The Reason You Can't Improve Your Art

I LOST YOUR CHANNEL ON MY OLD PHONE IM SO GLAD I FOUND IT AGAIN

One of these videos I checked more than once if I already liked it while watching,

Duuuuuude. It's pronounced Mona Louisa!! 1!1!1

You look like Idris Alba…

How do I find bugs in my own art? I look at my art and go "yes there are definitely places I can improve" but it's impossible to identify the specific areas

i love the monaliser

"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents."-Bob Ross

I mean I just think drawing is a subjectively awful hobby that inspires no positive emotion whatsoever. Enough frustrated envy to have its own gravitational pull, but that's about it.

I'd be curious to see a video discussing that kind of position, if anyone can present to me such a thing.

This helps a lot. Lots of people make fun of my art and I literally quit for like 3 years after even my teacher bullied me for it. Think before you speak

THANK YOU, OH MY GOD THANK YOU. im so sick of this right vs wrong art bs

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Hey dude! I want to thank you, I have suffered on art blocks, doubts, and fear of not having a good consistency on practice. Now I'm currently on break from drawing so that I don't have to push myself all the time thinking drawing everyday will be good for me. Thank you for letting me know that taking break, and have a life outside the premises of drawing.

My problem is that I push myself to draw, but I keep procrastinating. Now my goal is to be a character designer and an animator for a reason to tell stories. I found your channel and you calmed me down. Again thank you I hope I can reach out to meet you... one day or even never. But you helped me through this problem of pushing myself when I don't "have" the energy to practice.

Man, I love how kind and chill you are and how well you communicate "hard truths" without coming off as condescending or demotivating. Plus, I genuinely like your art. Too many times I've watched a video of an artist pointing out art mistakes only to proceed and draw the least appealing thing I've ever seen 🤧

I’m so glad you made this video because it applies not only to art but to everything. We all beat ourselves and each other up to “fix our mistakes”, but that doesn’t help us overcome our problems, it just makes it more frustrating to do so. It’s not productive.

Carl Jung said that suppressing the shadow (the dark part of your mind that you suppress) only makes it stronger, so to become whole you need to integrate it into yourself in a healthy way. I think we need to do the same with the bugs. Don’t beat yourself up for messing up, just focus on noticing the bugs one by one and ironing them out over time with intentional, diligent practice.

This is so enlightening that it can improve your relationship not only with yourself but with others, like the author of that article beautifully put it when they stopped seeing others as “stupid”. What a great thing!

Sorry for the rant, I’m passionate about this. Great vid!

Gotta go paint the Monday Lizzie now.

like someone painting happy little trees once said "We dont make Mistakes, just happy little accidents"

Comment for the algorithm! I mean- MONA LYSER

I remember watching your og video on the subject and instantly working on a french translation for my mom of the article you had quoted; it sparked quite the conversation as we are both very much advocates of the 'nobody is stupid' mindset.

Still slowly trying to implement this way of thinking into anything I learn but grrr, negative self talk is so easy to fall into!!

Loved the new and improved blurry-less video and the black and white segments made me laugh out loud haha!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, Brookes, it's always a breath of fresh air for the mind to watch your videos <3

The joy of revisiting my old works makes me realize how far I've gone. The challenge is trying to revise it. Same goes for everything else in life. Also, the piano part is relatable. The funny lapse I get, even though I know it's the wrong note, still occurs no matter how many times I've played the sheets.



And yet I'm still being told to shift my art styles, even though I'm merely playing around with facial expressions and body parts.

"Once you see bugs for what they are, and not as errors or mistakes, then you no longer see people as stupid." hahahaha it literally took me 43 years to really resolve this conflict for myself. I only recently just started feeling like I've properly learned how to learn.

and I think I'm fortunate in this. for whatever reason I still can't figure, I always had an unshakeable certainty that I wasn't stupid, no matter how much I struggled, no matter how much I was judged. heh maybe because of how much I was judged. spite confidence. and somewhere along the way, I developed the understanding that if I wasn't stupid, other people probably aren't, either. if I wanted to believe in myself, I had to believe in the people who helped me, and who I learned from. but still....... it does take so long to learn these things.

we have been terrible at teaching each other how to learn. but we improve with every advancement in communication. and the people who share their own experiences and insights. thank you for sharing yours.

I’ve been battling this A LOT lately. Thank you for this well timed video. Also I would add “Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly” If it matters, doing 10% is better than nothing.

I enjoy your videos for being positive, motivational, and more realistic on how to manage art.

New lighting is looking nice mate

I remember when I was starting to draw someone told me you don't fail, you just learn.

Is trying to focus on resolving a problem a problem when the problem is trying to focus?

I haven't drawn in months and I think that may be the problem.

Please don't chuck your mic into the ocean! Dispose of it responsibly when it fails you yet again!

When I was in grad school studying linguistic pedagogy they had terms for this exact thing - i don't remember the terms (but they were just 2 everyday terms used as technical terms) but the distinction was that one type of error is intentional and caused by a lack of knowledge about the correct method - like spelling a word wrong bc you thought it was spelled that way, while the other is unintentional and despite having the correct knowledge - i.e. spelling a word wrong bc of a typo. A third useful category, which shouldn't be considered any kind of error, is intentionally spelling it wrong with full knowledge of how to spell it, or without caring about spelling

A very nice mindset to internalize. It also helps when I think of learning art as "expanding my perception", because especially when it comes to portraying the details of a subject matter accurately, it can be so much fun to dive in deep and learn to see it in a way I never could before, and to stylize from there. It's a way to get more in touch with the world that surrounds us, which is cool! Love your style of teaching as always, keep it up! <3

Really appreciate the way things are phrased in this video, it really helps.

As someone who only started drawing the figure last year (as in, last year in college; started a studio art minor), this was something I needed to hear. I spent so much time agonizing over how I drew certain parts of the body, especially with how easily it seemed to come to my classmates. I’m particularly not great with defining muscles, the feet or hair. But I know that the only way I’ll become better at drawing those things is if I spend time working on those problem areas- squashing bugs, as you put it.

Man, im going to art school in a month and i feel like im not good enough to. Even tho thats why im going, to get better. But thinking of my art in this way helps

Really thoughtful work Brookes!! The bugs vs mistakes mindset is such a game changer and I love to see you continue to spread that empathetic viewpoint around.

Lmao I was ready to travel the comments to find someone talking about the "Monalisa"

Moona Liceuh is my favorite Van Gogh picture 😀

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that is really wise

Oh! I really like the idea of calling "mistakes" from inexperience "bugs". It actually feels really encouraging to think of it in coding terms instead of "oops you failed!". I think I'll be using that from now on, because I do know that my art has a lot of bugs. But now this has me actually wanting to fix them instead of just dragging my feet. Thanks Brookes!

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Must draw triangle head

Well said. It's sad that most artists stop improving/lose confidence or motivation due to the rather hectic feedback that they receive from others (which do not actually qualify as criticism half of the time)

Then, with all these definitions, what IS a mistake? Not just in art, at all

this helps a lot. thanks I'll go over my old art.

Thanks so much for the video Brookes! I'll pass this one on to my creative friends when they're feeling down about their skills ❤ Always appreciate a "gentle teaching" approach and I agree that should be the norm.

I can also vouch for Brookes' critiques - if you're considering getting one and you read this comment, DO IT! I've commissioned a critique annually for 3 years running and it's the biggest favour I've ever done my art! Thanks Brookes for all the insights and input, and expect a 4th order from me soon :D

Great advice! And I applaud your consistently funny jokes!

Hello Brookes I Really Want To Make My Own Cartoon Animated Series And Character Design I Love Your Videos

“Donkey Kong Man.” Man, I’m dying. Great video!

The "oops" cut away is ending me💀🤣

I always feel like I'm just going to die tomorrow, so patience is a no-go for me, unfortunately.