When You Feel Like You’re Not Drawing Well

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• Step 1

  1. Bad days happen
  Realize that bad days happen. They happen to everyone, even the most prolific and renowned artists. We just usually don’t see it.

  I was really surprised when an artist I follow on Instagram posted a painting (which I thought looked great) saying she felt something was wrong, couldn’t figure it out, and wondered if someone else might know what it was. I was shocked that she has those feelings too!

• Step 2

  2. Keep pushing through
  When everything seems to look wrong, set aside your inner critic and keep moving forward. The more you create, the more chances something good will come along AND the more you practice, the more you build your skill of drawing.

• Step 3

  3. Or take a break
  Sometimes instead of pushing through you need to take a break and catch your breath. Do something else you enjoy and when you feel drawing tugging at you go back and try again.

• Step 4

  4. Some pieces turn out and some don’t
  No matter what you draw or paint there are things that won’t turn out. No one draws every subject perfectly. It happens and it’s ok.

• Step 5

  5. I think the bottom line is to accept there are good days and bad days in art and we have to go with the flow and most of all enjoy ourselves.

  Is there anything that helps you when it feels like nothing you draw is coming out right?

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