Julian Castro

I Painted Over My Largest Painting — And It Was the Best Decision I Ever Made

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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.

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Click the image to be magically transported to witness a video of me talking and painting... what a time to be alive.

PS: Hi


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