Trust Your Own Taste, but We Paint for Others - artist advice

[@bertmunoz7100]

I was in 9th grade and toke part in my first ART exhibition. I painted a full size copy of Édouard Manet's "The Fifer" my art teacher stood in front of the painting and said BEAUTIFUL. Even then all I could see was the mistake. Today after 46 years I still have the painting. I look at it and think; Not bad for a 14 year old boy and than I look at the mistake. I enjoy your videos, Thank you for creating this channel.

[@stevecarmean2059]

Perfect timing for me, Mark. I’ve recently found that I’m on a roll creating paintings that I like and seem to be enjoyed by quite a few others. I even won first place in a recent exhibit among 55 others and I still am stunned by that. I admire several styles of oil painting but my own is a graphic style. My intention is always to paint looser but for now that isn’t usually the end result. Maybe I will eventually but for now I’m taking my daughter’s advice which is “Why don’t you just paint the way that YOU want to paint, Dad?”

[@beanalog8202]

Very true. I also struggle with trusting myself which brings indecisiveness which is also a curse. I decided to paint how I feel or what I feel about the subject. Easier said than done.

[@franksliwa362]

Great advice! I paint how I paint is what I tell myself. I know some will like my work, and others won’t. I don’t really care though.

[@JGalegria]

Exactly! Ditto 😊

[@claytonandredesouza1533]

Best content about art. It's a shame not to find people with such good conversation to sit down, have a coffee and talk. Congratulations. greetings from Brazil. Melhor conteúdo sobre arte. Uma pena não encontrar pessoas com essa boa conversa para sentar, tomar um café e conversar. Parabéns. saudações do Brasil.

[@bluetulleart]

Always good sound advice. Thank you Mark.

[@sarahkaiser8677]

You are so right--listen to your own voice and stop trying to impress people.

[@sheerattitude1]

Thank you for this advice !

[@jolakedra2998]

Great advice Mark! Thank you.

[@dukerosendahl6235]

Thank YOU, Mark!!! I needed this 😊

[@oliverhill113]

Thank you for sharing your experience. It was very helpful to me. (I started painting again now I'm retired. The last time I really painted was 40 years ago.)

[@christianlombardo14]

I love your videos very much! I learn sooo much from these! Your style of speaking is awesome 🙏🏼

[@pugface7730]

Thank you

[@itsallaboutlight]

I wish you still sold the color checker. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@AmandaMG6]

Fairly easy to make with polymer clay

[@LaEscuelaDelEncanto]

That color checker has been essential to me

[@DrawMixPaint]

As a matter of fact I just finished redesigning it today. The old one was very expensive to make, the new one will be much easy to produce, so we will be able to sell it for less. Should be available in a couple months or so.

[@RonSwansonIsMyGod]

@@DrawMixPaint Would you be planning on producing the long lasting palette boxes for sale at all? I kind of made my own, but I am still pretty curious about those.

[@ty88]

would have loved to have Mark as a mentor from a young age. if only.

[@michaelmcewan432]

Very helpful as usual 😊

[@gary313]

A few months ago you said you would release a unique palette box that kept paints usable for days. When is that coming out?

[@JGalegria]

Just because your painting winds up on someone's wall, doesn't mean you painted it for that person. You painted it because it sprang from your own inspiration and motivation. The only exception is a commissioned work.

[@sheerattitude1]

When I started my art journey I had absolutely no idea what I was doing but I had so much fun and my friends loved my art! THEN I took an art class and all I heard was I’m doing this or that wrong and that gave me a lot of self doubt .

[@anyajohnson4471]

In our modern society, art is about connection, not a gate-kept hierarchy of acheivement like it used to be when the world was less connected. Connecting with yourself is painting in a way that is “so much fun” etc. connecting with others involves finding buyers who, like your friends, think your art is great. That’s it. Make art and make money - be happy! Forget about anything else.

[@deelynn8611]

I'm just starting on the journey, of painting. But I have to like it first, then hope others like it, and if not, figure out what they DO like.

[@PRADEEP-s5p]

RESPECTED SIR 🙏 AS USUAL YOUR VALUBLE INSIGHTS AND ADVISE IS A VISUAL TREAT NEVER WOULD LIKE TO MISS UR VIDEO'S

[@Ulujmf]

I am a semi pro sculptor potter painter. Yes it is nice to think that people own your art. Also it is true i don't do what people want.this is why I rarely do commission unless we agree of the outcome.

[@HelenNorton]

Merton - "No man is an island". But if we as artists do not tease up the viewer and elevate them beyond their own limited vision through our natural skill for seeing life as magnificent, pregnant and full of possibilities, we are nothing more than decorators and cameras. We deny our audience our insight and gift. If we do that, we may as well scrub dishes. The key I have found is to constantly send out trial balloons and observe what pulls out that magic inside the viewer, but to never emulate the viewer's vision. All artists die in the water when they do that. We all know, after decades of being in the game - the horrific result of 'commissions' where we do the bidding of the viewer. So be careful.

[@HelenNorton]

@togglebutton3312 What a wonderful reply. I love your sense of humour!

[@joannsmith9]

Makes a lot of sense

[@DartagnanMagic]

Seth Godin has one of the best expressions for what art is in his book "The Practice." The bread bjuying in Turkey practice. Look it up.

[@marioforieri8529]

Thank you!

[@scubathehun]

Man you so smart..

[@OnPointContractors]

I would love to take your course. Any veteran discounts?

[@davidportch8837]

Great advice as ever Mark... wish I had known this a long time ago as it makes perfect sense to me after all these years...

[@sonnycorbi4316]

My Heart doesn’t know what i want to or like to paint or draw and doesn’t care what I think - I die from the shoulders up - it’s hand spirit coordination not hand eye - I have achieved photo realism with my system - technique takes care of itself by way of repetitive application - ART, is such a nebulous word

[@MayaDrawingArt]

Good 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Sr.C-kh4js]

Is there a way to place highlights?

[@frankcove]

What's the cover video name? Author ? It's amazing that lady with red hat. You channel too it's awsesome Mark, congratulations from Madrid, Spain, Velazquez's homeland.

[@chrisf.1301]

I think it may be an AI image

[@verydrunkcat]

It's AI, midjourney always generates the same faces

[@Broody58]

It doesn't look a.i. generated at all to me. It looks like a beautiful oil. & a well chosen model. A.i. always over uses secondary lighting.

[@verydrunkcat]

@@Broody58 You're blind then or have not seen enough AI yet. Very standard face, very AI way of rendering eyes and lips, inconsistent and illogical depth of field on the hair, hat and collar etc etc

[@hussainsbraljasim6520]

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[@Broody58]

Please tell us about the woman with the hat.

[@Juanaponymous]

It’s like Jay-Z said: people come to Chinese restaurants for Chinese food

[@armandogavilan1815]

Taste is 50% of this. I´ve seen good technicians with bad taste and the works never reach their potential.

[@TheresaREAberilla]

how is an american painting, appreciated by the world!!!the plasticity!

[@Opuscus]

A very sad comment on having painting/photography on walls; When you see inside peoples' homes all the wall are bares with nothing on them. Wouldn't they feel better in a well appointed room? Usually a TV and nothing else can be seen!

[@sword-and-shield]

I disagree, If you create for yourself, and let the chips fall where they may with the consumers of your art, your creative expression will always be true and unchecked. Once you allow the "other" garbage to infiltrate, disillusion is on the horizon, money, sales, or consumer satisfaction should never be the goal. Now, I am a recent painter, but created mostly music and gigged across the US for years. In the end my statement holds true for any art, and this is my advice from discussion with all kinds of artist's over the years. I respect yours as well Mark, just disagree, thx for all the vids.

[@RonSwansonIsMyGod]

Now that the Luddite wackos have left, can the adults have conversations now.....? But anyway, as I heard a songwriter say once, "the only thing you can know 100 percent for sure is what you like..."

[@quietbirt]

look we have an AI "artist" here

[@quietbirt]

@togglebutton3312 that's great, I believe you. My reply was actually to the anti-luddite warrior above.

[@RonSwansonIsMyGod]

@@quietbirt You people still here? Don't you have something better to do? Or not I guess...

[@Sosi-i1i]

I do not recommend anyone follow this advice.

[@lmm6665]

Why?