When you are just beginning to learn something like, say, drawing, or digital art, you will undoubtedly feel lost at times (or maybe all the time). You will often feel like you don’t know what you are doing, you will look upon your efforts with disdain, and you will hate that feeling of being a neophyte.

These are all VERY normal feelings when you are learning something new. The trick is to keep going despite these feelings. In the beginning, you’re going to make a lot of bad art, and that’s OK! Even if the end result is…not quite what you envisioned, the “end result” is not the point. As you learn and practice, pay attention for moments of “wow” – when you make or do something that really feels good. It could be a particular way you make a brushstroke, or a color combo, or the way you depicted a texture, etc. Do your best to identify what is causing those moments, then try to replicate that in your future pieces. You might not look at your final piece and go “Wow!” but if you felt a few little “wows” along the way, that’s what it’s all about. Use them as fuel to keep going!