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Question: Artists, where do you get ideas for paintings!?
!. !. !.Because I am in a creative slump right now!. I have an insane urge to paint or draw or SOMETHING, but there are only so many portraits I can do before I get bored with that!. I've never been good at coming up with ideas for paintings!. Where do you go for inspiration!? What do you do!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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One of the best ways I know is to set myself up a challenge to paint something I have never done before, to use colors I don't normally use, or work in a style I don't normally choose!. !. !. !.

Another good way to break loose is to take your easel and paints outdoors and paint plein air! Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hi,

Indeed getting creative is not easy!.
When one looks at works like those from Dali, one is absorbed by them often forgeting the mind that created them!. Or we could also mention Etcher!. Or trompe l'oeil works!.
You can go outside, skecth something and then paint from it!.
Many artists do small paintings outside and then build bigger and more developed versions in their studios!.
You can also paint from photos (careful with copyright issues)!.
Good luck!.

Kind regards,

Joséhttp://www!.hushcolours!.com
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C'mon!. Its like!.!. where don't you get inspiration!.!.!.All the episodes, even in evryday life can be easily a form of inspiration!.

But if you really have trouble, I recomend you the following:

1!.-Look back in your life and find significant moments!. Try to manifest the emotions of this moment in your painting!.

2!.-Take some drugs, they help!.!.!.

3!.-Concentrate in a mundane thing, and think of evrything that implies!.

4!.-Try to describe a feeling, about a person

5!.-A landscape-

6!.-A historical moment!.

7!.-Some one that you admire!.!.

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So, in short!. Anything can be!. the hard part is to represent it!. So try to think with simbols!.

Hope this helped!.

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dont do drugs!.!.!.!.like previously suggested by another!. True artist need not of drugs, and it is hard to find Ideas !.!.!.that is true!. What I recommend is what inspires me the most!. Fall in love, love with a passion!., and if so suffer and learn!.!.!.!.!.mediate and il all come to you!. Think of yourself!.!.!.!.painting again is self-expression!. If what makes you unique, and if so be daring with your painting!.!.!.!.exploit your iner self to the world!. make it like a diarry !.!.!.write in it your experineces and foundings in each painting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Don't wait for inspiration to kick in, arrange something interesting and paint a still life!. May be in a different style than you usually paint!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I go outside or dream look at other art work and feed of what I see!. You should watch some tv or read a book and you will get a creative spark when you least expect it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

first of all decide what u wanna do!. then try to google it or something or try search any pictures for inspiration at www!.deviantart!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com

get high you'll get crazy ideasWww@QuestionHome@Com