<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

This isn't so much about a particular issue, but speaking in generalities. My BF is a creative person, like myself. He likes to draw, but the level of skill in his drawings is something of a high-schooler's Art class. Recently, he's been drawing a picture for me to hang on my dorm wall. I said it'll go to my kitchen, not wanting to have to look at it every day. 

In the future, how do I act when he shows me more products of his drawing inspiration? I feel that I can't always say "... that's nice". But to go at it with the criticism that I give my own art would be to say how many many things are wrong with it. Which is probably not what he's looking for. 

What do you do? Do you got for a mix of admiration and criticism, or is it the hard truth and nothing but the truth?
<bot>: Break it to him gently that his artworks need more skill or hang it proudly in the kitchen? What do you say about it?