Sep 17

Getting back in the game

Posted by shizz on Wednesday Sep 17, 2008 Under Chit Chat

A friend of mine asked me recently, “do you have ne words of advice for a retired pen artist? i havent picked up a pencil since i left school and these days i get the urge to draw but i cant come up with nuthin. ne pointers?”

From my experience art is something you really have to constantly work art. In a drought, it helps to have a lot of inspiration from artists/art you like to kinda jump start your mind. My response to him follows. However I think I should add that reading helps a lot with drawing and is something that should be on your sketching diet.

“For me I watch plenty artists I like and try to draw things like them. But just keep a little notebook ( a cheap ass notebook and draw things in it, so that if yuh make mistakes you wouldn’t really care).

A good place you can find a lot of artists is deviantart.com”

The more I sketch in my cheap little notebook the more confident I become with my work. It kinda helps to see how you are coming along to with your creations so it feeds your passion and lets it grow.

  • Shyamala

    Life is art. So you are an artist just using a different medium. Sometimes we need to go in to really come out. Pick up a pencil if you wish but remember you are a work of art. Much blessings

  • http://www.shizzies.com shizz

    indeed