Yes beauty matters i couldn’t live without it and i am constantly trying to create it,,especialky since currently i am separated from a lot of beauty. Its quite powerful when I succeed

Hullo Robin, I often wonder about how my art is perceived and am I am truly making any kind of impression, statement, even creating a thought of any kind in the people who view my art. I have participated in group discussions even critic’s of fellow artists, some quite heated! I am glad that you are entertaining these thoughts about your own art. I am going to offer this thought. If you can find beauty in your art revel in it! A message? Celebrate it! Some feeling? Enjoy or be horrified by it! I have enjoyed watching your videos and seeing you create a wide range of ideas on canvas, wood, paper, even non-standard items. You have become a true Artist. I believe this with my entire being as a person and as a fellow artist. I am hopeful that you will continue to create, discover, enable others to see your thoughts and viewpoints from your art. The ONLY thing that can stop you is you! Please keep creating, continuing making your art. I know that you are going to have a long and illustrious career with or without sales. Sales do not an Artist create, it sure helps pay the bills! If you fall into the trap of commercial art production for the almighty dollar, this says something as well, does it not? I hope to follow your link yet I am doubtful that I am going to be able to participate in Patreon with your other supporters. I commend ALL WHO DO! I have simply decided that I am going to spend the time I have left creating art that I want to create, no more clients to satisfy or people to bring happiness or sadness to. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us and I am truly glad that you continue to ask questions of yourself and your viewers. Please take care, be safe and enjoy creating your art. You are truly inspirational to so many, I encourage you to keep the flame alive! Thank you.

I relate a lot to your struggles Robin, as throughout my most painful experiences in life and sorrow that I see around me, I have always found myself turning to beautiful scenes and peaceful moments as a balm for healing the pain and sadness. I seem to gravitate towards re-creating those moments of beauty and peacefulness in hopes that I can capture some of the lightness that helped lift me out of the dark times, especially as I want to be able to pass that gift onto others. It might make my art reductive and one note in some peoples eyes -but to me those moments were everything and I can only hope that one day my art will be able to lift and inspire hope in the same way that I felt during those moments…..

great video and narration, good luck with the move!

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It always matters

You are an amazing artist and i look up to you

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Beautiful paintings like one are heart felt beyond words❤️

I've watched you off and on for years. From the very beginning, I thought, "You were there." It seemed like your art was fully formed already, tjat you had "made it." Imposter syndrome is real. You have always been where you need to be. You have to justify nothing. However you see yourself and your art, i see success. An artist is never satified, that is their curse. Seeking beauty. Seeking perfection.

It happens one day at a time, one moment at a time, brush mark after brush mark. The joy for the artist is to build, draw, paint, and create. The process is what counts and gives joy. If you you do reaches others, then that is great. There is beauty on both sides of the work; creating and/or viewing. :You do great Robin.

I believe art is subjective. Same goes with "beauty". I can find a broken fence beautiful so beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm visually impaired so I'm sure I see things diff than a person w 2 working 👀. I'm also my worst critic. I see the "mistakes" while others see beauty. It also depends on what a person is going thru. I once painted an abstract forest w all colors under the sun. It spoke to a 16 young lady w depression. She saw passion in red, light in yellow and she liked the dark colors. You can't have the light without the dark. For every piece there is a person that fits that piece. I could keep going on this subject! Great video, have a safe move!

Im also in a constant conflict with myself when it comes to "beauty". For the longest time I had such a hard time determining what is "beautiful". Like I know when an illustration is really well made but for things that are not as well crafted and people would still call it beautiful- I'd get stumped. Even now my guiding compass is asking the people close to me if this looks good- then I just hone in on that. But when someone compliments the illustration- I feel confused and conflicted. I'd feel like I could've done better and the work came out great from pure luck instead of the hard work and skill I put into it haha

The fear of making bad art is so real. The fear that it will be both meaningless and uninteresting to look at. The struggle to pick a goddamn medium.... I love digital art but people think that traditional paintings have more merit and more value.... Ughhhh, so many thoughts

I have a friend who does fine art who also has great technical skill like you clearly do. I think the difference is I guess like what others have said which is like what is the bigger story/narrative/concept. Even if it’s not clear in the piece, people like random shit imo. In high school we painted a live nude model and we had to paint a background of our choice. I chose a slaughterhouse with hanging carcasses . I thought it’d be funny for people to just like spend time reading into it - but no meaning on my end. And my friends name is Brittney Williams! Her work is amazing!

I want to have mountains in my backyard, too 😭 😂.... so beautiful. Love this painting 😊

I was just thinking about this stuff this morning. I appreciate hearing your thoughts!

Must be so difficult pretending like you cannot paint to show the don'ts of painting.

Have you read the book Big Magic? It's pushing me to go for it, start a KZbin channel and really show up for my art and myself. Love your attitude, honey 😊✌️🇬🇧

They’re pretty, and you’re skilled, but you’re not saying anything. There’s no critical commentary beyond wall art. You’re great at making something beautiful - now give a reason for it.

Not if you have relatives who assume that if you do it as a hobby, that means you are one day going to do it for a living, and never stop pestering you about it, even aftedr 50 years.

Your painting looks like I put my glasses on while looking at the original. :) It's a beautiful interpretation of the reference photo!

Thanks for this amazing tutorial, how much time did it take you to paint this piece of art?

Very lovely artworks 😢🎉

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Nice!

love the painting. The word salad? not so much.

I love the little dancy dance 😊

This is so sweet

Thats awesome Robin, I hope your summer is long lasting til like Dec then 2 winter months and Feb is spring woot woot

I love all your content...added you on insta too

Well said

I think life experiences def helps an artist find a voice, age helps too since we tend to get more comfortable with what we do as a get older or experience A LOT of life😝

really great seeing how other artists make water 🥰 the highlights make the water really shimmer 🙂

It’s because each piece looks like an art assignment and looks like it’s been created by a different artist each time. They want to see someone who can show that they have an idea about their artistic voice/art style.

OH FUCK WE ARE SO BACK BOYS. New robin C lark vid to smoke weed and draw too

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You are an amazing artist 😊

love artlust!

It's so great to see more new time lapse paintings of robin. ❤ Also I always enjoy listening to her talking about art topics. 😊

I have a lot of respect for the process of just.. discovering what makes your art unique. Whatever it is, I think it’s already there! Intentional or not, your art stands out a lot to me. That’s an expressive, beautiful painting!

8:00 real, I kept falling into that trap on instagram. It stopped when I finally left that old account and made a new one, this time with more intention & focus on the kind of art I actually want to make. Even now it's hard, but I'm trying to spend less time online. Awesome video! I love the paintbrush microphone😂❤

Hullo Robin, I love it when you wax philosophical! I am reminded of my Art History instructor and their class discussions after their presentations. They would spend most of the hour on slid shows of famous paintings or artists, then ask a provocative question and let the fireworks begin! The only wrong question was the one left un-asked! The only wrong answer was the one that was un-challlenged! I admire your dedication to your craft of painting and self introspection. Thank you for always stretching your mind so your viewers can do the same. It is easy to see why your artistic endeavors are so well balanced and thought out too! I just want to say Thank You. Please take care of yourself and remember that your a truly a beacon of light and hope for so many and this is a very good thing.

Wow!! Love this painting!!

Robin you rock, I'm so annoying I have like 6 unfinished great starts, oh well your way of getting style at the end of understanding thats what everyone is doing whether they are being authentic or not. I hope you're doing great, sky blue! And an art haul in a few days.... Authenticity is key for me, there are just too many voices in this life. Be blessed my friend. Dave from Canada

YAS, perfect timing, indeed❣️ Just got a breakthrough yesterday about not being subject to others including their thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, feelings which I was so limited, harried, harrassed, and restrained by... So much so I couldn't function. Breathe, move... It was physically draining my energy, will, and life away. Although my close loved ones "over"(aka in authority above) me truly do not mean to make me slave by their fallible humanness I was still feeling owned by them without a right to say, do, or even be myself without a stanp of approval. I do not have to live by others limits. My close loved ones don't have to understand for me to be myself. They are only constraining themselves to boundaries when they do not have the capability or capacity to know me enough to understand me and how to truly care, protect, and provide for me. I prayed and removed this right from them and placed it back to the ONLY place it belongs, The One who understands and Loves me more than I love myself, with unlimited space, acceptance and love for me to be me. Everything changed! All the life, energy, motivation, freedom came back and I actually laughed at several times/things I would have felt hurt and pressured by. Today, I actually WROTE something from 1st person point of view, first time in years, decades... A musing thought from me and no one else like it was perfectly normal. THEN I cane across this "Artist Voice"... I actually have a voice now, to explore expressing and developing it. YAS, Perfect timing, indeed❣️

I remember how inspired I was when you shared your 2018 locked-outside adventure, and now I'm super happy to see you did it again, showing just how much you've both changed and stayed true🥰❤

So prescient and insightful. Thanks for another awesome reflection on art and arting.