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The Fear!
Even after years of drawing and painting, I still have the Fear! The Fear of messing up my work by adding the wrong stroke or colour or doing anything that might make my piece look crap!
The thing is, if I gave into that Fear, I'd never grow as an artist, I'd never give new materials or techniques a go, I'd never try anything!
For sure, sometimes trying new things can lead to unpleasent (or unsatisfactory) results. But with art, if we switch our goals from making 'good art', to just having fun, whatever doesn't bring us joy leads us to just trying again, having more fun, and allowing curiousity rather than perfectionism drive us.
I've been working on and off on this piece for my neice (rhymes! 🤣) for a few months. It's nearly finished but there are things I'm not happy with (the background colour isn't vibrant enough) and there's a new technique I want to try on the face. The Fear is telling me to leave it as it is, that it looks great and if I make any changes, I'll end up wrecking it.
But my curiosity over what it will look like if I make the changes and try the new technique are bigger than the Fear!
And if I do mess it up...I can always start again!
What are some of your Fears when it comes to your creative expression? How do you overcome it? Is your inner artist desperately wanting to get out? What's stopping them?
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