Are You Feeling Stuck as an Artist?

Have you ever gotten stuck on a painting, or struggled to complete a piece? Don't worry, you are NOT alone! It is SO common to wrestle with perfectionism, fear, and lack of motivation, and even as a professional artist, I still come face to face with friction in my practice every single day. In this video, I will walk you through three possible root causes that are causing your artist's block, and offer some tips and strategies to overcome them.

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00:00 Introduction
01:01 Friction
02:55 Internal vs External Friction
03:56 Reason Number One: Perfectionism
07:28 Reason Number Two: Fear
09:15 Reason Number Three: Lack of Motivation
12:29 How Discipline Helped me Grow my Instagram by 10,000 New Followers

[MarianneVanderDussen]

Don't forget to use the code, and happy painting!

[davidmolloy]

Great advice Marianne, perfectionism leads to procrastination, and I know!! Done it too often and it's a very difficult habit to break but I eventually did it.
Thanks very much, take care, David.

[chabito]

Marianne…íve been following you for more than a year and your videos have always been inspirational and a great learning tool about the technical side of painting . I’m pretty sure you have been responsible for the progress of a lot of aspiring artists out there.

This is, hands-down, your best video yet. Your insights are really actionable and thought provoking.

Keep up the good work. Thanks

[Morgane.de.Back]

Great video ! Can't wait for your vidéo on perfectionism. I struggle a lot with that. No painting is ever good enough

[Raminakai]

Hearing you have twin five year- olds....wow. You have your hands full!
Thanks for sharing that you also which we all struggle with.
Great tips for overcoming the resistance!
God bless you for helping others as you use your gifts.

[judymotley]

Thank you so much. Always look forward to your calm and inspirational videos. Great tips especially on disapline.

[MargaretNg-rc]

I hear you Marianne, I hear you. Got my work space set up for tomorrow to tackle a part of my painting I’m scared of because I made a mess of it!

[galihirmawanti]

I felt like I was listening to the teacher in a painting class.. thank you

[Gwendalyn-yokj]

This truly helps so much thank u.my room is full of half paintings .I think this will help me to go complete them.

[nevineyildiz]

21:42 Hello Marianne, I have been following you on YouTube ab Instagram your videos and posts are inspirational and educational. Your encouraging and teaching me on how to overcome my prolonged procrastination on starting to paint and become self disciplined. I would like to take your acrylic flower lessons online. 🙏🏻 Thank you for being such a caring instructor ❤.

[fitnesswitness]

Perfection is a human delusion to cover up our imperfect ways

[laupereira]

Show! Respectfully, you are very beautiful.