Music Hello everybody and welcome back to my channel. Thank you so much for being here today. I know it's been a long time, but I'm happy to be here and sharing with you a few pieces of knowledge that I hope that helps you because I think of the things that would help me in the past. So hopefully that you find this inspirational and that it guides you maybe a little bit on your journey. So one of the first things that I had to let go and you should know is just perfectionism. And I think a lot of artists or great people feel this way because if something isn't perfect you feel like it's not worth it or well maybe not a lot of people, but that's how I felt it and it had to be as perfect as it could be. It was a very lame excuse to be completely honest because you cannot expect all of your work to be perfect or as perfect as it can be. When you're still learning we don't have a lot of knowledge because our student you don't have a teacher that can teach you those things etc. So you want to self-subtax yourself, it's not going to work and it doesn't help you at all. So the sooner you put it aside and you accept that you're going to make a lot of mistakes the better. Something that I had to relearn into Master as you would say is discipline over motivation or inspiration. And this is just to set yourself a routine. It doesn't have to be a wake up or fub in the morning and I paint until dawn, not like that but more instead of being guided by your own emotions. Painting when you don't want to paint, when you don't feel like painting and in that time that you may not feel as inspired as you would be in others you can choose to paint some things that maybe doesn't require you. Maybe doesn't require full attention, some things that are easier to paint for example. I think when I was younger I used to think well I'm not inspired to paint so I can't paint right now I'm so sorry because I'm going to paint some big crappy. And yeah that lasted for a little bit but after a while you can't rely on those things obviously because this is our job as artists. We cannot expect to always be as you say inspired. I realize I think it's because of the habit I'm constantly inspired by painting on its own. Obviously sometimes I struggle more than others to paint different things but not as before. And I think this also comes with practicing practicing practicing practicing and when I mean practicing I mean painting the same thing over and over again and trying it again and wiping it out and painting it again. And yes of course it is, it feels discouraging sometimes but I promise if you push through every time you make things taken you realize what you're doing wrong and you stop, you take a look, you compare to other artists that you admire. That helped you a lot at least it did to me but I think it will help you as well. I used to paint a lot of things that weren't mine as in fun art, fan art which I love, I love painting, R1 or the love of the rings. I love those things and I will always love to do that. But paint the things that you love, paint things that are around you that you see every day, paint your family, paint your friends, paint your lover, things that fill your heart. When I started to paint more from life even when some roses that I would sit up here or when I started to paint my family or my childhood friends. It just makes a huge difference. It makes a difference because the viewer can tell when you were passionate about something. I believe this all heartedly that it shows through the painting. This ties on to the next advice. You would say half faith in what you're painting. This doesn't apply to a religion or one specific religion at all but simply when you paint from the heart and when you paint something that is honest, it shows. It does tell a story and that's why we are moved by art. Take it as however you choose to take it this advice. Basically just be true to yourself. I suppose don't try not to fall too much into the trends of what is being done especially today with social media and such. I see it of course. I'm also a consumer of those things. I see how easy it is to fall into certain trends even in the art world. So keep painting what fulfills you because if you start going down the road of trying to please certain people you will end up miserable and unhappy. And the last but not least, for God's sake do not compare your journey to others. I know I know it's something that I think we do all. I would compare it to other people or the artists that I would see and how their skill was just amazing and they were younger than me or they were my same age. It is just so pointless because we are all different people with unique stories and unique journeys. It just doesn't do anything because I don't wish to be anyone else but me and you should feel the same way too. And your journey is just unique as you are, as your artist and as the stories that you have to tell. I hope that this was helpful and I hope that inspires you to keep painting or drawing or whatever skill that you want to keep developing. I wish you a very happy painting and thank you so much for watching. I'll see you very soon. Bye bye.