5 things I learned from sharing my first art tutorial on YouTube
I launched my YouTube channel with a video of me singing an original song, but it's not just about music. I'm an artist and, for me, that comes in many forms. Music is one of those forms, but so is visual art.
#1. It's easy and I should have done it sooner.
Seriously. I love to talk and I love to make art, so why not do this sooner?
To be honest, it was more a problem of confidence.
"I'm not that amazing of an artist and I have no formal art training, who am I to teach people and share things?"
I'm ME, that's who! I'm good enough just as I am, and so are you. So if you're thinking about doing it, I say, "Rip off the Bandaid - you got this!"
#2. Always make sure you have good framing with your camera when recording a video.
Double check to make sure everything you are trying to show actually shows up. Even if you THINK it's going to show up, double and triple check with trial recordings.
And then, when you think you have it right, back up a little more to make sure you have space to move things around in the frame.
Yeah, I messed this one up 😅
But you know what? Whatever. I will do better in the next one because I care about any and everyone who will watch these videos BUT I'm not here to do everything perfectly first time.
#3. I spend more time talking life philosophy than I do teaching painting.
You know what, though? I'm OK with that.
Art isn't just visual. It's emotional. It means something. So if you want to know what my art means to me, no better way than to watch these "tutorials" / "behind the scenes" videos.
#4. Your art doesn't have to be perfect and neither does your YouTube video.
It's funny, because when I make art I'm HUGE on saying that it doesn't need to be perfect. It needs to MEAN something to you and that's all.
So why should my YouTube channel be any different?
I've been challenging the idea of perfection for a while, read more about it by clicking here.
Who cares if it's perfectly polished and edited with amazing sound, etc.? Sure, that would be nice and might help me grow on the platform in the future, but it's OK to just slap a Canva intro on it and carry on.
#5. Making YouTube videos is pretty damn fun.
Literally, it's fun. Recording is fun. Talking to my camera like it's a person is fun. Uploading it is fun. Refreshing my feed and seeing that someone new watched it is fun (that's rare right now though haha). And it's hilarious to see my face come up in my husband's YouTube recommendations feed.
Maybe one day I'll make some money from it. But right now, it's fun. And maybe I'm helping someone out there. So it's all worth the time spent 😊
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