I painted EVERY DAY for 250 Days, this is what I learned. 

I'm doing livestreams everyday. Mainly starting at 6/7pm PST but it just depends on what's happening in my life: www.youtube.com/@ScottHebertArt/streams

I also tend to say "This sucks" while working. Now, I'm trying to say "Not there yet." Thanks for sharing your adventure!

My excuse use to be, I don't want to waste materials so I just won't paint. Now that i bought a lifetimes worth of supplies I find myself looking for other excuses. This is a great video!

There's this quote in a song "why worship legends when you know that you can join them". And I love it because it like a phrase of I know I will practice and going enough to become that amazing painter I want to be. Like it's so strong in my head that'd it's not a question of will I, it's a question of when, and what do I have to grind to get there.

I started painting 25+ years ago and I don't plan on stopping any time soon. Money comes, but not much and not quickly, so it's been a meager living....but it's been an amazing life. Paint on brother!

The disciplined work ethic shows in the work. All the paintings are outstanding.

I struggle with starting a part, like I’ll have a hot streak where I’m painting everyday or I’m just in the zone. Then suddenly I’m in a rut I cannot make myself start either the next one., or even finish the previous. Is bad but I know I just need to do it , see what happens. It’s always scary painting at times bc you’ll look at the painting and go “oh my…that’s rough but process! Process will pay off” Seeing your work is truly inspiring, I now want to get more canvases. Usually what makes me do anything is the aspect of “if I give this to someone, I can do it” I should learn to paint for myself and not focus on “what will they like” and more of “let’s do what I want to”

Ok I needed this!! I only paint when I “feel”like it’s a good time,and I end up hardly ever accomplishing anything.

Mr. Hebert, you are definitely a Master Artist sir.... Awesome paintings!

I've been drawing portraits every day for 4 years. I spend at least 4 hours a day 7 days a week doing it. Why? because I love doing it :)

Been trying to paint daily for the last few years. My work has gotten better, looser and I have more fun now.

Great job Scott, keep it up ! 👍🎨

This is a very inspiring video and outlook in general. Thank you

So much work and dedication! Impressive! 🙌❤️

Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey.

Hard work pays off. Keep going!

Those paintings are beautiful!!!

“If your job is doing what you live, you will never work a day in your life.” This old saying is completely wrong. If your job is doing something you love, you will eventually hate what you do. You have made the right choice in having a job separate from what you love. You will love it forever. See Sargent’s attitude later in life. Ask any professional photographer. It is the same story. Charlie

I'm so glad I ran across your video. This past month I have started the same journey because I have such a hunger to LEARN. Art has always felt like its called out to me, but now approaching it full of zeal, its beginning to *speak*. It's such a serious thing for me even when it looks like I'm just wasting my time to others. I admire you placing yourself in that same position of discipline! I can't wait to follow alongside your journey and see you reach your own goals! ❤

Man don't stop , you are excellent unique and very #%##ing great . Beautiful ...Keep following your calling . I am on this path too , as an artist with music paying my bills ...Thank you bro !

Your a fucken badass hardcharger Scott. I love your work man, amazing art and your work ethic is totally inspirational. Keep punching bro!

This was exactly what I needed to hear at this time... thank you !

spectacular video. the dedication you have is admirable

Interesting. I have the same conversation with my friends about the "this sucks" and being too hard on myself. I don't think I am at all. I'm just on a journey to mastery and excellence, and I can objectively recognize when it isn't. Keep doing you- you've got a new subscriber :) by the way, I'm about to finish year two of art every day... keep going!

this resonates, man..... 💖

Thank you so much for doing this and share your honest experience. So that others can go on this mind-journey and have a realistic view on their own personal art work-life balance. Greetings from Austria!

Incredible insight bro. I’m already blown away by your output! Can’t wait to see what day 1000 looks like’ That painting with the girl with the torch? Man. Incredible! Keep going and thank you for being an inspiration! 💪

You are honestly so impressive! Thank you for sharing these learnings and CONGRATS on the journey and the incredible accomplishments you've already got under your belt. Kudos to you. You're probably the most grounded artist I've "met" ever. And it's definitely paying off!!!

Almost everyday, is my mantra. Some days I have to force my self to start, but it's quick done then. U do nice good work. Thanx for the video and wise words. ❤

Love your sharing. Sent it to a few of my struggling artists!

It's very inspiring, I totally understand the mindset, thank you for sharing. keep painting it's awesome

Beautiful work and great reason for painting.

Excellent work my man! The work is looking great, several pieces here that I have never seen. Great video, really got me to thinking as usual.

Wow this one is really super...... actually for realz no BS, it's very positive and insightful. Also the painting shown around the middle, of the girl with the book is very much a favorite among many good ones 🙃. I really like the focus forward feeling it gave me, cheers and peace and positivity to everyone 💚

to 'live your life' to me means to be able to be creative! I think that is so important to us,but people are really disconnected from their creativity. And not everything has to be profitable. This is a great video thank you for sharing!

Awesome Job Dude! That is dedication. Doing the work no matter what

Beautiful work.

Wow hope it works your work is beautiful

I’m reading “Big Magic” and this video gave me the same vibes of the book. I’m glad for you and thank you for sharing : )

The path to mastery, excellent and blossoming in any area of life is fundamentally connected to the greater community of people your life touches. We are all interdependant with the entire family of humanity. Meditate on this.

thank you i love this

Your artwork is phenomenal. Very impressive output 👍

I wish I had your discipline. Great video, thanks.

My gosh - your person is amazing and it comes through your work so beautifully. You are inspired and inspire me too! I’m getting a late start but going to pursue excellence too- to see what it’s like to be all I can be in this commitment. Thank you. Would you ever show us your very first work? You are very naturally gifted- but do YOU see a transition?

congrats man, nice video, have fun keeping going :D

Love it i hope one day too grow as much as you just gatta stay consistant🏴‍☠️🖤🙇🏽

Great. Sounds like another person with the fire & drive. I'm revamping my channel currently. Your insights lend me strength to pursue the journey I've chosen and to have faith that persistence pays off. Your subject matter is already engaging. Just found the channel. Now subbed. 🙏🏼💪🏼🤙🏼

An excellent decision! Nice paintings! Expensive, but not nearly as expensive as school.

I had a college drawing teacher who instilled much the same attitude as yours. Likely, it will rub off on those around you. Best of luck on your journey!

I really loved this video!!! Thank you so much, you really inspiredme ♥️✨

Strange because im totally the opposite. If I Starve myself from painting for months or even years . When I do then actually paint my best work happens. Maybe because I've been storing it all up in my head . It has to come out onto the canvas.

I did 10 minutes (exactly) of sketching a day for a month and was happy I was able to do that challenge. It really helped me improve my time management and reduced my critical thinking because I was racing the clock. I have a great admiration for your dedication and work Bravo

The hardest part is being labelled, selfish or not social …I do like my friends etc.. but I don’t want to go out all the time and drink I’d rather spend time painting and use that money to buy tubes of paint that I need. I have told people that I’m trying to organise myself for an exhibition and that it takes time and it’s quite an inward journey. yet people don’t really listen or understand unless they’re an artist themselves .. Unfortunately that is why I only have one or two friends at the most… people don’t get it … fortunately I’m happy with my solitude gives me time to think and paint thanks for your video🙏💕

Nice work! I paint every day too but not for an hour. Have been at it for 2.5 years with single digit misses for the whole time. I think there are paintings in me and I want to give them an opportunity to emerge and see how they look like.

Hell yeah man! I love the attitude and push towards creating art. I’m definitely getting inspired listening to this. Fist video I’ve seen your videos too

Thank you so much for inspiring me and other people. Love your work ❤

Yeah boiiiiii 🎉

More power to you, don’t listen to the nay sayers, you only have one life, May your life continue to be full, money doesn’t make for a good life if it is the life you choose. God gave us all our own free Will. Let God lead your life. I believe your doing a good thing, most artist aren’t recognized until after death, even the masters.

Awesome !!!!! I’m also 34 and trying to do the same, but I’m not as awesome as you are 😅. Good job !! Keep up with the great work !!

I’m currently catching up on a few videos and the progress you’ve made??? Strong work, really. Your dedication is inspiring! ⭐

Well done, w50 is a huge achievement! Looking forward to following for more - thanks for the inspiration!

Fellow UFC fan here. You are killing it bro! DON'T QUIT!!

Salamat po

Maybe the real paintings are the friends we made along the way .

I've painted daily for the last 23, since I turned professional at the start of 2001. I even paint Christmas day if the family is late getting up. 😅 There's a lot to be said to putting in a ton of hours behind the brush.

how do u varnish so perfectly? could you make a video guide on varnishing your paintings please?

Hola. No te conocia y justo estaba pasando pot una crisis creativa .tirando un poco la toalla ..me survio mucho tu vision .me pongo las zapatillas y sigo corriendo porque me hace bien !! Muchas gracias ..suscrito !!

This is fantastic! I would love to know roughly how many hours are spent on each painting.

wow

A transition from when you first started to where you are now that kind of transition. I’m sure it’s cool even for you to see. Where do you get all your subject matter?

if you spend >1hr a day painting, how much time do you spend prepping canvases and varnishing stuff and deciding/ lining up what photos to paint and, i dunno, thumbnailing composition or whatever? or is that part of your 1hr - like its just time dedicated to the hobby. Im sorta trying to spend hobby time every day but if I’m burnt out from real job then I can do something more mindless like mixing paint for colour charts or something

how many of the things you paint are from your own photos? Im trying to take a multi-pronged approach. So i do black and white photography because just seeing the values helps me with composition but I shoot B&W jpegs and save a copy in RAW so i can goof around with colours. so then very tediously i try to edit my few selected photos to have colour harmony like this one I’m tuning so its more blue and orange complimentary. those references I try to paint somewhat photo realistically (obviously with some artistic choices like softening some lines while keeping compositionally important ones crisp). And these paintings i do in layers - maybe using grisaille or maybe a limited palette or …. But I find parts of this process tedious and end up working in small sections (like today im just painting that hand) whereas painting the whole thing all at once is more fun to me. so i’ve started going to weekly life drawing sessions - pay a small fee to be part of a group drawing a live model. Time is limited and results are just for practice with no real expectations - so its just for the fun of art. Im hoping to try and take oil paints to these sessions one day and have a stab at alla prima portrait painting. My theory is that i need to work on different techniques and approaches at the same time and also work on different aspects - like focussing on composition and figuring out what the painting expresses and what types of settings people are in etc. like im betting on it being good for my growth to simultaneously work on both near-photorealism and also on how to convey something with the fewest number of brush strokes possible. When i settle into a style it might be somewhere in between

This is a person who exhibits what is a very 'real' talent...; so, therefore, why not choose to nurture it to the max. ;-) However, for those people who are far less 'talented'...; then, I think, it's a hell of a lot harder to commit to such long term goals. When one finds oneself outputting 'endless disaster after endless disaster'...; then, of course, this is NOT in the least bit encouraging.

Just found your channel from Danny Sabra. Good work, Scott! I have a question, how to you find reference photos to do your paintings? Thanks!

Great work ! May I ask where you get your reference photos from? I would love to paint like this, without any copyright issues, so it's possible to sell my work.

Do you use graphite pencil to sketch the drawings? If so, what grade of graphite you find to work best with the oil paints please?

Hey man! Your paintings are good, I like your skill with the medium. Yea you’re a pretty good artist and I’d be happy to hang one on a wall in my little room, but they are um kinda boring and feel unoriginal. Painting beautiful girls and women are a dime a dozen and you’re Style although done well is also not all that exciting, but you certainly have the talent and work ethic to become very good, now great imo “I don’t know”. That first one reminds me of Mucha or even Klimt but I consider them extraordinary. There’s about 100 world famous for eternity genius artist and we all know them and another 300 are stupendous and we all know most of them and that’s it.

This video is so insipring, I feel the urge to start my own creative adventure!

I want to be great in painting too, but I always find distraction...it is really sad.

I remember old videos around 2 years ago. First set of cards with veggies. You came really long way. In my opinion you could do some shorts to get more subscribers/views. Algorithm boost channels if you do it right.

Please, what is the brown paint mask you put on the sketched drawing before you begin to paint on it? 03:51

started at 34? Inspiring

yep mindset is everything when it comes to art, and being an artist can be selfish and also lonely, im not saying artists are the typical emo loner trying to create their masterpiece and are broke doing it, wearing rags and sleeping on a mattress on the floor😝 they can be of course, but its def hard to be a 'normal' creative person and try to keep up appearances of being a 'normal' interactive person in the world and do all of the things people expect in a life, when all you want to do is go draw something 😛 and you have a plan for your paintings and you def have the potential to be great, and age never matters when it comes to art and when someone is dedicated to creating🥰

"oh this sucks".. when i paint and am involved, all kinds of thoughts run thru my brain. like a never-ending movie. I have learned to accept those thoughts as a confessional. (I am not religious or catholic). the other side of my brain lets me know, you did this. you said that. you believe. you don't believe.etc. it's like opening pandora's box because that is the only time i let her out. so i say to her, yes you speak the truth but in my defense, this is my penance. (that's way to religious sounding) but much cheaper and probably more educational than a $ 200-an-hour psychiatrist with a pick axe. practicing your art is cleaning out the attic and filling it with better ideas. very nice paintings. technique is so important. you can turn this education into $ by widening your subject matter. like commissions, and galleries of course but the subjects will probably need to be less personal. maybe add elements that tell a story. maybe one apple or a bee sting or a storm on the horizon, a storyline from a myth or current event. a twist or hook. keep it up.

For how long do you ussualy wait to apply varnish after finishing the painting?

How are you learning? Trial and error?

At the 0:29 mark, is that painting oil? How did you get it to shine like that?

Who is the band that you saw?

Put your reps in every day mate.

I don't get it?

Honest and constructive criticism: you are over blending your flesh tints, and using the same kind of light and palette, over and over again…. Look at Jeremy Mann and other figurative painters, and break up your brush work a bit. You are working to a formula which is great, it means you have fundamentals, but if you really wanna step up a level you need to start taking some risks, explore your mark making and different palettes. You want to be throwing out at least half your work, and not varnishing it all. You also need to start thinking about your subject matter and painting pictures that aren’t just ‘picturesque’ but that speak to something deeper than just ‘I am painting pretty pictures competently’… You have everything you need, a work ethic and solid fundamentals. If you really want to break through find a way of making pictures that tell us a story we haven’t seen before, something that is absolutely about your actual lived experience, not what you think people want to see, not even what YOU want to see, but something true to your life experience. Start at work, would be my suggestion. A self portrait with your streaming set up in it, painted in halogens and neons, rather than ambient light? Paint it from life, using a large mirror, rather than a photo? Good luck man, it’s an amazing project.

You slavishly copy photographs,theres no expression.they are banal! A lot of work for what they are!

A lot of interesting stuff here but some of it comes across as pretentious to me

rock on