I miss 2 mistakes: The first is not reading good art books. The second is drawing only from the imagination

The first one is definitely something that affects me. I desperately long to be around other artists. I post in a couple of communities online with minimal activity, but I don't have any friends irl that are into art like I am. It can be tough to continue drawing and trying to improve when you have very little engagement with other artists and very little feedback besides family telling you, "good job."

Regarding to no. 9, I've never sold my work, but recently looking into it as a way to fund my going to University in September. I am in NO way a professional, and basically have no artistic skill without someone elses work in front of me to reference from. I've only watched 2 of your videos just now and I had no idea how much I still need to learn. It's very refreshing to know that I'll always have a goal to work towards, I thought I was going to be stuck just referencing from other people forever. Thank you.

I am a hobby artist and I’ve found that Galen explains not only the Reilly method so well That I am finally making some progress with drawing faces ...it’s very rewarding thank you 🙏

This might be my favorite video of yours, thank you for this.

Impressive. Viewing this from Australia & it all makes sense. Cheers mate

Great video. Touched on many things I deal with. Awesome.

Love your content man! You have a new subscriber! :D

Great vid! It's a shame that this vid doesn't have more views. There is some really great advice in here. I do get intimidated by how much there is to learn about art. There is just so much to learn. I see a video on youtube and I'm like "oh I need to learn about that, let me watch that" and then I watch another one and another one, and pretty soon my head is spinning with so much info. Also, you talked about the ratio of good art to bad art. If you are working on something and you realize it's becoming bad art, should you quit on the piece entirely or fix what is wrong? I guess it would depend on how far along you are and how much needs to be changed, hu? I would think that if not too much needs to be changed, you should fix it and continue going along with it. There have been times when I'm working on something and then I'm like "Oh I should have done it a completely different way." At that point, should I start over with something else, or just continue the current piece and just remember the better way for the next piece?

Thank you

Glad to see your activity. I don't remember if I said that already but you've got a nice workplace setting for your videos. You don't seem to be shy in front of the camera. So if you just upload regularly you'll get a big audience. Maybe also speak faster. Not at once, just practice bit by bit into it. It's same as art - mileage is everything. I don't know if your YT channel means a lot to you. As I said, you've got it all set so well it feels like a waste if you don't give it enough time. All famous art bloggers started small. Sycra was mute, then he was shy, then he had like a thousand videos... It was a long way. I can totally see you getting just as high. Would be lovely. You're doing great, Galen. Just keep swimming. =) I mean, come on, follow your own advice from here. ;)

ive got a question about pen tablet. I have this paranoia where i have to make sure my table,chair screen and pen tablet are aligned in the ame exact position everytime i draw/paint because i feel like if they are positioned slightly different eveyrtime my hand skill will not improve properly since what is a straight line today might be 10 degrees off tomorrow.... does the brain adjust to this? am i being too paranoid or is this a real thing?

Brilliant advice, number 6. I procrastinate working on a piece of artwork because I don't want to fail. Which I know is stupid.

Damn man you mean bussines in the thumbnail :D great points btw

Great video and sexy pie animation ♥ Question from someone who has trouble making other art friends & collaborating on stuff; any personal advice on how to find peers? Classes can be expensive, and finding a creative job to make friends would be easy if it wasn't for the find part