In today’s art podcast we’re going to chat about the highs and lows of being an artist. Whether you create art for fun or are selling your art we all have our ups and downs. We’re going to share some of those today:
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Highs of being an artist
- Buying new tools and materials
- Planning some time in the art studio
- The feeling of excitement you get when you are starting a new piece
- The feeling you get when the painting is going really well
- The excitement of entering a competition
- The anticipation of approaching a gallery
- Revealing your finished piece on social media
- Watching other artists create work, either on YouTube or in a book
- Learning something new and getting a buzz out of it
- Making connections with other artists and potential buyers
- When someone buys an original or print
Lows of being an artist
- The realisation that the new tools you bought didn’t have magical powers
- Realising because you procrastinated and allowed yourself to be distracted, the time you had planned to spend on your art has slipped away
- The feeling of frustration you get when a piece isn’t going well
- The disappointment you feel when a piece is rejected from a competition
- The disappointment you feel when your art doesn’t sell
- Your social media post revealing your finished piece gets little or no engagement
- Comparing yourself to other artists and realising that you can’t emulate what they are doing
- When you go through a phase when nothing works or when you feel like you are going backwards
- The cost of getting things framed for exhibiting when it might not sell
- When loads of people say they love a piece of art and several ask about pricing, but then no one buys
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This week’s creative question
Q. What has been your biggest high of being an artist, and what has been your biggest low?
The best answers will be read out on a future podcast.
You can Tweet us your answers @KickCreatives or let us know in the Facebook Group, which by the way if you haven’t already joined, I highly recommend that you do! We will put the question up there and also on the Facebook page… and of course, on our Instagram page @kickinthecreatives.
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