How To Art Studio And Being Organized - Tips For Artists
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- Artist tips and more from Rafi and Klee!
Organized chaos is what I call it.
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I'm 19 right now and graduating high school, and I gotta say...when someone asks "where do you want to be in 10 years?" I think I may just show them this video.
Is it just me, or are super pristine art studios kind of depressing? THESE are my favorite kind of studios; studios where you can see the passion just by looking around. The overflowing brush boxes, the writing on the walls, the artwork everywhere; You can just TELL "this guy really loves art!"
Also p.s. you and the woman speaking in the background (the camera man wo) are extremely likable people. Thanks for all the fantastic ideas! (even though I'm currently residing in a tiny bedroom in my mothers condo haha)
I’m a art teacher as well, this just made me laugh! The most HONEST video I have seen on “organized” art supplies 👏🙋♀️
LOL You both are so cute together and so fun to watch. Klee as the Camera Man-Wo and her "shiny object syndrome" moments had me laughing all through this video. Please don't ever stop making videos. Your care and respect for all of your viewers as artists comes through loud and clear and is appreciated more than you will ever fully realize. Watching your videos is helping me get over my grief. This past holiday season, I lost my cousin. Then New Years Eve my SO and I spent the night on the floor comforting our dying fur baby. I have been so wracked with grief that I haven't been able to touch a bottle of paint this year. Which is doubly depressing since I want to become a full-time self-supported artist and leave the hell drama called work for good. Like I said, your videos are helping. Especially the "Just Do It" video you released after your own loss. Much love to you both and wishing you both continued success in all your endeavors.
I feel so much better! I look at all this young instagram artists with fancy studios that are suuuper clean and then I look at my old desk/wintergarden/dogfood corner/artsuplies/chaos and I am like:fuuuuck I cant get space/time/Organisation I will never be selling!
Ghank god I can wach you and Klee! You make me feel like I have a chance 😅
you probably dont care but if you are bored like me atm then you can watch all of the latest movies on Instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend for the last few weeks :)
@Jax Alec Definitely, I've been using Instaflixxer for since december myself =)
Organized chaos. I love it! I get things in an area and I will organize items till I use them. It’s glorious to just find treasures I forgot I had. I like to buy supplies too. It’s like getting a new toy.
I store supplies and tools in a tall bureau next to my work space. It's very handy and it doesn't take up a lot of floor space. For inspiration, I frequently change the display on top of it.
Old bureaus are easy to find at yard sales and thrift stores.
I saw a sewing studio with cubes beneath a large, long table. Each cube contained a portable basket of materials and supplies. The walls displayed images of their work. It was nice and neat, spacious and inspirational.
I’m like the mom from the remake of yours mine and ours, my studio is a creative chaos and when my organized writer hubby looks in disgusted I just yell “I’m a creative chaotic” and give him a smooch and send him on down the hall lol
Declutter on a regular basis. Decluttering can be inspirational.
This video took me by surprise. I didn't realize your studio was your living room. I am currently in the process of making my entire living room into studio space. In fact, I "should" be painting the ceiling right now! I was/am very hesitant about doing this but now I feel much better about it. Great tip about lining the walls and floor with plastic!! Also, using the hallway to store finished work as opposed to the basement. I live alone so all these things are possible. Thank you so much for this video. It has freed me. One more thing...you and Klee are so adorable. You make me grin, chuckle, and lol with each video.
I store everything in white filing boxes, because they're strong and stackable. I use the top as work space.
Klee, your machines are so shiny, and so are your rocks!! Nice
LOL! I just love you two!!!
And my studio needs MUCH work!😁
Both of you seem to have the same system of chaos that actually works. Such as a large variety of storage units as well as multiple work spaces. It's all good!
Those tupperware containers are the best pallets!! I like to get those giant pallets of cookies from the grocery stores, give away the cookies and use the big container as a covered pallet too. Also another amazing pallet idea that I've just discovered is silicone baking things. The dried paint peels right off.
Organize open shelving with baskets. Carry the basket to your work table.
Love it. My room is filled with all the stuff you use for storing, crates boxes etc. so all that you did was all that I have . and so I am able to see how to do the org and not buy more of anything bc I don't want to , it's a waist of money. And I loved her comments and pointing stuff out and laughing bc that's me about my husband and his rags and stuff . Thx loved it .
OMG--I love that Tupperware palette hack. Super smart!
The best thing that worked for me was categories: all pencils together, all acrylic paints, all glues, sealers, canvases, watercolor paper, palettes, Plein air supplies etc. It let me see what I already have, and stuff goes back to that spot. This worked for home repair/garage stuff too. All paint, brushes tools for house, together. Tools in tool box. Giving thing a home to go back too worked:)My computer desk/office/bill paying place.
Portable and collapsible work areas may make it easier to create a more versatile studio. Such as collapsible tables, furniture, shelving, storage boxes, etc. If you don't need it, fold it up and store it away. This provides more work space. Recreate a new work space as needed.
Oooh! Good tip on the Tupperware acrylic paint thing 😊👍
I just came across your being organized video and I love it. Now that is a real working art studio. You two are the cutest. I love how honest and real you guys are. I can't wait to catch up on your other videos. 😜
Ravi- you're adorable! And very wise in a refreshing down to earth way. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you sooo much. I feel better about all the stuff I have accumulated. I love your pep talk and artist definition. Nice shot in the arm.
Best Studio tour yet!
For inspiration, I frequently change the images on my walls as well as the displays on my window sills and bureaus. I also display on narrow shelves that are situated at the top of my windows. Once everything becomes dusty, I wash it, put it away and take out something new.
If you want to work on several projects at a time, find a place to store each one. Having them all at once may divert your ability to concentrate on the one at hand.
With paintings, create a shelving unit where each painting can be placed to dry. With crafts, place them on trays and store them on a shelving unit until you've had more time to be inspired.
This leaves more floor space to move around, especially if a room needs to function as something other than a studio.
A closet with multiple shelves works well, because it provides a space where no one will tamper with your work.
I don't buy excessive art supplies. I look at them and think about it. Over time, I realize I can go without or realize I can modify what I already have or I can find it cheaper somewhere else if I really can't go without it. Taking time to research supplies saves a lot of money in the long run, especially if you're addicted to buying them.
How to organize - put up a new shelf, how to organize when you run out of space for shelves - ad wheels to the shelves and put shelves in front of shelves - Klee is my favorite camera man-wo, she really find the perfect shoot tho showcase the narrative
I seriously have been watching this for the comedy...but also the cool info...thanks! You 2 crack me up
I like your idea of using the Tupperware with the acrylics I shall give it a try. Thanks!
I get Ceramics Monthly, a magazine, and they always do spotlights on at least one artist or more with studio photos, and the studios are always always always spectacularly clean and minimalist, and it blows my mind that anyone can create in such spaces. I keep thinking they must have a commercial cleaning crew that goes thru the artists studios to scrub away every bit of clay, dust, paint, glaze, etc. I sometimes think I can only create in chaos, because my space is always messy. I like to share pics of how messy my studio gets just so people can get to know me thru my space.
that tupperware acrylic paint trick is so helpful !!
I moved house Nov 18. The movers were stunned that my 10 X 12ft art shed had more boxes of Stuff than the rest of the house. I've finally moved after staying with family and hopefully soon my new art shed will be ready, former garage 32 X 7.5 ft yay! Over s year since I've been able to paint. I miss it. So I've been looking for storage ideas. Like you I love to collect things I think I'll use, and until seeing your studio was wondering why I can't keep mine like other artists, pristine, perfect lights, everything tidy etc. I feel better now I've seen someone else has lots of maybe/just in case items.
And what use when I type in art storage are the little boxes that maybe hold s dozen pots of deco art size, the ones about four inches tall. I do have lots of them but I also have big tins and litre bottles paint and mediums, resins, kilo blocks of wax, huge canvasses. Storage seems to be aimed at the people who have s tiny amount of art stuff. I just want to ( try to) keep my big art stuff as tidy. Without spending money I don't have ;-)
Do you have collections of broken glass, sand, straw, feathers, pretty stones, shredded paper, string, pine cones and dried leaves, things that you might possibly need one day?? I did have a big cull pre move but still have loads of oddments.
OMMMMGGGG Your tupper ware idea is genius.. I already used lids but that's just level up. Thank you sir! Fantastic video btw - I like how there's a moral.
Yes it was SO helpful!! Let me tell you WHY!!! Because I am very much like YOU in that I am the most unorganized person, so it’s really informative & nice to see that well, first I’m not alone, & 2nd I have a partner who’s the complete opposite as well, & 3rd I now have some great tips for maximizing my space. I have made my home my studio as well, except yours looks pretty spacious compared to mine, I’m in a 2bed apt, one day I’ll be there at your level, keep inspiring!! You & Klee make the best team I love it!!! 💕
For beads and bracelets, I bought several sets of 3 cardboard drawers. They're identical. All the drawers are interchangeable. They can be transported to where I want to work. The very top of the drawers is flat and it can be used as work space.
Love your studio and artwork!
I love these videos. I am a jewelry maker and always wondered what her work bench looked like. Thanks!
I love you guys! Definitely organized chaos happening. I know that I’ve panicked when I sold a piece online and couldn’t find my painting to mail. Also ,thanks for the pallet storage tip on saving paint. I also have the problem with always needing more art supplies. Be careful; I’m pretty sure that the endless string of arm lamps is a fire hazard.
I think the only time I organize is when I go crazy over not being able to find a piece of art supplies than I clean till I find it
This made me want to organize my studio today!
Periodically, I review my set up for efficiency. I draw a new floor plan. Think about it for a while. Tweak it. Implement it. It's always changing and improving.
I’m rearranging my studio space and looking for inspiration, and you made me feel better about my messy self. The dedicated paint bristle spot really resonated with me haha
I sell crocheted purses and jewelry. My entire studio is portable. I store my materials and finished products in white stackable file boxes as well as several sets of stackable cardboard drawers. I organize by colors of the rainbow, such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown and white. I also organize by Spring and Fall, such as light colors for the Spring and dark colors for the Fall. To remember where everything is, I keep a chart on my clipboard.
This makes it easy to transport everything to where I want to work.
Y'all are hilarious!!! 😂😂😂
Totally entertaining ❣️ you both are so Awesome ❣️
Klee's chaos should be a new channel
your mess still looks better than my crafts right now. the ONLY organized craft stuff in my house right now is my baking stuff. I'll share a pic on facebook with you later.
Super entertaining!
Love you guys
❤❤❤
I bought several large, rectangular plastic containers with white covers. If the containers are not being used for storage, I invert the covers and use them as work trays. They're easy to carry around to where I want to work.
I also store all my finished jewelry on the inverted trays. I stack them and store them away until it's time for the jewelry to go to the consignment shops. I rotate my inventory at several stores every Spring and Fall.
I like the plastic container for the acrylic paint I will use that idea
Please do a video of Klee's jewelry making. What does she store at her work space? How are the machines used?
Oh how grateful I am that you made this video! Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!
I love watching you your sooooo kewl!!!
It was your studio that gave me the push to return from renting a studio I could no longer afford to it being in my living room, it’s just as chaotic organised , I want it t9 be more organised but never to be white walls and neat.
Funny video! You guys win another subscriber!
Your description sounds like mine. Even your Bustelo coffee cans! OMG! Isn't it nice to know there are other "Normal" people out there who don't have a sterile clean room for a studio?!
"I'm the laziest organized person there is "..!!! this is SO me :p LOVE U 2 & the banter; u crack me up! Both studio spaces r awesome & I can't help acquiring art supplies either, being surrounded brings me joy..but their r times I've bought multiples :c your enthusiasm/ humor is contagious!!
Entertaining and very helpful. I just starting painting and I have fallen into the trap of being frustrated with the space and then having that take my 'superpower' of wanting to create away. I got some organizer drawers and a couple of easels but I haven't found a place that I can get good light and workable space together because it clutters up a 9 x 13 foot room. Thanks to your video, I am going to not worry about organizing anymore! I am going to put the easel where I can use the lights and I don't care if it looks 'tidy'. Tidy is overrated! I loved seeing where you both create! Amazing. Thank you for sharing your space.
Reorganize, reshuffle, reconfigure and condense until you've made more open floor space. It may be more difficult to function with only a path around your work table.
Everyone buys me beautiful calendars for Xmas. For inspiration, I rotate my favorite images on my walls. I also rotate my favorite Xmas and birthday cards as well.
Cards and calendars may be popular items to sell.
Y’all are my spirit animals! Lol
Love yours One Day Mine will be almost half that size full of goodies
You guys made me laugh. Thank for a great video!
kool I have a tiny art studio but i love it..most sales once i get some go to improving mine after bills that is ..
Fun video. Love the upside container for your paint. I will definitely use that tip. I waste a lot of paint. Organizing can be frustrating but once you find what works, creating seems easier. Especially if you're limited for space. My area is only 10 x 5, since my apt is only 500 sq ft. Tiny but I use every inch. Surprisingly, it works, but my apt get messy when I am creating and due to chronic pain I reserve my energy to creating not cleaning. Some days it looks like a bomb went off. Lol
Your studio looks amazing in comparsion. Thanks again.
Very funny but also helpful.
Thank you. The minimalist aesthetic is definitely not for me. I thought I had too many shelves, but it seems that I need MORE!!!!!!!!!
If I need a tall table, l use the top of my collapsible clothes dryers as work space. I place cardboard or plastic trays on top of them. This works well so that I am not bending over my work.
Group similar items together.
Cool
Hey Rafi,
New subscriber.
I think you are my people 😂
I am just setting up my large lounge studio
Trying to organise it with some tips from other ytubers.
You had a couple of great ideas.
I'll let you know how it goes. Byeeee
It helped me realize I'm not alone in my disorganization...lol!
Love this!!! Try the Wet-palette if you haven't yet. They've been a lifesaver for me when I'm not done painting yet
Fun! I enjoyed it all! Stop by and see me someday 🖌️🖼️
#ArtIsMessy ! So true! You’re studio looks similar to mine 😊
the donkey call in the intro is my favorite part of it
Love it! I share my space with a very messy and needy cat! Too organized then you can't find jack sh*t!
😂😂😩 this made my morning chilee
I am familiar with this struggle.
Its called multi tasking u can watch and clean at the time lol~ Just saying i dont have a art studio but i like to make one some day~
I want to see your video set up!
I don't even know if this link will take you to my webtoon or to my webtoon's control panel. If it's my dashboard, please don't change anything. LOL. I'm too disorganized, but thank you because this was helpful. It reminds me that I can't be organized the way other people are - family and friends whose eyes going all over the place make me paranoid. I might just be mental. This organization thing really does torture me. Ignore the moldy bowl of pasta in the corner of the kitchen already! People come into my studio (my house) and when they see my art, they look at it and don't say anything or even have a reaction. Does that happen to anyone else? What the hell is that? If I get any comments, it's on my disorganized studio (house). If I ask what they think of my art, they act like I'm putting them on the spot, and then they still can't even think of one decent thing to say. omg. I might just be mental, but people drive me insane.
Thank you. I loved this video.
chickened out on sending link...
You are awesome man...
seems like everytime i turn around, i feel i need to do a deep organization! why., yep, cause it gets messy. I never know how someone only has these perfect studios and or workshop areas. I mean being complete slob and not cleaning after one self is one thing, but even when I try, things can get mixe dup, messy, etc..
I just have to say that your "organization" method is so like mine that I totally understand it! I love your art. I tend towards multi media art myself, but will swerve towards anything that interests me and I want to try getting my hands messy with. I don't have a huge amount of time to create, but I think about it fairly constantly. If you would be interested in checking out some of my art I have a very unorganized Facebook page for my stuff at Ladena Rae Creations. I don't put all of my art and mostly it is just a place to store some of my pictures, lol.
See, this is the kind of studio that I love, I'm sorta looking for ideas on how to organize my own but all I keep seeing on TH-cam are the "studio" tours where it looks like Martha Stewart lives there. What do they decorate in those fancy spaces -- cupcakes? I like your easel wedged inbetween/under some shelving units, I have something like that in my laundry room which can fit an expanding table (which can be quickly turned into an easel as well as expand for bigger projects), and it's wanting to come live in my studio. It's got weird legs though and I need to figure out how to give it wheels.
Whew! I thought my studio, which resembles the aftermath of an F4 tornado, was a rare occurrence. I agree, creating art is a messy endeavor.
I love the girl in the background lmao
lol so far i have 2 working tables..but i love um,,
I like the camera man
after 2 hrs of watching videos form this channel i finally nailed the girls voice... the same girls from "Americas most haunted places" or something like that. and no i did not watch this long for that reason.
how long should you keep paint?
You mentioned plastic on the walls and floors? Tell us again why? My art studio (still growing and collecting) is in my basement and I do get paint on the walls sometimes by accident. So should I put plastic on them? and the floor....we have animals, a cat and dog and I just know I am going to have a painting that is hairy one day. Then again, it might turn out to be my best work yet, hair and all like it was meant to be. I don't have a website yet, but I am on fb and Instagram as Alisa's Creations. Thanks so much. I do enjoy listening to you both!!!
You guys are hilarious. Yes, these other POSER artists with the clean area studios. Really??? LOL Do you even paint bro? Although I have to say my old studio was a studio/gallery, so you had to break everything down and make it a gallery look each time. THAT was a pain in the ass. No way I would do it in a studio/studio.
I fucking love you!
Helpful entertaining morals video. Too much stuff drives me crazy. I've found that I work better with minimal materials. Primary colors, a few brushes and so on.
Thanks for sharing!
My studio, very small room in the house, 1 window. I love it but it's always a mess.
You have a window that is awesome. Mine has these corrugated plastic sheeting, of some industrial building material lol. Muted at best . A clear window sounds delicious lol
How do you store your paintings? I have a SUPER small townhouse, my studio is my dining room. I don't want to wreck or warp any of my paintings. I am a new artist. Right now they are standing up against all of my walls and I'm running out of room! Help!
I don't have a studio besides a piece of the couch and a corner of the living room table :D The rest is spread throughout the hosue. If I did have a room, it would be messy. I have a hard time believing the pristine studio photos. Either they don't do art there or they don't do art, or maybe they're weirdly neat when making art.
Yes. People who enjoy cleaning actually exist :D
When someone comes up and looks seriously interested in your art, what do you say to them?
@@Rafiwashere Smart!