u/Interesting_War_8179

Sometimes I look at artists who can pour emotion into a painting so effortlessly and wonder how they do it. I’m still a beginner and honestly I still suck at expressing feelings through art 😭

Today I tried to paint an emotion, but I didn’t even know how to show it properly, so I just wrote the message directly instead. This is really silly, but it’s where I’m at right now.

Like… I can paint a pretty orange, yellow, pink sunset while feeling bright and airy inside, but how do artists actually communicate a specific message like “love yourself” without literally writing the words? 😭

That’s the part I struggle with so much.

Because the colors can show warmth and softness, but how do you make someone feel the exact emotion or meaning you’re trying to say through only visuals?

Today I ended up just writing the message directly onto the painting because I genuinely didn’t know how else to express it. Does this kind of storytelling in art come naturally with time?