WHT style are you painting In now? Color a.ways tripped me up. Got frustrated- so much to understand about color in painting, my feeble mind couldn’t grasp it well enough to create the kind of beauty artists like Renoir created. Even Van Gogh’s paintings were filled with ‘lights painted with colors. I had a huge book on Van Gogh with a bunch of his writings, sketches etc. What a fascinating read it was. Rea.ly showed his struggles to paint while fighting against mental issues. The .enters were mostly between hi. And his bro. His. Bro really supported him throughout his life. Rea.ly good read if you can find the book
Thanks for asking about painting. Right now, I’m focusing on realism and will expand to impressionist and other styles after I become competent. I started with Bob Ross paint-along. That seems to have gotten me acclimated to colors and I’ve never had a problem with them.
After a couple of years of painting from photos and watching other youtube artists and getting tips, strategies and methods from them, I started getting coaching from Stefan Baumann, also on youtube. I watched all of his online videos before starting coaching. Now, I’m watching art history lectures when I’m not painting.
I also started doing copies of old masters. I did one Rembrandt self portrait that is pretty weak, then a JMW Turner seascape that is pretty strong and now I’m working on a Velasquez. This is along with current original paintings, mostly multi-figure painting.
The trick is to find your starting point. Anyone can become proficient. If you don’t know where to start and don’t want to watch all of those videos, just start coaching with Stefan. He’s amazing. I’m amazed at how fast I started progressing once I started working with him.