Bottom watering shows up everywhere once you spot it, like how bread goes stale faster in the fridge and nobody tells you. Same idea with ferns, you were feeding the leaves when the roots were the ones starving. Tried it on my pothos and snake plant too and both quit throwing drama fits.

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.