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00:00 – Before we start, you should hear this part.
01:20 – First Reason you haven’t found your artistic style
04:09 – Second Reason
06:33 – Third Reason
08:59 – The Solutions (and how it’s changed ME!)
11:19 – Amazing resources to help YOU!
26 Comments
Let me know below what the biggest lightbulb moment was for you! 💡👇🏻Don't miss my course The Art Within! We cover sketching and watercolor fundamentals, discover creative style, and how to get into "flow state" for optimal creative mindset. Check it out: http://www.jennarainey.com/the-art-within // If you want more monthly watercolor tutorials, I offer ad-free Patreon-exclusive tutorials and live art classes on my Patreon. http://www.jennarainey.com/patreon
I started to refire my art practice 5 years ago. I decided to start small and go towards the path of least resistance. I used the materials I already had and purchased just a few extra things. I worked on paper in acrylics with 3X3.5 inch canvases. Really small! I let go of perfectionism, being precious with materials and went abstract to just enjoy painting for paintings sake.
Thanks for the tips! Sketching is great for observation and present moment experience, but photography is one that really goes well with my style and I dig the immediacy.
I´m telling myself that I am a talented artist as often as I can, just for fun. It feels really good 🙂 Thanks for reminding me to stop comparing too much! All the best, Iris
Such great points! I am teaching k-12 art this year in addition to my freelance work and you are right about the tutorials. Many of my middle and high school students just want to find a tutorial online to copy, which is ok to learn a certain technique, but I have been pushing them to keep a sketchbook and draw from life, and many of them come to class so excited that they completed a cool drawing on their own by just observing. Love your vids! Always such good info!
So interesting and well explained .
This was the most honest art video I've ever seen. So good to hear the phycology behind this, which is fascinating and sooooo true!! Well done, Jenna!!
Thank you, you hit the nail on the head and wonderful advise, expecially sitting down and being aware of your subject matter and drawing as we see it. I'm my own worst enemy and I really dislike everything I sketch. Seeing my dad was an artist (where he did not pass down this skill to me… only to my son) I'm constantly compairng my sketches to what use to come so naturally to him and they all end up in the trash can. Not believing in your self is a terrible thing, I want to draw but shy away from it all.
What a wonderful video. Most illuminating: Developing your observation skills. Thank you.
Lol at reason #3. I’ve been painting for several years and recently showed my mother one of your amazing videos. She said, “She has really good taste. You should watch her videos,” and while I 1000% agree with her about your taste, all I heard was, “Your taste isn’t good/must be fixed.”
This was brilliant! Thanks so much❤️
Reason 1….I have no talent! 🙂 I just keep trying.
amazing info, thanks a lot ❤️
Mmmmm That’s Me 😔😔😔
I really like your video it’s very abstract to think about brain waves and a lot of people probably won’t understand it but I think you’re really strike home with the comment about spending too much time copying other peoples work and not enough time being observant. When I first found my style it was partly from doing technique videos and ultimately I would dream about some thing I wanted to paint and then wake up and paint it that’s where my style really emerged. If I didn’t have the knowledge and technique to make it happen it would’ve been more difficult but either way it’s still a long journey in development
Thank you!
Thank you! This was really helpful information for a beginner like me. It’s very encouraging! 😊
Really good advice to help find the “art within”! Thank you for the tips and encouragement!!
Amazing at my advanced age of 74, the in depth side of art that I never realized. Thank you, I am enjoying the new creativity within me. Lots to work on
I LOVED how you shared how important it is for us to observe our surroundings instead of getting inspiration from other artists or just trying to replicate photos. That’s so important and often forgotten! Love your videos Jenna. So grateful for your wisdom and encouragement. And your email newsletters- LOVE those too!
I just started watching you love your work, what no pencil is ideal used to sketch with?
Thank you Jenna. I’ll take it to heart. Appreciate you very much.
I just know I need to get sketching. Thanks for the reminder! I’m going to go buy a new sketchbook today and start sketching what’s in front of me! Thank you!
Good words.
Thank you! I checked out your course. A bit to much for me but your website is beautiful. The pictures are fantastic and so are the little video clips embedded within. Best of luck!
Flow state=art as therapy
I tend to gravitate toward painterly colored pencil. I have a curiosity for honing my skills in other media as well, so I dabble with chalk pastel pencils, graphite, pen-and-ink, oil pencil, acrylic, alcohol inks, and watercolor. I love trying out unusual methods and mixing of mediums to create new effects just to see what happens.