Thank you! The bread painting is going to be featured in an upcoming tutorial on watercolor & markers where I draw on site in Southern Utah. You can watch the preview video for that tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/b-hN2XrPk5w/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
You deserve a lot more recognition on this platform, you actually give very-very good and helpful advice, thank you! You made my art improve a lot since I started watching your videos a few days ago.
That is so wonderful to hear, glad you found us.🙂 I think you might like this playlist on "Artist Wellness" topics: th-cam.com/video/gMpvNWglld0/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
Taking a photo of my painting and looking at that tends to more clearly reveal its flaws to me. Also looking at it in the evening, (i.e. less bright light), from quite some distance shows big weaknesses in values to me.
I have a few ways to "divorce" a painting for a while. LOL Your 2-week method is good. I've put paintings away many times, and it works quite well, but never with a set time for it. I'm definitely going to start doing that. Two-weeks is long enough to "forget" about the painting. Let it clear my brain. I use a mirror, and have for many decades. A mirror can be very helpful for seeing the painting in a different way. I have to be careful with it, though, because it can skew the composition. If I use it too much I might start "recomposing" the piece backwards!! HAHA I also have a reducing glass. It's like the old school version of taking a picture with the phone, which I also do btw. The reducing glass is just the opposite of a magnifying glass - when I hold it up in front of a painting, it reduces the image. It will even work on the big paintings I've been doing for a while - 4'x5' You just have to get the distance right from the painting. I'm pretty sure you can still buy a reducing glass from dIckblick.com or other art supply stores. It's very cool. Gives a different look than a phone picture, so I recommend both. Some artists turn the artwork upside down! I occasionally do that, but not much with these larger paintings. Perhaps you newer artists might wonder why I would be watching these youtube videos of Art Prof? I went to art school in the early 1970s!! I'm a gray haired acrylic painter!!! hahahaha ~ Well, I'm always trying to improve! Still plenty of things to learn - like the two week vacation from a painting. Watching this video gave me the idea to have a set time away from a canvas when I'm stuck!! Thanks very much for this Art Channel, Professor Lieu!! :)
I've never hear of a reducing glass before, it sounds like the perfect tool for this purpose! I'm going to have to check it out. In my opinion, learning is ongoing, doesn't matter where you are as an artist. Plus, it's so much fun! Thanks for watching! -Prof Lieu
This video was soooo helpful. These videos are like being back at art school again, but they feel much clearer and more applicable than it felt then. Thank you! ♥
I’m really glad we can help! You can check out more artist career advice in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLvt8_pMl6ywkN1lid9MNMuPKKZfghY9YQ.html -Marc Stier, Art Prof Staff
Don't make excuses for things that make you uncomfortable about your work that you don't want to change. Disliking the process of changing something in your work is a barrier to self critique. But over all, time and distance is essential to see the work out of the context of creation impulse. Also, I rarely ask other people what they think about my work because at the end of the day I'm trying to develop a very specific ability to create the thoughts, feeling and experiences I have within me and manifest them in the material world. It's not easy to get right and it requires a lot of self discussion. Once you get into the habit of self discussion self critique becomes much easier to do. I do believe guidance from others can be helpful but it's up to the artist to understand the intentions and actions of their process more so than an outsider opinion.
Thanks! We actually have a watercolor tutorial coming up, where I paint landscapes on site in Southern Utah, you can watch the preview tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/b-hN2XrPk5w/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
Clara, your Oma bread painting is gorgeous!! I had to stop the video and look at it for a few minutes. Lovely composition, colour, texture and technique. Beautiful! Funny, I'm drawn more to your darker painting of the cross and pink flowers . The image is haunting, contemplative and a little evasive of the story of the person buried there. With the brightly coloured flower image I look at the colour, not think of the person. Your mushroom paintings are just delightful....they make me smile! Your 9 hour stream was great, not surprised it took 2 days to recover!! TFS!!!
Thank you very much for the video. I self-critique my work but was missing a few points on your list. The worst critic is myself as I see all the mistakes. I use mostly watercolours. I really love your first flowers at the cemetery and the bread painting makes me feel at home.
Thanks! I will eventually be releasing a tutorial of that bread painting, here is the 1 min. preview video: th-cam.com/video/b-hN2XrPk5w/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
Sorry, I don't know which video you're referring to! Here is our how to critique area on our main site, might help you! artprof.org/library/learn/fundamentals/critiques-how-to/ -Prof Lieu
I have a subject request if you want to/if you haven't done it yet: How to create/organize compositions in a traditional way (for people who don't have/don't want to use photoshop) Thank you for all the content!
Sure! We are always getting comments about needing help with composition. When you say in a "traditional" way, do you mean tips that can apply to any media? -Prof Lieu
We do have a video on composing portraits: th-cam.com/video/1-gA3QUA_F4/w-d-xo.html, and one on figure compositions: th-cam.com/video/2gqXqX03jiw/w-d-xo.html and one on composition for comics: th-cam.com/video/DN-pghMMQV8/w-d-xo.html
@@artprof I'm thinking more like settings or landscapes which have extra added elements in them, like let's say I wanted to paint a laundry room that had magical glowing plants growing everywhere in it, and I have access to a laundry room for reference but I have to add the plants into the composition myself. I have no idea how to plan out something like that. Or if I wanted to draw something that I can't easily find a reference for, like a UFO crashing into my house, how would I go about doing that? (When I say "traditional" I just mean I don't want to use photoshop or anything like that to do it.) I hope this question makes sense, thank you for reading and replying to my comments!
Sounds like you're wondering more how to blend multiple image references into the same image? I recommend watching Cat Huang's digital illustration tutorial. We do an extensive photo shoot to create our own reference photos, which I think is part of what you are looking to do. th-cam.com/video/nnXp7y-Fi7M/w-d-xo.html We do have plans to shoot a tutorial that focuses exclusively on how to shoot reference photos, but it's going to be a while until we get to it. -Prof Lieu
Yes, we do! We don't tend to get a lot of submissions in those areas, but we would love to see more. Here is an animation portfolio critique that you might like: th-cam.com/video/qNX6hZ_bj_8/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
An art series is a series of artworks, usually about 10-20 pieces that are cohesive in theme and materials. If you go to my website, you'll see that there are several series on there: "Falling," "Wading," "Scars that Speak," etc. A series of artworks is a way for an artist to stay with a theme for a sustained period of time to enable deeper exploration. -Prof Lieu
I hate that people want a series. I like to mix it up. I would get so very bored doing a series. I feel it gives me rules. I just want to create. So I do what I want and when you work enough to have a lot of paintings like I do now I can pick things out and call them a series. I'll take all of the wilderness art and put it together, landscape I will put together, abstracts I will put together and call them a series. My style is evident in all of my work but I wouldn't enjoy doing art anymore if I were forced to do a series. I'd hate to just be known for one look. Then people expect you to always do one style or subject matter. It's painful to be put in a box.
In your second water color grave painting, I think you painted the flowers in a more natural setting and relied on the colors too much to tell us the flowers were fake. I think if you added the unnatural shape of a strait stem for the flowers and made the wire inside of the stem more present you could have shown us the fake irriness of those flowers better. In other words, yours look like real flowers which achieved that sense of beauty, but it over shadowed the feeling you got when seeing only fake flowers at the cemetery
That's a great way of looking at it, we really appreciate your feedback!! Painting from life is so interesting because the subject matter is translated into art in such a raw, emotive way - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
The top 5 reasons you're being rejected as an artist, explained by Prof Lieu! th-cam.com/video/ppdV98Y2riI/w-d-xo.html
What are phenomenal painting !
Your bread painting is amazing!
Thank you! The bread painting is going to be featured in an upcoming tutorial on watercolor & markers where I draw on site in Southern Utah. You can watch the preview video for that tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/b-hN2XrPk5w/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
I loved it too....and found myself staring at it 😊
You deserve a lot more recognition on this platform, you actually give very-very good and helpful advice, thank you! You made my art improve a lot since I started watching your videos a few days ago.
That is so wonderful to hear, glad you found us.🙂 I think you might like this playlist on "Artist Wellness" topics: th-cam.com/video/gMpvNWglld0/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
I was watching this to understand how I can critique my own youtube videos, and the checklist might really help
We're so glad you think so!! - Mia, Art Prof Staff
Taking a photo of my painting and looking at that tends to more clearly reveal its flaws to me. Also looking at it in the evening, (i.e. less bright light), from quite some distance shows big weaknesses in values to me.
These are great tips. I'm going to write them in my June art dare sketchbook.
Wonderful!
I have a few ways to "divorce" a painting for a while. LOL Your 2-week method is good. I've put paintings away many times, and it works quite well, but never with a set time for it. I'm definitely going to start doing that. Two-weeks is long enough to "forget" about the painting. Let it clear my brain.
I use a mirror, and have for many decades. A mirror can be very helpful for seeing the painting in a different way. I have to be careful with it, though, because it can skew the composition. If I use it too much I might start "recomposing" the piece backwards!! HAHA
I also have a reducing glass. It's like the old school version of taking a picture with the phone, which I also do btw. The reducing glass is just the opposite of a magnifying glass - when I hold it up in front of a painting, it reduces the image. It will even work on the big paintings I've been doing for a while - 4'x5' You just have to get the distance right from the painting. I'm pretty sure you can still buy a reducing glass from dIckblick.com or other art supply stores. It's very cool. Gives a different look than a phone picture, so I recommend both.
Some artists turn the artwork upside down! I occasionally do that, but not much with these larger paintings.
Perhaps you newer artists might wonder why I would be watching these youtube videos of Art Prof?
I went to art school in the early 1970s!! I'm a gray haired acrylic painter!!! hahahaha ~ Well, I'm always trying to improve! Still plenty of things to learn - like the two week vacation from a painting. Watching this video gave me the idea to have a set time away from a canvas when I'm stuck!!
Thanks very much for this Art Channel, Professor Lieu!! :)
I've never hear of a reducing glass before, it sounds like the perfect tool for this purpose! I'm going to have to check it out. In my opinion, learning is ongoing, doesn't matter where you are as an artist. Plus, it's so much fun! Thanks for watching! -Prof Lieu
Wow and your grave paintings are incredible also 😍
Thank you so much 😀 -Prof Lieu
This video was soooo helpful. These videos are like being back at art school again, but they feel much clearer and more applicable than it felt then. Thank you! ♥
I’m really glad we can help! You can check out more artist career advice in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLvt8_pMl6ywkN1lid9MNMuPKKZfghY9YQ.html
-Marc Stier, Art Prof Staff
Don't make excuses for things that make you uncomfortable about your work that you don't want to change. Disliking the process of changing something in your work is a barrier to self critique. But over all, time and distance is essential to see the work out of the context of creation impulse.
Also, I rarely ask other people what they think about my work because at the end of the day I'm trying to develop a very specific ability to create the thoughts, feeling and experiences I have within me and manifest them in the material world. It's not easy to get right and it requires a lot of self discussion. Once you get into the habit of self discussion self critique becomes much easier to do. I do believe guidance from others can be helpful but it's up to the artist to understand the intentions and actions of their process more so than an outsider opinion.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment! Great to hear many voices here. -Prof Lieu
@@artprof love your water colors!
Thanks! We actually have a watercolor tutorial coming up, where I paint landscapes on site in Southern Utah, you can watch the preview tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/b-hN2XrPk5w/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
Clara, your Oma bread painting is gorgeous!! I had to stop the video and look at it for a few minutes. Lovely composition, colour, texture and technique. Beautiful! Funny, I'm drawn more to your darker painting of the cross and pink flowers . The image is haunting, contemplative and a little evasive of the story of the person buried there. With the brightly coloured flower image I look at the colour, not think of the person. Your mushroom paintings are just delightful....they make me smile! Your 9 hour stream was great, not surprised it took 2 days to recover!! TFS!!!
We're so happy to hear your thoughts on the artworks and glad to hear you enjoyed the stream! -Victoria Lin, ArtProf Staff
Thank you for your kind comments! -Prof Lieu
Thank you very much for the video. I self-critique my work but was missing a few points on your list. The worst critic is myself as I see all the mistakes. I use mostly watercolours. I really love your first flowers at the cemetery and the bread painting makes me feel at home.
I definitely do the same thing, all I see in my own artwork is mistakes! Thanks for watching. -Prof Lieu
Did I miss your part II of pencil & ink drawing? Thank you.
I love your painting of the bread beautiful
Thanks! I will eventually be releasing a tutorial of that bread painting, here is the 1 min. preview video: th-cam.com/video/b-hN2XrPk5w/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
Thank you
Could you post a link for the follow up “self-critiquing ideas” video that was mentioned?
Sorry, I don't know which video you're referring to! Here is our how to critique area on our main site, might help you! artprof.org/library/learn/fundamentals/critiques-how-to/ -Prof Lieu
I have a subject request if you want to/if you haven't done it yet: How to create/organize compositions in a traditional way (for people who don't have/don't want to use photoshop)
Thank you for all the content!
Sure! We are always getting comments about needing help with composition. When you say in a "traditional" way, do you mean tips that can apply to any media? -Prof Lieu
We do have a video on composing portraits: th-cam.com/video/1-gA3QUA_F4/w-d-xo.html, and one on figure compositions: th-cam.com/video/2gqXqX03jiw/w-d-xo.html and one on composition for comics: th-cam.com/video/DN-pghMMQV8/w-d-xo.html
@@artprof I'm thinking more like settings or landscapes which have extra added elements in them, like let's say I wanted to paint a laundry room that had magical glowing plants growing everywhere in it, and I have access to a laundry room for reference but I have to add the plants into the composition myself. I have no idea how to plan out something like that. Or if I wanted to draw something that I can't easily find a reference for, like a UFO crashing into my house, how would I go about doing that? (When I say "traditional" I just mean I don't want to use photoshop or anything like that to do it.) I hope this question makes sense, thank you for reading and replying to my comments!
Sounds like you're wondering more how to blend multiple image references into the same image? I recommend watching Cat Huang's digital illustration tutorial. We do an extensive photo shoot to create our own reference photos, which I think is part of what you are looking to do. th-cam.com/video/nnXp7y-Fi7M/w-d-xo.html We do have plans to shoot a tutorial that focuses exclusively on how to shoot reference photos, but it's going to be a while until we get to it. -Prof Lieu
@@artprof thank you!!☺☺☺
Wait what? How did I miss this stream 😭
Bummer, next time!
same
Will you guys ever do critique for animation or digital 3d work
Yes, we do! We don't tend to get a lot of submissions in those areas, but we would love to see more. Here is an animation portfolio critique that you might like: th-cam.com/video/qNX6hZ_bj_8/w-d-xo.html -Prof Lieu
what are art "series" people keep talking about or how can i do "series"
An art series is a series of artworks, usually about 10-20 pieces that are cohesive in theme and materials. If you go to my website, you'll see that there are several series on there: "Falling," "Wading," "Scars that Speak," etc. A series of artworks is a way for an artist to stay with a theme for a sustained period of time to enable deeper exploration. -Prof Lieu
I hate that people want a series. I like to mix it up. I would get so very bored doing a series. I feel it gives me rules. I just want to create. So I do what I want and when you work enough to have a lot of paintings like I do now I can pick things out and call them a series. I'll take all of the wilderness art and put it together, landscape I will put together, abstracts I will put together and call them a series. My style is evident in all of my work but I wouldn't enjoy doing art anymore if I were forced to do a series. I'd hate to just be known for one look. Then people expect you to always do one style or subject matter. It's painful to be put in a box.
@@Saffirance I like your solution!
In your second water color grave painting, I think you painted the flowers in a more natural setting and relied on the colors too much to tell us the flowers were fake. I think if you added the unnatural shape of a strait stem for the flowers and made the wire inside of the stem more present you could have shown us the fake irriness of those flowers better. In other words, yours look like real flowers which achieved that sense of beauty, but it over shadowed the feeling you got when seeing only fake flowers at the cemetery
That's a great way of looking at it, we really appreciate your feedback!! Painting from life is so interesting because the subject matter is translated into art in such a raw, emotive way - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I usually work in series. Leave the series for a time, then come back.
Yes, that's the way to go! -Prof Lieu