: Make a splash and:
#1 use a passe-partout to look for an interesting spot - take a picture.
#2 take a new sheet and enlarge the found detail, or paint a mirrored version, a negative or whatever - take a picture
#3 take pictures of your palette or other thing you used that look interesting.
#4 in case you’re up for an extra challenge, look for a nice detail in your second painting - take a picture - and make a third painting.
Do know this: all is good. You’re free to choose your art materials, size, color, the art tools you use or whatever. Complicated or simple, make the required or even more paintings, just surprise me. Whatever you do: enjoy the magic of making art and remember: create to express, not to impress. So any artistic level is okay. Be you and have fun making it.
IMPORTANT: Also mail me your first name and the country you live in, so I can put them next to your artwork in the video. I appreciate it very much when you also send me a line or two about what you experienced while making your artwork. How was it to paint using different or odd looking color combinations? Or using other materials? Work in a different way? Did you learn anything, enjoyed playing like this or ran into trouble? I just love to hear from you. Please submit your artwork on or before March 22, 2024. Just take your phone and snap a picture looking straight down at your artwork, preferably using daylight, but no direct sunlight on it. Remember: don’t forget to have fun. It’s play-time.
My email-address is: [e-mail]
Thanks for participating.
Support
In case you like to support me and the channel, here some suggestions:
1 Watch the video until the end, this is a positive signal to UA-cam
2 Leave a comment, I just love to read about your thoughts
3 UA-cam shows a ‘thanks’ button below the video, thanks in advance
Materials
The art materials I use in the videos are not sponsored.
I prefer to work on multi-purpose paper, more info in this video: • How to choose the RIGH...
In almost all my videos I use with Winsor&Newton Galeria acrylics, if not, I will say so in the video.
Other materials I use are in random order: 5, 10 and 40mm brushes, palette knives, acrylics medium, Ecoline liquid watercolor, Lyra color pencils, Lyra soft pastels, oil pastels, Stabilo color pencils, paper palette pad and basic masking tape. I also use household items like a permanent marker, scrub sponge, scissors, paper towel, and so on.
#PaintingChallenge

[@andreaharley4047]

I love how you add your own slant on how you see art. Fascinating. Thanks Albert.👍👍👍

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Andrea, my pleasure. Owning my own weird, I guess. 🤣 Albert

[@versterker1981]

So happy to have found your channel Albert - I've needed motivation to pick up my brushes again and I've found it in you, thanks ever so much !!

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Versterker. I will be so happy for you after you actually picked up your brushes. Let me know when you finished the first one. Albert

[@francavan1295]

I love it! ❤

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Franca. Care to participate? Albert

[@emmanuelpower2439]

Wonderful process and I will try this out. I often see small things i imagine them as bigger abstracts. This is a fun way forward i think. Will try to send in my shots. Have a good day Albert😊

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Emmanuel. It sure has its fun aspect. Looking forward to the pictures of things you see and your artwork. Albert

[@susanasilva2737]

I like the way you think about art. This is a channel to keep. Thanks

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Susana. Care to join in on the challenge? Albert

[@susanasilva2737]

@@ImperfectPaintings I'm thinking about it. I'll see the rules later. Thanks

[@otmarkeller4156]

Das finde ich eine sehr schöne Herausforderung. Habe auch schon damit begonnen und die kleinen Passepartouts geschnitten.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Yes, thanks. Otmar. Enjoy creating. Albert

[@francavan1295]

Yes! 😁👍

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Wonderful@

[@cknoraliu1698]

Very inspiring
I am trying to paint often I tell myself I have no talent
But I have some fun
Wonderful to find your video
Give me another way of thinking to practice
Thank you

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, CkNora. Having fun is essential when making art. Art at any level. Just follow your heart to discover what you like to paint. Paint to express, not to impress. Albert

[@Sinanimre]

I could wath hours of you creating.... Well, I actually do :)

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Sinan. There is around 175 videos of around 10 minutes... enjoy binging and don't forget to pick up your own paintbrush. Enjoy, Albert

[@giliarmson7293]

Nearly the first to comment....a new game !
Great content as usual

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Gili, no rush. Enjoy, Albert

[@hellerado6901]

Can you show us how you frame your art? It always looks perfect when you put it in that frame.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Thanks, Hellerado, for asking. You're not the first so I made a video about the paper I use (another faq) and the frame.
ua-cam.com/video/H2vpSqvUESg/v-deo.html
Hope this helps. Albert

[@culturefan]

Maybe I can enter one. We'll see, looks fun.

[@ImperfectPaintings]

Would be nice, Culture Fan. Looking forward to it. Albert