Whats the worst advice for artists?

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This is the worst advice for artists that I have ever received.
I still hear many people offering this horrible advice to artists that is destined to create many, many more starving artists.
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0:25 Introduction to Tim Packer
0:52 My many styles of painting early in my career
1:15 Selling at Art Festivals
1:24 The Worst Advice for Artists
1:42 Why the advice is wrong
2:37 What I did instead of this bad advice
3:09 Breakthrough Painting that changed my Life
3:41 How I achieved $28,000 in Sales in one weekend
3:52 when its time to pick your painting style
4:13 why I created my online art academy
4:26 get my Unstoppable Artist Program for just $199
4:34 learn how I developed my unique painting style

[@WendyDewarHughes]

Thanks Tim. I joined your academy earlier this year. It was well worth it.

[@timpackerfinearts]

Love to hear that Wendy🙂

[@ContractorStrategist]

This is the exact issue I’m having. No 5 look the same

[@timpackerfinearts]

That's what it is supposed to look like while searching for your voice in process mode.:)

[@ivi122]

That makes a lot of sense. Why not try different styles and mediums until you find the one you love and that gets a great reaction from the public!? Great advice, thanks

[@timpackerfinearts]

@@ivi122 my pleasure 😊👍

[@darleneelizabethanna]

Thanks for sharing❤

[@timpackerfinearts]

my pleasure :)

[@shahzadqurashi7728]

Great 👍

[@timpackerfinearts]

@@shahzadqurashi7728 thanks 👍😊

[@almblade_art]

Part of me wonders if I'm failing as an artist because I have too wide a range of subject matter. Most artists I know who are successful zone in on a particular subject and style. I always thought that diversifying, having a little of everything, was best. Not so much anymore. Its been a hit or miss for me and not consistent sales.

[@peacockandfig]

More likely just marketing -- I see a consistent thread in your work. But if you think that choosing one **general** subject, like still life, or landscape, etc might benefit you, choose the one you're most excited about and try it. Obviously you'll have to give it a good crack to see whether that's making any difference, like at least months, but you won't know unless you try. But often buyers are more interested in the "life" in the work than the subject matter directly (for me an exception would be fantasy-based stuff, I don't follow any of the movies/books/characters etc so I genuinely wouldn't understand the references or anything). But for you maybe that's exactly what you should lean into, if you really want to of course. There is no "best" course of action, there's what works for you, and what's sustainable for you (which is why Tim says don't just latch onto whatever and make that your "thing" if that's not what you really want to lean into, just for the sake of picking something).

[@timpackerfinearts]

The key is to keep pushing your creativity in process mode while working to master all of the skills and concepts, while gauging the public's reaction. Its only time to focus on one thing when you have found the one thing where you love the process... you love the work and the public absolutely "loves" your work. Once you reach that point it becomes all about how to scale your earnings. If you pick the "one thing" and the public does not absolutely love it... you will have a very tough go of it.

[@EugeniaLoli]

I can't find any social media or website links on your youtube page, so that's one problem for sure.

[@barrybark3995]

i listen carefully to advice then go do exact opposite,this has worked well for me!

[@timpackerfinearts]

With so many "starving artists" out there... you definitely don't want to do what they are doing 🙂

[@DN-wy3ud]

💯

[@timpackerfinearts]

@@DN-wy3ud 😊👍

[@667hodge]

I made several million dollars? Nuthin like braggin🙄

[@timpackerfinearts]

Well if you are going to listen to advice about how to earn a living from your art... are you going to listen to a "starving artist"?

[@667hodge]

@@timpackerfinearts absolutely no need to tell everyone how much you made

[@timpackerfinearts]

@@667hodge obviously my content is not for you 😊👍

[@rickblankenship7016]

Kinda confusing video. First advice from others is pick one subject and stick with. Bad advice he says. Try many different styles and subject matter. Then he says find one that everyone loves and stick with it.

[@timpackerfinearts]

The key is not to pick one thing UNTIL you are consistently producing work that enough people Capital "L" LOVE. Most artists pick one thing before they have reached that point. That is a guaranteed path to the starving artist syndrome