The #1 Reason Why Your Figurative Art is Failing (& How To Fix It)

Hello, dear readers and subscribers; thank you for joining us again for our weekly video. My sincere apologies for the excessive B-roll footage and the out-of-focus video at times—my lens was behaving strangely when shooting this video. As always, I look forward to hearing your most honest thoughts and reactions in the comment section. Chat soon! All my best, Julien

This brings me back to something a friend told me when we noticed a lot of artists are dropping hyperrealism for 'looser' styles. He said, and i quote, 'Hyperrealism is not the problem, the problem is...what is the hyperrealism being used for?'

Your sound quality is so much better! Bravo. 😎

Thankyou for clarifying my realisation, after many years of painting, that subject matter is key, even more important than process. Love what you do. Cheers from Australia❤

Wow. Oh my goodness! True story. I said a prayer tonight, before coming on youtube while I have dinner, to please let there be the right video for me, to help me with my art. After finishing art college in the spring, & a chain of hell events since, I'm preparing to resume a daily hands on art effort, (beyond prep/ brainstorming ideas/ research/ videos like this, a lot of prep). So I've figured out a lot about the art I want to do... my purpose. I've heard a clear calling. I know a lot of what I find pleasing in compositions, & things I like from my art effort so far. I realized one thing I really want to be central in my art is figurative art...!! I just feel so blessed to once again have my prayers answered, with just the right cautions & great advice, at the right time. You are awesome. Love to the whole art world family out there. Love wins.

"An alibi to paint" I relate too well, except I tell folks I paint so I have an excuse to build a picture frame. The lack of story has been haunting me. I can create the stage, develop the characters, but I can't seem to project the plot. Iconography and egg tempera is historically fascinating. A image given the same power as the written word. I wonder about the power one image can have in a world where the only image you see is the one you see Sunday at church. The one image that teaches the story of life and death, salvation and condemnation. It is a far cry from posting another image to be ignored on Instagram.

Thank you so much for verbalizing these ideas. I have struggled to explain my art process so much to people who think of art as just a well rendered image, rather than an intimate journey of discovery and revelations.

I really enjoy and appreciate this channel. I feel like your advice on all things art and the industry is both honest and generous. Thank you.

I love the way conor harrington uses staging & costume.

Thanks for these videos - a lot of things I needed to hear.

painting pictures is a craft, but selling them at high prices is a great art!))

This supports what I've thought for some time. It is quite encouraging. Thanks!

Interesting. As a photographer, I follow this channel as a measure of ensuring that I’m seeing more than the lens is seeing.

Thank you!! Right on time.

agree with what you said, thanks for sharing this ideas and for the reminder appreciate it❤

I love that, be an inventory rather than an executioner.

Thank you for this very interesting video, with a subject that is not widely discussed. Also, I was hoping you would mention AI... until you did in a perfect way. I find it very useful as a tool to give a new dimension and sometimes go much deeper in your creative process.

The dog! He's thinking "yes, yes, you've said this 600 times... I'm going to sleep now". However, it's great advice, thank YOU!

Excellent. Thank you. 👌🏽✨

Excellent video, thank you! It made me think of the American artist Alexander Ross, who uses playdough to create organic shapes which he then photographs, processes on Photoshop, and then paints on canvas.