How to Overcome the Fear of Painting & Conquer the Ugly Stage! 💪

[@joo2596]

When I first started working on my art skills my expectations were in the wrong place. I hadn't seen many examples of the whole process (planning and early stages.) This led to being more self-critical and held me back for a long time. So I really appreciate artists that share their mistakes, rough paintings and messy early stages. Mine always look messy to begin with. ☺️

[@kaitlinhoyt]

Yep you're definitely not alone. I don't think people share that part of the process enough, but it's totally normal! Keep bein' messy!! :)

[@fuzzydragons]

ah yes, the dreaded ugly stage. a stage that sometimes you think will never end 😐such a cute little halloween bluebird 😀

[@slateportraichu5416]

That is an important topic. I've recently started using watercolours and this medium has its own kind of ugly stageXD I am a bit impatient and still learning the media, but it is so much fun! The painting looks so lovely, this is the style I really love=)

[@kaitlinhoyt]

Oh gosh yeah watercolour is soo hard because you can't really COVER UP the mistakes along the way hahah kudos for pursuing that! Thanks :)

[@Chrissle6464]

I’ve just started with watercolor as well! I’ve struggled with the ugly stage, too. I have to remind myself to walk away and let layers dry before continuing.

[@boozieru517]

Amazing video Kaitlin! Watching this video got me motivated to finish a project I'm working on at the moment 💪 I think, especially younger artists, that being able to see someone's progress is very beneficial to the learning process as well as boosting productivity. ❤️

[@kaitlinhoyt]

I'm so happy you found it helpful!! Thanks for watching and good luck hehe :)

[@wendycrauwels5970]

Another wonderful video, Kaitlin! Having your base sketch available digitally to start over, is just the best (and why haven't I thought of this myself...). I usually stop after inking, afraid to mess everything up or working in a cheap sketchbook that hates markers or paints..

[@kaitlinhoyt]

It's definitely helpful! I do find that when I trace my drawing onto the paper I'll paint on that it always feels a little more stiff than the sketch, so that's kinda frustrating, but being able to make adjustments to the drawing really easily and save it outweighs the cons for suuure!

[@rebeccaellenhart]

Love the video and the painting! I follow you on Instagram and was so excited to see that this painting came with a KZbin video to watch 😊

[@kaitlinhoyt]

I'm so glad you like it!! Thanks for tuning in!

[@lilnatureart]

Wow! A very fun painting to watch. Lots of great comments about trusting the process :) What brush do you use? I have been looking for a good brush for fine details and putting in lines... It seems the brush you use helps you get really small strokes! I am sure some of it comes with practicing brush control, but I am hoping to buy a smaller brush that does not split/splay out. I am hoping to use it for outline certain parts of my watercolor paintings! Do you have recommendations? Thanks! Your channel is so fun to watch :)

[@kaitlinhoyt]

Aw thank you so much! I honestly use any cheap brushes I can get my grubby little hands on, so I think I'm mostly using a pack of small acrylic brushes I bought from Michaels. I also use watercolour brushes from Etchr. I usually just buy new brushes when mine start to splay, but I'm pretty good at making sure no paint dries on them so they last me a surprisingly long time. Thanks for watching! :)

[@lilnatureart]

@@kaitlinhoyt Thank you! :) I will just try buy the skinniest and shortest brush tip I can find!

[@skystygian]

What kind of colored pencils do you use? I can't believe how opaque the white and yellow came out over the darker tones!

[@kaitlinhoyt]

RIGHT? They're prismacolor premier! I only used student grade before this so when I got these ones I was legit shocked how much of a difference there was with the opacity!

[@ArianeinKorea]

Have you ever gone back to one of your first paintings and fixed it the way you had wanted it to look like?

[@kaitlinhoyt]

Hmmm not that I can think of... sounds like a great video idea! :)

[@ArianeinKorea]

@@kaitlinhoyt i thought it might ! ♡