Thank you as I'm a "new oil painter" and we stay away from portraits but dabble in both landscape realism & abstract ideas. Would very much appreciate your take on those two styles. Thanks ❤😂
Thank you Chelsea for taking the time to make this video! I was wondering, when you made the example of wanting to learn how to paint loose or expressive realism would be ineffective if you took an abstract painting program, are you saying that looseness is a technique that can be used in realism, which is what the student should be learning, rather than thinking looseness/expressive painting = abstraction? So are they actually confusing a technique with a style, because realism is a style itself so they would be learning how to paint in a way that’s opposite of their goal?
I was curious how you handled painting at the portrait conference from an organization standpoint. How did you store your paintings while travelling? Especially if you want to attend and do a couple paintings per day, how do you manage that and get them all home in one piece?
just to be devil's advocate here (im real fun at parties) i think maybe its more effective to refer to works as either representational or non-representational versus "real" and "abstract". I think this because all art is an abstract of reality, weather or not its depicting reality. I only stress this because its important for someone who considers themselves a "realist" painter to view not-so-tightly painted works without the forethought of pretention. Its random shapes and scattered thought that might be best to avoid when lookn to study
Some GORGEOUS new work being varnished; some I have seen, and some I haven't. If I had seen this video before the beginning of this year, however, I would not have signed up for boot camp! (I am very happy to be in boot camp, but a video like this would have discouraged me from trying.)
I really loved listening to this video Chelsea. As a painter myself doing mostly abstract paintings work. Love the idea on setting a goal of a certain amount of days to reach for painting. I so would love to turn my love of painting into a Semi-Full-time sustainable carrier to go with my learning GameDev goal of a carrier.
All of your points make sense except for #2. Knowing your intended market, what's trending, who's who, etc. are useful to an extent, but looking up to contemporary painters isn't and shouldn't be a prerequisite to becoming a professional painter. Throughout history, the artists who were unsatisfied with the trends of their time pushed the boundaries to start new movements. Many took the knowledge they learned in apprenticeships and ateliers and combined that with influences outside of their mediums to create something different. I've heard countless living artists describe similar experiences of looking to the past for guidance and having to create the work they wanted to see because nobody else (to their knowledge) was creating it. Personally, I admire far more dead artists than living ones. The more art history I learned over the years, the less impressive most contemporary art became. Technical abilities aside, it's easy to pick out rehashed motifs and get a feeling for which painting the artist had in mind when they created their own work. Paying homage is fine, but once you see past that and can't locate the artist's personal message... What's the point? Our art-based influences shouldn't only be the only topics we concern ourselves with. Better advice would be to live life to the fullest extent you can and learning as much about the world as you are able to. Keeping your blindfolds up and only focusing on other artists will make you an imitator. If that's all a person wants, ok. But I don't see the point of busting your tail to learn the craft if you're only going to copy others and not venture beyond that.
I think most artists admire historical artists more than living ones too, but any truly accomplished painters knows a great deal of living painters they admire. I have seen over and over that not being able to name any contemporary painters you look up is typically associated with not being experienced enough yet to reach big goals. Or to put it more simply, painters I have worked with who are ready to reach their big goals always know which artists living and working today that they admire.
Hi, thank you but apparently I’m not a good fit😥 I’m very sad. I am a realist and have been painting in oils all my life so i guess it’s the finances that have let me down😩
Would you ever consider doing a video on what a professional practice is? Im so curious!
Thank you as I'm a "new oil painter" and we stay away from portraits but dabble in both landscape realism & abstract ideas. Would very much appreciate your take on those two styles.
Thanks ❤😂
Thank you Chelsea for taking the time to make this video! I was wondering, when you made the example of wanting to learn how to paint loose or expressive realism would be ineffective if you took an abstract painting program, are you saying that looseness is a technique that can be used in realism, which is what the student should be learning, rather than thinking looseness/expressive painting = abstraction? So are they actually confusing a technique with a style, because realism is a style itself so they would be learning how to paint in a way that’s opposite of their goal?
Yes, that's a good way to articulate it! Another example would be someone wanting to learn loose realism spending decades studying indirect painting.
I was curious how you handled painting at the portrait conference from an organization standpoint. How did you store your paintings while travelling? Especially if you want to attend and do a couple paintings per day, how do you manage that and get them all home in one piece?
A Raymar wet panel carrier. :)
just to be devil's advocate here (im real fun at parties) i think maybe its more effective to refer to works as either representational or non-representational versus "real" and "abstract". I think this because all art is an abstract of reality, weather or not its depicting reality. I only stress this because its important for someone who considers themselves a "realist" painter to view not-so-tightly painted works without the forethought of pretention. Its random shapes and scattered thought that might be best to avoid when lookn to study
but i also know fuck all myself, im a pretentious asshole ::))
OK, cool - none of those apply to me
Some GORGEOUS new work being varnished; some I have seen, and some I haven't. If I had seen this video before the beginning of this year, however, I would not have signed up for boot camp! (I am very happy to be in boot camp, but a video like this would have discouraged me from trying.)
Thank you! I'm not an oil painter, I'm a silk painter. Yet, your words struck a chord with me. Thank you for your wisdom.
God Bless 😃
I really loved listening to this video Chelsea. As a painter myself doing mostly abstract paintings work. Love the idea on setting a goal of a certain amount of days to reach for painting. I so would love to turn my love of painting into a Semi-Full-time sustainable carrier to go with my learning GameDev goal of a carrier.
Extremely good thumbnail!
All of your points make sense except for #2. Knowing your intended market, what's trending, who's who, etc. are useful to an extent, but looking up to contemporary painters isn't and shouldn't be a prerequisite to becoming a professional painter. Throughout history, the artists who were unsatisfied with the trends of their time pushed the boundaries to start new movements. Many took the knowledge they learned in apprenticeships and ateliers and combined that with influences outside of their mediums to create something different. I've heard countless living artists describe similar experiences of looking to the past for guidance and having to create the work they wanted to see because nobody else (to their knowledge) was creating it.
Personally, I admire far more dead artists than living ones. The more art history I learned over the years, the less impressive most contemporary art became. Technical abilities aside, it's easy to pick out rehashed motifs and get a feeling for which painting the artist had in mind when they created their own work. Paying homage is fine, but once you see past that and can't locate the artist's personal message... What's the point? Our art-based influences shouldn't only be the only topics we concern ourselves with. Better advice would be to live life to the fullest extent you can and learning as much about the world as you are able to. Keeping your blindfolds up and only focusing on other artists will make you an imitator. If that's all a person wants, ok. But I don't see the point of busting your tail to learn the craft if you're only going to copy others and not venture beyond that.
I think most artists admire historical artists more than living ones too, but any truly accomplished painters knows a great deal of living painters they admire.
I have seen over and over that not being able to name any contemporary painters you look up is typically associated with not being experienced enough yet to reach big goals.
Or to put it more simply, painters I have worked with who are ready to reach their big goals always know which artists living and working today that they admire.
there is def no shortcut when it comes to any form of art!😀
Hi can you please send me the link to apply for your mentorship
Hi Brigitte, absolutely! You can apply here: www.allaprimabootcamp.com/survey-page1633565281620
Hi, thank you but apparently I’m not a good fit😥 I’m very sad. I am a realist and have been painting in oils all my life so i guess it’s the finances that have let me down😩
Would it be possible to give me an idea of how much i need financially to be part of your mentorship. I hope you don’t mind me asking