A question I received.

“ I've been painting for some time and still learning. I get so disheartened when my head knows what to paint but my hand can't do it.

I feel I may not be an artist, I want to be, but I think maybe I just can't do it. I stress out as I don't know what I'm doing. I have lessons once a week and I try to sketch most days. My drawings are improving but better than my paintings.

Please help me?

What can I do to stay in the right frame of mind and keep the artistic flow flowing. ”

What to do about this and go back to enjoying painting again?

For a start do not try and paint a masterpiece every time sit down to paint. This a problem that a lot of Artist face when they face the blank canvas, is the expectation of having to paint their next masterpiece. The canvas cost so much and all the materials cost so much I must do a great painting otherwise it is all be wasted, now that is pressure.
You own the supplies so forget about what they cost and just paint because you can.
Always paint for the fun of painting not to accomplish a painting. I hope you understand what I mean?
Some days you will paint good paintings and other days not so good paintings, but it is not about a painting, it is all about you painting.
If you try to paint a masterpiece every time you face a blank canvas, already you are defeated because it is so overpowering, but if you sit down to paint a painting for today and then do that everyday, it is so much easier and achievable and all combined together may end up a masterpiece.
So with your painting, paint to have fun painting and have no more expectation than to have fun, putting pressure on yourself to do your masterpiece and more will only frustrate you and cause you to question your talent and should you be an Artist.
Have fun, love what you are doing and be contented to paint because it is all about painting and not a finished painting, because it is never finished.




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