Human-Made, Physical to Digital Art: Watch Shy Artist paint a graphic element
Well, this is basically going to be a video where you learn a little bit about me and why I paint. Later, I may get into when I started painting and drawing, but today, this is a film to show you how I paint and why I paint the way I do.
I started painting for Serenity of the Mind—for my husband, the content creator for the channel—for several reasons. The first reason is that the free sites didn’t have a good variety of backgrounds. The selection got worse and worse through the years. The second reason is that because everyone uses the backgrounds from those free sites, everyone on a platform like YouTube starts to look the same, and YouTube doesn’t like that. It can cause demonetization and even channel removal.
The third reason is that almost all platforms for digital backdrops and graphic elements are now using AI. AI creates with math, so everything looks perfect and soulless. The last reason is that Serenity of the Mind needed me to. You know the old saying: "Necessity is the mother of invention." Well, it is necessary that I paint for the channel, blog, and store just so his universe can survive.
As an artist, I am the total opposite of AI. I hate perfection. Perfection is boring. I go out of my way to make everything I do unique and one of a kind. Because I love surprises, I use watercolor paints. I love watercolors. Even a professional artist cannot paint the same subject twice and have them turn out the same.
Watercolor has a mind of its own. Variables like wetting the paint differently, the temperature of the water, the temperature of the room, or whether it is a dry day or a high-humidity day all play a part. Even my arthritis, bothering me more today than yesterday, affects the work. As you can see, there is just an infinite amount of variables that affect the final piece.
This is a gift to you for reading about my artist's statement and watching me paint!
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