Don't paint if you don't feel like it.
Advice from my painting class teacher. She's wonderful but brutally honest. I can take critique easily but she's very, very brutal. And she manages to hurt you without saying anything hurtful. I suppose she works on some energy level or something.
But it's good to feel like shit from time to time otherwise there would be no progress in my art. I spent the last half year struggling to believe in myself and contemplating life in general therefore her giving me a a cold shower really brought me down beyond infinity.
But now, after many, many long months spent in utter sadness, I realise that she actually taught me a lot. Not only about painting but also about myself(cheesy as all hell). I'm able to criticise myself better now and my values have changed. Also I've studied really hard art history in the last 7 months which also helped me broaden my mind about art. I realise now what I want to be and how I want to paint as well as draw. It's a shame this is my last year in this school before I go to a different one because I would really love to paint in her class for at least two more years. She gives wonderful advice through harsh words.
You just have to listen.
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