OK, full disclosure. When I was a young guy growing up there was no internet to expose me to lessons on how to draw and paint. In fact, I go back before Bob Ross taught America how to paint trees. I survived on books written by professionals and of course, my school lessons.
Today, anyone that can draw a straight line, can post a video online about how to draw and paint. Its incredible. These fine folks are not thinking about your development as a young artists, they are only out there to sell their work,disguised as an art lesson.
Now I don’t want to sound like an art critic, but 99% of what you see on sites like youtube is just bad art. It sounds like the artist knows what they are talking about but the overall work is amateurish at best. A lot of what is filmed is in fast motion which teaches you nothing but allows the video to fit a certain time constraint.
I would like to know when making art became a spectator sport. Be selective in what you view on the internet and remember to train more often on your own. .