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The Pause Button--A Secret Inspiration Tool for Your Drawings...
Art students are constantly in search of what to draw or paint and sometimes get quite stuck on "what do I draw next?"
They'll look through books or magazines in a frustrated search for just the right picture that inspires them before they pick up a pencil or brush and start to draw or paint. Or they might simply have to be told what to draw next. The problem with that is counter-intuitive to the artists' mindset drawing, painting, and art in general is a creative, free and inspired form of expression that can only come from within to be satisfying.
But here's a rather simple way for discovering a whole other world of inspiration: your TV and DVD player.
You likely already have a tape or DVD player attached to your TV. So, while you're watching a movie, if a scene or character really moves you, press the pause button, whip out your camera and take the shot (or several!). The film directors in Hollywood don't get paid those big bucks for nothing...so...take advantage of their talent--watch for scenes that get your feelings stirred. Then, press the Pause button and shoot it with your camera.
Then use the forward and backward buttons to catch other frames of reference, objects, people, whatever, for the perfectly intense, artistic shot right from the perfect film frame.
And if that's not enough, take other shots and have fun by mixing them up...put other characters in, delete objects or people that you'd rather change, and so on. Remember, you're the artist and so YOU have the ability to take several shots and combine them into one drawing or painting to suit your tastes and excite your artistic senses.
And if you have Tivo or some other freeze-frame rewind ability, you can catch scenes from TV programs, also.
So keep your mind open to inspirations that can appear anywhere, anytime from real life...or even movies. You'll "see" new compositions in your head the more you practice trying to catch your inspired scenes on camera.
Oh, and start a new folder on your computer for storing these if you take them digitally. As your library grows, so will too your way of generating insightful, inspired drawings and paintings. And the reference material in your new library will become quite valuable henceforward.
Finally, the better you know how to draw, the faster your drawings will be completed--and the more time you can have for creating fresh drawings based on more frequently inspired moments. So, the next time you watch a movie, put your camera out next to you be listening to the artist within.
About the Author Paul Wagner, art coach and founder of Art Training Intl, serving aspiring artists with simple step-by-step training in How to Draw Multimedia Lessons. Includes an e-book, 15 in-depth video lessons, reference graphics, and access to our complete library resources. Check out how-to-draw-online.com
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