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My 6 day art block broke after watching a 2 minute speed paint clip
Tuesday was rough. I stared at the same half finished character portrait since Saturday. Every brush stroke felt like mud. Then a random reel popped up of someone painting a foggy forest in 2 minutes. Not even a tutorial. Just a time lapse. Something about seeing the messy middle part clicked for me. I opened my file again and finished the whole background in one sitting. Has anyone else had a random video snap them out of a slump? What was in it?
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jordan9031mo ago
Watched a guy do a 3 minute watercolor of a diner at night last month and it did the same thing for me. The part that got me was when he totally messed up the reflection on the wet street and just painted over it without freaking out. I had been stuck on this little market scene for days, redrawing the same awning over and over. Seeing him shrug off a mistake made me realize I was treating every stroke like it had to be final. Went back in and finished the whole thing that night. Something about watching the ugly stage in fast forward makes it feel less like failing and more like just part of the process.
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nancythomas1mo ago
The messy middle part is honestly what does it for me too (like seeing someone else struggle through the ugly stage makes it feel normal instead of broken). I keep a folder of speed paints for exactly this, and I just throw one on when I'm stuck staring at a file. Works way better than waiting for the mood to hit.
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