This is good advice for any artist hesitant to use their materials, intimidated by the blank canvas or afraid to generously load a brush. If you love using your materials- the process as much as the results- you have already succeeded! We love the gouache painting footage, too- such a satisfying and challenging medium!
Whoa! Thank you Blick! Kinda starstruck rn lmao. I can't tell you how many hundreds of dollars I spend at your stores every year to get materials, it's def my #1 spot to get lots of my supplies. If you ever want to partner together, feel free to email me: kelseyrodriguez.yt@gmail.com
@@KelseyRodriguez so...it helps to paint something bad as you're explaining why you need to do bad art coz this was a really good painting. Good luck in Cali
I truly believe on my saying that "Perfectionism kills art" because it is like Leonardo Da Vinci's quote, "Art is never finished, only abandoned." The act of letting a beautiful sketchbook rot on the shelves is common for artists because we wait for the "right time" to use it, but the right time is now. The sketchbook is only wasted when it is not used. Thank you for this insightful video, Kelsey. 💓
It's true, perfectionism does kill art and it hurts sometimes. I don't know why im such a perfectionist but when I finally feel like I want to start drawing again or learning to paint im too stuck on it being perfect and it being exactly the way I want it to be that I just give up and cry about being the worst artist ever, I used to just love art for the art itself I used to have fun. Hopefully I can change that if I keep that quote in mind
YES to having a "bad art sketchbook"! I have this smaller one I got for like $5 and typically use it for just rough pencil sketches of things I might later use for full pieces. But the whole point of the sketchbook is to just throw down ideas in the moment, not to complete anything fancy. Also, I feel that some artists may feel the need to share every single piece of art with the world, and truth is you don't have to show everything every time. Removing that expectation can really put the blinders on in a good way, like you're only creating a piece for yourself today and not social media or whatever, so there's more of a sense of freedom. Better to have 1000 bad pieces of art than no art at all!
Yes! Exactly! Making art just for yourself in a "bad" sketchbook is great way to workshop ideas that might turn into something amazing. But putting that work in to test those ideas out is a necessary step to refining them. Thanks for watching
Omg Kelsey this is your best video yet. You are such a powerful speaker and you are so inspiring and leave me feeling motivated with my art and my channel. Thank you!
whoa, that's so awesome to hear! I have lots of plans for the future so expect the quality of my videos to take huge leaps in the coming months!!!! I feel like a scheming lil supervillain with all my plots atm lmao
PREACH!!! "Make Bad Art" is literally my motto, and it's become a tradition for me to dedicate the first page in my sketchbook to writing out "MAKE BAD ART!" It invites me to come in, get cozy, and make a giant mess. My "messy sketchbook" and "pretty sketchbook" are the same book, I let whatever flows from my hand just exist where it lands. I honestly think the whole "pretty sketchbook" thing that started (I think?) Because of TH-cam and other social media is kinda toxic. Sketchbooks should always feel like a safe place to explore, make mistakes, and have fun. I was genuinely stunted by the beautiful sketchbook tours I used to watch because I didn't realize those artists didn't only make good art and were simply hiding their bad art in other places. "Sketchbooks" filled only with finished pieces aren't really "sketch"books, they're collections of finished pieces. There's nothing inherently wrong with that but honestly I think everyone would benefit if we chose a different name for those. I'm just so incredibly grateful for this video because it really encapsulates everything I've been saying and stand for, it feels good to hear other people saying the same thing. If only we could get everyone saying it 💖
Takeaways: - Keep showing up for yourself as an artist - Keep the 'low stakes' parts of creating in your regular routine in order to take risks, learn and grow (we're not born knowing how to make a masterpiece) - Come out of your comfort zone; because while pushing out 'quantity' over and over, it will lead to improvement in 'quality' over time - Don't be afraid to make bad art Thank you for this inspiring reminder! Love the art piece! And, creative greetings everyone!! 🎨🦋✳️ Someone once said, "procrastination is slow death,"... so if you're passionate about art and creating, make time to do it. Keep doing it. Enjoy exploring and discovering! 💛💛💛
I needed this. Really felt like I was going to give up on art due to the constant “perfectionism” thoughts I have, or if something doesn’t do well enough on social media, I feel like “it’s because I’m trash and people hate me” - a huge reach, but it’s hard not to think that way for me. Thank you 🥺 for your kindness
Yes! The moment I stopped worrying about making “good” paintings, the quality of my work went way up. I let go of a lot of fear and judgment that was blocking me up, making me stiff and reluctant to experiment. Experimentation and making “bad art” leads to so many happy accidents 🙂 it’s definitely how I found my style.. doing weird dumb shit is how you discover new things
I'm glad that i started my art journey as a child when I wasn't overthinking everything and wasn't expecting perfection and wasn't catering to social media audiences because the internet itself didn't exist. I see people now wanting to be a master after producing only several drawings. People asking me why they aren't at my level even though they produced three pieces of work. I have to explain that it takes years and thousands of pieces and that they'll never be totally happy just as I am not lol..
I saw this video awhile ago on a similar topic. The guy's suggestion was to stop working on a piece when you feel it's about 70% complete. And by doing this you "finish" more projects and start getting that feedback loop to motivate yourself to keep doing it. What REALLY helped me in this department was doing online life drawing and posting work from those sessions. Your time's limited with each pose, so you have to find the most fluid way of doing things, no time to think. And by going out of my way to post, regardless of what the drawings looked like, I became much less self conscious the more I did it
Been struggling with severe art block for months now, and have been really doubting my ability to improve at all when it comes to making art and working on my sketchbook, when all of a sudden I've found this video and your advice really hit home here. Maybe I do need to do a step back and lose the fear of creating bad art. Nothing is ever perfect and we're always constantly learning with our surroundings and by ourselves and from others. I guess I've been lost with wanting to improve when I've been stuck on the same state of mind. The art block isn't what's stopping me, I am the one sabotaging myself in the process with my endless doubts and worries... Thanks for making this video, really encouraging to hear advices like this while on the path of self-improvement. 💗💗💗
this is my mantra for drawing/painting/ creating art: "you are not painting the Sistine Chapel" I put so much pressure on myself sometimes that I have to remind myself this.
as someone who is extremely hard on themselves, i ALWAYS stress myself out and always critique every single thing i did even if it was only just a sketch, it always needed to be perfect. and that caused me to have the worst art block to the point i didn’t pick up a paint brush or a pen for almost a year. but this one simple 15 minute video has completely transformed my thinking process towards art and my harshness towards myself. i cannot thank you enough for this video. you have saved my motivation and my ability to create
oh man i needed this rn, i’m in art school and i feel so bad about not drawing much so far this summer even though (in theory) i should now that i’m on break and have the free time to draw whatever i want instead of strictly assignments. like i literally spend more time buying supplies and saving references than actually making art 😶
With all the different art challenges we should start a bad art challenge. Get people to practice more and may be even share more of their bad art to help others feel better about their journey.
YES. I've spent the last few days going back and looking at all of the art I've made over the years and it's incredible to see how much I improved by just practicing and creating some pieces that aren't great. But the learning I got from creating those pieces is invaluable and it definitely shows more and more over time with more and more practice!
Literally writing the script for my first video saying "hey, I have a lot of interests... please bare with me because I can't promise consistency" and I feel so validated by this video! Thank you!
Yep there's heaps of pressure to choose one thing it seems! I've hesitated from posting any art and often not doing any art at all sometimes because I feel I need to stick to one and not waste time pursuing things which won't bring me much "success".
such a beautiful message. thank you dearly, i needed this. i’m a perfectionist too and i struggled with this for so long and sometimes it still sneaks up on me. not even starting to create something because you’re afraid that it won’t be able to keep up with the expectations and ideas in your mind - is really frustrating. thinking about this, in the last period of time i’ve started to care less about small details, like worrying if i will use too much paint or to not set any expectations is extremely helpful. just intuitively start and create. in the beginning, nobody knows what comes out in the end. so don’t ever be afraid to try something that you are really longing for. our system has a really wrong perception or point of view, we get pressured and set up on so many demands and expectations that we’re not able to handle. don’t let yourself get down and love - no matter what! be grateful for everything there is in the world 🧡💫✨ have a beautiful day, whoever’s reading this 🥰 thank you, through your video i got to think about this even deeper and this helps me to work on myself 🌞🙏🏼
Finding the balance of letting go and removing expectations, but still trying as hard as you can is very difficult. Noodling with no goal or motivation won't make you "better" as an artist, but it can be cathartic. I've been trying to deliberately make something with the expectation that it may be bad because I've never done it before. Learning to let go of bad art is tricky, don't fall into the trap of making bad art on purpose just because you expect it to be bad. Try as hard as you can, but don't get discouraged when it sucks.
I totally agree. Growing up as the oldest child makes that onus of responsibility priority so taking risks has been the most difficult part of my creative process. Good inspiring video, young lady! Keep going-THAT WAY. ✍🏾
Ive been struggling to create anything for the past few years. I couldn't put it into words other than when I thought of starting on a blank page or canvas, Id freeze. Art has been something I've been passionate about but never took seriously until I had my first experience in a psychiatric facility. I knew art was important to me, and to better my mental health I knew I needed to incorporate it more into my life. Its been 2 years since then, and Im still struggling with putting down anything on the page. When I discovered your videos, its like relief finally washed over me. I feel like its okay to draw and paint again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing what you do. Without you I dont know if I'd have picked up my brush again.
I needed this video today. Thank you so much for making it. I’m getting ready for my first Art Festival in the next few weeks and I’m anxious about it after a ridiculous last few months. This video makes me feel better about my trial and error process though so thank you. ❤️
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME. especially the point about combining all your interests. the reason i want to learn to draw is because I consume a lot of pop culture nerd media and i get this strong itch every few years to express it. to draw like the comic book artists. to express my own take at a character. it just doesnt go away until I have picked up drawing again and gotten severly disappointed at being so bad. and giving it up and getting the calling again a few years later and the cycle goes on. I have wasted over a decade just quitting every time.
2:50 tysm, idk why but this helped me understand so much of to why some of the art pieces I was most excited for became absolute garbage, that sometimes when I make new pieces and they don't get finished before a certain time I get scared that I'm gonna be bored of it and change it.
I've been delaying my art for so long. I overthink so much but this has given me a boost to try! Especially having all my tools easily accessible so it doesn't feel difficult to get ready. One thing which stops me from doing anything often is looking at too much Inspo on Instagram and Pinterest! It gets so overwhelming sometimes looking at beautiful work and feeling inadequate. And also agree so much re the many interests so I've put pressure on myself to choose one thing! Thank you for this video it is so so important!
There's nothing more humbling than creating something terrible. The act of failure keeps our ego in check and, if we're lucky, motivates us in the direction needed to better own our craft and, in essence, reveal our truth.
immediate subscribe, this video was super helpful. this also applies to social interactions for me, I'm so scared of having bad / imperfect ones that I largely avoid socializing. im watching this debating whether or not to cancel plans cuz im so anxious and i think this was the push i needed to go out. thank you!!!!
This is a really good and much needed video Kelsey. My inability to create a breakthrough in freelancing journey as an artist is making me think about stuff. This was much needed
YES. This video is everything. Every point resonated. It's the first video I've seen of yours, but it will not be the last! Thank you for such an inspirational take and a breath of fresh air of harsh realities delivered kindly. Passion trumps skill. No matter the end result. :)
This is probably one of the most important videos I’ve ever seen in my life. The concept of “not being afraid to make bad art” was not new to me, but when I heard the phrase “You don’t need to be consistently good, or even good at all, for your passions to be valuable pursuits”, I just had to pause the video and seriously rethink my entire life up until this point. It’s a funny coincidence, but I’ve recently enrolled to this acrylics painting course and for the first time in my 31 years of life I “permitted” myself to buy all the art supplies, materials and tools I wanted, regardless of their price. All my life I’ve spent thinking that quality art supplies will be just wasted on me, cause “I am not an artist” and I “won’t be able to produce anything decent anyway”. I am going to print out that line and hang it above my desk, so that I never forget it. Thank you SO much for saying that, and for all the wonderful, helpful and kind videos you are creating!
3:24 Is life changing! I can do something because it makes me "a whole and complete person" and "they are valuable pursuits" for me. Amazing! I don't have to do what I am best at, or because I am good, I can do it because of other positive reasons! This is actually awesome insight! I am being completely genuine in my excitement :-)
I absolutely love the paintings in this video. Your growth since the beginning of your channel is so clear to see. Well done 👏🏽 You make great content as well ❤️
Thank you so much Kelsey for this video. I'm a beginner artist and I'm the most perfectionist person I know, I need everything to be perfect and very well-executed or else it's not worth my time nor effort, and this very idea was tearing me apart from the inside. I know I want to be a good artist and I know I want it, but my perfectionism is my worst enemy. I will be rewatching this video as many times as I need just to remind myself the next time I catch myself being harsh with myself for not arriving at the level of art that I imagine in my head or see in references. I, too want to become a TH-camr and an artist someday, but as you said, in order to make good art, I will have to allow myself make as many bad drawings and cringe at them as I possibly can in order to eventually improve at the ability I currently suck at. Thank you again, your videos are amazing keep it up!!
Agree with everything you said💯 not trying to stroke your ego, you’re wise beyond your years. You reminded me of a huge breakthrough for me was while becoming disciplined with sketchbook practice, a professional artist friend recommended cheap lined notebook paper, and it changed everything for me. Within 3 years I was contracted artist at top 5 comic comic company. Keep up the excellence art champion!
Look at your channel absolutely blowing up! So well deserved. One of my favorite channels. The raw honesty about artistry and the honest tips and genuine talent. Thanks for all your advice and encouragement!!
Hello, as a beginner artist i wanted to thank you for this video ! For the past 9 months (and more i think), i was kind of blocked, i wanted to create but didn't want to ruin my supplies, i wanted to draw but i didn't feel legitimate to draw. My artstyle wasn't satisfying me and wanted to learn without any fails. Because i can't handle failure. Now, i'm healing myself and i wanted to draw today, i was going to look at a tutorial to learn anatomy but just thinking about it, i was bored. Then i saw this video, and i'm accepting the fact that i need to draw what i love in the first place. A passion shouldn't be boring, it should be entertainment first (in my opinion). Thank you !
As an artist who is willing to create art for my whole life. I don't think there's bad art. Art isn't just about the goodness of the quality of art. Art is telling stories, expressing emotion just by the visualization of it Feel the emotions the painting or drawing is conveying, put your soul into understanding the art. We, as an artist tell a story, a story of what we are feeling, what we do and what we want. So go grab your sketchbook and draw, you'll get there somewhere
Is the first time listening to a video with Spanish voice over from an english speaking youtuber!! GRACIAS, my english is pretty good but listening in my native language is so refreshing ♥
I'm usually pretty good about this, but I'm going through a style change right now and was really feeling frustrated, because my techniques from my old style don't transfer over. Then I watched this video while trying to figure various aspects out, and thank you! It really helped motivate me!
Imma cry. Your speech is so beautiful and inspiring... thank you!! Gonna go sketch something now instead of being so sad about how I hate my art. Thank you ❤
Such a good and inspiring video! It really takes the pressure off of creating. I don’t even think we need to be comfortable with the failure or bad art - I think we endure the discomfort and continue on in spite of it ❤️
Every since I've gotten multiple sketchbooks, I find that I'm a lot more productive with art as opposed to trying to find the "perfect one" that I will stick with until it's finished. But even still i have trouble reminding myself that each bad art pieces is a stepping stone to a better one and often end up tellin gmyself, "It doesn't need to look good, it needs to be finished."
I really needed to hear this as someone whos been doing art for years yet not getting better, because i still love art. I will never stop being creative so i always wanna draw at the end of the day or play music
I agree! I started watercolor painting in October. Made some bad paintings but learned so much in the process. And when I do make a good painting I feel like a genius haha. Expensive hobby but worth it.
Can't agree more with you.. in fact I would even add this doesn't just go for art, but almost every creative process-- anything where we apply ourselves
Thank you sooo much .. I really needed this .. to not be afraid or disapointed with my bad art ..and to take a step forward to inhance my creativity ... lots of love ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
A friend of mine once told me “You’re already an amazing artist, you don’t need to practice anymore. So why not “practice” by drawing famous celebrity portraits and selling them? You’d make a ton of money.” I was like, ummm, that’s not how it works lol
I just wanted to say thank ....:) Comparing myself to others is always my problem. I thought and think that i have to be perfect so others can accept me but you know what i'm gonna be bad at art for a while :) Hope i'll enjoy it
Wow I definitely needed this I find myself so stuck on perfection that I never even start! I owe it to myself and my future tribe to just begin as I am and have fun on this journey ❤️. Thanks for the advice and I can’t wait for your new videos!
But I WANT to be a master at it the first time sooooo much!!! Okaaaay!! I'll go make some bad art ;-) Seriously though, this is so true. I remember Will Terry similarly say that you have a lot of bad art to get out before you make good art, so you'd better go get making bad art now. Also, I really love your comment about being an 'indie film maker' on TH-cam. That's a great way of looking at it, and it gives me a new perspective. It also allows me to let go of that despised label of being a 'content creator'. God, I do not like that term! It suggests what you are doing is so disposable, instead of respecting the time and effort that the film maker put into making this film. I only discovered you recently, but already you have inspired me to start thinking about making YT videos. Thanks very much, Kelsey.
I have been "doing" art for about a year and a half. The hardest lesson has been to free myself up and just have fun. Most of the time when I am able to do that, I LOVE what I create. And I love the process. I am finding my voice and my style and truly learning to have fun. And I'm 38 years old and never touched an art supply for most of my life because I held onto the belief that I wasn't creative. I am so glad I discovered this side of myself, even if it is only ever just for ME!!!!
Thank you so much. I always need this reminder since I tend to take it too seriously and end up hating my art. Something I'm trying to do is not think of it as a career I will definitely pursue but as a side job or just hobbie for now. I've been sticking to my comfort zone for 8 years and refining my Confort zone aka drawing humans. But when I finally find myself drawing an object the elderly, environments, backgrounds, animals, the newbie mistakes I make makes me so disappointed and make me unable to draw them once again and I'm tired of drawing that same thing over and over sometimes.
broooo I legit watched your desk makeover/tour videos on repeat while I was designing my space! I love your content but forgot to subscribe, fixing that rn
This message resonates so much with me. I struggle a lot with perfectionism and never finish paintings. My mother is an artist and I feel like I inherited a big portion of her talent but I just haven’t put the hours in. I can copy a reference pretty well while drawing but the same just doesn’t work with painting. I don’t know how to work the paint and brushes in the way I want and it often leads to frustration and giving up during the ugly stage. Going to try the ugly sketch book idea and see if that takes some pressure off 😊
Hey Kelsey, finally it took me 4 days to watch your all your 😛.....it's like a gold mine and can't express how much your viedos meant for me....I feel so connected with you now......😄😄😄...now I am ready to start my art career 😁...
please make a video reacting to your old art!!! Esp stuff you aren't proud of or thought was good at the time but see the flaws now because seeing a talented artist's beginning stages makes this process sooo much easier❤️
Theoretically, I agree with everything you said in the video. But I have the "issue": I always want to practice,(although I barely have time for it) and when I have the time I grab my sketchbook. And I tell myself: Okay, I will just practise and do a quick sketch, it doesn’t have to be perfect. But I always end up spending a few hours with it and bringing it to a finish. It probably isn’t a problem though, bc almost every time I get lost in my perfectionism I‘ll end up making some art I‘m really proud of. So I also have the perfectionism problem, but it’s an advantage for me :) So excited and happy for your new studio, it’s going to be beautiful!
Art is a forever learning journey, deliberate practice and perserverance and desire to make mistakes, improve and learn. Its about practice, understanding art, and control. Gaining the ability to go from simple to complex. Not overthinking it or beating yourself up. Just learn what you need to know, practice, have fun and believe in your skills and try with putting yourself out there. Its not as complicated as we think this art thing, its very tough but also not as intimidating as we make it out to be. So just gain that control and focus and be ok with making not the best art in the world. You can still creative and be talented even if your not the best artist, a lesson I'm learned most today and recent in my life. I hope everyone understands and takes it to heart and improves themselves as people, great excellent video.
This is great advice for any artists struggling with perfectionism! Aside from practicing and improving skills, I also think of it as learning what I don't like in my art. I can look back at the bad art I've created and ask myself what makes it bad and how I can avoid it. Also, I'm really excited for the studio videos!
this is very true even for digital 3d sculpting the concept sketches where i just messed around with for a few hours were as good as some stuff i spent weeks on trying to perfect
Thank you for sharing this video.. it hit hard.. i am a perfectionist and yes i am scared to create bad art so I don’t create at all 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ you were talking directly to me!! I needed to hear every word you said.. THANK YOU
7:11 THIS is the only reason I've decided to keep my goal of drawing A LITTLE every day. So I can get comfortable with looking at my ugly drawings, and finding the fun on making them instead of focusing on the result, and only a little so that I won't be frustrated when I don't have 2 hours to spend drawing (and it's working, I'm starting to enjoy it instead of craving a good drawing at the end, and I'm starting to like what I draw, even if it isn't objectively good... and it isn't, believe me). Once I've built this habit I'm going to pass on my second goal: painting every day (by then I don't think I will be able to do both, painting every day AND drawing every day, so I hope to go to a "second phase" and draw for like, 4 hours for a day, some days a week, but painting a little every day, to get used to it again and building the habit). Then my third goal is writing.
When I discover I have made bad art the art is rarely trashed. Sometimes it is but there are examples of works I did considered to be bad, which had been kept for years and then repainted to make them better and better until they became good. Bad art is a lot like WHO´s Dream Pact. WHO dreams about making the perfect pact. The perfect deal. A deal which can make us all happy and have good and prosperous dreams about our health. But in their first attempt they forgot to include their agenda. Bad art has no agenda. Its what makes it bad on one hand but controversial on the other. Most good art involves gray colors and warm gray colors in particular. Thanks for your video! Kind regards from Ásgeir in Iceland who makes a lot of bad art right now.
Ive watched this videos so many times, I feel like it really helped me so much because I love art, but I never do it because of my perfectionism, each time I come back with high spirits it immediately goes down hill cause I'm too frustrated st the fact that my circle doesnt look right💀 I used to have a lot of fun with it but I never do any more, this video really opened my eyes, I think whenever I start to fall into that cycle I'll come back to this video
I've been doing a daily art challenge this month and I think it's really helped me get past some of this "AGHHH MUST MAKE GOOD ART EVERY TIME". I talk about it a little more in a video, but in short, I feel better about making "bad art" during this challenge, because it still accomplishes the goal of checking off that day and not breaking the chain. Might be a good strategy for anyone else who "knows" they should be OK with making bad art but still have a tough time actually letting it happen. 😅 Can't wait to see more of these cinematic vids!
Oh I’m so excited for you, this next chapter of yours is gonna be incredible! I can’t wait to see all the new content you’re going to create in your new studio! And yes yes yes to everything you say in this video! Great advice as always ✨
I've notice that every art work is really good, because it's from someone's imagination. It never existed before until that person brought it to life. The same thing with photography. If you don't draw, or paint a photograph is brought out by a person's imagination. Something existed, but shows differently through the lens of a photograph. Creations are special in many ways. Thank you for sharing your video.
Great advice there Kelsey. The person who never made a mistake, never made anything!! Also, If you put “I’m a multi-passionate creative” on a t-shirt…I would buy it 😃
I got good at making artwork very quickly based on pictures. Now, I'm trying illustration and while my artwork is not horrible, it takes so long and I make many mistakes. I don't get the satisfaction of finishing my artwork very quickly anymore and making so many mistakes, it is not as satisfying when I'm done. I have to constantly push myself to not give up because I really want to learn to illustrate. I know it will get better in the long run but its very frustrating at the moment. I can relate to everything you said.
I made an Instagram for a few of my paintings and so posted 8. Each one tuned out the exact way I wanted it to, as I've had these ideas in my head for a while. I bought a scanner. Now they look even better on the gram. I'm sick of my desk job, I'm proud of the 8 I've made so far... i keep telling myself if i just keep pumping out some more maybe it will take off and turn into something. Last night I sat down and messed up on two new ones I was trying to do. I felt so defeated and angry, that I'll be stuck at my desk job forever.... why am I letting one minor setback bring me down so much? I'll try again tonight.
Hi Kelsey, I just want to say thank you so much for this. For a while now I've been wanting to try selling my art and do comms but I was always insecure of my works so I never pushed through, your videos have been my guidance to soon opening that door and I just want to say thank you so much from the bottom of my heart if ever you see this comment . ❤️
aaaa thank you for the super sweet comment Elizabeth! I know exactly what that feeling is like. Hoping you can push through it and get out the other side a better artist! I'm rooting for you
Yes!! For everyone masterpiece there are at least minimum 10 failures for me, I might create my own video about this. I’ve felt in public eye I worry people will think I can’t produce the art when being asked for commissions but it’s taking risks that lead to the break throughs. Relaxed and fun is more likely to be good and consistency isn’t always there but more create more likely. Also I love love seeing peoples stamp on art even the “bad” art, I prefer it actually because you see the person within the brush strokes and coffee stains. Thanks for making this video .
I find that if I paint every day, I do a lot of "bad" art and occasionally will get a really great painting. I love the journey and it's fun to look back at my progress.
This is good advice for any artist hesitant to use their materials, intimidated by the blank canvas or afraid to generously load a brush. If you love using your materials- the process as much as the results- you have already succeeded! We love the gouache painting footage, too- such a satisfying and challenging medium!
Whoa! Thank you Blick! Kinda starstruck rn lmao. I can't tell you how many hundreds of dollars I spend at your stores every year to get materials, it's def my #1 spot to get lots of my supplies. If you ever want to partner together, feel free to email me: kelseyrodriguez.yt@gmail.com
erm yes. partner with Kelsey. I too spend $$$ and still plan to.
@@KelseyRodriguez so...it helps to paint something bad as you're explaining why you need to do bad art coz this was a really good painting. Good luck in Cali
@@anthonyw2931 I guess it's all subjective, these two weren't my favorites
Oop I used to work there
I truly believe on my saying that "Perfectionism kills art" because it is like Leonardo Da Vinci's quote, "Art is never finished, only abandoned." The act of letting a beautiful sketchbook rot on the shelves is common for artists because we wait for the "right time" to use it, but the right time is now. The sketchbook is only wasted when it is not used. Thank you for this insightful video, Kelsey. 💓
That's a perfect quote, I love it
It's true, perfectionism does kill art and it hurts sometimes. I don't know why im such a perfectionist but when I finally feel like I want to start drawing again or learning to paint im too stuck on it being perfect and it being exactly the way I want it to be that I just give up and cry about being the worst artist ever, I used to just love art for the art itself I used to have fun. Hopefully I can change that if I keep that quote in mind
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I’m crying
I needed this so much omg thank you so much.
YES to having a "bad art sketchbook"! I have this smaller one I got for like $5 and typically use it for just rough pencil sketches of things I might later use for full pieces. But the whole point of the sketchbook is to just throw down ideas in the moment, not to complete anything fancy. Also, I feel that some artists may feel the need to share every single piece of art with the world, and truth is you don't have to show everything every time. Removing that expectation can really put the blinders on in a good way, like you're only creating a piece for yourself today and not social media or whatever, so there's more of a sense of freedom. Better to have 1000 bad pieces of art than no art at all!
Yes! Exactly! Making art just for yourself in a "bad" sketchbook is great way to workshop ideas that might turn into something amazing. But putting that work in to test those ideas out is a necessary step to refining them. Thanks for watching
@@KelseyRodriguez Thanks for posting such real videos, this is the stuff all artists need to hear no matter what stage they're at!!
"The essential skill that all successful artists have is being willing to make bad art" - what a perfect and powerful intro! 😍
Omg Kelsey this is your best video yet. You are such a powerful speaker and you are so inspiring and leave me feeling motivated with my art and my channel. Thank you!
whoa, that's so awesome to hear! I have lots of plans for the future so expect the quality of my videos to take huge leaps in the coming months!!!! I feel like a scheming lil supervillain with all my plots atm lmao
@@KelseyRodriguez I feel like a bystander watching a rocket take off. You're gonna go so far! 😃
PREACH!!! "Make Bad Art" is literally my motto, and it's become a tradition for me to dedicate the first page in my sketchbook to writing out "MAKE BAD ART!" It invites me to come in, get cozy, and make a giant mess.
My "messy sketchbook" and "pretty sketchbook" are the same book, I let whatever flows from my hand just exist where it lands.
I honestly think the whole "pretty sketchbook" thing that started (I think?) Because of TH-cam and other social media is kinda toxic. Sketchbooks should always feel like a safe place to explore, make mistakes, and have fun.
I was genuinely stunted by the beautiful sketchbook tours I used to watch because I didn't realize those artists didn't only make good art and were simply hiding their bad art in other places.
"Sketchbooks" filled only with finished pieces aren't really "sketch"books, they're collections of finished pieces. There's nothing inherently wrong with that but honestly I think everyone would benefit if we chose a different name for those.
I'm just so incredibly grateful for this video because it really encapsulates everything I've been saying and stand for, it feels good to hear other people saying the same thing. If only we could get everyone saying it 💖
Takeaways:
- Keep showing up for yourself as an artist
- Keep the 'low stakes' parts of creating in your regular routine in order to take risks, learn and grow (we're not born knowing how to make a masterpiece)
- Come out of your comfort zone; because while pushing out 'quantity' over and over, it will lead to improvement in 'quality' over time
- Don't be afraid to make bad art
Thank you for this inspiring reminder! Love the art piece!
And, creative greetings everyone!! 🎨🦋✳️
Someone once said, "procrastination is slow death,"... so if you're passionate about art and creating, make time to do it. Keep doing it. Enjoy exploring and discovering! 💛💛💛
“ Lower the barrier to create”. I love that!
I needed this. Really felt like I was going to give up on art due to the constant “perfectionism” thoughts I have, or if something doesn’t do well enough on social media, I feel like “it’s because I’m trash and people hate me” - a huge reach, but it’s hard not to think that way for me. Thank you 🥺 for your kindness
Limit yourself om social media, it has the tendency to mess with the mind.
Yes! The moment I stopped worrying about making “good” paintings, the quality of my work went way up. I let go of a lot of fear and judgment that was blocking me up, making me stiff and reluctant to experiment.
Experimentation and making “bad art” leads to so many happy accidents 🙂 it’s definitely how I found my style.. doing weird dumb shit is how you discover new things
I'm glad that i started my art journey as a child when I wasn't overthinking everything and wasn't expecting perfection and wasn't catering to social media audiences because the internet itself didn't exist. I see people now wanting to be a master after producing only several drawings. People asking me why they aren't at my level even though they produced three pieces of work. I have to explain that it takes years and thousands of pieces and that they'll never be totally happy just as I am not lol..
“It’s hard to be bad at something you do everyday”
I saw this video awhile ago on a similar topic. The guy's suggestion was to stop working on a piece when you feel it's about 70% complete. And by doing this you "finish" more projects and start getting that feedback loop to motivate yourself to keep doing it.
What REALLY helped me in this department was doing online life drawing and posting work from those sessions. Your time's limited with each pose, so you have to find the most fluid way of doing things, no time to think. And by going out of my way to post, regardless of what the drawings looked like, I became much less self conscious the more I did it
Been struggling with severe art block for months now, and have been really doubting my ability to improve at all when it comes to making art and working on my sketchbook, when all of a sudden I've found this video and your advice really hit home here. Maybe I do need to do a step back and lose the fear of creating bad art. Nothing is ever perfect and we're always constantly learning with our surroundings and by ourselves and from others. I guess I've been lost with wanting to improve when I've been stuck on the same state of mind. The art block isn't what's stopping me, I am the one sabotaging myself in the process with my endless doubts and worries... Thanks for making this video, really encouraging to hear advices like this while on the path of self-improvement. 💗💗💗
this is my mantra for drawing/painting/ creating art: "you are not painting the Sistine Chapel" I put so much pressure on myself sometimes that I have to remind myself this.
Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something
-Jake The Dog
as someone who is extremely hard on themselves, i ALWAYS stress myself out and always critique every single thing i did even if it was only just a sketch, it always needed to be perfect. and that caused me to have the worst art block to the point i didn’t pick up a paint brush or a pen for almost a year. but this one simple 15 minute video has completely transformed my thinking process towards art and my harshness towards myself. i cannot thank you enough for this video. you have saved my motivation and my ability to create
oh man i needed this rn, i’m in art school and i feel so bad about not drawing much so far this summer even though (in theory) i should now that i’m on break and have the free time to draw whatever i want instead of strictly assignments. like i literally spend more time buying supplies and saving references than actually making art 😶
With all the different art challenges we should start a bad art challenge. Get people to practice more and may be even share more of their bad art to help others feel better about their journey.
YES. I've spent the last few days going back and looking at all of the art I've made over the years and it's incredible to see how much I improved by just practicing and creating some pieces that aren't great. But the learning I got from creating those pieces is invaluable and it definitely shows more and more over time with more and more practice!
Literally writing the script for my first video saying "hey, I have a lot of interests... please bare with me because I can't promise consistency" and I feel so validated by this video! Thank you!
Yep there's heaps of pressure to choose one thing it seems! I've hesitated from posting any art and often not doing any art at all sometimes because I feel I need to stick to one and not waste time pursuing things which won't bring me much "success".
The more art the more improvement
such a beautiful message. thank you dearly, i needed this. i’m a perfectionist too and i struggled with this for so long and sometimes it still sneaks up on me. not even starting to create something because you’re afraid that it won’t be able to keep up with the expectations and ideas in your mind - is really frustrating. thinking about this, in the last period of time i’ve started to care less about small details, like worrying if i will use too much paint or to not set any expectations is extremely helpful. just intuitively start and create. in the beginning, nobody knows what comes out in the end. so don’t ever be afraid to try something that you are really longing for. our system has a really wrong perception or point of view, we get pressured and set up on so many demands and expectations that we’re not able to handle. don’t let yourself get down and love - no matter what! be grateful for everything there is in the world 🧡💫✨ have a beautiful day, whoever’s reading this 🥰 thank you, through your video i got to think about this even deeper and this helps me to work on myself 🌞🙏🏼
Finding the balance of letting go and removing expectations, but still trying as hard as you can is very difficult. Noodling with no goal or motivation won't make you "better" as an artist, but it can be cathartic. I've been trying to deliberately make something with the expectation that it may be bad because I've never done it before.
Learning to let go of bad art is tricky, don't fall into the trap of making bad art on purpose just because you expect it to be bad. Try as hard as you can, but don't get discouraged when it sucks.
I totally agree. Growing up as the oldest child makes that onus of responsibility priority so taking risks has been the most difficult part of my creative process. Good inspiring video, young lady! Keep going-THAT WAY. ✍🏾
Ive been struggling to create anything for the past few years. I couldn't put it into words other than when I thought of starting on a blank page or canvas, Id freeze. Art has been something I've been passionate about but never took seriously until I had my first experience in a psychiatric facility. I knew art was important to me, and to better my mental health I knew I needed to incorporate it more into my life. Its been 2 years since then, and Im still struggling with putting down anything on the page. When I discovered your videos, its like relief finally washed over me. I feel like its okay to draw and paint again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing what you do. Without you I dont know if I'd have picked up my brush again.
I needed this video today. Thank you so much for making it. I’m getting ready for my first Art Festival in the next few weeks and I’m anxious about it after a ridiculous last few months. This video makes me feel better about my trial and error process though so thank you. ❤️
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME.
especially the point about combining all your interests. the reason i want to learn to draw is because I consume a lot of pop culture nerd media and i get this strong itch every few years to express it. to draw like the comic book artists. to express my own take at a character.
it just doesnt go away until I have picked up drawing again and gotten severly disappointed at being so bad. and giving it up and getting the calling again a few years later and the cycle goes on.
I have wasted over a decade just quitting every time.
Every video you make, you encourage me to pursue art as a career ! Thanks so much Kelsey :)
2:50 tysm, idk why but this helped me understand so much of to why some of the art pieces I was most excited for became absolute garbage, that sometimes when I make new pieces and they don't get finished before a certain time I get scared that I'm gonna be bored of it and change it.
I've been delaying my art for so long. I overthink so much but this has given me a boost to try! Especially having all my tools easily accessible so it doesn't feel difficult to get ready. One thing which stops me from doing anything often is looking at too much Inspo on Instagram and Pinterest! It gets so overwhelming sometimes looking at beautiful work and feeling inadequate. And also agree so much re the many interests so I've put pressure on myself to choose one thing! Thank you for this video it is so so important!
There's nothing more humbling than creating something terrible. The act of failure keeps our ego in check and, if we're lucky, motivates us in the direction needed to better own our craft and, in essence, reveal our truth.
immediate subscribe, this video was super helpful. this also applies to social interactions for me, I'm so scared of having bad / imperfect ones that I largely avoid socializing. im watching this debating whether or not to cancel plans cuz im so anxious and i think this was the push i needed to go out. thank you!!!!
This is a really good and much needed video Kelsey. My inability to create a breakthrough in freelancing journey as an artist is making me think about stuff. This was much needed
YES. This video is everything. Every point resonated. It's the first video I've seen of yours, but it will not be the last! Thank you for such an inspirational take and a breath of fresh air of harsh realities delivered kindly. Passion trumps skill. No matter the end result. :)
This is probably one of the most important videos I’ve ever seen in my life. The concept of “not being afraid to make bad art” was not new to me, but when I heard the phrase “You don’t need to be consistently good, or even good at all, for your passions to be valuable pursuits”, I just had to pause the video and seriously rethink my entire life up until this point. It’s a funny coincidence, but I’ve recently enrolled to this acrylics painting course and for the first time in my 31 years of life I “permitted” myself to buy all the art supplies, materials and tools I wanted, regardless of their price. All my life I’ve spent thinking that quality art supplies will be just wasted on me, cause “I am not an artist” and I “won’t be able to produce anything decent anyway”.
I am going to print out that line and hang it above my desk, so that I never forget it.
Thank you SO much for saying that, and for all the wonderful, helpful and kind videos you are creating!
3:24 Is life changing! I can do something because it makes me "a whole and complete person" and "they are valuable pursuits" for me. Amazing! I don't have to do what I am best at, or because I am good, I can do it because of other positive reasons! This is actually awesome insight! I am being completely genuine in my excitement :-)
I will never get tired of you painting rocks! It's so relaxing to watch it and grey is such a rich color [one of reasons why I use graphite pencils]
I absolutely love the paintings in this video. Your growth since the beginning of your channel is so clear to see. Well done 👏🏽 You make great content as well ❤️
Thank you so much Kelsey for this video. I'm a beginner artist and I'm the most perfectionist person I know, I need everything to be perfect and very well-executed or else it's not worth my time nor effort, and this very idea was tearing me apart from the inside. I know I want to be a good artist and I know I want it, but my perfectionism is my worst enemy. I will be rewatching this video as many times as I need just to remind myself the next time I catch myself being harsh with myself for not arriving at the level of art that I imagine in my head or see in references. I, too want to become a TH-camr and an artist someday, but as you said, in order to make good art, I will have to allow myself make as many bad drawings and cringe at them as I possibly can in order to eventually improve at the ability I currently suck at. Thank you again, your videos are amazing keep it up!!
Agree with everything you said💯 not trying to stroke your ego, you’re wise beyond your years. You reminded me of a huge breakthrough for me was while becoming disciplined with sketchbook practice, a professional artist friend recommended cheap lined notebook paper, and it changed everything for me. Within 3 years I was contracted artist at top 5 comic comic company. Keep up the excellence art champion!
Look at your channel absolutely blowing up! So well deserved. One of my favorite channels. The raw honesty about artistry and the honest tips and genuine talent. Thanks for all your advice and encouragement!!
"Be comfortable with failure". Yes! Thank you! I really needed to hear that.😄
"You Go Girl" Great Advise, totally Love It
Hello, as a beginner artist i wanted to thank you for this video !
For the past 9 months (and more i think), i was kind of blocked, i wanted to create but didn't want to ruin my supplies, i wanted to draw but i didn't feel legitimate to draw. My artstyle wasn't satisfying me and wanted to learn without any fails. Because i can't handle failure.
Now, i'm healing myself and i wanted to draw today, i was going to look at a tutorial to learn anatomy but just thinking about it, i was bored. Then i saw this video, and i'm accepting the fact that i need to draw what i love in the first place. A passion shouldn't be boring, it should be entertainment first (in my opinion).
Thank you !
As an artist who is willing to create art for my whole life. I don't think there's bad art. Art isn't just about the goodness of the quality of art. Art is telling stories, expressing emotion just by the visualization of it
Feel the emotions the painting or drawing is conveying, put your soul into understanding the art.
We, as an artist tell a story, a story of what we are feeling, what we do and what we want.
So go grab your sketchbook and draw, you'll get there somewhere
Is the first time listening to a video with Spanish voice over from an english speaking youtuber!! GRACIAS, my english is pretty good but listening in my native language is so refreshing ♥
Thank you for this video.. I really needed to hear it because my need to be perfect has caused me to not paint anything and it makes me depressed..
I'm usually pretty good about this, but I'm going through a style change right now and was really feeling frustrated, because my techniques from my old style don't transfer over. Then I watched this video while trying to figure various aspects out, and thank you! It really helped motivate me!
This was such a badass pep talk, got me seriously jazzed, thanks kelsey
Imma cry. Your speech is so beautiful and inspiring... thank you!! Gonna go sketch something now instead of being so sad about how I hate my art. Thank you ❤
Such a good and inspiring video! It really takes the pressure off of creating. I don’t even think we need to be comfortable with the failure or bad art - I think we endure the discomfort and continue on in spite of it ❤️
This is the rant I needed to hear! Can't wait to see your moving vlogs and studio vlogs!! 😊
Every since I've gotten multiple sketchbooks, I find that I'm a lot more productive with art as opposed to trying to find the "perfect one" that I will stick with until it's finished.
But even still i have trouble reminding myself that each bad art pieces is a stepping stone to a better one and often end up tellin gmyself, "It doesn't need to look good, it needs to be finished."
Your art is so beautiful!! My jaw dropped as i saw your painting come together, so beautiful 🤍
I really needed to hear this as someone whos been doing art for years yet not getting better, because i still love art. I will never stop being creative so i always wanna draw at the end of the day or play music
I agree! I started watercolor painting in October. Made some bad paintings but learned so much in the process. And when I do make a good painting I feel like a genius haha. Expensive hobby but worth it.
Can't agree more with you.. in fact I would even add this doesn't just go for art, but almost every creative process-- anything where we apply ourselves
Thank you sooo much .. I really needed this .. to not be afraid or disapointed with my bad art ..and to take a step forward to inhance my creativity ... lots of love ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Gosh it's been amazing seeing your channel grow from 100 people to 51.3k, your videos just get better and better :)
A friend of mine once told me “You’re already an amazing artist, you don’t need to practice anymore. So why not “practice” by drawing famous celebrity portraits and selling them? You’d make a ton of money.”
I was like, ummm, that’s not how it works lol
I just wanted to say thank ....:)
Comparing myself to others is always my problem. I thought and think that i have to be perfect so others can accept me but you know what i'm gonna be bad at art for a while :)
Hope i'll enjoy it
Wow I definitely needed this I find myself so stuck on perfection that I never even start! I owe it to myself and my future tribe to just begin as I am and have fun on this journey ❤️. Thanks for the advice and I can’t wait for your new videos!
But I WANT to be a master at it the first time sooooo much!!!
Okaaaay!! I'll go make some bad art ;-)
Seriously though, this is so true. I remember Will Terry similarly say that you have a lot of bad art to get out before you make good art, so you'd better go get making bad art now.
Also, I really love your comment about being an 'indie film maker' on TH-cam. That's a great way of looking at it, and it gives me a new perspective. It also allows me to let go of that despised label of being a 'content creator'. God, I do not like that term! It suggests what you are doing is so disposable, instead of respecting the time and effort that the film maker put into making this film.
I only discovered you recently, but already you have inspired me to start thinking about making YT videos. Thanks very much, Kelsey.
I have been "doing" art for about a year and a half. The hardest lesson has been to free myself up and just have fun. Most of the time when I am able to do that, I LOVE what I create. And I love the process. I am finding my voice and my style and truly learning to have fun. And I'm 38 years old and never touched an art supply for most of my life because I held onto the belief that I wasn't creative. I am so glad I discovered this side of myself, even if it is only ever just for ME!!!!
Thank you so much. I always need this reminder since I tend to take it too seriously and end up hating my art. Something I'm trying to do is not think of it as a career I will definitely pursue but as a side job or just hobbie for now. I've been sticking to my comfort zone for 8 years and refining my Confort zone aka drawing humans. But when I finally find myself drawing an object the elderly, environments, backgrounds, animals, the newbie mistakes I make makes me so disappointed and make me unable to draw them once again and I'm tired of drawing that same thing over and over sometimes.
sometimes you know the answers but it's more comfortable to get same answer from others thanks for your words
Such a great message! I have recently become OBSESSED with your channel, and this video is just another reason why
broooo I legit watched your desk makeover/tour videos on repeat while I was designing my space! I love your content but forgot to subscribe, fixing that rn
@@KelseyRodriguez hahah I found your channel through my recent subscribers in YT studio! So glad I did, love your work!
This message resonates so much with me. I struggle a lot with perfectionism and never finish paintings. My mother is an artist and I feel like I inherited a big portion of her talent but I just haven’t put the hours in. I can copy a reference pretty well while drawing but the same just doesn’t work with painting. I don’t know how to work the paint and brushes in the way I want and it often leads to frustration and giving up during the ugly stage. Going to try the ugly sketch book idea and see if that takes some pressure off 😊
Hey Kelsey, finally it took me 4 days to watch your all your 😛.....it's like a gold mine and can't express how much your viedos meant for me....I feel so connected with you now......😄😄😄...now I am ready to start my art career 😁...
please make a video reacting to your old art!!! Esp stuff you aren't proud of or thought was good at the time but see the flaws now because seeing a talented artist's beginning stages makes this process sooo much easier❤️
I love your channel! I enjoyed painting while listening!
Theoretically, I agree with everything you said in the video. But I have the "issue": I always want to practice,(although I barely have time for it) and when I have the time I grab my sketchbook. And I tell myself: Okay, I will just practise and do a quick sketch, it doesn’t have to be perfect. But I always end up spending a few hours with it and bringing it to a finish. It probably isn’t a problem though, bc almost every time I get lost in my perfectionism I‘ll end up making some art I‘m really proud of.
So I also have the perfectionism problem, but it’s an advantage for me :)
So excited and happy for your new studio, it’s going to be beautiful!
Art is a forever learning journey, deliberate practice and perserverance and desire to make mistakes, improve and learn. Its about practice, understanding art, and control. Gaining the ability to go from simple to complex. Not overthinking it or beating yourself up. Just learn what you need to know, practice, have fun and believe in your skills and try with putting yourself out there. Its not as complicated as we think this art thing, its very tough but also not as intimidating as we make it out to be. So just gain that control and focus and be ok with making not the best art in the world. You can still creative and be talented even if your not the best artist, a lesson I'm learned most today and recent in my life. I hope everyone understands and takes it to heart and improves themselves as people, great excellent video.
This is great advice for any artists struggling with perfectionism! Aside from practicing and improving skills, I also think of it as learning what I don't like in my art. I can look back at the bad art I've created and ask myself what makes it bad and how I can avoid it.
Also, I'm really excited for the studio videos!
You’re a life coach on top of everything else 😂 all of what you’ve said is applicable to so many areas of our lives
Not me doing 10 pages of the drawabox exercises and thinking "yeah, once im done with boxes I can start drawing stuff"
this is very true even for digital 3d sculpting
the concept sketches where i just messed around with for a few hours
were as good as some stuff i spent weeks on trying to perfect
Omg, ur at 50k. Congrats, am so excited for you. Keep up the good work.
10,000 Hour Rule, there is going to be a lot of bad art in those 10,000 hours!
Thank you for sharing this video.. it hit hard.. i am a perfectionist and yes i am scared to create bad art so I don’t create at all 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ you were talking directly to me!! I needed to hear every word you said.. THANK YOU
7:11 THIS is the only reason I've decided to keep my goal of drawing A LITTLE every day. So I can get comfortable with looking at my ugly drawings, and finding the fun on making them instead of focusing on the result, and only a little so that I won't be frustrated when I don't have 2 hours to spend drawing (and it's working, I'm starting to enjoy it instead of craving a good drawing at the end, and I'm starting to like what I draw, even if it isn't objectively good... and it isn't, believe me). Once I've built this habit I'm going to pass on my second goal: painting every day (by then I don't think I will be able to do both, painting every day AND drawing every day, so I hope to go to a "second phase" and draw for like, 4 hours for a day, some days a week, but painting a little every day, to get used to it again and building the habit). Then my third goal is writing.
When I discover I have made bad art the art is rarely trashed. Sometimes it is but there are examples of works I did considered to be bad, which had been kept for years and then repainted to make them better and better until they became good. Bad art is a lot like WHO´s Dream Pact. WHO dreams about making the perfect pact. The perfect deal. A deal which can make us all happy and have good and prosperous dreams about our health. But in their first attempt they forgot to include their agenda. Bad art has no agenda. Its what makes it bad on one hand but controversial on the other. Most good art involves gray colors and warm gray colors in particular. Thanks for your video! Kind regards from Ásgeir in Iceland who makes a lot of bad art right now.
I need to come back to this video every so often as a reminder, thank you so much for this!
Ive watched this videos so many times, I feel like it really helped me so much because I love art, but I never do it because of my perfectionism, each time I come back with high spirits it immediately goes down hill cause I'm too frustrated st the fact that my circle doesnt look right💀 I used to have a lot of fun with it but I never do any more, this video really opened my eyes, I think whenever I start to fall into that cycle I'll come back to this video
This was great advice for "tutorial addiction" or course/book purgatory.
I've been doing a daily art challenge this month and I think it's really helped me get past some of this "AGHHH MUST MAKE GOOD ART EVERY TIME". I talk about it a little more in a video, but in short, I feel better about making "bad art" during this challenge, because it still accomplishes the goal of checking off that day and not breaking the chain. Might be a good strategy for anyone else who "knows" they should be OK with making bad art but still have a tough time actually letting it happen. 😅
Can't wait to see more of these cinematic vids!
Oh I’m so excited for you, this next chapter of yours is gonna be incredible! I can’t wait to see all the new content you’re going to create in your new studio! And yes yes yes to everything you say in this video! Great advice as always ✨
the WISDOM of it all ~ such a liberating message 💕
Taking one step at a time. Powerful advice!!!
This is the most important video every artist needs to see!!
I've notice that every art work is really good, because it's from someone's imagination. It never existed before until that person brought it to life. The same thing with photography. If you don't draw, or paint a photograph is brought out by a person's imagination. Something existed, but shows differently through the lens of a photograph. Creations are special in many ways. Thank you for sharing your video.
Great advice there Kelsey. The person who never made a mistake, never made anything!! Also, If you put “I’m a multi-passionate creative” on a t-shirt…I would buy it 😃
I got good at making artwork very quickly based on pictures. Now, I'm trying illustration and while my artwork is not horrible, it takes so long and I make many mistakes. I don't get the satisfaction of finishing my artwork very quickly anymore and making so many mistakes, it is not as satisfying when I'm done. I have to constantly push myself to not give up because I really want to learn to illustrate. I know it will get better in the long run but its very frustrating at the moment. I can relate to everything you said.
I believe practice is important but being objective and realistic about your art level and having a goal will definitely lead to improvements
I made an Instagram for a few of my paintings and so posted 8. Each one tuned out the exact way I wanted it to, as I've had these ideas in my head for a while. I bought a scanner. Now they look even better on the gram. I'm sick of my desk job, I'm proud of the 8 I've made so far... i keep telling myself if i just keep pumping out some more maybe it will take off and turn into something. Last night I sat down and messed up on two new ones I was trying to do. I felt so defeated and angry, that I'll be stuck at my desk job forever.... why am I letting one minor setback bring me down so much? I'll try again tonight.
This is exactly what I needed to hear this morning. Thank you.
Hi Kelsey, I just want to say thank you so much for this. For a while now I've been wanting to try selling my art and do comms but I was always insecure of my works so I never pushed through, your videos have been my guidance to soon opening that door and I just want to say thank you so much from the bottom of my heart if ever you see this comment . ❤️
aaaa thank you for the super sweet comment Elizabeth! I know exactly what that feeling is like. Hoping you can push through it and get out the other side a better artist! I'm rooting for you
Yes!! For everyone masterpiece there are at least minimum 10 failures for me, I might create my own video about this. I’ve felt in public eye I worry people will think I can’t produce the art when being asked for commissions but it’s taking risks that lead to the break throughs. Relaxed and fun is more likely to be good and consistency isn’t always there but more create more likely. Also I love love seeing peoples stamp on art even the “bad” art, I prefer it actually because you see the person within the brush strokes and coffee stains. Thanks for making this video .
I find that if I paint every day, I do a lot of "bad" art and occasionally will get a really great painting. I love the journey and it's fun to look back at my progress.
Thanks a lot for the advice. I needed to hear that. Also, loved the paintings you did.