Hello Kezia! i am in my sophomore year studying fine arts in uni and in this summer holiday, i didn't paint anything, cuz i was burdened by my ability to do beautiful paintings and affirmation from the others in the past. I am scared that if i tried anything new and turned up "ugly", my friends and family will be disappointed, and i will think that my art is getting worse. today, my frd talked to me about ugly art, and i found your video. thank you for that, i will make ugly art now hehehehehheh.
Yes, it was helpful as so many of your videos are, having just discovered you only yesterday! (I I am a longtime wannabe painter with a million excuses for not getting started--or when I do get started I toss the ugly stuff.
Great message - I'm guessing almost all art has an ugly phase, even when you feel very practiced. But yea.. have fun, screw up, practice, play! (Welcome back) Great lesson for life in general, actually. Magic words .. "and I got paid for it!"
Really enjoyed this video, your presentation, voice, tone, expressions are very warm and supportive, thank you Kezia! I just got up from practising a loose floral piece and finding it looks ugly, but trying to appreciate my courage for showing up and doing that difficult thing of painting ithout reference, going with the flow, Trying to paint. But I admit I was discouraged a little, so when your video showed up on my YT page I clicked at once. I have heard of this idea of making ugly art on purpose, to loosen up, let go of expectations, but I haven't actually tried it. I want to now.
I’m reading that book right now and even though I’m a bit further than a total beginner, I realize this book is more about mindset for me than technique. I tend to not be confident at all in my drawing abilities and this book, I feel is getting me there, just by shifting the mindset. She also says something about not being expected to know French when you enroll in a French class, so why should art be that way?
OK! Wow, here I am half an hour later, after trying the make ugly art exercise! I tried painting the tree outside my window, which I've done before - I get overwhelmed with tree painting, but gave it a go with permission to make ugly art. And yeah, it went ugly a lot, and was uncomfortable but I reminded myself that this is the ugly art exercise, so it's Ok, and I kept going, and I finished it. I learnt stuff, like this time I was painting it as the sun went down, so I started with having a lot of white in between leaf patches but later added darks in the white areas, and that was uncomfrtable - fear that the dark would botch it up, etc. but the finished piece looks pretty nice, actually. And I agree with what you say that if I look at it after a couple days or tomorrow, it's going to look much better. Already my ugly floral looks better when I went to use my watercolour pad to start on the ugly tree exercise! thanks again, Kezia, all hail ;)
Hello Kezia! i am in my sophomore year studying fine arts in uni and in this summer holiday, i didn't paint anything, cuz i was burdened by my ability to do beautiful paintings and affirmation from the others in the past. I am scared that if i tried anything new and turned up "ugly", my friends and family will be disappointed, and i will think that my art is getting worse.
today, my frd talked to me about ugly art, and i found your video. thank you for that, i will make ugly art now hehehehehheh.
Yay!
Yes, it was helpful as so many of your videos are, having just discovered you only yesterday! (I I am a longtime wannabe painter with a million excuses for not getting started--or when I do get started I toss the ugly stuff.
This is absolutely right I recently dove into art because I just decided to focus on the process and having fun.
Great message - I'm guessing almost all art has an ugly phase, even when you feel very practiced. But yea.. have fun, screw up, practice, play! (Welcome back) Great lesson for life in general, actually. Magic words .. "and I got paid for it!"
Thank you, Bernie. :)
Really enjoyed this video, your presentation, voice, tone, expressions are very warm and supportive, thank you Kezia! I just got up from practising a loose floral piece and finding it looks ugly, but trying to appreciate my courage for showing up and doing that difficult thing of painting ithout reference, going with the flow, Trying to paint. But I admit I was discouraged a little, so when your video showed up on my YT page I clicked at once. I have heard of this idea of making ugly art on purpose, to loosen up, let go of expectations, but I haven't actually tried it. I want to now.
Loved this video, girl!! Just bought some paint to start making some ugly art 😝
Yay!!
I’m reading that book right now and even though I’m a bit further than a total beginner, I realize this book is more about mindset for me than technique. I tend to not be confident at all in my drawing abilities and this book, I feel is getting me there, just by shifting the mindset. She also says something about not being expected to know French when you enroll in a French class, so why should art be that way?
OK! Wow, here I am half an hour later, after trying the make ugly art exercise! I tried painting the tree outside my window, which I've done before - I get overwhelmed with tree painting, but gave it a go with permission to make ugly art. And yeah, it went ugly a lot, and was uncomfortable but I reminded myself that this is the ugly art exercise, so it's Ok, and I kept going, and I finished it. I learnt stuff, like this time I was painting it as the sun went down, so I started with having a lot of white in between leaf patches but later added darks in the white areas, and that was uncomfrtable - fear that the dark would botch it up, etc. but the finished piece looks pretty nice, actually. And I agree with what you say that if I look at it after a couple days or tomorrow, it's going to look much better. Already my ugly floral looks better when I went to use my watercolour pad to start on the ugly tree exercise! thanks again, Kezia, all hail ;)
Perfection: aiming for beauty in the eye of youre target audience. Especially for those that love you till death.
Thank you, i really needed to hear that
I paint miniatures for D&D. Does that count?
Yes.
I still like your "ugly" art!
Luv it
What r you doing now. How to contact you plz
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Let me guess. You're a liberal.
And this has to do with the video how?
Let me guess. You're a conservative who thinks art is only good if it looks like a classical painting.