This is one of the first times that I've heard another artist express what it feels like to be so in love and obsessed with creating that you almost start to resent it. I feel so connected to your process and openness and am in awe of you. This is truly a masterpiece.
This really is the kind of art video I have missed. I realize it probably took a TON of extra work just to do the video on top of the painting, but thank you so much for showing the entire process, your emotions and motivations, making it feel possible and accesible to make great art «at home». You have given a great gift to the world right here! It is GREATLY appretiated!
@@deliciouseggy2520 They asked a bunch of people how they would rank themselves if they were in a room with 100 strangers. 1 being the best and 100 being the worst. Each friend gave a number and they were painted next to it.
I clicked on this video with no intention whatsoever of watching the whole thing, I thought ‘well I’ll just see what this is and move on’ and before I knew it I was at the end of the video, blinded by tears, inspired and in awe. This is one of the, if not THE most moving and beautiful pieces of art I’ve ever seen in my life, it would be insane to see your painting in person. The colors, texture and the ‘fogginess’ make the painting look ethereal and otherworldly. Seeing you talk about and go through your creative process, roadblocks, moments of inspiration forced me to come to terms with the fact that as an artist and as a human I’ve been failing myself, and every time I fail myself I lie and promise I’ll try harder next time, but now I’m standing in a six foot ditch with a shovel in my hands. I’m going to walk away from this video and I’m going to battle for my life or die trying. I was extraordinarily surprised that almost nobody in your painting picked a number below 50. When you posed the question, I paused and thought, and came to the conclusion that I’d probably be at 86 at most. I’m not a horrible person so I’m sure I couldn’t place myself at the bottom, but I’m so unhappy with myself, my inaction, the disappointment I cause in others, I couldn’t place myself any higher. After seeing the answers in your painting, I think I must be being overly self-critical, but the question is profound.
You sound so kind. I hear a bit of artistic regret in this comment. I display only a small sector of what it means to be an artist today. I love what I do, and I have the patience to create the "showey" type of art that I am making, but I hope you can consider yourself a success story in whatever you achieve. Being an artist isn't about making a 10 foot showpiece. it is about the magic of seeing the beauty in the world. listening to the birds, hearing what others are saying, Waking up and taking a breath. that is an artist. Going on a slow, thoughtful walk is just as valid as this painting. Please see your own success. All art is valid, and all art makes the world better. Appreciate your life as art and i promise only beauty can come from your kind soul
I'm so glad I saw this comment. I'm crying so hard right now because of the painting, and what you wrote encapsulates my thoughts perfectly. I've never been this deeply impacted by a piece of art before, it's really beautiful.
You’re only 20years old and already at this skill level? It’s a very stunning art! Yes apart showing a bit of her leg passing after the guy in the right (but not necessary painting all of it, just a bit and then the leg dissolves into the fog) for the z axis would be cool adding a background of other human figure in distance, but I know it would crazy to rework this giant painting and I don’t even know if mine are good ideas lol
Thank god the youtube algorithm recommended me this video, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see this masterpiece. I'm an extremely impatient person and usually can't even watch a 15-minute video without getting bored or having to skip over parts but I watched this entire video from the start to the end because I was so infatuated with the way you describe your workflow and your painting! You can tell that there's been so much time and thought put into it, and everything you do is so incredible!! Amazing painting!! 💗💗
watching this made me realise how much i MISSED creating! I spent my whole teenage years doing nothing but drawing and painting but i had to abandon it for school, you've literally inspired me so much i cant WAIT to get back to art and colour and anatomy as SOON as my exams are done YOURE ART IS INSANE NEVER STOP XXX
5:58 please, someone, write a collection of poetry called "where, exactly, a mouth ends". ALSO this painting is stunning. Thank you for sharing your process
Context: I have been telling Addie I would paint her for probably 3 years now, and I've now painted around the friend group twice without getting to her. She is 32, the dead center of the painting (And i did a damn good job on her so I think that's reparations enough)
I’ve never seen any of your videos or your art before but this whole journey has me completely enraptured. I haven’t finished it yet but it’s already sooo incredibly beautiful in all ways you might use that word.
Dear Tails, I got to know you around December last year, when I was just starting to learn oil painting. At that time, I was only practicing still life paintings on A3 paper. When I happened to browse UA-cam and saw your videos, I was immediately captivated by your paintings, your story, the hobbies you shared with us, and your personality-funny and empathetic. Although before that, I had struggled with self-doubt about my abilities, thinking that my skills were not good enough, which prevented me from doing what my heart truly desired. But then, I was inspired by your process, and it gave me a lot of motivation to create larger works over a longer period. I am still on my journey of creating for exhibiting paintings, and today, when I watched your new video, I felt very happy and proud of you. Congratulations on your success! Thank you for sharing your journey with us so sincerely and providing such useful knowledge. Sending you my love, wishing blessings and wonderful things on your artistic journey. From Píaco 💛✨☀️🥰
Just wanted to thank you for this video, its been a while since I've painted something and you gave me the motivation to restart after rotting away for weeks doing absolutely nothing ❤
this is the first time i was able to not feel like a stranger, sharing the experience of obsessive work, hours disappearing, hunger not felt until the job is done, the depth and concepts of your work explained in such intricate detail, and sharing not only the product, but the intimate process. I dont know you but ive gotten to feel you. and you are a greater mind than a painter, a truly stunning individual.
You have a true gift man. You are articulate and your sincerity is worn so proudly. Never stop being you, you legend! You have one more fan in the UK :)
Your process of artistic growth through practice instead of art school is clearly working. This is phenomenal. Now, if you could find a way to attend life drawing figure classes that were not expensive it would certainly add to it.
Everything about this paining takes my breath away.. Like the flow of the of the light “fabrics” just makes me feel relaxed. If I pull out myself between 1-100 would be a 55. Love everything about this video ❤❤❤.
This is literally one of the best videos I’ve seen on UA-cam! I didn’t think I’d watch the whole thing, But I did lol. This video connected with me, I’m an artist and I haven’t painted in a long while… BUUUT I’m painting right now because of you! I often look at art and i rarely find any connection or story behind it. With your art I found both. What makes your art so amazing to me is the story behind it! If there was no story, I would still think the art was really good, But I wouldn’t remember it. There’s a level of deepness in this video too. I think that’s what got me super interested:D I wish more people would see your art… And not just your art, I wish for them to see the stories behind them. You’re really inspiring, Thank you. ❤️ Love from Finland :D 🇫🇮
This was randomly in my recommended, and my god what a joy to witness. You have captured the nuance and complexity of being an artist, being consumed by creativity it drives you insane and depressed at times. I loved hearing the story behind the painting, even though you think it might not be feasible or ethical, it still is a very profound question to ask. Big congratulations on accomplishing this marathon! I'm so happy to see young people pursuing styles from early movements :) Wishing you all the success in your creative journey
I absolutely LOVE your work so much. You put so much thought and meaning into your pieces and they're packed with so much raw emotion its incredible. I hope that your art journey treats you well and you don't burn yourself out. :)
this is super random but i love knowing genuine painters/artists like you exist bc rn your honestly motivating me to do better with my art and also just i wish we were still in a time where paintings dominated art not that digital sucks but like it becomes too much at times and coming across you and this video is just like a breath of fresh air i wish you such a successful and happy life
i love this so much.. you talking about the meaning and the creation process of this painting made me tear up a bit! i am not a painter but hearing your love about creating were more or less the same thoughts and feelings i have but put into actual words and it makes me feel so seen. this painting is gorgeous despite your criticisms and im feeling so inspired to get back into painting!!! wish i could see your work irl
i loved this painting. your skill and idea are both beautiful. it does feel like humans floating through time together and how we’re all detached, yet so alike in ways we wouldn’t even believe. I’d say we’re all #1s. I think that shame in our past or our fears for the future might make us all feel like #100s at times. The way i look at it is that every mistake has brought us to the beauty of the now, and we all are worthy of feeling in love with life, ourselves, and our place on earth. Although boundaries might need to be drawn, there’s beauty in hoping that everyone can find the light within themselves and learning to accept that we can all prove the odds wrong. It’s beautiful and so are you. thank you for putting yourself out there and i’m excited to see everything else you do🩷
I was done with painting. I hated doing it because of the expectations of perfection. Now that I see someone with a hard time even making an amazing painting, it gave me motivation. I started doodling on a canvas and suddenly I have the need to create, to make anything at all. I thank them for sharing their experience, and for getting me out of a creative rut.
I have been working on a renaissance painting for the last two years while doing my other paintings. it's a painting of the historical scene from the navalbattle of the Spanish Silver Fleet against Admiral Piet Hein in 1628, since the navel battle is a hard subject to draw as a contemporary not many dare to start that project. Therefor seeking reference for this painting has been a real struggle, so I really had to paint it from a fragmented vision for what I had imagined the painting should look like in the end. started with 4 voc ships shooting at each other, rendering the water while imagining how the water was raging in waves having a battle of their own. Making the cloud follow perspective lines to lead the viewers eye to travel over the waves in the distance, showing how nature reacts to the battle, like seagulls scavenging the fallen seamen's guts of wreckage that are being massed by the tides. this painting is draining my supplies and soul since I have already done.400 days of painting on a 2m-5m canvas. Really appreciate the time you took to document your painting while working on this renaissance painting because I totally get the grind
i love how i can just feel your passion for art and this painting radiating through the screen, absolutely stunning piece and atmosphere and one of the most insightful videos i’ve watched in a while 💗💗
Wow. I can't wait to see what you paint in 10 years from now if this is what you can create at 20! This is amazing and the feeling you were aiming to achieve was 100% achieved! This inspired me to paint outside of my sketchbook
Over the course of the video I actually found myself really loving the 1 to 100 question, but more for what it says about the collective rather than the individuals. I think it’s telling how people often want to stay away from the extreme ends of the spectrum - most people don’t want to call themselves a 1 or 2 out of a fear of narcissism, and rarely are people close to 100 even if they might think of themselves that way. But given the scenario where 100 people were forced to placed themselves in that kind of ranking, it would probably take forever just to sort out who gets to stand at the front or who “deserves” to stand in the end. Your painting reveals a bit of this dilemma as well which I really appreciate. The numbers only range from around 30 to 75, meaning no one featured in the image is very extremist about the way they view themselves. Personally, I feel like a rising concept in the modern world is the pursuit of being a leader or manager - this need to be just above average, an A-student or hard worker that climbs to the top of whatever social hierarchy they’ve found themselves in. At the same time, we also face the intrinsic need to feel timid at the idea of taking more success than we’ve earned, or rationalizing our worth at every step of the ladder. In the scenario you’ve painted, the figures twist together in a cluster around these numbers that orbit the center of 1 to 100. And there’s an inevitable conflict that arrises: as everyone tries to take up space in the center positions, who will sacrifice themselves to the edges? Who will allow themselves that nobility, or shame? Additionally, I find it interesting how many of the people you interviewed examined the question as ranking themselves in relation to God. It's interesting to view the question in how closely it marks a person to godliness, where the person at rank 1 is considerably the closest to God. Honestly, I like to think that God is more lenient than many people (especially Evangelical Christians) seem to think. An understanding God can see the good in most people to allow them into Heaven, and, ideally, I like to think the concept of Hell is totally abandoned, empty. There is no one person capable of the kind of evil that would cast them into an eternity of torture. At the same time, the common descriptions of Heaven make it seem almost like a hellish place to me, being that it exists in a sort of constant state of pleasure, in a vast, yet crowded expanse of unchanging nothingness and light... it all sounds kind of numbing. In that sense, the aspect of Hell that makes it daunting isn't necessarily the torture within, but the eternity of it -- the lack of any conclusive, describable end. I guess I say all of that just because I think your painting showcases a very human struggle. We all want to be placed somewhere in the middle. We hold onto the pursuit of being average -- even if its just slightly above or below average -- but fear the cost of being seen too close to either ends. Religion would have you believe that there is only one true answer: 1. That in order to be allowed through the gates of heaven one must prove themselves to be holy enough, good enough to have earned their place amongst God. Meanwhile, the 100 is immediately cast to Hell -- they are considered beyond saving and therefore denied even the opportunity to stand trial for their sins. And in between the two -- those released to the skies of Heaven or below the ground toward Hell -- is us, the rest of humanity here on Earth. We fear the end, and yet fear endlessness all the same. And so, we all become bodies collecting at the middleground, arguing against ourselves in pursuit of the title of 50. There is godliness in being perfectly ungodly. In being holy but not too unholy. In being perfectly, incomprehensibly average.
Sorry if this all sounds like rambling gibberish lmao, I just took my adderall and have a lot of thoughts on this piece that I wanted to get out... hopefully some of this makes sense at least
I also just realized that in your scenerio the 100 people are already pre-assigned their number, but I kind of like the chaos of them having to sort themselves in order so I'm sticking with it lol
I was truly gagged when I clicked "read more". everybody putting so much time and thought into this project is so cool to watch. "And there’s an inevitable conflict that arrises: as everyone tries to take up space in the center positions, who will sacrifice themselves to the edges? Who will allow themselves that nobility, or shame?"--IMMEDIATELY going into my notes app holy shit
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I’ve ever seen you perfectly capture the overwhelming vibe of holy that you were going for never stop painting you’re doing wonders
I absolutely love the concept of this painting. Your process is very detailed and it made me so motivated to finally finish this painting. Definitely inspired to work on a large scale painting now after watching this. And you are a VIBE babes. Instantly subscribed
Given that the collective unconscious didn't fall into darkness, I would think that person number 75 and person number 25 probably aren't that dissimilar. I think people over all are actually pretty decent. I loved the video, can't wait to try a bigger piece myself. You did very well.
im not a painter by any means but i am a poet. it was interesting listening to you talk about the passion and frustration related to your craft because despite doing something very different from you, i related deeply.
Just binged all your videos. Amazing and masterful work and also, you’re a great video editor as well! Loved seeing your personality and your whole process.
Just found you tonight, and I sat through this entire 46 minute video. I'm an old guy, and I've always thought that I have an artistic spirit, but due to family obligations and a lack of imagination on my own part, I never really pursued that part of myself. I mean, I've had a few short stories published, but time and insecurity always held me back. I'm retired now, and I've also been doing some website design and I enjoy expressing my visual ascetic that way. And I'm sitting on an unfinished fairly long biographic article about a personal hero that passed away during the covid pandemic and haven't touched that in months. With this one video, you've given me a lot to think about regarding pushing through self-doubt and ways to handle the emotional ups and downs when approaching a big project. Thanks so much for being you, and for sharing yourself with strangers. Take care of yourself, I think you're helping others more than you know with videos like this one.
OH, btw, the red glow you're talking about in you color theory section is called Subsurface Scattering in 3D rendering. It's a property of skin, marble, wax, milk--anything that is translucent but not transparent---where the light travels through an object a short distance before bouncing out. As the light goes through, different wavelengths travel further than others. So, in skin, the red light goes further than the rest, and all shadow transitions will be redder than the skin surface. It's most noticeable in light that is angled against the skin (like a strong overhead light would be on the neck like what you noticed) or in thin areas that are backlit, like the webbing of your fingers or ears when sunlight is hitting it from behind.
At first I didn't like your video but by the end I really love it, I think you created something beautiful and powerful and I hope you will get the recognition you deserve. Also you gained a new subscriber
This was a very inspiring and motivating video to watch, I’m a young who’s been experiencing art block a lot due to feeling “not good enough” but see this video has motivated me to continue creating. It really showed me what hard work and patience gets you. This video was also just very interesting the watch. The meaning of the painting honestly made me quite emotional and the end product is absolutely stunning. 💗
Thank you for watching! Im happy to hear this inspired you. I loved watching art videos on youtube in its hay day. They taught me how to paint, first off, but also inspired most of the ideas that built me into the artist I am today
You are so absolutely incredible. I'm 17 and I make art myself, but looking at this shows me how much I still have to improve on. You blew me away. You're really pretty btw
The way you describe looking at those Klimt paintings being like listening to your favorite album for the first time is how I feel when I look at your work. It's so BOLD and commanding of your attention but have a beautiful softness and ethereal feel at the same time. I look forward to all of your videos!
As someone who quit art school too, I appreciate your practice and your channel. How you continue to work hard and make strides in creating beautiful work for us to see is very inspiring. Gods loves you and I do too !
Im also 20 and have been selling/making art for a long time, gave up on actively creating a few years ago though. Something super bittersweet about seeing someone my age make something so beautiful. I hope i can find my motivation again even if it takes a long time. Beautiful work I can see this being in a museum one day.
Hello... Just found you on "UA-cam" and I'm absolutely signed up to watch your work. I'm probably your grandparents age. I got my bachelors in studio art over 50 years ago, but stopped painting because the purpose of my life was asking the philosophical, metaphysical "WHY". Now, I'm gong back to painting at 70 plus years old. I'm not going to be a great artist, but the fun is in learning, and there is so much I can learn from you. I wish I could be invisible and watch you paint slowly, in real time for hours to understand how you apply the paint to get the "aliveness". "Colour Theory"... YES... I want and need to understand all the things that come out in your work. The way your communicate with your art is amazing ! I love the reference to Klimpt in this painting... or any painting.Same with John singer Sargent, but you explore colour as though Sargent and Van Gogh commingled their minds...with Klimpt added full measure into the mix. There are so many references to the best of the best. I could spend hours just looking at the upper left corner or upper right corner, trying to understand how the colours are laid down. Thanks for filming with so many details and insightful discussion !
When you started crying after seeing the entire thing put together. God, I was touched. Your artwork is beautiful, and it moves people. Absolutely stunning and impressive work. The concept of this piece is so unique, I love that your friends were involved.
Thank you so much for sharing your love, your excitement, your fears and your pain. Made me feel not as alone with my thoughts. Got up to make something, anything and I regret nothing. ❤
WOW! 😍I loved your video and the painting process, its amazing how you worked on the composition. Thank you very much for showing us your great work. I can only say "absolutely amazing"
It’s very interesting to hear what other artists listen to while painting. I usually choose something the matches the atmosphere but sometimes I like to choose something with the same general meaning of the painting. In general music really does help the process alot
Thank you so much for this! I'm a self-taught artist and I want to make bigger projects and this video is a gold mine. The painting and the intention behind it are so beautiful and thoughtful!!!
We need the skill to convey our intent. Figures and forms should follow whatever rules are required to achieve that end. Composition, color consideration, smoothing out brush strokes or bringing them forward, and even the size and orientation of the canvas should all be secondary considerations which serve the larger purpose. Your piece is lovely. Joni Mitchell is also a favorite of mine and I wish you luck at the competition. Thank you for sharing this with us.
You are wonderful! I would like to suggest trying audiobooks while you’re painting or just creating! They’ve helped mo so much to get into that focused state where you forget time and are in a full flow state. That’s ofc if you haven’t tried that already hahah. I loooooove the painting by the way I hope you won the competition ❤
Oh i had no idea you had a youtube channel! it was really nice to watch and listen to your process for this piece, the hypothetical really interested me and the final piece is just amazing. the texture of your work is what drew me to it initially, and its lovely to see all the individual paint strokes up close. Theres just something so beautiful about the softness of it, a strange comparison but it almost looks felted, like you could reach your hand into it and it'd be as soft and warm as the colours. wishing you all the best in art prize! i hope everyone there loves this painting as much as we do side note, i totally get what your saying about not be able to watch videos while working, i get so distracted trying to make sure i don't miss what's happening on screen. i'll be sure to give Toni Mitchell a listen :)
Wow this video was wonderful. You articulate your process so well and the way you really captured that constant back and forth struggle when creating is something I resonate with so much. I have so many days when I'm paralyzed by how much my artwork really matters to me that I end up spending days if not weeks just staring at it and waiting for when I finally have some bravery to work on it again. And the final self critique at the end was great. I think it takes a lot of love and respect for your craft to finish a piece that's taken you 142 days and still be able to face the mistakes head on. This is the first video I've seen of yours but I really admire you and can't wait for your next pieces!
I feel like I leveled up massively just watching this. I kinda knew about using warm/cold tones and soft highlights but WOW seeing this felt like a true masterclass. LOVE the concept behind the painting but honestly it's just so damn gorgeous ❤
I just want to say that I really appreciate the way you described how you worked up to the beginning the painting. I am a beginner and you doing that is helping me understand what my process can look like :)
I'm so glad! I have been critiqued that i did not do enough thumbnail sketching, so I guess consider that when you apply it to your own practice. But if I sketched any longer I think I would have gone insane.
I am new to your channel , I love you and I love Karen too!. Thanks for introducing me to your world, every single word that you said and every single detail of your craft is transcendent !
You are a very impressive artist. My lord! The talent and energy is wonderful to see. I have watched my share of process videos ( chronic insomniac here) love your intuitive color choices and how your panting evolved. It is extremely satisfying to watch a piece evolve from r a concept to a well executed final piece. The Art Schools (enter any name here) usually stomp any originality or creativity out of young artists; it nice to see that didn’t happen here. I will subscribe to see what happens in the future. Cheers to you.🎉
You did great!! The 1-100 question has been sitting with me for hours. I think it's a riddle with only one right answer. We're all both 1 and 100. There is no gradient just a balance of the two. A mixture that is concocted uniquely based on who we each are. Like your oil paints and medium. Mixed individually in different amounts for different purposes but all on the same canvas. We're all the best and worst. We just have to find where we fit best on the grid. ❤ and u better believe im a karen puzzles OG too!! Good luck!
Beautifully explained- a wonderful accomplishment. The honesty won me over the sensitivities won me over and most importantly your artistic thoughts won me over. Best of luck - I will be watching for results. I hope you are very proud of yourself 🥰
I agree that the focal point is 33 and 30 (I forgot their names).. so the painting isn’t entirely immersive and expansive as the rendering level dissolves toward 49, 50, and 42. I think your mom’s face falls correctly in shadows, but 49 is too dark, especially considering how 30 glows behind him. Rendering toward the focal point is typical of “normal: paintings, but I think to make it look entirely immersive the rendering level should be consistent. Just something to think about!! Beautiful, beautiful work. Also.. I love Karenpuzzles
stopp omgg, ive seen your art before but its my first time seeing your channel and i love your content so much 😭 your artworks are INCREDIBLE and seeing your progress and thought process is so entertaining 🫶
Also you would fall under the category of divine shit i believe in cause mygod your art its incredible and you are so genuinely inspiring and funny and one of the people who will lead the way through any art block I shoot myself into
I just discovered your art prize competition video, and in following this one, as an art student going into university, I aspire to this level of creativity and skill. I especially love your concept and depth to the idea of the painting. I struggle with implementing deep concepts in my artwork and I am wondering if you could share any tips to taking ideas for artworks to a deeper level? Absolutely stunning artwork!
I don't know... i'm such a shut-in that inevitably the silence in my head spirals into something important. If you force yourself to sit with yourself for a long time, and learn how to be comfortable with that, I expect you will come up with something you want to say. Usually when I am half dreaming on the cusp of sleep is when I come up with paintings. thats the only time i'm able to see visuals in my head so i try my best in those minutes to conjure as many images as possible. reflecting on past work or my life through writing helps me locate meaning as well.
god, feeling like you're exposing the deepest of your notes app with your art is so real. i recently got my poetry published at a local university's literary journal, and every time my parents tried to talk to me about it, i just could NOT stand it. it's so deep and personal to me and about things they don't even know about. it's scary, to be honest. anyways. if your work ever ends up in a museum i am dropping everything and going over there asap
I loved connecting with your process, it's similar to mine so I felt heard and validated hahah. I love your sheer ambition and trust you put in your abilities. I took years of my adulthood working with therapist to be able to connect to myself and I see the results in making the best art I have ever made. But that only happened when I started to trust myself. Like integrity is so needed in processes like that and I love to see you loving yourself and allowing yourself to do thinks the way that feels right for you. I ADORE YOU. Please carry on beautiful human.
Your art is truly awe-inspiring. Not just that, your commentary on the things you do is just so incredible to listen to. You capture that soul in your works! I was hesitant to watch the video because of its lenght at first but I'd just miss out on so much. As a burnout artist feeling artblock, thank you for showing all this journey to us. 🦦
The subjects, the colours mood atmosphere, and the balance of positive and negative space between the subjects made this artwork capable to stand the test of time,, its a MASTER PIECE ,keep on,,,,and on,,,,,with all the blessings..
This is one of the first times that I've heard another artist express what it feels like to be so in love and obsessed with creating that you almost start to resent it. I feel so connected to your process and openness and am in awe of you. This is truly a masterpiece.
I mean the creation of anything must come from love, if you don't then the end product will show your faults
Ikr ❤
@@Twocat5sidelike all great art
Are they dead or alive
It’s beautiful
This really is the kind of art video I have missed. I realize it probably took a TON of extra work just to do the video on top of the painting, but thank you so much for showing the entire process, your emotions and motivations, making it feel possible and accesible to make great art «at home».
You have given a great gift to the world right here! It is GREATLY appretiated!
Thank you! I love youtube because there is so much more nuance in the conversations I can share, and the feedback I receive.
@@tailsjekel_artI watched the whole thing ❤❤
The idea behind the painting got me tearing up
what is it? I can't watch the whole vid bcs of school T_T
@@deliciouseggy2520 They asked a bunch of people how they would rank themselves if they were in a room with 100 strangers. 1 being the best and 100 being the worst. Each friend gave a number and they were painted next to it.
@@Kajenx😭😭😭😭😭😭
This is one of those paintings I would sit infront of for hours in a museum. Just admiring every little detail…
I clicked on this video with no intention whatsoever of watching the whole thing, I thought ‘well I’ll just see what this is and move on’ and before I knew it I was at the end of the video, blinded by tears, inspired and in awe. This is one of the, if not THE most moving and beautiful pieces of art I’ve ever seen in my life, it would be insane to see your painting in person. The colors, texture and the ‘fogginess’ make the painting look ethereal and otherworldly. Seeing you talk about and go through your creative process, roadblocks, moments of inspiration forced me to come to terms with the fact that as an artist and as a human I’ve been failing myself, and every time I fail myself I lie and promise I’ll try harder next time, but now I’m standing in a six foot ditch with a shovel in my hands. I’m going to walk away from this video and I’m going to battle for my life or die trying.
I was extraordinarily surprised that almost nobody in your painting picked a number below 50. When you posed the question, I paused and thought, and came to the conclusion that I’d probably be at 86 at most. I’m not a horrible person so I’m sure I couldn’t place myself at the bottom, but I’m so unhappy with myself, my inaction, the disappointment I cause in others, I couldn’t place myself any higher. After seeing the answers in your painting, I think I must be being overly self-critical, but the question is profound.
You sound so kind.
I hear a bit of artistic regret in this comment. I display only a small sector of what it means to be an artist today. I love what I do, and I have the patience to create the "showey" type of art that I am making, but I hope you can consider yourself a success story in whatever you achieve. Being an artist isn't about making a 10 foot showpiece. it is about the magic of seeing the beauty in the world. listening to the birds, hearing what others are saying, Waking up and taking a breath. that is an artist.
Going on a slow, thoughtful walk is just as valid as this painting. Please see your own success. All art is valid, and all art makes the world better. Appreciate your life as art and i promise only beauty can come from your kind soul
I'm so glad I saw this comment. I'm crying so hard right now because of the painting, and what you wrote encapsulates my thoughts perfectly. I've never been this deeply impacted by a piece of art before, it's really beautiful.
You’re only 20years old and already at this skill level? It’s a very stunning art! Yes apart showing a bit of her leg passing after the guy in the right (but not necessary painting all of it, just a bit and then the leg dissolves into the fog) for the z axis would be cool adding a background of other human figure in distance, but I know it would crazy to rework this giant painting and I don’t even know if mine are good ideas lol
thank you :) i love all feedback
Wow. This is one of the most inspiring pieces of media I’ve consumed in such a long time. Endless applause this is incredible!!!!
NO WAY I LOVE WATCHING INSPIRING MEDIA!
Thank god the youtube algorithm recommended me this video, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see this masterpiece. I'm an extremely impatient person and usually can't even watch a 15-minute video without getting bored or having to skip over parts but I watched this entire video from the start to the end because I was so infatuated with the way you describe your workflow and your painting! You can tell that there's been so much time and thought put into it, and everything you do is so incredible!! Amazing painting!! 💗💗
watching this made me realise how much i MISSED creating! I spent my whole teenage years doing nothing but drawing and painting but i had to abandon it for school, you've literally inspired me so much i cant WAIT to get back to art and colour and anatomy as SOON as my exams are done YOURE ART IS INSANE NEVER STOP XXX
no bcs same
5:58 please, someone, write a collection of poetry called "where, exactly, a mouth ends".
ALSO this painting is stunning. Thank you for sharing your process
sending this to my poet gf brb
An incredible watch Tails. Thank you for allowing me to be in this piece (FINALLY) hope you do the individual pieces in the future too
Context: I have been telling Addie I would paint her for probably 3 years now, and I've now painted around the friend group twice without getting to her. She is 32, the dead center of the painting (And i did a damn good job on her so I think that's reparations enough)
I’ve never seen any of your videos or your art before but this whole journey has me completely enraptured. I haven’t finished it yet but it’s already sooo incredibly beautiful in all ways you might use that word.
thank you so much!
Dear Tails,
I got to know you around December last year, when I was just starting to learn oil painting. At that time, I was only practicing still life paintings on A3 paper. When I happened to browse UA-cam and saw your videos, I was immediately captivated by your paintings, your story, the hobbies you shared with us, and your personality-funny and empathetic. Although before that, I had struggled with self-doubt about my abilities, thinking that my skills were not good enough, which prevented me from doing what my heart truly desired. But then, I was inspired by your process, and it gave me a lot of motivation to create larger works over a longer period. I am still on my journey of creating for exhibiting paintings, and today, when I watched your new video, I felt very happy and proud of you. Congratulations on your success! Thank you for sharing your journey with us so sincerely and providing such useful knowledge.
Sending you my love, wishing blessings and wonderful things on your artistic journey.
From Píaco
💛✨☀️🥰
Not only are you an incredible, inspirational artist, but you also have phenomenal taste in music. Don’t ever change!!
Just wanted to thank you for this video, its been a while since I've painted something and you gave me the motivation to restart after rotting away for weeks doing absolutely nothing ❤
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING DIVA! MEANS JUST AS MUCH TO ME
this is the first time i was able to not feel like a stranger, sharing the experience of obsessive work, hours disappearing, hunger not felt until the job is done, the depth and concepts of your work explained in such intricate detail, and sharing not only the product, but the intimate process. I dont know you but ive gotten to feel you. and you are a greater mind than a painter, a truly stunning individual.
Your passion and love for your work brings a smile to my face.
Thank you!
You have a true gift man. You are articulate and your sincerity is worn so proudly. Never stop being you, you legend! You have one more fan in the UK :)
Who’s here before this guy is famous? Extremely underrated video for such a beautiful painting. I wish you the best ❤❤
Your process of artistic growth through practice instead of art school is clearly working. This is phenomenal. Now, if you could find a way to attend life drawing figure classes that were not expensive it would certainly add to it.
Everything about this paining takes my breath away.. Like the flow of the of the light “fabrics” just makes me feel relaxed. If I pull out myself between 1-100 would be a 55. Love everything about this video ❤❤❤.
thank you so much
This is literally one of the best videos I’ve seen on UA-cam! I didn’t think I’d watch the whole thing, But I did lol. This video connected with me, I’m an artist and I haven’t painted in a long while… BUUUT I’m painting right now because of you!
I often look at art and i rarely find any connection or story behind it. With your art I found both. What makes your art so amazing to me is the story behind it! If there was no story, I would still think the art was really good, But I wouldn’t remember it.
There’s a level of deepness in this video too. I think that’s what got me super interested:D I wish more people would see your art… And not just your art, I wish for them to see the stories behind them.
You’re really inspiring, Thank you. ❤️ Love from Finland :D 🇫🇮
Im so happy to hear you are inspired to create again!
This was randomly in my recommended, and my god what a joy to witness. You have captured the nuance and complexity of being an artist, being consumed by creativity it drives you insane and depressed at times. I loved hearing the story behind the painting, even though you think it might not be feasible or ethical, it still is a very profound question to ask.
Big congratulations on accomplishing this marathon! I'm so happy to see young people pursuing styles from early movements :) Wishing you all the success in your creative journey
I absolutely LOVE your work so much. You put so much thought and meaning into your pieces and they're packed with so much raw emotion its incredible. I hope that your art journey treats you well and you don't burn yourself out. :)
drop dead gorgeous art and impeccable music taste :)
this is super random but i love knowing genuine painters/artists like you exist bc rn your honestly motivating me to do better with my art and also just i wish we were still in a time where paintings dominated art not that digital sucks but like it becomes too much at times and coming across you and this video is just like a breath of fresh air i wish you such a successful and happy life
i love this so much.. you talking about the meaning and the creation process of this painting made me tear up a bit! i am not a painter but hearing your love about creating were more or less the same thoughts and feelings i have but put into actual words and it makes me feel so seen. this painting is gorgeous despite your criticisms and im feeling so inspired to get back into painting!!! wish i could see your work irl
i loved this painting. your skill and idea are both beautiful. it does feel like humans floating through time together and how we’re all detached, yet so alike in ways we wouldn’t even believe. I’d say we’re all #1s. I think that shame in our past or our fears for the future might make us all feel like #100s at times. The way i look at it is that every mistake has brought us to the beauty of the now, and we all are worthy of feeling in love with life, ourselves, and our place on earth. Although boundaries might need to be drawn, there’s beauty in hoping that everyone can find the light within themselves and learning to accept that we can all prove the odds wrong. It’s beautiful and so are you. thank you for putting yourself out there and i’m excited to see everything else you do🩷
i love your perspective! thank you
I was done with painting. I hated doing it because of the expectations of perfection. Now that I see someone with a hard time even making an amazing painting, it gave me motivation. I started doodling on a canvas and suddenly I have the need to create, to make anything at all. I thank them for sharing their experience, and for getting me out of a creative rut.
This is the best compliment to ever receive! Email me whatever you make, I would love to see! tailsjekel@gmail.com
I have been working on a renaissance painting for the last two years while doing my other paintings. it's a painting of the historical scene from the navalbattle of the Spanish Silver Fleet against Admiral Piet Hein in 1628, since the navel battle is a hard subject to draw as a contemporary not many dare to start that project. Therefor seeking reference for this painting has been a real struggle, so I really had to paint it from a fragmented vision for what I had imagined the painting should look like in the end. started with 4 voc ships shooting at each other, rendering the water while imagining how the water was raging in waves having a battle of their own. Making the cloud follow perspective lines to lead the viewers eye to travel over the waves in the distance, showing how nature reacts to the battle, like seagulls scavenging the fallen seamen's guts of wreckage that are being massed by the tides. this painting is draining my supplies and soul since I have already done.400 days of painting on a 2m-5m canvas.
Really appreciate the time you took to document your painting while working on this renaissance painting because I totally get the grind
That project sound BEYOND! Thanks for sharing :)
I think I fell in love… this opened up my heart. So much love in your creative process. Thank you for reminding.
i love how i can just feel your passion for art and this painting radiating through the screen, absolutely stunning piece and atmosphere and one of the most insightful videos i’ve watched in a while 💗💗
Wow. I can't wait to see what you paint in 10 years from now if this is what you can create at 20! This is amazing and the feeling you were aiming to achieve was 100% achieved! This inspired me to paint outside of my sketchbook
I've got too much on my mind to say and I don't have the words, so I'm just sending my admiration and love.✨💖
Over the course of the video I actually found myself really loving the 1 to 100 question, but more for what it says about the collective rather than the individuals. I think it’s telling how people often want to stay away from the extreme ends of the spectrum - most people don’t want to call themselves a 1 or 2 out of a fear of narcissism, and rarely are people close to 100 even if they might think of themselves that way. But given the scenario where 100 people were forced to placed themselves in that kind of ranking, it would probably take forever just to sort out who gets to stand at the front or who “deserves” to stand in the end.
Your painting reveals a bit of this dilemma as well which I really appreciate. The numbers only range from around 30 to 75, meaning no one featured in the image is very extremist about the way they view themselves. Personally, I feel like a rising concept in the modern world is the pursuit of being a leader or manager - this need to be just above average, an A-student or hard worker that climbs to the top of whatever social hierarchy they’ve found themselves in. At the same time, we also face the intrinsic need to feel timid at the idea of taking more success than we’ve earned, or rationalizing our worth at every step of the ladder.
In the scenario you’ve painted, the figures twist together in a cluster around these numbers that orbit the center of 1 to 100. And there’s an inevitable conflict that arrises: as everyone tries to take up space in the center positions, who will sacrifice themselves to the edges? Who will allow themselves that nobility, or shame?
Additionally, I find it interesting how many of the people you interviewed examined the question as ranking themselves in relation to God. It's interesting to view the question in how closely it marks a person to godliness, where the person at rank 1 is considerably the closest to God. Honestly, I like to think that God is more lenient than many people (especially Evangelical Christians) seem to think. An understanding God can see the good in most people to allow them into Heaven, and, ideally, I like to think the concept of Hell is totally abandoned, empty. There is no one person capable of the kind of evil that would cast them into an eternity of torture. At the same time, the common descriptions of Heaven make it seem almost like a hellish place to me, being that it exists in a sort of constant state of pleasure, in a vast, yet crowded expanse of unchanging nothingness and light... it all sounds kind of numbing. In that sense, the aspect of Hell that makes it daunting isn't necessarily the torture within, but the eternity of it -- the lack of any conclusive, describable end.
I guess I say all of that just because I think your painting showcases a very human struggle. We all want to be placed somewhere in the middle. We hold onto the pursuit of being average -- even if its just slightly above or below average -- but fear the cost of being seen too close to either ends. Religion would have you believe that there is only one true answer: 1. That in order to be allowed through the gates of heaven one must prove themselves to be holy enough, good enough to have earned their place amongst God. Meanwhile, the 100 is immediately cast to Hell -- they are considered beyond saving and therefore denied even the opportunity to stand trial for their sins. And in between the two -- those released to the skies of Heaven or below the ground toward Hell -- is us, the rest of humanity here on Earth. We fear the end, and yet fear endlessness all the same. And so, we all become bodies collecting at the middleground, arguing against ourselves in pursuit of the title of 50. There is godliness in being perfectly ungodly. In being holy but not too unholy. In being perfectly, incomprehensibly average.
Sorry if this all sounds like rambling gibberish lmao, I just took my adderall and have a lot of thoughts on this piece that I wanted to get out... hopefully some of this makes sense at least
I also just realized that in your scenerio the 100 people are already pre-assigned their number, but I kind of like the chaos of them having to sort themselves in order so I'm sticking with it lol
I was truly gagged when I clicked "read more". everybody putting so much time and thought into this project is so cool to watch.
"And there’s an inevitable conflict that arrises: as everyone tries to take up space in the center positions, who will sacrifice themselves to the edges? Who will allow themselves that nobility, or shame?"--IMMEDIATELY going into my notes app holy shit
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I’ve ever seen you perfectly capture the overwhelming vibe of holy that you were going for never stop painting you’re doing wonders
I absolutely love the concept of this painting. Your process is very detailed and it made me so motivated to finally finish this painting. Definitely inspired to work on a large scale painting now after watching this. And you are a VIBE babes. Instantly subscribed
I bought the print. You are so amazing I could cry joyful tears! I’ve shared this video with the artists in my life. Bravo! 🖤🎪 Ruth
I just saw your order, thank you so much Ruth! You are keeping me going over here.
Given that the collective unconscious didn't fall into darkness, I would think that person number 75 and person number 25 probably aren't that dissimilar. I think people over all are actually pretty decent. I loved the video, can't wait to try a bigger piece myself. You did very well.
im not a painter by any means but i am a poet. it was interesting listening to you talk about the passion and frustration related to your craft because despite doing something very different from you, i related deeply.
This is INCREDIBLE. The idea behind it and the execution is so moving I just have no words. You captured that feeling. Brilliant
Just binged all your videos. Amazing and masterful work and also, you’re a great video editor as well! Loved seeing your personality and your whole process.
thank you! Editing takes SO LONG and i'm glad you noticed
Just found you tonight, and I sat through this entire 46 minute video. I'm an old guy, and I've always thought that I have an artistic spirit, but due to family obligations and a lack of imagination on my own part, I never really pursued that part of myself. I mean, I've had a few short stories published, but time and insecurity always held me back. I'm retired now, and I've also been doing some website design and I enjoy expressing my visual ascetic that way. And I'm sitting on an unfinished fairly long biographic article about a personal hero that passed away during the covid pandemic and haven't touched that in months.
With this one video, you've given me a lot to think about regarding pushing through self-doubt and ways to handle the emotional ups and downs when approaching a big project. Thanks so much for being you, and for sharing yourself with strangers. Take care of yourself, I think you're helping others more than you know with videos like this one.
Please keep on creating and share your work! Creating is love. And the world needs more love.
OH, btw, the red glow you're talking about in you color theory section is called Subsurface Scattering in 3D rendering. It's a property of skin, marble, wax, milk--anything that is translucent but not transparent---where the light travels through an object a short distance before bouncing out. As the light goes through, different wavelengths travel further than others. So, in skin, the red light goes further than the rest, and all shadow transitions will be redder than the skin surface. It's most noticeable in light that is angled against the skin (like a strong overhead light would be on the neck like what you noticed) or in thin areas that are backlit, like the webbing of your fingers or ears when sunlight is hitting it from behind.
holy shit THANK YOU!
At first I didn't like your video but by the end I really love it, I think you created something beautiful and powerful and I hope you will get the recognition you deserve.
Also you gained a new subscriber
Honey, you are absolutely fabulous and inspiring! Love to see it.
This was a very inspiring and motivating video to watch, I’m a young who’s been experiencing art block a lot due to feeling “not good enough” but see this video has motivated me to continue creating. It really showed me what hard work and patience gets you. This video was also just very interesting the watch. The meaning of the painting honestly made me quite emotional and the end product is absolutely stunning. 💗
Thank you for watching! Im happy to hear this inspired you. I loved watching art videos on youtube in its hay day. They taught me how to paint, first off, but also inspired most of the ideas that built me into the artist I am today
Well done, Tails!
(Not that I watched the video or anything)
Everybody tell Trent he is handsome! #33 top left corner. this painting would be nothing without you king!
Trent you are a handsome boi 🎉
Trent you are freaking handsome
You are so absolutely incredible. I'm 17 and I make art myself, but looking at this shows me how much I still have to improve on. You blew me away. You're really pretty btw
The way you describe looking at those Klimt paintings being like listening to your favorite album for the first time is how I feel when I look at your work. It's so BOLD and commanding of your attention but have a beautiful softness and ethereal feel at the same time. I look forward to all of your videos!
This was a joy to watch! Your personality is so fun and the painting came out magnificently ❤ Thank you for sharing the whole process with us!!
I am thrilled that this came up on my homepage - what an astounding piece. I can't wait to discuss your question with my loved ones.
As someone who quit art school too, I appreciate your practice and your channel. How you continue to work hard and make strides in creating beautiful work for us to see is very inspiring. Gods loves you and I do too !
Im also 20 and have been selling/making art for a long time, gave up on actively creating a few years ago though. Something super bittersweet about seeing someone my age make something so beautiful. I hope i can find my motivation again even if it takes a long time. Beautiful work I can see this being in a museum one day.
Hello... Just found you on "UA-cam" and I'm absolutely signed up to watch your work.
I'm probably your grandparents age. I got my bachelors in studio art over 50 years ago, but stopped painting because the purpose of my life was asking the philosophical, metaphysical "WHY".
Now, I'm gong back to painting at 70 plus years old. I'm not going to be a great artist, but the fun is in learning, and there is so much I can learn from you.
I wish I could be invisible and watch you paint slowly, in real time for hours to understand how you apply the paint to get the "aliveness".
"Colour Theory"... YES... I want and need to understand all the things that come out in your work. The way your communicate with your art is amazing !
I love the reference to Klimpt in this painting... or any painting.Same with John singer Sargent, but you explore colour as though Sargent and Van Gogh commingled their minds...with Klimpt added full measure into the mix. There are so many references to the best of the best.
I could spend hours just looking at the upper left corner or upper right corner, trying to understand how the colours are laid down.
Thanks for filming with so many details and insightful discussion !
thank you Sophia! that is so kind
When you started crying after seeing the entire thing put together. God, I was touched. Your artwork is beautiful, and it moves people. Absolutely stunning and impressive work. The concept of this piece is so unique, I love that your friends were involved.
THANK YOU! I am a certified drama queen.
this is so insanely good, this has to go into a museum
Thank you so much for sharing your love, your excitement, your fears and your pain. Made me feel not as alone with my thoughts. Got up to make something, anything and I regret nothing. ❤
WOW! 😍I loved your video and the painting process, its amazing how you worked on the composition. Thank you very much for showing us your great work. I can only say "absolutely amazing"
Babe. You're so chaotic I love you. Subscribed!
Absolutely in love with this !!! You could maybe try to get a gallery to represent you if you need to find buyers :)
You are so incredibly talented! The amount of detail and mindfulness in each stroke is sensational! So glad I found your channel 🫶🏻
It’s very interesting to hear what other artists listen to while painting. I usually choose something the matches the atmosphere but sometimes I like to choose something with the same general meaning of the painting. In general music really does help the process alot
man, the amount of respect i'm feeling to you!! you did such a great work!
ah your art is absolutely stunning! always a pleasure to watch you paint and hear you speak about it
Thank you so much for this! I'm a self-taught artist and I want to make bigger projects and this video is a gold mine. The painting and the intention behind it are so beautiful and thoughtful!!!
We need the skill to convey our intent. Figures and forms should follow whatever rules are required to achieve that end. Composition, color consideration, smoothing out brush strokes or bringing them forward, and even the size and orientation of the canvas should all be secondary considerations which serve the larger purpose.
Your piece is lovely. Joni Mitchell is also a favorite of mine and I wish you luck at the competition.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
You are wonderful! I would like to suggest trying audiobooks while you’re painting or just creating! They’ve helped mo so much to get into that focused state where you forget time and are in a full flow state. That’s ofc if you haven’t tried that already hahah. I loooooove the painting by the way I hope you won the competition ❤
Oh i had no idea you had a youtube channel! it was really nice to watch and listen to your process for this piece, the hypothetical really interested me and the final piece is just amazing. the texture of your work is what drew me to it initially, and its lovely to see all the individual paint strokes up close. Theres just something so beautiful about the softness of it, a strange comparison but it almost looks felted, like you could reach your hand into it and it'd be as soft and warm as the colours.
wishing you all the best in art prize! i hope everyone there loves this painting as much as we do
side note, i totally get what your saying about not be able to watch videos while working, i get so distracted trying to make sure i don't miss what's happening on screen. i'll be sure to give Toni Mitchell a listen :)
thank you!
Wow this video was wonderful. You articulate your process so well and the way you really captured that constant back and forth struggle when creating is something I resonate with so much. I have so many days when I'm paralyzed by how much my artwork really matters to me that I end up spending days if not weeks just staring at it and waiting for when I finally have some bravery to work on it again. And the final self critique at the end was great. I think it takes a lot of love and respect for your craft to finish a piece that's taken you 142 days and still be able to face the mistakes head on. This is the first video I've seen of yours but I really admire you and can't wait for your next pieces!
I feel like I leveled up massively just watching this. I kinda knew about using warm/cold tones and soft highlights but WOW seeing this felt like a true masterclass. LOVE the concept behind the painting but honestly it's just so damn gorgeous ❤
I just want to say that I really appreciate the way you described how you worked up to the beginning the painting. I am a beginner and you doing that is helping me understand what my process can look like :)
I'm so glad! I have been critiqued that i did not do enough thumbnail sketching, so I guess consider that when you apply it to your own practice. But if I sketched any longer I think I would have gone insane.
@@tailsjekel_art LMAO FELT
I’ve tried to comment so many times. This is just beautiful.
You are brilliant! Wonderful work! Love the brush strokes and the light. Very impressive!
Those 46 minutes flew by! interesting story behind this pretty painting as well. Keep going!!
I am new to your channel , I love you and I love Karen too!. Thanks for introducing me to your world, every single word that you said and every single detail of your craft is transcendent !
You are a very impressive artist. My lord! The talent and energy is wonderful to see. I have watched my share of process videos ( chronic insomniac here) love your intuitive color choices and how your panting evolved. It is extremely satisfying to watch a piece evolve from r a concept to a well executed final piece. The Art Schools (enter any name here) usually stomp any originality or creativity out of young artists; it nice to see that didn’t happen here. I will subscribe to see what happens in the future. Cheers to you.🎉
Wow. You're really awesome at expressing yourself and process.
Love your work. Keep going
You did great!! The 1-100 question has been sitting with me for hours. I think it's a riddle with only one right answer. We're all both 1 and 100. There is no gradient just a balance of the two. A mixture that is concocted uniquely based on who we each are. Like your oil paints and medium. Mixed individually in different amounts for different purposes but all on the same canvas. We're all the best and worst. We just have to find where we fit best on the grid. ❤ and u better believe im a karen puzzles OG too!! Good luck!
Dude, you make beautiful paintings. Good for you.
Thank you very much!
Beautifully explained- a wonderful accomplishment. The honesty won me over the sensitivities won me over and most importantly your artistic thoughts won me over. Best of luck - I will be watching for results. I hope you are very proud of yourself 🥰
This video, the Story and of course the painting are sooo impressive!! Thank you so much!
thank you diva!!
I agree that the focal point is 33 and 30 (I forgot their names).. so the painting isn’t entirely immersive and expansive as the rendering level dissolves toward 49, 50, and 42. I think your mom’s face falls correctly in shadows, but 49 is too dark, especially considering how 30 glows behind him. Rendering toward the focal point is typical of “normal: paintings, but I think to make it look entirely immersive the rendering level should be consistent. Just something to think about!!
Beautiful, beautiful work. Also.. I love Karenpuzzles
Thank you for sharing all the feels on this Magical Mammoth task! I LOVE it and I LOVE you!!! Can't wait to vote for you! #SouthAfricaLove to you!
stopp omgg, ive seen your art before but its my first time seeing your channel and i love your content so much 😭 your artworks are INCREDIBLE and seeing your progress and thought process is so entertaining 🫶
HOLYYY. You’re an icon and inspiration to all the artists out there. I love this so muchhhh. GENUINELY.
Also you would fall under the category of divine shit i believe in cause mygod your art its incredible and you are so genuinely inspiring and funny and one of the people who will lead the way through any art block I shoot myself into
so amazing never stop painting you got a gift !
unreal. this is beautiful in so many ways i am at a loss for words.
I just discovered your art prize competition video, and in following this one, as an art student going into university, I aspire to this level of creativity and skill. I especially love your concept and depth to the idea of the painting. I struggle with implementing deep concepts in my artwork and I am wondering if you could share any tips to taking ideas for artworks to a deeper level? Absolutely stunning artwork!
I don't know... i'm such a shut-in that inevitably the silence in my head spirals into something important. If you force yourself to sit with yourself for a long time, and learn how to be comfortable with that, I expect you will come up with something you want to say. Usually when I am half dreaming on the cusp of sleep is when I come up with paintings. thats the only time i'm able to see visuals in my head so i try my best in those minutes to conjure as many images as possible. reflecting on past work or my life through writing helps me locate meaning as well.
god, feeling like you're exposing the deepest of your notes app with your art is so real. i recently got my poetry published at a local university's literary journal, and every time my parents tried to talk to me about it, i just could NOT stand it. it's so deep and personal to me and about things they don't even know about. it's scary, to be honest.
anyways. if your work ever ends up in a museum i am dropping everything and going over there asap
What a lovely young person. ❤️
I like the way you speak about your art and your art process. It’s very inspiring
I loved connecting with your process, it's similar to mine so I felt heard and validated hahah. I love your sheer ambition and trust you put in your abilities. I took years of my adulthood working with therapist to be able to connect to myself and I see the results in making the best art I have ever made. But that only happened when I started to trust myself. Like integrity is so needed in processes like that and I love to see you loving yourself and allowing yourself to do thinks the way that feels right for you. I ADORE YOU. Please carry on beautiful human.
Your art is truly awe-inspiring. Not just that, your commentary on the things you do is just so incredible to listen to. You capture that soul in your works!
I was hesitant to watch the video because of its lenght at first but I'd just miss out on so much. As a burnout artist feeling artblock, thank you for showing all this journey to us. 🦦
the photos on the etsy store are so incredibly cute my lord....
thank you! I do them like that so people can understand the scale lol
Dude you're such an inspiration
The subjects, the colours mood atmosphere, and the balance of positive and negative space between the subjects made this artwork capable to stand the test of time,, its a MASTER PIECE ,keep on,,,,and on,,,,,with all the blessings..
Thank you so much!
Joanna Ceddia would love this
Thank you so much for sharing your process! This video might be my fav video of all time, so rich!