Art Thoughts - Blog Posts
I probably don’t need to go so crazy with signing all my art… Unless I post on Pinterest or something, haha! At least, that’s what I’ve heard.
Maybe I shouldn’t try and draw perspective when I’m sleep deprived.
Why is it when I get into an art frenzy I don't like using paper that is meant for art, but like I color on things that you're not supposed to art on like skin or glass and clothes like I want to draw on those and create art you know what I mean?
This week I found myself talking about artist Jayson Musson’s “Art Thoughtz” again. The series of videos are done in a classic YouTube style, with low grade effects, text, and even complete with a low resolution webcam video of Jayson Musson in his persona “Hennessy Youngman”. The videos themselves challenge the art world with humor and exaggeration, spliced together with more seriously delivered well thought out critiques. Musson’s critiques on the history and present state of art bring a fresh level of awareness with a modern way of sharing and creating,YouTube. Critiques are presented in a way that does not shy away from the low brow conventions of the internet but they are embraced and satirized, though shown to be just as ridiculous as much of art’s history. It becomes apparent that these videos humorously lecture a lot about mediums and art culture, but in the modern and very meta stage of the 2010’s, this is clearly art in itself.
Hennessy Youngman's "Art Thoughtz episode on institutional critique.
Man to all artists out there, you don't have to draw every day. I remember when I drew every day, it was painful and I always made myself feel terrible about my drawings. I was slowly getting better but when I didn't draw every day, I got better at drawing faster. The moral of the story try not to beat yourself up, I it will happen matter what, but all you can do is try.÷>
One of my favourite artists made a video a while back about despite the crushing pressure to monetise art and passion that artists need to love their work and themselves and each other more than ever right now. So I'm just going to post with abandon if I can, I say that every once in a while but I think because here is an easier space to breathe I will.
(Also here's one of their vids, their name is Arleesha Yetzer and their paintings are lovely)
Another Rambley drawing for today!
Going for nearly two years without creative inspiration and then having it surge all of a sudden has been weird. I'm trying to hold back from doing too much and exhausting myself again.
Sooooo I know I said I’d probably post some art here from time to time, but like I lowkey haven’t had the time to do any since starting school. I wanna draw so bad but I just don’t have time
first off- i adore your art, i bought a couple of prints from you a while back and they’re hanging above my desk as a lil piece of inspiration so thank you for that🫶🫡
the question i wanted to ask is kinda weird but - what do you think about when you draw? like does your mind wander? is it abstract thinking or are you thinking about things like perspective, anatomy, etc?? i find myself gettig caught up in my thoughts when i draw so im curious haha (sorry if i worded that poorly my english is kinda shiity sometimes lol)
Thank you!! And hmm it kinda jumps around haha. I think I explained how I think a while back on here, so there isn't any like actual dialogue running through my brain. It jumps from me thinking about any art I can remember that would help me render a piece to like how cool the end is gonna look like to hey I'm hungry I want food and I need to piss but if I get up I'll ruin the vibe to this shoulder is too extended I need to move it closer, etc. sometimes a song will be playing out somewhere in there. but I don't usually think about the art itself? At least, I don't really like to, cause it makes me overthink everything. It's why I like putting on music or listening to my audiobooks, because then it's very "I blacked out and now I have a drawing"
Do you ever look over the drawing you've been working on and notice small details you forgot about but immediately fall in love with or is that just me?..