Exploring My High School Art...

[@ChloeRoseArt]

5:40 the lighting/shadows - GORGEOUS!!! Seriously impressive. And I couldn't agree more on how hard it is to make stuff like this in a video, it's impossible to do every week. I think a lot of people forget that it's not fair to compare an artist on KZbin who spends a few hours on a piece to a gallery artist who spends months. We'd be capable of more with more time

[@MiraByler]

Very well said!!

[@mjpete27]

I am consistently amazed at how so many YT Artist not only create very good art, but film, edit and upload videos! How do you do it in ONE WEEK? Sometimes less??

[@lunaroseartz9126]

Chloe, your art is amazing but it would be cool if you took the time to really make something you really truly love, it’s fine if you want to take a break to do it.

[@ellielormand1018]

@@MiraByler hello

[@johnallan4279]

@@MiraByler hi

[@sharon7755]

Mira could you please do a video remaking the art you showed in this video... 😊

[@AleenaEV]

Like the ones Moriah Elizabeth does ❤️💖

[@rachelwoodbury5593]

Oh my gosh yes!!

[@sharon7755]

@@AleenaEV Yeh exactly like Moriah's!

[@BeckiPercyBeckiPercy]

Yes!!!!

[@ishortcake7455]

Yes, deff.

[@zr2108]

Okay, I love all the juicy Highschool Art videos!

[@MiraByler]

Haha yessss!

Mira: “what a fine day, what a fine day to...” Me: WATCH UR VIDEOS :DDD

[@MiraByler]

Haha yes!!!

[@artistaladesen]

@@MiraByler omg, I love the piece from the 03:35 minute 😍

[@theslotheboychannel4383]

Yess I agreeeee

[@user-fs2yh3zj2d]

Ad ur the top comment I-

@@user-fs2yh3zj2d wait what-

[@gemart7343]

I love watching videos like this cuz we can see that they were once noobs like us and that gives me hope that I will improve

[@MiraByler]

You are improving every day! 💜

[@HartDraws]

The word 'EARTH' itself is made of 'ART'❤️❤️

[@sibilansnel]

And an 'e'

[@ummjenny1]

Ok

[@jeanav]

And.. ‘EAR’ 😂 (Way to spread positivity though!)

[@HartDraws]

@CraftGirl ❤️

[@HartDraws]

@@sibilansnel ❤️

[@leanbeankelliqueen]

I'm in my 50s and every once in a while I will get out my school paintings and portfolios and drawing books, it's so fun to go through. My kids Love going through my old art,my youngest ,he is 32 is also an artist, so glade one of my children picked it up.he says his best learning is from going through my skool work.

[@shirgilad]

i can tell by this video that your art has improved a lot!! you’re always proving me that making art is not supposed to be the most perfect thing on earth,it’s supposed to be something we enjoy making,and over the years with practice we can always be better and improve ourself.thank you for the inspiration you give💗

[@icanhazKnit]

I LOVE all your weirdo angles. 😍

[@MiraByler]

Haha thank you!

[@ReptarsaurusRex]

This brings back so many of my own memories! Not only was I angsty as a teenager, I was weird as well. In 8th grade we had a fun assignment to "create our own dinosaur." I created a Human-osaurus, a brontosaurus with human features. I used the apricot colored crayon for the body, human hands and feet on dinosaur arms, and weirdest of all: a human face but with no ears or hair. That means no eyebrows and a hole for the ear. I named my dinosaur Shelby for some reason. I still have the sketchbook this drawing is in, as well as all my high school sketchbooks. I want to go look at them now. Thanks for making such a great video!

[@Julie-vy3oz]

The beauty of art- especially plein air type painting- is how in-the-moment and focused it keeps us. Good or bad (and your art is lovely!) is how it can take us back to that moment and those feelings we had, like your self-portraits. I love that!

[@Spaceless420]

Honestly this helped me be more confident and just trust the time I put into my art. I am a very impatient person and this helped me to just take it slow and know that I won't be a Bob Ross in a week or even in a year.

[@urmom_laasya]

Yeah Mira , you always inspire me to make some art . I'm in middle school and when you were talking about how to keep pushing forward and accepting art block and bad art , it made me really happy and think about all the bad art I've made and I've wanted to throw away . This video inspired me to to make some 3d pencil sketch art . I enjoy all of your videos and you're always in such a happy and jolly mood that it picks me up sometimes . I'm looking forward o seeing that " painting on a giant canvas " video and some more vlogs !

[@deamart1824]

Me: **Sees thumbnail** Me: This is going to be interesting (AND REALLY GOOD!)

[@MiraByler]

I hope you enjoyed it! 💜

[@deamart1824]

@@MiraByler I did! It was amazing i still need to finish it because of school 💕

[@elsawestberg1387]

@@deamart1824 hiii

[@firestarter5063]

I LOVE you’re old art!! If I drew it all now, I would LITERALLY cry! Edit: I’m so so so sorry about you’re flood. I cannot imagine losing everything like that. It must of been terrible. I’m so sorry.

[@nat6303]

The notification for this video woke me up but I am not mad at all. If anything, I am thankful that KZbin decided to give me the notification.

[@BloodyEXE]

I love the ‘weird’ angles, they are not weird- they’re unique and interesting. 💜

[@jasminsartworld]

8:33 I would love to see that!!!!!!! It sounds super fun!! :D

[@sharon7755]

Mira you always brighten up my day , so I hope your having a great day too. 😊😁💕

[@MiraByler]

Thank you! I hope you're also having a great day, Sharon! 💜

[@victoriavelazquez9461]

Thank you for sharing all of your old art. Old art can be very personal because it tells our "story". One thing is evident you have always been VERY talented. Those self portraits are amazing. I always enjoy your videos but I think this is the first time I am commenting...this is my favorite video of yours.

[@thebeekid2487]

Mira: What a fine day! Outside my bedroom window: pours and then starts hailing

[@scraggledy]

Thank you for sharing all of this, Mira. The thing you said about not being where you want to with your art was just what I needed to hear right now. I'm in my late 30s and finally made art a big part of my life again in the past few years. In HS I didn't have space in my schedule for art, and college... well, I studied Bioscience (small STEM focused university and pre-pharm), so even less time for any art at all. My health has declined and I have lost my mobility and ability to work full-time, and favorite activities, but art has come back in to fill that space. It has been so therapeutic and fun. I take as many workshops as I can. Again, thank you. You may not see this, but if you do, I sincerely thank you. I could use a mentor like you.

[@LindzTheLooneyOfLondon]

I've a tip for anyone who paints, draws... scan your work using a scanner or free phone app as a jpeg then save it to cloud storage, I recommend setting up a Google email just for the free storage that comes with it as either Google photo or Google drive. by doing this you will always have a backup of your creations, just in case of accidental damage X

[@getriya]

yes so excited for this! I'm in high school (secondary school) and an artist so I can't wait to see yours! Also since I do youtube too so your such an inspiration! - getriya

[@pingproductions819]

Hiiiii

[@getriya]

@@pingproductions819 hiii

[@getriya]

@CraftGirl hiii :)

[@getriya]

@CraftGirl aww 🥺💕💕

[@livywithane]

I love your "cringy" artwork. It's so pretty!😍 I also would love for u to complete the other half of the painting.🤗

[@maddij.6399]

I love how you humanize yourself to beginners. You are a truly beautiful soul. ❤

[@Ali-w9o4e]

Recently started watching your channel and I love it. I’ve been doing art and various creative things my whole life but have never called myself an artist since it’s not how I make a living. But, I’m changing that now-it’s ok to call myself an artist and own it. Thanks for your positivity!

[@lemony7946]

You were already SO GOOD in high school!!

[@jaynewarrick8583]

What a trip down memory lane! I remember so many of those and have a few of your paintings proudly hanging in my house. It was great to see all of your artwork again that I watched you create as you were growing up. Yes, I'm a proud mom and your biggest fan 💖

[@jacobjarrett6497]

I cant evan say how much your chanale has helped me and my art jernny as a biginer.Thank you so much Mira

[@evadiva9689]

You should do a video of recreating it!

[@-vanvan]

YES!

[@express999snsd]

I've watched a hella of a lot sketchbook tours and this is definitely one of my favorites. Maybe it's the emotional baggage it contains, maybe it's the art that inspired me. Idk, I just like it a lot. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and works with us

[@allisonluke850]

I love your self portrait you did in in high school it looks amazing 🤩 Mira you’re really talented from the high school and college art you’ve done.

[@zivacosta7780]

Mira is the best. Can we all agree on that?

[@jessicasmith4600]

I love the art work but I love Mira more! Her personality and just her really is fabulous! I’ve just binged watched hahaha

[@JayofallTrades]

This video is very inspiring to see how much style has changed throughout the years. I just sorted through my high school artwork and put my favorites in sheet protectors in a zippered scrapbook portfolio to keep them safe. I did a lot of these in college. I regret not spending enough time and effort in my art back then.

[@candacejones3352]

The hands were my 100% favourite. Hands are very difficult. Well done.

[@BeckiPercyBeckiPercy]

Thank you so much for sharing your art with us. I love to see where you started and how your skill and style has developed!

[@emilymarciniak7794]

Thank you Mira for giving me hope on my art and encouraging me to push on even when I want to throw it all away.

[@TheArtsyPineapple]

I’m loving the ominous music at the beginning! 😆 The footlights drawing and the angled lantern photo were super artsy! Aww why is the button nasty? 😭 This was a fun video. I really enjoyed seeing all your art, and glad to hear how proud you were of so many pieces! 😊

[@cassiesmith4826]

Girl I'm so blown away right now. Seriously.

[@SmellyAlpaca]

Her:i think its by the brand canson I don’t know if they make them anymore Me: sketching in my canson sketchbook

[@doobybug]

Thank you for your videos...you made me relax when i am drawing and enjoy it after a long time struggling and hoping for perfection

[@Lil_art_ist]

Yay i was literly preparing for test but it can wait Soo excited to watch! I am one of the early sqad!

[@MiraByler]

You are definitely one of the early squad!! I hope you enjoy the video, and good luck on your test! :)

[@mjpete27]

Finish the half painting for a video for SURE! I believe that since Google does not limit your storage of videos, you should NEVER delete them! You might want to make them privet but NEVER throw them away! I have had relatives throw away my artworks "helping" my Mom clean things out and trashed my folders as useless paper! you are very lucky to have anything from your younger years!

[@RoxieBravery]

i want to see more paintings in sketchbooks! it is such a fun thing seeing past works and maybe by doing that you get ideas for something later!

[@reneedixonart]

Wow!! Very nice art!! And thanks for making me feel old!! I went to high school in the 80's!!!!

[@RadishandRoux]

Mira, you have encouraged me so much in my art journey, Thank you! have a great day!!!

[@millaylirose5977]

*Art do tell people's imagination, feeling and personality* ✨

[@cassiesmith4826]

I LOVE your portraits!!! Wow! I'm serious. I do portraiture and I'm so Impressed with your high school portraits. You should do more for sure.

[@pepperlandian5198]

Me at the beginning of the video: OH MY GOSH NO IM SO SCARED TO LOOK AHHHH Me after watching for a bit: WAIT....This is Mira we’re talking about! She never has bad art!

[@vampiricconure]

PAINT THE HALF PAINING COLLAB! PAAAAINT EEEEET! LOL! You've done some amazing work over the years. Glad so much of it survived the great flood. :)

[@noradennis4361]

I still have some of my old art pieces or photographs of them. Some of my stuff I left at home which, sadly, were thrown away. When my mother in law died, I got back an early piece I painted after I married her son. I'm glad it was given back so I still have it. I think your early work was really nice.

[@dianeo]

Wow, fun trip through the archives! Outstanding pieces here: 3:40 and 12:37 and 7:18 . Also, I can't get over how much this self-portrait 10:44 looks like Sarah Chalke from "Scrubs" LOL. Would love to see you finish the collab painting with Dorvan's sister! Regarding the basement flood.... ugh, been there. I learned the hard way to never put cardboard boxes containing papers or books directly on the basement or garage floor. Have them up high, even put them on cinder blocks if necessary.

[@MiraByler]

Yep, same lesson learned. Everything is in plastic tubs now, and I brought a lot of things upstairs for safe keeping. Sorry you had to experience a flood too. It's definitely not fun! 💜 I need to look up this person from Scrubs because a few people have said this now! Haha!

[@dianeo]

@@MiraByler Yes, definitely plastic tubs! But until I got those tubs, I put the boxes that survived up high.

[@stephie640]

YES!!!! Paint the other side of mystery painting!!!

[@priscillacazares2011]

These videos are always so fun to watch! Thank you for another amazing video Mira! 😁

[@shalinib9670]

After watching this video and the other old sketchbook tour video what i really learned was that I shouldn't destroy any art or writing piece I made just cause its looked horrible to me then. I have been trying to keep every single piece I made and so far I'm really happy I started. Even though those pieces looked pretty badish they're still a means to remember. Thanks for teaching me that 😊

[@getriya]

your were always so talented!!!

[@edumad_ananya]

Omg ! You're here !!! 😂😂

[@bitsimulationpage1183]

You are good at drawing portraits..... Love them

[@skipmcgripcunningham9897]

YES! Please finish that art piece!

[@Pocket_poet]

This was amazing loved this video ! I love looking back at old art xx

[@LacyMayArt]

Cute artwork, I loved it! I understand not liking your old drawings. I used to save all of my old art, but before I moved to Québec, I was cleaning out my storage unit in the US and I'm pretty sure I tossed all my old artwork. I was just thinking I would never need it for anything. This is before I started KZbin and I couldn't have imagined that I would start an art and crafting KZbin channel and actually care about art. But here I am... haha

[@pdawgillustrations87]

My old art is so horrific it’s funny😂

[@navyboymommygramma]

I can totally relate to the flooded basement thing. I lost a lot of precious memories and a few precious keepsakes to what I referred to as our underground swimming pool. It broke my heart, but life did go on. And yes, it really wS deep enough to swim in if it weren't full of stuff and very cold. I also gotta say I love that last self portrait you held up at the end of the video, the one in the blue tank top. I don't know why, but I just find it very interesting, the colors, the pose, the all of it. Haha I really do like it..... a lot. Thank you for sharing with us.💜&✌

[@alyshamarie1167]

Omg I had the same photo of Orlando Bloom printed out and I also sketched it! I wonder if I can find it now 🤔 Love seeing the old art. I need to find all of mine. I know a lot got left at my high school.

[@Taracinablue]

This was oddly nostalgic to watch, even though I'd never seen any of the art before. Thanks for sharing, and for being encouraging as usual =)

[@maviyesil649]

I laughed so much when you said wait what I did two of these🤣 those drawing look so funny but are drawn well

[@plan-itpixie]

Mira: I'll put a thumb nail if I still have that picture but I don't think I do. Me: Wait, wasn't that in this video earlier? It's really inspiring to see the progression of your art. I'm just starting out and I think everything I do is terrible but it gets me out of my head. I completely understand the scribbles and tearing things out...

[@The_Quiet_Artist_]

I'd love to see you paint on the other side of that collaboration. You were so talented at that age. (Still are) I know I definitely couldn't paint or draw like that when I was in high school. I also like the unique subject matter you choose back then. It's interesting.

[@lobstersavannah5568]

8:20 Painting the other side of that is a great idea!

[@PhoebesWorldProductions]

WOW!!!! Beautiful art work! Thank you for sharing all this. =) I really enjoyed this video. =)

[@brittanibentley198]

Okay but how were they all still so good... Love your videos Mira! Keep up the hard work :)

[@ishortcake7455]

The first self portrait i would hang on my wall

[@awsu0]

This is one of your best videos iv watched! Thank u for sharing n for ur beautiful satisfying voice 🥺💕💕💕

[@gilashroot8697]

Thank you for sharing. Amazing pictures. I really enjoyed this video. I would love to see you paint your side of the canvas!! Please make a video it would be so interesting. Thank you.

[@ruchisingla440]

Mira your art is amazing like whoa and your charcoal painting is like that you printed it instead making it and please make more sketchbook videos those are my fav and please do a potrait tutorial

[@sonijam]

So many art channels have a video where they're like "OMG, look at this old drawing/painting/etc of mine! I was so terrible!" - and it's usually really good. I think they only show the BEST of their beginning artwork because they're insecure about their true armature beginnings. I for one find it very inspiring to see that a professional artist was once as bad as me!

[@infinitegalaxies6693]

Okay but this was just so inspiring/encouraging for me! thank you Mira!! Much love for you and your channel 💕🥰❤️

[@ammarahxmak4701]

First! Love you mira you are the best..how is your day Edit : I'm in the first few mins and I already feel bad bc you lost your memories now I'm gonna do all I can to keep mines safe by keeping them in plastic wallets and sealing them with tape..although it might not work the best i still want to try lol or keep them in boxes ? Anyways Hwve good day everyone and stay safe

[@MiraByler]

My day has been great! How is yours?

[@artsynora5682]

Your childhood/ teen/ early adulthood... art work is super cool and lovely 😍👌👏👏 even tho you didn't go into an art college( which is not that big of a deal as I see!) , you had the art talent and most importantly the passion for it! 👌🌼 it's nice that you decided to continue drawing and becoming an artist 😊

[@cald8022]

Hiiiiiii, happy Thursday everyone! ❤️

[@MiraByler]

Back at ya!

[@saanvikhare]

This is better than my AP drawings

[@gabbywilliamson76]

I am very impressed by your high school work. My school clearly had a pitiful art program

[@poemsbybow8104]

Please re do some of this old pieces! I think it would be so cool to see what you could do with those ideas now.

[@ghostfields]

Bro you're so talented.

[@designsbyally8485]

Another good reason to draw a self-portrait is because it is you, you are way more critical.

[@MiraByler]

Very true!

[@creationDragon]

I wish I had kept more of my old art. I moved so much and lost a lot of it but also destroyed a lot of pieces I wish I hadn't. I do hope you get a chance to do a bigger piece. I'm in the middle of a huge canvas I show updated videos on but it's been a lot of fun to work on. Do you have a favorite large art project you've done?

[@flowerdoodle865]

No matter what u make I just lovveeeee it your art works are legend❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍

[@fuzzydragons]

its nice to have old to look back on, sorry the flood ruined some of it. i've moved so many times now my art is all across Canada somewhere lol

[@flyingpasta-kat5518]

I’ve been wanting to do art classes but at my school you can only do art in the fall then you have to do computers in spring, but I’m not interested in computers so I haven’t done art class, which is why I’m looking forward to going to high school because then I can just do regular art without having to do computers to.

[@scraggledy]

Also, the art I had done in my middle school studio class and through those years was sadly destroyed. I wish I had photos or at least a piece or 2.

[@emilywhite8345]

I cried when you said you lost your art in a flood im soooo sorrrrryyyyyy

[@mariankevolschenk7182]

mira you can do a big painting but then do it live, every week work on it for 2 hours you can even do that on twitch or youtube. I have been streaming my commissions daily now and it has been fun already.

[@bep1970]

You are a real artist

[@arttulip100561]

You’re sense of humor kills me😂😂😂❤

[@sketchmeso]

I get too much ideas from your sketch book😍 thanks♥️

[@artistaladesen]

Good idea to record a video with your old artworks ! 😍

[@aresjan17]

Your a great artist, mira byler!

[@shesleigh2579]

i'm literally ALMOST going to middle school in 1 year! I'm so excited to do art and other stuff like math

[@sarahvenz3654]

Charcoal, your least favorite medium! Nooooo it’s the only medium I feel that I have any talent or control over. Hahaha. I adore your KZbin channel. You’re such a great moment in my morning coffee routine to get going with positive vibes (along with other KZbin artists that you know but won’t name because I don’t know if that bad forum in your comments. )