Your Brain Is the Worst Art Critic (And What to Do About It)

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Is the problem really your art—or just how you’re looking at it? We’ve all been there. You step back from something you’ve just created, and your brain instantly goes, “Ugh, this is awful.” Maybe even, “What if people see this and think I have no idea what I’m doing?” That little voice in your head? It’s not just being dramatic, it’s actively sabotaging you. In this episode of The Savvy Painter Podcast, we’re digging into how your brain warps your perception of your own work, why that inner c...

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Savvy Painter Podcast episode number 338.
0:10.3	Hello, my friend.
0:11.6	Welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter Podcast.
0:14.8	I am your host, Antrease Wood.
0:18.0	And if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, welcome back. And if you're
0:22.5	new here, welcome. Super happy that you have found me. Sabby Painter is the podcast for artists who want
0:29.3	practical tactical tactical tips to create a meaningful art practice that is both fulfilling
0:36.0	and supports you. So I'm just curious. Have you ever had that
0:42.1	experience where you finish a painting and you step back and immediately your brain goes,
0:49.4	ugh, this is terrible or worse? What if people see this and think I have no idea what I'm doing?
1:00.7	Well, here's the thing. Your brain, it's the worst art critic. It is not objective. It's not
1:09.6	fair. And most of the time, it is straight up wrong.
1:14.0	So what got me thinking about this is I was coaching an artist recently, and she was absolutely convinced that she had ruined her painting.
1:23.5	I mean, she was ready to just toss it.
1:28.9	Call it a day.
1:30.2	Just this thing is toast.
1:32.0	It's over.
1:32.7	It's done.
1:33.6	I have destroyed this painting.
1:36.8	But when we dug in deeper, the real problem wasn't her art.
1:40.9	It was the way that she was looking at it.
1:46.2	And that's what we're going to be talking about today, how your brain sabotages your perception of your own work and how to break free from that
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