The Secret to Artistic Motivation with Tara Kate
There is a lot to learn when you’re learning to paint. And some days that can be overwhelming at best and discouraging at worst.
How do artists, especially highly technical artists like painter and illustrator Ep.57 Tara Kate, keep motivated?
Not overnight success. Not waking up one day imbued with magical artistic talent.
Instead, they find ways to feel PROGRESS.
And this progress isn’t necessarily Big Progress.
In fact, artists like Tara Kate have found that small progress feels as encouraging as large progress.
Put it to Practice:
But how do you make progress? Daily practice and focused projects.
Progress is why daily painting is so popular. By showing up daily, you begin to see progress relatively quickly.
You realize that you don’t have to become a master painter overnight. When you’re seeing improvements in your work, you feel super motivated to keep going.
For this reason, Tara Kate creates projects built around daily practices.
For example, she has participated in a half dozen #100dayprojects.
She has also designed focused-projects where she’s challenged herself to draw 10 birds a day for 10 days to see how much her skill can improve through the efforts.
She always sees improvement. And often a LOT.
That progress gives her the confidence and excitement she needs to keep building skills and moving in the direction of her goals.
Take a look at your art practice. Do you have tools like daily practice or focused projects to help you make progress?
If not, they’re worth trying. You might find that you don’t require big leaps in learning to feel good about your efforts. That when you can feel yourself making even small steps in the right direction, it’s enough to help you stay excited about where you’re heading.