Common Artist Problems – Self-Discipline & Comparing Yourself to Others | Liron’s Podcast Episode 118

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In this episode I talk about 2 common artist problems: SELF-DISCIPLINE, and COMPARING yourself to others (and also how to get started in watercolor 😉).

Let’s break it down!

How to Develop Self-Discipline as an Artist

Here’s my take on it:

• Understand what your vision / ambition is
• Make a connection between the mundane daily tasks – and that larger vision. How does completing this seemingly mundane task (or simply a task that scares you and creates resistance) – helps in making your larger vision come true?
• Schedule it! That’s the first step to getting things done
• Monitor it – How did you do? What can be improved?
• Don’t be too harsh with yourself. Are you consistently moving forward, and getting up after “losses”? You’re golden!

Comparing Yourself to Others

• You’re not alone in this – we all do this.
• You may not be able to get rid of this habit completely, but you can work towards making it affect you less.
• You and every single person in the world are VASTLY different, and so you cannot create exactly like others – and THEY cannot create exactly like you!
• Focus on yourself, compete with yourself and strive to improve yourself

How to Get Started in Watercolor

Lastly, I also provided some advice for getting started in watercolor.

This is divided into two main parts:

1. Learn the medium / techniques
2. Paint as much as you can – preferably from real life as often as possible

There’s no substitute for practicing (:

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