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Self-love, and loving our art, is about being strong. In fact, I’d argue self-love is the opposite. This self-love does not mean going easy on ourselves all the time, talking to ourselves in sugary consolation, or being soft hearted. “Creative confidence is the notion that you have big ideas, and that you have the ability to act on them.” –David KelleyĪrtistic confidence means the trust, belief, and faith that we can create good art. It means the ability to let go of the constant disappointment and self-criticism, and instead be kind and compassionate towards ourselves and our work. It means the ability to love ourselves and our art for where it is today. It means being able to assure ourselves internally. It means the belief in ourselves and our abilities. Synonyms: self-assurance, self-confidence, self-possession, assertiveness Īrtistic confidence doesn’t mean having a big head or believing you’re a walking art god.

A feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities. The state of feeling certain about the truth of something.ģ. Synonyms: trust, belief, faith, credence, convictionĢ. The feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something firm trust. Let’s take a look at what confidence is:ġ. I’ve been thinking a lot about confidence lately, and how we come to have or not have it. “Belief in your creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.” – David Kelley, Founder of IDEO and the Stanford D.School Artistic confidence is what allows us to make our own art in our own way, no matter how amazing and different other people’s art is. Artistic confidence allows us to follow our hand and draw what comes naturally to us. Artistic confidence allows us to not care what other people think of our work. The heart of this problem is a lack of artistic confidence. And eventually if we start believing that voice that says we’re not good enough, we’ll stop making anything at all. If we let that negative feeling of doubt and disappointment take over, and we convince ourselves we’re not good enough, it can stop us from making our best work. I was very disappointed in myself and my work, and had moments where I doubted I would get back into my creative groove any time soon. And I just kind of liked those two, and wasn’t actually proud or excited about any of them. Just a couple weeks ago, I was in a complete creative funk and only liked 2 of the 7 drawings I made for #MightCouldDrawToday, and cringed at posting the other 5.

“I’ve seen some things recently that are so beautiful that I can’t find any strength or self-confidence.” – Lisa Congdon, artist How often do you compare your work to all the amazing work you see other artists creating and pushing out on social media, and then feel terrible and depressed about your own work? Every now and then? Every day? How often do you draw something you don’t like? Every once in a while? Every now and then? Every day?