Take bigger risks to make better art

You haven't fully lived until you've vandalized your own half-finished painting because you knew it needed a drastic change. Ha! This video details how I turned this painting completely around and headed boldly in a different direction resulting in (1) fun and excitement and (2) a much better painting. I hope it will encourage you to take more risks in your art making to get even better.
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[@conniehubbell7383]

The bigger, the better! The changes you made are fabulous! How well the black worked surprised me

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks so much, Connie! ❤️

[@lorraineerickson4311]

Jackie you nailed it! At first I was worried when you came in with so much white, but you intuitively made it work little by little. I plove watching your videos and appreciate immensely how real you are. I don’t know your whole story but I do know how much you care for others. I signed up for the workshop on June 14, 2024 and I can hardly wait! I’ve never done a workshop before. I’m 67 and am an artist just starting and have waited to burst out. I get so excited when I look at and think about art! I want to do abstract / collage. The bigger the better. The more used up,, tossed away abpnd worn out the better. I want to tell a story.

[@evertesterhuizen1794]

The realness - you missing bigger canvases, plain clothes, life-adjustments to accommodate everything, this was such an inspiring "normal person doing great things" kinda video! And sublime painting! 🎉

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you so much ❤️ At the end of the day we are all normal people doing great things, right? It just takes a while for some of us (perhaps all of us?) to figure out how to make things as us-friendly as possible ☺️❤️

[@evertesterhuizen1794]

@@jackieschomburgart indeed. Indeed! Thanks for your reply. Have a blast of a day!

[@suerothberg143]

i liked the original...but the makeover one?? OMG. fabulous. amazing job, Jackie.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[@lizzieb.4160]

Very nicely done. If I walked into an art show and this painting was on the wall it would have caught my eye right away! It’s bold and fresh. Really like it.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks so much! ❤️❤️❤️

[@clearfitness1954]

I got right up out of my bed watching your videos because you always Inspire me to get busy with my creativity . You always expressed some exact feeling that I guess all of us Artist go through and you just work right through it and always create great or not art . you wash away all the excuses to not create. I love you thank for the wonderful giving of your time

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you for sharing this with me, Crystal - you made my whole week! ❤❤❤ I'm so glad you're feeling inspired and thrilled that my videos have been able to help you push through the resistance! (Would you mind if I use some or all of your comment on my website? I'd just use your first name and last initial)

[@xVentax]

I have several unfinished, but unloved art works that would really benefit from this treatment. You’ve inspired me to dig them out. During your process, I thought a number of times, ‘right, it’s there now, leave it’. But you kept going, and you were right to, I love the finished piece. It was the thick black that made me nervous, but you pulled it back beautifully with the thin black & white lines. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Venta! I’m so glad to have inspired you to revisit some older artwork ❤️❤️❤️

[@kristiinasakai9957]

Beautiful, Jackie. I just found you last week and am happy I did. I really appreciate you just being you and not trying to dress up "cute" for the video. - Right now I am struggling with a number of unfinished paintings small and some larger. I have seen a few of your videos and admire how you just push through. There is a big lesson for me to take to my heart. Thank you so much for sharing your work and it's very beautiful work. I'm looking forward to seeing more of you and your work.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Hi Kristiina! Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ I know the feeling of having lots of unfinished paintings but putting it off for one reason or another. It’s not the easiest feeling. I’d encourage you to choose the in progress painting you like the least (or the one that you’d be okay losing) and take some bold action with paint. You may be surprised how good it feels to just go for it AND perhaps even how quickly one or two bold changes can complete a stalled painting. ❤️❤️❤️

[@dianecharest8365]

I love the one next to it. And I love the one in the background at the beginning of the video.

[@annrubino6252]

Great transformation - Love it!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Ann! ❤️❤️❤️

[@shellienoyes100]

Such an amazing piece! I think the changes are outstanding. I completely see your point about taking big risk! I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos and showing your use of black and white and telling why you like that! You’re a very special artist Jackie! Thank you!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Oh that’s so nice to hear - thank you, Shellie! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ActonCreative]

I'm your girl!! Always!! You're awesome!!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Right back at ya! ❤️❤️❤️

[@helendunbar8589]

Hi Jackie I see 3 pair of glasses with images within ,one has a cat ,one has big blue kettle ,also images although blurred of landscapes , its interesting what each person sees in our paintings I luv it.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Hi Helen! So fun that we all get to see art through our own personal filters! Thanks for sharing!

[@beccogiallo]

I saw the kettle too, and at one point I saw a horse's head.

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️

[@jamesfblaisjr]

Great comfort in knowing that you, too, fearlessly paint over a work that doesn't resonate with you; I do it often. Frankly, some of my best loved pieces emerge from those so-so starts. By the way, I like and will use your baby wipes technique. Genius! Cheers. Blaze

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Blaze! It took me a while to be brave enough to do it, but there's a point when it's just not worth keeping the "kind of good" canvas vs. trying again and having the chance to make something really great. It's almost easier now to paint over something than to start from a blank canvas. The richness of the layers helps make magic :)

[@cynthiathomas262]

i really enjoyed this video. at first, i thought i liked the origonal painting but as you progressed, the new painting grew on me. rotating the piece was something i'd never thought of; it changed everything. thank you for sharing your talent with me. ct

[@jackieschomburgart]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it and learned something new to take with you! Thank you for sharing it with me ❤️

[@allthumbs3792]

Improved for sure!! I was surprised to see how well a baby wipe cleared the white to reveal the under layer. The final seems so much more focused and whimsical. Love it!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Baby wipes are my secret weapon. In life too, not just art 😆❤️

[@mariliaferraz9070]

Love it. Very brave .🌷

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ActonCreative]

Oooh, I love the finished project!!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Yay! Thanks for encouraging me to put it up at the fair! ❤️❤️❤️

[@carolegourvellec1581]

I absolutely love your process with this painting. I am stuck with a larger piece just now and am encouraged to just attack the thing and go for it. What you described that you went through is ditto with me, so thank you! I love your work.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Been there! Just gotta channel your inner artist-warrior! You've got this! 💖

[@CamLek-x8v]

Loved this, Jackie. I feel inspired to take on a painting I have in my sketchbook that I feel stuck with. This paiting of yours remind me of a map in the most wonderful way (with all the different sized lines representing roads). I also love the color scheme. 👍🏾

[@jackieschomburgart]

I'm so glad! ❤️❤️❤️

[@beckyfinkelstein1688]

I often get so frustrated with where my paintings are going and I need to step back because I tend to work them too much. I've been trying to go back to and reworking them as you said and sometimes I'm really surprised with the outcome!! Love how you took a chance!@

[@jackieschomburgart]

Yay! I’m so glad! ❤️❤️❤️

[@priskateijo]

It happens to me quite often, I get stuck with something afraid of ruining it like you said. It is quite bold this approach but I´ll try it, it´s just paint you are right. Your painting is fabulous!!!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ It takes practice to build up the confidence and trust that you’ll figure it out in the end. Definitely a bold way to go about it though lol

[@tonyfaillo5991]

Hey Jackie ... another great video with good advice. I've never done this but will give it a try. I like the idea of creating "windows" that show the layers below in smaller bits. Hope your show went well.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Tony! Yes, the windows allow me to move forward AND keep some of the history and depth of my precious layers, which I love.

[@suerothberg143]

what a dramatic difference. i didnt think it would turn out that way in the end.....it was a welcome surprise. lovely!! normally when i have something like that, i tear it up and make collage paper out of it or throw it out. this gives me hope i can potentially rework it. thanks for sharing.

[@jackieschomburgart]

I’m so glad you found it helpful ❤️ Making collage paper with an unsuccessful piece is also a great idea, but you might as well give it another go before you cut it up ☺️

[@meltemashley1808]

Hi Jackie, I like your work and the process very much…. Since I’m the beginner, I would be very scared to work on such a large canvas…I learn a lot from you, thanks for sharing, I do appreciate it…❤

[@jackieschomburgart]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching! ❤️❤️❤️

[@amherst88]

Love how it turned out Jackie -- a definite yay for your courage & really interesting that you ended up turning the painting other end up and it totally rocks in that direction ❤ For what it's worth (& if you're under the gun again) you could totally mount your sketchbook pages onto cradled board (if you don't already) -- & just have to say how cool it is that your kids get to see Mom doing abstract painting (as though that's a totally legitimate thing to be doing :) -- you're giving them unspoken opportunities to develop whatever kind of world they want to live in.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Oh thank you, Lori! (It’s you, right? 😆) I hope you’re right about the kids learning that art (or whatever their interest is) is something they can pursue. We do LOTS of drawing and coloring around here. There are kid markers in every nook and cranny of our house! I truly believe that everyone has creativity within them - sometimes people forget about it though. I want my kids to remember their creativity. 🥰

[@amherst88]

@@jackieschomburgart It's actually Teri, close though :)

[@jackieschomburgart]

TERI! 🫣🤦‍♀️🤭😂 (Sorry! ❤️)

[@marjoart5193]

looks much better and yes I also have some paintings from the past that I would like to repaint. Thank you for the tip and the explanation during your process 💓👍🙏

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Marjo! I hope it encourages you to give it a try! ❤️

[@MamaTrepFreeman]

So brave! I am so grateful to you and for your ability to encourage! Thank you, I have not ever reworked a painting, but I have more than a few to get started 😂

[@jackieschomburgart]

I'm so glad you feel encouraged. I recommend starting on a painting that you really, really don't like - it really reduces the risk when you don't like it as-is. Haha! You can do it! ❤️❤️❤️

[@gwynner5722]

Love the painting!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! ❤️

[@lifewithlisacoaching333]

Jackie. I love watching your videos. I just found you on KZbin and I am learning a lot from you and you have a wonderful way about you. Thanks for making inspiring videos.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you so much - I’m so glad! ❤️

[@t2terri]

I like! …… great save! After you last comment to me… I began priming substrates to get started on larger panned. Thanks for motivation!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Awesome! Keep going!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@PaulWalesArt]

Wrote an extensive paragraph about watching the process, and with one mistaken keystroke -bang it was gone - arggghhh. So in summary loved the rework. Working with black and white is truly daring especially over a piece that you like (but don't love). You really pulled it off! Thanks.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Ugh! That is the worst! Well, thank you very much for your kind words (the ones I got to read AND the ones I didn't)!!

[@corinnef.9324]

Bravo.nouvelle version très réussie .elle accroche le regard , m’evoque un côté vintage et est à la fois pleine de modernité. L’audace est payante c’est sur ! Se détacher de son œuvre pour en reconstruire une autre est un défi difficile. Je me souviendrai de votre expérience pour m’y encourager. merci Jackie

[@jackieschomburgart]

Merci beaucoup! J'apprécie vos aimables paroles et je suis si heureux que vous l'ayez trouvé utile! ❤️

[@peggylee5021]

I love the way it turned out! I have painted over a few pieces but they were on paper and just for practice.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Peggy! At the end of the day, I like to think it's *all* for practice :)

[@andrewwatts2695]

Very different, bold and interesting. I really like the end result, and yes, I've done the same thing by taking a bold move with my art. It really foes build your confidence and makes you see just how good you can be, and what work you really can produce 🎨

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Andrew! You’re so right about it being a confidence builder - 100%. Thanks so much for watching ❤️

[@LynnLBE]

Love it❗️

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks Lynn! ❤️

[@angelinamichelle8474]

OMG that was INCREDIBLY brave but you nailed it !!! Wow. Inspirational! Thankyou so much for sharing this

[@jackieschomburgart]

I’m so glad you were inspired! ❤️❤️❤️

[@israelmejia5006]

Beautiful art work im inspired by your art work. I always painting in a small canvas but now watching your video I feel more bold to do so. Thank you . Israel mejia from nyc queens

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you, Israel - I’m so glad to hear it! ❤️

[@deelynn8611]

My own style is more how it started on yours-more unstructured. I also love blues, so I liked the original one. The re-paint is a nice structured geometric work too though. I am brand new to painting (15 months) so am afraid to mess up anything which I think is going good-but i also freeze and won't work on it at all. it's an awful feeling really...I am really really enamored of Cecily Brown's work, Flora Yukyonovich, and Krista Harris (Krista is amazing and is SO good I can't believe her work is not selling in the millions like Cecily's and Flora's.) Keep up the good work!

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks so much! It’s hard to take risks. It gets easier with practice. Just keep painting. You’ll get it! And thank you for the artists to check out too! ❤️❤️❤️

[@tannaorr4133]

Turned out beautifully, but liked it better without the black.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you ☺️

[@mymythology8799]

i like it so much! thx!

[@jackieschomburgart]

I'm glad you like it ❤️

[@djoanlilley1307]

Inspirational

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️❤️❤️

[@pamelagilmour8060]

I always paint that way. Rarely like my beginning paintings. Subtraction 👍

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️

[@morriseaddy1531]

So good to see your larger painting process. This painting is beautiful and exciting….thank you !

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️❤️❤️

[@emmanuelpower2439]

Problem solving... i really like the ones you evoke in this video. I encounter them too, including the issue of being present and focused... and i dont dress cute for painting either. Not a single t shirt with no paint on it.

[@jackieschomburgart]

“Not a single shirt with no paint on it” 😂😂😂 I’m almost to that point myself 😂

[@private5422]

Can't not see eyeglasses and that makes me happy

[@jackieschomburgart]

Haha! ❤️❤️❤️

[@nancystewart8853]

I think your painting would have been more interesting if the painted shapes which were outlined were less opaque. some scraping into the paint or removing ( while wet ) it partially with a rag or paper..? I like the circle motif.

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thanks for your input, Nancy - fun that we all have different ways of doing things, right? ❤️

[@robertwebber8672]

different altogether and very saleable i would think . agree with u re using images and painting freely. no showing here . its my secret world that i create. kudos to u for yr bravery both re vids and fairs

[@jackieschomburgart]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ActonCreative]

Look at your pretty face! Yay you!!

[@jackieschomburgart]

😘😘😘

[@dianasherwood9647]

Great redos, your work is a delight, but the music on this made me want to turn off the sound. ha sorry

[@jackieschomburgart]

Thank you! Sorry you didn’t like the music - good thing there was only a few minutes of it, eh? It’s hard to determine if I should just leave silence if there is a pause in my voiceover or put music in for a short stint. Sometimes I leave it quiet, sometimes I don’t 😆