You hear all the time that you have to practice, practice, practice...

That you need to log those 10,000 hours then you’ll be a master. That the only way to get good at anything is to work really hard, keep your head down and just do the work.

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A lot of creatives don’t finish what we start. Raise your hand if you have some unfinished canvases that you are saving for some unknown date. 

Is it just procrastination, like we’ve all said about ourselves a million times? Are we really...

A creative dry spell is not fun. You’re in the mood to do some painting--just one tiny problem--you're all out of ideas. 

You've been hanging out online. You checked out some painters you like--but they are all so amazing you had to quit before...

You’re a doer, you like to get things done. You give side-eye to the thought of failure and you try really hard to get it right...

You’d rather stick with things, and make them work, than walk away and wonder “What if I hadn’t quit when I...

Keeping the ideas for paintings coming is something every artist has to find a way to deal with...

Creativity isn’t always an endless flow, available whenever we want it. If only that were true!

But that doesn’t have to stop you from...

Being a beginner at painting, when you are used to being great at a lot of other things by now is a weird place to find yourself, but here you are!

Glad you’re here! I think it’ll be worth the trip.

 No one likes to be bad at something, at least...

You know this feeling. You’ve been working on a painting for a while, a long while...

It’s going okay so far, but you are aware that something’s a bit off--you just can’t tell WHAT it is. It all looks pretty good, but...you know what you...

If you are just beginning to learn how to paint or working on improving over time, this Self-Critique can be your favorite new tool in your toolbox. 

Why is that? Because it's like having a mentor looking over your shoulder pointing the way, except that...