Comments on: Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Art? Do This…

By: Denise Stranahan

Denise Stranahan — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:57:33 +0000

In reply to Sharon Poulin. Sharon, your idea for making little paintings just made my day!! Someone gave me a lot of old but good quality watercolor paper — all different sizes — and because of its age, I need to trim off the discolored parts. Your idea is perfect for this. I always like working small anyway Thank you for sharing.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:39:53 +0000

In reply to Marie Lones.

Hi Marie
I think it’s human nature to feel a lot of the things I described…
I like to try and build my progress around doing one small thing at a time. If you can do just one small artistic thing in your day, then that’s progress 🙂
Also, doing art and watercolor painting is not easy – you need time, energy, and focus! Try to figure out what time of the day you have the most time, energy, and focus, and use that moment to take action.
And above all… have fun!

By: Marie Lones

Marie Lones — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:44:04 +0000

WOW! Do you have a chrystal ball?
I swear you wrote this article for me! I have loads of art supplies and I’m afraid to use them. When I paint something, I leave it feeling defeated because it’s so bad. Then I come back a few hours later and I’m surprised it looks so good. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?! I’ve bought your masterclass, I’ve just got to get the courage up to do it!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:26:51 +0000

In reply to Kathleen Harris.

Hi Kathleen
So glad this article helped…
Just send me an email if you need assistance logging in to the course 🙂

By: Kathleen Harris

Kathleen Harris — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 22:24:22 +0000

In reply to Anthony. I got your Master Course a loooong time ago. I never started anything because of my perfectionism. I think I may be ready to start now. This article knocked down walls and I’m hoping to have fun with this. Also aiming for only 5 minutes a day to play around sounds like it will work for me also. Now, I need to find out how to once again find the Master Course that I bought so long ago.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:17:53 +0000

In reply to Nancy. Thanks Nancy Keep on painting !

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:16:41 +0000

In reply to Lenore Laroche.

Hi Lenore
Perhaps try this… tell yourself I’ll just play around with watercolors for 5 minutes…
Even if you only do a few minutes it will get you into a habit.
And soon you’ll find that 5 minutes turns into more and more time 🙂

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:14:20 +0000

In reply to Margaret Wodehouse. Have fun Margaret!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:13:58 +0000

In reply to Joyce Almond.

Hi Joyce
I know, I know… It’s like watching baking recipes and never actually making the cake 🙂
Why not “have your cake and eat it!”
I hope I’ve encouraged you to find time for your art 🙂

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:03:30 +0000

What a wonderful article! What drew me to watercolor were paintings that were more illusion than detail….but then I got addicted to detail myself. I’m going to re-study paintings that just suggest visual ideas rather than spelling everything out.

As far as perfectionism and allowing for happy surprises … I don’t like wasting sketchbook pages either, so I usually fiddle around trying to salvage a messed-up page somehow. One completely botched seascape was somehow amenable to morphing into a joyful dog that looked just like the beloved pal I’d just lost!

BTW – Your apple tutorial was one of the first tutorials I tried when I was just starting watercolor painting a couple years ago. Thank you for all your great posts!