This week I’ve been thinking about the importance of finishing our art because I finally completed and delivered all the paintings for my upcoming solo show. When I was finding my artistic voice one of the most important things I did was force myself to finish what I start. From doing that I learned so much about my own creative process and what strategies I would use to bring a painting to completion.

Resources Mentioned:

The War of Art book by Steven Pressfield

Each artist has to discover for themselves the tools and resources they will use to be able to bring an idea from their imagination to a harmonious completion. One of the best ways we can learn this is by forcing ourselves to ring a work all the way to completion.

For me I often find that the beginning stages of a painting I feel very excited and feel like things are going great.  Then I get to the middle phase, and suddenly everything seems to suck.  It can be hard to pull a painting through to the end, especially when I feel so disheartened in the middle phase.

I find it helpful to repeat to myself over and over “it doesn’t have to be perfect it just has to be finished,” to get me through. Of course we strive for excellence as we create, but perfection can be a real blocker.

Finishing our art is one of the things we talk about in my Visionary Artist Master Program. On Jan. 25th I’m offering a FREE Webinar about this program where I’ll also be talking about how to find your artistic voice and navigate the art world!  Sign up for free by clicking HERE!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your art. Click here to sign up for the free painting webinar on Jan. 25 at 4 pm EST.

See you there!