A good point, well made. Reminds me of a quote by Andy Warhol: "Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art."
I wish more artists on TH-cam would show themselves in their studios just the way they look in reality. I enjoy it so much because it feels so genuine 😊
Yes, me too! But if I showed myself it wouldn't photo ready as I'm always in T-shirt, see through yoga pants, no bra, no make-up, sitting in a recliner in my living room...lol! Yep, I'm exactly one she talking to...😂
Thank you, Lindsay! You are awesome for posting this much needed commentary, and I really appreciate you, your dedicated work, and all of your insights that you share with us. 💕
Since I have been diagnosed with ADHD a very useful piece of advice my doctor gave me was to stop apologizing for things I cannot control, and nowadays people think everything has to/can be controlled. I'm still trying to put that advice to good use, but it is hard. It should be like this: You cannot complain about my dirty dishes unless you're here offering to help me clean them 🤣 people shouldn't think they are entitled to criticize something they do not have any helpful insight to offer you. I function differently and my brain thinks I have to have everything in order, bought and sorted out before starting a task and that is why I have not started making TH-cam videos yet despite the whole inspiration for making videos and posts being the desire to show the reality of a neurodivergent person dibbing my toes into art therapy and what a messy brain with a passion for arts and crafts can do to my world - out of control craft room, hoarding materials, jumping from craft to craft without even trying the first one, etc.. yes, I have issues, thank you very much 🤣 The burden of starting weights heavily when all you look at is "perfect", even when you know that is not the full reality. That's why we relate to and stick around TH-camrs who can show the perfect and the not-so-perfect, the simple but also the intricate things. That way we feel comfortable and challenged to do better at the same time. Still, the modern bug of fear of starting "simple" keeps hammering at our brains and we won't do that precious first step. I was blessed to grow up living in my grandmother's house having a full house every day and being an only child at the same time. I think that sense of family and community is somewhat lost these days and we dig even more into isolation and not feeling worthy. Great minds, artists, and content creators are hiding behind the wall of artificial perfection we see in social media today just because they are afraid of not being good enough and not achieving the high standards of the algorithm from day one. I feel we are losing great people to that fear. Hi, I'm Aika and I share too much. Welcome! 🤣🥰 This could have been a great first post 🤣🤣
Since having to retire due to disability and everyone telling me what I can't do. I got really depressed. Now I art journal and junk journal. It might not be "perfect " but as I continue to play with all the things, I improve. I have lived with ADHD all my life so I have done many different crafts/arts to cope. Be kind to yourself ❤
Aika, You just put into words what most of us feel and also live with, to some degree, but didn't know what to call it. I have never been diagnosed with ADHD but that sounds like it could explain why I have so many unfinished projects, so many unstarted projects and so many supplies that I have no more space to store my still growing collection. I am trying hard to live by something Lindsay taught us years ago..."Store it at the store. Go get it when you need it". Glad to know that you are part of this community!
Lindsay, you are so very real! I love your honesty!, This is such an enjoyable video! Thanks so much. I loved your telling us about your grandparents home and visiting them and your family!🤗❤️
I'm glad you posted this video. It's good to be reminded that we are each unique and when we choose to create, whatever we create is special and doesn't need to be a masterpiece. Thank you.
Hooray for “hot messes” and “beautiful messes”….I really dislike the feeling that we are living in a carefully marketed and commodified world. I loved what you had to say ❤
Lindsey, your videos have really helped me be less critical of my own art! I was a professional photographer who burned out pretty badly. That burnout ramped up my perfectionism 10 fold. But learning from your tutorials has inspired me to start watercolors again in a new sketchbook and not worry so much. Thanks for that!
Lindsey, so true. Life is messy and short, so let the high standards go and enjoy this short visit on the planet. I hope France is everything you had hoped for. Can't wait to hear about it. And yes Lindsey don't forget your own advice. You are so kind to others and so loving and you deserve all that for yourself.
So many good points you've made here. The social media pressure to be seen and noticed is soul-killing. Sometimes I think we all need to get out and touch grass more.
What a beautiful, wholesome message. So important to embrace who we are and what we create. I made a decision to do art for myself. Not to sell, not to post, just make myself happy. I also organise my art supplies by colour for the same reason. This has been such an amazing confirmation. Thank you so much for sharing.
I love this. Social media has us convinced everyone has a perfect life and we think something is wrong with us. You are so right about old photos and how they show the reality of life. It is sometimes difficult when I look at my art in the “messy” stage and wonder why everyone else seems to be able to pull things together. I know it really isn’t that way but the illusion can be blinding. Thank you for this ❤
And the big pot of soup on the stove - I so loved going "up north" to see grandma. Thanks for the memories. I agree, we fall into that pit of self-perfectionism. I don't have a channel, but just posting some of my art goes un-posted probably for a lot of those reasons. You have reminded me of this when I have posted in some of your classes being negative about what I had created. We ALL need to hear this down deep into our souls. Amen sister Amen! Hope you're having a blast in France.
What a great video, so much wisdom. I have never been a great housekeeper - it's way down on the list of things I enjoy, but I had an unexpected visit this week from some dear people, and got to meet a delightful toddlerl We had fun, discussed the books each of us is reading, trips taken and planned, shared updates on extended family, and I'm just not going to beat myself up about the unswept floor, the piles of books and newspapers, gardening supplies, a bag of grass seed on the counter, etc., etc. I think we all had a very enjoyable visit. Instagram can be a curse.
Great chat, Lindsay. So give ourselves a bit of grace. It's funny that someone judged you as a perfectionist because what I love about you is how real you are. Being the best you can be at any given moment is a good thing. Thank you for all the empowerment you share.
I'm so glad you shared this, Lindsay! It's so true for me, too. I almost keeled over when you said it's not like we can sneeze and come up w/ good artwork. Wouldn't that be great if we could, heh? For ppl w/ allergies like me, I'd be a master artist! 🤧🎨🖼😄 Hope you're all having a fabulous time in France! Can't wait to hear about it! 💗
Thank you so much for this video Lindsay. I have watched your videos for many years, I started watching because of your cardmaking and stamping videos and have stayed because you are and honest. I still watch you, even though Im not into painting because I love your wisdom. I too have been thinking alot about online v's reality lately. Im developing my TH-cam chanel, and many people in the field have highly edited, curated videos. I don't want that for myself. Im striving for less editing, showing who I really am, warts and all. I just want to inspire people to create, regardless. You are my inspiration in that. Thanks you from me.
I criticize my work when I'm done because I feel like I'm not making progress BUT, what I realized is that I'm actually angry at myself because I have not taken the time and effort to practice enough to have gotten better. So there is the other issue. I am lying to myself when I criticize my art based on the true practice and discipline I have given it. It's like saying I've been doing this for 2 years but I really only spent 1 day a week practicing this. So it was really 104 times out of 730. Muscle memory isn't gained much at 7 day intervals. I also get it that practice doesn't make perfect if you practice a technique wrong all the time. So Lindsay your so right, don't compare your work to another and be honest in your own pursuit of progress. There is no need for criticism only evaluating what you learned in the process and what joy it gave you.
You hit on so many thoughtful points. Recently I was looking at a picture of the mare and filly I had in the 70s and realized that in the background is the big, rusty, hand crank tractor that my friends and I used to play on as children. Our old burn barrel in the yard, my grandparents' house where I live now is also in the background, and the trees that are no longer standing for various reasons. It is such fun to see those little background things. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate it. I hope you're having a great time in France, too. Can't wait to hear the podcast with Marty!
Thank you! Everyone needs to hear this. Seeing the process of an artist is so important! I must have subconsciously thought that a true artist’s creations were beautiful from the very start. It wasn’t until I saw an artist show her work from beginning to end that I saw how weird, terrible, and awkward a piece can look while it was being created. It opened art up to me. I wish I could remember who she was so I could thank her. Also, I was smiling the entire time you were talking about your grandma! That was lovingly told 😊
This is a great reminder and I love the story about your grandma. It reminded me of my childhood as it was very much like that. I was actually raised by my grandma and very much relate to an older fashion of doing things. Clutter was never a word or thing we concerned ourselves with. My grandma grow up in the depression. She saved everything when I was a child and reused it in some way, which taught me a lot about resourcefulness and working with what you have. So you can only imagine my clutter threshold...its quite high and add ADHD and a creative type and well its a messy to the world; but I see functionality and the ability to access the things I have and actually use them! I also look at it like a blessing for God. I'm a good steward with them, but if people come over they are different not stepping into a well kept, fancy guest house. Instead, it's a well loved, lived in, if you need it we got it space. I'm completely happy with my space and the thought of moving or trying to make it picture perfect gives me anxiety because where would I create if my house has to look perfect all the the time. It's clean though just the few dishes from time to time. Sometimes, I forget just how much I am my grandma's daughter. Thanks for such an encouraging reminder!! I do post my paintings even when they're not "up to par" because I like them and enjoyed the process, but you are dead on when it comes to teaching others, selling my work, and starting a youtube channel about my art...I definitely don't feel good enough for that and/or feel like others are doing it better so why should I. Although, I am finding that a few specific style techniques I keep looking for on TH-cam aren't there which is how I paint, so maybe I should...there I go should-ing myself...lol!! I feel like I work well under time pressure, but not well under the pressure to be perfect for others. That's when all my art becomes a flop. I hope you're enjoying France can't wait to hear all about it in your welcome home sat chat 😊
This is exactly why I refuse to put any artwork on social media. I put enough pressure on myself just based on what I see online. I don't need the external pressure of knowing someone else is looking at my stuff, too. I don't know how you and others in this space do it! (Though I'm grateful that you do, or might never have given art a try.)
I needed to hear this. To be more real & stay in the zone. Most stuff is a big farce, just all make believe. Do what makes you happy & feeds your soul.
Great topic. I am a grandmother who makes art that my adult grandchildren love to “buy”. My art is like my music I do it to bring joy into my life. I look for inspiration in nature and when I travel I take photos to paint from. I do have a few you tubers, like you Lindsay, that I watch and learn from. But I don’t compare myself. When I am in my weekly art group, I always quote the Bob Ross saying “it’s my world“. That’s not to say that I don’t sometimes paint some thing I’m not happy with, but like you pointed out if you put it to the side and don’t think about it and come back in a week or so with fresh eyes, you might see that it has somewhere else to go where it’s not as bad as I thought. Great, great topic thanks, Lindsey.
I consider myself to be always a work in progress. I don't expect perfection from me, just effort. I don't care what other people think. They need to worry about themselves. I'm old enough that I have learned to take the pressure off and enjoy my life while I still have some of it left. You do that when you get old.😂
Lindsey, if I could give this video ten thumbs up, I totally would. Standing ovation, I was yelling YES!!! so many times. Every artist should hear this and take it to heart. Non artists should hear this and take it to heart. We don't hear it enough. Shared on instagram and facebook, and I hope other people will too, because it's a great message. Hoping you're having a great time on retreat and looking forward to more vids!
Thank you for making this video. Such needed and important issues to be aware of. Negative self talk and comparing ourselves to others definitely exists in the art world and can discourage one quickly if they let it. I loved your tips to prevent this and keep an open mind and leave the judgment behind.
Sometimes, I think you're living in my brain! One thing about Instagram that I've noticed is that people watch the reels of who they follow and don't look at their feed. I watch the reels of my favorite account and hope they add a tag so I can click and view their post. I get so annoyed at all of the ads they have now that I have almost given up scrolling. It's sad that we can't escape being harranged by ads everywhere we go!
Wow, Lindsay you are making me think. I'm in a little down spot becaue my house is not like I like it to be because I am still so tired from hip replacement surgery less than 3 weeks ago. Guess I'll get back to a routine soon....
Thank you, Lindsay! Well said. I have never cared much about phones. Whether it was 40 years ago or today. I have a phone. I enjoy it but, it is off 75% of the time. It is not on during the trips to the library, store, supper or when I am creating. We have no children. I have a large family and have friends. I refuse, for me, to give my time away. I make time for friends and family. I believe we grow through our art. It is a process. My art is mine. I choose what parts I want to share. You are an inspiration. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing it meant a lot to me. I think social media has disstroyed art in so many ways. As you said, we are always comparing ourselves to what we see on Instagram. Myself, I rarely post any of my art unless I feel is something I really like. So many artists have given up social media because it has destroyed their mental health. Instead of creating art, they are so worried about the algorithm. As youu mentioned, It would be great if the artists would show the process and not just the fabulous end piece.
Good Saturday morning to you Lindsay!! ☕ I am the worst at posting my work. And I do judge my work pretty harshly ompared to others... I follow YT tutorials as a hobby. It's not nearly as good as what I see, but I continue to do it, because it's what I love. Thank you for this video!! See you next Sat Chat my friend!! ✨
Hullo Lindsay, I have had similar thoughts on creating art for years! I am one of the people that wants to get everything ready for creating a new project. I did learn to get started even when I was not finished with my current job. Getting paid is so important when you are creating art to pay bills! You can learn compartmentalization and ease up on ourselves even if it is just to complete a project to pay the bills this month. You can always create an artwork for just ourselves and enjoy the process. I am glad that you made and posted this video! I have seen a few of your posts from France and It looks like you are having a wonderful time! Be safe and take care over there!
Great video, Lindsay! As creators, I think we all needed to hear what you said. Our worst critics are ourselves, and the encouragement you gave in this video was inspiring and hit the" truth button" for many of us. Thank you! I hope your trip France is going wonderfully! "See" you when you get home! Be safe!!
Really great video, i find myself not vlogging because my house doesn’t feel neat enough / desk is messy / need to tidy first. Certainly feeling a lot more self critical lately. I cut down on social media to try to help. My resolution was create more and consume less, this was a reminder. This was the pep talk i didn’t know i needed 😂 Hope you’re enjoying France xx
Thanks for being so honest and just being you! I have a very short list of people who I watch on You Tube, and you are definitely my fave. 🥰I don't consider myself an artist, just someone who loves to make cards and getting messy in my art journals. I was happily surprised to see a substitute Sat Chat today. Hope you are having a great time away. 🙂
Thank you Lindsay for leaving us with such a wonderful video to think about. So much of what you said rang true with me. I will actually watch it again later. Hope you guys are having fun. I just saw your pictures on Instagram and saved two of them to ask about painting later. Dewdrops on a leaf??? Oh boy, here it comes.
My hobby are their to enrich my life and keep me from being bored. They are their to entertain and help me to express and see myself grow and discover things I never knew I would like. Such as sewing, embroidery and using fabric. I don't like it when people say that I should sell or even share it with them.. I can't and will never be able to get to same joy that I am getting now from doing what I do now. It will take me a lot of effort, time and mental space, which I don't have.
Good job girl!! Good pep talk. Yeah I feel this way sometimes when I create something and then I see someone else do it even better so I say what's the use?? You have convinced me to stop doing this. So I'm going to just thought I'd let you know. Thanks and have a great day!! JK FLORIDA USA 🇺🇸.
Fantastic advice. It's a shame how we judge each other now. We should always be kind and lift each other up. Human kind is slowly losing the battle to remain HUMANS.
Thank you for the Instagram tip. I’ve been wondering if some of my favorites have been on a break! I know about the TH-cam trick of clicking on Subscriptions to see who you subscribe to , but never knew about Instagram! Comparison is never good!
I find it hard to create to sell. People say that I could sell things but it takes my joy out of creating to sell. I create on inspiration and spontaneous. Trying to create to make a living doesn't work that way.
You are absolutely right,i judge myself harsher than I would somebody else. Because of that I don't really want to do some of the TH-cam videos because my room doesn't look neat most of the time. I am working on myself to change that,but negativity and doubt sets in and you want to give it all up sometimes. It is real. I am trying really hard to grow my channel but it is not going as well as I thought it would, and this week has actually been extremely hard. This video is just in time. I appreciate you making this video,to tell us that we are not alone and we need to stop that 😂 I hope you are enjoying yourself in France. Have fun ❤
Great discussion! I had an inspiring “non-buying” moment yesterday when an artist I follow uses Verditer Blue a lot. Instead of ordering immediately from Amazon, I looked up what it’s made of. I had all 3 ingredients, so I made it myself! I was so proud, as I learned a lot in the process. It is a nice blue-cobalt blue, cerulean blue and white designer gouache. Based on your beginning of the year resolution of using what we have! Thanks for bringing up great ideas!
Beautiful video. So many wise words that truly mean a lot and that ì need to remember. Thank you. I hope you are having a fun, safe time in France. Can't wait to hear all about it when everyone gets back❤
👍🏻 🙂You’re quite hard on yourself. I love your videos, they’re entertaining and informative. I absolutely love your studio. Especially in rainbow order. My art supplies are the only thing that’s really swatched and organised, also in rainbow order. You can zoom into TH-cam, in full screen and pause if needed (on iPad). TH-cam is being really weird at the moment, quite often I’ve had to search my subscriptions to find channels I’m not being shown. Other TH-camrs have said some of their videos are not being pushed out to subscribers too.
In my opinion, the person who said you're trying to be a perfectionist is judging you too harshly. I would have never thought that about you. I wish people could remember to treat others as they would themselves want to be treated. Social media has made people forget that simple rule.
I’m catching up on some Sat chats YT hasn’t been showing me in my feed (I’m subscribed to everything but that doesn’t seem to matter to YT) and a once again struck by how often you talk about things like this that are really important to me. I have been keeping diaries since I was five and writing has been my main creative outlet throughout my life. Around 2014, I got interested in art journaling and now have a room that I think of as my creative sanctuary for whatever my soul needs at the moment. Many times, that’s just downtime from the world. Lindsay, you and I are close in age and sometimes I wonder if that’s why we seem to have so many thoughts in common. I have always been an avid reader. In my teens, I started reading about mass media consumption and realized that much of what I felt was “wrong” with me came from comparing myself to what I saw on TV, the movies, radio, fashion, magazines, etc. Adbusters became my favorite magazine for a while. I love some aspects of the internet, but am not a fan of social media as a whole because I get so easily hooked into believing everyone has perfect lives except me. One of the quotes I heard early and often in art classes was “comparison is the thief of joy.” This is so true, particularly in the social media context. I really love hearing your thoughts about the intersection of art, consumerism, and mass media on both your regular and your creative life. I think there are a ton of people who relate to your experiences and share these thoughts and struggles. Sometimes I think we need to start an ugly art movement specifically designed for bringing out the worst in our artistic sides just for the catharsis, just to release that fear of not being perfect online. I empathize with your frustrations on how ai often makes things worse instead of better both for content creators and viewers seeking out specific content. Keep fighting the good fight, Lindsay! All we can do is rest in the knowledge that we do the best we can with what we have. I once had a Buddhist teacher explain it as, “Yes, we are all perfect just as we are. And yes, we could all improve ourselves a little bit too.” 😊
I also judge myself too harshly and have been trying to be more kind to myself over the past year or so and its still a work in progress. I also started limiting my time on social media so that I could spend more time creating because I found myself spending more time on social media than creating and I also found myself comparing myself with others, as you mentioned, and felt why bother creating because I'm not that good and others make it look so easy and I always struggle. But I also know that I struggle because I'm not consistent so I need to spend more time creating and be more consistent and in time I know it will not be such a struggle and I'm sure as I get better I will like what I create more.
Thank you for this objective subject you are talking about. I have heard you say many times there is no perfect, and you are so correct. You also put into perspective for me the need to practice to get better. I have arthritis in both thumbs and will be ordering a splint so I can practice more. I absolutely love your channel and watch all of your videos. Thank you for your honesty it is so needed right now as I do not post due to thinking I am not good enough 💕💕
You are so amazing . I haven't been myself lately ... been quite ill , and kinda beengoing through a stage of well if I can't paint something great , should I even bother . I am at the shore now for the next while , and I am just playing again , and it;s amazing how much better it just makes me feel as a person . I appreciate this video , and you so much . Love you creativity , you artwork , and listening to your lovely voice . When I'm not feeling well , I love to just watch you paint . So relaxing . Thanks for the boost ✌
O my I needed to hear this , great Sat Chat , very well said , I’ve been tossing my old paintings but have decided to hold on to them and look back at my progress , I’m still growing but the journey is amazing 🎨💞🎉
I hope it’s not inappropriate to mention someone else’s art business here. I follow Sarah Kray’s Let’s Make Art. Her tutorials start with her reciting her pledge and asking followers to say it with her: “ I promise to be kind to myself. I promise not to compare my work. And I promise to have fun!” And boy does that get me in a good mental state! I would not think of telling an artist their work is good enough to sell. When I sincerely feel it, I may tell them I really enjoy looking at their art, because isn’t that what it’s about?
Everything "runs" so fast, I think we don't give ourselves time to work on things. Time to add layers, to add more. That ever that is. I thank you for your thoughts. Ps. I hope you are having a safe, fun journey and time in France. ❤🎉
I'm having a hard time taking complements. I just started plein air oil painting and periodically people come up and tell how good it looks. I'm not used to that. Most times I'm just doing a monochromatic study. Thanks , I hope you're having fun in France. We ❤ you.
A good point, well made. Reminds me of a quote by Andy Warhol: "Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art."
I love that quote!
I just love you Lindsey! You are an amazing woman. We are all so blessed to have you in our lives!
You're the best!
I wish more artists on TH-cam would show themselves in their studios just the way they look in reality. I enjoy it so much because it feels so genuine 😊
Yes, me too! But if I showed myself it wouldn't photo ready as I'm always in T-shirt, see through yoga pants, no bra, no make-up, sitting in a recliner in my living room...lol! Yep, I'm exactly one she talking to...😂
Thank you, Lindsay! You are awesome for posting this much needed commentary, and I really appreciate you, your dedicated work, and all of your insights that you share with us. 💕
You are so welcome!
Since I have been diagnosed with ADHD a very useful piece of advice my doctor gave me was to stop apologizing for things I cannot control, and nowadays people think everything has to/can be controlled. I'm still trying to put that advice to good use, but it is hard.
It should be like this: You cannot complain about my dirty dishes unless you're here offering to help me clean them 🤣 people shouldn't think they are entitled to criticize something they do not have any helpful insight to offer you.
I function differently and my brain thinks I have to have everything in order, bought and sorted out before starting a task and that is why I have not started making TH-cam videos yet despite the whole inspiration for making videos and posts being the desire to show the reality of a neurodivergent person dibbing my toes into art therapy and what a messy brain with a passion for arts and crafts can do to my world - out of control craft room, hoarding materials, jumping from craft to craft without even trying the first one, etc.. yes, I have issues, thank you very much 🤣
The burden of starting weights heavily when all you look at is "perfect", even when you know that is not the full reality.
That's why we relate to and stick around TH-camrs who can show the perfect and the not-so-perfect, the simple but also the intricate things. That way we feel comfortable and challenged to do better at the same time. Still, the modern bug of fear of starting "simple" keeps hammering at our brains and we won't do that precious first step.
I was blessed to grow up living in my grandmother's house having a full house every day and being an only child at the same time. I think that sense of family and community is somewhat lost these days and we dig even more into isolation and not feeling worthy.
Great minds, artists, and content creators are hiding behind the wall of artificial perfection we see in social media today just because they are afraid of not being good enough and not achieving the high standards of the algorithm from day one. I feel we are losing great people to that fear.
Hi, I'm Aika and I share too much. Welcome! 🤣🥰
This could have been a great first post 🤣🤣
Aika, This *IS* a great first post! *Thank you!*
Yep, I feel ya and I'm right there with you!
Since having to retire due to disability and everyone telling me what I can't do. I got really depressed. Now I art journal and junk journal. It might not be "perfect " but as I continue to play with all the things, I improve. I have lived with ADHD all my life so I have done many different crafts/arts to cope. Be kind to yourself ❤
Aika,
You just put into words what most of us feel and also live with, to some degree, but didn't know what to call it. I have never been diagnosed with ADHD but that sounds like it could explain why I have so many unfinished projects, so many unstarted projects and so many supplies that I have no more space to store my still growing collection. I am trying hard to live by something Lindsay taught us years ago..."Store it at the store. Go get it when you need it". Glad to know that you are part of this community!
Welcome to hyperfocus😉
Lindsay, you are so very real! I love your honesty!, This is such an enjoyable video! Thanks so much. I loved your telling us about your grandparents home and visiting them and your family!🤗❤️
You are so welcome!
As the kids would say "YAASSS Queen 👑" thanks again for all you say AND do ❤️❤️❤️
I'm glad you posted this video. It's good to be reminded that we are each unique and when we choose to create, whatever we create is special and doesn't need to be a masterpiece. Thank you.
Absolutely!
Hooray for “hot messes” and “beautiful messes”….I really dislike the feeling that we are living in a carefully marketed and commodified world. I loved what you had to say ❤
Thanks for sharing!!
Best topic ever! Thank you for being so hoooman!!!❤ loveeeeeeeee!
You are so welcome!
Lindsay, this is THE best chat you have ever done! Thank you💕
You are so welcome!
Glad you voiced my sentiments in regard to turning your Art into business if you don’t need the cash! Thanks Lindsay and Welcome back!! 🎉
Yes! Thank you!
Hi Lindsay… I finished my Medicaid audit and I am now watching you from Florida. I’m shocked you are down 30%. Great topic. Love your genuineness.
Thanks!
I and Everyone I know needs to hear this on reg. Thanks for sharing this, Lindsay
You are so welcome!
Lindsey, your videos have really helped me be less critical of my own art! I was a professional photographer who burned out pretty badly. That burnout ramped up my perfectionism 10 fold. But learning from your tutorials has inspired me to start watercolors again in a new sketchbook and not worry so much. Thanks for that!
That is awesome!
Lindsey, so true. Life is messy and short, so let the high standards go and enjoy this short visit on the planet. I hope France is everything you had hoped for. Can't wait to hear about it. And yes Lindsey don't forget your own advice. You are so kind to others and so loving and you deserve all that for yourself.
Thank you! The trip was awesome! I am traveling home today:)
@@thefrugalcrafter ooh, then we will hear all about it at Sat Chat. Hooray
So many good points you've made here. The social media pressure to be seen and noticed is soul-killing. Sometimes I think we all need to get out and touch grass more.
Thank you for this beautiful message, beautiful Lindsay! Hearts!!!!
You are so welcome!
You are spot on Lindsay, when we are living in such a harsh world we should absolutely embrace things in our lives that spark joy.
What a beautiful, wholesome message. So important to embrace who we are and what we create. I made a decision to do art for myself. Not to sell, not to post, just make myself happy. I also organise my art supplies by colour for the same reason. This has been such an amazing confirmation. Thank you so much for sharing.
I love this. Social media has us convinced everyone has a perfect life and we think something is wrong with us. You are so right about old photos and how they show the reality of life. It is sometimes difficult when I look at my art in the “messy” stage and wonder why everyone else seems to be able to pull things together. I know it really isn’t that way but the illusion can be blinding. Thank you for this ❤
And the big pot of soup on the stove - I so loved going "up north" to see grandma. Thanks for the memories. I agree, we fall into that pit of self-perfectionism. I don't have a channel, but just posting some of my art goes un-posted probably for a lot of those reasons. You have reminded me of this when I have posted in some of your classes being negative about what I had created. We ALL need to hear this down deep into our souls. Amen sister Amen! Hope you're having a blast in France.
This was very soothing and was full of great reminders about focusing on what is most important. Thank you 😊❤
You are so welcome!
This video rings so true with me. ThanksZ
Thanks so much for posting this Lindsay-I really needed to hear this.
You are so welcome!
Just finished watching your video. Such amazing points! I enjoy your transparency. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
What a great video, so much wisdom. I have never been a great housekeeper - it's way down on the list of things I enjoy, but I had an unexpected visit this week from some dear people, and got to meet a delightful toddlerl We had fun, discussed the books each of us is reading, trips taken and planned, shared updates on extended family, and I'm just not going to beat myself up about the unswept floor, the piles of books and newspapers, gardening supplies, a bag of grass seed on the counter, etc., etc. I think we all had a very enjoyable visit. Instagram can be a curse.
Great chat, Lindsay. So give ourselves a bit of grace.
It's funny that someone judged you as a perfectionist because what I love about you is how real you are. Being the best you can be at any given moment is a good thing.
Thank you for all the empowerment you share.
I'm so glad you shared this, Lindsay! It's so true for me, too. I almost keeled over when you said it's not like we can sneeze and come up w/ good artwork. Wouldn't that be great if we could, heh? For ppl w/ allergies like me, I'd be a master artist! 🤧🎨🖼😄 Hope you're all having a fabulous time in France! Can't wait to hear about it! 💗
Lindsay, so kind of you! I appreciated your transparency and encouragement!! ❤
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for this video Lindsay. I have watched your videos for many years, I started watching because of your cardmaking and stamping videos and have stayed because you are and honest. I still watch you, even though Im not into painting because I love your wisdom. I too have been thinking alot about online v's reality lately. Im developing my TH-cam chanel, and many people in the field have highly edited, curated videos. I don't want that for myself. Im striving for less editing, showing who I really am, warts and all. I just want to inspire people to create, regardless. You are my inspiration in that. Thanks you from me.
I criticize my work when I'm done because I feel like I'm not making progress BUT, what I realized is that I'm actually angry at myself because I have not taken the time and effort to practice enough to have gotten better. So there is the other issue. I am lying to myself when I criticize my art based on the true practice and discipline I have given it. It's like saying I've been doing this for 2 years but I really only spent 1 day a week practicing this. So it was really 104 times out of 730. Muscle memory isn't gained much at 7 day intervals. I also get it that practice doesn't make perfect if you practice a technique wrong all the time. So Lindsay your so right, don't compare your work to another and be honest in your own pursuit of progress. There is no need for criticism only evaluating what you learned in the process and what joy it gave you.
You hit on so many thoughtful points. Recently I was looking at a picture of the mare and filly I had in the 70s and realized that in the background is the big, rusty, hand crank tractor that my friends and I used to play on as children. Our old burn barrel in the yard, my grandparents' house where I live now is also in the background, and the trees that are no longer standing for various reasons. It is such fun to see those little background things. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate it. I hope you're having a great time in France, too. Can't wait to hear the podcast with Marty!
It's on my channel:)
Thank you for such a heartwarming peptalk ❤
Thank you! Everyone needs to hear this.
Seeing the process of an artist is so important! I must have subconsciously thought that a true artist’s creations were beautiful from the very start. It wasn’t until I saw an artist show her work from beginning to end that I saw how weird, terrible, and awkward a piece can look while it was being created. It opened art up to me. I wish I could remember who she was so I could thank her.
Also, I was smiling the entire time you were talking about your grandma! That was lovingly told 😊
Thank you, Lindsay, for posting this ~ I am thankful you did.
This is a great reminder and I love the story about your grandma. It reminded me of my childhood as it was very much like that. I was actually raised by my grandma and very much relate to an older fashion of doing things. Clutter was never a word or thing we concerned ourselves with. My grandma grow up in the depression. She saved everything when I was a child and reused it in some way, which taught me a lot about resourcefulness and working with what you have. So you can only imagine my clutter threshold...its quite high and add ADHD and a creative type and well its a messy to the world; but I see functionality and the ability to access the things I have and actually use them! I also look at it like a blessing for God. I'm a good steward with them, but if people come over they are different not stepping into a well kept, fancy guest house. Instead, it's a well loved, lived in, if you need it we got it space. I'm completely happy with my space and the thought of moving or trying to make it picture perfect gives me anxiety because where would I create if my house has to look perfect all the the time. It's clean though just the few dishes from time to time.
Sometimes, I forget just how much I am my grandma's daughter. Thanks for such an encouraging reminder!! I do post my paintings even when they're not "up to par" because I like them and enjoyed the process, but you are dead on when it comes to teaching others, selling my work, and starting a youtube channel about my art...I definitely don't feel good enough for that and/or feel like others are doing it better so why should I. Although, I am finding that a few specific style techniques I keep looking for on TH-cam aren't there which is how I paint, so maybe I should...there I go should-ing myself...lol!! I feel like I work well under time pressure, but not well under the pressure to be perfect for others. That's when all my art becomes a flop. I hope you're enjoying France can't wait to hear all about it in your welcome home sat chat 😊
Thank you for your wise words and encouragement. I hope you are having a great trip and safe travels home.
This is exactly why I refuse to put any artwork on social media. I put enough pressure on myself just based on what I see online. I don't need the external pressure of knowing someone else is looking at my stuff, too. I don't know how you and others in this space do it! (Though I'm grateful that you do, or might never have given art a try.)
Thankyou Lindsay always i love your videos❤
You are so welcome!
Glad you posted!! Thank you for sharing truths we all need to hear!
I needed to hear this. To be more real & stay in the zone. Most stuff is a big farce, just all make believe. Do what makes you happy & feeds your soul.
I definitely needed to hear this Lindsay, thank you so much ❤
You are so welcome!
You are awesome! Don’t ever change. I like to create for my own personal enjoyment. Homemade is not meant to be flawless. Thank you!
Love that!
Gooood talk. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Liked it.
Great topic. I am a grandmother who makes art that my adult grandchildren love to “buy”. My art is like my music I do it to bring joy into my life. I look for inspiration in nature and when I travel I take photos to paint from. I do have a few you tubers, like you Lindsay, that I watch and learn from. But I don’t compare myself. When I am in my weekly art group, I always quote the Bob Ross saying “it’s my world“. That’s not to say that I don’t sometimes paint some thing I’m not happy with, but like you pointed out if you put it to the side and don’t think about it and come back in a week or so with fresh eyes, you might see that it has somewhere else to go where it’s not as bad as I thought. Great, great topic thanks, Lindsey.
Well said. We all need reminding every once in a while.❤
I consider myself to be always a work in progress. I don't expect perfection from me, just effort. I don't care what other people think. They need to worry about themselves. I'm old enough that I have learned to take the pressure off and enjoy my life while I still have some of it left. You do that when you get old.😂
Yes, "A work in progress" as we live our life with grace for others and ourselves! ❤ Thank you for sharing! With love ❤️ from a California Gramma
Thank You. I needed this.
You are so welcome
Lindsey, if I could give this video ten thumbs up, I totally would. Standing ovation, I was yelling YES!!! so many times. Every artist should hear this and take it to heart. Non artists should hear this and take it to heart. We don't hear it enough. Shared on instagram and facebook, and I hope other people will too, because it's a great message. Hoping you're having a great time on retreat and looking forward to more vids!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for making this video. Such needed and important issues to be aware of. Negative self talk and comparing ourselves to others definitely exists in the art world and can discourage one quickly if they let it. I loved your tips to prevent this and keep an open mind and leave the judgment behind.
Sometimes, I think you're living in my brain! One thing about Instagram that I've noticed is that people watch the reels of who they follow and don't look at their feed. I watch the reels of my favorite account and hope they add a tag so I can click and view their post. I get so annoyed at all of the ads they have now that I have almost given up scrolling. It's sad that we can't escape being harranged by ads everywhere we go!
Wow, Lindsay you are making me think. I'm in a little down spot becaue my house is not like I like it to be because I am still so tired from hip replacement surgery less than 3 weeks ago. Guess I'll get back to a routine soon....
Thank you, Lindsay! Well said. I have never cared much about phones. Whether it was 40 years ago or today. I have a phone. I enjoy it but, it is off 75% of the time. It is not on during the trips to the library, store, supper or when I am creating. We have no children. I have a large family and have friends. I refuse, for me, to give my time away. I make time for friends and family. I believe we grow through our art. It is a process. My art is mine. I choose what parts I want to share. You are an inspiration. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing it meant a lot to me. I think social media has disstroyed art in so many ways. As you said, we are always comparing ourselves to what we see on Instagram. Myself, I rarely post any of my art unless I feel is something I really like. So many artists have given up social media because it has destroyed their mental health. Instead of creating art, they are so worried about the algorithm. As youu mentioned, It would be great if the artists would show the process and not just the fabulous end piece.
I put the process in mine 😆
Fantastic episode, I love it ☺☺
i am sure i saw this but re watched any way,i love you and your channel.i hope you are having a wonderful time in France ,the louve is a dream to see,
Good Saturday morning to you Lindsay!! ☕ I am the worst at posting my work. And I do judge my work pretty harshly ompared to others... I follow YT tutorials as a hobby. It's not nearly as good as what I see, but I continue to do it, because it's what I love. Thank you for this video!! See you next Sat Chat my friend!! ✨
Love that!
Hullo Lindsay, I have had similar thoughts on creating art for years! I am one of the people that wants to get everything ready for creating a new project. I did learn to get started even when I was not finished with my current job. Getting paid is so important when you are creating art to pay bills! You can learn compartmentalization and ease up on ourselves even if it is just to complete a project to pay the bills this month. You can always create an artwork for just ourselves and enjoy the process. I am glad that you made and posted this video! I have seen a few of your posts from France and It looks like you are having a wonderful time! Be safe and take care over there!
Great video, Lindsay! As creators, I think we all needed to hear what you said. Our worst critics are ourselves, and the encouragement you gave in this video was inspiring and hit the" truth button" for many of us. Thank you! I hope your trip France is going wonderfully! "See" you when you get home! Be safe!!
Yes! Thank you! I got back Tuesday night!
Thank you, I needed this. Very well said.
You are so welcome
Really great video, i find myself not vlogging because my house doesn’t feel neat enough / desk is messy / need to tidy first.
Certainly feeling a lot more self critical lately. I cut down on social media to try to help. My resolution was create more and consume less, this was a reminder. This was the pep talk i didn’t know i needed 😂 Hope you’re enjoying France xx
Big hugs!
Omg... this is so true but why can't I get past/ over it.
Thanks for being so honest and just being you! I have a very short list of people who I watch on You Tube, and you are definitely my fave. 🥰I don't consider myself an artist, just someone who loves to make cards and getting messy in my art journals. I was happily surprised to see a substitute Sat Chat today. Hope you are having a great time away. 🙂
Thank you so much!
Lindsey I judge my breathing too harshly you better believe I critique my own art too hard 😵💫 Excellent points!
Thank you Lindsay for leaving us with such a wonderful video to think about. So much of what you said rang true with me. I will actually watch it again later. Hope you guys are having fun. I just saw your pictures on Instagram and saved two of them to ask about painting later. Dewdrops on a leaf??? Oh boy, here it comes.
Go ahead! I'll do some tutorials too:)
Excellent video. Thank you, I need to hear that.
Glad it was helpful!
This was so good, and so needed. Thank you.
Great video. Glad you posted. I see on IG you are totally enjoying France. So happy for you.
Yes! Thank you!
My hobby are their to enrich my life and keep me from being bored. They are their to entertain and help me to express and see myself grow and discover things I never knew I would like. Such as sewing, embroidery and using fabric.
I don't like it when people say that I should sell or even share it with them.. I can't and will never be able to get to same joy that I am getting now from doing what I do now. It will take me a lot of effort, time and mental space, which I don't have.
Good point!
Good job girl!! Good pep talk. Yeah I feel this way sometimes when I create something and then I see someone else do it even better so I say what's the use?? You have convinced me to stop doing this. So I'm going to just thought I'd let you know. Thanks and have a great day!! JK FLORIDA USA 🇺🇸.
Totally!
Making a living from your work can be soul crushing…YES
Fantastic advice. It's a shame how we judge each other now. We should always be kind and lift each other up. Human kind is slowly losing the battle to remain HUMANS.
Thank you for the Instagram tip. I’ve been wondering if some of my favorites have been on a break! I know about the TH-cam trick of clicking on Subscriptions to see who you subscribe to , but never knew about Instagram! Comparison is never good!
I find it hard to create to sell. People say that I could sell things but it takes my joy out of creating to sell. I create on inspiration and spontaneous. Trying to create to make a living doesn't work that way.
You are absolutely right,i
judge myself harsher than I would somebody else. Because of that I don't really want to do some of the TH-cam videos because my room doesn't look neat most of the time. I am working on myself to change that,but negativity and doubt sets in and you want to give it all up sometimes. It is real. I am trying really hard to grow my channel but it is not going as well as I thought it would, and this week has actually been extremely hard. This video is just in time. I appreciate you making this video,to tell us that we are not alone and we need to stop that 😂 I hope you are enjoying yourself in France. Have fun ❤
Big hugs!
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Thanks Lindsay, I hope you are having an awesome time in France!
I did!
Great discussion! I had an inspiring “non-buying” moment yesterday when an artist I follow uses Verditer Blue a lot. Instead of ordering immediately from Amazon, I looked up what it’s made of. I had all 3 ingredients, so I made it myself! I was so proud, as I learned a lot in the process. It is a nice blue-cobalt blue, cerulean blue and white designer gouache. Based on your beginning of the year resolution of using what we have! Thanks for bringing up great ideas!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Lindsay ❤ xXx
Beautiful video. So many wise words that truly mean a lot and that ì need to remember. Thank you. I hope you are having a fun, safe time in France. Can't wait to hear all about it when everyone gets back❤
Thank you so much!
👍🏻 🙂You’re quite hard on yourself. I love your videos, they’re entertaining and informative. I absolutely love your studio. Especially in rainbow order.
My art supplies are the only thing that’s really swatched and organised, also in rainbow order.
You can zoom into TH-cam, in full screen and pause if needed (on iPad).
TH-cam is being really weird at the moment, quite often I’ve had to search my subscriptions to find channels I’m not being shown. Other TH-camrs have said some of their videos are not being pushed out to subscribers too.
In my opinion, the person who said you're trying to be a perfectionist is judging you too harshly. I would have never thought that about you. I wish people could remember to treat others as they would themselves want to be treated. Social media has made people forget that simple rule.
I’m catching up on some Sat chats YT hasn’t been showing me in my feed (I’m subscribed to everything but that doesn’t seem to matter to YT) and a once again struck by how often you talk about things like this that are really important to me. I have been keeping diaries since I was five and writing has been my main creative outlet throughout my life. Around 2014, I got interested in art journaling and now have a room that I think of as my creative sanctuary for whatever my soul needs at the moment. Many times, that’s just downtime from the world.
Lindsay, you and I are close in age and sometimes I wonder if that’s why we seem to have so many thoughts in common. I have always been an avid reader. In my teens, I started reading about mass media consumption and realized that much of what I felt was “wrong” with me came from comparing myself to what I saw on TV, the movies, radio, fashion, magazines, etc. Adbusters became my favorite magazine for a while. I love some aspects of the internet, but am not a fan of social media as a whole because I get so easily hooked into believing everyone has perfect lives except me. One of the quotes I heard early and often in art classes was “comparison is the thief of joy.” This is so true, particularly in the social media context.
I really love hearing your thoughts about the intersection of art, consumerism, and mass media on both your regular and your creative life. I think there are a ton of people who relate to your experiences and share these thoughts and struggles. Sometimes I think we need to start an ugly art movement specifically designed for bringing out the worst in our artistic sides just for the catharsis, just to release that fear of not being perfect online. I empathize with your frustrations on how ai often makes things worse instead of better both for content creators and viewers seeking out specific content. Keep fighting the good fight, Lindsay! All we can do is rest in the knowledge that we do the best we can with what we have. I once had a Buddhist teacher explain it as, “Yes, we are all perfect just as we are. And yes, we could all improve ourselves a little bit too.” 😊
I took pictures of my cats and framed them. I noticed stains on the chair they were on so I put stickers on the frame over the stains 😂
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I also judge myself too harshly and have been trying to be more kind to myself over the past year or so and its still a work in progress. I also started limiting my time on social media so that I could spend more time creating because I found myself spending more time on social media than creating and I also found myself comparing myself with others, as you mentioned, and felt why bother creating because I'm not that good and others make it look so easy and I always struggle. But I also know that I struggle because I'm not consistent so I need to spend more time creating and be more consistent and in time I know it will not be such a struggle and I'm sure as I get better I will like what I create more.
I just love you and your advice. Thank you for taking the time to remind us that we need to step up or back every now and then.
You are so welcome
Fantastic!!!! 🎉
Thank you!! 😁
Thank you for this objective subject you are talking about. I have heard you say many times there is no perfect, and you are so correct. You also put into perspective for me the need to practice to get better. I have arthritis in both thumbs and will be ordering a splint so I can practice more. I absolutely love your channel and watch all of your videos. Thank you for your honesty it is so needed right now as I do not post due to thinking I am not good enough 💕💕
Glad it was helpful!
You are so amazing . I haven't been myself lately ... been quite ill , and kinda beengoing through a stage of well if I can't paint something great , should I even bother . I am at the shore now for the next while , and I am just playing again , and it;s amazing how much better it just makes me feel as a person . I appreciate this video , and you so much . Love you creativity , you artwork , and listening to your lovely voice . When I'm not feeling well , I love to just watch you paint . So relaxing . Thanks for the boost ✌
Aww, big hugs:)
O my I needed to hear this , great Sat Chat , very well said , I’ve been tossing my old paintings but have decided to hold on to them and look back at my progress , I’m still growing but the journey is amazing 🎨💞🎉
Wonderful!
I hope it’s not inappropriate to mention someone else’s art business here. I follow Sarah Kray’s Let’s Make Art. Her tutorials start with her reciting her pledge and asking followers to say it with her: “ I promise to be kind to myself. I promise not to compare my work. And I promise to have fun!” And boy does that get me in a good mental state!
I would not think of telling an artist their work is good enough to sell. When I sincerely feel it, I may tell them I really enjoy looking at their art, because isn’t that what it’s about?
So true!
Everything "runs" so fast, I think we don't give ourselves time to work on things. Time to add layers, to add more. That ever that is. I thank you for your thoughts. Ps. I hope you are having a safe, fun journey and time in France. ❤🎉
I did! I amback now:)
I'm so glad that you did post this video. Your thoughts apply to life in general, not just our art and creative endeavors. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
I'm having a hard time taking complements. I just started plein air oil painting and periodically people come up and tell how good it looks. I'm not used to that. Most times I'm just doing a monochromatic study. Thanks , I hope you're having fun in France. We ❤ you.
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome chat ❤
Hi, Lindsay. Thank you for your video. Have a good day. ❤
Thank you! You too!
Fantastic video again today. Love the message and thanks for sharing your opinions!!!
You are so welcome
I think photos of every day life are the best
2 words: Thank You
Thank you! Great insights 💕
You are so welcome