I feel like watching the tutorial beforehand helps a LOT avoid that feeling of having to pause every 2 seconds and helps avoid small mistakes

I don't like following tutorials step by step, but I do like watching them and picking up techniques. Also your little doggy intro is adorable!

Tutorials always look easier then they are to follow. I too am not able to make tree branches and leaves look natural and normal. A simple tree is like trying to understand rocket science. It is so great to see great artists struggle and feel all the stresses, in our minds you all never have. You painting came out great.

Your reactions while painting had us laughing! We know for certain that art tutorials have proven value, so we're not surprised that you reached the same conclusion. We see tons of artists who have self-trained using content like the one you used, and from videos like yours, too! That's why we show up here all the time- the content and the community are terrific!

I always laugh at painting tutorials sometimes because its like "Step 1: make a sketch. Step 2: paint. Step 3:Done" 😂! I love this video

i love how real you are,,, trying to learn 'correctly' is such a big thing in my brain and if it's not exactly what i want i panic and trash it

this is one of my favourites videos ever! like it's so funny and nice to watch and it made me laugh and relate so many times! I follow your channel for a while now and it was amazing to see you doing something like that. loved it, I am loving these new videos and can't wait for more 💖 thank you girl

I actually started taking notes on my first watch through of a tutorial before I even attempt at recreating them and It feels like I'm learning a lot more from them.

Oh my gosh you had me rolling on the floor. I could see and hear myself in this video. This made my day. 🥰

I love tutorials because they are a resource that I use when I’m trying to learn how to paint a new subject. For example, if I’m trying to learn a particular flower I start off by following several tutorials on KZfaq about how to paint or draw that flower then I move into my sketchbook where I will often combine the techniques I learned to create my own way of creating that flower using reference images. I’ve found that doing those things really helps me understand the subject better😁

I love this and I love that you changed your mind! This painting is so pretty and I feel like you were very successful, so maybe I’ll have to try an art tutorial soon!

This was SO fun to watch, and I mean this in the absolute nicest way possible, it was really nice to see you in full panic and not confident in what you are painting mode... it just felt so comforting to know I'm not the only one second guessing every brushtroke, haha! Also I think yours turned out amazing considering it was such a short tutorial, and I love love love your final takeaways too!

This was thoroughly enjoyable. You are a delight. I have to admit I was kinda getting palm tree vibes from your trees in the back. As a fellow Floridian I feel like being inundated with palm trees everywhere has you seeing them in all trees sometimes. Your end result was excellent! Thanks for a great video.

I learn a surprising amount by watching speed paints. IDK why, but it works

Yessssss cant wait to see you implementing the techniques you learned in your new creations!!

Omg watching you do this was so fun and you are adorable. I love Ruth too and do her longer tutorials on her website. I learned so much and your painting looked awesome.

Tutorials are great to learn new techniques, I highly recommend watching the tutorial through once or even twice before doing anything, then following along with your medium of choice - you'll notice you remember the steps already and pick up little things you didn't initially see but it makes for a much smoother tutorial learning process.

Great video! Gave insight into the benefits of tutorials and how you can not only learn new techniques but also incorporate them into your artwork! This would would be an awesome series on your channel!

This was exactly what I needed today!! It’s so relatable hahah

loved this video! inspired me to try following a tutorial too

Love that for you!! How great is the tape part… so good

Omg! You should do more tutorials! As an artist watching this this video you did is one of my favourites! It was funny, relatable and somehow relaxing. Love this! love your work keep going! ❤

what you said about drawing facial anatomy vs nature, i felt that!!! i find trees so hard to draw in a way that looks good, because like, they can look like pretty much anything, but somehow theres still so many ways they can look *wrong*

Can't wait for the next video!

never forget, we watch tutorials so we're not sitting here,in a void, reinventing the wheel. if someome figured it out already, why not take what they have and run from there?

Top tier video, I really like the vibe or style of this video. Can’t really pinpoint what’s different but it feels extra funny and professional.

It was fun to watch you struggle (mwahaha!). No, but really, this was so interesting to see what you got out of following the tutorial. I want to try the same scene now! I am new-ish to art and can do virtually nothing from my head, and I love following along with tutorials or even just watching them to hear the artist's explanation.

following tutorials is like a combination of calm and fun times with moments of complete chaos 😂 quite funny to watch as a viewer though haha

I LOVE THIS VIDEO OMG, i might follow this tutorial too just to see how i do 👀

I've done this tutorial before. You did wonderful 👏

I don't comment a lot but this video is really great ! I love how you paint, and it helped me realize that it's normal and even great if our art doesn't look exactly as the tutorial :) I thought it was only me ahah. I would love to see you trying more !

Ruth is an amazing teacher though lol, I took one of classes in Domestika and I loved the results! but your reactions are so funny

You did a great job, yours looks like a scene from Bambi. Also, you freaking out a bit was very entertaining. Would love to watch another one!

loved this video, your reactions while watching the tutorial where so funny :)

Just by the thumbnail I was thinking it was the artist you mentioned! I absolutely love her artwork too and want to be able to paint with gouache that way!!

Ah! I feel your pain. I've tried to do something similar with other KZfaqrs I found that posted tutorials of gouache landscapes. It's not at all as easy as they make it look! But I love Ruth's work as well. I didn't know she had a KZfaq channel, but I do know that she has a Domestika course! I bought it, but I have yet to try out any of the lessons. Maybe take a look and see if she goes more in-depth? I would have to think she does. She may even break down a scene, showing how to paint a tree or a bush first before incorporating them into a full landscape. Either way, I think you did a fantastic job! :)

so fun!!!

Oh I tried the same tutorial some time back the there was so much detailed I left it midway

I completely missed this video!

😂 omg it’s so funny that you post this. This is my gut wrenching challenge. It’s so awkward right lol that’s why I haven’t had one up yet. Lol but you do great ❤ I love that you’re authentic with the post to I like how you show what it’s really like lol I always get colormixing questions . I really don’t know how to handle questions about mixing color, it’s hard to contemplate colormixing videos. I’m just like mix it see what it no your color well lol. But theory is very cool 😎

I feel like a better name for a tutorial is just a guided study?? Like the value in them comes less from replicating the piece and more from learning the artist’s techniques to then use in your own art y’know??

LoVe this so real so natural

Oh, also, I just noticed the links to help Colorado Springs. I live in Colorado, and am queer myself. It hit very close to home. I appreciate you including links to help about this, and all of the other causes you’ve shared.

I very like this painting its very beatiful.

you should make more videos like this they are very enjoyable lol

aaaa this was fun to watch, and Ruth's work is gorgeous! just subbed her channel, thanks for sharing with us :D

I think it's interesting that you have trouble with organic material compared to anatomy. 3D pieces and figures are an issue for me because I have trouble visualizing how it's supposed to be laid down on the page. To me nature and organic materials are much more forgiving and can have some room for suggestions. The way you did the forrest texture is exactly how I would've done it! I love to combine references or looking at other brush patterns. I love this painting!

ok yall are going to hate me but what font is she using in the first second i know its very basic but i cant remember the name

This was hilarious!

Doesn’t Ruth have videos on Skillshare? Or does she also crochet?

i can recommend ahmed aldoori's videos if anyone needs to get some things simplified or learn a new way to approach different things , a minute of his video is worth a lot.

art tutorials are hit and miss with me, my main issue with them is they can be so long. i dont need every little thing explained, I know some people do and love that, but just get to creating the main project already😛

She's using Payne's Gray and you're using black, that might explain why you have duller colors.

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maybe another workflow might be more helpful to you. like for example watching the video before painting and taking notes about the things she does. not how it looks exactly but the steps she takes to get to the finished pieces. then you can start painting without feeling so lost because you know where you're going with your painting and what the next step after the one you're currently doing it's not so stressful. You can still stop and rewind the video, but you at least donT' have to do it blindly trusting the video. I think it might also help with keeping your head more engaged and encourage creative decisions while still following the tutorials quint essence. I also like first following a tutorial as-is and then pick my own stuff and my own reference and try to apply the technique to one of my own ideas.

I only find tutorials useful if I can see the reference photo to compare and figure out how the process of creating the painting works. Then you can do it your way and compare how the artist does it. If they are just tutorials like "follow along and copy what I do without knowing why I'm doing it" they are useless to me.

Could it be you aren't cut out for tutorials?

It’s a 6 minute tutorial. Why didn’t you just watch it through once to see what was coming so you were more prepared the second time? Then you wouldn’t have been panicking all the way through.

Halfway through I realized I actually tried this very same tutorial :D