Praise yourself.

Whenever you get negative or critical about your paintings or yourself, stop yourself and change your self talk.

It is hard work but you can do it.

Listen to what you say about your self and stop all negative self talk, this is so important.

If you defeat yourself, no one can change that, you must change if you want to change your words.

Most discouragement starts in your own self talk not by others, they just confirm what you are already saying to yourself, so you have to fix it.

Because lack of self belief and negative self talk are two big reasons why people fail in this Art Business, they defeat themselves.

This Art practice can be hard enough without self defeat, strengthen your self belief with positive self talk.

Be gentle on yourself and say positive things to yourself that you want to hear from others, encourage yourself and congratulate yourself for every victory, big or small.

Praise yourself to yourself.