The PAINTING that made be a FULL-TIME ARTIST 

Im a man with borderline personality disorder, ptsd and bipolar disorder. I have worked jobs i have hated all my life. My first passion as a child was art and drawing but of course life and mental illness got in the way so i stopped drawing around age 8. Im now in my late 30s and finally in a position to learn how to paint. I still have a long way to go but its my dream to have my work in a gallery one day. I felt discouraged this morning but this video has brightened my morning up again. Your artwork is awesome. Thanks for the vid.

It's so true that watercolor (and works on paper in general) are often held in less esteem than works on canvas or panel, and that's really unfair. We've seen so many excellent works on paper that took every bit as much time and ability to accomplish as oil or acrylic painting, we think it's time for collectors and galleries to finally end that bias!

Your excitement is inspiring and infectious. Glad the algo put you in my feed.

so beautiful and sweet! You are so brave and have so much insight for one so young. i"m very excited for you!

Your momma peeping through the door was super cute. It reminds me of my mom when I'm in a work call and that's the exact time she'll stop by asking me if I want coffee or tea or something. But I love it 😅

Oh wow! I got this randomly suggested. Amazing!!! Subscribed right away. Hope your channel grows!!!

Such a beautiful painting and your journey is so inspiring.

Just loving your storytelling Chantal. It certainly is a story of hope and inspiration. 💕

Amazing❤❤❤

Lovely!

I also first found you through Instagram on one of the reels you showed on the video 😅🎉 But your RU-vid video appeared on my feed by chance ❤ I can’t believe your only 20! The artwork and your work ethic is incredible. Please do tell the story of how you managed to get a gallery I can’t wait for that !

Love your Art ❤

love the idea of pushing a medium outside of its limits

Yes, to everything you said!!

surely do a mini painting now youve done a big one! would love to see what you create!

As an oil painter I value all painting mediums in the same way! I’m sorry that your medium faces artistic discrimination when it requires the same discipline and technical skills. Thank you for sharing your journey :)

You are very good artist 💯💯💯

Love the painting!! What is your process like on paintings like this? How do you go about creating the composition?

Beautiful painting and detail by detail. Can I ask what kind of white color you use like a clue transparent? and you remove after you done some detail near to rabbit.

4:39 made me laugh out loud lmao

just out of curiosity, what did you use as a reference for the girl? Was it an original staged photo or did you happen to find it online and decide it was perfect for the piece? either way I love this 💕

This is very pretty, I also wanted to stop the video and comment about something that is a bit of hang up for me and maybe some other potential viewers may also have. When I watch videos, I will often not watch an artist if I see any potential bad habits being practiced by the artist, for fear I may also take in the bad habit. I will try to move beyond this. But just wanted to mention at min 3:06 that it is hard for me to see watercolor artist leaving their brushes in cups of water. I'm sorry if I seem picky, but as someone who is trying develope good habits it's very hard to see others clearly demonstrating a lack of discipline themselves. Regardless I'm gonna post this and push play. Hoping I make it thru your video. Based on your apparent skill I think their must be some things I can learn that I can benefit from. But honestly, I want to think the person I'm learning from has advanced skills, or perspectives that I can also develope. And it's sort of a red flag when I see a lack of care for their supplies. Anyways, best to you and I hope this doesn't seem rude to you! Angry again, very pretty painting.

Watercolour is absolutely NOT considered as "lower" than oil paint...wtf