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When you try to do abstract art, it's not that it is bad, you just don't have much variety. You always tend to go the same direction, try going all sorts of directions and bring in even more textures and movement by using different types of brushes and spatulas. Even scraping away some of the paint that you already put down can leave an interesting effect, especially if you're using a thicker medium. You know how to use negative and positive space, that is something that also can really work well in your favor. These are tips that my college professor gave me when I was dealing with the same kind of problem. My favorite is abstract expressionism, if you look at it, there is so much depth to all the movement within the painting. If you see this then I hope it helps.

I had a class where we talked Michelangelo and how he had to paint the Sistine chapel ceiling on his back. For my assignment in that class we taped a paper to the bottom of our desks and had to draw. It was really hard and it would be a fun video idea to see you do something like that. Like try painting upside down to get the real Michelangelo experience.

I've seen people put super thick paint in piping bags and use frosting tips to create an array of flowers, let them dry (for like, a week) and then put it all together to create a 3D Bouquet or other paintings. Would LOVE to see you try that!

"Maybe I need to go bigger?" This is the question that has haunted this channel since the day it was born... and it's the reason we have the beautifully spectacular mess of a channel we have today. Never change, Jazza. Never change.

I love that he says, "Idk what I'm doing" but made an amazing warrior in fire... Love it Jazza... LOVE IT!!!

Did you know Bob Ross was a drill sergeant while in the service? That's why he used his quiet voice. Once he got out of the service, he swore never to yell again.

I think the middle one worked because you weren't trying to draw a picture as such, both the first and last one had an object that could have been easily replaced with normal paint and look just as good (if not better). Would be great to see you go really abstract and embrace some elements of your mop and drip paintings!

Abstract art is all about one big thing: Capturing an emotion or feeling. Doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you look at the piece and feel a complete or specific feeling, then you nailed it!

I'm not an artist and also have no idea what you're doing. But I really liked the modelling paste version, looks like icing. My limited "art experience" is simple doodles with lines, knitting, or cake decorating (which I've had the most fun with but don't have an oven in my current home).

Garreth is like that one side character in a TV show that everyone loves but doesn't get much screen time

Jazza + Bob Ross voice + painting knife = ultimate satisfaction

The red-to-yellow canvas makes me think of dragon scales, which is what makes it my favorite. That, and the colors being great. Honestly surprised you didn't draw a dragon, as cool as the medium was.

The orange ombre is my fave because it reminds me of that cool lazy hack animation style to fill in background charaters like a baseball statium.. I love that because of how simple it is it leaves so much to the imagination, I imagine all the faces, expressions what they are eating, if they have hair, no hair or hats...i could go on and on I just *LOVE* it

What I really like about your approach is that you use a Play-Experiment-Create approach when you are trying new things. A lot of people confuse the play and experiment bits of the process and they are actually very different.

You can also paint on the impasto in its original form and paint over it with your paints after! havn't finished the vid yet so maybe you did but if not, that's my preferred way of using it :)

It's mind blowing to me how you can mix so much white into a little bit of paint and it still keeps its color. How

One helpful way to practice impasto is to do some warm ups before you create (take the tool you are using and swatch some textures and and stokes before you do the final piece) I find that, like with drawing, if you warm up your hand and wrist beforehand it makes it easier to do impasto. Tip #2 if you are working with chunkier or more detailed pieces let it dry a bit then add make more strokes the paint paste will hold its shape better. Tip #3 if you have the problem with the cheap paints (lightening of the pigment) I know some artists that paint on top of the paste after its dry then you get a richer colour on a budget.. Try them out and hopefully they will be helpful to those who want to try

I love the portrait! That looks amazing, frankly!

I loved each one for different reasons, The persona of what you described as a soldier was very edgy, serious, moody, and delivers a clear emotion along with a satisfying texture and color palette. As a fan of art and a creator of art who doesnt love a good gradient? the Texture and matte finish it had with those THICC gloops looked great. Lastly the Abstract bird, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and my favorite way to observe art is to see it next to the artists other paintings, it gives perspective into the person who created the pieces and allows for better appreciation of all the pieces. Loved it. Thanks for always giving your all Jazza & thank you to all the team members that make the videos happen :)

You can use impasto in oil paint with icing bags and cake piping tips to get some cool effects

Its super funny how I always get an art add anytime I watch one of Jazza's vids. And I never see it anywhere else

I like the orange painting best with light on top. It looks like kinda like feathers. A big impasto rising Phoenix would be awesome!💛🧡❤

I love the orange-yellow one The texture, the simplicity, the wabi-sabi…

I would love to see you experiment with art in the style of Eric Carle! Painting textures on tissue paper and cutting those into shapes to make the final artwork.

The Gareth and Jazza banter makes me laugh. Becoming one of the best comedy duos lol.

This is great! As epic and awesome as the recent videos have been, I've missed just seeing Jazza talking to the camera and being there with him as he "mucks around" with stuff and tries new things - being there with him at the table for the process. Love it! Thanks, Jazza! Also- I love the warrior in the fire. It prompts me to want to write about him. What's his story? What has brought him to this moment? Is this a moment of defeat or just after a hard-won and costly victory? So good!

the portrait you made looks awesome!! I'm more into surrealism rather than abstract myself, but I have a friend who creates really magnificent abstract art. And I think she would agree that you nailed that warrior portrait!

I'd be interested in the drying time of all of these and also how they hold up over time!

Hahahaha. When loud people try making ASMR for the first time. XD You're wonderful, Jazza. Don't ever change.

Hey Jazza! There is another really cool way to paint. Try these things called paint pours. Mix acrylic paint with glue( eyeball it) and add a little water and a few drops of silicon. Then pour onto the canvas and let it dry for a long time. Pouring with the canvas flat is the best way. It comes out really cool!

Love the video! You should try an extremely thick acrylic paint. Gaffery art materials have a higher line of thick paints that you sculpt with rather than use a brush.

Hey jazza been following you for quite awhile and just wanted to say thank you keeping me on track in my art journey.

Haha, this was great. I appreciate that you share something despite not knowing what you're really doing, but trying to have fun with it and learn something new at the same time. I learned something new, that I can make my own impasto paints with simple ingredients. Thanks Jazza!

I love abstract! My favorite. Thank you for sharing this. It’s exciting to find new mediums

new idea: try scultured florals with icing bags (like for confectioner purposes) The artist abstracts by adrienne does beautiful floral bouquet with really heavy heavy acrylics.

I would love to see him try to make the same art (something simple and repeatable) with all the different mediums to really compare them! Great video!! Yes, it was super satisfying :D

this is the jazza i love! humble with sense of humor and sharing good and bad experiences!! good job man i loved and enjoyed this video more than those u do voice overs

Hey jazza! I just wanna say thank you for all of the inspiration to use different art styles! U really have inspired me to mess around in different media and I wouldn’t be the artist I am today ❤

This looks so fun! I think it would be cool for you to go bigger and thicker (excuse the innuendo) I’ve seen people make paintings that are pretty much 3d sculptures

Honestly I have wanted to play with this form of painting for so long...but the cost investment is hell..especially if you want to do any decent sizes ..... 😔

Awesome fire scales! the texture and vibrant colours are beautiful. The jazza punky portrait is great too, I like the colour again to make it pop out as well as the direction it all seemed to flow, diagonal. I liked the direction of the paint haha

I LOVE the modelling paste one. The texture is just chef's kiss. The piece itself (with the light yellow at the bottom) looks like loads of people in a crowd and I find it really appealing.

Hey Jazza! I’m assuming you may not see this, but I just wanted to say I’m really glad to have grown up with you and your channel. You’ve truly fostered my creativity and willingness to take risks and try new things. Thank you for everything you’ve done. 🥰

The art medium sounds like "impostor" to me and now I can't unhear it😭

I love the paintings that is like an abstract landscape and the play with colours is stunning. Maybe try it with a rainy scene?

Loved the piece done with modeling paste. It spoke out to me as a crowd of people with the gradient and different outlines made by the tool

I would really like to see you do a huge painting, something really abstract and borderline “dumb” but then take it to a legit art show or auction house and see how much money you could sell it for! Like see if you can somehow get a million dollars for a painting lol then maybe give a lot of the money to charity or something 👍🏻

Jazza: "in conclusion.... i still have no idea what I'm doing..."

First Jazza vid I’ve watched in a while and now I’m heading back to binge the rest 😂😂🫶🏻

4:10 OH MY GOD! JAZZA, you are my favorite person ever. Dude, I feel this minute so hard.

paint a Pirate ship in the waves fighting the Kracken in a storm! that would look sweet impasto

The sound at the start literally gives me goosebumps XD Not in the good, satifying way though T_T

I'm loving the new merch and am excited for what I got to come! Weirdly, I think the gradient orange to yellow would look really cool as an abstract shirt as well! Like an all-over design!

One thing that helps me with abstract concepts is to picture the final image/work in front of a massive, plain wall. How is it going to look in a blank space (light or dark)? Or how would it look in a crowded room? On a crowded wall. The work itself may be great, or bad, but the context of its placement might strengthen it after or influence the ideas before, when conceptualizing it.

These new shirts look so much better than the old ones (in my opinion). The old ones looked like the kind you would buy at walmart in the kids section. Never what I thought an art youtuber would make. These new ones are 10/10

3 mins also you are really awesome

Love that U still Challenge urself jazza👌

Definitely want to see more of this medium!

So I think that maybe you're being too tight and refined. Impasto is more of a suggestion of subject and overworking is so easy to do. Maybe try giving yourself an extremely limited time to do a canvas, like a minute or two to force yourself to only do the most basic shapes and rely on texture, hue, and tone to convey the subject and to limit dangers of overworking as you can't work on one area for long.

Instead of bigger...maybe just...more? Practice y'know

The way those colors are in the middle of blending looks like ocean waves, and doing something like that inspires me to try painting like that. (And that’s coming from a bone frequent painter)

So talented I love your videos I’ve been watching your video for so long keep on being great

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Jazza, your videos are amazing, so keep going. Whenever im having a bad day, your videos just cheer me up :)

Yep, just bought a shirt Jazza...I love the new designs!!!

hio

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Wow, I think this is the earliest I have been to a video, glad it's one of Jazza's!

Amazing video as always jazza!

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I really liked this video and would love to see you try again with different textures, brushes, and spatulas. Love the merch btw

I love how you use yourself in most of your merchandise pictures!

I like doing art just because it's satisfying to draw lines. Lines are my friends!

They all look so cool!

Just started this video and I'm about to fall asleep watching this😴😴

1:15 I exploed with laughter at the t shirt.

Yet another awesome video. Jazza never disappoints!

Love the orange painting you did!!! 😍😍😍

I would love to see you learn more about and do abstract art. Nice to see someone else struggle for a change and curious how you would approach improving.

Omg I hope it gets a million views!!!! I loved this video! Bravo!

I really enjoy watching you make literally anything. This video makes me want to create and make. We are our own hardest critics. Thank you for making my creative brain excited.

Woah! Late-ish night Jazza! Looks awesome

I still wear my choose wisely shirts all the time and i do like some of the new designs so thanks jazza! I particulary like when it has the art tools on it like the dabble and dive shirt

Always love watching the guys applying wet cement on the walls or painting(?) them, so satisfying

love the red/yellow gradient one!

You are rly good at a bunch of diff art froms

A goal every youtuber needs for merch is it to be good enough that people who don't know u would still buy and u nailed that ur merch is Amazing

I love all the texture

Good luck on the goal, I think you definitely can reach the goal of a million views. This content is always a treat. It’s something about art I go to school for art, I work with art and I love art in general. Paint is so fun because it is inherently messy, but always relaxing. Bob Ross according to the documentary Netflix had of him was a flirt with women and he just used his flirt voice which to me is funny because it just seemed he was just chilling vibing back in the day.

i love your videos, thank you for putting out so much content!

Hi I love you’re vids and have been watching them for a long time thank you for beeing you!

this was such an interesting video- keep up the AMAZING work jazza!!! :D

Thank you for sharing this experiment. As a middle school art teacher on a shoe-string budget, it’s always nice to know that there are ways to create lessons with materials I can create myself.

I love how your immediate inclination is to "go bigger". Love it mate

The second painting was definitely my favorite! The colors and textures just looked so cool! I kinda wonder if you’re just over thinking things. When you just try to do what colors compliment each other it looks cool. Honestly I wonder if you would have better luck with it blindfolded or some other limitation. That could be cool!

Yes I love your vids they always make my day

Hi!!!! I love you so much. You get me through everything!!! ❤

for the modelling paste people usually make 3d art with them by mixing them with paint and putting them in piping bags creating flowers/cute fruit designs and more !! u should check this out