7 Ways to Overcome the Fear of the Blank Page with Watercolor

With a strong emotional feeling, did you try to check out a brand-new fresh watercolor sketchbook? Maybe you pick up a painting brush and put it down immediately with hesitation. The white area of the pages looking back at you is sarcastically natural. So are you searching for easy watercolor techniques for beginners?

Feeling so astounding is an art anxiety, as it is a common symptom that stops many people from availing the mindfulness benefits of watercolor. The blank page scares you and makes you shy is not dullness, but it is a real psychological hurdle, that is called Leukophobia in art. 

Only to see that they are stopped by this start of the hurdle of imagination, many people focus on art for stress relief. The deep rooted branches of fear and tension of making huge mistakes on the lovely paper and tension of making it excellent.

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Focusing on the reasons, at ArtVibe Wellness, we have made a no-mistake framework designed exactly to stop the fear completely that makes real achievable mindful painting. As we believe that art is the origin of relaxation, not any source of anxiety.

We are breaking the hurdle of creativity by offering you seven practical, low-stress watercolor methods that will help you heal and stop the force and fear with an apprehensive spreading of paint, all in this amazing guide. Anyone who wants to use watercolor for relaxation, these methods are proven.

Part I: Acknowledging the Anxiety and Seeking Flow 

Your brain usually finalizes the results whenever you see a white page by questioning that : Will it be good? Will I spoil this expensive sketchbook?. The quick decision about the results totally disturbs the definite mindfulness and enjoyment of the current moment.

The fear of a Blank Page is deeply rooted in the fear of failure. The first step to overcoming creative block is to recognize the circumstances.

The Two Demons of the Blank Page: Perfectionism and Paralysis

Two of the critics in you are responsible for the fear of the blank page. The Perfectionist Critic is the first judge whose orders do not let you start and if you do so then the result of painting will not be able to be shown.

To start means just risking a result that is not amazing so the voice makes the blank page its hostage.

Technical Paralysis is the second one that makes you stop on the technical steps even before you pick up the brush. This is usually overwhelming for watercolor beginners to be worried as you do: What if I pick the wrong perspective? How do I draw a perfect flower? What color palette should I use?

The Mindful Shift to Low-Stress Watercoloring

To make a perfect painting should not be your main purpose. Your aim should be to experience the flow of colors and water to engage in the process simply. To change your perspective, here is The Mindful Solution.

You will learn as we will teach you how to use watercolor painting for relaxation. The seven methods are specially designed to stop technical paralysis and to reduce the barricade by guiding you to be attentive by making your experiences of relaxing senses with watercolor art therapy.

Part II: The 7 Anti-Anxiety Watercolor Methods (The Flow State) 

Going back to the creative mode to little more complicated practices that give importance to presence, not to perfection These methods are counted as the perfect solutions of relaxation. They are amazing for your first step. You just have to start with 1st method  if you are searching for easy watercolor ideas for beginners. 

1. The Pre-Drawn Prompt Hack (The Ultimate Shortcut for Beginners) 

The stage of drawing usually needs structure, technical skill and planning, all of them stops the chances for the beginners. You can take the most strong anti-anxiety action to completely skip the most stressful step.

The energy of your mind is completely focused on controlling the brush, mixing the colors and watching the magic of how water works by just getting rid of the planning of making sketches.

You are choosing a sketchbook with the pages in which lines are already lightly printed so that you can go to the meditation of painting as it is called The Pre-Drawn Prompt Hack.

This is the element of low-pressure art as you will not fail in making the drawing. The Flow State dissolves the time and  gives instant access in which you are completely mesmerised. The structure is already good when you are painting with already made lines means that making any “mistake” in coloring is simply a unique choice for the artist.

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2. The Color Blob Meditation (Focusing on the Abstract)

A powerful antidote to perfectionism, this method provides you the strength to hand over control. Devote a page for natural abstract color to practice the Color Blob Meditation. 

With clean water, wet an area of the paper completely, now pick up the color with your brush and touch the wet area gently and let the colors completely mix and spread by itself. It is an activity of focused learning of acceptance and impermanence.

By making amazing textures and soft edges the paint moves in its natural way as you simply see it. The worked-up part of the brain that is “planning”, relaxes by this optical meditation.

You can add more color or remove some or just by drying it,you can simply start another blob after this, if you do not like the results. It is an easy and philosophical path to blend art as meditation. In an abstract color blob there are no mistakes and this is its advantage.

3. The 3-Color Limitation Rule (Reducing Decision Fatigue)

Finalizing no choice because of a bundle of choices is a stress in deciding and it is also a main part of the fear of blank pages. Select only three colors from your palette (like, Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose and Ultramarine Blue),  before you start painting (even a small one).

Extraordinarily, The 3-Color Limitation Rule makes the method simple. 

Instead of selecting between the option of fifty colors, it makes you strongly focus on the mixing, layer and interaction of these three colors. It will enhance the presence and resourcefulness. You just have to promise to yourself that you will complete your painting with only these three colors.

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4. The Tiny Journal Strategy (Lowering the Stakes) 

To decrease the anticipated commitment, there is The Tiny Journal Strategy. A large page feels like a big promise. As the size of the page is directly connected with the load you bear. Divide your paper in small 2x2 or 3x3 squares of inches.

You should deal every square as a removable piece for practice. By positive start of the hobby, you can now complete a little painting in 5 to 10 minutes with quick improvement and enjoyment as this increases speed and prolific creation. You can simply move to the next one if one square is messed up.

It is an outstanding ideal method of a simple watercolor project for capturing momentary ideas and painting the colors for future. Eliminating the “cost” of the mistake is almost like zero. It is a less risky and a low investment idea for your paper and time. 

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5. The “Only Ugly Art” Pledge (Reversing the Pressure) 

To draw the most technically flawed and worst art you can make, wisely devote a page of your sketchbook and confirm it by doing it. To challenge the Perfectionist Critic this is a suitable psychological turnaround. As it is the “Only Ugly Art” Pledge.

This gives permission to release and genuine fun. You can use a good amount of water, letting things bleed, You can scrawl your brush with experiences of fantastic color combinations. You quickly permit yourself to play and be messy, to create a beautiful result and to release the pressure.

You will usually find that you discovered something interesting accidentally by trying to be bad. You cannot fail if the aim is “ugly” describes it. Often used in art therapy for anxiety, the enjoyable opponent against the critic inside, it is proven a stress free method.

6. The Music-Prompted Painting (Tapping into Emotion)

Put on a piece of instrumental music, ambient, classical or jazz to experience the Music-Prompted Painting. Fastening the method in your present reality, fills the gap between your creative output and emotional state. 

This practice will give you training so that you can hear your internal cues and give permission not analytically but ostensibly. It will not judge you critically as it is a work of expressing emotions that is a natural cure.

Your translation of music on the paper cannot be “wrong” while it is abstract. Resulting in an excellent mindful activity, it is your optical response to the sound. Your aim is not an object to paint but to convert the feeling of the music, the rhythm and the emotional weight of a chord into colors and abstract figures.

7. The Reverse Copy Challenge (Low-Risk Learning)

With one change inside it, try to copy a simple reference image or select one of the completed paintings from your ArtVibe Watercolor Book Set. The Reverse Copy Challenge gives you the permission to diverge. Do not try to be a perfect copy machine, because making a copy is an amazing and relaxing low-stress way to learn quickly.

Without the tension of making it, this method gives a necessary structure of learning new techniques of water color.

Changing the time of the day like sunset not the midday and making complicated details more simple, this premeditated change is all about using the colors in completely different ways.

You made an addition to your own unique “vibe” to your artwork by learning this method and you succeeded if your outcome is visually different from the original. The spike of creativity in the result is given to you by a personal willful change.

Part III: The ArtVibe Solution and the Path to Unstoppable Flow 

To enhance the skills of painting requires proportion, confidence of making quick strokes, dimensional attention that can take months not years.

“I don’t know how to draw” is a constant hurdle and the truth is that all of these methods struggle against it in the beginning. Related to blank page fear we have designed seven methods to eliminate the anxiety.

Remove the technical barriers so the mind can focus exclusively on the meditative process. This way easy watercolor art has become stress relief through art for thousands of people who find relaxation.

This is the most impressive anxiety killer and that is (#1) Pre-Drawn Prompt Hack. It is the body of the philosophy of ArtVibe Wellness.

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ArtVibe Sketchbooks Eliminate Drawing Anxiety

Ready for you to just color, we have already printed basic beautiful designs on the high quality watercolor paper of our watercolor sketchbooks, eliminating the pressure of the blank page.

This helps the beginner to directly go to the amazing therapy of the painting by skipping the tension of poor drawing skills.

Starter Kits Reduce Decision Paralysis

Reducing the paralysis of choosing the right materials, our starter kits come with high quality reliable brushes and non-toxic colors. We make sure that your direction to painting is quick and clear so we remove the need of decision making and search for you.

You have to make the decision out of the fear of the blank page. Simply choose to start not to give up. Your creative flow will be unstoppable with the right mindset and the right tools. You need a gentle guide. You do not have to spend thousands of dollars in materials or a year at an art school to enjoy the power of watercolor relaxation. 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Is watercolor good for anxiety?

Absolutely, Yes. As it is fluid and difficult to control it completely, watercolor is an excellent medium for an artist to be stress free by accepting the irregularity and getting rid of perfectionism. An active meditation that reduces the hormones of stress and relaxes the nervous system in the shape of focused artwork by mixing the colors and seeing the flow of the paint on the page.

How do I overcome the fear of the blank page in art?

To eliminate the pressure of the beginning related to the fear of the blank page is the most efficient way to overcome. The permission for you to move quickly in the painting phase with no stress and to completely skip the composition and need of the skills for drawing, there are some simple methods that include, restricting your palette (the 3-Color Limitation Rule), using guides of pre-sketched (The Pre-Drawn Prompt Hack) and using small paper (The Tiny Journal Strategy).

What is the easiest way to start painting for beginners?

Such as the ArtVibe Wellness Watercolor Book Set is a complete starter kit that includes images already made on the high quality paper, is the easiest way to start painting for beginners. This will allow the beginner to focus completely on water interaction and learning how to paint, which is the basic skill of watercolor with no worries and search of drawings, compositions and materials.

How can I make my watercolor less muddy?

If your painting looks muddy it simply means that you are applying too many layers of paint before the already made dries or maybe you are mixing the basic needed colors in equal amounts. You should always stop your palette (using the 3-Color Limitation Rule as an excellent start). Stop over-mixing of the colors directly on the paper and before applying the next wash allow the layers to completely dry.