Hi Mikko! People usually say you need goals to get better in art and I had goals. I wanted to get better so I could go into art school and make art into my career. When it was time to apply to the schools I got anxiety about even trying and I had already changed my plans so I didn't go. Now I feel I lack motivation and inspiration even if I LOVE doing art. I don't know if it's lack of goals or something else but I don't know what to do about it. Sometimes I have better days with the inspiration (like right now when I started to try doing art in different style) but usually I just lack everything. I have also been studying specific things for some kind of "art competitions" but the way to perform in there is very strict and I find it quite boring and inspiration killing sometimes. I just feel I can't do anything else either because I lack the inspiration but while watching this LIVE I realised that all I want is just to express myself like you finely described. I don't know what do, I feel stuck. Do you have any kind of tips? I might want to buy some kind of "artprogram" some day but right now I don't have the money. Your membership sounds fun though!
You seem to blame your lack of initiative in making art on the lack of inspiration. Inspiration is not something that the world owes you. As an artist, inspiration is a beautiful gift that’s (and I can not stress this enough) OCCASSIONALLY bestowed upon you. Should it not show up, an artist shows up for work anyway. You can only access creativity by showing up for your part of the work. It sounds like you want to take that next step, but rather than advising you to sign up or buy anything, I highly recommend just starting a habit of showing up for your art. Try starting small. Just sketching or doodling for 15 minutes each day is enough. Slowly build that up to one hour with the tools you enjoy the most. Whether or not you get into an art school, I think it's worth figuring out a way to enjoy making art every day. Even if the painting fails, can you find a way to make art that you’d enjoy anyway? Only then, after all those things, is it worth considering what kind of system could be beneficial for pushing you further in your creative journey. Having a healthy relationship with your art and the act of creating it will help you pursue whatever goal you want to pursue in the future.
@@angrymikko Thank you for your advice and wise words! I have to try figure this out. 🥹I actually already do art (almost) daily but maybe I have to learn to make art I enjoy - even if it's not "perfect" - every day. Right now I'm actually enjoying it but I know there still will be times when it's hard, very hard. I don't know if it's the lack of initiative, maybe sometimes, what's the problem but I admit I might have used wrong word for the problem. Artists on the internet talk about inspiration so differently but you described it beautifully. Maybe the true problem is about not enjoying the art progress and maybe I also confused creativity/getting ideas and inspiration because I remember feeling so fustrated of not getting any ideas for doing art and I just made same kind of pictures that didn't really make me enjoy the art. In those times I wanted to do something meaningful but I just didn't know how to. Like I said, right now I'm actually feeling quite good with this problem and it's not about making big generally meaningful works but it's fun and meaningful for me. Maybe I have to remember this feeling (and this advice) when I have worse times with my art. 😄
Glad did that, that was always my goal with these streams. Not just to paint by myself but with the others engaging with creativity at the same time 💖🐻
Hi Mikko! People usually say you need goals to get better in art and I had goals. I wanted to get better so I could go into art school and make art into my career. When it was time to apply to the schools I got anxiety about even trying and I had already changed my plans so I didn't go. Now I feel I lack motivation and inspiration even if I LOVE doing art. I don't know if it's lack of goals or something else but I don't know what to do about it. Sometimes I have better days with the inspiration (like right now when I started to try doing art in different style) but usually I just lack everything. I have also been studying specific things for some kind of "art competitions" but the way to perform in there is very strict and I find it quite boring and inspiration killing sometimes. I just feel I can't do anything else either because I lack the inspiration but while watching this LIVE I realised that all I want is just to express myself like you finely described. I don't know what do, I feel stuck. Do you have any kind of tips? I might want to buy some kind of "artprogram" some day but right now I don't have the money. Your membership sounds fun though!
You seem to blame your lack of initiative in making art on the lack of inspiration. Inspiration is not something that the world owes you. As an artist, inspiration is a beautiful gift that’s (and I can not stress this enough) OCCASSIONALLY bestowed upon you. Should it not show up, an artist shows up for work anyway. You can only access creativity by showing up for your part of the work.
It sounds like you want to take that next step, but rather than advising you to sign up or buy anything, I highly recommend just starting a habit of showing up for your art. Try starting small. Just sketching or doodling for 15 minutes each day is enough. Slowly build that up to one hour with the tools you enjoy the most.
Whether or not you get into an art school, I think it's worth figuring out a way to enjoy making art every day. Even if the painting fails, can you find a way to make art that you’d enjoy anyway?
Only then, after all those things, is it worth considering what kind of system could be beneficial for pushing you further in your creative journey.
Having a healthy relationship with your art and the act of creating it will help you pursue whatever goal you want to pursue in the future.
@@angrymikko Thank you for your advice and wise words! I have to try figure this out. 🥹I actually already do art (almost) daily but maybe I have to learn to make art I enjoy - even if it's not "perfect" - every day. Right now I'm actually enjoying it but I know there still will be times when it's hard, very hard.
I don't know if it's the lack of initiative, maybe sometimes, what's the problem but I admit I might have used wrong word for the problem. Artists on the internet talk about inspiration so differently but you described it beautifully. Maybe the true problem is about not enjoying the art progress and maybe I also confused creativity/getting ideas and inspiration because I remember feeling so fustrated of not getting any ideas for doing art and I just made same kind of pictures that didn't really make me enjoy the art. In those times I wanted to do something meaningful but I just didn't know how to.
Like I said, right now I'm actually feeling quite good with this problem and it's not about making big generally meaningful works but it's fun and meaningful for me. Maybe I have to remember this feeling (and this advice) when I have worse times with my art. 😄
Thank you for uploading it ! Love your streams.
Thanks as always for the livestream upload! Love getting my iPad and drawing along with you, its the best :)
Glad did that, that was always my goal with these streams. Not just to paint by myself but with the others engaging with creativity at the same time 💖🐻
Thank you for making it a video🙏
I loved the drawing and especially the procces of it
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Never seen you without a hat 😁I didn’t know you had hair!
I’m secretly bald underneath all this hair 🤫
@@angrymikko like an Eagle - I expect you to paint an Eagle next then thanks for the suggestion 👍
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