{"id":3153,"date":"2015-12-17T22:19:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T02:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2020-07-14T11:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:06:15","slug":"dealing-with-artistic-frustration-when-things-dont-go-your-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/dealing-with-artistic-frustration-when-things-dont-go-your-way","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Artistic Frustration &#8211; When Things Don&#8217;t Go Your Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top:3%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"insertbackground\">\n<div class=\"removep\">\n<div class=\"videoflexwrapper\">\n<div class=\"videotop\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUsdwQzR49k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapperpage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/newsletter-signup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideo\">FREE COURSE VIDEOS<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorangetabletcontainer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorangetablet\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orangecontainermobile\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorange\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebartop\">\n<div class=\"vertalign\">\n<div class=\"sidebarcarddescriptiondark\"><span>JOIN THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR<\/span><br \/>\n    Get ALL of our courses, ebooks, live lessons, critiques, lesson plans and more today.<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebarbuttonholder\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttonsmem\">START FREE TRIAL<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/newsletter-signup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttons\">FREE COURSE VIDEOS<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">Ever feel frustrated when you are in the middle of creating? Ever sit down with an enormous amount of inspiration only to become discouraged when your materials don&#8217;t want to cooperate with your vision?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve started a painting and all has gone well. You&#8217;ve found yourself to be &#8220;in the zone&#8221; and every mark is cooperating. You&#8217;re working almost intuitively, and each decision that you&#8217;ve made has been &#8220;spot on&#8221;. The colors are working, the composition is strong, and the materials are almost an extension of your body. Your work is coming together and the excitement is starting to grow. Then it happens.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re faced with a turning point\u00a0in the painting and for some reason, you make an unwise decision.<\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden, your &#8220;flow&#8221; is gone. It feels as though you have been punched in the stomach and the excitement that you felt has now turned into dismay.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you feel foolish. You ask yourself, &#8220;How could I have thought that this work would be strong?&#8221; You begin to question everything that you&#8217;ve done to this point and you begin to feel like a failure.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what to do, so you give up and walk away. The feeling stays however and begins to fester.<\/p>\n<p>Does this sound like you?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever experienced this feeling, then you&#8217;re definitely not alone. We&#8217;ve all experienced it at some point. Some of us more than others, but it&#8217;s something that we all struggle with occasionally.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #2482bd;\">&#8220;We all risk failure when we take on anything that&#8217;s worth doing.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We shouldn&#8217;t try to avoid it, because it does and will happen. But, we should be prepared to\u00a0handle it when it does. If we let the emotions that we feel dictate who we are as artists, then we may find ourselves on a slippery slope.<\/p>\n<h2>Why We Get So Frustrated<\/h2>\n<p>When artistic frustration sets in, our emotions about our work and ourselves can run unchecked.\u00a0We must understand why we become so frustrated when things don&#8217;t go our way so that we can overcome these feelings when it happens.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:0% 4% 0% 4%;\">\n<div class=\"promoinsert\">\n<div class=\"promoimage\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"promotext\"><span>25 Days to Better Drawings<\/span><br \/>Learn a new drawing concept and skill every day for 25 days. Each drawing concept taught includes a short drawing exercise (less than one hour) that reinforces the concept taught.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/25-days-to-better-drawings\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"contentbutton\">VIEW COURSE<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<p>Any form of creating, whether it be <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/freedrawinglessons.html\">drawing<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/freepaintinglessons.html\">painting<\/a>, or anything else, is a deeply emotional experience. We create from a &#8220;different place&#8221;. Our work becomes an extension of our emotions and we often place our worth on what we create.<\/p>\n<p>This is why we feel pride when we are successful and why we hide works or throw them away when we fail. This is why the frustration is so strong, especially when our identities are often tied to the label of &#8220;artist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We must learn to separate our emotions from the work that we create. Though not entirely possible, we must learn to look at our work objectively and not emotionally.<\/p>\n<h2>You Are Not What You Create<\/h2>\n<p>The first step in overcoming these feelings of frustration, no matter how heavy they may feel, is to recognize that you are not what you create.<\/p>\n<p>Your painting or drawing is not who you are. It is not always a reflection of your potential, your skill level, or your effectiveness as an artist. We all have artistic hiccups.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s often difficult to separate ourselves from our works, but we must. Our art is a product. Some products are successful and some are not.<\/p>\n<p>Experimentation is a part of every piece that we create, and some experiments unfortunately do not work. We learn from them and grow as a result.<\/p>\n<p>If we allow ourselves to become too emotionally attached to our work, then it becomes almost impossible to evaluate our work objectively. This also limits the risks that we decide take, which are crucial to artistic growth.<\/p>\n<p>With every work that we produce, we are hoping for success, but we must recognize that failure is a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>We all risk failure when we take on anything that&#8217;s worth doing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featuredimage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/newmembersad.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<h2>Take a Break<\/h2>\n<p>We shouldn&#8217;t avoid frustration, because often it is a sign of growth. We sometimes feel frustration when we are on the cusp of discovering a new strength. But I have found that I often make bad decisions in a work (which leads to frustration)\u00a0at specific times in <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/the-creative-process\">the creative process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found that I often encounter frustration when I am forcing the work to happen. Instead of allowing myself time to create at my own pace, I am trying to &#8220;produce&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I almost override my creative intuitiveness in order to simply &#8220;finish&#8221;. Bad decisions are almost always the result.<\/p>\n<p>We must take breaks from time to time to give our creative mind room to breathe. Great art is not forced, it is allowed out.<\/p>\n<p>So, take a break. Step back from the work for a few minutes or maybe even a day. Go for a walk. Do something else. Give your mind a rest.<\/p>\n<p>Come back with a fresh perspective and look at the work objectively &#8211; as a product. Evaluate what you are doing well and where you can improve.<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Quit<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes we instinctively want to quit when that overwhelming feeling of frustration sets in. This is the easy route, but definitely the wrong one to take. We create for a reason and we shouldn&#8217;t deny the urge.<\/p>\n<p>The creation of art is not easy. There are plenty of &#8220;bumps in the road&#8221;. But it doesn&#8217;t mean that it&#8217;s time to leave the path. You must carry on.<\/p>\n<p>If you are at a point where the work is unsalvageable, then learn from the mistake and put the work away. More often then not,\u00a0the work can be saved and does not need to be discarded. Fix the mistake and continue.<\/p>\n<h2>Success Is Victory Over Adversity<\/h2>\n<p>Things in life that are worthwhile are inherently full of challenges. Art is no different.<\/p>\n<p>You will face adversities when you create and when you take risks. It is how we react to these adversities that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Many of our successes, whether they be art-related or otherwise, are the result of facing adversity and working through it. Frustration is simply one of these.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:0% 4% 0% 4%;clear:both;\">\n<div class=\"promoinsert\">\n<div class=\"promoimagenews\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"promotext\"><span>Like This Lesson?<\/span><br \/>If so, join over 36,000 others that receive our newsletter with new drawing and painting lessons. 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