How to Create Discipline
Ep.44 guest Jose Trujillo paints a lot of paintings.
And while he has a loyal following who love his work and unique style, he attributes his success to something anyone can create.
Discipline.
Trujillo first and foremost is a disciplined painter. He paints a lot. You might find the artist painting 14-hours a day.
Put it to Practice
Discipline looks different for different people. You don’t have to paint 14 hours a day to be a disciplined painter.
If you aren’t in a situation where you CAN paint all day, Trujillo suggests committing to a certain amount of time each and every day…and sticking to it.
For example, commit to painting each day for 2 hours. Commit to showing up and painting during that time. (This is how artist Chris Krupinski saw rapid improvement early in her art career.)
And if your schedule can’t handle 2 hours, try 20 minutes. (We have a Challenge for that.)
In that time, learn what you can and can’t do. Learn what your materials can and can’t do. Learn what your process can and can’t do.
Because here’s Trujillo’s secret: In the beginning, commit to an amount of time but not to an output. You can’t know how long your paintings will take in the beginning.
Figure out how much time you can truly commit daily to your art practice and then show up and build the discipline.
Everything else you will learn in the process.
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