🌸 Reopening/Social Anxiety + Why I'm Quitting Twitch 🎨 Chatty Paint with Me 🎨

Since you all missed my voice in the last PWM, I'm back with some rambling!! Let's chat about going back into the office, social anxiety and my epic fail at being a Twitch streamer!
🎨 SUPPLIES USED:
Daler Rowney Aquafine Smooth Watercolour Paper (Hot Pressed)
Gouache - Reeves / Winsor and Newton / Holbein
Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
💕 Etsy Shop 💕
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NickyDurham
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🎵 Music Credits 🎵
Citrus Avenue - Blue Haze - thmatc.co/?l=33895162
Reggie San Miguel - On My Way - thmatc.co/?l=7AADB4BA
Mr. Jello - Love Bug - thmatc.co/?l=20CB88D7
Donald XL Robertson - Morning Vibes (Coffee Talk) - thmatc.co/?l=E8AA7D82
Chinsaku - Cruisin' - thmatc.co/?l=0D208E63
Mr. Chase - Cascades - thmatc.co/?l=A99ACB7F
Peter Lam - Too Close - thmatc.co/?l=53B8B78E

[@menaramm6417]

Beautiful! It was really cool to hear you talk about how work, stress, and anxiety impact your practice. I often find that I cannot draw if I am exhausted, my hand just stops working. Then on the weekend I enter a trance where I draw for two days straight through lol.

[@NickyDurham]

Yah I’m the same - I always try to push through even though I know it’s a sign to rest 😅😅 thanks for watching 💕💕💕

[@intergalacticpeachpatrol]

loved watching you illustrate this piece! the tiger looks so juicy in the greens and pinks. absolutely beautiful.

[@NickyDurham]

Thank you so much!!! Oooo love the word juicy deffo describes painting wet-on-wet 👌🏻👌🏻 thanks for watching 💕💕💕💕

[@palssingh1105]

This video was so fun to watch. I did not mean to giggle while you were talking about your social anxiety, but I did, just because I so relate! Phone ringing, talking to shopkeepers, video calls, social events, just saying hello to acquaintances and trying my best not to avoid eye contact, all of it fills me with dread. If I see somebody getting into a lift (elevator) that I am planning to get into, I just do a turnaround and pretend to talk on the phone or pretend that I am waiting for somebody. Also, my brain seems to disconnect from my mouth when I AM in uncomfortable social situations. I have given a code to my husband to use when I am going to out of control and need to shut up. Lol. But you know, lets not call it social anxiety, lets call it being quirky. You have a great sense of humour and I love your art. Good call on leaving whatever causes more anxiety than joy.

[@NickyDurham]

Omg this comment is tooooooo dang relatable!!! Love the code idea I’m deffo gonna try that with my boyfriend 🤣 I’m glad my ramblings made you giggle 🥰 thanks so much for watching and leaving such a lovely comment 💕💕💕

[@BunnyOnTheCoast]

🐯🐯🐯 what you said makes so much sense thank you.

[@NickyDurham]

Aww man thanks so much! That means a lot - I feel like I babble a lot so I’m glad it makes sense to someone 🥺🥺 thanks so much for watching 🐯💕

[@watercolorlegend423]

very nice artworks,love your style👍👍👍

[@NickyDurham]

Thanks so much!!! 💕💕💕💕

[@user-gz5mv4fk7e]

Amazing art 😍❤️😍❤️

[@NickyDurham]

Thank you so much 💕💕

[@mindmuddleart2819]

🐯 I have anxietytoo and whilst i don't have a twitch/youtube channel, I could completely understand how you feel. Our thoughts make us question everything we do, how people are reacting to us, what are they thinking about us? Perhaps dont look at Twitch as something you failed, but something you pursued and might come back to again in future or you had a taster session but found that it wasnt for you :) x

[@NickyDurham]

Ahhh that’s such a good way of looking at it ✨✨ it’s hard to separate the anxiety thoughts from the realistic thoughts isn’t it? Something I’m always trying to work on. Thanks so much for watching and commenting 💕💕💕💕

[@anne-marieolivier8318]

🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯

[@NickyDurham]

Ahhh thank you so much for watching!!! 🐯💕✨

[@user-gz5mv4fk7e]

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[@NickyDurham]

💕💕💕 thank you for watching! 🐯