How I Became a Full-time Artist - and why I quit

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This is my story. It's also probably yours. Whatever happened to that intensely creative person we once were and how do we get back to being that way again?
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@sf5823 3 года назад

Your videos are immersive. I'm so inspired by your message, it's transformational! The dark ages of adolescence, yep can relate to that! 😀 3:00 This is true, that pressure to produce excellence, it's devastatingly fear provoking and makes it so difficult to cut through it and just love the process to create rather than produce! So we end up putting it off for a long time or not doing it at all. 'Lets get back to playing!' I, like many other people watching this video really needed to hear this message, thank you, thank you , thank you Danny Gregory! xxx

@noahferguson3540 3 года назад

Living the post married life has made me think about who I was before a wife, kids, and career formed my identity. I was an artist all my life until high school. The guidance counselor banned me from the art program, because I made a D. Although I was the best artist in grade school and junior high, I was banished from what I loved. Then life got in the way. I discovered punk rock, skateboarding, and checked out. I barely made it out of high school because I didn't care. After all these years I have returned to art because it is the most authentic understanding of my self. Your videos bring tears to the eyes. I feel like I have returned from exile.

@lindahenderson1625 3 года назад

Welcome back.

@Liliarthan 2 года назад

This feels like it could be my story too. Innocence, then 'failure' and forbidden, followed by fear and loss - leading to living a life that was genuine in my attempts but inauthentic and empty in how it felt. It took me a full mental breakdown and being admitted into a psych hospital to rediscover art. I still get scared and I still feel frozen and incapable sometimes, but it's no longer something completely out of reach. I'm glad you've found your way back too.

@charlotteburns7143 2 года назад

I don't get it. Art should be for anyone. Who cares if you don't draw and paint in the accepted way. I went to art school and felt traumatized because if you didn't relate to the way the teacher worked, most times they'd be very critical of what I did. And I got worse and worse and didn't have the confidence to do anything. So I abandoned art. Just the thought of it gave me anxiety. But I started sketching in my 40's and never stopped. When I retired I finally was able to take it up again. I found a teacher I was simpatico with and am gaining confidence again.

@carlaeskelsen 2 года назад

I think I just found four people who would understand me if I talked about my art anxiety. I'm 66, and trying to get brave enough to learn how to draw, after not drawing since junior high because I was so bad. I just took a small "drawing for seniors" class, and have drawn about 10 sketch exercises. Every day is an epic battle between "I just can't do this" and "I do so want to do this". I want to watercolor, and I know that I need drawing skills to paint things that I like. But it's so hard to push through the "everything I draw is cringe" stage. I just need to do one sketch a day and not give up, but that is so hard.

@pamelagilmour8060 Год назад

@@carlaeskelsen I teach watercolor to lifelong learners. We sketch but mainly paint. Beautiful juicy colorful papers filled with whatever bubbles up. My background is art therapist. Process, just do it for the joy. As Danny says Zen like flow❤️ Put on your 2nd grade art smock and have fun.

@terryclarke6845 3 года назад

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. - Picasso

@monicahanlin504 3 года назад

Okay this was beautiful and very relatable! I quit being an artist at 19 because a boyfriend shamed one of my drawings. I became a graphic artist. 30 years later I began drawing again, and now have an online shop for my art. Thanks Danny! Love your stories!

@CourageousPainting 3 года назад

I became a graphic designer too because of art shaming! Now I’m painting again and trying to teach others how to paint and be confident. 🤗

@cachitagarcia 3 года назад

I relate with you experience! I stop drawing at 21…. An 20 years later I bagan to coloring , an with the time I have return to art. Now I an almost 50, maybe it is time to go back to school (art or graphic design), who knows!! ;)

@markdonovan1540 3 года назад

Idiot boyfriend. I hope you dumped him!

@monicahanlin504 3 года назад

@@markdonovan1540 Ha! Totally. Eventually. I wrote about it in my bio in my store. Makes for a good story for others to find strength!

@monicahanlin504 3 года назад

@@cachitagarcia Good for you Maria! I love the classes here on Sketchbook Skool. And lots to learn on RU-vid. Keep making art! (=

@garrettgriffin4974 3 года назад

I hoarded sketchbooks and notebooks for years. in 2020-2021, I started gradually whittling them down. Your videos help. Every time I watch one, my fingers twitch for pen and sketchbook. So, thank you.

@TheKidsCookingSchool 2 года назад

Same!!! I’m always afraid to “ruin” the notebook

@lisareid7043 3 года назад

Thank you so much you are the only person in my life who gives me “permission” to draw and love my time doing it!

@godsservant6649 3 года назад

Wow! I needed this! Almost decided to ditch art and get rid of all supplies when I relocate. Uh, never mind! Thanks for giving us permission to dream and draw and paint again and not care what others think or what sells...

@trinitywright7122 3 года назад

I'm glad you changed your mind. I did ditch it for a long time and I haven't actually done an oil painting for way too long but I have started sketching again even though my sketches are terrible the real point is to just do it

@mountainside26 2 года назад

It’s harder to go from 4th grade to age 65++ without mourning the lost time- and how there isn’t enough time left to learn all I want to- but it all goes away by just doing art. No longer need or care about judgment- it’s of no use. So remember, don’t look back, because that’s not where we’re going!

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

You got it! 😃

@jelenavisic2107 3 года назад

Finally smeone who understand! I loved drawing sinsee I could hold a pencil and now I am 12 years old and my love has only grown! One thing I remember people thold me was : You can not live off art! But now I think we had a different understanding on - living off art - thats joy for me. I love doing it.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Thanks for the comment Jelena and you're so right about the joy! May you always live off art and the happiness it brings you 💛.

@jelenavisic2107 2 года назад

@@SketchBookSkool =)

@studybuddy36 2 года назад

When i was 8 years old i was asked first time,"What do you want to become." I instantly replied, "a painter". N i was told in reply ," painters dont earn enough." Next time i never said "i wanna b a painter."Then i studied mainstream subjects "with which i could earn enough." Then i got a reputed job n started "earning enough". Within a year i started feeling low, sad n depressed. N couldn't figure out why i was feeling so empty. Then after 8 years of my job when i turned 31 i watched a video on RU-vid unintentionally of an artist where she was telling how she became a full time artist. That video literally opened, not only my eyes, but my heart too. The artist that was within me playing with me in my childhood just woke up. With the sense of drawing, painting n creating i started seeing hope in my doomed life without any reason. I started feeling joy n excitement once again. Now i m 34 years old, hv collected lots of art supplies n sketchbooks. Make art n draw often. Art is the thing which has saved me from slipping into depression. Now i hv bn trying to find ways to be a full time artist n crafter. Once again ,"I want to b a painter." Had i got this passion n love for art back in my adolescence n College days i wouldn't hv made bad choices in my life n hv bn a much happier person in general.

@kathrynseward3834 3 года назад

Your little talks always hit home! I was an artist when I was little. I considered doing art and design in collage but ended up in the sciences... and eventually became a doctor. Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like in a different path. Art eventually made a comeback in my life during my extensive training to become a doctor and is a mainstay outside of my job at the hospital. It keeps me going when the times are dark. During the stress of early Covid/quarantine It became a lifesaver. Instead of watching the news, I channeled it into my art. Thank you for your channel, it really speaks to me on a deep level!

@pamelahansen5928 2 года назад

Instead of becoming a doctor - which my father wanted me to be- I became an artist💝😬👩‍🎨

@olivierdeme3886 3 года назад

Your words will touch so many like me who used to think art was for others. Thank you for making my day.

@bellap2570 3 года назад

I thank you so much for your sharing. I discovered at 51 years old, that I was an artist too! I have a full time job, but every minutes I have, I draw, I paint, I make a book so I can watercolor on it, etc….it’s definitely the little creative girl I was, that I rediscovered a year ago! It feels great! ❤️ I am ready for my retirement in 2028! 🤣🤣🤣❤️🦋🙏🏻🌸🌻

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

That's wonderful! It's so nice to discover something that brings such happiness.

@susannaartist9447 2 года назад

You were one handsome college student and young man. Great thought provoking commentary. Most of us artists can relate to what you are saying. Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration to help us want to continue to produce our art.

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

Thanks for listening!

@dienekevugts5572 2 года назад

I listened with tears in my eyes. Recognizing the story and so happy that I can playing with my supplies without thinking about the outcome or what people will think about it.

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

I'm so glad it was helpful!

@BethBurns68 Год назад

I think it's our little artists who are crying...wanting to play and hoping we get back to doing that very thing. They're lonely and want to come out and play.

@b.b_is_here5810 3 года назад

Love this video. I recently read a book about the types of mindsets people have about learning and achievements. You either belong to the group where you believe that you can only achieve things if you have talent, or group B where you believe anything can be learnt on a master level through failure but perseverance. Lots of examples of great artists who didn't show great talent early in their lives,but worked hard at it,enjoyed the learning process,accepted the failing process and utilized it and in result became great. Their greatest strenght was to realize how you should stop pressuring yourself,enjoy the process and do it without your inner judgement. You must allow yourself to be free and happy for the time you are creating.

@niteycat 3 года назад

I love it and the one you did about the sketchbook that saved your life. I haven’t did any art since my brother passed in December because it was a connection we both had. I am slowly getting there.

@TT-fn1xb 3 года назад

Take your time. It can be so hard to get back into things we love after the death of a loved one. Best wishes to you.

@wisewordings 2 года назад

"Dark ages of adolescence" indeed! I loved art my whole childhood, but when I took an art class in high school and realized so many of the students were more skilled (I would have said talented) than myself, I gave it up. Thanks for getting us back to creativity! I too now believe that art and creativity are for all, period.

@industrialchristian7453 2 года назад

I’ve wanted to be an Artist for most of my life. The Teacher at School was an alcoholic waster who put me off. Every time I sat down and tried to actually do something since, the guilt kicked in. “Cut the Grass, Do the washing up, Fix that loose wardrobe door” ab Nauseum. Now it’s 2022, I’m in my late 50’s Gout has laid me up since April. I feel free to start learning without guilt. Thank you Sir for your inspirational videos.

@Halonablack 2 года назад

This was just great. I’m 44 years old and I’m finding my way back to creating after 3 years of deep healing work. I had always wanted to paint watercolors, but had convinced myself that painting was for real artists and that I could never learn. Then at the start of the pandemic, I gave it a try. Now I paint almost every night. And it’s opening doors to other kinds of creativity. And my life as a content marketer is no longer enough for me. I want to teach people how to connect to their creativity too. Thank you for this beautiful essay.

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

Wow, that's so great. Thanks for sharing!

@JF-kv1gm 3 года назад

Oh, deep joy and surprise to be rediscovering the little artist inside of me after nearly 4 decades. I had continued to be "creative" in other ways but have just started drawing and painting again on a daily basis. I'm having a lot of fun, and it gives me happiness to be cultivating this new activity. Thanks, Danny. I'm so grateful that you came knocking on my door (thanks to an algorithm)!

@aheilman2590 3 года назад

This made me cry. I am struggling at the moment with what to do with my life, how to make an income and still do something creative. I guess my inner artist lifted her head again somewhere deep inside me and cried: "Don't fight back at me."

@artingaholic9811 3 года назад

that was really needed i'm so grateful that i found your channel my perspective about art changed so much thank you so much for your amazing content

@annenglish2935 3 года назад

Thank you for your uplifting spirit ... I used to do many creative things - but things 'happen' that kind of shut my mind down. However, I picked up a pencil a few days ago and sketched a door... no watercolors, HA! Have to borrow from grandchildren. Glad to have found you... just what a doctor would've ordered😄🌴🌺

@JoshuaBlunsh 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing your story, it's a pleasure to listen to you! Same happened to me but I rediscovered that artist earlier after I got ill and had to quit my job. Guess that was a blessing in disguise cause I started to draw full-time again. And it's so great to hear you find the way back to your passion too

@RFazor 3 года назад

One of the greatest essays of all time!

@philipsnyder7435 2 года назад

I love you and your message. This one brought me to tears. Just absolutely heart touching. I needed it. Thank you.

@ginajennings1664 3 года назад

I am 60 and just started to paint and draw again, and I did it because I thought if now when. But I was wondering if you could do a video on “it’s ok to make bad art”. Because I am starting over I get discouraged because my art isn’t as good as I think it should be.

@AndreGodoy1973 2 года назад

Sorry for my English, not my native language. What I would like to tell foi is that art has more to do with SINCERITY and HONESTY than with what we call "beauty". Be sincere, be honest and go ahead. My last suggestion: if possible, read "The art spirit". God bless you and many greetings from Brazil! 😊

@annmurray6494 3 года назад

Thank you Danny. It is great to just play with art again. Creativeness just seems to bubble up when we let it out.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Yes it does!

@yolanywinters 2 года назад

I almost cried. Just what I needed to hear! Thanks for sharing.

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

You are so welcome!

@irmas-music Год назад

Super inspirational, love the depth you are touching, bringing into consciousness the creative process

@emman.3653 3 года назад

So true again, Danny! Thank you😊🎨

@elaorleansplus 2 месяца назад

This video made me cry. i found so many artistic jobs to substitute that childish hunger, even though the dream was right there in my head. a few days ago I bought some paints and decided to just work on my art regularly and see if i haven't lost that kid in me. life is short. thank you

@verthandijal 3 года назад

danny you have the best energy. i'm so glad i found you and i wish i could hug you!!!!

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

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@honeybee6002 2 года назад

I needed this today. Thank you

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

💛

8 месяцев назад

I had goosebumps when I saw these Notes from Corporate Meeting... This is exactly like my Notebook, filled with little sketches, little Flowers & People. This has opened so many doors on my mind to think about. I love the little artist in me. It´s still hard not to worry about grown up stuff though, but I will definetely try more :) Thanks for the amazing Talk.

@alaadhiya 3 года назад

Thank you so much i needed that reminder

@SH-ll8kl 3 года назад

Yes... this message is so clear. 🌟

@Julie-vy3oz 3 года назад

Gift of encouragement. Thank you.

@suellen4895 3 года назад

You are very calming I have to say, almost like therapy listening to you but yes you are right, I am constantly drawing while I am in meetings or on the phone, its a never ending battle.

@AnaBela1990 3 года назад

my God! this was beautiful

@shastingrace3760 Год назад

Thank you for another amazing video. This one spoke so deeply to me and even brought tears. I feel my inner child asking me to go buy some paints!

@annaensley2389 Год назад

Creativity has always been a part of me, and I was encouraged in my art making by parents and teachers. But when I began exploring what kind of artist I wanted to be I hesitated. The often tragic and misanthropic stories of these famous figures was not what I wanted, and it seemed as though my options were to become consumed by my art making or drift into mediocrity. As an adult I can see that it was the personal worldview and life circumstances of these famous figures that led them down such tragic paths, and that there are plenty of examples of artists, in history and today, who maintained a more balanced and peaceful life. Your videos have encouraged me to create a little bit every day to exercise that muscle, and I am slowly overcoming my perfectionist "all or nothing" mantra. Thank you for sharing this with us ❤

@Kleonai 3 года назад

Loved this. Thank you!

@terrymead2122 2 года назад

Excellent, touching, transparent video! Thank you!!!

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@761Ed 2 года назад

"I did what many lost souls do... I went into advertising" LOL!

@SKY-qf8qq 3 года назад

Always a pleasure and inspiration. Can’t thank you enough.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

My pleasure!

@merydelgado8180 2 года назад

You really inspire!

@elenarogers5311 2 года назад

Thankyou for this perspective. Greetings from beautiful Italy.

@sketchshinaver2137 3 года назад

Absolutely brilliant loved thank you

@damienkearns3654 2 года назад

Loving these videos 🙏

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

Glad you like them!

@anteacazzato3960 2 года назад

story of my life. thank you for sharing, it opened my eyes

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

Thanks for listening!

@recoveringsoul755 3 года назад

Did you say "not caring that the Grups didn't notice"? around 4:50 I think. There was an old Star Trek episode (Kirk old) where the planet they visit has children only. All adults die when they get older/puberty. They call the grownups Grups and the kids are Onlies I think. Anyway this was great. I wrote and doodled, mostly wrote to survive adolescence and young adulthood. Until I caught my husband reading it, as if he thought he was entitled to read my private thoughts. Then I stopped writing but I couldn't contain it, it still spilled out. And if I did write a letter I liked to embellish it with flowers and vines growing around the edges, or illustrate the letter with a little map of my campground, or draw the rowboat I was in or something. Maybe because I always preferred children's books or illustrated novels to the dry text only kind.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Your letters sound lovely!

@atomictsarina4378 Год назад

I'm so happy that I've found your channel. When I was listening to this I thought that was the story of my life. Being a kid who loved to draw and paint (and I was actually good in that), but then dark ages of adult life came, "real jobs" and so on... I'm turning 39 in two days. I'm trying to get back on this artistic track but I can't rid of this feeling that it is maybe to late. And even if it's not to late... I have this overwhelming feeling that I've lost so much time that can't be returned.

@billmcculley9502 3 года назад

Thank you!

@kayrabey1344 3 года назад

I like this talk very much. Yep, I was an artist too. My Mom loved my drawings of Robin Hood. I was hooked and then came the teen years. Oh well, I’m back seems I brought my inner critique with me but sometimes I just say “shut up!”

@jahanzebkadir8575 3 года назад

This hits home Gotta listen to that inner artist

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Absolutely!

@aiviloVideo Год назад

Similar story here ❤ my art journey restarted some years ago (I was 45 I think) with coloring books, then I went on and on and with 50 I discovered your channel. Thank you for your inspirations. Greetings from Vienna / Austria.

@downy7374 Год назад

thanks for the beautiful lesson

@jfnoble8824 2 года назад

Awesome......keep up the good work.....

@Lotsahounds 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for helping retirees like me to sort out where we've been and have peace about it. Then to get up and go! The Christmas cards I drew are too awful to send, but they make me laugh, reflect, move on! Merry Christmas, Danny.

@debbydeloach8114 3 года назад

LOVE this!❤️

@unicornrainbow2275 Год назад

You are so funny and so right! I love it! ❤❤❤

@growingrobin 3 года назад

Very relatable. Thank you. You made me draw in my sketchbook again. 🧡

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

I'm so glad!

@CherylGormanAuthor 3 года назад

This was interesting and thank you for posting it. This is definitely not my story. I did not go to an Ivy League school, or work in New York in advertising, start an art school etc. All of these things have equaled success for you. And I congratulate you. You were very lucky.

@nurgokcen1428 Год назад

I don't know how to thank the artist. :) Drawing was something I used to love when I was a kid. I didn't know how to but I used to drraw people portraits but they used be like the ones I drew. Sometimes they used to resemble but sometimes, nope. Now, at my thirty I actually want to listen to the kid inside. I want to learn how to draw. And, just at this phase I saw the video of the artist. I try to watch all the videos. He is incredibly persuasive. After listening to him, I started to believe myself much more ! I really really want to thank a lot. You are amazing !

@dande_lion 11 месяцев назад

Already did. 🙂 Loved this vid, so important to remember!

@grimmygrim6428 Год назад

Oh, I love you! Pure therapy! :)

@Ravyne 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this pep talk, Danny. I really needed it. I've been creative all my life, mostly through writing, but I dabbled with art as a kid, teenager and in college in my late 20s. And then I stopped art and focused mainly on writing for a long time. Then I stopped writing too. A few months ago, I bought some soft pastels and pastel paper and began creating again. Although I am way out of practice, I also began sketching and playing with watercolors and oil pastels too. It feels amazing to create again. Your pep talk, though centered around art, has helped me make a decision - I am going to begin writing again too. I miss it and it is truly my first love, creatively. I won't give up the art though. I'm going to chew gum AND walk or die trying (laughs). Cheers Danny! Thanks for all your videos!

@ShivaJalali1149 9 месяцев назад

Thank you handsome little artist, Danny Gregory👍🏻😍🙏🏻

@nmbr6kid 3 года назад

I love that !!

@monpetson 5 месяцев назад

Yup! That little artist in me that was locked away in engineering school came back screaming for attention after surviving cancer... Funny how it can happen... Now I'm a"beginner artist" trying to overcome fear and doubt but you inspire me so much to keep going!!!

@Joysart360 3 года назад

Yes, thank you for the reminder to let my inner artist play.

@ThePigeonsFlight 3 года назад

I so much can relate with your story!

@elif-gm4ur Год назад

Danny, that was great! I think that's similar to my experience. I used to think painting was embarrassing loser thing, so I gave up. Two months ago, I learned about acrylics thanks to my friend's suggestion for the medium of the assignment of an elective course. I realized painting was sooo enjoyable and thought to start it as soon as possible. I bought paints and brushes and I am addicted. It is a great free space for me, really a way out from this world, an acceptance of myself. It is healing me and I really don't push myself to draw and paint I just crave for it. Note that I have never been that consistent in a thing in my whole life. That free expression is fantastic. I don't watch any tutorials or something not to allow the education kill my curiosity for discovering and pure expression as I did before in many fields. I just love to do painting. Thanks for your video Danny!

@user-yd3jd2em8e Год назад

❤ this resonates. For years I thought creativity was a curse. I hated people finding out I was creative, and that I could draw. I felt embarrassed, now I accept my inner artist. We play together, my inner artist makes me laugh. We’re now together forever. We’re besties. ❤ love your video. thanks

@CGFernandesOficial 2 года назад

So inspiring, thanks for sharing and I bought some colored pens to my artist

@susancampbell3822 3 года назад

Loved this Danny 💞

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Thanks Susan!

@wren5291 3 года назад

What a wonderful channel for a terrible condition I have which I call 'old banger syndrome'. Getting there, albeit verrrrrry sloooowly. Thank you Danny🖋🖌🖍💚

@toniritchie6018 3 года назад

Ex O& M-Er too! Loved this video, Danny, along with all your other heartfelt messages. In the last year, I rediscovered art after 40 years away after asking: I wonder if I could (realistically) draw/paint a client’s Dachshund who crashed a Zoom meeting? I couldn’t believe the art “thing” was still in me and how H*A*P*P*Y I was to draw again. As you said, kids feel free and content doing arty stuff, always without self-judgement. The ability to access those states is still in there if we can just open the door a crack and let in some light. Things grow from there. I appreciate all you do to share your heart and passion and skill. Your videos are such encouragement as I re-enter this world. Thanks so very much.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Wow, bet it was a really cute Dachshund:). Glad you're drawing again!

@Iamlynie1 2 года назад

Fabulous video ☺️

@OleMadsen-evangeliet 3 года назад

thank you so much, yes , listing to that small voice inside of you, for me it has been a huge challenge to do just that

@joannal7700 2 года назад

Wow- that's basically the same conclusion that I came to about being an artist which caused me to throw in the towel! Artist= fame or failure... ahhh- love your videos - they are really what a lot of insecure artists need to hear to get them making art again! Thank you kind Sir, for your encouraging and kind videos! :)

@evelyne7071 3 года назад

Very cool aliens. I see you have a propensity for the two-headed variety. You’re story is inspirational in that you found yourself; and sad at the same time that like me, it took you so long to realize where your passion lay.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Very true. It's never too late!

@joaquinperez8049 2 года назад

Yes, I am.still have that litlle artist that used to paint walls with crayons. I just bougth my paintings to express myself again after so many years. Thank you

@KariGibsonArt 3 года назад

I love this and will be sharing it with my friends who think they can't be artists!

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Please do! Thanks for watching.

@i.a.m.270 2 года назад

So true, the fear conditioned my decisions in life. I also studied Political Sciences. Now I’m trying to rehabilitate the little artist 🧑‍🎨.

@ENieto-rz2tn 3 года назад

Fantastic! Former advertising person here! I GET IT!!!Thanks for saying it out loud.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@shemseh 2 года назад

This was beautiful and I'm literally crying, I relate with your story but I'm in a career with 0 creativity, when I was in high school the only career I thought would fit me was something related to art. I used to draw every single day, but my dad would tell me I'd be a failure if I pursued art so I did something else, life got busy and I didn't draw for years, I'm successful now but I feel like I'm not being myself or that I'm not truly happy because I'm suppressing what's inside of me, the creativity. I'm now slowly getting back to it, I wish I could dedicate my life to art.. you're so right about drawing not being considered grown up, but we forget we started as children showing our creativity and no one cared if it was good o not, we forgot the child we have inside.

@SketchBookSkool 2 года назад

So true. I hope you'll find your way back to creating sometime soon!

@lindacadeau554 3 года назад

Your the best!

@bobbiegraham7729 3 года назад

Just have to say this out loud... Or in print. I adore you. No worries,. I just appreciate someone who has your capability to bring a smile and an aha! moment at the same time. By the way, I'm sure that there must be a test out there to show that creative people's minds don't age the same way as less creative. I'm still 7 when it comes to art supplies, sometimes you just have to sit back and admire the genius of a sharpener in that box of crayons.......or kneadable erasers. Thank you for sharing, and bringing out the joy in us weirdos.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Thank you for the kind words Bobbie!

@LolaMarigold 3 года назад

I LOVE this!!!!!!!

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Thank you!

@artsoulnorth 3 года назад

This wasn’t what I expected it to be, and exactly what I needed it to be.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

@TM-jd3st 2 года назад

Oh man, you said every single thought I ever thought.. exactly why I quit art.. and how I allowed my little artist to at least breathe again…

@jozaflisek5002 3 года назад

I love your story, maybe it wil bi my frst step too... Thank you.

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

You can do it!

@bigblue6917 Год назад

I don't care how bad things are working at Starbucks is never the answer. When I was at school I wanted to be an artist but I was also told I would never be good enough. I was good at sketching buildings but not the rest. Now they call it Urban Sketching and everyone does it. Turns out I was ahead of my time.

@Carol-Bell 3 года назад

You give so much to think about. I was not a kid who drew a lot, because when we had art in elementary school I thought my art was terrible. But I wanted to be good at it. Remember those ads for some art school that has a profile picture and said to try and draw it and send it in and you might “qualify” for their school? I often did try to draw those faces. My aunt was pretty good and sometimes we would draw profiles together. I don’t remember trying to draw much of anything else. I grew up and became a wife and mom and 2 out of 3 of my children were amazing artists, one from the age of 2. But I still thought my art looked like a 5 year old did it and believed I could not draw, and wished I could. Until I was interpreting (ASL) an art class in a university. When I wasn’t signing I would draw from the still life displays they had, in a small sketchbook I got. I cried - because although the drawings were small, I found out I COULD draw. Now in retirement I’m taking art classes and still struggle with the sketching parts. I don’t do art as much as I should/ would like to, and I’m not sure why I hesitate so much. Your videos and emails are very encouraging. Thank you. Carol Bell

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Thank you Carol!

@jungle-wav1322 3 года назад

This channel is a hidden gem on RU-vid

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Help me drag it out of obscurity! Please.

@theresapalmer7892 3 года назад

School told you that you weren't doing it right, or that's not the way it should look or sound. Your were taught to be like everyone else. Retired last Dec from a demanding career in laboratory science and now I'm learning to play again.

@annenglish2935 3 года назад

I just pencil sketched an old door & did it because of this teacher... who says just pick up from the childhood artist in you and begin again... I did not allow ANY negative thinking spoil my first (in 55 years) drawing. I did it - je suis finis - for now. Thank you for encouraging the inner child and helping quiet the critic. Enjoy all the blessings God gives us!

@SketchBookSkool 3 года назад

Happy to hear you're giving it a try Theresa and Ann. Thanks for watching!

@klarapetelei702 2 года назад

Thanks for the inspiration, I just did that: I draw and I purchased a set of water colors and a sketchbook. I thought I can'!t draw or do paint. I am doing it for myself. No purpose, no need for any feedback.