THIS BOX WAS NOT FOR ME.. Oh The Struggle! - ScrawlrBox Mystery Art Supplies Unboxing

[@TheAmazinRaven1]

“I forgot to swatch the pencil. Yep, it’s a pencil.” Lmao idk why that’s so funny to me

[@LapiinchenArt]

I'm relieved to see that every artist ist sometimes. Someone told me that you should never ever post your fails, because it will be bad. For me that's not the way. Seeing that everyone fails sometimes is more couraging and motivating to keep on.

[@dawn-marieoliver2393]

This was really inspiring for me, as someone who just noodles around with visual art. This also applies to my primary form--poetry--sometimes, you have to air the bad stuff so you can figure out what to toss and what to keep and work further on.

[@AnotherMADCreation]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes through those days where I hate everything and have to walk away from the art supplies! Ps. All the nose boops to Sally!

[@saloniuttam1505]

To be honest, this video has probably helped your viewers see your more “imperfect” side. It shows that even the best of us have hard days. Lots of love and kudos on not giving up. :,)

[@lisa-sz8jj]

True. I only use alcohol markers and was trying out watercolour today and everything turned out to be a total abomination 🤣 so its a relief to know even someone as talented as Kat has "off days" ... although i actually liked her finished portrait piece 🤷🏻

[@saloniuttam1505]

lisa7 77 oh man😂 hope your watercolour marker adventures go better now. I actually liked the end paintings she made too!

[@lisa-sz8jj]

@@saloniuttam1505 😂 thank you for the positivity! 😀

[@andreawitchycrafter5108]

I Think it makes us see more professional artists as human and more easy to relate to when we see them struggle. To know that it's not because we're a bad artist but because we're human that we're struggling. I Think your last portrait was pretty cool actually but I understand that when you're looking at something abstract as a more detailed painter it's easier to criticise yourself but honestly I think it was really cool.

[@wonderwonder30]

I like that fact you showed the art you weren’t satisfied with, it shows that we are all human. Also, your art that you didn’t like doesn’t mean everyone will think like that, I didn’t. It shows that experimenting will not always come out the way you want but learning from it is what we should take away from it. In the process, you could learn a new way to make art and actually enjoy it lol

[@omegabloo6206]

Honestly I love the last piece! I really enjoy when a more realistic/sculpted subject is mixed with abstract shapes and textures 💞

[@Chibi_Deumos]

Thanks for sharing your experience still even if you weren't in the mood.

[@rossbarone298]

it’s a liiiiitle bit evil that they didn’t include a white :( it seems crazy hard to make a good piece without white with acrylics!

[@_SpreadingLove_]

Or black! Imagine only being able to use high saturated colors for artist who go for the opposite LOL

[@spacequeen1447]

Like what there were thinking? White is the most important colour to mix with other paints.

[@irisblack01]

They should have also include black tbh

[@Littlewings1211]

I just want to say that I LOVE that you posted this video! As a beginner, trying to learn how to 'art', figure out all new art supplies and find your own style it can often be so discouraging to see piece after piece of incredible art and not see the struggle or work that went into that piece, especially as you say, on social media where people don't post the 10 bad pieces that it took to get that one spectacular piece. It can feel like everyone else just puts pencil/paintbrush/marker to paper and beautiful art appears in an instant while when you try to draw the most basic, generic face for example, it ends up looking like the elephant man's ugly cousin. It is genuinely such a relief to see that even someone as talented an artist as yourself has days where nothing goes right and all the art (in their opinion) looks terrible. It is a reminder to those of us at the earlier stages of our artistic journey that art is a process which you never stop learning and that's one of the beautiful things about art. I also think that the fact that you didn't give up, that you persevered is really inspiring. You were clearly having a really rough art day and have been working so hard recently and it would have been the easiest thing in the world to just scrap the whole video. Part of the reason you did push through it may have been that it's your job (although there is a fine line between working hard and overworked - please take care of yourself first, we will always prefer no video to you stressing yourself into burnout) but I think it also had a mental aspect to it. Yes it was tough and you felt like giving up so many times but had you done so it could have knocked your confidence in your artistic ability and created more stress/bad art cycles in your future work. How much better does it feel knowing that you didn't give up? While you may not feel able to be proud of the art you created today, you can absolutely be proud of the fact that you stuck it out, worked through it and ended up making something complete instead of giving up! Personally, I have done nothing with this box, or the one before with the liquid graphite paints, except swatches so you have inspired me with this video to go back and have a proper play around with some of the more neglected Scrawlrbox items! 😊 Oh, and I actually really love the final portrait you did (the one you kept) - it's such a unique piece and seeing it created (especially alongside all of the struggles for that piece and the ones prior to it) was fascinating to watch! So thank you, for having the courage to share your artistic process, and progress, even when you dislike the outcome of said process. You rock! 😎🤘🏻

[@jacewood2070]

it is so refreshing to hear someone talk about their 'bad' art. I don't know about anyone else, but it really helps me when I have my own bad days, as i know others go through it too.

[@WantedVisual]

Sometimes I wish there was a place where artists can upload their art block doodles, no matter how unfinished or horrible. No comments allowed, no likes to be farmed, just a place where people can go and see that they are not alone.

[@jom6829]

I appreciate it when artists show their not so great days - makes me feel more optimistic about my art fails. Keep sharing.

[@kehndole]

I really love how you share these experiences with us. Most art KZbin's don't, which makes us feel life their art is perfect all the time and they never struggle, but they really do! We needed this. Thank you Mary.

[@pale_raven_arts5930]

I honestly really like how the piece with the girl turned out and I think this style has sooo much potential Thanks for showing the "bad" side of creating as well ! Keep up the beautiful work!

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

I know it's hard to share when you're feeling frustrated, but I'm really glad you're showing your vulnerabilities and talking openly about the mental struggles of being an artist. I think it's very helpful for your subscribers to hear the truth like this, so that they know they're not alone, and others go through this, too. ♥

[@MintysSketchbook]

Kattvalk + Scrawlrbox = *satisfied* 👌

[@lalalalacanthearyou]

Haha same😂💜

[@TheRealMythril]

I’m a firm believer that every piece of art has an ugly phase! Some art has short ugly phase and some art has a longer ugly phase. I have really deep issues with getting through the ugly phase without trashing a piece. What I like to think is that we all have a number of art fails inside them, and every time we get one or more of them out of our system, it means that we have fewer left inside us!

[@annadownya]

I think a lot of times when you don't like something you created it can be more that it's just not to your tastes. Which is also fine. I enjoyed these pieces. And it's comforting to see how you adapt to art challenges. Gives me hope!

[@SlaughtersPromenade]

I actually find it really interesting seeing this sort of videos too. That artists, who are making so wonderful work, are struggling too. And it's not because it's fun to see people struggle, but its more of a "oh so someone as good as her has problems too, well maybe I'm not THAT bad then." I really appreciate it, that you uploaded the vid!

[@Jane_H]

Love seeing professionals being vulnerable and sharing their “fails” with is. You’re human too!! Love this last one. Though it’s not exactly my style (or yours) there’s just something sophisticated and “artsy” about it that I would never be able to achieve. Great job for not giving up!

[@sharonwhinston1617]

I always try to remind myself that having bad drawings doesn't make you a bad artist. kinda hard to get into that mindset but it helps to repeat it to myself

[@Llamanescent]

I'm so glad you posted this. I love your artwork and it is nice to know that having times like this is normal and doesn't mean I just suck at art. Especially as a beginner, it is really easy to get discouraged when you only see people creating beautiful things seemingly without effort.

[@шибкоумнаяоднако]

The reason why I love Wafflels' videos so much, and also adore this one, is that these videos shows the whole process, with all struggles, re-drawnings, doubts in abilities and everything. I've always thought about art and artists like it's something unachievable to a regular person like me, and such videos show that artists are humans too, not living gods. When I see all the way, it feels so much grounded and possible, I actually want to do my own art. Sometimes someone's "failures" might be an inspiration for others!

[@peachywyvern7999]

Thank you so much for this video! I love how transparent you are about your process. I often get so discouraged looking at professional artwork because every piece looks so polished and refined. Sometimes I can make good art but sometimes I have days like in this video and I just hate everything that I make no matter how many times I retry. It's really encouraging to know that even professional artists have this experience.

[@spacemaskgirl2387]

This is one of my favourite videos of yours so far. It really helps for a beginner artist like myself to look at someone as talented as yourself and see that no is perfect. Everyone has struggles and we are often our own worst enemy. I absolutely loved the first abstract lady you created and the second one too. I'm so thankful you felt able to show this video though, It helped me and I'm sure so many others! ♡

[@sarahquilt6687]

I'm glad you still showed us the struggle you were having. It's good to see other artists having difficulties sometimes because it helps us all feel more human. You're very talented and I love your work!

[@yaretzihernandez3870]

I haven’t watched you in about a year and I haven’t realized how much I missed hearing your voice and your art 😊✨💕🎨

[@Kattvalk]

Welcome back! 😸😽

[@jessereid6017]

I so enjoyed this video, not to watch you struggle, but for the sake of those super relatable days when you just can’t even, but you have to push through anyways (in art or in life in general). I really appreciated the process and I actually think your last piece is pretty beautiful!

[@jessereid6017]

As a side note: even as you were opening the box, I thought to myself “no white? No black?!?”

[@Zoeswildart]

You can be so happy and proud of yourself for making these pieces and videos! And it's useful to see when things are not going that well, it helps to not be so tough on myself as well when I'm having bad days or I struggle ...

[@catebrown3382]

I absolutely LOVE all of your videos and how open and honest you are!! This video REALLY made me feel better about my bad art days! So just know even if you aren't happy with the pieces you made in this one your content in the video made me realize bad art days and art block happen to everyone no matter how good or not as good of an artist you are. So thank you SO much! 😊💛

[@RM-in7kh]

hi, i think its great that you posted this video! when i see artists sharing their art, they always share their most perfect pieces, almost as they never do anything wrong and they never feel like giving up on something. And that always makes me feel bad about my art and myself, because i mess up a lot, things almost never look the way i want them to look like and i give up on a lot of my projects because of constantly failling. Seeing your video made me realize that things are not always perfect like some artists try to portrait, that there's a lot of doubting, a lot of mistakes and everyone feels that, not just me, and that's ok. I think artists should definitely share more of their failed pieces, and not try to always portray that they are perfect and make no mistakes. Thank you so much for you video!!💕

[@SvdB1992]

Thank you for being so open and transparent about how some days things just don't go the way you like, and honestly videos like this are so important? Validating that just because you have one off day doesn't mean that your creations are worthless or that you should stop creating. If more people had told me that when I was younger, maybe now I'd be more daring with the things I do. Now as an adult, even though I want to draw and want to learn to draw, I find it hard to start because I have close friends whose artwork is so beautiful. I struggle with not comparing my drawings (if I ever do them) to theirs, even though I know it's not logical or fair to compare them at all, when I barely draw and she's drawn for well over 20 years. Videos like this are very very important to people like me, where you don't see the finished piece, where you see the struggle, and where you can learn to overcome that

[@pennydouphinett4545]

I love the eyes on the last piece. They look very whimsical. I appreciate seeing a true artists struggle, it gives me hope.

[@FreakyFeline88]

WE need more content like this. I struggled a lot with my art (and I still do) because everyone posts their best and most polished work so I didn't know that it was normal to be frustrated and sometimes you do art that you end up hating. I grew up thinking that I am never going to be a good artist because no one told me the expectations were too high and unrealistic.This video is so important

[@ghostyprince]

I think it's nice you talk about this! Often when people mention "art block" they refer to not having inspiration to create art but for me personally I legitimately have days when I feel like my hands aren't working like they're supposed to and every drawing I do turns out bad and not anything like my standard level, so it's nice seeing that represented in your video!

[@VeroAndrad]

You made the best choice posting this video, you show to us it's ok to have a bad day art. It's ok to feel frustrated with a bad art, and never give up. Even a bad art needs to be finished. Thank you sweetie❤️

[@juliangelus]

As a beginner I want to say a huge thank you for posting the video even if you didn't like the end result of your art. It shows, as you said, that everyone has those meh days and not to be discouraged. I actually loved the girl with all the paint streaks. I got this Scrawlrbox too and found mixing my own colours overwhelming as I'm just learning. Keep drawing and give Sallie a big cuddle 😻

[@helenebourque3900]

I really love your last piece of art! I love the colours and texture you created. Thank you so much for sharing this week’s struggles for as you said when all you see is awesome creations it can be somewhat discouraging when you try and you struggle without having the best results. Thank you so much for sharing and I can’t wait to see what you will create next week!

[@myadraco2540]

I really love the last piece and the look of the autumn leaves that you redid! They look great! The palette knife certainly looks fun to use!!

[@evaneugene6336]

This was really inspiring, actually. Watching your frustration was super relatable. It's easy to forget that amazing artists have less-than-stellar art days, too, when it's something you never see. As someone who can't help but compare my art to those with far more experience and skill than I currently have, it actually made me feel more excited to keep working on my own stuff. So, anyway, thanks for being brave enough to show us something you weren't particularly proud of. That takes guts for sure!

[@lornawestwick6704]

I genuinely love that you post even what you perceive are your bad bits. We are all human, we all have these days. Sometimes more often than we care to admit. I really love the last two pieces.😊

[@shadowheartart3898]

Great job, pushing through the "block" and the struggle with supplies and all. I think every artist knows that feeling, and as many commenters have already said: it's really nice that you still posted the video. Shows us all (old and new artists) that bad art days happen, that sometimes we struggle, and sometimes don't work out as we want. Also: I really liked the result of that "autumn leaves and mushroom" painting. I thought it was pretty and with really good colour-use. It was a bit saddening to see the shot of it going in the trash.

[@ayamewilliams2065]

That blue face was actually really cool looking.

[@IHeartGallery]

Love this video! I'm sorry you had a bad art week. I appreciate you uploading it and your story, as you are so right, young artists need to see that even the best do unfinished, experimental work behind the scenes. I remember going to a Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibition and being blown away by seeing scribbled pencil sketches by Frida alongside her finished paintings. I LOVED seeing that even Frida Kahlo did scribbly fast sketches, so I don't have to be ashamed of mine! This is why they call it "art practice"...it takes practice! Specially when learning new mediums and experimenting to see what resonates with your work. I forget that so often. Also...creating a video is a highly skilled artwork in and of itself. Doing that on top of MULTIPLE paintings in one week? Not to mention all of your other work and life tasks, that is all so much to deal with! So many people aren't even capable of doing one of those things, let along all of them! You are doing amazingly. Naturally, it will feel like a slog sometimes. I hope you have a better day (just for yourself) today, tomorrow and moving forwards.

[@liesbethartlife]

Oh I really like the last piece ! Thursday I finished a piece I really hated since June. Now i finally can look at it and be happy about it. That’s art, never give up on a piece you don’t like, because in the end it could turn out beautiful ! But I really like the texture of paint in the last piece ! Have a nice week !

[@principleflow2847]

Thank you for pushing through to post the video. I have so many art blocks myself and the struggle is real. Sometimes we got to let out our bad negative energy to make room for the positive. This is your happy accident. I was actually enjoying both portraits and the pumpkin. PS: tell Sally hello for us.

[@anotherdaywithlorivanhorn3074]

Thank you so much for posting this video. I am a new acrylic abstract painter and I was doing so well then BAM! something happened and I couldn't put out anything as good as I had been. I thought that I'd lost my creativity or something. I guess I just need to give myself a rest and keep trying. I've got a couple that I'm going to paint black and start over. Thanks for showing me that I'm not alone.

[@theresaspears3894]

Thank you for being brave enough to put this out there. It made me feel soo much better to know that even really good artists have tough days where nothing seems to work out. I think doing art box challenges is much more difficult than it might appear when just watching, since normally it's either a new medium or one that you might not use every day. Practice makes perfect even in art so doing something out of the ordinary is way harder. Even though you usually make it look easy I appreciate all your efforts and struggles. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@MayBrox]

Awwww 💜🤗 I totally feel you. Thank you so much for posting it. And for showing us all that the struggle happens to everybody. Including established artists. 💙

[@greenclouds1558]

i love this video in fact. your struggle actually encourage & tell people that its normal & its ok. Thanks for lifting my stress off my shoulder! BTW, they do look interesting

[@13sangheili]

I recently found your channel and I love it. I relate to you because I'm also a perfectionist and I can't enjoy sketchbooks so much because I feel I will ruin the entire thing with one bad drawing. But watching this video really helped me to understand that even amazing artists like you have bad days and struggle with some tools. Congratulations for being so brave to post something that you don't feel happy about. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@GraphicKraken]

Thanks for sharing this. I absolutely love your work and it made me feel better to know that you have struggles sometimes too. The art I shared this week wasn’t good and I was afraid to share it but I did it for others to see it’s ok to struggle.

[@katiefelgar7377]

I'm so glad you uploaded this video. It's been a while since I've seen and it's a good reminder for us artists that the struggle is real.

[@beginnerpieces]

I totally understand you!! As a beginner, even sketching is hard!!!!!! and of course the presure we put to ourselves while trying t be wrongly "perfectionists". Enjoy the process, learn from mistakes and yes, move on! Thank you for sharing!!

[@carocurioso8385]

The Last piece looks sooooo good! I really love the realistic/abstract thing! It would made such a great print on a t shirt 😍

[@TheKlh54]

I’m so not an artist, colorist or creator. I make cards using stamps... but how many times have I absolutely hated something i was creating and thrown it in the trash! I end up frustrated and angry and give up for the day. But you are so right that we should stop and figure try to figure out what’s going on. I do also agree that when I’m hungry I cannot create anything. Or maybe I have a lot on my mind. Thank you so much for this honest video and your willingness to share the work that you aren’t so proud of. I didn’t think your girl was terrible at all. It made me think she was reflecting your pensive mood at the time. I thought that was genius... 😊💗

[@advikasart9002]

Wow! I love your scrawlrbox videos! 😁

[@ChuckandCindy2024]

I appreciate seeing the struggles too. So many videos edit out the unwanted to leave what appears to be perfection. This was refreshing!

[@catfishonland]

"nobody wants to show their bad art" i spam my instagram story each time i try a new art supply despite the art looking 150 times worse than my usual one just because it was still fun to do, lol no but its really nice to see other art people having bad art days too, especially when they still show what they managed to make, even if its unfinished or absolute mess compared to the usual art theres just something about it that gives a "oh right this stuff happens to all of us no big deal" feeling

[@jillc2700]

It’s ok to have off days! Thanks for this video. I know you work hard producing them for us to enjoy. And, don’t throw away those art boards! You can gesso them and they’ll be ready for some amazing artwork in the future. I will say that heavy body acrylics are difficult to work with on small canvases esp without any acrylic mediums. Unless you’re going to use up the whole bottle of paint in thick layers. 😉. They really should have included at a white, too....

[@RubyQueenFineArt]

Honestly, this video makes me feel okay that all my art isn't amazing always. And I love how you accepted that you weren't feeling it. Keep up the good work and attitude^^

[@w.vangaal1077]

It's good the show this part of being an artist. It's also showing that doing what you love for work is different than doing it for fun (sometimes). I will stop using a supply for months of even a year.. if this happens to me and I need a good nudge to start (trying) again.. or remind myself that it was because I had a bad day but I still have to learn how to use the supply.

[@savd5499]

Oh my goodness I love that painting! Idk what it is about it but it is so mesmerizing. I really really hope you put that portrait in the shop, I'd love to buy it.

[@MelitaBintoro]

really appreciate you talking about those times we all make bad art. i'm in an art block now but im just not even trying to create anything. . . the textures with the palette knife did look pretty cool! i only have gouache but might just play with my palette knife too tomorrow

[@kailialatonya29]

I actually really appreciated this video. I’m sure a lot of people can relate to the clips where you were getting frustrated. I wouldn’t mind watching videos like these again. 💖

[@Llamanescent]

As someone who recently yelled at a painting that just was not going the way I wanted it to, I agree the frustration is relatable.

[@jewabeus]

Thanks for powering through this. It was exactly the encouragement that I needed. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to ever seen anybody struggle, but it is nice to know that better artists than me don't have every single piece of art turn out perfect every time. Besides, I did get to also see a really cool kitty. 😄

[@Craftaartissaurus]

Thanks for posting, I had heard from people that August’s scrawler box was a hard one, I think your kitty had herd the gossip as well! He was himm what ya doing mummy ahhh new box um hang on is this August scrawler box ...... ahhh right so out of here. I think your blue one was looking ok and the one you finished with was fine too. It’s great you pushed on, must say though I am supper happy my subscription starts in September. Hope your in a better place, you are very inspiring and helped this old girl pick up a brush and restart an old passion. Thank you for a video that shows us we can’t be happy all the time but push through find new ways of applying and sometimes our journey will be frustrating but just like rain or snow (very cold here today so thinking snow yes it’s spring but well it’s not jumping in) sooner or later you can find the joy in these and on this journey hey presto you’ve done art. Kitty break very cute, I know this as our kitty came to watch as well ... must go buy toy mouse. Lol.

[@11AriseAndShine11]

Fantastic video and advice! And hey! I liked your end product! Thanks for sharing!

[@judithmatus3]

I REALLY liked the last piece! It reminded me of computer pixelation and the deconstruction just was gorgeous. I kinda wish you had not blended it so much. It was hauntinly beautiful the way the face peeked through the “pixels” of paint. I am glad you shared this today!

[@Angelofnine]

I burst out laughing when you tossed the failures in the bin XD

[@checiegirlcreations]

I love the finished piece, think I might try that in the future. 😍 Will you reuse the canvas boards? Whenever I don't like a canvas I did, I cover it in papers and gesso then paint something new. 😊

[@lureart3136]

Kattvalk made a video on art box that's not for her... And Waffles uploaded a video on art box that's perfect for her 😅😅.... I know both of them had different art box but still it was fun to watch both of them..... 😚😚☺️☺️

[@butternut3185]

I loved that crazy portrait piece you did, I could look at that kind of art for hours.you may not have liked it and fair enough but I really love that piece,I truly do 💚

[@pearlsanguine2060]

I really like the final portrait. I love the texture that you managed to create. As you say, art is different to everyone who looks at it.

[@reishidesu]

Swatches the pencil for one second and, “Yep, it’s a pencil” lol

[@BethDooner]

It looks like a lot of people struggled with this ScrawlrBox! So, I actually really like that purple/blue negative space portrait you did, one of the 'failures', but I can understand how in the moment it was just too much. Well done for persevering! I had to give up and eventually create a collage page out of it.

[@solexluna]

Thank you so much for this. I recently experienced the same thing. I wanted to be creative but I just got so frustrated that nothing was turning out. I let go of what I was trying to do and just drew. I was able to make a decent piece after that!!!!

[@jasminakovacic1666]

Love to see human at work, not a perfect person, if you know what I mean. Thank you so much for this video. It's really inspiring and make me feel like try more.

[@crymars5890]

I really appreciate you showing the hardships you have sometimes with your art. I love doing art but I’m not good at it. I just enjoy it. It helps to know even talented artists have a bad day sometimes. Lastly, I think drawing Sally would have been a fun way to do the challenge. The texture idea would work well with fur maybe.

[@xxstaindrosesxx]

I honestly appreciate your channel and all of your content, and also you sharing Sally with us! For me, I think this box in general is a bit of a fail. I've only done texture work with oil paints, not acrylic, and had never even heard of heavy bodied acrylic until people got this box. Guess I'm kind of out of the loop. I feel like the biggest issue is the canvas. With that much texture, I feel like it needs to be a bigger canvas, but obviously they can't send people something so big. They could have also thrown in a few more colors, and given people an actual palette knife instead of a plastic card. When you mentioned techniques for adding texture, I wish they had included some of that in the information they gave, unless they did and I'm unaware. Either way, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it much either unless it was something really abstract.

[@oilonpaper]

Can I just tell you how relieved I am?! 😚 Practically the same thing happened to me! I saw these cool palette knife portraits and decided to make a fox painting in that style and absolutely hated the process! 😅 The fox looked like it was covered in mud or poop, and I eventually switched to a brush to smooth it out and add detail. Still like the look of well-made palette knife stuff and I sure got a new appreciation for this skill, but boy, do I never want to do that again. 😅 Kudos for sticking with it!!

[@Kyriehubbard]

I am struggling now too. I'm new to some of the art I'm trying and doubt is hindering my progress. I am sorry to see you struggling, but I appreciate that you shared because now I know even seasoned artists struggle too. Plus, your "fails" were still better than what I can do at the moment, especially the faces. I cannot do faces :/

[@ndiehl9207]

I actually kind of like your last portrait that you worked so hard on. It was interesting to me to see how after you added a bunch of paint over her face, you used more natural skin tones to kind of bring back her face. I thought that was brilliant! Thanks!

[@greensciencegeek]

Thank you for this video! I think it's important to see the difficulties, and not just the pretty instagram aesthetic life that everyone, not just artist, posts.

[@YadiAngelArt]

Thanks so much for this Kattvalk! It's so nice hearing your honest experience with art struggles! I literally had this same problem this week with posting my video 😂 I ended up starting a different project for the video and I'm much happier with it now. It just helps to feel like we're not alone as artists, no matter our experience levels ❤️

[@everests5141]

thank you so much for showing the other side of an art journey. it really gives me strength not to give up :з

[@hellochristy55]

Thank you for showing the real process! The good and the bad!

[@naly202]

When working with acrilics, you can easily add water to them and use them as watercolours. You don't need to apply a thick layer of paint with the knife if you' re not used to that. I paint with acrilics on canvas quite a lot, but i simply can't figure out how to use the knife

[@Kattvalk]

I usually add a lot of water to acrylics but apparently you shouldn’t do that to heavy body acrylic paints

[@Whell1984]

Thank you fot this video because I was thinking : why they always do somethings so good and I'm struggled so much to do something just ok sometime... I loved your video because it reminded me my bad day and it make me feel less alone!!!

[@LadyTomoyo1]

I am a card maker, and I try to think of my failed cards as a learning opportunity. It is not easy, especially when you have a perfect picture in mind and it is just not appearing in real life, but we all have those days. Thank you for sharing your struggle.

[@WeblightDreams]

Oh I have for sure had my share of art that is downright horrible and no one will ever see. :) Acrylics are kind of hard to get a hang for first-timers and trying to use something other than a brush isn't always the best way to go.

[@christineingram55]

Lol..The last portrait turned out quit lovely..Reminds me of when I joined art classes a few years back to get back into painting etc ..Then I found instead of landscapes,flowers still lives etc ,the tutor expected us to copy Picasso ..Not my favourite artist..Then to make it worse to do it in oil pastels..Yep I felt like you doing this one..She thought my work looked amazing ..I thought it looked awful..At least you tried something different ..I have not touched the oil pastels since lol.

[@stinnje]

OMG, I feel your pain. I can't do ANYTHING with heavy body acrylics. The thick, sticky texture just does not work for me and I end up with gross muddy messes. You are not alone!

[@BetinaLundkaerJensenartist]

The boards are not wasted... gesso and paint over them :-) Love your videos..cheers

[@sosichan]

My lifemotto is "progress, not perfection" as long you keep going or keep trying you are on a good way! I am seeing a lot and sometimes I finish a garnment quickly and splendit and on some days I get annoyed by just cutting simple patterns. Thats part of the creative process and not every day everything tuns smoothly. But it always helps to try again a bit later 😊 Also I see the positive side of it: When it does not go well I try to learn from the things that went wrong

[@lil_wildboar]

This are actually all amazing dear, you right sometimes artist can be very harsh to themselves

[@jaysmile5950]

Thank you so much for your transparency and honesty. It's so refreshing. We can't create masterpieces all the time! #embracingmistakes

[@YeahIKnow30]

Haha, Sally really wanted to give us extra cat intermissions this week.

[@JudyXthree]

You did great! I hate this box and don’t wish to try but will eventually... 🤗♥️

[@JasmineZellmer]

I actually really like the purple/blue portrait and the other portrait. They have a very impressionistic feel!