How to Develop New Ideas in Your Art

In this first episode, I answer questions from two different artists who are struggling to implement new ideas.

Each week, I share tips, tricks, advice, and inspiration to help you take your art to the next level.

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[cristobalalicea]

Thank you for confirming what I am already doing. I began painting intuitive abstract painting about seven months ago. I am a very emotional person and it is refleted
on my painting. I am watching many tutorial of diferent painters like you.
I am a retire person and are doing this just for fun. As this moment I am still experimenting and is very difficultq to me to stop and know when my paint is done.

[leetravathan]

I love this. I recently took one of my older paintings (where I had been very careful to make it "good") and faced that I was unhappy with it. I just started to paint over it and trusted my gut. I now have a piece I LOVE, and it is unlike any I've done before. Just letting it be okay to not have to make it a great piece... it became a great piece as I kept playing with it. Letting go is getting free. :-)

[lorilambartist]

I have watched and re-watched this video several times to remind myself not to be afraid of "failure!" Thanks, Louise for your sensitive encouragement - this is such a great message!

[danielarmishaw]

Thanks so much for providing this perspective. I appreciate the way you have framed what we have always encountered when venturing out of our comfort zone. Expecting to mess up. Thank you!

[mariakapatos]

Thank you Louise very sound advise, and oh so trus

[sandra]

I find if I paint the color I want to add to a "collage piece" and lay it over in various locations on my painting, I can make a better judgment about adding it.

[leetravathan]

I love this. I recently took one of my older paintings (where I had been very careful to make it "good") and faced that I was unhappy with it. I just started to paint over it and trusted my gut. I now have a piece I LOVE, and it is unlike any I've done before. Just letting it be okay to not have to make it a great piece... it became a great piece as I kept playing with it. Letting go is getting free. :-)