This is such a great way to begin! I have one more semester of teaching and when I retire in May, I want to launch into developing my painting hobby. I will be getting in touch because I'd love to work with you, but in the meantime, this video gives me something to work on. Thank you!
Hi Patrizia! The application came through but actually I didn't see an appointment make it onto my calendar, so I'll send you an email with a link so we can chat. :) I'm looking forward to talking about your painting goals together!
What is art, obviously what inspired each person will be very different, but I feel if you wish to reach the greatest heights in art, that of emotion you will have to put the photos you take for portraits away, the camera only records light and color, has a very flat perception of depth and limited angle of view and very limited perception of time, it does not understand the potential of a line or the emotion of cadmium yellow or cobalt blue, every time I copy from a photo regardless of the technical skill and style the result somehow lacks the emotion of art, you are copying a photo and have stopped creating with your mind, the reason they are called modern masters say such as joan Miro, picasso, Matisse, dali, is because they capture the emotion, the feeling, the joy of color itself, the joy of taking a line for a walk in a dream, the joy of a dance, the smell of the Mediterranean, the sound of the cicadas, you me and your viewers need to put fear and the iphone shot away and paint what you remembered or captured the essence of on the spot with a doodle, if I ask for your chelsea lang creation story portrait you might be able to set up some elaborate photo shoot and paint in classical oil realism, but what i wont get is the emotion, the color, your journey of time and space, your dream, photorealism is the weakest art form in the matters of the soul, you made me look again at my mood boards and made me realize how modern technology actually helps and hinders, say you offer an aboriginal tribe a camera and say paint your creation story from the photos, or do it with your finger no camera in the sand and then try to paint that, the only thing that stops you is fear, those artists I mentioned said f..k fear lets just see what if, .....if you go to a portrait or landscape exhibition and can spot every iPhone photoshop copy every skilled artist can knock out eyes closed i just have to match the photo boredom, yet in terms of raw emotion they can't match the portrait the 8 year old did if they too didn't copy a photo, ... Time for me,you and the rest of us artists to reveal your soul to the world❤
The photo is a 2 edged sword, ingres used a lens lightbox, canaletto did, even dali used photos.. In his case I could circle every photo used in his later years, I think those are his weaker paintings, do you prefer klimt s commercial murals. Which are lavish copies I would say of photos or the well known klimt style pictures, did sorolla use photos yes it looks like he did, they are well painted but lack a voice, it's like you see the mastery of realistic paint but not the voice of the artist, this issue is the same as in the art of vfx for movies photorealistic 3d has taken prominence over the art look of the movie, why do you enter the dream more easily in an old school manga hand painted cartoon than you do with all the billions spent on Avatar. Because painting from the mind causes the artist to think what is it I am actually trying to create and the viewer sees that whole journey of joy heartache delusion pain the clash of good and bad color and forms and the very story of their mind, try getting that from a single photo.....so artists you see finding a voice is about exposing yourself to yourself not a photo
You walk into the studio or paint outside, what is the base background color should be I felt bright yellow, a symphony of green a majesty of blue,, I feel the arabesque of her body and face, I feel her scream so i will scrawl in terror throw paint im anguish, where is van goghs ear, Dali's madness, bacon being tied to the bed being whipped, even bacon used photos to his credit he scrunched them up tore them apart because of he didn't you would not have a bacon.....so are you going to let your photo dictate your color palette, first line, blockin and composition....or are you going naked riding bareback on your stallion and feeling its power ... see this is mental projection the uniquely human art quality , find me the photo of that stallion you all saw then .
i have thought a lot more about photography and the role of digital art and the web and now the big role of ai image makers, clearly the human mind cannot in terms of reference alone match the vast storehouse of say species of flowers ,their colour shape pattern and form, and the camera does a great job in capturing it, so ok a photo will capture the absolute photo reality of somebody quick, an artist will take it one step further by looking for good light, composition, and maybe setup the background or accessories, or even a multiple person shot to stell a story with standins in the desired perspective as say klimt did with his murals. or say chelsea does as a start point for her paintings....however artists and illustrators with very strong styles say picasso and matisse or moebius seem to have some remarkable gift for seeing a photo and almost completely ignoring it, its like they are trying to pull the essence of the life or the rythym and feeling of the person or landscape or story they want to tell that cannot be told alone by what the average persons eye or the camera can see, both picasso and matisse started off in classical photo realism, but somehow managed to become the greats by allowing some other force to speak, someone said to me look at the photo and put it away, paint from the mind...but i am not sure even this is enough,......its actually the bit of teaching all art schools do not teach...they assume art students just have"it" ie that students style...and yet picasso had no style it always changed...he somehow learned to express himself thru marks and colors... how the average human could find that switch in their mind is actually the key to the voice chelsea and the rest of us seeks. dali had his enter the trance methods, alost half awake half dream drop the spoon methods,.....in someways the surrealists automatic doodling is far closer to art than you will ever get looking at a photo....in the end it depends on your artistic goals, are you happy at the base of the mountain or are you willing to open arts doors of perception ......no camera can open whats beyond those doors......though i must admit ai image makers if they can map the magnetic resonance of the human mind even that one might be open in the next year or too.
Great solid advice, Chelsea! You are a great example of the effectiveness of the method you “preach!” 👍😊
This is such a great way to begin! I have one more semester of teaching and when I retire in May, I want to launch into developing my painting hobby. I will be getting in touch because I'd love to work with you, but in the meantime, this video gives me something to work on. Thank you!
Hello Chelsea.
Greetings from Ireland. I really love your paintings. Thank you.☘️
Great video. Inspiring idea!! Thank you!
This is great advice! You always make me excited to do my artwork! ❤
Great information! What websites would you suggest to get high resolution pictures of paintings of well-known artists?
lots of really helpful tips here! ❤❤
when I tried to save from my computer it didn't give me the publish button, now what?
I just submitted an application but I am not sure if it went through. Booked the appointment but couldn’t confirm. There was no button for it…?
Hi Patrizia! The application came through but actually I didn't see an appointment make it onto my calendar, so I'll send you an email with a link so we can chat. :)
I'm looking forward to talking about your painting goals together!
I didn't see the link in the corner..maybe you forgot to add it?
I have just spent an hour on Pinterest LOL. Ive gotta get into my studio.
Wow
What is art, obviously what inspired each person will be very different, but I feel if you wish to reach the greatest heights in art, that of emotion you will have to put the photos you take for portraits away, the camera only records light and color, has a very flat perception of depth and limited angle of view and very limited perception of time, it does not understand the potential of a line or the emotion of cadmium yellow or cobalt blue, every time I copy from a photo regardless of the technical skill and style the result somehow lacks the emotion of art, you are copying a photo and have stopped creating with your mind, the reason they are called modern masters say such as joan Miro, picasso, Matisse, dali, is because they capture the emotion, the feeling, the joy of color itself, the joy of taking a line for a walk in a dream, the joy of a dance, the smell of the Mediterranean, the sound of the cicadas, you me and your viewers need to put fear and the iphone shot away and paint what you remembered or captured the essence of on the spot with a doodle, if I ask for your chelsea lang creation story portrait you might be able to set up some elaborate photo shoot and paint in classical oil realism, but what i wont get is the emotion, the color, your journey of time and space, your dream, photorealism is the weakest art form in the matters of the soul, you made me look again at my mood boards and made me realize how modern technology actually helps and hinders, say you offer an aboriginal tribe a camera and say paint your creation story from the photos, or do it with your finger no camera in the sand and then try to paint that, the only thing that stops you is fear, those artists I mentioned said f..k fear lets just see what if, .....if you go to a portrait or landscape exhibition and can spot every iPhone photoshop copy every skilled artist can knock out eyes closed i just have to match the photo boredom, yet in terms of raw emotion they can't match the portrait the 8 year old did if they too didn't copy a photo, ... Time for me,you and the rest of us artists to reveal your soul to the world❤
The photo is a 2 edged sword, ingres used a lens lightbox, canaletto did, even dali used photos..
In his case I could circle every photo used in his later years, I think those are his weaker paintings, do you prefer klimt s commercial murals. Which are lavish copies I would say of photos or the well known klimt style pictures, did sorolla use photos yes it looks like he did, they are well painted but lack a voice, it's like you see the mastery of realistic paint but not the voice of the artist, this issue is the same as in the art of vfx for movies photorealistic 3d has taken prominence over the art look of the movie, why do you enter the dream more easily in an old school manga hand painted cartoon than you do with all the billions spent on Avatar. Because painting from the mind causes the artist to think what is it I am actually trying to create and the viewer sees that whole journey of joy heartache delusion pain the clash of good and bad color and forms and the very story of their mind, try getting that from a single photo.....so artists you see finding a voice is about exposing yourself to yourself not a photo
You walk into the studio or paint outside, what is the base background color should be I felt bright yellow, a symphony of green a majesty of blue,, I feel the arabesque of her body and face, I feel her scream so i will scrawl in terror throw paint im anguish, where is van goghs ear, Dali's madness, bacon being tied to the bed being whipped, even bacon used photos to his credit he scrunched them up tore them apart because of he didn't you would not have a bacon.....so are you going to let your photo dictate your color palette, first line, blockin and composition....or are you going naked riding bareback on your stallion and feeling its power ... see this is mental projection the uniquely human art quality , find me the photo of that stallion you all saw then
.
i have thought a lot more about photography and the role of digital art and the web and now the big role of ai image makers, clearly
the human mind cannot in terms of reference alone match the vast storehouse of say species of flowers ,their colour shape pattern and form,
and the camera does a great job in capturing it, so ok a photo will capture the absolute photo reality of somebody quick, an artist will take it one step further by looking for good light, composition, and maybe setup the background or accessories, or even a multiple person shot to stell a story with standins in the desired perspective as say klimt did with his murals.
or say chelsea does as a start point for her paintings....however artists and illustrators with very strong styles say picasso and matisse or moebius seem to have some remarkable gift for seeing a photo and almost completely ignoring it, its like they are trying to pull the essence of the life or the rythym and feeling of the person or landscape or story they want to tell that cannot be told alone by what the average persons eye or the camera can see, both picasso and matisse started off in classical photo realism, but somehow managed to become the greats by allowing some other force to speak, someone said to me look at the photo and put it away, paint from the mind...but i am not sure even this is enough,......its actually the bit of teaching all art schools do not teach...they assume art students just have"it"
ie that students style...and yet picasso had no style it always changed...he somehow learned to express himself thru marks and colors...
how the average human could find that switch in their mind is actually the key to the voice chelsea and the rest of us seeks.
dali had his enter the trance methods, alost half awake half dream drop the spoon methods,.....in someways the surrealists automatic doodling is far closer to art than you will ever get looking at a photo....in the end it depends on your artistic goals,
are you happy at the base of the mountain or are you willing to open arts doors of perception ......no camera can open whats beyond those doors......though i must admit ai image makers if they can map the magnetic resonance of the human mind even that one might be open in the next year or too.