Hi, I have literally a BIG problem. At college my art teacher has encouraged me to draw at the very big format 1,5x1,5 meters, so I bought roll of that paper, established my workstation and .... nothing. I never been so overwhelmed in my art journey by empty sheet of paper, so many thoughts what to do and nothing cames out. What would you paint or draw on a big ass paper?? Give me some advise, because deep inside I know I must face that challenge...
Ignore the big paper for a minute. Just take out the sketch pad you're used to drawing in and start on some thumbnails, just tiny sketches of ideas, compositions and subject matters. Think about imagery you're interested in drawing. Portraits? Fantasy? Architecture? What are you into? Find a starting point and launch from there.
Also there are some art prompt generators out there that you can use to help you get off the ground
http://artprompts.org/
http://somecallmebeth.com/art-idea-generator
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=writeprompt
Or you can use some of the RTDs
Prompts:
http://www.magatsu.net/art/
http://creativeartprompts.tumblr.com/
http://watchout4snakes.com/wo4snakes/Random/RandomSentence
http://senntenial.com/alexanderlozada/resources/psuedofolio/
http://artjournalist.com/2013/04/one-word-art-journal-prompts/
http://promptplease.tumblr.com/
http://www.ineedaprompt.com/
http://danidraws.com/blog/2007/02/21/101-projects-for-artists-and-illustrators/
Often a creative block comes from an inability to stay focused on just one task at hand. Your mind feels overwhelmed or distracted by too many things. "Your brain feels like a big knot, and you only think of your kitchen that needs a cleaning," says German-based photographer Matthias Heiderich in Krysa's book. "It makes sense to stop working then, and to re-sharpen the senses."
Heiderich's solution is what he calls "Once Around the Block," inspired by the name of a song by musician Badly Drawn Boy. Simply getting out of your chair, exploring your own neighborhood, paying attention to the houses and sidewalks and shop windows rather than staying stuck in your head and your workspace, can help reenergize you. "Trying to see the banal objects around you in a new light can be a good brain boost," he says.
Sometimes getting past a creative block simply means pushing through the resistance you're feeling. It's easy to run from a project that's giving you trouble, but sticking with it when you feel uncomfortable takes willpower.
"There will be one point in every project where I decide that my idea is absolutely stupid," says Kristi Malakoff, a Canadian-based artist who makes large installations using cut paper. "It’s just pure willpower that gets me through these moments."
Inspiration doesn't just strike. It's cultivated. Waiting around for the perfect moment to launch into a project or tackle a creative challenge will keep you waiting for a long time. Just do the work, advises South African ceramics artist Ruan Hoffmann. "Through work comes new ideas, and the spark to either follow and develop, or develop and then abandon," he says.
One place Hoffmann finds inspiration is in the words of painter and photographer Chuck Close when he says:
"Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you."
https://www.reddit.com/r/sketchdaily
http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en/
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>>2458140
Thanks bros. Not OP, but this was very inspirational to hear.
I have an idea for something I'm doing later
>man in cave with dark surroundings
>torch off to side in dramatic pose
Could help with empty space
idk I just feel like helping, I always just lurk
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Roll because bored
