YOU ARE NOT IMPROVING AND HERE IS WHY

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"Failure does not matter" - I think I needed to be reminded of that today. Insightful as ever, Tyler, thanks for the work you do.

i think what a lot of people get stuck on is just practice, they aren't trying to make something in particular, they are just stuck practicing anatomy or perspective or color theory or whatever and think they have to know it before they sit down and try to make something, so it's just a bunch of practice drawings that has nothing in particular to them, it might be a tree a leg or hands just random stuff they wanted to practice. and for these people i'd strongly recommend starting a painting that you want to do and you'll just practice naturally by trying to fix or make it better as you go and ofcourse if you ever get stuck try looking up some references for what you're stuck with, but if you are anxious about just coming up with a painting to do, just do thumbnails, small short sketches that aren't very detailed and then take it from there. like you do get to a point where practice in of itself isn't gonna help you much and you need to take the next step in attempting to make art and when you get there attempting to do the art becomes the practice in of itself, and even if you aren't working on your art directly you might even be practicing something in particular so that you can implement it into your current art piece you're working on which is much more deliberate practice that will yield you something.

I think a very important tip that many beginner artists have to get into their heads (I know I did!): "You can do it again!". I mean whole video was full of good tips but that one gets overlooked so much or reply is "Yeah, yeah" and the person just doesn't take it to their heart for real. But in reality that's often number one art block reason, so many beginners get stuck with this idea they have to make it perfect or at least good at the first try or they suck and should quit and they end up not even trying. It doesn't matter what it is, a quick study, a sketch to be used in a bigger piece or the actual big piece or even whole project - we can do it again! We can learn from our mistakes, review our approach and knowledge, maybe take a break from it to study some things and we can try again and nail it! :)

Of all my many drafts that never see the light, I am continuously reminded of my flaws. Just looking at them makes me chuckle. Seeing people improve their old works is how it proves that improvement comes from learning from failure.

We must try to find the solution to our problems. For example, it was very difficult for me to use color, my paintings were always very saturated with color and there was no harmony in them. I started to look at more desaturated painting like the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites or the Baroque, and I combined it with color studies on the computer, specified with a gradient map and then making adjustments until it was harmonious, then I translated this with real paint and In this process we learn to distinguish between temperature, cold or warm colors, equal colors. I don't imagine how fun this could be, and I'm very sorry that noe realized it or out of fear he won't advance further from the sketch.

Being told 'good art takes a lot of time' is pretty frustrating these days. In a vacuum, I'd have no problem spending tons of time on my art, but my lack of speed feels like its becoming a major problem. Despite spending most of the day drawing I struggle to make much progress it feels. I feel like every piece I do, even simpler ones, takes way too much time. Meanwhile, everything just feels like its moving faster. Its not like people are going to pay me more for my art taking longer; I already got complaints about my art being overpriced for the rates I charged. So how am I supposed to realistically make both money and progress as an artist without finding a way to draw faster? I keep telling myself I'll get faster the more I practice but it feels like the opposite. I just realize how flawed my work is and it takes longer to not have those flaws be present.

One thing that helped me to both improve, stay motivated and draw every single draw was to incorporate tracing, yeah the forbidden technique. It helped me SO much since you can trace in so many way'sn you can for example do the whole images with all the little details, you can focus on one part of it and deconstruct it, for anatomy you can build the mannequin over your ref, you can work on specific skills like lineart and so much more... for real tracing has always been something i never allowed myself to do but it did really make me understand so much about my references, how the body works and how everything is connected. Like i said tho it's important to incorporate it in your daily stuff, i also do normal reference drawing, practice my fundamentals etc. and now i have tracing as something else to do. Anyway really good video

I truly shouted into the void and YT answered. Your video popped up on my recommendations feed and has answered a lot of my frustrations lately when trying to get back into drawing.

Audio is much better this time, Tyler! And I love these tips. As someone kinda struggling with portraiture, I've had to do dozens and dozens that I consider rather ugly, but every so often, one comes out that I kinda like. Portraits are hard especially in realism since we're so tuned into each other's faces, so it's been useful to tackle it because honestly, careful face construction and proportion management has helped my art in general. Some things are becoming muscle memory. And as long as you're noticing a little improvement, or that something is easier than it was -- well, that just means you're on the right path. Onto the next portrait!

5:06 Woooow! This is my home on video! Hello from Republic of Karelia, Russia. Idk why, but this fact made me happy and some kind of proud 😂. Here we have a lot of beauteful places for painting

Your videos always appear when i need it most, the external and internal pressure makes me forgot that failures are okay and that not everything has to be perfect, thank you very much tyler

Hey! I feel called out! I'm that 4 hour cut off person. Thanks for your help breaking that idea, I think going from the "study" phase to "finishing" is not the easiest road traveled alone. Maybe seeing all those "speedpaints" ruined our expectations about how long to spend on a piece. Sure, someone with experience can knock out something promising in a few hours, but even they spend 10s of hours on their own finished pieces. I've been nursing images for 6 months now and I didn't die so there is hope.

Awww man, I hate embracing failure :( Though it is interesting how we focus on the issues the way we do. Even after 20 years I struggle with this. My most recent piece I just kept not liking as I worked on it, but it was one of those things I kinda had to put out that day, eventually I was like “good enough, at least I’ll have something for the occasion”… I come back too it tomorrow and really liked how it looked all a sudden. It’s a strange thing our brans do in the moment.

Something that I learned to do and enjoy more last and this year was to genuinely go back into old WIPs and chip away at them bit by bit. One of my fave paintings was one that started off looking very underwhelming because I simply didn't have the skills at the time to improve the work. I didn't scrap it because I liked the concept too much. So I came back to it a couple months later. Then a couple months after that. Then one day fully committed to the painting and the patience absolutely paid off. My goal last year was to get better at lighting, and that picture clearly showed how much I had learned. Good luck everyone! Have patience, be kind to yourself, and draw what you enjoy!!

You’re the best, Tyler. I hope you never stop making videos! ❤

Thank you so much, Tyler!! ☺️❤️

i can confidently say you're my most favorite channel. every video I've seen was of help, some of them completely on point too. thank you for your great work

Great video! Helped me to rewire my brain and better focus on removing barriers!

I remember when we started our mentorship and this was the first thing you explained me :) and this is so true... I need to say thanks for the reminder once again!