Color Candy Corn with me! Full resource page including supply list, digital stamp link, reference, and tips: www.vanillaarts.com/blog/realism-candy-corn
Kim Jung Gi was one of the rare masters that didn’t use reference. His visualisation and method was an ability that is unnatural to 99.9% of the art community. Anyone else who says they don’t use reference are lying to everyone and themselves. Great video🙏
Yes! I thought of him when I was working on my script outline. Just couldn't figure out a good segue into him and his freakishly rare ability. Thanks for bringing him up for others. He's well worth the query: ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=kim+jung+gi
Hi Amy! I took one of your classes for colored pencil about a year ago. I want to thank you because it has completely changed my life! It was like being handed the keys to open the doors for everything I couldn’t figure out. I started trying more complicated pieces as I improved, but I couldn’t take it to the next level. Things kept going wrong and I couldn’t figure out why. That completely changed with your class and I will be forever grateful! You’re amazing!
Loved this video...but I had to roll off my chair laughing when you put recapping your markers before recalling your son's name on your priority list!! I so Love your sense of humor. Thanks for always keeping us grounded in reality. And more, thanks for that brevity. Lol ❤
My high school art teacher would bring her dog into class on occasion. One days she left her dog at home then asked us to draw the dog. Afterwards she pulled out a picture and showed us how we had thought we knew what her dog looked like but when it came to details we didn’t really know. “And that’s why we use references.”
I'm under no misconceptions here....I know I need a reference. However, that candy corn prank had me trippin.' You didn't have to point out how unobservant I am like that 🤣
I'm so glad you commented on this! I knew there was an issue with remembering the stripe order because so many search results had photos with the orange and yellow reversed-- I double checked before starting my version too. I took a chance that colorists would have the same issue but then nobody mentioned it. Hahahaha, I got kinda worried when nobody said anything.
In college and community art classes there are often people as references. You don't get much more real than an actual person. And yet, still, not everyone's interpretation looks exactly the same.
There should be nothing wrong with references in art. We reference so many things in our daily life. Cooking/baking, we look up recipes. Plant a garden. if you want it to grow year after year, the reference is provided on the labels or you look it up. All those school papers we did that had to list all references used. They taught us more about how to research something than just hope to get a A. A good writer still uses references for accuracy of plots in their books. So really, why should art be any different. I wanted to know the characteristics of the two types of distress inks…I had to do some research. References just help us to be successful in our endeavors.
The references lie is an old one! For years I believed that Michael Whelan didn't use references. My source? The back of a book about him. Yet he does! And he's a famous fantasy painter!
Luckily I have you as if I had candy corn it would be eaten before I got a chance to explore its characteristics .😳. Loved this video… I have learned so much, and have be one more confident in my art/crafting watching your videos etc. looking forward to taking your class online Thanx a bunch 🤗
I’m enjoying so much your channel! I’m an artist in my free time, I just gave up trying to make it a job when I was young: too many were interested to my works but without any intention to pay me.. In other circumstances I think that I could just keep with my dreams and try again and again.. I found another kind of job that I like but that has nothing to do with art 😅. Anyway, of course I use my free time making portraits, for the most part, and I can’t say how many times ppl ask me the same question: did you copy this? Or did you had a photo reference? Because of course those people think that we can do portraits without any references 😂 So I’m happy you pointed that out 😊
Oh wow, thank you for sharing your story. I think it's so helpful for me and others to read why people are attracted to something beyond regular coloring but not serious, "I'm gonna do art 27 hours a day" kind of coloring. It's a large group of people but also isolated, so we feel alone and weird. Thank you for starting this, I hope more people share!!!
I can draw from my imagination....but thats because i used A LOT of reference photos to learn how to draw something. as much as I would love to have a draft horse to draw from living in my backyard, sadly thats not possible 😝
"Which candy corn color is the right one" really calling me out 😂 I know all this and yet i still fall for the nonsense. Need to listen to this on repeat every time i get up my own butt about how i "should" be able to draw x, y, or z purely from memory.
See, that's what makes me mad about the myth. Drawing from memory is such a pointless skill and it's so rare to be excellent at it. Every historic artist I admire used references. Even Picasso used reference when he was reducing people to basic geometry. It's such a dumb expectation and I'm sure people quit or never reach their full potential because they believe it.
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Color Candy Corn with me! Full resource page including supply list, digital stamp link, reference, and tips: www.vanillaarts.com/blog/realism-candy-corn
Kim Jung Gi was one of the rare masters that didn’t use reference. His visualisation and method was an ability that is unnatural to 99.9% of the art community. Anyone else who says they don’t use reference are lying to everyone and themselves. Great video🙏
Yes! I thought of him when I was working on my script outline. Just couldn't figure out a good segue into him and his freakishly rare ability. Thanks for bringing him up for others. He's well worth the query: ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=kim+jung+gi
I miss him 😢 Rip … Great video tho 👍
Hi Amy! I took one of your classes for colored pencil about a year ago. I want to thank you because it has completely changed my life! It was like being handed the keys to open the doors for everything I couldn’t figure out. I started trying more complicated pieces as I improved, but I couldn’t take it to the next level. Things kept going wrong and I couldn’t figure out why. That completely changed with your class and I will be forever grateful! You’re amazing!
Thank you so much for this! I love hearing how people use the info and what they do after classes!
Loved this video...but I had to roll off my chair laughing when you put recapping your markers before recalling your son's name on your priority list!! I so Love your sense of humor. Thanks for always keeping us grounded in reality. And more, thanks for that brevity. Lol ❤
Thanks, Tori!
The truth with great humor - thank you Amy!!!
You are so welcome!
The "things to remember" list 😂😂😂
"Son's name"
Nothing says "Mommy loves you" better than that long hesitation and blank look.
Did I see you using an eraser on color pencil in this video? Great video, a lot of useful information
@@LilHeavenlyTreasures Good eye! Yes, I smudged the inner edge of the white scumbles to fade them.
My high school art teacher would bring her dog into class on occasion. One days she left her dog at home then asked us to draw the dog. Afterwards she pulled out a picture and showed us how we had thought we knew what her dog looked like but when it came to details we didn’t really know. “And that’s why we use references.”
Oh, that's a wonderful lesson. Bravo to her!!!
I'm under no misconceptions here....I know I need a reference. However, that candy corn prank had me trippin.' You didn't have to point out how unobservant I am like that 🤣
I'm so glad you commented on this! I knew there was an issue with remembering the stripe order because so many search results had photos with the orange and yellow reversed-- I double checked before starting my version too. I took a chance that colorists would have the same issue but then nobody mentioned it. Hahahaha, I got kinda worried when nobody said anything.
@@AmyShulke I was humbled very quickly haha
Great instructional.
Thanks, Guy! So glad to have you watching and your input.
Thanks!
OMG, thank you!
I love the hidden candy cone that was cute
Thanks! That was my editor/son's idea. Now if I could just remember his name...
In college and community art classes there are often people as references. You don't get much more real than an actual person. And yet, still, not everyone's interpretation looks exactly the same.
Bingo! Excellent point.
There should be nothing wrong with references in art. We reference so many things in our daily life. Cooking/baking, we look up recipes. Plant a garden. if you want it to grow year after year, the reference is provided on the labels or you look it up. All those school papers we did that had to list all references used. They taught us more about how to research something than just hope to get a A. A good writer still uses references for accuracy of plots in their books.
So really, why should art be any different. I wanted to know the characteristics of the two types of distress inks…I had to do some research. References just help us to be successful in our endeavors.
Totally agree!
The references lie is an old one! For years I believed that Michael Whelan didn't use references. My source? The back of a book about him. Yet he does! And he's a famous fantasy painter!
I'm sure it's been around for a while. The internet spreads it farther and faster than the backside book blurbs :)
@@AmyShulke Oh, I figured - I really liked the points you made in this video though!
Luckily I have you as if I had candy corn it would be eaten before I got a chance to explore its characteristics .😳. Loved this video… I have learned so much, and have be one more confident in my art/crafting watching your videos etc. looking forward to taking your class online Thanx a bunch 🤗
LOL. Meanwhile here, I've been begging family members, someone, anyone-- free bag of candy corn.
I’m enjoying so much your channel! I’m an artist in my free time, I just gave up trying to make it a job when I was young: too many were interested to my works but without any intention to pay me.. In other circumstances I think that I could just keep with my dreams and try again and again.. I found another kind of job that I like but that has nothing to do with art 😅. Anyway, of course I use my free time making portraits, for the most part, and I can’t say how many times ppl ask me the same question: did you copy this? Or did you had a photo reference? Because of course those people think that we can do portraits without any references 😂 So I’m happy you pointed that out 😊
Oh wow, thank you for sharing your story. I think it's so helpful for me and others to read why people are attracted to something beyond regular coloring but not serious, "I'm gonna do art 27 hours a day" kind of coloring. It's a large group of people but also isolated, so we feel alone and weird. Thank you for starting this, I hope more people share!!!
I can draw from my imagination....but thats because i used A LOT of reference photos to learn how to draw something. as much as I would love to have a draft horse to draw from living in my backyard, sadly thats not possible 😝
Yep, great point! The more we learn, the better we can interpret and intuit without as many references.
"Which candy corn color is the right one" really calling me out 😂
I know all this and yet i still fall for the nonsense. Need to listen to this on repeat every time i get up my own butt about how i "should" be able to draw x, y, or z purely from memory.
See, that's what makes me mad about the myth. Drawing from memory is such a pointless skill and it's so rare to be excellent at it. Every historic artist I admire used references. Even Picasso used reference when he was reducing people to basic geometry. It's such a dumb expectation and I'm sure people quit or never reach their full potential because they believe it.