Creativity/Innovation/Imagination/FUN

[Christian223]

4 questions i want to ask, because im lost trying to reach them, simply, i dont know what to draw except copy things, and thats bad.

How to be creative?, how to innovate or be original?, how to use my imagination to know what to draw something that is not a copy?, how can i have fun while drawing something?, how to come up with something I WANT to draw?.

[Boosnap]

I recommend that you stick with life drawing. Draw from observation and do your best to replicate that object or figure as best as possible. As you practice this, you will naturally find your own style, your own way of rendering and preferences, so on and so forth.

I know how you feel. You want to create freely, but when you do it looks like crap. To solve this problem is really simple, but not so easy. We need to DRAW FROM OBSERVATION. Study life around you. It may seem boring and uncreative at first, but this is the essence of creating anything you want from your mind with bliss. Before we get there, first we have to purify ourselves, letting go of the ego, the anxiety, the fear, and the need for recognition. Once you release that, you will find yourself drawing all the time and progressing much faster.

This probably was not what you wanted to hear, but if you look at all the advanced artists of any time period, they always studied from observation. I really hope you take my advice and trust it. Either that or you will learn the hard way like i did.

good luck and have fun!!!!!:steph:

[NightVision]

I took a look at your sketchbook, one thing I'm seeing you do is:
* make a lot of studies
* draw things without reference (I think)

suggestion: make studies for the thing you want to draw, use real objects, (anatomy)books, photo's, yourself as a model, then try to improve your initial sketch ... repeat as necessary.

suggestion 2: learn things by copying, BUT THEN: draw without ref to see if you really understand it, fix mistakes, analyze, copy again, ... also repeat as necessary.
AND when learning from books (other artist's drawings), don't forget to look at the real thing too, it's different!

Keep going though, you seem to be really trying, and when you hit a plateau, it can take a while to get past it, but if you keep going, and change things once in a while, there's no way but up ;).