Thanks for opening up! I painted projects during times of depression. Put the will to survive and hope into them. And during other hard times I learned that miniature painting really is way for me to relax on a very deep level. Happy painting!
Painting to me is creating a substitute of your inner self as seen through someone else's eyes. What reflects thru one's eyes is not always what the artist feels he/she predicts and as for emotions and art , who is to say what our minds go through as we contrast enlightenment and disorder all in a spatial nano-second in time.
As a disabled painter who’s had a feck tonne of loss the past few years this was a surprisingly comforting video. I’m not able to do all the technical stuff I would like to be able to do I try to bring in texture and feelings to what I am able to do. It also expressed something I’ve always felt about miniature painting. Some of my favourite artists, pieces are not really the ones that are technically advanced… they are they ones that make me feel something, the pieces that evoke something that I can relate to or that resonate with ‘the human condition’.
Really appreciate your opening up and taking part in the discussion with your very own experience. It is good to see that painting miniatures can help so much! Keep on happy painting!
I just feel grateful to be exposed to your work in all it's context, whether it's the irreverent highs & sorrows portrayed in this video or the meloncholic beauty of your physical miniature pieces, danke Roman.
Thank you! Do not think I have not seen your many comments. I am looking forward to take some time to answer them. Yet, I did not find the time to do so with enough respect and the right energy. Thank you for your patience!
@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART you are welcome! And thank you for all of that. I do appreciate it. Just in case, I don’t always word something in the right way so I’ve noticed lately that some have been taking my comments/questions as insults! Which is almost never my intent! Either way, take your time! Honestly, most of the time RU-vid doesn’t even send me notifications on most of the replies I get! And when I first started to notice that was when I started watching videos I’ve already watched and when I was wondering if I asked something, I looked for it and found a bunch of replies that I never got notifications for! Ether way, have a good day!!!
It's really a shame I can only like this once. I feel like all of my favorite pieces have a bit of my heart in them. You asked about pieces we've done that we are connected too A few come to mind. My "How to train your dragon" piece occured after not being able to paint for months due to studying for a test for my job. all of the creative juices were bent up. My "Grandma's" piece comes from a desire to remeber those times I would come home from school to my grandparent's house and she would make chicken and dumplings. perhaps my most emotional connected piece would be the third part of the triptych "Vahalla" the bust of the sheild maiden being sent to Valhalla. It was the last piece I showed my Grandfather before he passed and the scroll on her side is actually part of the program from his funeral. Thank you for this wonderfully insightful video.
Remembering your pieces now Chris and connect them with your emotional describtion now makes them even more beautiful. Thanks for your experience and being part of this discussion. Your comment is really, really appreciated. Thank you! Keep on happy painting!
A lot of food for thought, Roman. Not just about my own dark places, but about how I might give them a place in my hobby, beyond using the hobby to decompress, get away. Thank you for sharing, much appreciated.
Kudos for speaking of such difficult topics! The link you make between emotions and art, and mini painting in particular, is very inspiring! Long live Roman! 🙌🙏🙌
Thank you for sharing another part of you with the community Roman and for guiding us in this art/hobby/passion. I truly admire you as an artist and as a person, for all the good and bad that makes who you are. Sadly for me, what I know of you comes only from your art and your videos, but how much they have to say. Thanks again for making me grow a bit more on this path and for allowing us to glimpse a bit more into the inmensity that is the person, Roman Lappat. Cheers to you!
Roman, I've admired your work for years now. Your emotions have always shown through. Thank you for your honest and open reflections in this video. You touch on very real aspects of art and life that are rarely discussed but always present. Each of us have our own highs and lows in life and unfortunately the longer we live the more residual heartaches affect us and linger deep within. Art is an excellent way to channel those emotions. It's good to see that others face the same challenges - especially those we respect in areas of life that interest us. Your work and thoughts are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Also for your beautiful email. It is very much appreciated. Good to know that these pieces are in good hands. Thanks for the support again. I am on it and will wrap everything up this coming Monday. Thank you for your patience!
Thank you for sharing. Definitely not an easy subject to talk about, let alone in front of others. I’ve been up and down myself throughout life and art has been a great help displaying how I feel. Thanks again! 🙏
I painted an entire army, over 400 hours of work, during the pandemic while working full time with small children at home. The paint session before bed was all I lived for, and even when every day seemed the same with no end in sight I watched this army grow and grow and knew that I could come out the other side at some point. My kids are now school age, I have moved on to other projects and never want to bring the army out of the box for a game because it’s too painful to see the emotions entailed in each model. Thank you for sharing this video. Happy Painting.
Roman! Thanks for a awesome vid, so real and raw the message definitely resonated within me ! And in the middle of it you throw in a batman advertisement and I laughed so much, keep on sharing and can't wait to meet you in South Africa !!! HOOOHAAA!!!
What a great video, the psychology behind why we paint can be as important as how we paint and understanding that can help us when we get those painting blocks. Thanks for your honesty in talking about your personal life, really refreshing. Looking forward to seeing more from the channel in the future.
Thank you sir for this enlightening video!! You are not only an inspiration as a great painter, you also inspire self reflection. Your words struck home for me. I painted through my grief after my Mom passed, canvas not miniatures. I threw my heart into each piece that I did for others that I loved and valued!! It helped me get through that tough time, and art of all kinds continues to help. With your words of wisdom I am able to approach all my art with more mental clarity and channeling myself more. Thank you sir.
Thank you for sharing your very own experiences how painting and Art in General helps you. Yes, it is working and I am grateful to hear your kind words. Thank you!
Thank you very much for making this, Roman! Now I can understand way better, what you mean by „happy painting“. Seeing the drowning Bust in slow turning 3d was intense. It conveys the emotions so much better than a still picture. And seeing and knowing the size and weight of the plinth makes it so so so much more intense. It makes me feel stuff. Great Piece. Great work in capturing the numbing feel of depression. Danke Kevin
I back to painting after huge break, this time not only r playing but for more creative without rush. Paintg minis is for me a creation. 2020 was for me terrible and painting back me on life track, calm me and help to focus.
Really happy to hear. We are all in this journey and need to learn with our pain. Painting can and does help! Thanks for sharing your story! Keep on happy painting!
Thank you for this beautiful hearfelt video and discussion. I think the figure I put the most emotion in was one I painted for my daughter as she graduated high school. It was of a barbarian girl holding a decapitated head. Sounds crazy maybe, but it was my way of showing her my love and pride in her. Just wanted to share that. :) Thanks again.
Hah! I like that. I understand the meaning of the fearless warrior barbarian girl connected to your daughter that slayed a demon with graduation. Lovely! Thanks for sharing and your feedback!
Your series is amazing and helpful!! My wife passed away a year and a half ago and my modelling has reflected that. I go through my ups and downs, I find I gravitate more to figures now . The video and editing (what little I did is second) I am not rushed to finish. I spend time painting and building and find myself talking to my wife and dealing with my grief through my figures more than other models, I use the time I have now more to reflect and grieve and create something that I couldn't before, I have embraced my loss and used it to create art, not just churn out models for the glory, I always had a goal to hit 1k subscribers and now that I have it is the enjoyment is more important, ( like it always should have been) Your girl on the large plinth is not disturbing!! It is reflective of life and how sometimes we feel we are being dragged down into the abyss. Thank you for the inspiring videos Andrew
Thank you for sharing your story! I am so sorry for your loss, I can not imagine this feeling. I am happy to hear that miniature painting and your goals help you to work with your emotions. This is beautiful!
Thank you for sharing, Roman. Your work and videos have inspired me to come back to miniature painting after 15 years. The irony of my old art is that I went from painting soldiers at war... to being a wounded soldier myself. Shortly afterwards I gave up art altogether. The paintings I did finish were very dark but I'm hoping to return and manifest this from a healthier place in life. I will absorb everything I can from here and on Patreon. I look forward to seeing your well-earned continued success.
You are brave to talk about this topic openly. Thank you for this and thx for bringing this kind of topic to miniature world. This makes you reap artist and brave person and I really love your content.
Thank you Roman! Topics like this give me hope During the year of the war in my country, mini painting helped me a lot, I don't know how I would have managed without it And war changed my mind about it, I was realy scared to paint my good display mini from kistaters, like Deorgard But few month after beginning of war I painted a bunch of them and it was great I tried to paint freehand on shirt in style national ukrainian embroidered shirt "Vyshyvanka" I first time painted mini as a gift for friends I painted my firs bust trange to say that all of this is because of very dark emotions
I am happy to hear this. Thank you for speaking about your experience. It is one I can not relate to. Luckily. I feel sorry and guilty to say so and I know there is no need to. I hope this all ends soon. I am happy to hear that painting helps you! All my wishes and a big hug!
Thanks for sharing Roman. We definitely need more honesty and openness in the hobby, instead of the arms length hero stories and tropes that we see repeated over and over. But I gotta say, I'm impressed. I didn't realize that your tool bench was that table that was behind me. Couldn't register that you cleaned it off 🤣
Thanks a lot for this beautiful video, heart to heart I bought some minis at the WME to start making little dioramas, I will make them with this in mind. Thanks again.
Vielen Dank, lieber Roman. Happy Painting und Happy Sculpting waren alles was ich wollte. Ich bin vom Pfad abgekommen und hab 'ne schwere Zeit hinter mir und noch schwere Zeiten vor mir. Ich bin seit 11 Jahren trocken, doch vor etwa 3 Monaten hatten wir einen Suizid in der Familie. Es wird noch etwas dauern, bis ich meine Knete wieder auspacke. Aber ich glaub, ich hab den Weg wieder gefunden, zumindest ist er schonmal in Sichtweite. Ganz liebe Grüße aus dem Norden Daniel
Thank you ❤ I needed…need this. Life is tough particularly when there is a domino effect. It becomes too much and just when you need creativity, it leaves you. Incapacitated, isolated, introverted. Still finding my way; I have moments when something beautiful happens, then it goes. But I’ll get there. “You can’t use up creativity; the more you use, the more you have” Maya Angelou
Thank you so much for this massive topic! Im actually struggling with a health issue (i had a stroke in october) and it opened my eyes about life being fragile and everchanging. My painting practice has changed since that. Its all about being uplifted by our fear and emotions, or not i think!
Thank you for your honest comment. Yes, you are right. Absolutely. Sorry to hear about your stroke. I wish you all the best to recover from it and I am happy to hear that painting still brings you joy.
@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART thank you so much! Recovery is almost complete, a small surgery coming in a month and all will be as before, except my perception of life and death! Well actually i have never been such a good painter as i am now! Keep up the good work, and what an inspiration you are!
I must say that I see this video on a very special moment for me. I'm 45 y.o. and had a lot of problems in my life, but at last I know why. I was a few weeks ago diagnosed with ADHD, which may sound funny for old guy like Me, but is not. And I realised two things: 1. Why I'm not very good in painting - I was doeing it for the last 20+ years, but I had 1-2 years long breaks in painting. So I go to some level and then drop down because of those intermissions. So it's like a rollercoaster of skill. I was blaming myself that I'm not as good as I could be... But now I know it's typical for ADHD. It's my dysfunction, not my laziness. 2. I used my hobby for help when the situation, my mental situation, was very bad or when I was overwhelmed by the life problems. It was My escape to My safe place, My hobby, another dimension. So I understand very well what Roman is saying. And I think it's wise and very helpful for all people who struggle with internal or external problems. Thank You Roman for this part and 2nd part, which I also saw.
Roman: Thank you! I really appreciate that you are taking the time to be part of this discussion and talk. Many thanks for your thoughtful insight and openess!
Great video. Was super interesting to hear you talk about what the whole happy painting thing means to you in a bit more dept. I had taken the its about enjoying painting and not focussing on being perfect etc etc but I like this interpretation of it more; being honest with your emotions and letting them be a part of your work. I have done a diorama that was super personal for me about spicy-emotional health or mental health and was heard on the things that came up but also putting it out in the world as once you put your work out there people can and will completely miss the point for you and interpret it in their way. That is the nature of art but as it was a vulnerable piece it made it even more vulnerable when people where making comments that showed they where looking at something different than me. Anyways thanks for sharing. I think as a creative person I find it almost impossible to not put a part of myself into any miniature art works I make for myself. Only just stumbled across these videos and really enjoying the series.
Roman: Thank you so much for your feedback. Honest and authentic. I appreciate it a lot and yes you are right in many aspects. Especially the unique Interpretation of every individual in terms of art. Thank you!
I loved this video topic and your sharing the intent and emotions behind each of these pieces. Last year, I had some dark times dealing with a family member's addiction, and painting figures was an outlet for me to channel my emotions. This year I plan to do some projects with personal significance (tributes and atmospheric pieces) that are off the beaten path of fantasy/sci-fi. Your video is very timely and inspiring for me. Thanks Roman!
Thank you, sir. This video is coming at a very fitting time of my life. Things do happen for a reason. Keep on with your work and stay true to yourself!
Lastly that piece Abyss I am going to try painting soon. As someone who hides their depression from the world and their loved ones I feel like it speaks to me on a serious level.
Mental wellness and the hobby and just showing that emotions are normal and okay to have is a very important issue. Thank you for making this video, Roman.
And yes, I have done a few paintings and a bunch of drawings where I let my emotions control my hand! I wish I could show you some but it’s funny. Because back in the day when I still had ups and downs my drawings would be considered kinda creepy and dark. But after a long time of no longer seeing any highs people would only see the beauty in the pain I painted!!! Some things are just ironic I guess
4:07- Yes….. there is always a possibility that you could grow from a bad situation, a bad experience or just bad outcomes! But that growth only comes if you learned something from it! Something positive from it! But if you learned nothing or nothing positive from those times then there is no growth!!! Only pain and resentment
It is only now, that I truly realize what you meant all these years while saying Happy Painting. You serve as an inspiration and you have had a positive impact on so many lives, from a great distance, probably more than one could know.
I really appreciated this video Roman, thank you. Your work has been an inspiration to me for some time now and over the last year I've started creating small frame dioramas but this year I want to work on what you've mentioned in this video, working with emotions. I've felt for too long my art has just been painting minis for painting sake, not creating art and I realised the missing component was me. Thank you!
14:07- I’m happy that worked for you. And I’ve heard from many different people that it helped with their (what I like to call their short term) depression!!! But all the time I’ve tried it has not been in any way useful! Most of the time they just wanted to put me on drugs! And the other times they really didn’t GAS! I was just another pay day for them! Not to mention since most of my depression for over 20 years was based in the real world and not in my head the only thing they could do or the meds could do is cover up the problems! It was like a band-Aid for a gun shot! Yeah, it might close the hole but the bullet was still in there so it was still poisoning me from the inside!!!
6:22- Yeah…….. I used to hear that one a lot also. “How can you appreciate the light if you don’t know what darkness is like?” But when all you know is cover in darkness, what is light?!? Yeah, depression sucks….. And the longer you suffer from it the less you ability you have to fight out of it. I know better than most what a lifetime of depression, pain and failure feels like and what it does to you and your soul. Like I said, depression sucks……. But sometimes….. life sucks also!
9:28- yeah, those suck also. More so depending on how long it was and also if there were kids involved! I’ve had those disappointments throughout life also. But the last one (and of course the last time I will ever allow someone that close to me again) was sparked because I finally lost control over a pretty much lifelong addiction to PK for chronic pain I was blessed with from birth!!! Yup, I lost control, fell fast and even though I was doing my best to keep it together my now ex wife didn’t feel like dealing with it at all! So she left me and took my daughter also! That is when I found a game called SWL and my first time I have ever seen miniature games! I guess I traded one addiction for another but painting was the only thing that kept me just barely above the surface of the water! Without it I had nothing. Without it I was drowning every day! But at no point did I ever feel better. At no point did anything get better! I was alone! But I was alone because of others!!!
9:33- I understand why you would say that. But that’s not what I see! I see desperation! I see the survival of the fittest but even the strongest in the worst situations will still starve. Being trapped in the same place that is also poisoning you.
Roman, one small thing. Your videos are so quiet I have to hold my phone up to my ear to hear them. Could you possibly master the volume a little bit higher?
Good point. Thanks. I have seen this too. I still face a strong learning curve when it comes from edit to upload. Will take focused care on the next one. Thank you for your feedback!
I’m sorry if all my other comments sound more like I’m picking a fight or that I’m trying to disprove your experiences and your victories! I’m not. I’m just sharing mine. Because I know if people actually had to admit not all stories end with a happy ending then they would also have to face that there is a chance things won’t get better!!! And yeah, at first that is pretty scary!!!
