Does Your Art Disappoint you?

• Get rid of your expectations for your artwork!
• So much of the artwork we make we don’t like, and that’s normal.
• Many of us look at our artwork, and all we can see is mistakes.
• Let your art surprise you, it’s okay, and sometimes better when the artwork didn’t turn out the way you initially wanted it to.
• “Mistakes” can sometimes lead us to getting results that we really like, or give us ideas for something we didn’t anticipate.
• Don’t have a concrete picture in your head of how you want the final product to look like, you will never be able to produce that image in your head.
• Think about your goals for an artwork as being an approximation, and goals that aren’t so specific that it’s tough to fulfill them.

• Separate looking at your artistic idols from making your artwork, it can be distracting, and even discouraging.
• If looking at other artists’ work is making you feel worse about your artwork, stop following them on Instagram so you aren’t seeing their work all the time.
• Don’t base your goals on another artist’s work.
• Create your own short term and long term goals that are concrete.
• Take matters into your own hands, achieving our goals is a lot tougher when we are waiting for someone else’s approval.
• If you make an artwork you don’t like, give it another hour.
• Often times that extra hour is what makes the difference!
• If you still don’t like the artwork after another hour, nothing has changed, it’s a win-win situation.

Artists mentioned

• William Kentridge
• Hicham Habchi