my friend is doing this and I think hes cooked

Progress was very slow for me, there's so much to experiment with in terms of mediums and technique until you find a process that you love. It's also important to know that most artists will face rejection countless times whether it's from galleries or whatever, but not to let that hinder your creativity, progress, or sense of self worth. The reason for rejection isn't necessarily contingent on the quality of your work, it might just be that the subject matter doesn't resonate with a gallery or something trivial. I heard from Tim Packer, a Canadian artist, that there are art festivals/events that you can pay a few grand to go to and if the public loves your art and you have a reasonable supply, you could make 10-20k in a weekend, possibly even a sell-out show. Obviously the art would have to be "very good" and you could gauge this by reactions at smaller events before investing in a bigger art show/festival. It would be daunting to do one of those art festivals as an introvert, have you ever considered doing something like that? That's something I'm personally working towards.

Mixed media IMO is the only real way to create anything original.

grateful for the advice man

Your paintings are not bad but it is visible that you are not yet very developed as an individual. Your paintings will mature as you work on yourself. You need to dig a little deeper. It’s not about composing a pretty image. It’s also visible that you’re changing stiles a lot from one painting to the other and that’s also a sign that you’re in need of trying different things because you didn’t find your lane visually-conceptually. A.k.a. you’re not mature yet. I even notice the way you talk in the video, even if you have a beard you give a feeling you were a toddler just yesterday. You still want the milk of your mother brest. Abstract but true. No offence. It is visible to me. My last point now. I agree with your art world sociological observation. And I would like to add my observation to that. The status quo are using gender identity and so on to shape society in a certain way and are pushing and instrumentalizing young naive folks with fake idealistic woke ideologies that are actually stabbing from the back the minorities themselves. More and more LGBT people have enough of this but they can’t do anything about it. Because the status quo is controlling everything and is grabbing by the balls and using those LGBT people who are selling out the whole community. Let’s keep painting still a pure discipline and let’s leave this nonsense to mixed media mambo jambo circus artists. Thanks!

Well done! You've truly impressed me.

Don't apply to the RCA their fees are a rip off. Try the Royal Academy of Art postgraduate diploma course which is amazing!

Hi! I'm not sure wether to do a fine art degree or graphics degree. I kind of want to go into Teaching but as well as being a graphic designer. Someone please help and advise me!! 🎀🎀

Hi. Came from your rejected application video from four years ago. Did you get in when you reapplied? I hope you did.😊

Are you of Romani origin?

you make me wanna go back to school. i miss lectures

Love your videos! Keep up the good work

Very generous of you to share.❤

Omg you are soooo cute🙈🙈🙈

this video was extremely calming TT

Thanks for this video! I'm going to be doing this course very soon and it's great to see that you had such a positive experience with it. I'm excited!

What brand of sketchbook are you using? I really enjoy the build. Thank you<3

I love seeing the sketchbooks and love your art style 🔥 I haven’t tried gouache yet, I’m generally too busy smothering everything I touch with charcoal 😂

contender for best thumbnail you've ever done

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Thank you so so much for your example and advice. I want to send my art portfolio to the gallery but didn't know how to make one you solved my problem. And I like how you talk, you have very nice calm voice it’s very pleasant to listen

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Do artists ever admit any art is bad? Because I swear to God I see people constantly praising splashes of paint on a canvas. Like how do you know what art to dismiss and what to appreciate if abstract art is literally just shapes and colors?

Its just like i know all of this you say because yeah i am already stuck in the spider web 😅 m in my third year in arts but still hearing again such words from people like me is just soothing for no reason ❤ Realy true and inspiring content May we all having the same journey have continued success and the endeavors met with triump and fulfilment in this chosen domain

Agreed 😊

can i make video or pdf or ppt for my portfolio

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Ahh - thank you for mentioning the problem of over complicated language when discussing art. I have just been reading a book about Edward Hopper, only to find myself reading the same line 3 times in order to try and understand what is actually being said. Just get to the point; in simple English and then we can all have a better understanding.

I thought I was tripping, but it really is Stardew Valley music playing in the background

Thank you sir I'm working on my dissertation

I always wanted to opt for arts degree but i was terrified about tye financial aspects. Somehow, my parents kinda got in my head, i am straight A student and got into a good university to study nursing maybe. Not even 2months have been barely passed, the depression hit ke really bad. I cried so much not liking my course even a slightest bit. Im thinking to drop out finally

thank you for this, im going to start classes in aug '24. at least i have questions to ask my advisor to help me chose the correct path:)

A 1st - yes indeed.

Even not non fine arts can sell paints out there, thanks

Really wonderful. Such great advice. Thank you.

I’m about to start a BFA because I want to learn everything I can about painting. But I expect to be taught how to paint. They really don’t teach you technique?

just got an offer for fine art this year so excited !

Good video, thanks! Any other channels that you’d recommend for portfolio creation..?

Generally how do you rate UAL as a university? I am thinking of applying for an MA because the have some online options. I am not in the UK and can’t afford moving to London so for me online is the only option.

I am doing an online visual communication degree with the Open College of Arts which now became affiliated with the Open university and I totally agree with your point that UK schools don’t teach you any practical skills whatsoever and apparently from what you say it doesn’t matter much if it’s online or brick and mortar! I am only encouraged by my tutors to “experiment more” but pretty much everything I learned in terms of technique or use of design software was self taught or I learned through other online classes and tutorials. Domestika is actually teaching me a lot more than my actual degree.

That is a great advice, ❤ by the way great videos. Thank you

I’m starting to think about getting an art degree. I grew up doing art. Question - If a degree program in painting doesn’t include teaching you technique, what do they teach? Why is painting technique instruction not automatically included? I’ll know to go through the curriculum with a fine-toothed comb before I choose a school and a degree program.

Thats a great advice. I'm gonna try creating art from now on..

How did you do it?

The steps recommended for critical analysis of art: 1: do you know the artist? Is this typical for their style? 2: make sure you can see the artwork. 3: what medium is the artwork made with? Is it a painting, a sculpture, on paper, canvas, cardboard or is it an experience? 4: can you describe it with your own words? 5: after doing the visual analysis you can ask yourself: can I draw out any meaningful details about it? Is there anything culturally significant in this particular piece? 6: why do we care about this artwork in the particular contemporary context? And does it have a historical context? 7: is it referencing any other artist or artworks? If so what effect does this have on the artwork? 8: what meaning does this artwork have? Look at what the artwork is describing, but also what the artist avoids doing, what people choose not to do can empower the meaning behind the action’s that were taken. ( remember that there’s more right answers to this question than wrong answers. Any answer is right if you can use the answers from the previous questions to back up your argument correctly. As you can only make an educated assumption about the intent behind the work.)

Some inspiration was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks

So what exactly do you think a 'Giclee' print is? Defintion?

That's my issue in art history everyone, including the teacher, is using overly big words or words that don't make sense to me in the class. It just seems a lot for a simple as an explanation of the art they are talking about.

Im an artist no doubt, I was thinking about taking the fine arts degree but I’m also interested in medical degree

I was the the RCA from 1983 to 1986. Things were very different then. I wish you best of luck!