I Painted Over My Largest Painting — And It Was the Best Decision I Ever Made
And then I made a video about it (typical me).
Disclaimer: the video and writing herein are 0% generated or assisted by AI... just good ol' fashioned 100% purebred human (me).
In this 7 minute YouTube masterpiece I cover topics that show the story of this piece, some practical techniques I used, and some creative process concepts that helped me achieve a piece I have now fallen in love with.
00:00 - the voice in my head that said “paint over it”
00:39 - eliminating the risk of making a bad painting
01:02 - starting the piece in 2021 to finishing it (part 1) in 2024
01:19 - painting over it in 2025
01:49 - my favorite tool to paint with (which saved this painting), along with the techniques that I feel best painting with
03:10 - overthinking it (which didn't work) vs intuition as guidance (which worked)
04:24 - creating portals in my paintings, and past examples
05:43 - painting in a flow state vs from the mind
06:25 - arriving at the final piece
Grab yer' popcorn and enjoy the show.
Click the image to be magically transported to witness a video of me talking and painting... what a time to be alive.
PS: Hi