Making a Painting: Part 1 - Nicholas Wilton - Ep 110

Art2Life

Nicholas Wilton

Self-improvement, Education, Visual Arts, Arts

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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https://Art2Life.com - After putting it off for a few years, I am finally starting the painting I promised my daughter and giving it to her for her 30th birthday. So I thought it would be fun to take you on the journey with me! Join me as we dive into a real-world example of how you start a painting and keep it your own when it’s meant for someone else.

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Starting a painting, acrylic techniques, and staying loose [2:48]

Keeping your art from becoming a beautiful distraction before it’s finished [14:06]

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0:00.0	You know, this painting today looked pretty good. Like, I like a lot of what was happening to this.
0:07.8	And that's the death of you. You know, once something starts looking really good, and it's all perfect.
0:14.3	I feel like I'm tightening up. So I actually like it better now. But that's the idea behind doing something bold and drastic,
0:21.4	like putting all this raw pink on it. It actually looks pretty good, but that's what I'm doing
0:27.8	is I'm just increasing the risk in the beginning stages.
0:36.9	Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Art to Life podcast. Thanksgiving's approaching, and this is
0:43.7	kind of a holiday season coming, but it's also when both my daughter's birthdays are.
0:49.7	Hannes is November 3rd and Lila's is December 3rd, and I want to make a painting for her. I told her a year
0:57.7	two ago that I was going to do this and I keep putting it off and but her birthday's coming her 30th
1:03.1	birthday. So I am going to make this but you know part of the challenge is when you're making
1:10.1	something for someone that can get in the way.
1:12.5	So this is kind of like a commission, although I kind of know, you know, I have a lot of freedom with it.
1:18.0	But I thought it would be interesting to go through this process.
1:22.3	I think it's just going to be really interesting and maybe helpful for some of you guys out there in terms of how you start
1:28.6	something, how you keep it your own, but also know that it's going to be for somebody else,
1:33.5	how to start something, how to stay in it, how to get through the parts when it's lose your
1:39.2	way, which I'm sure I will, and then how to finish something. So I'm doing this in parts. I don't
1:43.8	know how many parts there's going to be giving myself half an hour here to finish something. So I'm doing this in parts. I don't know how many parts
1:44.5	there's going to be giving myself half an hour here to start this. And I'm hoping that I kind of like,
1:50.2	I've been doing a lot of painting sessions with other artists on Zoom. And it's kind of fun just
1:56.8	knowing, hearing, listening to people talk when they're making work. And I can kind of make my
2:01.5	work while I'm listening. So maybe just listening will give you some ideas as you're making your art
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