Top 5 Biggest Mistakes Since I Started Painting SchaeferArt
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Date: 2022-03-09
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beckyholt
HARMFUL SELF CRITICISM
Being overly self critical has to be the one that plagues anyone who aspires to improve, not just a little but radically. Trying to reach that pivoting point that pushes your work from happy amateur to solid professional means long lonely hours but it also means you tend to be herder on yourself than anyone else. Ironically rather than improving it inhibits your progress even going as far as putting breaks on your improvement.
NOT UTILIZING ENOUGH PALETTE OPTIONS
For the longest time I used a closed palette on everything I painted. Not totally negative because using limited colors allowed me to refine my ability to color match. More recently I decided to explore the genuine palettes of various old masters, in an attempt to understand their methods and to try and attain their 'feel. ' I commend trying this to anyone who wants to evolve your appreciation of other artist's work.
TRYING TO MASTER TOO MANY MEDIUMS TOO QUICKLY
I began as most of us with watercolor, pen and wash, ink washes, scratchboards, etching and printing, acrylics, pastels and oils. I demand of myself to be equally gifted in all these and of course I am sometimes disappointed. Of course some skills translate into the methods in other media but forget trying to do them all on the same day. The discipline of watercolor and the light translucence, the building of layers is a joy, but it is oh so different than thick passages of impasto in oil or acrylic.
NOT APPLYING MYSELF TOTALLY FOR ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY
I am so determined to improve to a level I would consider competent I invariably find myself most days head in book reading how to improve, assessing other artist's techniques, recommendations or tips and tricks. I have recently realized that this is detrimental to the grows in my work because in reading I am not actually painting and that means all the progress is between the ears and not on the canvas.
LACKING MOTIVATION
There is no greater joy to the soul than to paint, to see and feel the colors as they transfer to the canvas, infinitely beautiful and wonderfully satisfying. Sometimes however the passion police take away the drive and the motivation and a dry spell descends, devoid of inspiration. Then suddenly it returns and the painting drive returns and all is well with the world again.
SELF DOUBT & FEAR TO PUT THE FIRST STROKE ON THE CANVAS
Who doesn't feel like this occasionally?
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HARMFUL SELF CRITICISM
Being overly self critical has to be the one that plagues anyone who aspires to improve, not just a little but radically. Trying to reach that pivoting point that pushes your work from happy amateur to solid professional means long lonely hours but it also means you tend to be herder on yourself than anyone else. Ironically rather than improving it inhibits your progress even going as far as putting breaks on your improvement.
NOT UTILIZING ENOUGH PALETTE OPTIONS
For the longest time I used a closed palette on everything I painted. Not totally negative because using limited colors allowed me to refine my ability to color match. More recently I decided to explore the genuine palettes of various old masters, in an attempt to understand their methods and to try and attain their 'feel. ' I commend trying this to anyone who wants to evolve your appreciation of other artist's work.
TRYING TO MASTER TOO MANY MEDIUMS TOO QUICKLY
I began as most of us with watercolor, pen and wash, ink washes, scratchboards, etching and printing, acrylics, pastels and oils. I demand of myself to be equally gifted in all these and of course I am sometimes disappointed. Of course some skills translate into the methods in other media but forget trying to do them all on the same day. The discipline of watercolor and the light translucence, the building of layers is a joy, but it is oh so different than thick passages of impasto in oil or acrylic.
NOT APPLYING MYSELF TOTALLY FOR ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY
I am so determined to improve to a level I would consider competent I invariably find myself most days head in book reading how to improve, assessing other artist's techniques, recommendations or tips and tricks. I have recently realized that this is detrimental to the grows in my work because in reading I am not actually painting and that means all the progress is between the ears and not on the canvas.
LACKING MOTIVATION
There is no greater joy to the soul than to paint, to see and feel the colors as they transfer to the canvas, infinitely beautiful and wonderfully satisfying. Sometimes however the passion police take away the drive and the motivation and a dry spell descends, devoid of inspiration. Then suddenly it returns and the painting drive returns and all is well with the world again.
SELF DOUBT & FEAR TO PUT THE FIRST STROKE ON THE CANVAS
Who doesn't feel like this occasionally?
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Color
I can't tell you how helpful this video was and how much it resonated with me. The first and last mistakes you mentioned in particular struck a chord with me as I often find myself relying on the positive opinions of others to energize me (and that high never lasts) instead of just being happy with the process of painting itself. And also being too critical of my work. I used to produce a lot in high school and it was a really peaceful time for me. Then I started becoming too -perfect- with the whole art scene and I was so afraid to fail that I basically stopped painting for 3 years. Recently got back into it actually after watching your painting series of a painting per day: ) love your videos so much, you carry a very real and genuine energy about you xxx
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I can't tell you how helpful this video was and how much it resonated with me. The first and last mistakes you mentioned in particular struck a chord with me as I often find myself relying on the positive opinions of others to energize me (and that high never lasts) instead of just being happy with the process of painting itself. And also being too critical of my work. I used to produce a lot in high school and it was a really peaceful time for me. Then I started becoming too -perfect- with the whole art scene and I was so afraid to fail that I basically stopped painting for 3 years. Recently got back into it actually after watching your painting series of a painting per day: ) love your videos so much, you carry a very real and genuine energy about you xxx
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jetsonjoe
Yes. worrying about what others think. it is good to find a good trusted mentor and their input. with an element of caution.
Yes friends and family are the worst people to share or get feedback as they do not understand the struggle and mental state of all you are looking for is encouragement. And there is nothing wrong with that. All artists and creatives suffer from G. A. S. Gear Acquisition Syndrome. forgive yourself on that. we all think that having more stuff gives us belief it will make us better.
A good talk and good points. like this and keep posting.
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Yes. worrying about what others think. it is good to find a good trusted mentor and their input. with an element of caution.
Yes friends and family are the worst people to share or get feedback as they do not understand the struggle and mental state of all you are looking for is encouragement. And there is nothing wrong with that. All artists and creatives suffer from G. A. S. Gear Acquisition Syndrome. forgive yourself on that. we all think that having more stuff gives us belief it will make us better.
A good talk and good points. like this and keep posting.
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Tim
Another good vid Brandon! Reading through the comments, some folks were resonating on your point about your Mom shooting you down. It really is important to have feedback, but as you said, it needs to come from other artists. The solution I found was and artist colony on the web called wet canvas. I personally think this site is great, its just a bunch of artists from all over working in different mediums talking and sharing and helping each other out. check it out and see what you think.
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Another good vid Brandon! Reading through the comments, some folks were resonating on your point about your Mom shooting you down. It really is important to have feedback, but as you said, it needs to come from other artists. The solution I found was and artist colony on the web called wet canvas. I personally think this site is great, its just a bunch of artists from all over working in different mediums talking and sharing and helping each other out. check it out and see what you think.
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Bio-plasmic
I wasted a lot of time with acrylics. I should of just started with oil, I think acrylic is better for when you know what you are doing and are not going to be experimenting with it because of how fast they dry. People think oil paint is something a beginner should not use, but it's the opposite is think. They are perfect for the beginner because you can adjust a lot better as you go. Yeah going to museum's is mind blowing.
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I wasted a lot of time with acrylics. I should of just started with oil, I think acrylic is better for when you know what you are doing and are not going to be experimenting with it because of how fast they dry. People think oil paint is something a beginner should not use, but it's the opposite is think. They are perfect for the beginner because you can adjust a lot better as you go. Yeah going to museum's is mind blowing.
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Lucy
Thank you. My daughter has just taken up painting without a teacher. I advised her to watch your videos. I made most of your mistakes but another big mistake that beginning artists make is learning from people who can't paint. Bob Ross was good for getting people to dare to paint. unfortunately too many stayed there and never do anything but copy Bob Ross. Thank you for what you do for those who aren't able to go to an art school.
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Thank you. My daughter has just taken up painting without a teacher. I advised her to watch your videos. I made most of your mistakes but another big mistake that beginning artists make is learning from people who can't paint. Bob Ross was good for getting people to dare to paint. unfortunately too many stayed there and never do anything but copy Bob Ross. Thank you for what you do for those who aren't able to go to an art school.
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Angela
I really liked this. It wasn't what I expected. Definitely not a -Don't do this, or Never do that, video-. It was more of a, -How to spare yourself frustration-, type video. I loved it. Also, I agree with your advice to go to museums. Paintings by the old masters have a profound effect on the audience. Plus, their paintings didn't look 'perfect'. Good advice. Thank you.
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I really liked this. It wasn't what I expected. Definitely not a -Don't do this, or Never do that, video-. It was more of a, -How to spare yourself frustration-, type video. I loved it. Also, I agree with your advice to go to museums. Paintings by the old masters have a profound effect on the audience. Plus, their paintings didn't look 'perfect'. Good advice. Thank you.
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Igor
I spent a lot of money on cheap artistic material. I could spent less on expensive basic colours of good quality: red, yellow, blue and white and learn to mix them. Instead I bought a lot of different colours of bad quality. And it showed after a while that I didn't need to buy expensive colours at all at that point but to learn to draw first with good quality pencils.
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I spent a lot of money on cheap artistic material. I could spent less on expensive basic colours of good quality: red, yellow, blue and white and learn to mix them. Instead I bought a lot of different colours of bad quality. And it showed after a while that I didn't need to buy expensive colours at all at that point but to learn to draw first with good quality pencils.
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Halibut
Biggest mistake: as a beginner, taking art classes with instructors who weren't particularly helpful, or whose critiques weren't moving the ball any closer to the goal. If you're not getting much out of an art class, change classes or schools. Don't flounder!
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Biggest mistake: as a beginner, taking art classes with instructors who weren't particularly helpful, or whose critiques weren't moving the ball any closer to the goal. If you're not getting much out of an art class, change classes or schools. Don't flounder!
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Patrick
Critical. i understand that. I worked on a 2. 5 inch area of water in a painting for 7 hours yesterday, 3-4 hours day before. I have done that very thing to nearly 200 paintings I've done. It never fails. It is pure agony for me, that's all i can say.
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Critical. i understand that. I worked on a 2. 5 inch area of water in a painting for 7 hours yesterday, 3-4 hours day before. I have done that very thing to nearly 200 paintings I've done. It never fails. It is pure agony for me, that's all i can say.
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