Painter's Mindset - How to breakthrough in 2024 

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Your heartfelt goal of helping people to be more successful in their artistic endeavors comes through so well in every video you produce. Thank you for being a guiding beacon.

Matthew, I’ve been painting for years now and you’ve touched a sore point! Comparison has often demotivated me, and that’s when consistency slows down. A vicious circle. I must do more, and more often, fail and learn through it. Thanks for this reminder. You’re a wise teacher and a good artist Matthew.

I believe that you are a doctor for us all doing water painting. You do catch our mentality in painting and talk to us so well.

Thank you so much for this guidance and free download. So much of what you said rang true to me. Watercoloring for over 1 year now and I've fallen into all your points. I needed that. For me, #1...give social media a break.

I am more than willing to endorse the idea of painting frequently. I think the greatest contributor to improvement was due to a friend's challenge at the beginning of COVID to do a small watercolour every day. Comparing my early work to current ones shows a big difference, and this has a lot to do with the 1400+ paintings I've done since then. Your schedule may not allow you to paint daily, but finding scheduled time has done a great deal for me.

#4 is so strong - comparison is the thief of joy!!!

I’m really glad to see your tips in this video for breaking through for 2024! I have done a few of them surprisingly 😊. Thanks for sharing this wonderful motivational video! 🥰

Well said, Mathew. Tks for posting.

Gosh, I needed this video, thinking particularly on reminder #1. Thank you!

Dear Matthew, you have no idea how much these tips and advice help me in my journey towards learning watercolour! I felt stuck and demotivated and now I understand the processes behind these feelings. Thank you very much for your generosity in offering these lessons!

Thank you for these mindsets

Really great points. I find I don’t get enough time to paint if I’m scrolling too much! I try to paint first. Thanks

I love this. Great advice.

Well said! I totally agree!

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your videos. I've painted in acrylics for years, and am revisiting watercolor these days. What I love about it is the transparency and delicacy of the medium. Thanks again!

Thank you 😊 just what I needed to hear

Thanks greatly Matthew for sharing your inspirational experience and how true you are right, we are so quick to criticise ourselves or compare what we present to others. Thanks for your video stay safe and healthy

So true! Thank you for this video; it's a good reminder that we all have our different journeys, and loving what you do matters the most.

Great advice. As an absolute beginner it’s really helpful to keep these points in mind.

Great advice. Are you able to talk to us about how to get involved in exhibiting our work and perhaps even selling it?

You always give such good advice. Thank you.

Thanks

Not to be dramatic but I love you

Hi! I have been following you & appreciate the content you create, which hugely benefits learners like me. Have a question! How do you decide the percentage of the darkest darks to the light & mid- values. Should the darks be balanced all over painting? Is it possible to paint the entire painting with only light & mid- values with minimum amount of darks ( appx. 10%) . Probably you can come up with a video on this. Thanks!

I am a newbie.. I have been painting for one year now. I practice every day. And all weekend. I get so frustrated cause I do practice but feel I have not improved.

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artist since 2008. Honestly could care less if I sell anything. I paint for me. I do sell some but it has nothing to do with me pushing my art. Shipping prices make selling not worth it. It's a hassle to sell it just makes it not fun anymore. I wish someone would sell and push and ship for me lol

"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them." --Denis Waitley