The classic line I hear all the time when people look at my art is, "I can't even draw a stick man." It's a great line to use if you want to make an excuse for how little you believe in your ability to learn. I recommend it.
I really felt what you tried to convey here. I know people mean well when they say „You are so talented!“ but it always feels as if they think I didn’t put effort into becoming that good (and of there is still so much to learn, there always is!). I hope everything goes well with your move to Austria! Viel Glück 🙂
Soooo many people need to hear this. Too many people have been sold the line that some people are born artists and some people are not. They give up on something they would love before they even get started.
I was not born an artist (I have a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems). I am a former web developer. I'm currently doing social media communications in addition to my art.
Great message. I personally don't have the time to seriously follow my artistic interest but I am inspired to do small little steps whenever I can. I love your painting, it's wonderful!
It's also scary to admit you want to make a full-time income from art and believe that you can, rather than just doing it as a hobby and working a job with a more fixed and guaranteed income. It's also hard to do both at the same time. But many times that's what artists do. Thank you for sharing both the blessings and the struggles of being an artist. So excited for your move and upcoming content about it! Love the painting, btw.
Hi Brooke! As a fellow full-time artist w/ a newly monetized (this month!) channel, I've just gotta say that this video was SO well made! WOW. Well constructed &edited, lush lighting and color, the way you conveyed the painting process was compelling and beautiful, and well-chosen music. You created such a lovely mood overall! ✨👏🏼🎬 I am inspired by your HARD WON skills in painting and videography! ❤
Dear Brook! I admit, I watch your channel not only for your wonderful paintings, but also for these fascinating videos. I paint too. I also make videos, and you are my biggest inspiration in this. I love your style, the lights, the close ones from the brush, your jokes, it's all so relaxed and funny, but at the same time it's also seriously touching, because it's about how much you love painting itself. Have a great trip here in Europe! Greetings from Hungary!
Ha ! Yeah ! Thank you ! I've been hearing that a lot of time and find it frustrating how people sits behind this excuse... Great video once again ! Can't wait to see the rest of your adventure in your New home ☺️
Here here Brooke!! Another fabulous video. I'm an artist and metalsmith who is just about to dip my toes into more visual film content. Love your nuggets of wisdom. Can't wait to watch along as you embark on your next chapter in Vienna! P.s really love this ever so slightly shorter haircut. You are rocking it!
Thanks Brooke for the good company! I was creating clean dishes while we did this thing. Love the video and the painting and the peptalk. My brakes over… but I’m all fired up to hit the easel later this weekend
Well said, I've been called talented with my art, that I've spent thousands of hours over 40 years developing and hundreds of paintings, many of which, have been painted over and over, on the same canvas, with some hitting the trash bin, but have kept at it. Likewise, my wife has been credited with God-given talent with her piano playing and singing, but they don't see that she began piano lessons at the age of 3, and practiced nearly every day, 1-3 hours a day, while her friends were outside playing, she was laboring over her piano skills, all the way through her PhD, and now, she's incredibly good at piano and singing, but has spent 52 years at it. (Don't tell her I told you her age. :)
Your smile , your art , your presentation , your singing 🎵, your confidence, your hairs , your’s fun side , your understanding for art and your voice , I don’t have words for all the things but I can say all are beautiful and on point ❤ . Thank you for sharing your thoughts and while watching your video I got ideas💡 for my growth. Adding a dream goal in my list - to meet up with you one day 🎉 Love from India 🇮🇳
I completely agree😂 While my classmates were playing with a football, I was drawing. They increased their soccer skills, I increased my drawing skills (or observation skills maybe). So, one thing I know for sure: I suck at soccer! What a great video and a beautiful painting!👏👍
Thank you for this video. It is very motivating. Right now I am practicing oil painting. But I'm dealing with some self-doubt right now. I just feel like I'm stuck. But this is a good reminder that I am not alone in this. There are thousands of other artists that have felt the same. These feelings are a part of the process!
Lucky Bob! That's a beautiful painting! You're so talented, Brooke! LOL. I totally agree with you on this topic. I do believe that anybody who has a great passion for something can become good at it - they just have to do it over and over and over again, honing their skills. Like Malcolm Gladwell says, you need to do a thing for 10,000 hours to get really good at it. (I think it was him who said that!) So I keep painting and painting and painting, dreaming of a day when I'll be good at it. I look forward to your Studio Tings (if that's your art tips) since I need all the help I can get. I predict you're going to find an awesome place to live in record time. (Hold that vision!) Safe travels!
Not only is the painting beautiful, but the message shared is also true. I like your videos. You tell the reality of life so well with its bitter and sweet aspects. Yes... see you soon🫡
✨ This was such a great video Brooke!! Wishing you a great move and I hope you settle in soon! I really love what you shared, and I agree. As a 😭 self taught painter, and newbie at filming I find it difficult being in the beginning stages, but this inspired me to keep pressing forward and to stick with it knowing that my “ lucky “ day may come soon but for now I’m working to not give up and keep my passion for art. Thanks for your uplifting words, and I love how your painting turned out. You are one of my favorite channels to watch seriously. ⭐️ Wishing you a wonderful day !
Awe thank you so much Zuleka! 💖 That is honestly so nice to hear; starting something new is always difficult, there’s no way around it - I’m glad you’ve got the right mentality to keep pushing forward! You’ve got this 💪
Thank you for sharing this video :) I was creating while watching (listening)! My heart-dog passed last week, and it's been the wakeup call to launch my own art business. I'm honing my watercolor skills and painting people's animals they want to honor in life or in spirit.
Thank you for watching Lauren! I’m so sorry to hear about your dog, I know how hard that is; but it’s great that you’re leaning into creating and pet portraits is an awesome way to provide value and make money! 💛
I absolutely LOVE your painting - wow, so beautiful! Congratulations on the move to Vienna as well...super exciting eh :) (yes...I'm from Canada too...) All the best Brooke - looking forward to your future videos. What an adventure!
Loved watching this while having my morning coffee!☕️ Thank you first this video! Just the other day someone has commented on my TikTok that they were even MAD that I was born with this talent and they were not 🫢 I responded with pictures of my very first oilpaintings (surprise, they were NOT good😂). I agree with the gift of having the passion for something, everything else comes with dedication, perseverance and doing the damn thing for hours and hours and hours 👩🏻🎨🎨
Cheers! ☕️ Hahaha I love that response, I should keep pictures of some of my early paintings on hand for the same reason. And you’re totally right! Thanks for watching Anika ☺️
Soooo refreshing to watch! I hope this helps people understand that being an artist is hard bloody work. Btw, I'm guilty of watching your intro like 5 times in a row because your English accent cracked me up 😂. Rock on, Brooke! 👌🏻
This inspired me greatly! As I'm smack dab in the middle of a large painting and I'm questioning the next step, trying to figure this out all on my own.
Thanks for inspiration. You’re quirky. Very endearing…😉 I’m a carpenter who’s been ignoring my artist squirrel sitting on my shoulder for decades, who finally has began to naw at my brain to the point I can barely pick up a hammer. I’m going to have to put in the hours of work at the craft of art but I feel I don’t have the choice to continue contracting. Thanks for your story , inspiration and passion! Good luck in Europe!!
I appreciate your take on the “You’re so lucky/talented” comments. I never really know how to respond, but you’ve given me some good ideas now 😉 Keep creating! I love your videos. And best wishes for your move!!
I do think that having a vision for your art and an audience that enjoys that type of art goes a long way to being successful. I have been watching a "talented" NY art prof and his theoretical knowledge is awesome. However his paintings hold no appeal for me and though he may be talented, I doubt he will be as successful as you, though he is witty and charming. Maybe there is an audience out there for him, I dont know but I had not heard of him until his youtube videos appeared suddenly on my feed. . Then I googled his art and thought I would never hang that on my walls. Your floral paintings Brooke, especially the 2 you did as a commission are amongst the loveliest paintings I have seen.i would hang those on my walls for sure. I dont think artists should call themselves"painters". That is a term for someone who paints walls of buildings. You are an Artist.
Thanks for your perspective Carol! I definitely agree with you, especially if we define “success” in monetary terms; that could be a whole other video haha. I think we can all appreciate artists for different reasons, and thank you for your interest in my artwork, it means a lot! 💛
Hello Brooke I am sad that you are moving to Austria, I was looking forward to one of those art exhibitions that you did in Toronto, but good luck with your moving and wish you a happy new year. The paintings and the videos are top notch by the way
I consider myself very lucky to be a subscriber to this channel. Love your tenacity and humility, Brooke, I am sure Bob loved his painting! Best of luckwith the move - I am also relocating and searching for a place to live. :)❤
I will be continuing to encourage all persons that pursue any thing they choose to pursue with "you have a God given talent..." As I choose to recognise that some maybe at a point of giving up due to all the time and effort put in by them (as you have described)......and just maybe they might be at a point of calling it a day. Hear what you're saying (& possibly doesn't require a response) but a kind comment coming from good intention encouragement may go a long way from someone who has never had encouragement, support from a single person, including parents, or environment they walk through life in, and that one single comment, kind comment, that for some reason people wish to now dissect is a tad churlish. Encourage others and Use whatever phraseology you wish, but be sure to encourage🤗
Thanks for sharing Brooke...I'm a beginning watercolor artist myself, long time pen and ink enthusiast and look forward to following you on your UA-cam channel.
Hi Brooke, honestly - I felt it so much when you stabbed your canvas free 🤣 I recently had a moment like that. I sometimes don't believe you when you say you had no film making experience at the start. (But I believe you 🤣). I have sooo much work to do when it comes to growing my online audience and creating good quality content. And today I filmed my painting process for the first time for a whole hour - and I have no idea what to do with the material now 😅. But I thought I have to start SOMEHOW. I find it hard to focus on so many things at once since my main priority right now is painting my ass off so that I'm ready for my first art festival in March! You inspired me to go and do that :-) Anyways, good luck with your move and I'm sure there will be a great studio and home waiting for you in Vienna 🫶🏼
Ahhh good look with your first art festival!! That’s amazing! 🙌 And I know the feeling of being overwhelmed with footage hahaha, but once you start chipping away at it, it gets easier and easier, trust me! Thanks so much for watching the video 🙏
I 100% agree with this!!! I've been saying the exact same thing for years now. It's not a natural born gift, it's a natural born inclination or it became an inclination at some point at least. I always tell people Beethoven didn't come out of the womb writing the 5th, he learned how to write and play music and did it over and over again. Michael Jordan was cut from the varsity team during his Sophomore year in high school. But they had a tendency to want to pursue their craft and hone it into what it became. Well said in the video and thanks for putting it out there!
HI there, love the lighting setup in the attic? (under the roof) scene. The wall color and your outfit were such a great match. In fact that made it click, your videos always have the feel of "oh hi, let's have a quick chat", but what feels like a a short moment on the viewer side probably is a lot more involved on the production side. Painting looks good too, creating shapes out of blobs of color is just witchcraft. May your move be quick and the authorities not a pain in the butt :-D
Thank you so much! I always appreciate when people recognize the work that goes into a video like this 🙏 Thank you for watching and I am also hoping for no bureaucratic headaches 😅
I am an artist as well and is currently struggling with wanting my art to stand out.. I want my work to be recognizable as mine and unique, but it kinda keeps me from creating.. Also I have a 1 year old at home, so time is a struggle already. Damn perfection keeps me away from the canvas.. Love your videos Brooke. Hugs from Denmark
Annika!! I just finished filming a video about this whole “niching down” and finding your specific style phenomenon - I hope to get it out in the next couple of weeks; I hope it helps you 🙏
Hey Brooke, beautiful video! Could you please make a video on how you go about editing your videos? What sofdtware specifically are you using to curate your videos and what's a workflow like? So grateful for your informative videos!
Great idea for a video! 😊 in the meantime, of course I use epidemic sound for my music and sound effects (as I mentioned), and I use premiere pro to edit my videos and all my filming equipment is in the video description - hope that helps for now!
I definitely had a natural talent. Sparked jealously as a child among other children and created stress for me. It put me off art. But on the subject of talented it's challenged on a new level today. Drawing hypo realism is not the height of talent. My biggest selling piece was of Acrylic stick men illustration!! 20 signed prints sold supper fast and had to paint it a second time for and upset fan that missed on prints. The game is not about talent (that is a gift) but the challenge goes on beyond that. The challenge is to be absorbed in the journey so that after your dead and gone your art will live on.. very few artist can manage this. Francis Bacon is fantastic example of an artist that failed but eventually found the right form.
@b.cormier It would be nice to see you work on a large canvas (2*1 metre) and working with palette knife and heavy long brushes, using the full extension of the brush. It's a challenge, trust me as you sacrifice detail up close but the image comes together from not standing too close. Like, Lily, Lily, Rose, by John Sargent for example. I'm currently working on Piccadilly Circus landscape mainly to experiment with light and paints. Your work is great and nice to have heard back from you. England sends it's love x
I did a video on my gripes with the word "talent" - I've been meaning to do a part 2 after the dialogue I've had with my viewers. I feel like your video is much more eloquent! Taking notes 📝📝
I think in life, your given a little talent, but it is up to you to put in the work to improve your gifts. It's like you'r born with legs but, its up to you to keep working out so they get stronger. Beautiful and powerful painting.
It makes me feel like all the hard work and money I’m putting in is useless when someone says “you’re so talented, I could never do that” Bro. Why. 😢 Also, Brooke, I’m in love with those ✨crisp✨ brush strokes
Some of the wonderful things about life - each day provides the opportunity to learn something new, as well as the opportunity to express yourself creatively, in whatever forms you desire.
Success is 90% perspiration and 10% determination +/-... from which talent is nurtured/developed. The gift is product and can also be a unique voice, Imagination etc. and the ability to achieve all of it together. A market for that product also helps. 👍🤩
@@b.cormier Well, it seems pretty self explanatory. Talent is a real tangible thing. Yes, by practicing, and practicing well, you can improve upon anything- to certain degrees. But some people just have an innate talent, a born pre disposition towards one thing or another, be it art, music, math, sports etc. So much so that, no matter how much one practices, they can never reach the heights of someone with said talent. To suggest we all have equal skills, and that everyone can reach and match the ability of someone else is simply not true.
I love your video, it is Always a good time to watch it, .... you re so lucky and so gifted !.......i m joking!....but you are so inspiring, for real ! Thanks for all your work !
I listen to you and paint. :-) and ohhhh my lord every festival/market i get "you're so talented... "I have no talent, i can only (or cant even) draw a sticker figure" ..etc. yeah. no. i just keep going. "practice and tomorrow you'll be better than today. IF you practice" - a mantra i learned from sesame street....
Interesting to see architecture painting. I get called "talented" etc. My art hardly gets seen though. Some people tend to get loads of comments etc & lots of sales. Others (like me) don't get much at all. I used to spend a lot of time decorating my school title pages too. Also won an art competition in childhood.
There are so many different factors effecting “reach” on social media, it can definitely be frustrating! I hope it doesn’t keep you from creating; sound like it’s been a love of yours since childhood too ☺️
1:48 have I been thinking you just painted a photorealistic flower in mere seconds? Maybe. Anyways I‘ll continue watching 😂 Edit: Great video about an important topic! Also I really adore your new haircut 😍
Hey Brooke, thanks for your video! I just started drawing without that "given talent" and that keeps me motivated just to learn and practice with every single drawing. What a news with moving to Vienna! Would be awesome if you participate or do your own art exhibition some day here. I live in Vienna and if you need help with anything please let me know. All the best und gute Reise! :)
Not speaking to your personal opinions/experience, but I do think there's a bit of both in any field. Artists, singers, poets, writers, actors... it's why AI will never really replace any of those, because there is some intangible "thing" that can't be practiced or studied in my opinion
I definitely respect that! But where I think there may be some misconceptions is when someone isn’t born with that “intangible thing” and then believe that they cannot reach a level of mastery. Maybe it’s different with something like singing because that’s got to do with your anatomy (???) idk, I don’t know much about how singing works ahah. But with something like painting, I feel like even if you aren’t born with the natural inclination, you can still learn and become something great!
The classic line I hear all the time when people look at my art is, "I can't even draw a stick man." It's a great line to use if you want to make an excuse for how little you believe in your ability to learn. I recommend it.
Hahaha if I had a nickel every time I heard that comment…
You hit the nail on the head with that one 😮💨
Why does everyone say this!!! The universe’s most puzzling mystery literally word for word everyone says the same exact thing
I really felt what you tried to convey here. I know people mean well when they say „You are so talented!“ but it always feels as if they think I didn’t put effort into becoming that good (and of there is still so much to learn, there always is!).
I hope everything goes well with your move to Austria! Viel Glück 🙂
Yes I think people always mean it as a compliment of course, but I know exactly what you mean! And thank you, I appreciate it ☺️
Soooo many people need to hear this. Too many people have been sold the line that some people are born artists and some people are not. They give up on something they would love before they even get started.
Amen! I think it really boils down to believing in your own abilities to improve
I was not born an artist (I have a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems).
I am a former web developer. I'm currently doing social media communications in addition to my art.
There's more than one way to be an artist.
Experiment. See what resonates with you.
Great message. I personally don't have the time to seriously follow my artistic interest but I am inspired to do small little steps whenever I can. I love your painting, it's wonderful!
It's also scary to admit you want to make a full-time income from art and believe that you can, rather than just doing it as a hobby and working a job with a more fixed and guaranteed income. It's also hard to do both at the same time. But many times that's what artists do.
Thank you for sharing both the blessings and the struggles of being an artist.
So excited for your move and upcoming content about it! Love the painting, btw.
Thank you Megan! 🫶 lots of struggles indeed, but so worth it!
Hi Brooke! As a fellow full-time artist w/ a newly monetized (this month!) channel, I've just gotta say that this video was SO well made! WOW. Well constructed &edited, lush lighting and color, the way you conveyed the painting process was compelling and beautiful, and well-chosen music. You created such a lovely mood overall! ✨👏🏼🎬 I am inspired by your HARD WON skills in painting and videography! ❤
Thank you so much!! That really means a lot 💛 and congratulations on your monetization!! That’s a huge milestone! 🥳
"You're so lucky..." ...yes, yes we all are.
Thanks for all your thoughtful and helpful words in this and every video!
Thank you Jeremy! 🙏
I can't wait for your upcoming adventures. So looking forward to it!
Dear Brook! I admit, I watch your channel not only for your wonderful paintings, but also for these fascinating videos. I paint too. I also make videos, and you are my biggest inspiration in this. I love your style, the lights, the close ones from the brush, your jokes, it's all so relaxed and funny, but at the same time it's also seriously touching, because it's about how much you love painting itself. Have a great trip here in Europe! Greetings from Hungary!
Ha ! Yeah ! Thank you ! I've been hearing that a lot of time and find it frustrating how people sits behind this excuse... Great video once again ! Can't wait to see the rest of your adventure in your New home ☺️
Here here Brooke!! Another fabulous video. I'm an artist and metalsmith who is just about to dip my toes into more visual film content. Love your nuggets of wisdom.
Can't wait to watch along as you embark on your next chapter in Vienna! P.s really love this ever so slightly shorter haircut. You are rocking it!
Awe thank you Lydia!! Good luck with your film content, I’m sure it’ll be a success! 🙌
The pride with the bubble letters! Brings me back haha
Hahah I’m so glad you can relate 😂
Love the message in this video. I am always encouraging other artists to pursue their dreams. I was so happy I finally did so myself last year. 😊
Thank you! And congrats on taking the leap! It’s so worth it 🙌
Thanks Brooke for the good company! I was creating clean dishes while we did this thing. Love the video and the painting and the peptalk. My brakes over… but I’m all fired up to hit the easel later this weekend
Hahah I’m so glad I could keep you company while you do your chores 💫
Have a great painting session!!
@ thanks dude! I followed your suggestion and joined studio tingz as well ☺️
Well said, I've been called talented with my art, that I've spent thousands of hours over 40 years developing and hundreds of paintings, many of which, have been painted over and over, on the same canvas, with some hitting the trash bin, but have kept at it. Likewise, my wife has been credited with God-given talent with her piano playing and singing, but they don't see that she began piano lessons at the age of 3, and practiced nearly every day, 1-3 hours a day, while her friends were outside playing, she was laboring over her piano skills, all the way through her PhD, and now, she's incredibly good at piano and singing, but has spent 52 years at it. (Don't tell her I told you her age. :)
It really is all about time in and loving it :) Time just flies when you get into a good creative session!
Whole-heartedly agree! It’s all about the time and the love for your craft 🙌
I was making stars and luna moths out of felt while listening to this! Excellent video, artwork, and artist convo, as always!!! ❤
Ahh I love that!! Sounds like such a fun project. I found a Luna caterpillar this year, I was freaking out. Thank you for watching! 💛
Your smile , your art , your presentation , your singing 🎵, your confidence, your hairs , your’s fun side , your understanding for art and your voice , I don’t have words for all the things but I can say all are beautiful and on point ❤ .
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and while watching your video I got ideas💡 for my growth.
Adding a dream goal in my list - to meet up with you one day 🎉
Love from India 🇮🇳
That is so sweet, thank you! ☺️ wishing you lots of success with your art!
I completely agree😂 While my classmates were playing with a football, I was drawing. They increased their soccer skills, I increased my drawing skills (or observation skills maybe). So, one thing I know for sure: I suck at soccer! What a great video and a beautiful painting!👏👍
Hahah well you won’t be playing soccer in your 80’s 😉
@@b.cormier 🤣🤣🤣
I suddenly felt the urge to bubble letter a current paper folder with my color pencils and l am lovin it!!
You have a god-given gift.
You're so lucky to have such talent. I wish i were also gifted you.
Thank you for this video. It is very motivating. Right now I am practicing oil painting. But I'm dealing with some self-doubt right now. I just feel like I'm stuck. But this is a good reminder that I am not alone in this. There are thousands of other artists that have felt the same. These feelings are a part of the process!
Thanks Olivia! It is definitely part of the process, we have all been there; don’t give up 💛
Lucky Bob! That's a beautiful painting! You're so talented, Brooke! LOL. I totally agree with you on this topic. I do believe that anybody who has a great passion for something can become good at it - they just have to do it over and over and over again, honing their skills. Like Malcolm Gladwell says, you need to do a thing for 10,000 hours to get really good at it. (I think it was him who said that!) So I keep painting and painting and painting, dreaming of a day when I'll be good at it. I look forward to your Studio Tings (if that's your art tips) since I need all the help I can get. I predict you're going to find an awesome place to live in record time. (Hold that vision!) Safe travels!
Thank you Janina! 🙏 I plan to do some art tip videos in the future so hopefully those will help ☺️
I have just found your channel and what a great video to land on! Thoughtful and reflective and what a beautiful painting:)
Not only is the painting beautiful, but the message shared is also true.
I like your videos. You tell the reality of life so well with its bitter and sweet aspects.
Yes... see you soon🫡
Thank you so much! 🙏
Love your videos, and thank you so much for sharing your insights, tips and all of the equipment you use!
Yes, it is so inspiring to be with her behind the scene/ finished art and just feeling the vibes :) I want more time to create..
Thank you so much for watching! 🫶
Killing it with this editing!! I admire it!
Thank you so much! 🥰
Yaay to art advice! And how exciting with Austria!
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Thank you for this video and welcome to Europe ✨
✨ This was such a great video Brooke!! Wishing you a great move and I hope you settle in soon! I really love what you shared, and I agree. As a 😭 self taught painter, and newbie at filming I find it difficult being in the beginning stages, but this inspired me to keep pressing forward and to stick with it knowing that my “ lucky “ day may come soon but for now I’m working to not give up and keep my passion for art. Thanks for your uplifting words, and I love how your painting turned out. You are one of my favorite channels to watch seriously. ⭐️ Wishing you a wonderful day !
Awe thank you so much Zuleka! 💖
That is honestly so nice to hear; starting something new is always difficult, there’s no way around it - I’m glad you’ve got the right mentality to keep pushing forward! You’ve got this 💪
I agree with you…and I love your work!!
Thank you Steve! 🙏
You can't skip over the work and many trials for sure!! Love the humor!! & we're so looking forward to your next move!! XX
Exactly! 🙌 thanks Erika!!
13:05 I appreciate you wholeheartedly Brooke 😂
Good luck with your move!!!! Looking forward to your videos in Vienna 👏
Hahah thanks so much Erin 🫶
Beautiful and encouraging video. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this video :) I was creating while watching (listening)! My heart-dog passed last week, and it's been the wakeup call to launch my own art business. I'm honing my watercolor skills and painting people's animals they want to honor in life or in spirit.
Thank you for watching Lauren! I’m so sorry to hear about your dog, I know how hard that is; but it’s great that you’re leaning into creating and pet portraits is an awesome way to provide value and make money! 💛
Wow! Congratulations on your upcoming move! I love your videos. Thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot Shannon! 🫶
LOVE watching the dedication, passion, comedy, fun, talent ALL OF IT EYYYYY
Thank youuuuuu 🙏🙏
I love seeing your videos! Following your content and art brings me so much joy.
Ohhhh that makes me so happy, thank you Michaela! 🫶
I absolutely LOVE your painting - wow, so beautiful! Congratulations on the move to Vienna as well...super exciting eh :) (yes...I'm from Canada too...) All the best Brooke - looking forward to your future videos. What an adventure!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it, especially coming from a fellow Canadian 😉
Great inspiration.
Loved watching this while having my morning coffee!☕️ Thank you first this video! Just the other day someone has commented on my TikTok that they were even MAD that I was born with this talent and they were not 🫢 I responded with pictures of my very first oilpaintings (surprise, they were NOT good😂).
I agree with the gift of having the passion for something, everything else comes with dedication, perseverance and doing the damn thing for hours and hours and hours 👩🏻🎨🎨
Cheers! ☕️
Hahaha I love that response, I should keep pictures of some of my early paintings on hand for the same reason. And you’re totally right! Thanks for watching Anika ☺️
Thank you so much for this video! It was just what I needed in this moment. I write and I ready to start considering myself to be a writer 🐞🐞🐞🐞
Yes!! I love to hear that, keep writing 🥰
I am a full time artist since the last 6 months and I am incredibly happy with my phase. Nice video 📸 looking forward to see more such video's 😊
That’s amazing!! Congrats on going full time 🙌 I wish you much success this year and thanks for watching my videos! 🫶
Congrats and good luck on your big move!! It sounds very exciting. I love this video, your definition of talent, your painting… everything!!
Thank you so much! 🥰
I recently decided to take my painting "part time" and just launched my website. Your videos were a HUGE help in the whole process! 🙏
Amazing!!! Ahh I’m so happy to hear that. Launching your website is a huge step, congrats!! 🥳
Her hair looks amazing!
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Soooo refreshing to watch! I hope this helps people understand that being an artist is hard bloody work. Btw, I'm guilty of watching your intro like 5 times in a row because your English accent cracked me up 😂. Rock on, Brooke! 👌🏻
Hahahah I was laughing while I was editing that part. I was really embodying my old English man alter ego 😂
This is so inspiring, encouraging. Thanks for delivering with delight and humor 😊
I’m happy to hear that ☺️ thank you!
This inspired me greatly! As I'm smack dab in the middle of a large painting and I'm questioning the next step, trying to figure this out all on my own.
Great video! Painting my biggest painting yet while I watch your video! :)
Good luck in your new adventure. 💐
Thank you Jessica! 🥰
Thanks for inspiration. You’re quirky. Very endearing…😉
I’m a carpenter who’s been ignoring my artist squirrel sitting on my shoulder for decades, who finally has began to naw at my brain to the point I can barely pick up a hammer. I’m going to have to put in the hours of work at the craft of art but I feel I don’t have the choice to continue contracting. Thanks for your story , inspiration and passion! Good luck in Europe!!
Thanks for watching and good luck with your artistic pursuits! You can do it ✊
I appreciate your take on the “You’re so lucky/talented” comments. I never really know how to respond, but you’ve given me some good ideas now 😉 Keep creating! I love your videos. And best wishes for your move!!
Thank you so much Rebecca! 🫶
I do think that having a vision for your art and an audience that enjoys that type of art goes a long way to being successful. I have been watching a "talented" NY art prof and his theoretical knowledge is awesome. However his paintings hold no appeal for me and though he may be talented, I doubt he will be as successful as you, though he is witty and charming. Maybe there is an audience out there for him, I dont know but I had not heard of him until his youtube videos appeared suddenly on my feed. . Then I googled his art and thought I would never hang that on my walls. Your floral paintings Brooke, especially the 2 you did as a commission are amongst the loveliest paintings I have seen.i would hang those on my walls for sure. I dont think artists should call themselves"painters". That is a term for someone who paints walls of buildings. You are an Artist.
Thanks for your perspective Carol! I definitely agree with you, especially if we define “success” in monetary terms; that could be a whole other video haha. I think we can all appreciate artists for different reasons, and thank you for your interest in my artwork, it means a lot! 💛
Hello Brooke I am sad that you are moving to Austria, I was looking forward to one of those art exhibitions that you did in Toronto, but good luck with your moving and wish you a happy new year. The paintings and the videos are top notch by the way
Who knows, maybe I’ll have another exhibition in Toronto one day! Thanks for your wishes and thanks for watching! 🙏
Hey Brooke! This is so inspiring, all of your videos are. I'm trying to build a career in art and your videos keep me going❤
Ahhh I’m so happy to hear that 🥹 this makes creating these videos so worth it!!
I consider myself very lucky to be a subscriber to this channel. Love your tenacity and humility, Brooke, I am sure Bob loved his painting!
Best of luckwith the move - I am also relocating and searching for a place to live. :)❤
That means a lot, thank you 🫶
I wish you the best of luck with your move as well!!
I will be continuing to encourage all persons that pursue any thing they choose to pursue with "you have a God given talent..." As I choose to recognise that some maybe at a point of giving up due to all the time and effort put in by them (as you have described)......and just maybe they might be at a point of calling it a day. Hear what you're saying (& possibly doesn't require a response) but a kind comment coming from good intention encouragement may go a long way from someone who has never had encouragement, support from a single person, including parents, or environment they walk through life in, and that one single comment, kind comment, that for some reason people wish to now dissect is a tad churlish. Encourage others and Use whatever phraseology you wish, but be sure to encourage🤗
I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Thank you! So happy to hear it 🥰
Thanks for sharing Brooke...I'm a beginning watercolor artist myself, long time pen and ink enthusiast and look forward to following you on your UA-cam channel.
Thanks a lot Mike! I’m sure your skills in pen and ink will complement your watercolour journey in some interesting ways!
Hi Brooke, honestly - I felt it so much when you stabbed your canvas free 🤣 I recently had a moment like that.
I sometimes don't believe you when you say you had no film making experience at the start. (But I believe you 🤣).
I have sooo much work to do when it comes to growing my online audience and creating good quality content.
And today I filmed my painting process for the first time for a whole hour - and I have no idea what to do with the material now 😅. But I thought I have to start SOMEHOW.
I find it hard to focus on so many things at once since my main priority right now is painting my ass off so that I'm ready for my first art festival in March! You inspired me to go and do that :-)
Anyways, good luck with your move and I'm sure there will be a great studio and home waiting for you in Vienna 🫶🏼
Ahhh good look with your first art festival!! That’s amazing! 🙌 And I know the feeling of being overwhelmed with footage hahaha, but once you start chipping away at it, it gets easier and easier, trust me! Thanks so much for watching the video 🙏
@ thank you!:-)
Interesting perspective.... in any case, your work is beautiful ❤
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I 100% agree with this!!! I've been saying the exact same thing for years now. It's not a natural born gift, it's a natural born inclination or it became an inclination at some point at least. I always tell people Beethoven didn't come out of the womb writing the 5th, he learned how to write and play music and did it over and over again. Michael Jordan was cut from the varsity team during his Sophomore year in high school. But they had a tendency to want to pursue their craft and hone it into what it became. Well said in the video and thanks for putting it out there!
Amen! Glad you think so too; thanks for watching! 🙏
Ah. Just love watching your videos. And i love your personality haha 😂 Congrats on a big move! That sounds like a huge adventure.
Thank you! 🥹 I really appreciate it!
HI there, love the lighting setup in the attic? (under the roof) scene. The wall color and your outfit were such a great match. In fact that made it click, your videos always have the feel of "oh hi, let's have a quick chat", but what feels like a a short moment on the viewer side probably is a lot more involved on the production side. Painting looks good too, creating shapes out of blobs of color is just witchcraft. May your move be quick and the authorities not a pain in the butt :-D
Thank you so much! I always appreciate when people recognize the work that goes into a video like this 🙏
Thank you for watching and I am also hoping for no bureaucratic headaches 😅
Nice painting 👍
I am an artist as well and is currently struggling with wanting my art to stand out.. I want my work to be recognizable as mine and unique, but it kinda keeps me from creating..
Also I have a 1 year old at home, so time is a struggle already. Damn perfection keeps me away from the canvas..
Love your videos Brooke. Hugs from Denmark
Annika!! I just finished filming a video about this whole “niching down” and finding your specific style phenomenon - I hope to get it out in the next couple of weeks; I hope it helps you 🙏
Hey Brooke, beautiful video! Could you please make a video on how you go about editing your videos? What sofdtware specifically are you using to curate your videos and what's a workflow like? So grateful for your informative videos!
Great idea for a video! 😊 in the meantime, of course I use epidemic sound for my music and sound effects (as I mentioned), and I use premiere pro to edit my videos and all my filming equipment is in the video description - hope that helps for now!
I definitely had a natural talent. Sparked jealously as a child among other children and created stress for me. It put me off art.
But on the subject of talented it's challenged on a new level today. Drawing hypo realism is not the height of talent.
My biggest selling piece was of Acrylic stick men illustration!! 20 signed prints sold supper fast and had to paint it a second time for and upset fan that missed on prints.
The game is not about talent (that is a gift) but the challenge goes on beyond that.
The challenge is to be absorbed in the journey so that after your dead and gone your art will live on.. very few artist can manage this. Francis Bacon is fantastic example of an artist that failed but eventually found the right form.
Interesting perspective, thanks for sharing! Hope you found your way back to art in the end!
@b.cormier It would be nice to see you work on a large canvas (2*1 metre) and working with palette knife and heavy long brushes, using the full extension of the brush.
It's a challenge, trust me as you sacrifice detail up close but the image comes together from not standing too close.
Like, Lily, Lily, Rose, by John Sargent for example.
I'm currently working on Piccadilly Circus landscape mainly to experiment with light and paints.
Your work is great and nice to have heard back from you. England sends it's love x
thank for sharing Brooke
Thanks for watching! 🙏
I did a video on my gripes with the word "talent" - I've been meaning to do a part 2 after the dialogue I've had with my viewers. I feel like your video is much more eloquent! Taking notes 📝📝
The word definitely means different things to different people! I’m sure your viewers would love a part 2 👍
I think in life, your given a little talent, but it is up to you to put in the work to improve your gifts. It's like you'r born with legs but, its up to you to keep working out so they get stronger. Beautiful and powerful painting.
So wise!! And so well put; couldn’t agree more
That was very encouraging thank yoU! Very exciting news, what is the inspiration for such a big move (to Vienna?)
Thanks Christie! 😊 My husband is Austrian (born and raised in Vienna) so that’s the main reason that brings us there!
Wow that's awesome ... i live in Austria Vienna! Welcome! God bless you! ❤🎉
Beautiful city! I’m looking forward to living there! 🥰
Your painting is beautiful.
Thank you so much! 🙏
It makes me feel like all the hard work and money I’m putting in is useless when someone says “you’re so talented, I could never do that”
Bro. Why. 😢
Also, Brooke, I’m in love with those ✨crisp✨ brush strokes
You know how hard you work! Be proud of it! 🙌
Some of the wonderful things about life - each day provides the opportunity to learn something new, as well as the opportunity to express yourself creatively, in whatever forms you desire.
Indeed! 🌸
you are amazinggg so inspiring thank you :)
Thank you Teresa! 🥹
I’m sure you’re going to love living Vienna, Austria!
Thank you! I’m sure too 🥰
Good luck with moving back to Vienna ❤.
Thank you! ☺️
Your voice has such range. I wish I had your ability to go from high to low so effortlessly. Another "talent'?
Hahaha thank you! Don’t be boosting my confidence too much or I’ll be joining a choir
Success is 90% perspiration and 10% determination +/-... from which talent is nurtured/developed. The gift is product and can also be a unique voice, Imagination etc. and the ability to achieve all of it together. A market for that product also helps. 👍🤩
Yes!!! 👏
True!
I was painting leaves (leafs?) next to a dead bird while listening to this 🐦 🌱
Looool what an interesting painting session 😂
Wow so beautyful work
Do you use reference photos?
"My friend once said that painting is a 25 year long apprenticeship. He was wrong; it’s closer to 50.” -- Jerry Zbukvic
Beautiful work and great context. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to your art advice. How long did that painting take? It’s in oil correct?
Thank you so much! It took about 2 weeks to finish (approximately 50 hours, give or take), and yes I work with water-mixable oils!
Great advice Brooke (-: Marion 🎉
Thanks Marion! ☺️
Oooh the first time I’ve been first! Love your work ❤
Woohoo! 🥳 thank you!
Contrary to popular belief, Talent is a real, tangible thing.
Interesting, please elaborate!
@@b.cormier Well, it seems pretty self explanatory. Talent is a real tangible thing. Yes, by practicing, and practicing well, you can improve upon anything- to certain degrees. But some people just have an innate talent, a born pre disposition towards one thing or another, be it art, music, math, sports etc. So much so that, no matter how much one practices, they can never reach the heights of someone with said talent. To suggest we all have equal skills, and that everyone can reach and match the ability of someone else is simply not true.
Working on crocheting granny squares for a blanket while watching :-)
Ahhh I love that, I miss crocheting!!
I love your video, it is Always a good time to watch it, .... you re so lucky and so gifted !.......i m joking!....but you are so inspiring, for real ! Thanks for all your work !
Hahaha thank you!! So glad you liked it, thanks for watching 🙏
Fantastic explanation of talent🎉😂❤
Glad you think so! 🙏 thanks for watching!!
Another lovely video with your cheery good self. Your not gifted, your an inspired grafter. Viel Glück with your move. 👍
I appreciate that Richard! Danke schön! 🙏
What do you use to draw the loose lines during the early stages of this painting? a pencil? Asking for myself (an aspiring oil painter) haha :)
I use a charcoal pencil! 😊
I listen to you and paint. :-) and ohhhh my lord every festival/market i get "you're so talented... "I have no talent, i can only (or cant even) draw a sticker figure" ..etc. yeah. no. i just keep going. "practice and tomorrow you'll be better than today. IF you practice" - a mantra i learned from sesame street....
Hahaha omg the stick figure comment 😂 I’ve heard that 1000 times. Sometimes I say “well if everyone was great at art, I would be out of a job” lol
Interesting to see architecture painting. I get called "talented" etc. My art hardly gets seen though. Some people tend to get loads of comments etc & lots of sales. Others (like me) don't get much at all.
I used to spend a lot of time decorating my school title pages too. Also won an art competition in childhood.
There are so many different factors effecting “reach” on social media, it can definitely be frustrating! I hope it doesn’t keep you from creating; sound like it’s been a love of yours since childhood too ☺️
@b.cormier yes one of my earliest memories was painting abstracts at a easel at kindergarten.
1:48 have I been thinking you just painted a photorealistic flower in mere seconds? Maybe. Anyways I‘ll continue watching 😂
Edit: Great video about an important topic! Also I really adore your new haircut 😍
Hahaha magic 🪄
Thank youuu!!
I look up to you as I put in effort in my craft
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Hey Brooke, thanks for your video! I just started drawing without that "given talent" and that keeps me motivated just to learn and practice with every single drawing.
What a news with moving to Vienna! Would be awesome if you participate or do your own art exhibition some day here. I live in Vienna and if you need help with anything please let me know. All the best und gute Reise! :)
Danke Markus! :)
That kind of mentality will take you far, keep at it!
Not speaking to your personal opinions/experience, but I do think there's a bit of both in any field. Artists, singers, poets, writers, actors... it's why AI will never really replace any of those, because there is some intangible "thing" that can't be practiced or studied in my opinion
I definitely respect that! But where I think there may be some misconceptions is when someone isn’t born with that “intangible thing” and then believe that they cannot reach a level of mastery. Maybe it’s different with something like singing because that’s got to do with your anatomy (???) idk, I don’t know much about how singing works ahah. But with something like painting, I feel like even if you aren’t born with the natural inclination, you can still learn and become something great!
@b.cormier a very encouraging and optimistic POV that I can't knock! (I also have no idea how singing works)
Ufff!. Buenisimo. Ajjaja eres muy creativo ❤ 😊
Muchas gracias! 😊
Wow! You better have a plant adorned balcony! Ok, not essential………🌸🌷🌼just keep up the impersonations and artistry and the crowds will follow🙏🏽🩵
You know it’s my goal to have a garden!! I will be making use of whatever outside space I have access too 🌸🌷🌻