Autumn Metamorphosis | Oil Painting + Chat
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- This painting is available at AUCTION through Every Day Original starting January 15th: www.everydayori...
Today’s theme is CHANGE. I’m getting inspired by the end of Autumn and doing a multi-session oil painting + chat on the theme of change in terms of artistic growth. I’ll also pepper in some tips, process, and other informal ramblings...
This painting will be available in January through Every Day Original Auctions! Stay tuned to future videos for more info... www.everydayori...
*NO TIMELAPSE NEXT WEEK* Because of the holiday I’ll be doing a Q&A session instead, so leave me a comment ASAP if you have a question!
My Gear + Materials:
Surface: 9x12 inch Ampersand hardboard panel (w/tinted gesso)
Easel: Sienna Craftech Large Pochade Box
Oil paint brands: Sennelier, Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith, Grumbacher, Williamsburg, Rembrandt, and Gamblin
Medium: Liquin
Brushes: Blick Masterstroke, Daniel Smith
Thinner (for brush cleaning): Turpenoid natural
QotV:
“All of my growth spurts, the ones that have had a lasting impact, have come from consciously changing just ONE thing I was doing at a time.”
Website: www.sheppard-arts.com
Instagram: @sheppardarts
Music by me
Love + Thanks again to all my viewers and subscribers!
I'm only here for the dance moves, incorporating that into my process! 😉 sweet work!
oh, you described my thinking as an artist always evolving.
I love that your commentary is wise and informative... really compliments the work, which itself is wonderful.
A few points: Man, your studio is clean. Mine looks like a bomb went off -and that's when it's clean!
Your comment on "living normally": We're artists. People know it, people expect it, and we know for certain that the only way to really improve and explore the feelings we put into what we do is to become obsessed, and shut "normal life" out. Everything that is done with heart really takes all of one's heart for it to be real. Look at all the people who could be considered ascetics for their art. They were amazing at what they did largely because nothing else got in the way. Sure, we have to work normal jobs in order to afford our obsession, but if you're anything like me, the whole time I am away from my studio, I am stirring and chewing on those projects in my mind.
I really look forward to seeing more of your work!
You’re already my favorite art channel
Gosh. All of your pieces are so damn gorgeous. I really can't get enough of your art.
The music is really good too.
i like that you are always moving on in your approach to work , expression an technics, - it confirm me in doing that too.. - about some says, that i got to groups of painting, - a group of painting, that people likes, and another group of paintings, that i must do, to get into the next good painting... the must do paintings, is to me the experi ments, - these are the most demanding and satisfying paintings / studies
OMG and shut the front door you’re so talented I can’t even .. that painting is sooooo beautiful, dark, emotional, feels like you were painting me that day or how I’m feeling these days .. Im wanting to say something more intelligent here but the painting in haunting me, I wish I could paint like that
Can I just congratulate you for being such a cool inspiration and realistic artist. And I mean realistic in the way that you talk to your audience coherently without sounding like you are talking to children, taking into consideration that some may actually be in the same career path. It's very refreshing to see someone on youtube not over complicate and analyse their work but keeping a level of professionalism with a touch of your colourful personality
oh my god. Why am I not subscribed to this channel. so glad I found this!!
amazing painting even colors of skin tone is just amazing
I enjoy your POV and ramblings as much as your artistic process insights. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and techniques :)
I absolutely love your very cerebral and analytical descriptive. As you walk us threw your process, it's like I'm learning and watching exactly what your teaching. Your the best teacher I have ever known in my life. And I just started to watch your channel, this beginning the very first.
My brain won't let me create, unless it's coming from a understanding of why it's going to work. I try so hard to just let go and see what happens, but my process needs foundation. And like you, I just don't want there to be a ceiling that hit. I always want to be pushing my self, to get better at everything I do.
My problem is, I love to be very creative on so many different levels, I find it hard to focus and finish. I will get my idea, I will map it on my canvas, I will start building up my shapes and then I let dry and see something that I don't like, and I will redo the whole thing. Mean while I have 65lbs painting that I've done a million times.
I don't know who to critic my own work? Because I'm not very good yet. My high school teacher wanted me to go to Art School, I said I don't need to art school, I am an artist says 18yr old me. LoL the arrogance. I followed my first love hairdressing for 24 yrs. and have be on disability for two, trying to let my body to heal. Now I'm free to do what I want any old time. Instead I find my self buying art supplies and canvases. The blank canvas use to make me feel so excited, now it scares me.
Haha, life story. Sorry about that ramble. I will be studying your work for a type technical upgrade. I. Going to try and do a different version but use your painting as reference. Is that okay?
Holy Hell! I loved seeing your growth all on one page while you explained your conscious decisions for improving the palette. Awesome.
I had originally come across your "Omens" video some years ago, and didn't know you'd begun to post videos again. And typically, I really am not a fan of videos with commentary, but I'm glad I didn't mute this one. You've given me some things to think about. Thank you!
Wow! Like listening to myself. I'm a commercial designer and I come home drink, watch TV and sleep. I decided I need a studio or I won't get back to my art so I grabbed a can of paint and turned a bedroom into a full time studio. Much better way to deal with stress!
listening to you talk about your daily life while doing these amazing paintings are really meditating. please remember to take care of yourself !
Omg.. you are the artist behind the vampire cards that i love on magic
So mind blowing and awesome, my jaw was on the floor!
Beautiful. Love everything about the process. And those eyes are amazingly done.
I normally dislike longer videos like these when searching for art videos, but your way of explaining and describing your process is so interesting that I found myself not skipping anything!
dear cynthia, you have such an uplifting way of dealing with art, creativity, learning, people and even yourself, that has me totally captured in a smile. I do art myself and it is your approach that makes it all good. Thank you so much!
Your painting caught my eye enough to check it out here - glad I did! I love this piece and your personality with your succinct choice of words expressing your motivation and your position on changing up your art as life changes ... this is my position too, to keep evolving in life and in my art. Thank you so much. Artist make my life a joy helping me deal with distressing politics and other issues that bring me down & make my need to escape through art imperative.
Hi! I just found your channel. Thanks for sharing your "me" time with us. I remember spending hours drawing my thoughts. Thanks for the beautiful story behind the painting. I enjoyed your deep thoughts and experiences.
I've learned more of watching your videos than I have in painting classes, thank you very much
Wow… you inspire me. Beautiful painter. Just gorgeous. You have such an inviting way of expressing yourself in your UA-cams too. Very generous and real.
I think I need to learn photoshop!
Thank you.
I'm so happy you've been posting regularly. I don't know how many times I've watched your original "Omens" video over the years, but I kept wishing there was more - and now there is. This one, in particular, is stunning. I'll have to watch it a couple more times.
I love your philosophy of trying to be mindful of personal intimacy in every painting keep the videos coming!
Hi Cynthia... I really enjoy your combinations between traditional and digital... very enjoyable to see how both are used. Looking forward to your next video.
Very glad I found your channel. Really love your concepts and execution. And then the generous commentary too?! Golden.
Would love to watch and listen more of these. So inspiring and interesting. Thank u so much for sharing your process and thoughts. Love the earthy feel of your paintings. Good day.
I love how reflective you are on your own thought processes, and also how quickly you apply those insights in creating new work. Seeing you pivot from your 2012-2013 pieces really shows how important it is to become conscious of our own preferences
Girl you're finally commentating in your videos! Your voice is so professional! Keep it up!
Thank you for making this, and sharing your knowledge, skills and experience. For the first time, I have a concept of what glazing is all about.
really great commentary! i like the idea of looking at your work yearly as a collective and noticing the similarities or themes, i'm definitely going to try this out to see where i can grow and things i like. beautiful painting as well, it's giving me the itch to work in oil again.
You have a very soothing voice. I truly do appreciate your hard work thanks for sharing.
That's just everything to hear another say the statement "you dont feel like your living up to your own potential," when not creating or just working a normal life. sometimes just doing normal life seems okay to most, but we do feel like a sense of loss or nonfulfillment when the time slips by. and it does, when life is just happening. They say never wait on the "perfect time" to create, and they are right as...it may not come. you have to make time and its not easy. Even if one hour a day or every other one- it adds up. Love the new vids!!!
Watching you paint is fantatic. I love this.
I enjoyed this allot. I enjoyed the commentary too. Well articulated. Very cool piece.
Cynthia , I began my "artistic journey" about 4 years ago. Just started doing oil; did watercolor for a couple of years. I'm very interested about learning an artist 's process; hence I'm really enjoying your videos. For your next video Re the Q & A session could you share some of the AHA moments you have experienced during your artistic journey? Thanks
I'm so happy that you are making videos and documenting your process, I never expected you to make more videos. Your presentation is inspiring to say the least. Crossing my fingers for a digital are process video!
Amazing art. like how you talked about a lot of things but always brought it back to the painting it self. And thanks for stating you use pencil lines. some people see these and think art's magically get proportions and composition without any visible effort.
As always, it was a lovely chat and the end came before I was ready for it to. I loved the painting very much!
Some Q&A questions: 1. What was the hardest step for you in the art field?
2. Do you ever get moods that aren't quite burn outs but also aren't unmotivated moods? It's more like a...bleh.
3. In your opinion, what are the top three biggest pitfalls that artists fall into?
4. What are your thoughts on paying via exposure?
5. Which medium was more difficult for you?
6. Best anatomy sources?
I think that's all that I will swamp you with for now....this time at least ;)
this painting is amazing. i love your use of colors, very inspiring, and it makes me want to push on and keep experimenting and working on my own color pallet. and! i cant believe i never thought of changing the actual reference! great video im so glad i found you! 😀
Really love how you created the contrast between the cool and warm colors on the face
You are absolutely amazing!!! In many ways!!!
This is gorgeous! You are super talented, thank you for sharing!
This is absolutely incredible! So very moving. This painting touched my soul. I feel so much like this lately. The autumn change is for reals! Ha Thank you very much for the inspiration!
Absolutely gorgeous artwork.
Thank you very much for your videos, they are truly educational and very inspiring.
In response to your request that we suggest topics my proposal is to talk about when an artist is in creative crisis, when feels that has no future or has no opportunities or is not good enough.
That kind of things and the tools to overcome them.
I think everyone, to a greater or lesser extent, has gone through periods of low energy and little self-confidence.
Greetings and all my gratitude.
When you showed your old piece my confidence as a digital artist sort of went through the window. If you think that was bad, I dare not wonder what you'd make of some of my paintings. lol
I enjoy the vibrant and glowing reds. Your thoughts and insights are so informative too. I will try putting my paintings next to each other.
Stunning! I love your work and you have a great personality too. Thank you so much.
UNE MERVEILLE!WOW!++++++
Hi Cynthia, I am glad you are going to do a Q&A section, there's something that really annoys me...Clients with the "details Syndrome", people that are happy just when you over render every single cm of the piece, regardless the depth of the planes, distances between objects, how the atmosphere affect colours, values and so on.... it is really frustrating, I try politely to make people understand that certain things work an others just do not, but at the end they are paying, have you ever encountered this issue? Keep up with the channel, it is absolutely inspiring! Thanks for your work :)
Wow this is my favourite painting of yours!
Autumn is my favorite time of year... I always feel like things are better in my life for some reason at this time!? when the leaves change it's spiritual for me, so when I saw your painting I had to click it's very beautiful.
I love everything about this channel
Your work is really great, and your comments do interesting. Thank you so much for the inspiration !
I’ve enjoyed your videos. My question is could you please show us during filming your pallet and show us as you’re mixing the paint. With myself being pretty much a self taught beginner, I’d love to learn as much as I can. Thanks so much! ♥️😊
Q&A: regarding to your palette, why do you stack paint of the same color? do you always start with new paint every paint season or sometimes do you break "dry film" of the last one? do you pull down dry ones to have more room for fresh paint?
Thank you Cynthia!!!
Amazing piece! So exciting to see you upload so often now! :D
Love this so much. The result (and at many points along the way) is so breathtaking! The glowing light, depth and mood draw our full attention.
Wow, I truly admire your work! So beautiful and surreal.👏❤
so amazing change thank you for the portrait
Oh my GOD this is soo beautiful! i love your videos! it is so inspiring to watch and i'm learning a lot of new things! i've been drawing my whole life but i started focusing on painting for the last year and i would LOVE to reach this level och just.. beauty!
Recently I’ve been working in so many different mediums - murals, miniatures, oils, watercolour, it wasn’t until I watched this and you asked ‘what change have you been through’ that I really took notice of it!
You have a very confident voice, I’m hoping one day I’ll add voice over to my timelapses but the thought of speaking into a mic is daunting!
This is like magic.
Wow ! love your inspirational commentary just as much as your amazing painting skills. Thank you .
GR8 painting...i always learn alot from your chats...keep up.the good work
Much admiration
I am sooooooo glad your video came up on the recommended list!
I just love your thought process,most of your works on this channel are really nice and thoughtful.
Fantastic talent! Stunning!
sometimes the underpainting is worth keeping. great skills
Useful insights and commentary. Really enjoyed your process! 👌
Cynthia, a question for your Q&A episode: What are your feelings about using projection as a production technique? So far you've layed out your paintings by eye. Are there times when you'll project your sketch or some photo reference? What are your thoughts about this in general?
Wow, this piece is amazing!!! Great work!
Fantastic video. Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts & insights. Ive been meaning to watch your videos for a while now and finally started today during a drawing session. Interesting coincidence that it was this video (picked by chance) and I just recently went through the process of looking at my body of work & process to see what I need to change (things were beginning to feel stagnant). Currently working on exploring new subject matters and how I apply strokes with the end goal of finding my unique voice as an artist. Looking forward to more of your videos!
you rock! i wish i met you back then.keep up the good work.
thanks for posting these videos, super informative! amazing painting as well!
Beautiful ... Like a dream
Hey Cynthia, my question for the QnA would be: How does one go about making a portfolio that is good enough to work on MTG? :) Really want to work at wizards one day
Wow. I am so glad to have discovered you. Thank you so much for sharing your process and techniques. This is so awesome, excited !
you have a good heart
wunderschön gemalt , danke
very nice and very interesting topic on change, im going to ponder the information, thank you so much.
I absolutely love your work!!
this is excelent. excelent painting, excelent commentary. super agreed with growth>consistency, i never understood people who paint/draw in the same invariant style. +1 subscription, hope you ll post more
Thank you for your brilliant example and high quality video! I am subscribing because I want content like this to take over my You Tube experience! Rock on, Cynthia!
Oh my. You are a beautiful and wonderful person. This particular painting was very moving for me.
Thank you for sharing your paintings!
wow, i just couldn`t let this video go by my eyes, so beautyfull artwork.))
It's a great picture. The vertical structure of the ground disturbs it for me though. Great comments and thoughts!
outrageous
What a beautiful painting!
Love it! Lighting is perfect !
VERY inspiring. Love it.
you are a lovely person. I appreciate a lot the way you explain things, you really convey your passion about painting!
Hey Cynthia thanks for sharing your thoughts