how I study art as a SELF TAUGHT artist ✨ Studio Diaries

[@flejj5148]

love how cozy and informative your painting vlogs are.

[@KelseyRodriguez]

that's precisely the vibe I'm going for! I appreciate the compliment, thanks for watching

[@flejj5148]

looking forward to the studio tour!!

[@Wowza04]

Idk what to put here but I think it helps with the algorithm

[@KelseyRodriguez]

lmao thank you regardless

[@sofiarubio9745]

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[@michellewilliams6564]

I'm always learning something new on your channel! You bring so much to your paintings and to your videos. Your perspective is so unique and wonderful. Don't stop creating what you love to create

[@kyliesketches2271]

I do so love a Kelsey video! Your voice, your chill vibe, your art. All of it 🥂👏

[@blueorchid14]

These are amazing! Thank you so much for doing what you do, your videos have helped me build my confidence in practicing and pursuing art! I hope your decorating goes well!! Please remember to take care of yourself!❤

[@thejournalingbroom]

Thank you for sharing!! The way to talk about all this is so calming ❤

[@lunar3n]

that shift of the painting at 3:45 to the painting at 3:46 made me gasp. aaah i love watching your art come to life, the first painting in particular feels very enchanting

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Awesome video, Kelsey.

[@SN-sz7kw]

Great light in your new space! Enjoy. 😊

[@GeorgiaBackyardExplorer]

I definitely want to try painting in just black, white, and grays sometime soon. Thanks for sharing your work! I am looking forward to seeing your new studio space.

[@SabrinaJadeV]

I am so excited to see your dark studio walls! I also got so tired of white apartment walls and had to make a change, and honestly? It's been the greatest change I could have made. I used to be so easily distracted in my space, and now my dark walls keep me grounded and make painting so much easier. Dark, matte walls are rather common among oil painters because they kill light bouncing around your studio, among other benefits. Looking forward to the makeover!

[@KelseyRodriguez]

I didn't go super super dark, it's more of a nice gold beige! possibly I might film and post a video if I give my attic bedroom a makeover, we'll see

[@SN-sz7kw]

Wow! Oil feels so intimidating. This makes it approachable. Thank you! 💗

[@danielaravenous]

Awsome, thanks so much for sharing this. I wanted to make a few small paintings for this year's oiltober so i am going to totally copy this idea 😅😊❤

[@ShatterJemm]

I paint all my full illustrations in grayscale first too, its so much nicer to think only about value at the start since it carries a piece so much. Also love the view of trees outside the windows of your new studio room.

[@lourdes_paints_stuff]

It was fun to see someone else's experience with grisaille! Doing the values, structure, and colour all at once can feel like a lot at once so grisaille really helps me not worry about the colour until later. I love glazing, but I don't do every layer as a glaze, so I use grisaille more as a guideline so I don't forget where certain objects and details are once there's more paint down on the canvas.

[@KelseyRodriguez]

That approach def sounds like the best of both worlds, I was struggling so much trying to get a full color piece from just glazing that I ended up just giving up. Will absolutely try this going forward!

[@lourdes_paints_stuff]

@@KelseyRodriguez Yeah doing only glazing must be really tough to pull off. I much prefer to just paint normally and glaze where I want. Glazing is a really great tool for building depth and drawing the viewer's eye though. One tip I heard was, if you're painting over a grisaille with colour, to make sure your grisaille layer is slightly higher in contrast than your actual values. The contrast in the painting reduces with each additional layer of paint, so higher contrast in the grisaille layer can make sure there's enough contrast at the end. If you ever decide to try glazing or grisaille again, Lachri Fine Art has a simple intro to it that helped me a lot when I first tried it. She uses acrylics in the demo, but the techniques can work with thin layers of oil paint too kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWTCgJ2Erahka80

[@BlueDragonArt]

I love that you painted your walls. I, too, thrive off colors. I remember my favorite kitchen was bright green walls with a slightly creamy, lemon yellow. It was one of the few things that kept me happy during a fairly...negative time in my life. Even as a teen, when I finally got a room of my own (my sister and I shared), Mom let me pick the color, and I chose a lovely turquoises. I still have vivid memories of my teenage room because of the happy color I got to pick. Now I'm back in an apartment where we're not allowed to paint the walls. It's at least not white walls: they're all like a boring beige, but it's better than no color at all XD Light green is also a nice relaxing color, that I think works well for calming and keeping focused :3 Lovely video, glad you got chill and do a video YOU enjoyed. I got to work on my own art while enjoying the calm discussion :3 Have a nice move!

[@egomod]

great video! also, your prayer plant looks incredibly beautiful!

[@ItsLizV]

as someone from ghent, I've seen that painting so many times and i had no idea it was done this way!

[@lauralara2157]

Omg!!! Your progress!!!!! 😍💖 total inspiration Thanks for doing this I’ve been following you for a long time now and I’m amazed 🙏

[@sadianaheen7270]

I was thinking about doing something like this, didn't know the name. Thanks a lot!

[@DrawingsFromAnna]

wow the idea of slightly blurring reference photos is a great tip! I've also occasionally struggled with how sharp some images can be when trying to paint from a photo so I'll try this technique next time!

[@ItsHannaLuna]

Omg! I am truly obsessed with your new studio space and I love that you have direct sunlight passing through your windows again as I know that wasn't something your previous studio space offered. Huge win, congrats Kels!

[@KatieLoody]

Blurring the reference photo is genius! I’m just starting to try to teach myself oils and I took my reference photo on my DLSR, so it’s nice and crisp. That’s great for the photo, but it’s definitely tripping me up when I’m trying to paint. I definitely try to focus on the details way too soon! I think I’ll give blurring it a try! 😁

[@sarahincolor]

Congrats on the move and that studio space looks dreamy! I thought of you a couple weeks ago when I saw a show at the Greek 😊 great video! I love this arty content.

[@monicamoyet7367]

I've been working on rendering, because sometimes I get impatient with the time it takes. But seeing the progress is so worth it! Thank you for sharing how you study.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Excellent 👌 forest painting

[@CoachAdamFit]

I love the format and topic of this vlog. Thank You. Check out the paintings of Mark Tansey if you are interested in seeing grisaille in a more contemporary format. Brilliant work!

[@KelseyRodriguez]

whoa, just checked him out and his work is SO cool! love it!!

[@AaronW-GArt]

The paintings look great

[@VeraGolosovaArt]

I remember how I learnt doing this one color studies in watercolor. Thank you for reminding about it! Also whooooa what a great space for the studio ❤️❤️❤️ looking forward for the full video on it

[@NEIYUWN]

Wholesome and helpful as always ❤

[@aquariotutu]

Kelsey, I really love your art videos and I loved that you made another art vlog >_< I mostly on the digital art but It's so REFRESHING to see your takes with oil matching something I already see with digital... Like, I had my share of painting in black and white but I'd NEVER thought this to be a classic technique on art history... I also love that you bring art history (which I like even more now than when I started watching your videos)... Like, I still didn't manage to get much money out of my art, but your channel (with videos of you painting and talking) remembers me the joy of making art... And I think I'm finally getting my way out to study, practice and produce something that please me, not a vague idea of what I think other people will like... OMG this comment turned out huge hahaha I just wanted to comment 'cause you asked for in the title (I'm a little shy and English is not my first language) and I write a lot... Anyways, thank you for the video, I really loved the paintings (although the first one I confess I preferred in b&w) and I can't wait to see your new studio tour x3

[@sourPatchkidHaley]

Wonderful art Kelsey!

[@GhostRider-un9gm]

Kelsey I want to say without any respect that you are so cute that I didn't notice your paintings were so amazing. That or crearly you are getting so much better.

[@TerraCorvusEntertainment]

Congrats on your new studio. ^^ I´m hyped for the tour. The paintings are gorgeous already. 😍

[@GreenSharpieScience]

I love your content, I learn a lot and it’s been really helpful. I just wanted to mention that the pronunciation of Gaussian is like Gow see an. He was a mathematician Carl Gauss and did lots of cool stuff for physics and math which he probably never would have guessed does so much for digital art too. Anyway this isn’t a criticism or anything like that, just thought I’d share the info I have im case you’re interested. Also I love the new space, congrats!

[@felixoesinghaus]

If you want to abstract your references a bit, I would also recommend to try out the Median Filter or Posterize. Median blurs interior but keeps sharp edges, Posterize simplifies the value structure

[@fuzzydragons]

that HUGE window in the new studio is amazing!

[@-loveyourselves-]

I also want to know I am not able to imagine and draw any tips for me 🥺?

[@splendidcyan]

OMGGGGGG I'm so in love with your new studio space! The sunlight and the windows? AHUGHH it's gorgeous! And I think the paint you ended up going with is so nice in there, too. I was one of the people hating on the warm yellow color LOL but it's so bright! I doubt you'll have an issue with the windows you have offsetting any light, but if you do find difficulties, you can always have, like, some white posters on the wall in the corner where you paint so the reflected light isn't too tinted :) I've been studying perspective! I wanna draw and paint more hard surface things (i've been enamored with like, construction equipment lately? at least partially bc my house is surrounded in construction LOL but also they've got fun tech parts!), so I've been practicing making cleaner lines and better depth so any hard surface things I draw don't come out squishy :)

[@KristenOckertFineArt]

I love the grisaille effect. I learned (and still trying to get better at it) this through Sadie Valeri. She has some great online classes for this!

[@reanimatedjesus7239]

I love the “flow” state when I’m making art. Commenting for the algorithm

[@mattieleerootandpine]

This is a technique I've wanted to try for a while. Sarah Finnigan completed a large body of her work with this technique and I think just recently switched to full color layers.

[@sarahbocinsky]

I love painting en Grisaille ❤especially for pieces I don’t have a complete render of!

[@isabellechapmanart]

Girl, you’re making me want to try out oil painting! I felt so inspired watching this ☺️

[@KelseyRodriguez]

do it!!!

[@evermoreenchanted]

Kelsey, what was the “creator camp” you spoke of in one of your interviews with a fellow artist.

[@JavierGonzalez-xg2tq]

GREAT VIDEO! Gracias!

[@eleanor_faltis]

Amazing ❤

[@alyssafiumara8177]

Can you explain the three dots before you begin with the trees? Is that for scale? I love this video. Do you have more tips for studying art? I always feel like I don't have time for play, like I have to always work on commissions. Thanks so much for always inspiring and being so informative!

[@KelseyRodriguez]

yeah! I'm just finding the approximate center of the surface, and then the other two dots are the mid-points from that center dot to the edge of the surface. Sometimes I'll do a whole dot-grid this way, other times it's a more relaxed approach where I just add a couple!

[@-loveyourselves-]

I can't say I am artist but I am trying to be one and have been practicing form liek 4 years I just want to know I am not able to make time for my art what should I do

[@ssolacce]

Is this technique of greying possible with watercolor?

[@KelseyRodriguez]

nope!

[@appleology]

It must be nice to have the 2nd calmest artist watch your videos😭 (Scott Christian Sava)

[@OkieSketcher1949]

Grisaille is a great way to ascertain your values. Where to place your darks, lights and medium values to get the best affect for your painting.

[@stacycreates24]

Hey thanks for all of these videos. Just wondering if it’s possible to move the camera away a little bit?😊

[@LordVurg]

Potential video series idea: for each approach or schedule you use for productivity or training, reflect on the pros/cons of that procedure a few months or even a year after. Like how effective was it at meeting your intention, how sustainable it was, how did you feel before/during/after implementation, how happy you are with the output quality, what you learned/improved on during it, do you recommend using this long/short term/at all, and whatever else you may need some distance from to really get a full analysis on. And if you really wanna go for extra credit, compare and contrast with other methods you’ve tried, prescribe what situations they’re better suited for (long term daily routine vs. burst when you need to be ultra productive for a week), etc. So for instance, compare the more vibes guided training you’re doing rn to the more structured stuff you talked about last year. Could also be applied to smaller things like “should you track your productivity, and if so how granularly? Does explicit tracking hold me accountable and sharpen my focus or does it just stress me out and make it a chore?” Mostly suggesting this bc it’s what I wish there was more of, longterm sustainability evaluation. I tend to see one BIG video like “Don’t make my mistakes”/“Do this if you want to succeed” or shorter “I tried x for a month” ones, but I feel like they’re not as broad in experimentation and comprehensive in analysis as I wish they were.

[@KelseyRodriguez]

love that idea! will think really hard about this

[@JCarrera_ll]

🖤👏

[@eleanor_faltis]

Do a studio tour 😊

[@d.o.nmuzic3802]

🔥

[@ainp777]

Hi, I am a digital artist I comment on a video you made a year ago don’t know if you see comments that far back I always thought about making KZbin videos of my art, but don’t know how to make it entertaining

[@bongbonglelina4895]

Excellent painting. But the mood it convey is sad

[@KelseyRodriguez]

I was going for a moody and mysterious vibe, so I'm glad it's sorta working!

[@alfonzoworldleader]

why ya’ll kick me out the discord

[@KelseyRodriguez]

if you were banned you prob deserved it, but if you were kicked you can re-join using the link in the description

[@SamaMahmoud-pk3lm]

Please girl . Can you translate your videos into arabic too? Pleeeeese 😊