When You Convince Yourself the Painting Is Finished

Sometimes while working on a painting, the pressure to finish it becomes too strong.

You keep looking at the canvas and thinking, “I need to finish this quickly.”
The longer it takes, the more stressed you start to feel.

And then something happens.

You look at the painting and tell yourself,
“That’s it. It’s done. I’ve finished it.”

 

I’ve done this many times.

When I rush a painting just to finish it, the result is rarely good. The painting loses the patience and attention it needed.

Over time I realized something about my own process:
Whenever I start waiting for the painting to end quickly, that’s when things usually go wrong.

Good work rarely comes from rushing the ending.

Painting  needs time and patience.

And sometimes the best thing we can do is slow down instead of trying to reach the finish line quickly.

Have you ever convinced yourself a painting was finished just because you were tired or stressed?