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cautiousclay

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Artist // Hobbyist // Varied
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My Bio
Elementary school art teacher. Love making art in many styles and media.

Favourite Visual Artist
Could have told you a few years ago.
Favourite Movies
All Star Wars, Edward Scissorhands, Rise of the Guardians, other ones
Favourite TV Shows
Land of the Lost
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Ludivoco Einaudi
Favourite Books
Art and Fear
Favourite Writers
Dr. Seuss
Favourite Games
chrono trigger
Favourite Gaming Platform
ipad
Tools of the Trade
charcoal, acrylic, and digital:Ipad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate. Also filmmaking

Between Things

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Back to drawing again.  Physical drawing instead of iPad.  I’m liking these woodless graphite pencils.  I can’t really get into adding color for some reason.  Maybe digital color? That way I get to keep the original drawing too. My subjects are all over the place.  Mostly people.  The drawing seems to be a simple meditation.  I love when I get a few minutes just to take a subject and really look and observe it.  I kind of find myself again through that process.  I’ve spent so many years worrying about how my art is all over the board.  Scattershot.  Not focused. And I guess I just can’t pick and stay with one medium,
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An old bike

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Going back to abstraction the last few days has been like getting out an old bike and riding it again. I know exactly how to get going... and yet something is different.  It's so easy to paint just the way I was painting this stuff years ago... but it feels dead. No pretending I haven't changed over the years. Years of teaching children has changed my aesthetic!  They scare you in art school about "sentiment" in painting... and really about beauty itself... that it's all cliche'...  and there is something about guiding young people on their creative journeys all these years that has helped me see through that.  I want to defend their optimis
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So I think I've decided that I'm not a very good cartoonist. This whole endeavor, years long, has been about me wishing I had pursued an art style that would be more "likable" to more people.  In art school, I was fascinated with abstraction...  but as I've aged, I've realized that lots of people just can't relate to it. I guess I wanted to "prove" to those people that I can make representational art, too.  But the problem is that the representational art I've made just hasn't been that spectacular.  My most unique, original art.... has always been my abstraction. i may end up doing a combination....  I've made a few artworks lately with f
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Hello Clay and thank you so much for :+fav:ing my "Good Boy" and for adding me to your watch list!!

:blowkiss:

Hello again cautiousclay!

Thanks, again. 
I am very glad to see ya'll support my art 
That's why I have one more favour to ask of you.
 
If it is not too much trouble, can you take some time to subscribe to my youtube channel? 
I want to make it as a freelance artist and I think youtube is the way to go.
That's why if you do subscribe to my channel, don't forget to click the notification bell to get notified whenever I post an art tutorial

I make tutorials because I want to repay your kindness for supporting me :D 
I want to give back to this community

Here is the link : www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlFa… :happybounce:

If you are hesitant, I understand. 
I may often sound too straighforward and I apologize if this comment inconveniences you. 
If you just want a sample of what Kind of videos I make, here (face tutorial, step by step) : youtu.be/VeRz3srZ6rk
Thank you again, I really do mean it. And would love to have you join my youtube family, cautiousclay!
Thanks for the watch, I appreciate it. I had a look through your gallery, amazing work!
Thank you so much for the watch!
thank you for the watch!