Just a Reminder…
For All the Times You Think Your Art Is a Dumpster Fire 🎨🔥
Somewhere an artist just whispered,
“I’m never painting again.”
I can assure you, they are absolutely painting again.
Probably 6 hours from now.
Definitely by tomorrow.
Possibly sooner after snacks.
If your last masterpiece currently resembles a haunted potato wearing eyeliner, I’d like to remind you that watercolor has approximately twenty-nine-ish stages where it looks like it has permanently filed for divorce.
You are not failing.
You are just somewhere between “trust the process” and “I have made a terrible mistake.”
So before you dramatically shove your paintbrush into the rinse water like you are ending a Victorian novel. . .
Read these.
15 Tiny Pep Talks for Artists
Every artist has a painting that should apply for witness protection hiding in their sketchbook.
Waiting for talent is as useless as a clean paint brush.
Watercolor has two settings: “This is magical.” and “I’ve made soup.”
Your paint isn’t ugly. It’s in it’s middle school phase.
Nobody has become a better artist by aggressively sighing at the paper.
The paint brush has never told you you should quit.
Somewhere, Bob Ross is politely asking you to calm down.
Your inner critic has never completed a single painting.
The paper towel deserves an Employee of the Month award.
If a project ever makes you question your entire life’s existence, you’re probably halfway done.
Every ‘natural talent’ has a whole trashcan full of paper that absolutely was not talented.
Art supplies are cheaper than therapy. . .until you own more than 30 brushes.
You are one snack away from thinking your art is descent.
The only difference between “a mistake” and “an artistic choice” is how confidently you nod afterwards.
Never make permanent artistic decisions with temporary artistic emotions.
Alight, that’s enough.
Now go bully that blank piece of paper into becoming art. 😉
