Debunking Art Myths: How ANYONE Can Make It Big in 2024. Banksy, Vermeer and Struzan. shadow artiste

[@NaomiSims-w5g]

When I get up in the morning, before I begin any art work, I say to myself..."Let's see how bad I can mess this up"...Works everytime for my creativity & the learning process!

[@shadowartiste]

Good idea, lower your expectations and have fun. thanks for that.

[@cynthiamarston2208]

Like if you can take it less seriously things become more fun and flow can happen. I have perfect memory of places where the square inch was outstanding and I clear it away almost by accident trying to improve it and becoming sad for the whole day.

[@danielsauerbrey7054]

👏 awesome

[@The_Insanity_Of_Spilled_Milk]

Your worth something and so is your work, selling it short is your first mistake.

[@robdewberry2587]

I just came across your channel and just hearing what you were saying in less than 5 mins into the video I had to subscribe b/c your art IQ is off the scale and the way you relate that knowledge is just so str8 forward. I've been into art literally since I was a kid (I'm in my late 50s now) and I don't think I've ever come across a real artist (like you) that completely demystifies, deflates and just tells it like it is and all the while still telling folk that they can do this if they just take the time to understand it and put in the work of doing it! That’s just so cool to me!!!

[@shadowartiste]

Wow. Thanks! Theirs's people that think, I don't know shit. Lol Appreciate the support. Let's go!

[@gretaeberhardt541]

“Not everyone can get away with this” is the understatement of the century when it comes to modern art.

[@Sharperthanu1]

Post Post Post (at least) Modernism art.Reactionary art practices

[@alisonmercer5946]

Rught lol

[@kaczynski2333]

It's correct; not everyone can market stuff a child can do.

[@deniseclarkart]

Love it! You are so right! The art world on the levels you talk of is all about whipping up interest and desire that breeds snobbery and sheep following! Marketing….. you’d think people would realise this plain fact…. They are being sold rubbish to keep a small group of people rich. I talk about this in my videos, just draw for your own pleasure then true art comes out, be pleased with what you produce, be grateful for loving art! Just do your own thing! That’s art. In my humble opinion!! 😊

[@melfrancey1963]

@@deniseclarkart very well said...I do as a Artist injoy my artwork time ...and if it sales great if not it will in time..

[@benpenph]

Meanwhile me paying to learn how to draw decently and impress other people 😅.

[@isitunlimited]

Love the respect to Master Gi at the end, a true force of nature. I was in my 20's the first time I saw a lightbox. I'd been drawing seriously since I was 10. I was so frustrated, I couldn't understand how artists were getting lines so incredibly clean, or likeness so perfect. It was an absolute revelation, and a shame I had over a decade of habits that I still struggle to break.

[@nelliesmom217]

I’m nearly 78 and I make collages. Art is so many things to so many people, whether they are known or unknown.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Exactly

[@paintoverstudio]

Love this. Just a couple thoughts. Kusama has been making art compulsively for decades. She’s done way more than polka-dots, but that’s definitely her signature. She’s widely considered a post-war abstract expressionist. She has had a massive career and decided to shut herself in what’s basically an institution for the last part of her life due to mental illness. Her story and her compulsive way of creating is what sells - on top of who she’s known in art for over half a century. Also, yes. Everyone traces, uses grids, or whatever. It would be a waste of time not to in the photographic age especially. Those camera obscuras were a sweet invention for the masters and we have our modern equivalents. Great video!

[@shadowartiste]

I know. Just having fun... Thanks, though

[@matthewdietzen6708]

The game changer for me was reading: Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain. It explains that you can trigger your right brain into making drawing a "map-making" and abstract negative space drawing exercise, but also shows the "left brained" grid techniques as well. It demystified the process. Also, websites that explain proportions of the face, a left brained approach. I think the key is to combine both approaches. But when millions of dollars are at stake, the "artist" will turn into an "artisan" who uses every technological trick to get the desired result.

[@shadowartiste]

Mmmmm. You sound really smart. I'm going to buy that book on Amazon, check it out. Your not the first to mention it. Thanks

[@hammurhead1]

@@shadowartiste It really is a Great Book! 1st checked it out around 20yrs ago more or less. She also now has a follow up book. And I believe Banksy is pronounced Bankseee... Great vid my friend. I am now a sub.

[@matthewdietzen6708]

It was a psychedelic exercise. It's also very well-written and succinct. Very few books have changed my life like that book did. It forever altered how I see the world. 🥰

[@neonsignguy]

Wow, finally an artist telling the truth about art, so like in many other realms of the artistic world it's not really about talent it's more about marketing. I can tell that your channel will be a success.

[@tiwantiwaabibiman2603]

Many professional arts have talked about and complained about "nothing" art. Him targeting Kuzama is him shaming a mentally challenged female artist. Just because we don't like or get certain artists' works doesn't mean it's all meaningless or invalid.

[@shadowartiste]

The fact we all know she is mentally challenged is part of the marketing. One of the reasons she is so popular. Thanks for your input. ✌

[@damianchavez7218]

​@@tiwantiwaabibiman2603Its invalid junk.

[@mersmithy1269]

He's not an artist, he's just got a chip on his shoulder.

[@axistiltproductions]

Just please do not resort to "Click Bait" ever. So cheap and tacky

[@u.v8179]

I studied art history and architecture at university, and what I learned in a nutshell is what you say. Today's "art" is an experiment called art, and you do everything to convince the other person that it means something or not. To do that, you need to know the right people.

[@shadowartiste]

Thank you

[@axistiltproductions]

Let the art do the talking...or is that what you meant? I love it when I show off something and let the viewer make sense out of it. One may be a critic and cut the work down. Others may agree or disagree, but it got everyone talking. Great artist all through history have had to deal with critics, and skeptics. John Carpenter's The Thing was shot down by critics in 82 and now many say it is the greatest horror film ever. Speaking of horror films, some of the very best horror monsters are the monster you can not see and leave it to the viewer to conjure their own fears. Do not try to please the critics, impress yourself. Like a great comedian cannot make everyone happy, especially now days.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Then it's not genuine if it's all about knowing the right people

[@halltrain1162]

Crap! I never went to school or studied art. But I have made a great living at it for over fifty years. I have huge sculptures in museums all over the world. Won dozens of awards. Not once have I ever thought”what is art?” Just do it, it is a deep impulse that just happens. “ Free your mind and your ass will follow”. George Clinton.

[@kenbellamy483]

You're absolutely right, modern art isn't art. Its garbage. There are extremely talented artists out there who aren't getting the attention they deserve.

[@rohitmadashri7250]

Give them attention and they too add to the garbage heap. Rinse, repeat.

[@beanalog8202]

This video was very encouraging to me so I thank you. I don't know where I'm headed or if my art is even worthy, but I just keep moving forward making art for me and not to please anyone else. If people like it that's a bonus.

[@freddiebiscuit9703]

shadow artiste love your commentary and candid view and the fact that, although your critics miss the point by a mile, you are actually encouraging us all to get on with our art and not be afraid to show it. I read a story where here in the UK, someone had gone to a gallery where an exhibition was being set up. Called to go and look at something by the person they were with, they placed their Pineapple on the floor next to their jacket and upon their return, discovered it had been picked up and included as one of the exhibits 😅

[@shadowartiste]

That not hard to believe. lol. Thank you, you get it. You understand what I'm doing. The critics are usually art snobs. lol

[@joanbideau1375]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DeborahHamilton-q1w]

I liked the story out of the UK, where a Mum was so fed up with the "modern art" winning awards, she had her toddler son do one and entered it. It won. Nothing but scribbles! She said it proved her point, but the people who placed it first called her son a genius! 🤣

[@shadowartiste]

@@DeborahHamilton-q1w Really? send me a link to the story. That sounds like a great video idea.

[@freddiebiscuit9703]

@@DeborahHamilton-q1w I Love it 🤣

[@samreevesartist]

As an older person and younger artist, I understand your frustration, but you have an overall positive message. I think that is great.

[@shadowartiste]

thank you

[@adamblackshaw9151]

Yayoi Kusama's work is about as deep as a lava lamp. Banksy' work is about as edgy as a Hallmark greeting card. The international art industry is largely a money laundering scheme.

[@shadowartiste]

I got to research that, that sounds like a good video idea. Thanks

[@damianchavez7218]

Worse. Its a machine designed 2 demoralise the western world.

[@ubiquitousreverser]

Hi, just saw you in my feed. Really appreciate your taking up art as you mentioned in another video ‘for those who didn’t get a chance’. When you mentioned Drew Struzan and explained that he ‘TRACED’?!?!!! the images & that you, like me, LOVE❤ his work I was in! I’ve been re-embracing my artistic ability lately so knowing he did all that tracing, though his craft of coloring is amazing, it definitely gives me a major boost in confidence. I also am a fan of Banksty & his team. If you haven’t seen his doc- ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ That has been one of my main studies on the ‘industry’. I would think you have since you clearly figured out who he actually is, though De Naja had me 2nd guessing with that memorial piece for ‘Robbo’ w/the little ‘massive attack’ flame. Their probably in on it together?

[@reaperput]

Exactly. From the moment the government and the IRS agencies accepted this paradigm: An art critic, a gallery, and a bunch of paid idiots can create a narrative: "this artist is divine, his art is fabulous and it takes 6 paragraphs to explain his genius, the price of art is relative and the art itself is relative too". There you have it, the perfect money laundering scheme. The only thing we artists can do is accept that this is one of the biggest "schemes" in the world, and "this art serves its own people". But we will never be part of this world. Unless you want to be some kind of "mafia asset".

[@shadowartiste]

@@reaperput I agree. Investment types buy art and store in other countries to avoid taxes. You guys are right, at the top, top, like $10 million and up. Totally

[@Joe_Damageo]

Bank-sy. Very interesting video nonetheless.

[@guillermoperezsantos]

Nailed!!!!, they are no artist, they are brands, interior decorators and so on.............

[@Broody58]

Vermeer his curtains & darkroom tracing saved time, & got accuracy. But if you look close at that pearl earring..it was done in like 3 strokes! He could paint!....it blows my mind when I look close at it.

[@good1day726]

Interesting, reminded me of the Stolen history thread on this subject.

[@malcolmharing3744]

Rembrandt was a master at making two brush strokes look like gold buttons. His style was also different from his contemporaries.

[@Broody58]

@@malcolmharing3744 I'd call that expertise a masterstroke.? Right sized brush. Paint blended In the brush. One precise main stroke. Voila! Minor blending between the big masterstrokes.

[@Penslinger]

Kim Jung Gi is possibly the peak of what "drawing from imagination" is like. Everything drawn from memory, visual knowledge, and fundamentals.

[@shadowartiste]

100%

[@Rhobyja]

RIP to the Legend.... ❤

[@Drawperfectcircles]

Yet he didn’t sell as much as these ones. He’s the peak of artistry

[@mr2wo]

Yes one of my favourite artists who Died Suddenly. Fkn terrible

[@chessshyrecat]

He had great skill and an impressive visual library to pull from. I wouldn't consider him the peak of "drawing from imagination" though. Of course it depends on what your criteria of that peak would be if you could count him as such. Right now I feel like I could name artists that exceed him in drawing from imagination by far. But this is based on my criteria of what that means. So if you clarify, I might still be able to name some. Maybe even some where you weren't even aware of them or didn't know they were drawing from imagination.

[@jeff7art]

I agree with you, Shadow ! Completely! Thanks for exposing the truth!

[@williamhartlove7102]

Right on brother. I found this out 60 years ago and gave up on being a successful painter and went with graphic design to make a real living. Thanks for helping out the young ones with your advice.

[@ritakonig1891]

Graphics huh??? I gave up Graphics for the point of fooling everyone. For doing propaganda to deceive to make believe. I got a Masters in that field and threw it in the bin and back to basics. I make ceramic figurines which take the micky or making fun. That is real! It's hands on from beginning to end. Graphics is fake. It's on some screen where you press buttons to make something appear or disappear. Doesn't get any more unreal. I hate Graphics and feel I wasted too much time except for the fact that it opened my eyes to what it actually is. Truth will prevail

[@TheALPHA1550]

BBC Studios.

[@pushthebutton4602]

Art has a context in the present. Art is like a wedge in time. It can open new dimensions of seeing and thinking that were not seen before.

[@dr.strange5239]

I enjoy drawing realistic, but doesn’t enjoy drawing abstract. To me, modern art is not art.

[@PhilosophyCat]

So "What I don't like" = "not art" ??? Kinda lametrain.

[@matthewdietzen6708]

​@@PhilosophyCat it's hard to be impressed by low-skill, low-effort cultural artifacts that require long-wind arguments and explanations to "market" them as art. As someone who has made them, my REAL reasons were: had not invested time or energy into developing skillset, laziness, a permissive indulgent environment that was neglectful and ambivalent.

[@PhilosophyCat]

@@matthewdietzen6708 Ok, I'll restate my original comment then, "When I make abstract art, it's because I'm being a lazy bum, so when others do so it is because they are lazy and I don't like it, so it's not art"

[@VijayKumar-j9z8u]

True. Me too

[@PaulKapow]

A very low resolution take, @dr.strange5239 I agree with @PhilosophyCat I think you are missing the point of this video. He is just removing the glamour around these artists and their process.

[@monikabrukner2219]

In the 1960s our schoolclass went to a famous artmuseum. We stood in front of a very large "painting"....all blue !😮😮! Nothing else but blue... This wonder of art then cost 200 000 swiss francs. A fortune. I was shocked as a child and still am

[@jammuna1]

Jackson pollock was drunk most of the time

[@axistiltproductions]

@@jammuna1 Jimi Hendrix? Okay say no to drugs because they all die. If Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain Jim Morrison and hundreds more artist were still here they all would still be making incredible art.

[@monikat2327]

@@axistiltproductions Hendrix, Cobain, Morrison....They would be unknown now. First drummers disapeared, because they were too expensive...then others. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npCnm6Cqh5WLotU

[@judilynn9569]

In defense of Yayoi Kusama, one of my favorite artists, she’s been painting since she was a young girl. She put in her time. And it wasn’t always dots. She’s more of a performance/installation artist. She does what no one else does. Her mirror rooms are magical. I ask anyone to actually do research on her before dismissing what she does. And she isn’t spending her money on the French Riviera. She lives in a retirement home. Her art is all she has to keep her mind active now. Art isn’t always about making pretty pictures who how realistically you can draw something. There are many forms of art that not everyone is up to creating.

[@judilynn9569]

When I was in college, my “Illusion/Reality/Deception” class actually built a life size camera obdurate just like Vermeer’s. You stood inside the box and taped photo paper on a blackboard, then opened the lenses in the opposite wall for several minutes to burn an image on the paper of whatever was standing/sitting outside of the front of the box. It was really cool.

[@shadowartiste]

@@judilynn9569 Wow. I wish we did that. Cool school you went to. Some people don't believe they used them...

[@callycatus]

Thankyou I shall never look down on my Art again 😁 and just enjoy the making of it all the more ☺

[@seanmadeup22]

Glad that you mentioned Drew Struzan!!!! And Kim Jung Gi!!!

[@shadowartiste]

👍

[@Evans-g5d]

You speak the truth and facts brother. ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@enaid54]

I completely agree! I am so sick of weird art. Why? There are so many wonderful, talented artists out there and they glorify these weird artists that couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler.

[@malcolmharing3744]

As technology changes, art follows. Art uses new technologies before most industries. Technology has saved art from stagnency. I have to admit that's what I like about making art with it. It's a helpful tool in avoiding cliché which is common among young artists. I tried to teach my students not to succumb to what I call the "Wowie, Gee, Wiz" bug. This bug was rampant when Photoshop and Illustrator were relatively new. That said, I own two opaque projectors which save me a lot of time. When my students said I was cheating, I replied DaVinci or Michaelangelo would have used one as well if the technology was available. I enjoyed your discussion and agree. Its laughable who is at the top of the heap today. Ive canceled my Art in America, ArtNews subscriptions because theyve become too political in their choices of artists and topics. Make art, not war, lol❤

[@paulditta1773]

Loved this video. And The Struzan is my hero, too. He addresses the tracing. He did six years studying form and doing portraits from life. He can draw the likeness, it’s just it will take ten times as long and time is money. His clients don’t care how he gets there. They care about quality, time, and cost. That’s it. And I’m pretty sure that’s a universal. No one I’ve ever done a piece for ever questioned my technique. They care about the result. Great video. I’ve subscribed. Love it. Keep it up. 👍🏼

[@shadowartiste]

Any Struzan fan is a friend of mine. Welcome!

[@tuerklinke9370]

You can See when its traced. For me the differences are not wrong but art. Tracing is not art. Period. I Would never Pay someone for tracing.

[@tuerklinke9370]

It is not Living when it is traced....its a dead Piece of something...the artist did not put his soul into it

[@tuerklinke9370]

The differences are not wrong but the evidence that someone put all his energy into it.

[@jammuna1]

Never heard of that woman, I dislike so called modern art, anyone can come with some concept and make money and promote self as artist. You are so right .

[@axistiltproductions]

Ya not like she came up with that concept of several circles perfectly spaced in diagonal lines. Anyone to fall for that crap is a fool.

[@TheUnholyPosole]

Not true. I highly advise you to try and start a brand and sell a product. Almost everybody fails, it's tuff, the psychology of buyers is weird, figuring it out, and supplying products, and keeping the cycle productive, is an art form in itself. I used to scoff at Kanye selling $100 dollar, plain, white, tshirts...but then I got into making T-shirts, and I learned that building up followers and buyers, is an invisible obstacle most don't recognize, and being able to sell a $5 shirt with a $95 mark up is part of the accomplishment. He didn't just do it out of nowhere, it took him decades to build up all those fans to buy the crap he sells.

[@freshspiritworks4535]

I have seen a few of your videos on KZbin. I have to say you are the most awesone, no bullshit, straight shooter about art. So, now I have subscribed and YAY! Thanks for being you! Linda H

[@shadowartiste]

thanks Linda!

[@sharonjack8582]

I appreciate your video!!! It's about selling the sizzle of the steak. Glad to hear someone talking about this. USA

[@jayumble8390]

Man, this is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!

[@LovewhatidoStudio]

You're speaking my language this is the whole reason why I started as an artist only 3 years ago finally realizing that I am good at something You are awesome I'm following you You're right on point with my story You like the male version of me You're so funny

[@j.c.3800]

Three minutes in and bam you are nailing it! A few art critics accepted by the "elite" and then the lite knows which artists to invest in.

[@ElizabethPena-hs5ge]

I agree, I take my art as a personal release of my emotions. It’s subjective. A lot of the greatest artists are still not recognized or discovered. Thanks for saying it out loud.

[@scottgreen3807]

I took two summers of plein air water color painting classes of an hour or two a day five days a week. I learned this… art is shapes and colors, simple. Expression is optional but it counts. That’s it except I learned to love to paint. Why? cause I can’t. And my most recent pa8nting, the background took ten minutes. Contemplation, ten weeks. Then the final clean up ten minutes with a pen. Result rescue a sloppy nothing into a genius paint8ng of no value. The white space was everything, nothing. This was a great lecture. More! That’s where I I’m at, right here. Thanks.

[@mikoxmas6122]

This is true. Even the famous Jeff Koons he isn't even lifting a brush to paint or to get his hands dirty to create a sculptures, he has a group of people working for him. Heck, the guy isn't talented in skills, but his artworks are so expensive.

[@shadowartiste]

Jeff Koons? I'll research him. Might end up in a video... thanks

[@mikoxmas6122]

@@shadowartiste alright! I'll be waiting for the video 🙏

[@RodriguezCarlitos-hd7ti]

Thanks for the inspiration! Value yourself--value your own vision of the world! That's what i got out of your video!! Thanks for the fire!!

[@um1860]

That is HAMPARTE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Watch the manifiesto HAMPARTE

[@frankkennedy6388]

I get your point, but Kusama's mirror boxes are pretty interesting. And remember everyone. Banksy is not a 20 year old deviant. He's a 50 year old in a van.😂

[@bufboston1]

Kusama's infinity nets are also pretty cool paintings. Judd appreciated her early work in a review for ArtForum.

[@clarenscourtois8927]

You made me smarter today

[@nicholasbazarow4135]

Epic video … thanks for this real life perspective. !

[@digitalfineart8356]

Thank you for that lively video. It ‘s alot about the who you know stuff you mentioned at the beginning than how much you excel in the medium/style that you work in. You see so many talented artists on YT but only a few who probably make a comfortable living. I sell my art by vendor events mostly and my website is just basically a go see gallery. It’s tough out here for sure. Thanks again for providing a connection.

[@soltec6704]

One of the most useful videos on art I’ve seen yet. I hope your channel is super successful! 🙌

[@wakeupuk3860]

Walter, I could not agree with you more. At school in the 1960s the only thing I could do and enjoy was paint, I was not that very good and failed at getting into a local art college. To get away from home I joined the RAF as an Aerial Photographer and later as a Ground Photographer, left after five years and became a Civil Engineering/Architectural draughtsmen, where after eight years by chance seeing a CAD show, realized it was time to move on. Became a Maths/IT Teacher with kids and later with adults where I very much enjoyed working with Art Teachers/Lectures using IT for graphical purposes, i.e. COREL and Photoshop. Retiring ten years ago I decided to seriously study art and paint in Oils and Watercolours and I pride my self on being a fair artist now with some of my work being sold. MY POINT: the above taught me, the time, practise, over coming your own criticism of your work to produce 'true art' which sadly since the con artists such as Mondrian, Pollock, Andy Warhol, David Hockney caused just one big 'The Emperor's New Clothes' over the last 130 years which resulted in perceived valid in the form of buying paintings as an investment. I admit using tracing and projection techniques and in doing so, in no way at all puts me very low down in the same league as a true artist (in my definition of an artist, i.e. artistic skill with their hands) Kim Jung Gi is. But then again, my life was such the years required to become a truly skilled artist or as with some people are simply naturals, does not mean I deny my self the enjoyment and improvement for the years I have. I also wish to thank you, because it is people like you, ie Critical Drinker that hopefully his efforts and others on here, will lead to the downfall of Woke that has devastated the film industry. I have a very big dilemma, guilt and REGRET that I as an IT Teacher back in the 1980s and for the next 25 years to children and then adults very much promoted the use of the Internet, with the belief, as taught to me by Tim Burhams Lee the WWW would 'empower' mankind and make our lives better. It certainly gave us more access to resources and information but in at the same time have made our lives far worse, especially for young people, i.e. access to porn, false news, mobile phone addiction and the use of the WWW a global and terrifying advertising tool to make money for an elite group of very rich people. But in my opinion, what you are doing is doing me proud, as your use of the WWW is a good and well worth one. As such, I feel good that I once was part of a movement that created this 'tool' to do what you have chosen to tell people, plus you have done it in a very good way, by not just indoctrinating but being an excellent teacher and presenter.

[@shadowartiste]

Holy smokes! Your prolific. Smart, too. I'm going to clip and save this for my class, seriously. thanks

[@ChillinDylanX]

Love this so much thank you for posting!

[@bobyounger6109]

Been an artist I was told very good since I was 8 ....now 72 AND STILL ....beat that

[@JeannieSmith-mz1hf]

Hello 😊 At last someone out there with the same mindset! I absolutely and totally agree. I laughed out loud while watching your brilliant video because you’re correct on all levels. Thank you. I’ve been saying the exact same for years. Sometimes I think daft people who push rules on this bloody YT platform are like glow sticks that you just want to snap them and shake the shit out of them until the light comes on!! I’ve moved past that now and just create my art. I don’t need KZbin to sell for me my work speaks for itself. 😊 and you will find a way to do the same.

[@StephenHeigh]

Interesting video. I like your energy in laying out facts concerning art. I have hit upon pockets of success in art in over forty years creating art and design. The one thing that has been the leading reason I have survived as an artist was the many years spent as an old school graphic designer and illustrator. Design plays an enormous role in getting attention with one's art and especially fine art. It's a journey and buckle up for the twists and turns it takes. You are spot on with the art world thing when it comes to galleries. Drew is not part of the fine art world and probably never really had an interest in that direction. I know Drew Struzan a bit and wrote a testimonial about his making of the Hellboy film poster art DVD at his request. He's a combination of old masters and contemporary invented skills and techniques. The main thing with Drew is he's a great designer and knows how to get the most out of an image and layout and really a single line. It's mark making at its best. I have always believed that N.C.Wyeth was an amazing painter, and he was only recognized as one by other artists and even masters of fine art knew it. The artists know and the galleries and powers that be did not. I'm a painter now and you made me laugh when you talked about hotels because that's where some of my stuff is going into recently and I agree that it's probably because it goes well with interiors. I try not to think about art too deeply and just paint every day. The main thing is to just create and live and breathe it. It's the only way any success will come. You have to be fully invested in creating art. I'm figuring that when I'm dead and gone about 100 years from now someone will say " He was a pretty good painter". My dad and Roy Lichtenstein worked together drawing reconnaissance maps during WWII in the 69th Infantry Combat Engineers Division all throughout Europe. My dad went on to design future cars for Ford Lincoln Mercury and Roy hit it big with Leo Castelli Gallery by somewhat accident in the early 1960's. He's an interesting story to watch him talk on youtube. I think his success somewhat surprised him. There was this guy named Alan Kaprow (AKA Chicken Man)? who created these get togethers of artists IN THE 60'S called "Happenings" and so many of the pop scene artists were connected in social circles. It's all interesting how New York had their thing and California had its thing. Look at Edward Ruscha and his Standard Oil painting he sold for like $250.00 back in the 60's and it recently sold for millions at auction. Ed is still alive, and I wonder how he feels about that? I know Roy did not even want to get into the valuing of his work. It could drive an artist crazy thinking about it.

[@shadowartiste]

Okay! I subbed to your channel. You know a lot. I'm going to have to pick your brain one day. Stay in touch.

[@StephenHeigh]

@@shadowartiste I think for me personally that I came to the conclusion many years ago that I had limited skills and intellectual thought and just decided that I'll try to do my best with what I do know, and the skills developed. I don't think too deeply about art and where I fit in. I was fortunate to be around some really great artists and learned that humility. I appreciate others greatness and can understand why and what makes them great. I agree with you about the machine which is the fine art world and there is clear evidence of inner circles, and that door may never open. What I find interesting is how some artists continued to do the same thing with great success after many years. It could have been financial. They hit upon something, and the world was new and it was a different time so it's very hard now for artists because so much of what we do is a rehashing of the past in many ways. I would say just for everyone to try their best with what they got, and we are never done learning. It's part of being a good observer. There's a lot of hypocrisy in the exalted fine art world. It's not much different than the commercial art world in that gallery owners are paying artists to do the same thing over and over again much like an illustrator or designer who has to work for a client within parameters. I have always been a fan of illustrators who broke through the fine art world. A good example is Alan Magee who was early on did a lot of commercial work and made that leap. I was dear friends with the great illustrator Charles Santore and could see that I was nowhere near his level, but that did not stop me from trying to write and illustrate children's books. Drew is another one that many will try to emulate and just come up short and so there is that element where you see a true gift of one in a billion. Drew was looking at Bob Peak and surpassed Peak on the film poster end, but Peaks early work in advertising art is still incredible. I got to spend some time with Bob and yes, a completely different level. I like what you are saying in your video and you are extremely knowledgeable. It really made me think. I attached a video of my dear friend Charles Santore who talks about being part of the parade. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYaqaISNpaqkeZosi=Bh-S9Ibo3vTs7Z22

[@AezlyndWanderin]

Wow I don’t usually sub after seeing only one video but you convinced me. Thanks for the words of encouragement! Just have to keep marketing!

[@shadowartiste]

✌

[@andreaevmusik]

Can’t stop watching this vid, buddy! It cuts right through the noise! Keep it up, you’re killing it! You got this! 🍀

[@shadowartiste]

Thanks! I'm trying.

[@andreaevmusik]

@shadowartiste no this ain't trying, this is doing! You're doing it 🍀

[@anthonyhocking9118]

So bloody right. WELL SAID!!!

[@JohnNeil-i9c]

Thank god for this man,he speaks all our minds,art with a capital F.

[@ericswain4177]

Contemporary Art especially today is about #1 branding oneself and then #2 Marketing that Brand. Branding oneself pure and simple is getting your brand noticed or selling people on your brand. Art is anything you can get away with. Salvador Dali is a perfect example of Branding oneself, whether it is his outward unique Eccentricity, Look, Art, Biography, Carisma, or any combination thereof that adds up to one's Brand Etc... So it Behoovs the aspiring Artist to find and or create his or her unique brand and HYPE IT ! If one looks at just about any famous Artist one will find this whether the artist was aware of it or not, it may be a bit subtle but there non the less, but this is why the Artist Biography, Provinauce is so important it enhances greatly the artist's artwork, there are some artworks that are merely paint on a canvas without knowing the artist. Art is a piece, part, or extension of the artist's beingness that is the communication to the public the audience.

[@iloveyoufromthedepthofmyheart]

I am finishing my master's degree in art, and we all know some of this things and also our professors speak openly about some of this problems, like the "artist as celebrity", the "brand", and about the problematic of contemporary art trying to criticise and resist the neoliberal capitalistic system, but the critique gets neutralized when the object is accepted into the art institution and proclaimed as an "art". So, it is not a secret at all. Basically art often acts as an ideological material that acts by the rules of capitalism, and it makes the system stronger. So, if I sum up, the current art institution tells the contemporary artist: "you are not just free to criticise the system with your art, but you are required and expected to do so" - ironically, you can criticize openly, but nothing changese. Capitalism makes profit even of its criticism. An example of that is Cattelan's banana. It was supposed to be a mockery of the artistic institution selling bullsh*t art for high amounts of money- and ironically it got sold for high amount of money, proving the exact point that capitalism makes profit even out of its criticism and the status quo stays as is. This is the issue of contemporary art that we are all well-aware. But anyways there are some things you dismissed, like the historical and cultural context in which modern art developed and why it developed. It is necessary to understand what did those artist tried to achieve with that type of art at that point in history, not just how that art looks like and what skills are needed to create it. That is a very shallow way to look at art. Maybe that's today's trend to just focus on how things look like on the surface and how beautiful and impressive they are, while dismissing its content? Through history avant-garde artists ususally tried to break out of the current ideology that was promoted through the art instiution. This is how modern art developed. For example abstract art developed because it wanted to finally break free from tradition depicting only concrete things, and make art free of any ideological content, especially political ideology. For example, Kandinsky, who was a pioneer of abstract art, wanted his art to be free of political ideology and abstract like music is, rather than to show concrete objects. Music doesn't show objects, right? :) Maybe he got this unique creative idea, because he was a synesthete- from today's neuroscience we know that that is someone who has differently wired brain and has the ability to hear color and see sound. When Kandinsky heard certain sounds, he saw certain colors. That's why he called his paintings "Symphonies". That is entirely different way to percieve the world- and sometimes art is also about that. About new ways to look at the world. Speking about drawing though,currently I am working as a drawing teacher and I can say that one can learn to draw realistically with proper techinque, practice and desire. Faster than most people think. The skill is absolutely not the only measure in art. Some of the artists you refered to as "pros" in this video though, would fall into the category of kitsch, especially the first painting of the zebra-leon creature. :) If you chose realism to refer to, as art that is good, you should at least chose some high quality realism and naturalism, rather than amateurish looking realism with too saturated colors etc.... So yes, you've got some good points, but I wouldn't agree that art should be reduced to only realism and skills. And if somebody's artistic style is different than yours it also might be because his way of thinking or perception might be different, like Kandinsky's for example. Don't forget what Hitler did to the artist who painted and thought differently than what he thought art "should" be about.

[@shadowartiste]

There's no way you wrote this all out. Wow! You definitely have an art degree. I'm simply not as smart as you, and I don't research much. I go from the top of the dome, talk, just be myself. It resonates because most people don't have fine art degree. Thank you very much for taking the time to write this. All valid. I'm trying to make art fun and not so highly intellectual for the common person. ✌

[@iloveyoufromthedepthofmyheart]

@@shadowartiste Thanx for responding. :) Oh come on, of course you are just as smart, since you already made valid points about the art world. I think art should be accessible to everyone, but I also get it that it gets too complex or pretentious. Art should also be fun like you say, but if anything art is diverse and I think it is great that it is so. We are all doing our research at our own pace, I am also still trying to learn about art, but years and years ago I started learning from KZbin videos first. :) So I am forever grateful to KZbin channels that are about art or drawing, so it is great to exchange what we have learned in the meantime. :)

[@wn5865]

I agree and I am not an artist, nor do I have any master's degree. I just have a keen eye which notice something with the paintings I react to, and I dont know what it is that I am noticing. Jackson Pollock is a good example. I scratched my head for years wondering what the heck he did with the paintings. Huge was my surprise when I saw an video of a scientist who figured out that Jackson Pollock actually painted the chaos patterns nature is full of? And now they have found that Van Gogh also saw the patterns in nature and it was this he painted on his painting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnPFimiPo5J9mZo

[@wn5865]

J. P. was able to paint chaos patterns in nature. There is a video about a scientist figuring out that his paintings is following chaos theroy principles. All my msgs about it dissappears, so Im not able to post the video here. Another one was Van Gogh, they've found. Van Gogh's Starry Night/physics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omishn-agcuCsNk

[@wn5865]

My first reply dissappeared. Weird. A short version of it; I said Im not an artist nor do I have any master's degree. But I agree with iloveyoufromthedepthofmyheart. I just have a keen eye for noticing something in the art I react to. Jackson Pollock is a good example. I've for years scratched my head wondering what he did, and then to my surprise I found that a scientist figured out that his paintings is following chaos theory principles. This guy was able to paint patterns in nature. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnPFimiPo5J9mZo

[@MarieJonkers-gz7cz]

Love it thanks for being Real!!!

[@Lucidity59]

Yep. Sort of knew this to be true, refreshing to have someone come out and say it.

[@michaelflynn6276]

This guy is spot on...Banksy is a corporate body playing the "The Emperors New Clothes Ticket"!

[@shadowartiste]

😆

[@highlandexpressions]

I had no idea about the Renaissance artists projected! Wow! Love your video!

[@shadowartiste]

Search this movie " Tim's Vermeer" the full movie is on KZbin, you'll see for yourself.

[@RoJoBBandG]

Drew Struzan and others like him MADE me want to draw more. He captured characters in their most iconi form. You get high marks for citing him as an inspiration. I'll take a single piece of his art over galleries full of polka dots and Andy Warhols any day of the week. But he traced?? I never knew. I labored when I was younger to draw these people accurately. Love him anyway. The rest of his technique is still amazing.

[@Dustysart]

He is right. I have been to a lot of San Francisco Art galleries and seen what the Garbage truck picks up during the week. There was a very few who had Art that I had a hard time walking away from, that Great.

[@jeaninewright1936]

I know a guy the draws like Kim Jung Gee. That's amazing. Thank you for this.

[@Spikecreator]

Thank you. Finally calling out the faux ‘artists’

[@franksliwa362]

I appreciate the honest clarity of this video. I often think some of the stuff I see is just worthless. But, someone could say the same thing about my work.

[@tamzilla]

I love your videos. Always handing out facts.

[@pacoestrada2702]

Inspiring! Thank you for creating this!

[@marcarturi2137]

I lovve (2 V's because it's Very, very good!) this video. Thank you, Brother,!

[@rickewilde]

Abstract : Quite often it's about being the first to do something that's never been done before. That in itself is hard to do. Being creative and appealing to pop culture or capturing the attention of a select few that are able to influence the many, Create a buzz get you an exhibition and sell some. It's definitely not easy.

[@shadowartiste]

I agree. Abstract is the hardest to develop a style because the entry level is low. It's not like you need years of practice before you start. You'll like my next video... lol

[@rifledog1]

Great stuff. Loving all the art videos on YT now

[@donaldduncan7095]

Most famous artist had a gimmick, they're selling their fame more than art. Banksy is laughing all the way to the banksy. Good stuff !

[@axistiltproductions]

Banksy is clip art

[@peopleplacesandperspective5564]

I really do love abstract art. The colors and freedom of it. One can see it for how they like.

[@carolynschrader8381]

Brilliant…Thank you for bringing The Truth of Art and The Art Business to the forefront …I Applaud You ❣️

[@shadowartiste]

I'll take a bow, lol. Thanks!

[@PitNeex]

Too many takes in one quick video, but the conclusion is solid! Everything can be art, for me an art piece must create an emotion and if it makes you think even better, abstract art is harder to do this that's why it needs a good backstory otherwise it is indeed framed wallpaper. I don't care about the technique if I don't feel anything when I look at it, it is like internet content, art to consume...

[@shadowartiste]

Thanks! Valid opinion. Welcome

[@DjikoLiStrango]

Oh man !! You made my day !!😁😁😁 It was fun ! Superficial and deep at the same time.

[@kimturner2105]

Fascinating! I love the masters and I feel like never painting again when I stand in awe of their work!

[@axistiltproductions]

Then do not stand in awe. Sounds like you stepped in dog crap and decided your life was over. Overcome it. Accept that at that moment you are not anywhere as good as the master but you can still be good or someday better. Believe it, even if you do not ever reach that level you will at the very least have improved or given it your best shot and that says plenty.

[@erikbrush]

I'm a photorealistic artist in the level you described as "Pro." Love the Drew Strewzan reference. I do a huge variety of mainly wildlife, portraits, and fantasy art. But even though I am sold worldwide I don't know these 400 people you mention. Getting into galleries is hit and miss and the fees some galleries want to take are ridiculous. Especially those with a limited clientele base. It's been my experience e that a lot of galleries feature abstract, pop art, or simple styles. Much of it is easy to make, over priced, crap that is bought either as a brand name (connections) or as a tax write off by people with a lot of money and not much taste. It's function is to be pretentious, to serve as an investment, and to be atax deductible shelter. Art appreciation for realism, photorealism, or hyper realism is not that prominent.

[@anjou6497]

Well said, I agree that alot of gallery art is pretentious rubbish, versus those artists with real dedication, talent like you sound, who have honed their skill very seriously, and it is marketable. ☺️🧡🌿 (I sold my work in a gallery once. My painting sold within 24 hours, but the gallery took 60% commission from the sale. The cost of framing is also a factor. I was young, I moved on and learnt !). 🌿

[@DustyTeachesArt]

When I started learning the business side of art I had a mentor tell me its ok to trace, once you know that you can do that freehand just trace to save time. Clients want the work done by a deadline.

[@peteharris4519]

Bro your amazing dude just found your videos been watching a lot of them! Siiiiiick brother

[@Duffyartwork]

I get your point, but my god, making impactful art, no matter the style, is friggin HARD! Being connected is HUGE. I completely agree! Lots of shitty art out there selling. Branding is massive. The art world is a frustrating place. It’s a damn game. So, on top of developing your style and voice, you have to be a damn business. Not easy but making art is the greatest

[@shadowartiste]

Yes! 100% I agree with everything you said.

[@PaddyLaPoint]

Food for thought, I'll be thinking of this next time I'm creating and I think it will do a lot for my confidence, thank you

[@seankalleyart]

Great video, and thanks for creating the content. The art world is still deconstructing in many ways, just as society is as well. Anything built on the basis of power, corruption, classicism, and manipulation will always be a bit of a scam. So as long as you are making art, challenging yourself, and having the courage to continue to express, then you “made it” in these times.

[@ivycooper7224]

I will love to get the right connections in the art world and I’m about to start getting myself out there for my artworks! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@charleshoover4734]

God bless you. Your art looks interesting and with skill. Also you really know how to make a video. I like your encouragements. Let’s go! 👍

[@shadowartiste]

You got that energy that I like.. Let's Goo! lol

[@BlueskyDenver]

😳😳😩😩 I paint myself and I honestly feel discouraged by learning this, however for me it is a hobby.! A lot of these “artists” are just splashing a paint on the canvas and it’s not like painting a portrait or groups of people or anything complex.!

[@bigben1986]

I’ve been doing Grafitti and all other arts since 83’ I had/have friends in a ton of media industries and never got a hook up at all!!! I get praised for my work, but never “hey man I should hook you up with so and so” and trust me I’ve been grinding on my own to make it but nothing happens.

[@axistiltproductions]

Never stop grinding. If you enjoy grinding then you made it. What is "making it" You mean "fame" or "art"? Ya I know we have to pay the bills, me too. Though when I think about how I started way back when I was a kid and somebody said " Hey you are good" or "I really like that" with a smile on their face. It made them feel good and that made me feel good all with art and that was the biggest pay off and it made me want more, and more, never thinking about money, just that I could make people smile or feel an emotion and I loved that.

[@bigben1986]

@@axistiltproductions I have to get back to enjoying it because I made others feel good. I see others do what this man just showed, and here I am, worried about the right shadows, blends, etc.; to me, it isn't fair. Then again, my art isn't for everyone, and everyone's taste is different. I do agree with you 100% Thanks for your comment.

[@axistiltproductions]

@@bigben1986 Ive been there too. Often enough. It can be a real punch in the gut and I almost gave up long ago. I questioned my abilities because I met someone that blew me away. Then I accepted the fact there is always going to be someone that kicks your butt. Maybe they are faster, or just have cooler style, or whatever. There are billions of people on this planet so expect it. Turn it into a grind. You can use it as a milestone to try and climb as high as they have or just have fun trying. The thing to remember, along the way you WILL make greater art, works you will just love and admire, and it will be yours. I have also been there and it is what makes you smile on the inside. That is the power of art that will spark your next great work. One supports the next friend👍 Also its okay to walk away from a project for a few hours, or even a few days, to clear your mind. It can really make a difference but never give up😎

[@dennisschultz9180]

There was a man named Forrest Fenn, who once owned the Fenn Gallery in Santa Fe. He is famous for writing a poem that led to a treasure with about two million hidden in the Rockey Mountains. I was lucky to befriend him six weeks before his death. In his book called The Thrill Of The Chase, he hid his art within. In each photo, he hid things with them. The pictures of the nuggets and the bells and jars cast in bronze hid so many images and no one has found them. You must use a magnifying glass to see what he left. Each image has mutable images within it, depending on the direction you look at it. He wrote a book called Seventeen Dollars a sq inch, that is the way he priced one of the great painters of our time's art. I wonder to this day why he hid his art for only a few to find. By the way, the treasure was not found by the person the family says did.

[@CreativeRob]

Just because you can paint or draw something that an artist who is known doesn’t mean crap. I can paint anything…that doesn’t mean I should be famous. And Yayoi Kusama actually has some amazing paintings!

[@shadowartiste]

She does have amazing work, but now she does pokadots. You can paint anything? Really?

[@Kyled-o7s]

I sincerely thank you for this enlightening confidence boost! Liked and subscribed

[@michaeleverett4304]

Thanks for sharing the truth, us artist who really create are not appropriated they won't even buy my work for 25 dollars

[@shadowartiste]

Price it for a $1,000. It will sell... lol

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Kim is absolutely amazing! I've been loving his work for years. He passed. RIP FH Astral Realms 💀👻. :3 The Republic of Korea, where I wanna move. :3

[@mentallyhyp2012]

dude loved this and loved your shots and editing! and great info!

[@PixPunxel]

Kim-Jung was savant , like mozart. You can not learn that level of skill you are on of billion that is born to it every 200 years. Warhol and Banksy they were/are idea masters they literally made a new forms of art. Its not all beans and potatoes as you say. But you are completely right about art commerce word. Especially abstract art and hotels/banks..etc

[@walkurehauk9415]

Thanks for cleaning my headspace. Renew my image.

[@Joka9512]

Really appreciate your perspective..thanks

[@tuerklinke9370]

You are funny and honest. I loved the video. Please show more of your paintings and tell us the story behind it.

[@SeanLinellIvySr]

You are brilliant sir! Thanks for the vid!

[@1RandomMiss]

“ One of the biggest graphics artists that we all know …” proceeds to mispronounce his name BANKSKI!” Who TF is Bankski 😂