I can't draw but that's kinda me with coloring. if I'm able to multistream with someone I'm more likely to start coloring and more likely to stream too. I don't really have any negative feelings for doing it solo though

This I can relate to. Through while I've never had the pleasure of drawing 'with' someone live-time, I find that having another soul be of the same mindset and sharing sketches with each other does seem to help encourage that drawing motivation to creep back in.

For me, the lack of drawing productivity I can only presume is because I'm just overwhelmed with life and work as it is. So finding the energy to do things like drawing is a bit much for me at times when I just want to turn my brain off and escape reality with something that has a much lower barrier of entry like games or movies.

I absolutely have experienced it. I also find that I'm more productive simply by having an audience watching. I can't allow myself to be distracted because I have someone to entertain. My audience also provides encouragement and inspiration.

When I multi-stream, it's even better. Performance anxiety is eased because I know my audience can be watching my fellow artist while I look up references (or compulsively erase and redraw the same line over and over). It also becomes more of a shared social activity - in the same way that it's easier to exercise when done with others. You draw longer than you normally would because it extends the time you get to spend among friends.

There was a program for painting on one giant canvas, we used to do that a lot when any of my art team used to get burned out. Was called drawpile or something. Maybe try that with friends and fans?

I actually drew a piece with Fuchi using drawpile. Would be cool to try it with fans too though

My bf is pretty similar to that

I have a similar thing but with gaming. I could maybe play some games solo, but if there's a coop mode, it's so much better. Do you notice it being more enjoyable if you're simply talking to someone else, or must all parties be drawing?

Might be a slight bit of competitive nature coming out, or just enjoying that someone else is there taking part in an activity you like with you.

Talking is certainly a plus, but drawing with someone else, knowing im not alone in this experience helps even more. Though usually i need someone else to take initiative and then ill join

Why not stream your drawing sessions? A lot of other visual artists do that.

I do that on discord, i suppose i could go back to piczel. Would just need to solve a few things