UPDATE // the winter months have passed!

haha I will!

Loish

If you ever need horse reference photos hit me up 😉

Khali Hagen

thank you! it's interesting that you say that, because I've been thinking about drawing animals in a more portrait-like style that I usually use for human characters!

Loish

I know I'm late to the party, but sometimes trying to draw a subject I'm not used to helps. I mostly draw horses. So when I got into a rut this past month I started thinking about drawing mythical animals. Ones that are already in "existence" and ones that I just makeup for the fun of it. Since you mostly draw people and environments maybe try a portrait in your style of an animal in an environment that's a bit different from what you usually paint? Also thank you for the "be gentle" with ourselves note. I find that I often get blocked by my own feelings of inadequacy because I'm not doing art the "right" way. This only makes it so I end up doing nothing, and learning just as much lol.

Khali Hagen

I'm so glad you're enjoying it! there are so many artists out there that reconnect with art at a later age because art school destroyed their creativity. it's sadly such a common story. sometimes I wonder if the point of art schools is to weed people out rather than build them up? it seems like it sometimes. I'm glad you are getting back into your creative flow!

Loish

Thank you so much for your videos and other write-ups, they're super helpful! I've been getting back into art lately, and February in particular was extremely productive and rewarding for me. After taking an approximately 5 year long break (maybe more idk, I've lost track of time by now) due to my artistic spirit being broken by art-school, I'm finally being reunited with art and rediscovering the joy of drawing/painting what I ACTUALLY LIKE instead of trying to pretend to be and like something that I don't actually care much for..... Related to this, I actually just watched your talk with Iris Compiet on youtube yesterday. It was great to hear others talk about the struggles related to art school and creating "guilty pleasure" art and made me feel less alone (in lack of a better word). If you ever feel like making more videos talking about this, I personally would be very interested haha. Anyway, thanks again for the great content :D

LQ

thank you! I wanted them to be shorter initially, but i discovered that I can't talk about a topic for less than 40 minutes haha. I just have too much I always wanna say about it!

Loish

same to you riley!

Loish

thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful :)

Loish

ohhh that sounds fun!

Loish

thanks for the kind words! art block is so common, i think it's something every artist struggles with at some point. good luck finding your creative flow again :)

Loish

Thank you for all that you do💕 you really have become one of my biggest mentor and inspiration for creating and learning. And I do have been feeling a little bit “artblocked” but I’ve been slowly getting inspiration and practicing ✨🥰

Devotionart

I've been participating in a creativity workshop on SkillShare which has been lots of fun so far and I've got three new characters that have appeared in all of my paintings so far, so I guess I'll have to name them. :D

It has been a little sunnier here the last couple days and I am sooo excited for spring and rain and flowers! 💐

Renoodles

Thank you Lois! The warm up / learning exercises tutorial was amazing! This kind of thoughtful, mindful approach to learning is def what I need and have been looking for! So happy I get to continue to work on that with guidance from one of my all time favorite artists

AC Moony

Thank you!

NadiaMakesSomeArt

Have a wonderful talented artist and may you be blessed with inspiration. May you and your husband stay safe in these tough times of covid.

Riley Morgan

Thanks Loish for everything. Glad you are having spring. I live in South Africa so it is always hot. I have so many Ideas for you. I just love your art. My entire community does. It's amazing. We love waiting to see that patreon notification pop up everyday or every second day. Maybe you can finish some old wips and maybe you can really do some more ocean art. My ideas for new art are A greek goddess, a mermaid , a lady made out of water, ursula from the little mermaid, another self portrait. Some sea animal practices and lastly an underwater enchantress . Hope you like my ideas. But pinterest have great inspiration.

Riley Morgan

It's been warmer here too - not yet spring, but a taste of it. I've been loving it! And there's nothing wrong with following your motivation and continuing with sketches while you want. Inspiration will strike soon enough!

Alicia

Thank you for your videos. I love them. They’re a good length too, easy to watch, especially if you have kids and have to pause to chase them around. These are tutorials that I can come back to and they’re very inspiring!

Andrea Scott