What I've Learned from CREATIVE ANXIETY
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- Two weeks ago, I uploaded a video in which I shared the email I received from a subscriber named Thomas…
He explained how he had everything he needed in terms of material and resources for information about technique, yet couldn’t paint.
Fear of painting, fear of not bein...
I knew the video would be valuable to many, and I knew that because Thomas’ experience was an experience I’ve had in the past. I figured that if it resonated with me, it could resonate with others as well.
But I couldn’t imagine how far the echo would travel and how many people it would reach.
Reaction had been a transforming experience in multiple ways.
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I am an artist living and working in France. I learned the techniques of the Atelier of the Nineteenth century and now I try to share some of my knowledge with the rest of the world, because I think that beauty still has an important role to play in artistic creation. I do mostly drawing and oil painting, and my goal is always to provide techniques and explanations that can be useful to anyone, from beginners to more advanced artists.
The material I use most of the time (not necessarily in this video) :
Drawing
Equipement
✓ Kneaded eraser
✓ Plumb line
✓ Small mirror
✓ An old synthetic brush
✓ Masking tape
✓ Cutter
✓ Sandpaper or sanding block
✓ Mahlstick or Hand rest (DIY)
✓ Level ruler
Graphite
✓ Pencils 2H, HB and 2B
Charcoal
✓ If available: Nitram charcoals (H, HB and B)
!!! Or, if not::
✓ Square Venetian charcoals Lefranc and Bourgeois
✓ Natural charcoal box (check that the heart of the stick is not spongy and hollow)
Black and white chalk
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
✓ Square Conté noir : HB and 2B
✓ Chalk or pencil holder
✓ Pencil sketch Conté Pierre noire : H and HB
Sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté : Blood and blood Medici
✓ Crayon Polychromos Faber-Castel : sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
Oil painting
Palette
(Extra-fine paint, recommended brands according to availability: Lefranc Bourgeois, Winsor and Newton, Royal Talens Rembrandt, Sennelier)
✓ Titanium white PW6
✓ Yellow ochre PY42
✓ Burnt Sienna PR101 or PBr7
✓ Venetian red or English red PR101
✓ Permanent Alizarin crimson (Attention: do not use the traditional pigment, which is not very light-fast) PV19 or PR177
✓ Cobalt teal blue PG50
✓ French ultramarine blue PB29
✓ Raw umber PBr7
✓ Burnt umber PBr7
✓ Ivory Black PBk9
Brushes
✓ About ten filbert hog bristle brushes sizes n° 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
✓ Some flat brushes
✓ Round sable brush or round Kolinsky sable n°10 (from the size of the nail (about one inch) or synthetic imitation
Medium
✓ Linseed stand oil
✓ Odourless mineral spirits
✓ Safflower oil
Surface
✓ Linen canvas, fine grain universal coating
✓ Canson oil-acrylic oil paper Figueras
Others
✓ Palette
✓ Foam and spalter brushes
✓ Palette knife in the shape of a water drop
✓ A few small pots, containers, jars...
✓ Paper towels
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The fear of not being perfect is exactly what stops me from painting. Thank you for making this video.
This!
I too am very frustrated with painting; whether it be oil, acrylic, or watercolor I can't control the medium as much as I require. I only like realistic art, I hate abstract. So I use my creativity using colored pencils and/or graphite. There I can create realism and I love my work. So do others that I give my paintings too. Give colored pencils or graphite a try and see is this is the answer for you as well. I hope this help!
Wayne Thank you!
Nice video. That hit home.🖌😆🎨
@@wayneosborne56 Years ago I found out that it is better for me to do lots of pencil sketches for a certain subject before I start to paint with brush, paint and canvas. It builds up confidence in this way.
I struggle a lot with pressure, art guilt, expectations (my own) and ambition, to the point that I haven't been able to do anything (I'm also full time working, but it affects my feelings a lot because I sometimes think my time is running out). Thank you for this video ❤️
life is too short!! take time for yourself! do something you enjoy! you will see how much better your "feelings" will be! its took me almost 50 years to learn that 99% of things can be put off for a day or two! and I wish I would have figured that out long ago!
@@deenasizemore5320 thank you, Deena ❤️ you're right. I'm almost 40, but just decided in February that I was going to do art, so my body is a bit panicky, but it's stupid really, I could live 60 more 😊
I'm approaching 30 and your comment is exactly how I feel.
I tell my friends and they say, 'you have time, don't worry.' It doesn't help. Just seeing your comment, describing everything how I feel, when no one else has managed to understand is so cathartic. At least I can be comforted that I'm not the only one who feels like there is a clock on the back of my head.
life is too short! and the older you get the faster time goes by!! I struggle! yes! im afraid of trying oils! silly thing I know! but i have figured out, if you dont take time for yourself, and enjoy yourself,and to be able to laugh at yourself and have fun... WHATS THE POINT??? the older you get the faster that clock starts ticking!! but dont panic! start enjoying it NOW!!
@@deenasizemore5320 this is a very nice way of looking at it. Enjoy rather then hurry.
I believe in you! Learning is a life time! We can do this!
Im in the same shoes as Thomas and thousand others..we start by having this idea that: "i will practice hard and when i become an artist i will paint & draw What i want and show my artwork..".it is not the case...it is a long, slow process...and we become artists the minute we take the decision...we just become better and better every brush stroke or pencil stroke, that's why in my opinion: jump into it and be strong and have low to no expectations..keep doing art untill it becomes awesome...art is a combination of two things, skills and creativity...work on your skills, this will come from practice, practice and more practice, then when you are good with your craftsmanship, inject it with your creativity, imagination and ideas...art is like cooking...how can you become a great chef if you dont have the skills, the knowledge and the practice....the first art you do is based on knowledge...the 1000th artpiece you create comes from knowledge, experience, successes and failures and mastery of your skills....and there is no shortcuts or "secrets" to achieve your goal, again, art is like aged wine: a 12 years old aged wine can only be achieved by aging wine 12 years...not 11 not 5...
Thank you for your video....it touches deep in the mind of every artist...
It just went straight to my heart. That's what I have been struggling and art especially painting gives me more frustration then joy. Because I set very very high expectations. Being a self taught artist and practicing since two years I thought to exhibit my landscape paintings without enough practice and sound knowledge of the subject. See I aimed outcome not process. Wow you spot on
Thanks, I needed to read this :)
thank you for this comment
Well said. Many times we get down on ourselves for not progressing more quickly. We say to ourselves "why can't I paint the human form from imagination? Why do my landscapes look like a child made them? How come I don't fully understand temperature? When will I see the light at the end of the tunnel?". You made a great point that 12 year old wine takes 12 years to be exactly that. Now is the time to practice things we don't necessarily want to because when the time truly comes that we paint our masterpiece, we will be glad that we didn't try to half ass it sooner.
"This is the best part of social media" that is the best sentence that ever went into my ears and massaged my brain 😌
Thank you!! I’m reminded now to return to the practice of keeping a painting notebook for writings, daily drawings, artist research and painting project workouts...then to add a photo of a finished piece with notes and my thoughts or experience of that painting and the process. It’s a catalyst to the next piece.
That's a great Idea thank you for writing that! I think will help me out as well!✨
It is a good idea
I always read this book (Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking) whenever my creative anxiety kicks in.
Good book! I’m with you on this 👍🏻
what,where,when,how?
Its took me almost 50 years to figure out to let things go every now and again, it will be there tomorrow, or even the next day.. I just been painting a little over a year! I do it for the fun, the challenge, the beauty.. I am just learning, I feel that I am pretty good, for just playing around for what little time.. but I know I have a lot of learning to do! I do it with no expectations.. I do it for me time!! and I show off every painting that I do!! Good or bad!! and the more practice I get, the better I get, and I have set goals. But no pressure I just enjoy.. when I do a really bad one.. I laugh about it, and I learn and try to figure out what I done wrong.. Dont beat yourself up cause it didnt come out the way you wanted.. life is too short, enjoy it while you can!!
I've finally realized all this later in life! Instead of self imposed pressure to instantly make crafts and artwork for income, to create for my pleasure and amazement! Tx!
It's taken me quite a while to really decide I wanted painting to be a significant part of my life. This is the one activity I do completely for myself--not conforming to someone's rules or expectations. Over the years, I've dabbled in different class room settings, none of which gave me any sort of foundation or guidance I felt I needed. About 10 yrs ago, I came across a teacher who was able to provide a simple foundation for me to believe I could paint--and I'm not very good. I find painting is very attached to my inner thoughts and feelings. I feel I'm exposing a part of myself--making myself vulnerable. Attending this woman's class, I felt safe enough to accept critique and gain a few basis skills. I had to stop the class for various reasons, and didn't pick up my brushes during that time. I truly missed those classes. When I was able to attend again--with that same teacher--I began to feel very confined or stifled. I seemed to be continually falling out of her set of rules. I was beginning to disenchanted with her style of teaching. Gradually I began to miss the classes and eventually I stopped attending. But--I have made an agreement with myself that I won't given up the brushes again--I set aside time to paint--without distraction. At this point, I'm too vulnerable to allow others to see what I paint--but I will soon. I cannot leave this life without the feeling of painting as part of who I am. I love it so much--and I can't explain why I love watching people paint and why I'm so drawn to sit in front of a beautiful piece of artwork for long periods of time. Thank you for this explanation of why it can be a struggle.
Florent! Thank u for being so responsive with ur emails, your advice has truly helped me grow and u never fail to inspire me. Im so thankful for discovering u and widening my vision for oil painting.
I bought all the stuff for oil painting, scared to even try it!! I tried it just playing around, nothing extensive and I liked the way it flowed off the brush a lot better.. but still, I havent picked it up again.. maybe soon i can give myself the kick in the butt I need to REALLY try it!!
@@deenasizemore5320 one thing i could say is, do it now, while its still early, dont be afraid to mess up because ure intimidated by it. ure not gonna be able to grow unless u start now. u dont have to start big, maybe do it on a small canvas and u already have a headstart :))
I rarely comment on videos, but this is the second time I saw yours and the second time I am commenting. Listening to you respond to Thomas makes me realize I'm not the only one afraid of the canvas - my main fear is thinking I'm not good enough. There are so many artists that are so talented out there and I feel I can't compare to them even though I have painted throughout my life. Thank you for your insight, gentleness and understanding.
comparison is the thief of joy
I was similar to Thomas as I collected so many supplies but I had so many excuses not to paint, I never prioritised my art. There was always something “more important” to do. (Like mowing the lawn) During the pandemic, suddenly I had time. I got out my little paint set and just started creating. It was so soothing to my anxiety. I thought about my previous resistance and realised I had a fear of my art being judged. (Even by people in my own house) Once I decided that I was going to paint just for myself, and not others, I let go of this concern. I also told myself to stop comparing my art to others, there will always be those who are better than me, or maybe not as good. There is no point comparing. This realisation is liberating! Thanks for your videos :)
I thank you for touching on this specific issue. I my hubby struggles with prostate cancer. He has the lowest death rate type. So it has been almost 4 years of watch & monitor. Year 2 he started having short term memory loss. No one wanted to hear me. I married him when I was 16 & I am 52. So I know well the person I live with. He is an artist but took the path of a AutoCad designer bc he loved working on cars. He is now an engineer. He was raised by his mom & memiere with 3 brother's & a sister. He is a protector. Who chooses peace until someone is threatening a woman &/or animal. So year 2 of cancer it spread they always had highly suspicious spots. He would have to wait until next year to find out those were cancer & more highly suspicious spots. He became very aggressive. That's when everyone started to say something is wrong. He has mini strokes that damage his left frontal lobe. Because of anxiety. There is more to this but I am writing a book. If I gave you all the issues it would be a 2k word book. I don't understand anxiety. Boy watching my hubby i grieve for all who experience this. I am the painter. I a disc disease that affects my spin in the neck & lower back. I use cooking, knitting, &crochet. I learn the basics then move into advanced projects. I did this so my mind would be wholly focus on the patterns help with my pian. I started painting 2 years ago. I can't draw a stick person. But I try & try. Sadly with my neck it affects my arms. They feel like 10 pounds & my hands have pins & needles. Sometimes they go numb. So I struggle with painting. You artist that come on TH-cam & teach don't have a clue just how much you touch people. Sometimes your a life line to someone who disabled & can hard walk without pain. You share a piece of yourself with just your art. To add on helping others with personal problems just shows that there is kindness in a world were many feel lost & alone. You are truly a gift from God or whomever you worship. I thank you for the time you spend on TH-cam. Especially for people like me who can't afford other things you do. Thank you so much🤗
_here in this place and under this video I feel like I am among my ("friends"). I have been given so much sensitivity that only one who has it will understand. So much fear of mistakes. people around me with cold minds and disconnected from feelings to protect themselves. thank you very much._
You are such an inspiring artist in the way you paint and in your philosophy around art . The way you explain how to move forward when people feel stuck is so moving and so helpful to everyone. Thank you so much for being you🌟
You and Bob Ross help artists get over that “fear of painting” words you’ve both used confronting people’s natural anxieties
Thank you so much for this 💗 I am not a painter, but I am a novice weaver. My long term goal is to weave beautiful, detailed tapestries of characters from my stories. I can relate with the habits pertaining to the destructive perfectionism cycle. I have allowed my fear not being perfect from practicing, and it has withered my desire to create.
I always kept thinking that i had nothing to paint, no idea or theme... But after watching this, it think its not the lack of idea... But fear of not being good enough.
Wow if there was a day that this video’s timing was perfect, it’s today !
I probably have the biggest collection of half finished paintings. Anxiety, blockages, fear of not creating perfection by self judgment….if I had a drone filming the footage of my avoidance to paint, it would make a great feature film !
Yup, going to the art store to buy canvases, brushes, gasgets, cleaning that bathroom, brushing the cat lol….anything but paint.
I believe that my creative PTSD comes from my huge burnout from my trade as a commercial artist for ad agencies. Vultures picking apart your work because the client who has no clue or appreciation for your creative process thinks you should design a potato from your apple. Madness !
This video helped me dissect my anxiety and fears. Trying not to throw up as I write this but I will be kind and gentle to myself as I dip my toe back in the pool. Thanks 🙏
My solution was simply to learn to enjoy the process and not to worry about the outcome. The outcome is what it is. This freed me and let me make lots of mediocre stuff, but by doing this I got better and now I even enjoy the outcomes. They are now just part of my journey.
I learned that creativity comes from God. Each painting has a divine inspiration and when you get into flow, you are " channeling ". Anxiety comes from not wanting to disappoint God with a bad painting.
Your mind & thoughts of painting & the skill sets you have are amazing. God bless you.
This video was a perfect followup to the one you did with Thomas's letter. In all my years of struggling and fear of stepping into the void I've never heard it explained in such a way like this that I can embrace and understand!! Now I feel compassion for myself instead of anger and hopelessness. There is nothing worse than feeling the urge to paint and express yourself coursing through your body and then stomping it down with your fear. I can't die with all this still within me! You have given me more courage now to face the unknown with my heart and not my head.
Thank you so much! You sharing your wisdom is precious to me.❤
As the opportunity is great so often is the fear of failure. You wouldnt fear so much if it didnt mean so much for you.
There is lot of sides to art and for me one is self realization through creation process.
For me going through such deep emotions and finding the ones that are alinging with what I want to be in the creation process and bringing them forth and learning to work and eventually let go the emotions that are not what I want to feel as they are counterproductive. This is part of the art for me and i have learned to appreciate it.
Im only a novice oil painting for less than 8 months but i reminded myself from the start to enjoy the learning and even in the mistakes theres v valuable lessons.
Some 1 once said" im not afraid of dying im afraid of not living"
And so with painting dont be so afraid that you let it limit yourself .
So true Florent perfectionism can ruin positive creativity.
Great words of wisdom thankyou
The avoidance strategies really hits me. I use lack of knowledge AND distractions. I have plenty of space but I keep telling myself I can’t paint until I transform my office into a studio. And instead of just getting paint on the canvas, I slow picking things out of the office and call it a day so that I’m infinitely trying to clean it out. I don’t even need to. I have a canvas and a beautifully lit area. I’m just holding myself back. Your video series is amazing and I’ll be putting that paint to canvas today as not a declaration to you but as a promise to myself. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. This is too much for me. These days I ask myself, "Am I not good enough to draw, where is my creativity?" I ask. Then I saw this video and these comments, it gave me a lot of confidence and hope. Thank you so much!
This is an amazing Florent especially in this current climate. Thank you for taking the time to make such a video and thank you too, to Thomas for sharing his vulnerability. In doing so many people will gain such a lot of insight to their own unverbalised creative blocks. Merci .
Your words penetrated my soul... Blessings! 🎨
Thank you for this video. I am like this too, I didn’t even realise it was a thing and that others feel this way too. I found your video very helpful
Absolutely! it has taken me (as others have also said) over fifty years myself to realise and understand this.
Beautiful painting!
Hi everyone!! I started Plastic Arts studies at the university in 2010, drawing a lot but not as efficiently as I wanted. I saw only imperfections and I came at the university with the idea of learning different technics and process... but they asked us a complete and diversified portfolio, even before starting the course.
After my studies, I learned a lot in term of History of Arts, but they never had enough money or time to teach us oil painting, photography development, video making... they just gave us tasks to accomplish week to week, with the technic we wanted to use at home, learned by ourselves.
I remember the exam we had to pass after 2 years : 8 hours closed in a room, a subject (the metamorphosis) and whatever we wanted to use, with our own material. I remember especially having no clue to do it properly, because I had no time to experiment at home and no possibility neither to do it in class. I remember paying for nude painting sessions after class and going back home after transportation 2 hours later at night, to be able, at least, to learn something else than theory (that I also enjoyed by the way).
I did pass my diploma and I had a job completely different than what I was expecting, really far from Art. I was flight attendant, flying and flying and flying... I stopped painting and it discouraged me.
I stopped this job this year mostly because I felt the vital need to start again, to sketch, to draw, to paint... because I feel alive when I do it! It’s not perfect, never enough for myself, always far from what I have in mind, but now I truly think that we learn from our mistakes everytime we try.
I’ve always been afraid of oil painting, but also fascinated... I tried every painting and now it’s time for me to move on and try it!!
This long comment to tell that sometimes we want to become an artist and we think that the better way to be one of them is to go to university, to learn with professionals and to have a diploma, but now I do realize that everyone can be an artist, as long as we practice and we do it with passion. It’s a long process, depending of natural talent we’ve got, but hard work always help to improve our skills!
It’s always time to become a better version of ourselves, even if we are not Da Vinci. Every known artist has a personal style, some of them invented a whole technic!
When I see a Rembrandt or a Robusti (Enrico), I’m fascinated by both way to express painting, even if both of them are completely different!
I try to keep that in mind when I’m not proud of my work at all (95% of the time).
THANK YOU for your videos that I just discovered. I learnt a lot in few hours only and it gave me more and more motivation to start oil painting!
Thats a beautiful painting, Florent!
I realize with each strategy pattern I recognize in myself and I try to debunk , the next best one becomes an automatic default .I'm currently trying with every movement in me to create something everyday. I tell myself never to judge my expressions because they my extention and I'm perfect .In that way I take comfort in knowing that I have room to improve and that its okay not to make art that you not completely happy with .The important think is to never stop .Try keep your mind a happy place because that's where you live .
Your painting and words are a creative masterpiece, I find them so helpful in my own lifelong battle with creative anxiety...afraid to be in the space, year after year...Thankyou
While watching the two videos and listening to your words (this one and the one you talked about) I managed to start a small abstract painting ☺️ and I’m dealing with a great deal of anxiety and perfectionism - so thank you it really really helped
YOU ARE THE BEST FLORENT! EVER SINCE I FOUND YOU HERE ON YT, YOU ARE THE MOST RELATABLE ARTIST TO ME.
Incredibly beautiful painting, Florent. Such depth of soul and human interest.
Thank you for these videos! I am a newer subscriber and would love to see more of these 'artist insight' type of videos, talking about the world of art, the meaning behind it, and how it affects us. Reminds me a lot of Alpay Efe's videos, but I look forward to seeing what you'll do next!
Love this! Not only watching you paint, paint over previous parts (which is bolstering to watch other artists do when it comes to fear of our own mistakes) and add water drips to a window, which was an excellent insight into your techniques, but also everything you said during the video, some things I had not thought about, but really resonated. Thank you.
Beautiful video, Florent. Also fun to watch you working on that fabulous painting.
This is excellence. Thank you as it has started to help me as I thought I was the only one experiencing it. I love painting and have pushed myself to harder more in-depth paintings but get stuck trying to figure out the next step. See now this is also a distraction/coping mechanism of my insane perfectionism of my own expectation.
Great video so so true
Thank you for this, Florent. I am in my 70’s and have been painting for about three and a half years. My gift is portraiture and have learnt only because I am stubborn and will start a picture over and over again until I get it right. I work with soft pastels, but I do SO want to work in oils, but of course I stop myself from trying them because I don’t know how to use them. Yes, I am just scared ... so now I am going to just get them out and ‘give them a go’. Thank you, you have given me courage 🤗
Lol, me too, I'm 75 1/2 👩🎨, no art education, converted retirement apt living room into my art studio this past 16 months while adapting it for my physical changes and challenges. Like you, I have always been able to capture a likeness, even when yrs pass between doing it. I am in bliss when I enter that zone, the reawakening! Not bored nor lonely. Let's do this, sis!!!
@@rohanamiller2293 yes!
Love this video and I've felt very related about what you are talking. Thank you so much for sharing and helping to get through it.
Your words were exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you 🙏🏼
It was incredible! Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 Your work is wonderful!
wow... exactly what I needed ! Merci
Thank you very much for the videos. They are making me paint again and I am going back to my studies of architecture again. I couldn't believe in myself at all last year and the mere thought of being in that School of Architecture made me feel uneasy in my stomach. I didn't have a good time there. I know what you are talking about very well.
Thanks for sharing your feelings.This helps me a lot.
Thank you I needed this
Encore un grand merci Florent !
Beautiful painting and powerful words. Thank you
Another winning video Florent! Thank you for putting words on some of the feelings we deal with... Merci!
I love this video, thank you! Art can be a lonely thing to do, but this makes me feel companioned on the creative journey. It's good to see the positive side of perfectionism too.
I also loved your creative reflections lockdown video.
Chaos, is also what comes before creation...Nice.
My heart litterally sunk into my stomach when you said: keep the role of the eternal student... I've been doing this for years.
Excellent piece! Excellent advice. I teach and the way you explained your thoughts are great!( I had to get my journal and take some notes...I hope you don't mind?) This will help me to explain better to my students. Thank you very much!
When my creative anxiety completely stops me from doing anything, I call it creative paralysis. I want to create, but I'm just frozen from the anxiety of having it not come out the way I want. I also seem to leap frog from medium to medium, always dropping a medium when it begins to frustrate me. The end result is I never get to know any mediums really well, which is almost self-sabotage because the anxiety now begins to feel justified. The pandemic was a perfect excuse for me to continue the paralysis... but in fact, I should have been creating more, not less. I am now, slowly, trying to create at least once a day. I did a small gouache painting of the McDonald's happy meal box from my daughter's post-doctor appointment treat... but it was something.
Wow.. stunning to watch... very impressive..I love it
Great idea, not only your commentary, but I found your painting to be very beautiful and powerful.
That is an awesome video Florent, and I even felt the need to write it down ! You have analysed very well what sometimes happens between the need / desire to paint and our internal roadblocks. This incounscious control over our desires that prevent us from creating... and all the strategies that we follow to avoid painting , I think you've identified them quite well. It' s almost psychoanalytic ! ;)
You nailed it! I love this follow up to Thomas ‘s email. I’m a beginner, and even though I know painting takes practice, like anything else, I get discouraged when I can’t paint what I want, or when I do try and don’t like the result...I try to focus on the process...but I still feel lost. Thank you 🙏 for this video.
I suffer from this really bad! But I decided to not let this ruin my life and art. Beautiful video. Thank you
I really like how you include motivational aspects of creativity along with technical and aesthetic lessons. Even those of us who have been painting for 30 years can benifit from hearing all the fundamentals again.
But I do think staring at a blank canvas is such a blessed situation to be in. I always had to struggle to get the materials, find a working space and take care of family business so I could justify the time to paint...
It made me learn to enjoy every step of production. Preparation, sketching, filling the canvas and adding the details. Even varnishing and framing. I never get stuck anymore because I love to paint anything and try to capture a new color pallette or master value contrast like never before. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
It feels like millions of wishes being granted in that shooting star, that I have found you here..
Thank you for speaking so dearly...
Thank you for describing how I have been feeling for a long time, I had no words for it and I felt very confused, at least I now know what my problem was 😭❤
Thank you for this video....very helpful.
Thank you for this amazing video 😊💖
Thank you for this video ❤️
Thanks for you speak about the fear ..i like design..painting but..when i feel down wuith life .and i come home..i can t paint until whant...feel free..is the best for me to begin paint..maybe one day i can..
I really enjoyed this video thank you
Damn. When I began this video I thought: 'Yea, that is kind of me.' I had a hard time doing any kind of art because I had a block I carried with myself since elementary school where a teacher constantly put me down on the premise she hated my brother who was years out of school. And I started to believe her and put myself down as well. But with the help of a good and patient therapist and my partner, I was able to overcome it. And then you said 'self-destructive' And I remembered I'm a Borderline personality and very self-destructive and do hate the imperfections I see in my works and then myself. I still put painting off sometimes but when I do begin I'm glad I do so because it's such a nice thing. And lately, I thought I should paint more emotionally what I feel and my condition. But with depression going on in me as well and anxiety, it's a constant fight.
Thank you for sharing art with us, really.
Thx 4 this great words and this story 🖤
Thanks for the video. This is the problem that I face. Hope to find how to solve. I will watch the video again and read the comments also to feel that I am not alone.
I'm always trying to figure out what it is that keeps my petrified in front of the blank page, always trying to postpone or delay that confrontation with my own insecurities that happens when i start sketching. And i found your two last videos very helpful, so THANK YOU Florent for this. Looking forward to more videos from you
I couldn't find a musician who hits this on the head as well as you have.
You're saving lives.
Muchas gracias. Thank you very much
Now that I've watched it
Maybe I need to rethink something in my head . I'm not doing drawing and painting for almost 2 mos. I do art as a hobby .
Thanks sir it helps a lot for someone who suffers same /almost the same situations.
And I want to say I also learned so much on your demos.
Great tips! Painting is just a hobby for me but sometime I get stuck about how to finish a painting...in this case I search for a solution and untill I don't find a solution at least I draw something trying to improve my drawing skills...thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience! Peace!
Thank you.
So many metaphors and points in my life...
I think many can relate to "being an artist that doesn't create art", sadly. For me it comes in waves, often small ones. I can feel joy when I create then intense anxiety. Creating art can really pull out subconsious emotions for me without me knowing where to place them and it becomes chaos in the chaos. I now start leaning towards music instead of painting and sculpting. It is not as much of an anxiety while I play and sing but so much fear about the instruments sound and energy. I seem to always find some reason not to create. I'm so sick of it. I'm not going to let it stop me anymore. I'm going to try and push trought it and do it anyway. It's either that or never doing at all and I would be so depressed and have so many regrets when I die if I take that path. I wish to one day also inspire others to create in this way, to dare to create and mess upp and have fun and the whole spectrum that comes with creating and living. Thank you for these videos. They came in a time when I truly needed them
I must add, I just looked at the time and it's 15.55. 5 is a number of change. and 555, that is MASSIVE change. And if you're reading this, it's a conformation for you too!
Go down and came back,to live, is a long and widing road. Without love what moves us ?
I have such a hard time with my anxiety about others expectations. I do portraits and I'm always worried they wont be happy and not want to pay me after I spend 20 plus hours on a piece..
Hello i too have anxiety to paint. Its realy horrible. This video helpt me so mutch i want to thank you
Powerful words and an exceptionally powerful painting. When you removed the tape at 9:54 I lost my sanity for a moment.
My challenge is thinking about all the stuff i need to do to start... How to get the colors for painting right. It is not close enough to make me feel go about it. I am too much of a pperfectionist or just lazy... never sure which it is... Should I give up and move on to my next creative endeavor.
for me this is a passion I never pursued in my youth. This adds a lot of weight to making this a success for me.
And a success for me is defined as I like what I see and so will others
Creative anxiety can squeeze out creative juice out me.
Thanks for your videos i like so much you are great artist..i see too others ..like bob ross vladimir volegov..andci see move perfomances bodies in dance like segei polunin..you and all them put my life and thougts better..o..my engish i hooe you understand..in that strange moments in the world i wuish everything good for you and family
Looks like you accidentally created the "safe space" channel where creatives can find the courage to tell their deepest darkest art journey stories. I became obsessed with tutorial videos and researching the endless sea of art supply products which led me accumulating an absolutely absurd amount of art supplies. I would start to watch a painting tutorial and then stop watching to go obsess over finding all of the supplies they used to create the painting to a ridiculous degree. I knew it was unnecessary and irrational but I continued to do it anyway. This kept me from putting in any meaningful time actually drawing and painting for several years! LMAO! I've only just started making some meaningful progress since the pandemic mess started, so bring on the messed up stories guys! Youre definitely NOT alone. Lol!
Don't you guys love how Florent's eyes twinkle when he talks about something he is passionate about? 😁
Fear of showing (or even sharing) is very real. I refuse to show my art. I share with VERY few people. Addressing this subject would be very helpful!
I just recently painted my first portrait and the creative anxiety I felt was nearly paralyzing! I had never painted a portrait in my life! I had committed myself to accomplishing this though and really had to personally push through and had to pretty much actively ignore myself, ignore my fears and just dive in. It was almost a mindless maneuver in order to get started! lol I accomplished the first portrait and was really happy with how it turned out but had to deal with the same fears and anxieties all over again with the second one! I hope these feelings diminish over time with practice.
Łooooo ! SUPER ! DZIĘKUJĘ BARDZO ;o)
My issue is that I am always comparing my art to artists that have had years of a head start from me. They have put in the hard work to be where they are now and therefore it's hard for me to be proud of anything.
This is wrong, wrong, and wrong. You can't bare naked budding artists like this, it feels like a personal attack, about perfectionism, excuses...I am hurt
oh, and btw, great video, thanks for the help, and especially thanks for pointing out the common escapist methods I use, just to avoid painting.
I'm sincerely thankful.
I have real issues with this, I wanna listen and follow Your advice.