Lack of truth. About themselves. About the level of their creativity. About the number of paintings and series. When you listen to an artist, they have paintings for museums. But when you look, they're just for a small kitchen wall.
Lack of truth about their work capacity and ability to see things through, to be consistent. Yes, discipline, that's the key. Most artists turn to painting due to social unrest. And they lack the skill to achieve goals. Suddenly, they won't emerge as artists from anywhere. If someone is a professional failure, they are a failure in all areas of business. The mess in the mind is inexhaustible. And denial of the actual situation is widespread.
The desire to shift responsibility onto others is common. With rare exceptions. Those exceptions manage to sell their paintings.
What needs to be done first? First, see and understand the starting point. What you actually have in terms of paintings and discipline. A honest audit, so to speak. And then think about what can be done about it. Understandably, you don't want to. Understandably, there are a hundred reasons why you're not doing it and there will be a hundred urgent tasks just to avoid doing it. Understandably, you lie to yourself about being active. I'm not talking about self-criticism right now. I'm talking about clear data analysis without exaggerated expectations. About facing the reality of the situation.
If you keep records and note the date and volume of series of paintings created. If you note how much time and money is spent. And keep records for at least a month, then the picture of activity looks completely different from the rosy brain of the artist. Very often, what he imagines and what actually happens don't match at all. What do you think? Write to me.