I am 72 and started abstract painting only 3 months ago, I just do what inspiration comes to me naturally…I am so happy when I paint that when I awake at 4 a.m. after my coffee I go into my den (which is now my studio after doing 30+ paintings) & I just can’t stop creating my very own style😊 It’s a Blessing that I never knew Existed 🙏🏻 I JUST happened to see your video on u-tube & I feel so Grateful to God that I did😊 You are soooo helpful & taught me a lot about those famous artists which I didn’t know about & I just pay attention to what I create unknowingly which always makes me so happy, I’m amazed & so are other people…I still can’t believe it🙏🏻💙 You are so honest & sharing I can’t Thank You enough! yes, of course I subscribed…
I'm 67 and my first love was art but when I graduated to University I thought I wasn't talented enough and also that I had to study for a REAL job. Now that I've retired I have gone back to art and painting and I just love it!! My art studio is my happy place 😊
Well done for pointing this out. What makes it worse is that Sobel was a Holocaust survivor, and with the help of surrealist painters like Breton and Enrst, she was using magic and trance states to depict her feelings and past experiences. Along came Pollock who "copied" the style without the substance. When you compare their paintings, I think it shows. Resonance is the most important word you used. Find art that resonates, as inspiration.
That is incorrect. Pollock was influenced by Native American sand painting were sand is dribbled into the ground. He didnt copy Sobel. If anything she copied him. Look at Pollocks early work. Theres no inconstancy or sudden change. There is for Sobel's work.
She might be the first recognized artist of that art form, but guarantee others in their own little studios, or more likely children first dabbling in paints, stumbled upon this “art form” long before. I’ve created an art style that seems unique, but since I’m not putting it out there for others to see who knows! Then someone else comes along claiming they were the creators. That’s art for you.
You are by far such a positive force to create. I love your energy. I am à 71 year old artist who went through the school system. My mother, who became a well known sculptor, used to tell me that it would take me ten years to get rid of the crap schools planted in my brain. She was right. Your approach is so refreshing. Gives me wings to create even more.
I'm not gonna lie. I first saw this video and this dude started talking and I thought he was off his nut. But I watched the whole video, makes a lot of good valid points, interesting observations, pointing out some very interesting facts. Super cool, wild hairdo, crazy concept. You know, it just said it was intriguing. Very informative, very cool. If you're reading the comments and you haven't watched the video yet, watch it. It's interesting.
Ha-ha, agree. Every time I think he's going off on a wild tangent and about to close the tab, he's saying something very insightful and I continue watching.
I fear that I have that impression on people. As artists, we often get underestimated based on our unique way of speaking and looking. it's inevitable.
This is 100% truth. The idea that artistic innovation just comes out of thin air, fully formed in the artist’s head is a myth. We all borrow from what other’s have done before us.
You are correct. As the song The Fly says "Every artist is a cannibal every poet is a thief." There is no new art, we just regurgitate, juxtaposition, copy, borrow and use elements of what has gone before and combine to create something new. If you do something, then do something else, keep on doing it, eventually you have something new.
You are a fantastic storyteller and engaging teacher. I 100% agree with your theory! One of my favorite art teachers told me “bad artists copy. Great artists steal”. This post feels like a God wink. Thank you ❤❤❤
My mother, rest her soul, who was an unbelievably talented artist, would encourage me to copy first and copy from many and I would protest that I wanted to have my own style and do my own thing even as a kid, and she would continue to encourage and say that my own style will eventually come through
I have noticed some disparaging remarks on your channel, challenging your identity and artistic style. While I am aware that you are a skilled painter, I would like to emphasize that your videos themselves constitute a form of art that most could never achieve! They serve as a beautiful source of inspiration for other artists. F the haters!!
Hi Dries - I'm so glad I found your channel! I am also an Artist who struggles with severe ADHD (and other things) I feel it has prevented me from truly growing as an Artist and reaching my full potential. Using your techniques and great advice, I hope to advance my career once and for all! You seem to cut thru the BS and tell it like it really is. I appreciate that! Thank you from Arizona
@@AnnBotelho hi Ann. It's hard to carry on and feel good about creating new artwork. But keep going and your style will eventually shine thru! Just never give up Ann!
One of my favorite examples of "you are never too old to make art" is the American icon - Grandma Moses. She raised 13 kids on a farm with her husband and started painting at 78 yo and didn't stop until 3 months after her 101st birthday. If you look at her paintings they are kind of rudimentary but I still respect the hell out of them nonetheless.
I'm an artist, I'm also a studier of psychology. It's not really stealing because if you realize our consciousness is connected, that is we share ideas with one another whether we like it or not. And that's the collective consciousness. I used to get quite irritated whenever I would show art or tell an idea for a story to someone and that someone would tell me, "that reminds me of blah blah blah" 🙄😑 Now whenever someone tells me that, I say, "aloud the collective conscious strikes again!" Because it's true. Nothing is original. So just create whatever you want and have fun. 💜🌒🌕🌘💜
My Art styles foundation lives within My personality. The expressions and gestures are the exertion of that energy. Start creating and don’t stop. If it’s for You, all will unfold!
I wish you had been my art teacher instead of the ones I had. I wish I had heard all this 65 years ago. But someone is hearing it now who needs to hear it so that’s good.
Thank you, Dries, for making such a special kind of videos. I find myself watching your playlists in the evenings for two weeks already for artistic and informational inspiration! As some here said, they are indeed very refreshing and motivatting! I'd like to give you a pushback on your statement about an artistic style being simply steeling from others. Silently blending in 100500 bits and pieces together. Can you imagine finding your art style by only watching other artworks incl music, film, dance and immersing yourself into your own senses to let them guide you in the choice of tools and mediums? Can you imagine that as a way of finding an art style? Like going full on intorvert, no copy pasting whatsoever.
I love that this video dropped the day after I applied to work at a museum, part-time, so I can be closer to the art 😂 suddenly it doesn’t seem so extreme working a job you don’t need to get the one you’ve always dreamed of ❤
Thank you SO MUCH for talking about Janet Sobel (!) creating drip paintings before Jackson. The art critic and friend of Jackson , Clement Greenberg, wrote in an essay that in 1944 he and Jackson were together at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery and they saw a couple paintings of Janet's there. They were both rather interested in those paintings and Clement seemed to be suggesting very strongly that Jackson picked up the drip painting style from seeing her work. Peggy Guggenheim showed both Janet and Jackson's work. There is a great , lengthy, article written about this by Victoria Linchong titled Before Pollock Saw Her Work, A Ukrainian Woman Pioneered Drip Painting. In the book Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel, which is about five mid century women artists including Lee Krasner and talks a lot about Jackson as well , the author mentions Janet Sobel as the pioneer of the drip painting. It's so sad that Janet isn't well known and Jackson is and with the part about the art theft of Janet's work by Jackson is rarely if ever mentioned. This is a great video and I really enjoyed it. So thankful for algorithms!
No she didnt. Not necessarily. If anything she copied him. Look at Pollocks early work. Theres no inconstancy or sudden change. There is for Sobel's work. Clement Greenberg and Pollock saw what work? You and others are presuming they were drip paintings. Sobels early work was figurative not drip paintings. All artists inspire each other though just because they liked her work doesn't mean Pollock copied drip painting. The reason Pollock is so famous is his consistency. Look at her work, its good though its not consistent. Pollocks work is focused and not a cartoon.
@@kingfillins4117 Pollock is famous because the US government used him as a weapon against Russian propaganda after WWII. Read the book Ninth Street Women. It lays this info out.
Wow, this is so helpful. I started painting a year ago and have felt paralized sometimes because I cant seem to create from nothing vs copying others. But I think I will just give myself permission to play with others work and see what happens. Thanks!
To learn, we copy; to create, we build upon. We all need to learn techniques and gather ideas before we build upon these to create something of our own. Great video! I'm saving and sharing this 1! ❤
You are a fantastic storyteller. The way you led us from Jackson Pollock into instruction was masterful. Your energy is lively, inspiring, and down to earth.
I wasn't sure where you were going with this but when you finally came around I was like yes, of course. I do all of this and agree with you 100%, especially about not being an expert. Just enjoy what you're making at the time.
What I've found when trying to solve problems in architecture, engineering, or software is to just acknowledge the road block, then let it be. Rumination will not solve the problem. Just visualize the obstacle, then sleep on it. In the morning the solution will be there because the subconscious mind has done the work and is much more powerful than the conscious mind. There's also the possibility that we download information from the ether so long as we keep the channels open.
Couldn't agree more. I've done that over and over... It's just harder to make videos about those concepts, instructions are unclear and it's too whowho
I love Rothko. I love painting with watercolors. I've always wanted to do a something Rothko-esque but didn't want to take the time to learn to use oils. You've inspired me to start playing around with Rothko-like paintings using layers of watercolor. It seems so obvious now.
I have just started doing what you suggested before l even saw your video. Taking screen shots of artists works that l am inspired by and want to imulate. I went to art school many decades ago and feel like l have to unlearn being so tight with my artwork and being such a perfectionist. To just paint and not expect a masterpiece. This has been confirmation that l am on the right path and should move forward. Thank you for this! BRILLIANT! Thank you!
Excellent inspiration so thank you Dries! I was kind of doing this already by myself but felt so guilty about saving other people's work but I was always only taking small ideas, or a particular look from them and making them my own in one piece of art. And now I find just what you said when I looked at my Pinterest boards and photos I have saved, that there is this common thread I always loved!! And so the more I practise my art every day, the more this shows up as what I really love to make and I am not trying to force stuff I think others will like. I am 66 now and am so loving making art in this digital world that I eat, sleep and dream it! Thank you for the pdf too!! Sally
Camera Obscura and Lucida were used centuries ago to copy art works. Everyone copies something but how wonderful to find your path. Thanku for the wonderful advice
Okay, the beginning seemed there's some magical theory round the corner but as your video kept playing I realized you make totall sense. Great information, thank you!
Kind of creepy algorithm/timing - i just started my first painting on canvas yesterday. I'm 52. Haven't looked at anything about painting on youtube, but the algorithm sent me here anyway, and it was just what i needed. My painting in progress is terrible, but it exists, and yesterday morning it didn't, so i'm heading in the right direction. Because i noticed that since i left school in 1993, not a single piece of art has created itself just from me thinking vaguely about it but never sitting down to hold any paintbrushes. Funny that 😅 So here i go, and this was perfect timing. Kairos even. Thanks.
On the other hand, the mind notices new things when they are related to new areas of interest. The algorithms are actually not bad imo, as l get random recommendations that send me down delightful rabbit holes. I wish I'd found this channel earlier, and it's also just what l needed.
You are such an incredible inspiration to me and everyone else who sees this video. I wish I would’ve found this sooner. I hope you make more videos. Thank you so much🤗
he's right,,,I've been doing for 1-1/2 yrs this since going back to pastel and oil painting after a 37 yr commercial interior architecture career....studying all types of artwork and artists, all genres and decades/centuries,,,learning from everything...developing my style slowly after experimenting with abstract, realism, sketching, different boards etc etc.
In music it’s said… “Don’t borrow, steal”. When you borrow you don’t own it, but when you steal you take ownership of it. That’s achieved, like you said, by reworking, reiterating and evolving it.
Love this chat - would have enjoyed being in the same room with you to take part in this inspiration chat with you. I m left feeling free and strangely more creative. I have never drawn or painted - at 63 I’m playing with water colour and acrylic painting. I have used others work to copy as I’m not creative, and was being to feel bad - but I do make it my own - how great I feel now :)
Newton did say "I stand on the shoulders of giants", that is, his predecessors in the fields of mathematics and science. Though he was also a jerk to Leibnitz because of competitiveness to claim the invention of calculus. But you are correct that in the arts, any "new" thing has been inspired by one or more predecessor artworks--or nature. Stealing from nature (and mathematics for some) is a time-honoured way to find inspiration for art making.
thank you for this I love the ideas of this technique... so inspired (i've not seen younger folks ever talking about aging ..thank you, I'm 58 and it felt hopeful to see my life open up just now)
This is so important for me right now. I am a self taught artist and am just now understanding that transferring a drawing by graph onto canvas is not fraud. The accuracy of paintings doesn't just occur by some innate attribute that only special persons hold.
Thank you so much for this vid, your da Bomb 😁 this is perfect timing for me, U and the Universe have givin me a shake up, I have been a lil stuck on….paint a certain thing that people may want to purchase, ie. dog portraits. I hate doing it, I kicked it to the bin, I was not having fun. I’ve always collected pics of artwork I love, now I look at these, mixed with a photo of mine for inspiration and just go for it, no expectations and no regrets Fun and more Fun.
First time visiting, enjoyed this very much! This reminded me of Yayoi Kusama and how several 'gentlemen' copied her work and were praised for it while she received little recognition. That pushed her already fragile mental health over the edge and she left New York, never to return.
Janet Sobel, Hans Hoffman and Max Ernst had all used drips. But Sobel probably was the most influential on Pollock bc he saw her solo show at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery.
That's the beautiful thing about the comment section. Suddenly you have all these other names of other artists that pop up. Another commenter suggested Mark Tobey who also preceded Pollock.
Pollock exhibited drip paintings, shown at Guggenheim's gallery in 1943. Sobel likely saw that show. His early work resembled drip painting which she also would have seen. His work was influenced by native American sand painting.
Musicians use the same cords of music but just make their own music. Melodies they heard from other songs and rework them for themselves. That’s how I see it.
This is very informative and inspiring. Thank you for pointing out how and authentic female artist with soul and scope (Sobel) could be disregarded for a male artist in a narrative that fit an agenda. Being imitated is not a form of flattery. Inspiration comes from many sources. Imitation can encourage mastery, but should not take the place of finding your authentic voice. What you are really talking about is the process of learning techniques and materials, creating, selecting shapes and colors and various elements of art and design. Collecting ideas and subconsciously processing them works. Still, it works best when you know yourself. What do you like, what is your personal symbolism? What is your story? What objects and memories do you hold? What do you want to say? Happy Journey everyone!!
Pollock found the drip style from an Orozco float. The bumper of a car had some loose drips from the painting and that inspired him to take the technique further.
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I am 72 and started abstract painting only 3 months ago, I just do what inspiration comes to me naturally…I am so happy when I paint that when I awake at 4 a.m. after my coffee I go into my den (which is now my studio after doing 30+ paintings) & I just can’t stop creating my very own style😊 It’s a Blessing that I never knew Existed 🙏🏻 I JUST happened to see your video on u-tube & I feel so
Grateful to God that I did😊 You are soooo helpful & taught me a lot about those famous artists which I didn’t know about & I just pay attention to what I create unknowingly which always makes me so happy, I’m amazed & so are other people…I still can’t believe it🙏🏻💙 You are so honest & sharing I can’t Thank You enough! yes, of course I subscribed…
I'm 67 and my first love was art but when I graduated to University I thought I wasn't talented enough and also that I had to study for a REAL job. Now that I've retired I have gone back to art and painting and I just love it!! My art studio is my happy place 😊
So helpful… 🙏🎉😉
@@dawnglidden9384 I'd like to see the work. can you post a link. just starting abstract myself
Well done for pointing this out. What makes it worse is that Sobel was a Holocaust survivor, and with the help of surrealist painters like Breton and Enrst, she was using magic and trance states to depict her feelings and past experiences. Along came Pollock who "copied" the style without the substance. When you compare their paintings, I think it shows. Resonance is the most important word you used. Find art that resonates, as inspiration.
"was using magic..." Interesting... will take a look into this
@@driesketels Although Science is sometimes mistaken for magic, like using baking soda and water as an electrically conductive paste?
That is incorrect. Pollock was influenced by Native American sand painting were sand is dribbled into the ground. He didnt copy Sobel. If anything she copied him. Look at Pollocks early work. Theres no inconstancy or sudden change. There is for Sobel's work.
Didn’t Sobel emigrate to the US when she was a child before the war ?
She might be the first recognized artist of that art form, but guarantee others in their own little studios, or more likely children first dabbling in paints, stumbled upon this “art form” long before. I’ve created an art style that seems unique, but since I’m not putting it out there for others to see who knows! Then someone else comes along claiming they were the creators. That’s art for you.
You are by far such a positive force to create. I love your energy. I am à 71 year old artist who went through the school system. My mother, who became a well known sculptor, used to tell me that it would take me ten years to get rid of the crap schools planted in my brain. She was right. Your approach is so refreshing. Gives me wings to create even more.
Thank you for sharing what your mother told you , it was very encouraging to read.
Schools are brain washing machines... Your mother was a wise women
I'm not gonna lie. I first saw this video and this dude started talking and I thought he was off his nut. But I watched the whole video, makes a lot of good valid points, interesting observations, pointing out some very interesting facts. Super cool, wild hairdo, crazy concept. You know, it just said it was intriguing. Very informative, very cool. If you're reading the comments and you haven't watched the video yet, watch it. It's interesting.
I appreciate that
@@DjJMuna Ha! Me too!
Interesting you had that impression of him. I clicked onto his video with the impression of him that he looks financially comfortable 😂
Ha-ha, agree. Every time I think he's going off on a wild tangent and about to close the tab, he's saying something very insightful and I continue watching.
I fear that I have that impression on people. As artists, we often get underestimated based on our unique way of speaking and looking. it's inevitable.
This is 100% truth. The idea that artistic innovation just comes out of thin air, fully formed in the artist’s head is a myth. We all borrow from what other’s have done before us.
Man, you are brilliant! I have studied art for decades (I’m 81). I have never heard such…….wisdom. Absolutely brilliant!
Wow, thank you!
I don't know what I love more. Your passion for art or your hair. What a great video. Thank you
You are correct. As the song The Fly says "Every artist is a cannibal every poet is a thief."
There is no new art, we just regurgitate, juxtaposition, copy, borrow and use elements of what has gone before and combine to create something new.
If you do something, then do something else, keep on doing it, eventually you have something new.
You are a fantastic storyteller and engaging teacher. I 100% agree with your theory! One of my favorite art teachers told me “bad artists copy. Great artists steal”. This post feels like a God wink. Thank you ❤❤❤
My mother, rest her soul, who was an unbelievably talented artist, would encourage me to copy first and copy from many and I would protest that I wanted to have my own style and do my own thing even as a kid, and she would continue to encourage and say that my own style will eventually come through
"....she would continue to encourage and say that my own style will eventually come through."
Great insight and advice!
@@lorettajoy7275❤👍for sure! Always takes a while before we recognize the wisdom of our parents😉
Even forgers have tells. First you steal and miss, then you steal and mix
Thank you - I’m in my 74 th year and this talk was inspirational. Love my art work but need to move it on- to play ❤
I have noticed some disparaging remarks on your channel, challenging your identity and artistic style. While I am aware that you are a skilled painter, I would like to emphasize that your videos themselves constitute a form of art that most could never achieve! They serve as a beautiful source of inspiration for other artists. F the haters!!
Well said!
@@driesketels Is anything illegal going on here?
Hi Dries - I'm so glad I found your channel!
I am also an Artist who struggles with severe ADHD (and other things) I feel it has prevented me from truly growing as an Artist and reaching my full potential.
Using your techniques and great advice, I hope to advance my career once and for all! You seem to cut thru the BS and tell it like it really is. I appreciate that!
Thank you from Arizona
More then welcome Ron! You got this
@@RonMarkoArtist hi Ron im an artist and I have adhd to have so many creative ideas my work reflects it im struggling with finding my style
@@AnnBotelho hi Ann.
It's hard to carry on and feel good about creating new artwork. But keep going and your style will eventually shine thru! Just never give up Ann!
...ADHD is a decided advantage when you learn how to use it...hint
One of my favorite examples of "you are never too old to make art" is the American icon - Grandma Moses. She raised 13 kids on a farm with her husband and started painting at 78 yo and didn't stop until 3 months after her 101st birthday. If you look at her paintings they are kind of rudimentary but I still respect the hell out of them nonetheless.
I'm an artist, I'm also a studier of psychology. It's not really stealing because if you realize our consciousness is connected, that is we share ideas with one another whether we like it or not. And that's the collective consciousness.
I used to get quite irritated whenever I would show art or tell an idea for a story to someone and that someone would tell me, "that reminds me of blah blah blah" 🙄😑
Now whenever someone tells me that, I say, "aloud the collective conscious strikes again!"
Because it's true. Nothing is original. So just create whatever you want and have fun.
💜🌒🌕🌘💜
My Art styles foundation lives within My personality. The expressions and gestures are the exertion of that energy. Start creating and don’t stop. If it’s for You, all will unfold!
All will unfold. Love it
Thank you for bringing it more forward that he lifted Janet Sobel’s style of work
I wish you had been my art teacher instead of the ones I had. I wish I had heard all this 65 years ago. But someone is hearing it now who needs to hear it so that’s good.
I found your talk about “how to find your art style” very enjoyable. You had me in stitches. I’m looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you, Dries, for making such a special kind of videos. I find myself watching your playlists in the evenings for two weeks already for artistic and informational inspiration! As some here said, they are indeed very refreshing and motivatting!
I'd like to give you a pushback on your statement about an artistic style being simply steeling from others. Silently blending in 100500 bits and pieces together. Can you imagine finding your art style by only watching other artworks incl music, film, dance and immersing yourself into your own senses to let them guide you in the choice of tools and mediums? Can you imagine that as a way of finding an art style? Like going full on intorvert, no copy pasting whatsoever.
Your way is introverted and pure. Mine’s naughty and chaotic. Opposites attract, that's probably why you love the videos...
I love that this video dropped the day after I applied to work at a museum, part-time, so I can be closer to the art 😂 suddenly it doesn’t seem so extreme working a job you don’t need to get the one you’ve always dreamed of ❤
That is awesome! Congrats! You wouldn't be the first artist that goes from cleaning the flloor at the museum to hanging inside the museum.
@@driesketels your videos lead me to this point! Thank you for the inspiration and solid advice 🙏🏽
Thank you SO MUCH for talking about Janet Sobel (!) creating drip paintings before Jackson. The art critic and friend of Jackson , Clement Greenberg, wrote in an essay that in 1944 he and Jackson were together at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery and they saw a couple paintings of Janet's there. They were both rather interested in those paintings and Clement seemed to be suggesting very strongly that Jackson picked up the drip painting style from seeing her work. Peggy Guggenheim showed both Janet and Jackson's work. There is a great , lengthy, article written about this by Victoria Linchong titled Before Pollock Saw Her Work, A Ukrainian Woman Pioneered Drip Painting. In the book Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel, which is about five mid century women artists including Lee Krasner and talks a lot about Jackson as well , the author mentions Janet Sobel as the pioneer of the drip painting. It's so sad that Janet isn't well known and Jackson is and with the part about the art theft of Janet's work by Jackson is rarely if ever mentioned. This is a great video and I really enjoyed it. So thankful for algorithms!
No she didnt. Not necessarily. If anything she copied him. Look at Pollocks early work. Theres no inconstancy or sudden change. There is for Sobel's work. Clement Greenberg and Pollock saw what work? You and others are presuming they were drip paintings. Sobels early work was figurative not drip paintings. All artists inspire each other though just because they liked her work doesn't mean Pollock copied drip painting. The reason Pollock is so famous is his consistency. Look at her work, its good though its not consistent. Pollocks work is focused and not a cartoon.
@@kingfillins4117 Pollock is famous because the US government used him as a weapon against Russian propaganda after WWII. Read the book Ninth Street Women. It lays this info out.
Thanks!
Thanks for your generosity. Happy holidays!
Wow, this is so helpful. I started painting a year ago and have felt paralized sometimes because I cant seem to create from nothing vs copying others. But I think I will just give myself permission to play with others work and see what happens. Thanks!
To learn, we copy; to create, we build upon. We all need to learn techniques and gather ideas before we build upon these to create something of our own. Great video! I'm saving and sharing this 1! ❤
Well said!
...you don't copy, you emulate.
You are a fantastic storyteller. The way you led us from Jackson Pollock into instruction was masterful. Your energy is lively, inspiring, and down to earth.
I wasn't sure where you were going with this but when you finally came around I was like yes, of course. I do all of this and agree with you 100%, especially about not being an expert. Just enjoy what you're making at the time.
What I've found when trying to solve problems in architecture, engineering, or software is to just acknowledge the road block, then let it be. Rumination will not solve the problem. Just visualize the obstacle, then sleep on it. In the morning the solution will be there because the subconscious mind has done the work and is much more powerful than the conscious mind. There's also the possibility that we download information from the ether so long as we keep the channels open.
Couldn't agree more. I've done that over and over... It's just harder to make videos about those concepts, instructions are unclear and it's too whowho
@@driesketels Sleep on it, and the solution will manifest.
I love Rothko. I love painting with watercolors. I've always wanted to do a something Rothko-esque but didn't want to take the time to learn to use oils. You've inspired me to start playing around with Rothko-like paintings using layers of watercolor. It seems so obvious now.
Go for it!
I have just started doing what you suggested before l even saw your video. Taking screen shots of artists works that l am inspired by and want to imulate. I went to art school many decades ago and feel like l have to unlearn being so tight with my artwork and being such a perfectionist. To just paint and not expect a masterpiece. This has been confirmation that l am on the right path and should move forward. Thank you for this! BRILLIANT! Thank you!
Excellent inspiration so thank you Dries! I was kind of doing this already by myself but felt so guilty about saving other people's work but I was always only taking small ideas, or a particular look from them and making them my own in one piece of art. And now I find just what you said when I looked at my Pinterest boards and photos I have saved, that there is this common thread I always loved!! And so the more I practise my art every day, the more this shows up as what I really love to make and I am not trying to force stuff I think others will like. I am 66 now and am so loving making art in this digital world that I eat, sleep and dream it! Thank you for the pdf too!! Sally
Camera Obscura and Lucida were used centuries ago to copy art works.
Everyone copies something but how wonderful to find your path. Thanku for the wonderful advice
Okay, the beginning seemed there's some magical theory round the corner but as your video kept playing I realized you make totall sense. Great information, thank you!
Kind of creepy algorithm/timing - i just started my first painting on canvas yesterday. I'm 52. Haven't looked at anything about painting on youtube, but the algorithm sent me here anyway, and it was just what i needed.
My painting in progress is terrible, but it exists, and yesterday morning it didn't, so i'm heading in the right direction. Because i noticed that since i left school in 1993, not a single piece of art has created itself just from me thinking vaguely about it but never sitting down to hold any paintbrushes. Funny that 😅 So here i go, and this was perfect timing. Kairos even. Thanks.
On the other hand, the mind notices new things when they are related to new areas of interest. The algorithms are actually not bad imo, as l get random recommendations that send me down delightful rabbit holes. I wish I'd found this channel earlier, and it's also just what l needed.
@@Bearwithme560 did you google or searched for art supplies on amazon?
your computer is always spying on you, just saying
So cool how you are finding encouragement all around you 🎉 congratulations- you’re doing great! Hope to see your artwork
You are such an incredible inspiration to me and everyone else who sees this video. I wish I would’ve found this sooner. I hope you make more videos. Thank you so much🤗
You are so welcome! 300+ videos to date... I'll make more for sure
This is so good! You give great advice! Thank you!
Apart from the great information and inspo he gives....I LOVe his accent, LOVE his mop of wildly free hair, LOVE his vibe.
Wonderful video ❤❤❤
haha LOVE your vibe! 💯💫happy to have found you and this vid. 'Steal like an artist' ☺
Great advice! thank you! needed to hear this today 💖🙏
You're so welcome!
Art style is who I am and what I create as a result of my life experience.The perfect mirror of who I am. Keep making.😊
Collections-Sketchbooks-brainstorming and different practices are at the core of developing what you want to do.
@@system32recovery Yes! When we give our selves carte blanche, the mind uses everything we've experienced, and inherited to create
This is excellent advice. I have been doing this without even realising it. Thank you.
Strangely wonderful.
Wonderful advice/wisdom. Thanks
Brilliant. Entertaining, useful, interesting. Thank you
he's right,,,I've been doing for 1-1/2 yrs this since going back to pastel and oil painting after a 37 yr commercial interior architecture career....studying all types of artwork and artists, all genres and decades/centuries,,,learning from everything...developing my style slowly after experimenting with abstract, realism, sketching, different boards etc etc.
Dries, Excellent as always. So impressed by your videos. Topsy x
Brilliant! Thank you.
Hello Dries, You stole that ;) I've heard it before, but not in your way, bravo! I'm happy because it suits me very well. Many greetings!
Awesome. Inspiring. The art preacher!
In music it’s said… “Don’t borrow, steal”. When you borrow you don’t own it, but when you steal you take ownership of it. That’s achieved, like you said, by reworking, reiterating and evolving it.
Dries is super awesome and on point as always!❤
Thank you! 🤗
I like the information and flow of the message-packaging in the video.
As a fellow art lover, he is onpoint. Valid info that is applicable. Well done.
Love this chat - would have enjoyed being in the same room with you to take part in this inspiration chat with you. I m left feeling free and strangely more creative. I have never drawn or painted - at 63 I’m playing with water colour and acrylic painting. I have used others work to copy as I’m not creative, and was being to feel bad - but I do make it my own - how great I feel now :)
You are a sign from the universe my love. ❤Thanks for this amazing video
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Thank you for these inspirational tips 😊
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Thanks a million times! I need this!❤
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Excellent idea!!!
Thank you - great insights! ❤
This is excellent advice. I believe I have been doing this without even realising it.
Newton did say "I stand on the shoulders of giants", that is, his predecessors in the fields of mathematics and science. Though he was also a jerk to Leibnitz because of competitiveness to claim the invention of calculus.
But you are correct that in the arts, any "new" thing has been inspired by one or more predecessor artworks--or nature.
Stealing from nature (and mathematics for some) is a time-honoured way to find inspiration for art making.
Absolutely!
Thank you so inspiring
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thank you for this
I love the ideas of this technique... so inspired
(i've not seen younger folks ever talking about aging ..thank you, I'm 58 and it felt hopeful to see my life open up just now)
This is so insightful, helpful and reassuring. Thank you!
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Very engaging storytelling
This is so important for me right now. I am a self taught artist and am just now understanding that transferring a drawing by graph onto canvas is not fraud. The accuracy of paintings doesn't just occur by some innate attribute that only special persons hold.
Wow! Great video!🤲🏾
You're awesome. Just Subscribed 🎉
don't be an insect!!!! love it. Yes, love all the gathering, thanks for the inspo to play with it all, all the bits and pieces, yummy!
Absolutely love this video and it really resonated with me. Thank you
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Indeed…We are a product of the world we choose to surround ourselves with.
You are a gem!!!
Thanks thanks thanks. SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thank you so much for this vid, your da Bomb 😁 this is
perfect timing for me, U and the Universe have givin me a shake up, I have been a lil stuck on….paint a certain thing that people may want to purchase, ie. dog portraits. I hate doing it, I kicked it to the bin, I was not having fun.
I’ve always collected pics of artwork I love, now I look at these, mixed with a photo of mine for inspiration and just go for it, no expectations and no regrets Fun and more Fun.
Inspirational. Love the free spirit!
Extremely good advice!!!❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful thank you!
You're welcome!
First time visiting, enjoyed this very much! This reminded me of Yayoi Kusama and how several 'gentlemen' copied her work and were praised for it while she received little recognition. That pushed her already fragile mental health over the edge and she left New York, never to return.
Interesting, never heard of this story. Understandable .
@@driesketels Wikipedia has an extensive article about Yauoi Kusama and her works.
Totally true. You have inhale to exhale.
Someone said, “good artists copy. Great artists steal.”
@@robofurious Picasso
@@carolphillips3182 YES! Thank you!
Love it!❤🎉
I just turned 38 years old. Started digital painting like 3 years ago and I love it
never too late or too old
Thanks for this video. That is exactly what I've been going through my whole artistic life. This has helped me so much!
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You make my day
This is incredible!
One does not "find an art style". An art style finds you.
Wow, wondering about my art style has been on my mind though I didn’t even know that others are searching for the same thing.
I love your hair!
Janet Sobel, Hans Hoffman and Max Ernst had all used drips. But Sobel probably was the most influential on Pollock bc he saw her solo show at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery.
That's the beautiful thing about the comment section. Suddenly you have all these other names of other artists that pop up. Another commenter suggested Mark Tobey who also preceded Pollock.
Pollock exhibited drip paintings, shown at Guggenheim's gallery in 1943. Sobel likely saw that show. His early work resembled drip painting which she also would have seen. His work was influenced by native American sand painting.
"I stood out in Art School when I stopped conforming " - Mike Loh
Musicians use the same cords of music but just make their own music. Melodies they heard from other songs and rework them for themselves. That’s how I see it.
Im 46 and started learning to draw at 45...it's never to late to start!!!
This is very informative and inspiring. Thank you for pointing out how and authentic female artist with soul and scope (Sobel) could be disregarded for a male artist in a narrative that fit an agenda. Being imitated is not a form of flattery. Inspiration comes from many sources. Imitation can encourage mastery, but should not take the place of finding your authentic voice. What you are really talking about is the process of learning techniques and materials, creating, selecting shapes and colors and various elements of art and design. Collecting ideas and subconsciously processing them works. Still, it works best when you know yourself. What do you like, what is your personal symbolism? What is your story? What objects and memories do you hold? What do you want to say? Happy Journey everyone!!
Brilliant!!!!
Pollock found the drip style from an Orozco float. The bumper of a car had some loose drips from the painting and that inspired him to take the technique further.
AI does exactly what you described (sampling from others to create something original). Man and the machine are becoming indistinguishable.
If Sonic the Hedgehog and Einstein had an artistic Belgian baby...
I'm not down with EVERYTHING you're saying but love the gist. Great advice 👍
I appreciate that!
Not bad 👌 my advice has always been… stop looking for it, create for enjoyment and over time and it’ll find you
Wow you found your way back to TH-cam look at that.
I’m a furniture designer and I recognized this method as well. Design only happened in a vacuum…once.