let’s talk about art, social media and self doubt

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In this video I’m going to talk about the current struggles I have as an artist. Every artist has their own artist problems, and this video aims to shed some light to my own artist problems and how I deal with them.

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– Canson Montval watercolour paper • https://amzn.to/2Mwrrkm
– Cretacolor Artist Studio coloured pencil • https://amzn.to/2p1erKF
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– Prismacolor Premier 0.05mm black fineliner • https://amzn.to/2J7SUXE
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approx. 3 hours

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