Why Most Painters Stop Improving

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• ML

  @MladenPostruznik · 6 months ago

  One of the big obstacles for me was understanding that I am not supposed to replicate values and colors that I see in the photo or the sight I'm painting. I understood that my job is to dismantle the subject, redesign it, and assemble it in a new harmony/structure that I will create. The process I will use involves simplification, and it is a process that is given to me by the light, but it depends on how much I can see. So, you are right: it all depends on seeing. But there is a bit of magic here. After this analytic part in block-in, you have to enter a kind of meditative state that will connect you to that intuitive part and correct all the misconceptions that you made in the analytic part. Many painters whom I had used in my learning process mentioned experiencing a meditative state while painting. I am experimenting with that now, and also, as of lately, I started painting with my non-dominant hand. I discovered some very odd things. Seeing + brain processing is my two cents here.

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• BE

  @BearfootBob · 6 months ago

  I believe I understood this better when I was younger. In high school I nearly did not graduate due to skipping classes for art, telling the teacher I had "study hall" and was free that period 😂 ... after 30+ years of musical focus, I find myself drawn to visual art strongly again ... I understand what you mean on the intuitive level  ... some of this reminds me very much of the discussion in the Carlos Castaneda stories about "The Art of Seeing" .... as I've started dabbling with paint I am already seeing nature differently. I feel what you are talking about is in the breathing, the movement, the tension and resolution...cadence...but I can't see it, my light is dim. I'll have to learn how to paint by ear 😅Anyway, thank you for the thoughts and the sharing of your immense ability.

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• GE

  @geoffmoug9881 · 6 months ago

  You always seem to have some epic paintings in the background, I'm sure a studio tour and showing some of your larger works would be well received...

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• TH

  @Thikraquran · 6 months ago

  Man, your channel is a real treasure for learning how to draw your paintings. It's exactly what I'm looking for to perfect my style and become a professional. Thank you.

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• KR

  @kram1art · 6 months ago

  Thanks for putting words to what I feel when I see a master painting. The closest I could get was the masters can paint the air between objects

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• MI

  @mikem8861 · 5 months ago

  Thank you for your thoughts.  They’ve helped me think about this more clearly

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• GN

  @Gnaboaix · 6 months ago

  Exactly!!!! Wonderfully said, how’s this video free?! lol!<br>You articulate so well! Cleared what I been feeling and striving to get!! Thank youuuuu.

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• MA

  @maqima · 6 months ago

  for the brief while I was in art school before dropping out, my wonderful teacher helped me see better, just like this. it changed my life actually, in more ways than just improving my art. I had to watch this video to be reminded and hopefully learn more.

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  @theodore-jego · 6 months ago

  Good evening ! 👋👋

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• FE

  @FelicityBergstrom · 6 months ago

  I love this, it’s really interesting and helpful. I can see that staying too long in the analytical stage there is no further progress because that is what artists up to this point have discovered and put into words. The feeling mode is moving into the uncharted waters out there in nature, learning to see even more than has been before documented. I believe that this is more important or valuable now in the world of AI where ai has all those tools of the analytical mode but can not see the real world as we see it.

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• NJ

  @NJA-3-16 · 6 months ago

  Wow, that painting is beautiful. Thank you so much for the video. This is so true. One of the things I had to do when I started learning art was really look at what I was painting. Instead of thinking of a classic emoji smiley face when I drew a smile, I&apos;d have to look at a reference, notice how the eyes squint on people, and other things that I hadn&apos;t noticed.

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  @TammiVaughanFineArt · 6 months ago

  This is so helpful! Thank you!

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