Overcome Creative Burnout and Art Block: A Guide for Oil Painters
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
- It's not uncommon to hear concept artists, illustrators, or animators talk about creative burnout or art block, but this is a very real problem for fine artists and realist painters. So why do painters suffer from creative burnout, and what can we do about it?
0:00 Intro
1:25 What is creative burnout or block?
3:00 The skill/taste gap
5:57 The trap of constant improvement
7:25 What helps prevent burnout?
9:00 Tools from The Artist's Way
10:50 Tools to support mental health
14:30 Tools that give your painting purpose
17:15 Creating a better painting practice
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Perfect timing! I just featured you in my last video and said I hope you keep making videos.
I really think she's so underrated for the value she is providing.... I'm really glad that at least the leaders from our community are supporting her❤️❤️❤️
Chris your video absolutely blew me away. I am so humbled and touched by everything you shared.
I found this video through Paint Coach's recommendation.
Thanks for the recommendation, love both of these channels!
@@ChelseaLang glad you liked it! I look forward to your future videos!
How fulfilling it must be to have such talent. Breathtaking.
This video REALLY spoke to me. I have been in a serious slump in my painting for quite a while now, even to the point of my questioning whether to continue. I’ve lost the joy in it, and - although I’ve had a certain degree of satisfaction and success with my painting - the gap between what I can do and what I want to do never seems to narrow. And the effort to grow sometimes seems to require that I cast aside much of what I’ve previously learned through long effort. Chelsea, your video addressed all of this and more. There’s no doubt that I’ll watch it again and again. Thank you!
Wow Chelsea. I really needed to hear this. I think your advice about painting at or beneath your median skill level is spot on and so easy to forget. I know for me I'm constantly trying to get better but being hyper focussed on that can really make you feel terrible all the time (speaking from personal experience). There's NOTHING wrong with doing something thats simple, especially since the concept of simple is relative. What's simple to you might be a masterpiece to someone else. I think ultimately the goal of art isn't exclusively technical virtuosity, but rather some form of expression. Thanks for sharing this beautiful insight.
@Danny Sabra Art: You summed up perfectly what I was thinking!
Thank you, Chelsea this video really helped me to identify what I was going through.
during the pandemic I lost my job, I painted pictures for my friends as gifts to help them get thru and this help me get my mind off of what i was feeling,
That's really nice of you, John. Everybody deserves a friend like that.
The commentary and practical insights were filled with the kind of wisdom that only comes from someone who has walked the walk, combining it with seeing a beautiful painting come to life was brilliant. Well done!
This was the perfect video for me right now. I managed to do a lot of study work over the last 2 months, reading and practicing dense anatomy, and doing daily plein air paintings to keep brushwork and motivation up. In addition to forcing in some portrait practice because i feel i'm so bad at capturing likenesses. But over the last few days my motivations had been starting to falter, and i realize now it's partially because i hadnt done anything anywhere close to my comfort zone, or close to making the kind of paintings i actually want to make since maybe late may. I need to spend a week or so not worrying about improving and just enjoy painting and drawing. Thank you for reminding me of that.
Many thanks Chelsea ... I've been painting now for only 4 years, so no burnout yet; I've even managed to cope with the impact of this wretched pandemic. However, I am both challenged by and enjoying your fluency with "loose" painting. I'm a zoologist who took up filmmaking 45 years ago as a means of reaching a larger volume of interested people. Learning to draw in scientific detail was part of this entire process, so hanging loose with a brush is something new to me. However, your clarity of thought and your demonstrations are really helping me to minimise rigid outlines in my newfound adventure into art.Growing older with a paintbrush is definitely the way to go.
This really resonated with me. I'm moving to NYC soon and really want to get more involved in an art community and develop friendships with other artists so I can have a better support system when it comes to critiques. I love your videos Chelsea, it's so great to be able to watch another oil painter on CZcams. Welcome back!
Aw thank you Kelsey! That art community makes a huge difference and I hope you find it. :) I'm sure there will be lots of great artists you can grow close to there, and online groups are amazing too -- I have my students, but I also have a group of painters whose work is similar to mine and who are about the same age. Almost none of us are in the same location, but we get a ton out of hanging out together on Discord.
This is great advice,i have been painting for 30 years and still need to be reminded of these ways to stay sane.
great demo too.
Q bonito me gusta mucho ese pre cioso Caba llo
En vidrio Q en pinr
Ok, I subscribed on Paint Coach’s recommendation…but I must say, your horse is spot on! Perfect muscle building & highlights, his face reads of focus and concentration in a show ring! Just beautiful!!
Burnout is such a tough thing to work through, but I think you’ve got this! Sometimes, taking a step back or in a different direction can be the reset we need ❤️
Thank you so much Alyce! :D I love it when I can speak to other horse lovers with my work.
Thanks for this Chelsea. I fell into a big rut but I have loads of ideas now. I was glad when you mentioned the Artist's way as I started my morning pages on the 1st. of July
Your artwork is SO DREAMY!! So happy I discovered your work, so drooling over that crazy gorgeous texture
Dear chelsea after l. See you video l m going again to painting l was. painting 10 year ago and l quit but now after. see tha beautiful horse painting you inspired me thank you so much l dont have words to express my self but because you l going back to paint thank you so much
Awesome painting and commentary.
I love your painting and your videos. You are doing something unique, you should feel proud!!!❤❤❤
Super helpful! Thank you for sharing your insight. Definitely feeling heavy burn out and block lately. Anxiety can feel overwhelming. Going to try plein air. Great advice.
Sometimes when I'm in a rut I can do very low hanging fruits like you said, for example I can gesso some boards or I can tint some canvas boards to prep for that next painting. I also had a teacher who had us do 2, 5, 10, and 15 minute timed sketches and you could only sketch on that sheet of paper for that long and nothing longer. It's quick, it's a low stakes process, but it gets you to just put something down and the move on, which can be really great.
Great tip! I really like doing studio tasks to get started too, and didn't even think about that when I was putting this together. Thank you for sharing JD. :)
I do the same! Cut new panels/more linen for panels. Build a cpl picture frames, tone or lead prime canvases, etc...all things related to painting, just not painting. Then usually, by the time I'm done, I get an exciting idea 😀 I've been doing portrait after portrait here lately, cuz frankly I struggle with humans in paintings, and was starting to question my progress, then last night I came back to a still life, and was very impressed with how good it came out...and said, "well maybe I AM making progress after all" ohhh I can't wait until my next landscape(my strong suit) idk why my architecture/landscape types come so easy, but human faces REALLY slow me down. At least getting a true likeness.
"We need to make things that are fun to make, and fun to look at, that make us feel like our skills are enough, right now, as they are. So we aren't constantly definingo ourselves by all the goals we want to hit that we haven't yet achieved."
I really needed to hear this!!! I am a graduating senior art major this year, I'm 22, and even though I've been praised for my work, won an award at school, etc... I still end up crying because I compare myself to established professional artists and I don't feel good enough.
Funny enough, part of my problem is that I agonize so much over improving that I don't feel joyful in my practice, and then find it hard to work consistently. I end up doing my favorite work when I'm able to let go of the stress and have fun making something I find beautiful.
I like your style,it's so free and free flowing
Paint coach brought me here! Thank you Chris!
I really needed this video right now thank you
I find I paint my best when I've managed to imagine , clearly , the piece . And the one thing that aids me is to put a beautiful , 19th century , ornate frame up and stare at it. Even while watching tv , I'll glance at it and usually a painting will arrive. If it stirs me enough , I'll trust a beginning. Using the frame as I create , as an aid. A reminder.
Right on the money, depression is really a silent killer. Big thanks, also checked out War of Art by Steven Pressfield. God bless and stay safe.
Your timing is impeccable. Thank you for this.
Your painting horses really display enjoyment .
Very thoughtful and useful tips here, and ones that come from experience. Thanks!
Merci beaucoup ! Vous êtes une artiste complète et libre. Jaime beaucoup ce que vous faites même si je ne comprends pas tous vos commentaires. From Haute-Savoie, France.
Thank you, really timely!
Yes! Those graphs were an eye opener for me….regressing? Yes, I feel this, right now.
Magnificent Art 🎨
Beautiful!
This video was a weight off of my shoulders. Been feeling burnout myself. Thank you so much for sharing. Glad to hear your maintaining and doing better!!
You're so welcome! I'm so glad to hear it was helpful to you, and I'm most certainly glad to be back. :) I hope this helps you made some serious headway with your own burnout.
It might sound weird but whenever I'm stuck in painting I fall back to a color palette I call the "lava palette" which is made of dark blue, purple, red, orange, and yellow. I really like doin studies of lava and fire so it kinda acts as like a reset for me
I live in Hawaii, I'm gonna try that sounds fun!
Just excellent
Hi Chelsea, I just found this channel. I've been in a rut for a while now and this video really helped me break out of it. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for posting this! Seriously exactly what I needed to hear, I've been ridiculously stuck because of this.
Totally related to every word, I have experienced every single situation you have explained. I felt a sense of well-being knowing it’s not just me.
Thank you so much.
Lovely painting! I am returning to painting after 2 yrs away due to life and Covid limitations. I’m jumping back in with Alain Picard’s 30 in 30 challenge. Just having fun with no pressure to sell and new opportunities to experiment. I also tried gessoing a stunningly expensive sketchbook with heavy pages and doing oil studies at Mount Rainier National Park- very fun couldn’t worry about selling, easy to do in a car or anyplace (before Covid). An artist painting a marine plein air piece (can’t remember his name!) in a video said a great thing to put perfectionism into perspective- he said “ the great thing about plein air painting is it’s another day, another painting” 😀😄
I love your videos and your paintings!!!
Very well said...and your piece is lovely! Just enough realism, yet still painterly;). Thank you Chelsea
Hi Chelsea
I’m new, inspired by horses in many ways not just by painting and so was attracted to your work. Just wanted to share that getting back to art on my granddaughters level and painting with her and like her removes me from the pressure of a perfect piece. Kids just don’t worry about it. They’re in the moment for the moment, they go wild with colours and to top it all usually end up with awesome art!
So glad to see you in my YT feed again, Chelsea! Beautiful big brush work as I didn't see anything less than a #10 until the very end. :-)
Thank you so much!! It's so good to be back, and yes, this was a super fun painting. :) I can't wait for more!
Amazing 🤩
One of my favourite paintings from you! ❤️
I missed you and your videos...glad you are back❤️❤️❤️
Me too!! 🥰 Thank you!
Muy bonita pintura. Me encanta el estilo y la técnica. Felicidades!
thank you so much
You are amazing ❤️❤️❤️
I relate to what you said about making things that are fun to make and fun to look at and at our current level, I discovered that on my own, I was getting so sick of my ego and any expectations for myself and all the info out there was too much to take in. I knew a lot i just needed to practice without those expectations or desires interrupting my focus. discovered doing a piece that i enjoyed and was at my level cured that frustration. I like your work keep it up.
What I’ve learned from watching you and others is how you use the brush for brushstrokes. I have to try it.
To get inspire I read art books or sketching first the idea of what I want to paint.
Awesome
Very nice approach of painting technique.. I'll it some time. Love it!!
I did a 30 day painting challenge on 5x7 with acrylics. Really kick started me again from a long layoff from painting. Most paintings only took 20 to 30 minutes.
Being alone is a big one for me. I got Re motivated from one of your videos and started painting for about three days when i wanted to make it a daily habit but i told myself, eh, i dont feel like painting today. I want to do stuff with people.
I wish i can draw daily without worrying daily needs. I draw just to remind myself that i can still draw.
I have no muse. When I was in school I would draw all day long in every class math science etc. Then in art class I couldn't think of anything. Now I'm 49 and just look at a blank canvas for hrs.
And since I've got a cataract I've had to switch from ink and pencil o charcoal and chalk.
Nice video .👍👍👍👑
Больше СПАСИБО за видео .
Мне очень понравилось Ваше
МАСТЕРСТВО - Вы просто от природы МАСТЕР-КЛАСС.
Даже гляда на то , как Вы пишете КАРТИНУ , очень доступно и доходчиво понятен весь процесс Вашего мастерства в написании этой КАРТИНЫ .
У меня даже появилось большое желание повторить все Ваши движения кисти в написании этой КАРТИНЫ, то есть сделать копию этой Вашей КАРТИНЫ .
Желаю ВСЕХ Вам БЛАГ и ПРОЦВЕТАНИЕ Вашего ТВОРЧЕСТВА . 💟👍👍👍👑👑👑
Nice 👌
Burnout is real... I know how you feel. And you're not alone. I'm having a hard time getting back into the groove. Thank you for sharing this.
Haven't seen your videos, but the dressage horse in a Micklem caught my attention and really good work. It's easier for me to just go out to the barn, rather than paint. Part of that is hopefully I can paint when I can't ride anymore. The last few years I have mostly just done commissions, which I groan now when I get another. Galleries closed in 2008 on and I have some online sale sources, but am uninspired. Have enjoyed gouache as an alternative to oil. Thanks for the video.
Very interesting the way you are creating the horse, congrats 👍
You are very good a flexible hand painter
Nice video
Play your videos now....and not cancel...hhh. excellent work...
I love you💖💖
Awesome,nice friend😃❤️✌️😃...
Same here,struggling to get started again :(
I actually like the beginning unfinished product of her art as a finished product.
oh I get this! For me I have 3-4 projects on the go at once. 1 is my main study (at current Baurge plates), this is my main drive. 2-3 fun oil paintings. I'm working hard on getting my knowledge and skill up. The dry times help me switching this around. 4th is just a fun peace of no thought. This week it was practising my pencil sphere shading in my note book. I found that the smaller projects can be done on small watercolour pads that I just quickly size and gesso up. When I get board of one I just focus on another. I also have a series of miniature models that I have fun "3d" painting - working out creating light and studying colour schemes etc etc.
I have ADHD and autism so I'm mentally .... retarded ... so this helps me start keep moving forward and spending hours a day studying without feel like I'm getting bogged down ;-)
Nice videos btw
Your little girl in the chair is lovely
I like your art box where did you get it from Jimmy Lamar
Muy buena artista. Muy valiente dibujando lástima no no hablo su idioma
Muy agradable buen carácter enseñando ameniza la enseñanza yo aficionado al óleo
Lovely Job. What do you use to film your video's. Thanks
Hi, did you use black color in this painting ? Thanks
is there a link to the graph at 4:45? Two of the links in the description are to the same image
nvm here it is www.deviantart.com/shattered-earth/art/Art-Cycle-329593292
I really love that you don't merge paints unlike me, I really hate myself for merging paints together or you can say I can't make that many skintones, pls give me some advice about it cause I am 13 year old and these things really Frustrate me
I totally hear this. First of all, you definitely don't want to beat yourself up for it. It's simply a function of how you're working right now, and it improves with time and practice. I find that I'm least likely to blend paint when I'm just really confident that what I'm putting down on the canvas is correct. So lay down a stroke, then move onto the next area. Then, once the entire canvas is covered I look for where a stroke needs to go next, so I am not thinking of it as blending, simply adding information. :) I know that's a very oversimplified explanation, but when in doubt try to just put 1 stroke down and move on, and go easy on yourself.
Thanks for the knowledge mam
What I would give to able to paint like you.
Girl, you can paint.
Bob Ross didn't like to paint
People,he stuck to the
Stuff that he had,
inside him,
That's all he ever did,
He became
More relaxed
And confident
But where is the reference photo?
Are you using a reference photo? If so could you please post it in the comments. Thank you
Do you love your edge pro easel?
I do! I use it for all of my small paintings in the studio, and used it a good amount plein air too. I love the magnetic strips for keeping smaller panels mounted up there magnetically (though anything bigger than a 11x14" and I just lock it using the usual clamps). For traveling now though I use the Strada mini, because I can just keep it in my car and leave the Edge in my studio, and the Strada just a bit smaller and easier. But that's the advantage of doing it for a living - I can justify the 4 different easels I have. 😂 I certainly don't need them all though, and for most paintings the Edge is my go to.
Which size do you use? Am considering purchasing when the resume shipping to Canada.
I have the paintbook, so the larger size. :)
Ey look who found their yt password XD
Lmao, rite?
Oops I am a sculptor, wrong video!
That is the problem with realism huh. Painting 75,000 perfect horses does get old. Kinda defeats the point of taking up painting in the first place
I’m just curious ….what happened to the hair of the horse, it became a lump of muscle as well…or it’s not yet finish
Experiment Experiment Experiment... and repeat.