Thanks for sharing!
Unfortunately, there's a lot more that goes into growing on YouTube than just being a good artist. I think you have good painting skills!
However, you have a TON of competition on YouTube. This is not meant to sound offensive in any way (and to clarify, this even more so applies to me), but there are other channels out there that are currently doing what you are doing, but already know how to do it "better". The reason I have "better" in quotes is because art's beauty is largely in the eye of the beholder, but the long-time YouTube artists have been around long enough to find out the best ways to bring people to their channel and get them to subscribe.
I highly recommend looking at some big-name channels for inspiration on ways that you could improve your videos (ie: https://www.youtube.com/@Jazza , https://www.youtube.com/@samdoesarts, https://www.youtube.com/@JoshArt01 , https://www.youtube.com/@Kooleen , etc...)
Ideally you'd find channels that specifically do traditional painting like yourself, since those would be your direct "competitors". Look at which of their videos do well and implement what you think works into your own content. Titles are also hugely important, and descriptions are as well (but to a lesser degree). Thumbnails are also a big deal. I recommend adding prominent text that is slightly different than the title of your video but still gets the point across.
And, finally, if nothing else, I added a link to your channel on my website (DezigningArt.com). I think my profile signature already has a link to it so I won't add it again to avoid looking spammy, but it's on my "How to Motivate Yourself to Draw or Paint" blog under tip #5, where I recommend that people take a look at other artists and their artwork.
My YouTube channel never took off, but I work in internet marketing now which has taught me a lot. Ironically I now don't have any time to add more to my channel, haha. If I do, though, I'll be sure to give you a shoutout to my very small following.
Hope that helps!
Unfortunately, there's a lot more that goes into growing on YouTube than just being a good artist. I think you have good painting skills!
However, you have a TON of competition on YouTube. This is not meant to sound offensive in any way (and to clarify, this even more so applies to me), but there are other channels out there that are currently doing what you are doing, but already know how to do it "better". The reason I have "better" in quotes is because art's beauty is largely in the eye of the beholder, but the long-time YouTube artists have been around long enough to find out the best ways to bring people to their channel and get them to subscribe.
I highly recommend looking at some big-name channels for inspiration on ways that you could improve your videos (ie: https://www.youtube.com/@Jazza , https://www.youtube.com/@samdoesarts, https://www.youtube.com/@JoshArt01 , https://www.youtube.com/@Kooleen , etc...)
Ideally you'd find channels that specifically do traditional painting like yourself, since those would be your direct "competitors". Look at which of their videos do well and implement what you think works into your own content. Titles are also hugely important, and descriptions are as well (but to a lesser degree). Thumbnails are also a big deal. I recommend adding prominent text that is slightly different than the title of your video but still gets the point across.
And, finally, if nothing else, I added a link to your channel on my website (DezigningArt.com). I think my profile signature already has a link to it so I won't add it again to avoid looking spammy, but it's on my "How to Motivate Yourself to Draw or Paint" blog under tip #5, where I recommend that people take a look at other artists and their artwork.
My YouTube channel never took off, but I work in internet marketing now which has taught me a lot. Ironically I now don't have any time to add more to my channel, haha. If I do, though, I'll be sure to give you a shoutout to my very small following.
Hope that helps!
