That dog at the beginning reminded me of the promise I made a dog that looked very similar before he died. The promise was I will use 3 months my undivided attention to change my life. Even though that dog wasn't my own, if I was living my life to it's potential, I could have taken him in and altered the situation he was in. Instead I saw him die and felt powerless to do anything. Even to this day, I never cared for money. However, seeing the way that dog died slapped me back into reality. I don't ever want to see anything like that ever happen again. It means I have to stop my current habits and increase my income in order to change situations that are bigger than myself. I was happy living in my small universe of myself. I could have waited out for the change to occur probably around 2035, but I realize now I still have to dance the tune to the current song in order to deal with immediate problems. I put myself in my own little universe because when I ran into problems I would obsess over it until it was thoroughly solved. It was me starting my journey in art that made me realize perfection will never exist in this universe. For if it did life would never exist. For that I relish imperfection. I understand it's beauty and importance in the universe and why it exists. It's how I can read everyone's paint strokes on the canvas. I know what they were thinking because they are human just like myself. This is why individualism is overrated. Us being common was created because we can transfer data between each other. Yes, from time to time new information is created but it is NEVER the case that someone got there on their own. I saw someone recently make the same strokes I randomly did with my left hand (non dominant hand) to solve the problem on not capturing likeness. He solved the problem and I never seen this guy or heard of him. Same squiggly lines. Exactly the same I understood every single movement. That was when I realized I am not unique. That made me happy because it meant no one else is truly unique. It meant I can learn and do to a certain degree ANYTHING any other humans has learned. One last thing, the matter that we call the brain created consciousness. Consciousness did not create the brain. It means what we say and do is a subset of the brain. I somewhat remember my dreams. I was asked a riddle, I was aware I was in the dream and I answered it smugly. Then I was told a better answer. I contemplated how that was possible if I was aware of the dream and could pull memory. Where did that other answer come from? So now when I really want to learn something, I become obsessive nearing bedtime so my dreams could go straight to me playing around with concepts in an unrestricted way. Then I wake up and have a new skill to try out.
She has refined her process over the years. The fact that she can do that in 20 mins means she can explore other things, she knows she is ready to take that next step. That moment to start expressing her own style/voice to the fullest. I am not there yet. I know what my style is in my head. I've felt it since I was born. I still don't have the skills to pull it off yet. By the way, my style is "How can I make what I feel translate onto the canvas." It's not about realism in my case. That's why I do digital painting and I am drawn to concept art. I am looking for a way to express my feelings the best way I can.
It's so cool to hear you discuss this stuff, especially not doing a wash of thinner this time. The past few weeks I've been painting with zero gamsol or any other medium and it's making my work go faster and look way more compelling.
It's a privilege to hear your internal conversation Chelsea. I get so much out of hearing how you push yourself to really think of what you want to achieve stylistically and technically. Thank you so much for sharing.
Was disappointed the I could not see you painting in recent East Oaks session. So glad you recorded and shared this! You excel at live painting and get better every time. You really nailed this one!
I love the questions you're asking yourself. They inspire me to think about my work and seek more meaningful questions to answer. And what a beautiful painting!
I am a digital painter, but I like watching traditional painters to learn. I want to become a concept artist at some point. Even though I watch other people painting, I never watch it to mimic. I watch it to see a bigger picture on how they solved certain problems to change the way I look at things. I won't lie though; I did follow one or two artists at first to create a process. Once I got the process going, I was able to start learning the fundamentals of art. Learning each one and placing them into my process. The first thing I worked on was Value and Form and only used one color that was closest to the object. This way I could work on capturing the form and likeness of the object and not bog my brain down with other things. Then I moved to Color and incorporated it with value and form. That is when I showed my progress on YT in 2021 after 1 year of learning. I look back and see that knowing anatomy would have saved me a lot of headaches. Even though that was the last thing I picked up. Then I moved on to Composition and Perspective and this was a hard one. I tried doing perspective first and that was a bad idea. When I wanted to make a scene from multiple references (like concept artists, except it wasn't anything fantastical, just a simple road with houses from multiple references altered a bit to get my creative ability moving. Trying to build a whole city, when I can't even build a neighborhood is setting me up for failure.) I would make these intricate perspective drawings and try to fit things into the location. It looked stale, boring and stiff. I then went to composition. I saw a YTber who didn't have perspective, anatomy, form, etc. down, but the composition looked incredible. That's when something clicked. COMPOSITION FIRST, THEN ADD PERSPECTIVE. This meant that I have to build the composition scene, then after establishing everything, come in there with perspective to give it the realistic look. This way I am not bogged down in designing the scene in a grid. I can be expressive and put and remove anything I want building the scene. Anatomy and brushwork were last. I could avoid anatomy if I painted the shapes correctly. However, there was a time when I tried to paint something in mostly shadow and it looked horrible. That's when I realized I needed the anatomy. I needed to pull out some of the known shapes that I couldn't see to sell the image. That's what made me finally learn anatomy. Also, I could finally see the features of the face and not try to guess the shape. Brushwork, I don't have a grasp on that at all. I make far more markings than I need to. Interestingly anatomy helped me make less strokes because I started to see the shapes and remember the general shape. This is hard to explain because when observing, we don't want a simplified idea of what we think should be drawn. We should be looking at the object. Learning anatomy helps us not fall into the trap by being aware with known knowledge of what shapes should be present. When I digitally painted the self-portrait that was all through observation. It was hard to do because I had no previous knowledge of the face muscles and planes. Then when I tried to paint a simple cityscape, I flopped again. It was only AFTER I learned perspective that drawing the cityscapes became a breeze. I knew how the lines would converge to certain points and where the eye level line was at. I made a lot of progress, but I didn't post it on YT. The first reason was I am too lazy. The second reason is that social media can be double edged sword, I've seen some traditional and digital artists gain millions of subscribers and their art and the understanding of the art fundamentals stagnates. They stop growing artistically, even though they keep getting more and more subscribers. They've been converted into a social media influencer. There's nothing wrong with that at all. I noticed it's because their followers want a certain type of art done in a certain type of style. I've also seen when some people try to branch out from doing what they are known for, it makes them receive backlash. Then there's the "you're doing great" That reinforces certain behaviors that if one is not aware of can make them do things that become unknowingly detrimental. This is why I agree with you that meeting in person with others is a great thing. Especially when you can all do the same subject and see quickly the differences in skill or expression is.
Renso Castaneda is one of the best portrait painter. You may want to check his work for soft and hard edges. Especially eye socket and chick bone. Your painting turned out great❤
I think vision boards are are great idea. I do think however it is possible to become too preoccupied with “finding your voice” if that means settling on a ”style.” Maybe you don’t mean it in that way. I heard Quang Ho in an interview say that he believes he doesn’t have a recognizable style. That he views each painting as a problem to be solved and each problem may require a different solution. Granted he is a very advanced painter, and I think it’s possible that he overlooks the notion that he will always bring himself to bear on any painting, meaning bringing all his personal tendencies and idiosyncrasies in tow. But I think it’s important to note that some people are hardwired in such a way that they are chameleons in a sense, and change often, either from boredom, or for the challenge, or any number of reasons. I think simple honesty will bring about style or originality. Look up CS Lewis quote on being original.
I think she's looking for a way to build her own process based on what she's learned from painters she admires. It's more of finding a way to work that brings out results that she wants from the painting. The final look is a style born from that- and one that she can modify going forward.
Was hoping you would have discussed your actual painting process of this portrait and corrections you made along the way, rather than discussing your personal journey. since this was tittled "diagnosing my painting problems." I really enjoy your tutorials and learned valuable skills. Thank you.
يعجبني الامكانية الرائعة والتقنية الممتعة في الاداء المثيرالذي يشد المشاهد للعمل الفني والجراة في وضع الالوان والتنقل الرشيق في حركة الفرشاة واجد نفسي كانما جالس امام مائدة مليئة بالذ الاطعمة وفي كل حركة منك اجد نفسي قد تناولت شئء من الاطعمة وفي نهاية العمل اجد نفسي قد شبعت معدة وعقل وشعور
That dog at the beginning reminded me of the promise I made a dog that looked very similar before he died. The promise was I will use 3 months my undivided attention to change my life. Even though that dog wasn't my own, if I was living my life to it's potential, I could have taken him in and altered the situation he was in. Instead I saw him die and felt powerless to do anything. Even to this day, I never cared for money. However, seeing the way that dog died slapped me back into reality. I don't ever want to see anything like that ever happen again. It means I have to stop my current habits and increase my income in order to change situations that are bigger than myself. I was happy living in my small universe of myself. I could have waited out for the change to occur probably around 2035, but I realize now I still have to dance the tune to the current song in order to deal with immediate problems.
I put myself in my own little universe because when I ran into problems I would obsess over it until it was thoroughly solved. It was me starting my journey in art that made me realize perfection will never exist in this universe. For if it did life would never exist. For that I relish imperfection. I understand it's beauty and importance in the universe and why it exists. It's how I can read everyone's paint strokes on the canvas. I know what they were thinking because they are human just like myself. This is why individualism is overrated. Us being common was created because we can transfer data between each other. Yes, from time to time new information is created but it is NEVER the case that someone got there on their own.
I saw someone recently make the same strokes I randomly did with my left hand (non dominant hand) to solve the problem on not capturing likeness. He solved the problem and I never seen this guy or heard of him. Same squiggly lines. Exactly the same I understood every single movement. That was when I realized I am not unique. That made me happy because it meant no one else is truly unique. It meant I can learn and do to a certain degree ANYTHING any other humans has learned.
One last thing, the matter that we call the brain created consciousness. Consciousness did not create the brain. It means what we say and do is a subset of the brain. I somewhat remember my dreams. I was asked a riddle, I was aware I was in the dream and I answered it smugly. Then I was told a better answer. I contemplated how that was possible if I was aware of the dream and could pull memory. Where did that other answer come from?
So now when I really want to learn something, I become obsessive nearing bedtime so my dreams could go straight to me playing around with concepts in an unrestricted way. Then I wake up and have a new skill to try out.
I always find it so fascinating watching you create these portraits from life 😊
It's amazing that you could do a full portrait like that in one 20 minute session!
She has refined her process over the years. The fact that she can do that in 20 mins means she can explore other things, she knows she is ready to take that next step. That moment to start expressing her own style/voice to the fullest.
I am not there yet. I know what my style is in my head. I've felt it since I was born. I still don't have the skills to pull it off yet.
By the way, my style is "How can I make what I feel translate onto the canvas." It's not about realism in my case. That's why I do digital painting and I am drawn to concept art. I am looking for a way to express my feelings the best way I can.
It's so cool to hear you discuss this stuff, especially not doing a wash of thinner this time. The past few weeks I've been painting with zero gamsol or any other medium and it's making my work go faster and look way more compelling.
It's a privilege to hear your internal conversation Chelsea. I get so much out of hearing how you push yourself to really think of what you want to achieve stylistically and technically. Thank you so much for sharing.
You are amazing… so grateful you are on here sharing with us. I always walk away learning something. Thank you so much! ❤
you created the shine of her house coat with just a few strokes, so well done 😀
Still learning to paint with little to no grid.. yiur channel really helps!! Thank you
Was disappointed the I could not see you painting in recent East Oaks session. So glad you recorded and shared this! You excel at live painting and get better every time. You really nailed this one!
I love the questions you're asking yourself. They inspire me to think about my work and seek more meaningful questions to answer. And what a beautiful painting!
I am a digital painter, but I like watching traditional painters to learn. I want to become a concept artist at some point. Even though I watch other people painting, I never watch it to mimic. I watch it to see a bigger picture on how they solved certain problems to change the way I look at things. I won't lie though; I did follow one or two artists at first to create a process. Once I got the process going, I was able to start learning the fundamentals of art. Learning each one and placing them into my process.
The first thing I worked on was Value and Form and only used one color that was closest to the object. This way I could work on capturing the form and likeness of the object and not bog my brain down with other things.
Then I moved to Color and incorporated it with value and form. That is when I showed my progress on YT in 2021 after 1 year of learning. I look back and see that knowing anatomy would have saved me a lot of headaches. Even though that was the last thing I picked up.
Then I moved on to Composition and Perspective and this was a hard one. I tried doing perspective first and that was a bad idea. When I wanted to make a scene from multiple references (like concept artists, except it wasn't anything fantastical, just a simple road with houses from multiple references altered a bit to get my creative ability moving. Trying to build a whole city, when I can't even build a neighborhood is setting me up for failure.) I would make these intricate perspective drawings and try to fit things into the location. It looked stale, boring and stiff. I then went to composition. I saw a YTber who didn't have perspective, anatomy, form, etc. down, but the composition looked incredible. That's when something clicked. COMPOSITION FIRST, THEN ADD PERSPECTIVE. This meant that I have to build the composition scene, then after establishing everything, come in there with perspective to give it the realistic look. This way I am not bogged down in designing the scene in a grid. I can be expressive and put and remove anything I want building the scene.
Anatomy and brushwork were last. I could avoid anatomy if I painted the shapes correctly. However, there was a time when I tried to paint something in mostly shadow and it looked horrible. That's when I realized I needed the anatomy. I needed to pull out some of the known shapes that I couldn't see to sell the image. That's what made me finally learn anatomy. Also, I could finally see the features of the face and not try to guess the shape.
Brushwork, I don't have a grasp on that at all. I make far more markings than I need to. Interestingly anatomy helped me make less strokes because I started to see the shapes and remember the general shape. This is hard to explain because when observing, we don't want a simplified idea of what we think should be drawn. We should be looking at the object. Learning anatomy helps us not fall into the trap by being aware with known knowledge of what shapes should be present.
When I digitally painted the self-portrait that was all through observation. It was hard to do because I had no previous knowledge of the face muscles and planes. Then when I tried to paint a simple cityscape, I flopped again. It was only AFTER I learned perspective that drawing the cityscapes became a breeze. I knew how the lines would converge to certain points and where the eye level line was at.
I made a lot of progress, but I didn't post it on YT. The first reason was I am too lazy. The second reason is that social media can be double edged sword, I've seen some traditional and digital artists gain millions of subscribers and their art and the understanding of the art fundamentals stagnates. They stop growing artistically, even though they keep getting more and more subscribers. They've been converted into a social media influencer. There's nothing wrong with that at all. I noticed it's because their followers want a certain type of art done in a certain type of style. I've also seen when some people try to branch out from doing what they are known for, it makes them receive backlash. Then there's the "you're doing great" That reinforces certain behaviors that if one is not aware of can make them do things that become unknowingly detrimental.
This is why I agree with you that meeting in person with others is a great thing. Especially when you can all do the same subject and see quickly the differences in skill or expression is.
Absolutely beautiful
Are you a great artist mam🧡🧡🧡🧡
Renso Castaneda is one of the best portrait painter. You may want to check his work for soft and hard edges. Especially eye socket and chick bone. Your painting turned out great❤
He has a different approach to alla prima. I prefer Chelsea style ❤
@@diegoallcore yes without any doubt she is great and both have different approach to portraiture.
I think vision boards are are great idea. I do think however it is possible to become too preoccupied with “finding your voice” if that means settling on a ”style.” Maybe you don’t mean it in that way. I heard Quang Ho in an interview say that he believes he doesn’t have a recognizable style. That he views each painting as a problem to be solved and each problem may require a different solution. Granted he is a very advanced painter, and I think it’s possible that he overlooks the notion that he will always bring himself to bear on any painting, meaning bringing all his personal tendencies and idiosyncrasies in tow. But I think it’s important to note that some people are hardwired in such a way that they are chameleons in a sense, and change often, either from boredom, or for the challenge, or any number of reasons. I think simple honesty will bring about style or originality. Look up CS Lewis quote on being original.
I think she's looking for a way to build her own process based on what she's learned from painters she admires. It's more of finding a way to work that brings out results that she wants from the painting. The final look is a style born from that- and one that she can modify going forward.
Was hoping you would have discussed your actual painting process of this portrait and corrections you made along the way, rather than discussing your personal journey. since this was tittled "diagnosing my painting problems." I really enjoy your tutorials and learned valuable skills. Thank you.
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شكرا وانا في انتظار وجبة دسمة اخرى
Doggo 🥺🤍
يعجبني الامكانية الرائعة والتقنية الممتعة في الاداء المثيرالذي يشد المشاهد للعمل الفني والجراة في وضع الالوان والتنقل الرشيق في حركة الفرشاة واجد نفسي كانما جالس امام مائدة مليئة بالذ الاطعمة وفي كل حركة منك اجد نفسي قد تناولت شئء من الاطعمة وفي نهاية العمل اجد نفسي قد شبعت معدة وعقل وشعور
Beautiful