Don’t FIND your art style, SHAPE it in 4 steps!
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- čas přidán 22. 11. 2022
- Do you want to find your art style? I have bad news for you: you can't find it! The good news is it's already inside you! Here are 4 steps to shape your art style. And this is available for any medium you use: gouache, acrylic, oil painting, watercolor, oil pastels, colored pencils...
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Finally someone saying what I’ve been saying! I always believed that you can’t “find your artstyle” because it’s already in you and it’s like a relationship between you and your art journey. “Finding your style” implies that it is something to find, as in relying in something that was already made rather than relying on yourself to make something. “Finding your style” is a glorified myth.
A 'glorified myth' I love that!
Yesssssss!!!! You can’t find your voice! You’ve been using it all along!!
Style is the end result of a series of compromises between the artist and their vision, persistence, skill, the medium they create with, and their curiosity.
Yes, I agree. There is a difference between what you admire and what you want to make. I am on a journey right now because I accidentally discovered something I like making, so I am continuing to make it and I am also trying different mediums. I think you need to follow the joy. If you continue to feel intrigued and you want to keep going, even if it’s challenging, that is a good sign.
I like the idea of following the joy! well said!
I'm in a number of art groups online, and I constantly see people asking, "How do I find my style?" Or, "I'm a very detailed painter, how do I learn to paint loosely?" So many people chasing after something because they think their innate style is not enough. Rather than just developing the style they naturally paint in, and becoming skilled in that, they fuss and fret that their work isn't as good as someone else's in another style.
So true!
for me its like, my inner art style isnt what i am wanting to do or go for, im more semi realistic with my art but i want to have extremely simplified works as i want to design characters simple to what you see in cartoons or in sanrio for example, so getting there is going to be really difficult lol XD
I am 4 months into my art journey ... 68, semi-retired from software development and I was teased about my "art" when young ... assumed that I was not creative. I have been a hobby photographer for years which I love and continue with, but recently decided I wanted to paint watercolor and then realized I needed to draw so... At the moment, I draw or paint whatever appeals. I am keeping an illustrated journal as well as sketch and paint "books". And I save photos that I think I would like to paint ... mine as well as others'. I'd like to go through things and apply tips 1-3 to start. I will say that I learn techniques painting or drawing subjects that might not be my favorite, but the techniques are helpful for what I *think* are my favorites. Thank you ... I will watch again!
Happy to help! And have fun in your art journey!
Agree with all 4, but then need a fifth one: at a certain point stop experimenting and become obsessive with your best technical and espressive achievements. Thanks for your contents!
Thanks for watching!
I just found your channel & I am so thankful. You are amazing! I am 31 years old and just starting to experiment with painting. I got myself watercolours and gouache paint to play with. This video was so timely! I watched 3 other videos of yours and you are a treasure! Thank you for your wisdom and knowledge.
You're welcome! thanks for watching!
I love that you use the word play
Yep. You and I have the same views on photorealism. I remember when I was in art school (Arts High) backinnaday, and there was this artist from the Arts & Industrial Design school above us who would spend *months* etching with wire on a gesso board, depicting a single piece of fruit. It was absolutely beautiful... _as a photograph._ But as a piece of art? I didn't think so. But I was a kid, so I felt that there was something I was missing. Yet, decades later, my opinion on photorealism hasn't changed. It's wonderful to look at, but it seems much more ego-driven that driven by the desire to move the viewer.
I don't know if it's ego-driven but it's surely time consuming!
Everything is art. Photorealism is not my thing, but it's art. It depends on an artist and style. But most work require time and most artwork is pretentious. It's just what fine art is. It's about trying to be refined, exclusive, original. A photorealistic drawing can ce original too. Surely the artists must work through his own filter.
This was extremely interesting. I was self taught and had developed my own style and it was more illustrative. People would request me to draw caricatures or something similar. I even won the opportunity to design and carry out a mural for a teacher’s classroom. I loved creating art and had a passion for becoming an illustrator. I wanted to learn more so in high school, I took two years of art classes and a semester in college. That time completely killed my style, my passion for art and creativity because the teachers I had, only cared about art being as realistic as possible and some of the pieces I was most proud were ruined or thrown away while in my teacher’s care. It’s been about 10 years since then, and I’m getting back into art and trying to reclaim my style but I still seem to have those teachers in my head telling me that illustration is not a true art form and that there’s no point in doing if it doesn’t look real.. and so instead of seeing blank pages or canvas as opportunity for creativity, I have a slight panic if I don’t have a specific idea in mind or if I don’t think I can make it look perfectly real. Do you have any suggestions for reclaiming your art style or passion for art after losing it for a time?
That's difficult to say. If 10 years later you still think about what they said (and I had the same kind of teacher in art school too!), my best advice would be to change the medium. If you were using oil, then use gouache, or alcohol markers... something that will not remind you of your teachers.
@@CecileYadro Oh that makes sense. I recently started trying watercolor pencils because they are totally new to me. I have always been terrible with watercolor but I love the look of them. I just thought they weren’t as intimidating because it felt just like coloring… but making the connection, they don’t make me think about my teachers criticism at all.
Thanks Cecile this is what I’m struggling with right now! Your tips are great and I’ll definitely be joining the community in the new year once I recover from surgery ❤️
Take care!
I don't understand why some artists worry about style. It's like they want to put some kind of identifier in their pencil marks or brushstrokes. Just draw and paint and, however it turns out, that's your style.
Love that!
for me my style is my identity
Yes I agree with your 4 tips! Practice your drawing, your painting and never stop learning ♥️
Never stop learning is my favorite!
Learning technical skills like composition, colour theory, are necessary I agree. Great tips. There will be repetition of something you love in art, the pintrist tip is a great one. Thankyou
Glad it was helpful!
your tips for finding art style were really good and seems accurate. Brilliant!
Thank you!
Admire vs love was brilliant. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have been wondering how an artist 👩🏻🎨 finds their style. This was a huge help with the four tips especially the first three that I never thought about being part of my style. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us.
Thanks Colleen! But once you made the first three, don't forget to make the last tip as well or it won't work!
i love what you said about "liking" vs "loving" something.
Thanks!
I really appreciate this video. I am trying to learn my style later in life and I love the suggestions and ideas you present. I really appreciate 'practice makes progress!'
You are so welcome!
This was helpful..the struggle is real but your advice has inspired me to dig deeper
Keep practicing, it will come together!
Fantastic advice, thanks for sharing your wisdom & thoughts! 😊❤
Thank you!
I did enjoy your video, it gave me a path to follow to TRY to find my style. Up to now, I have had no idea of what style I or medium, as well as subject. As an older person who likes to dabble in art in various forms I think your formula! My work for me - time will tell.
You can do it!
Thank you Cecile!🌹
My pleasure!
Your tips are right on! Thanks for simplifying this concept. Seems to me the greatest key to finding one's style over time are those 3 words: practice, practice, practice.
Totally agree! But you should assess what you do as well!
Again right on! Rote repetition is not practice, it's just habit. So glad I found your channel!
I appreciate you. I’m in my 40s & just started an in person art class (acrylic) once week. Life changing
Wonderful!
Thank you Cecile. Even this 15 minute video already gives me an "upper". I'll check your online school. Where are your live classes?
Live classes are inside my Membership: school.cecileyadro.com/courses/art-with-cecile
Excellent advice!! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
This is very interesting advice. I have been trying to determine what defines my style.. what are things I do naturally.. this was a very methodical way to do that. I like it! Thank you so much for the perspective!
I am looking forward to your November Portrait Party to explore this more 🎉❤
Glad it was helpful! And yes Portrait Party is a great way to shape your art style!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us
My pleasure
Love this! I totally agree about photorealism, might as well take a photo! It must be very meditative to do and it is amazing skill. Imagine how great it would have been before photographs!
Totally!
Forget searching for Style, this is GREAT because it pulls us into THINKING about art. Brilliant! Thank you.
Glad you like it!
I really love that you want to share your knowledge with me well all of us. I feel honored because it is such a personal thing to do. I seem to be into learning skills of how to paint. I draw pretty good but my painting is oh lala. Need work. Practice. I also have nerve damage to my hand I paint with but I am stubborn I need my art so I take breaks. I do watch how people do it but doing the strokes and holding the brush is still something I work on. I do get frustrated. I would like to sell my wolf pup and at the beach. I will be joining your group on payday and so looking forward to it. There are so many things I want to learn and ask. Hopefully you wont get tired of me. Lol
Merci. Bisous
bisous!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you!
Dear Cecil, thank you for this video. Your first point: find what you love… oh my… I love sooo much! Love urban sketching with ink and watercolor but digital gouache character design too. I‘m in love with digital watercolor children’s book illustrations and background paintings for game design. I‘m 47 and want to be a full time artist but struggle so much what to choose. All of this is a separate genre and sooo different and I think I haven’t enough life time to improve in each of this. I love all of this so much and for each one I can say why I love this… I wish it would work for me, but it overwhelming me🤪. I took so many classes and courses the last two years, I was on Domestika, Skillshare and 21Draw and to practice helps me a lot to improve, but no one really really deep because I try to lern all of this different skills. I’m not bad because I practice a lot, but nothing feels like my style. Hope you know what I mean 😅 The only thing I know is, I don’t want to paint realistic portraits but I love the cartoony style🙈😅😂 lovely greetings, Nelly❤🌺
In my opinion it’s a good think to love different styles and mediums. This is what I do too. What you learn in one is transferable to another one. And you don’t need to narrow to one!
Hey I‘m a bit late but I totally feel you! I like Oil landscapes, urban sketching, graphite portraits, colored pencils, and so on…. For YEARS I was and still am so frustrated because I thought that I HAVE to make a carreer out of my passion. I just didn‘t/don‘t know what else to do with my life😂 Anyways, what I’m trying to convey here is that you‘re not alone with that struggle. A good advice I once read in a book was: Follow the joy. I think this helps a lot.
Interesting question. I also think the style is in us. It's what we are drawn too. We can take inspiration and try to copy it or the style. It's great to be skilled like that. But the true style is how we need to hold the brush, what we tend to focus on, what colors are we drawn to, how much paint and contrast we want to use. What subject matter are we drawn to. So this is not about copying someone else. It's more about the inner need and what we find appealing.
Well said!
Arts schools can be useful, I'd warm anyone considering art school to really check out their perspective on art.
Some schools are very rigid.
When I was 13, I was at an art school and it wasn't very good. After a number of weeks they had us donour first painted still life. The teacher said "paint what you see", so I did and was told that was wrong. I used different colours because that's what I saw. I never went back.
I've heard many similar stories or ones where the school is so set on their ideas of what art is anything outside that is discounted.
Even heard yesterday about someones art school experience saying they didn't teach business for artists as they literally told the students it's pointless as you'll never sell your art. Wth? That's appalling.
Oooh... what a shame to disgust students like this!
Just arrived on your channel, looking forward to learning more. Thank you
Welcome!
I did artwork since i was child, and i love seeing the work of the great artist of the past, and would like to paint like they have done too, but it can only be done that way if you put the time and effort in it, i feel myself that this come from within you, the love and compassion and telling a story with a blank sheet of paper or canvas, pencil or brush, what i myself got from my artwork back in the day, was the feeling of emotional journey through life, or a diary on canvas so to speak, i loved doing portraits work and landscapes, i missed my chance of going to the School of Art in Glasgow, but later i had a chance to show others on how they could paint and draw from all mediums, after many years away from the art, i missed that feeling of of the brush and pencil in my hand, i had lost my expressional passion in that field for a long time, but what i will say you can not lose it, for the moment the brush or pencil is placed in your hand, it all floods back and has never gone away, i would say this, if in life you feel lost in your journey in life, write, draw, paint, just turn that handle and open the door to what you can do and put a smile back where it belongs in your heart, never give up and never give in.
Well said!
@@CecileYadro Thank you.
Very good tipps! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Very good and helpfully can't wait to start
Have fun!
Honestly, I don't really think you need to know how to draw--"draw"-because what is drawing? I have seen amazing line drawings, paintings without distinguishable forms. I would say don't let "drawing" hold you back. Because I think lot of people think if they can't copy something exactly or make it symmetrical, etc., they can't be an artist, they're no good But art is so much more than that. At any rate, I do agree that you should look at as much art as you can and see if you can identify the things you like about what attracts you to each piece. THERE is where I think you will find your own art, your style. But I wouldn't worry about being good at "drawing" so much. Art is subjective, meaning, we like what we like and we don't like what we don't like, so, yes, find what YOU like and go for it! ❤
Well said!
The tips are extremely helpful to me.
Glad you think so!
Yes! What great tips!
Glad it was helpful!
Great advice thank you ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips! ❤.
Thank you!
Thank you 🙏💕
Thanks for watching!
thank you for this advice
You're so welcome!
Agree!!
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I would add that it is also about the marks you make, your preferences; what you choose to include or omit; asthetic sense if you will, all these things make your style; your style is who you are.🙂
Totally!
I agree thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thank you - I can really see than I am growing my own style!
you’re welcome!
Thank you! I really appreciate you sharing your gifts! I aim to be doing the same
You can do it!
I am excited to join your membership. I will be gone most of June but will join in July.
In July we'll learn urban sketching!
Je suis absolument d'accord avec vos conseils ! Ca confirme ce que je fais instinctivement depuis quelques temps et pour moi, c'est la meilleure façon de travailler mon style. Merci aussi de dire qu'on ne trouve pas son style mais qu'il est déjà là. Parce que c'est quelque chose qui m'a bloquée pendant longtemps. Si je ne trouve pas mon style, ça voudrait dire que je n'en ai pas ? C'est ce que je pensais souvent donc j'imagine que beaucoup doivent aussi se sentir mal à cette idée.
C'est chouette si ça décoince quelque chose chez vous !
Thank you
You're welcome
Yes!
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I was told, that it takes 10.000 hours to build the art muscles and your own style
I've heard that too, but anything you want to learn!
Love it
Thank you from Germany 🇩🇪
Thank you!
I enjoy you and your guidance so much Cecile! I love the idea of the membership. I’m based in the US. What time do you usually do your live sessions?
5 PM BST which is 11 AM in New York.
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I like you (your straightforward and intelligent approach). I will give your membership a look and consider joining. But one question, if you can answer it: What if you like many things(art) and to paint in two mediums--which are very different in style and approach (acrylic and watercolor). Can you develop a completely different style for each medium?
Even if you wanted to have the same style in different mediums, you'd have to adapt to each medium. Especially an opaque and a transparent one. The very nature of each will induce a different style due to the technique. And it's OK to have different styles!
Ohhh what a supercute art channel!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for saying this! I’ve been thinking lately that my style is within me and not external. Love this video so much. I needed the confirmation. ❤
You are so welcome!
The title was enough for me to hit the like button
Thanks!
I really like your artwork👍 I'll be getting back into drawing (if all goes well with my current dev project), so your channel will become a staple for me. SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks a lot!
I just have this problem, that I don’t know if anyone else has it (I’m sure there’s someone out there with the same problem as i haha) that is that different media, evokes different art styles for me. Just as an example, my favorite media is ink with a rottring pen (so same line thickness) and mixed media of watercolor, pastels and colored pencils. When I draw with ink I tend to go for more cartoony type of drawing, but when I use mixed media I tend to go for semi-realistic stylized art. I want to match my inking style with my mixed media style but I feel like the lack of depth I like with ink, I don’t really like with mixed media. I try to view ink as a simplified more stylized version of my mixed media style, but I still want them to be coherent, I still haven’t found the way to achieve that, precisely because I can’t pick a favorite between these two styles of mine, it’s a pain to deal with >
And you don’t have to pick one style. You can have different styles with different mediums. That’s fine!
Bonjour.Tres interessant votre video.😊.
Merci beaucoup !
Bonjour Cécile, Je suis heureuse de faire voter connaissance en You Tube! J’essais être peintre en huiles et Je cherches toujours de bon instruction. J’espère vous suivre en You Tube! Joyeux Noël des États-Unis!
Merci ! Joyeux Noël aussi
What if you don’t like your style? I hate when people say they can tell it’s one of my drawings because they know my style. I would like to be able to draw in the style of others. To be honest I’m a bit bored by my art style and fed up of it looking the same or similar.
ah! that’s close to an art rut I’d say! try new mediums maybe? take a course?
Ja Du hast recht , ohne das man Grundkenntnisse hat und viel übt , geht gar nichts , doch wenn ich es wirklich lernen will , dann stellt sich auch irgendwann der Erfolg ein und ich kann richtig Spaß haben . Doch wie heißt es : Ohne Fleiß kein Preiß :) Liebe Grüße !
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob Schmerz notwendig ist, um zu lernen, ich bin eher dafür, Spaß zu haben. Es ist einfacher und mit positiven Emotionen gelangt Wissen besser ins Gehirn.
Amen sister it’s in your already you got to start drawing or painting 👍
That's right
If I want to join your class in person, what should I do ?..I'm from India and I really want to join art school any how..I'm 31 years old girl
You can visit this page: school.cecileyadro.com/courses/art-with-cecile
and you'll have all information to join!
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Thanks!
🤣🤣🤣 ya, practice does not make perfect (no perfection in arts), practice makes improvement ! i like it! yes, i am inspired to pick up my pen to draw, let me fingers express the beautiful things inside my imagination ...
Yeah! Happy dance! 🕺
Hey I am a self taught artist, I didn’t practiced much but I can draw landscapes just by nature… can you review my art? Where to send it?? Also I am very drawn in to religious paintings, I like to paint story telling pieces( mostly from religious books and surrealistic one’s ), which got darkness in colors. I also got many paintings in my imagination and I want to brought them to the canvas, I can paint the landscapes in my mind but I must learn figure drawing because that’s also the thing in my imagination.
You have to be a member of my Gouache Membership to send me your art, you can see this video: czcams.com/video/o0cDgFTRXBw/video.html
Even if you work in traditional art forms, AI can provide a shortcut to finding your style
AI can blend any elements together into a cohesive whole
So if you love elves, soviet propaganda posters and Caravaggio, but can't imagine how you could combine those elements, AI will do it for you
You can then take the results as inspiration for where to go with that synthesis
Yes, I did a video about that a while ago.
I was going to say the same thing. You don't find your art style. It finds you.
Exactly!
I'm still in 7:54 I hope I get my answer, I paint floral, but if someone asks me what is your style, I can't tell them. My painting it's not abstract, impression Expressionism, or realistic, that's my problem how to call my painting style.
labels don’t really matter! you do you, and have fun, that’s the most important.
THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟 DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME
Right?!
Mais et si on veut changer notre styler après avoir dessiner de la même manière? J’essaye de me détacher du cartoon et vu que j’utilisais des feutres à alcool je me suis mise à l’aquarelle pour avoir une différence mais mes mains sont habitués au cartoon mais je veux plus de ce style c’est compliqué 😔🥲
J'avoue, quand on est habitués à un style c'est difficile d'en sortir. Changer de medium est une bonne solution pourtant.
@@CecileYadro d’accord mercii beaucoup je vais continuer sur l’aquarelle alors :))
I've try many time to replicate other artist I admire but somehow I feel that artist style don't fit me
Well, it's a way to define your style with what you don't like!
You speak English well. I'm taking French on line. Vous parlez Francaise tres bien. Je voudrais parler tres bien aussi dans une annee , petratra? Tu comprendez?
Merci ! Oui, je comprends. Bonne chance avec le français, c'est une langue difficile.
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I will! Thanks for them!
When I was young I was taught the word admire was reserved for God, so it sours me when it is used for a technique. I would have responded better to using the word appreciate.
Thank you for sharing your viewpoint!