Morbid
February 7th, 2004, 06:41 PM
I was thinking as I scetched the other day that i dont relly progress by learning how to draw a specific object, but instead learning to imagine it in my head. When I have a clear image of what I want to draw it's much, much easier to get it onto paper. Of course you have to practice working with pencils and different materials to learn how they work. But I think imagination is equally important.
I heard about an experiment where two basketball teams were compared. One was going to exercise penalty shots really hard, and the other was going to sit down everytime they had a penalty shot practice, imagining themselves doing penalty shots and always score. I dont remember for how long this was done but in the end the team which didnt prctice, but imagined doing so, had made the greatest progress.
So what I was thinking was what if you try and improve your imagination, will you progress in painting? For example you could set up a scene in your head and try to see as much detail as possible. You could make it a story if you just let your imagination flow.
Like so:
Its a jungle.
Theres a small dirty road, almost covered in grass and plants.
On both sides there is thick vegetation.
The sunlight barely breaks through the roof of leeves, making a subtle green athmosphere.
A man runs out of the vegetation.
He looks like he is hurt, he has problems running.
He is some sort of soldier.
He looks back into the woods as if someone is following him.
You can hear voices, screams, back in the woods where he came from.
He sees you.
He has fear in his eyes.
He collapses on the road.
Imagine every detail as clear as you can.
Yeah thats it, tell me what you think about this little theory. ;)
I heard about an experiment where two basketball teams were compared. One was going to exercise penalty shots really hard, and the other was going to sit down everytime they had a penalty shot practice, imagining themselves doing penalty shots and always score. I dont remember for how long this was done but in the end the team which didnt prctice, but imagined doing so, had made the greatest progress.
So what I was thinking was what if you try and improve your imagination, will you progress in painting? For example you could set up a scene in your head and try to see as much detail as possible. You could make it a story if you just let your imagination flow.
Like so:
Its a jungle.
Theres a small dirty road, almost covered in grass and plants.
On both sides there is thick vegetation.
The sunlight barely breaks through the roof of leeves, making a subtle green athmosphere.
A man runs out of the vegetation.
He looks like he is hurt, he has problems running.
He is some sort of soldier.
He looks back into the woods as if someone is following him.
You can hear voices, screams, back in the woods where he came from.
He sees you.
He has fear in his eyes.
He collapses on the road.
Imagine every detail as clear as you can.
Yeah thats it, tell me what you think about this little theory. ;)