How to change your world through drawing

Remember how it was interesting to draw as a child? Then no one cared, like the real thing or not, like a work of art, and of course if you can sell it. Today, we have learned to live "seriously" and personal creativity are rarely perceived as pleasure. We are, with this attitude, missing a solid piece of life, filled with real interest and pleasure. I want to talk about drawing, unprofessional and not for sale, just about his personal experience, and that is why everyone should try it.

Not so long ago I read the book "Allow yourself to create" Natalie Rutkowski. The author tells about the outline, artbook and travel notes, why should they do, and what techniques can be used.

I do not argue, what is shown in the book as an outline drawing and flash mobs, drawn by a professional artist and illustrator, in fact, the author of the book. So that any outline of the book looks pretty cool, and most people will say, "I can not", and will not try, or try to, and then say.

More at the beginning of this book Natalie says that not all the work you need to make money, and need your own personal slice of time in which you just get pleasure. I was very interested in this topic, and I decided to try.

Draft notebook-motivator

To tune in to the topic, I decided to make my sketch pad. It turned out not so perfect, but my glued and stitched with love. At first it seemed that it would be simple - a detailed step by step instructions in the book leaves no doubt about what and where to stick.

But, as always, in the course of questions arise: why is not glued cover, too many sheets, glued bookend the waves, and it does not fix it.

Supporting myself with thoughts like, "this is not an exhibition, but for me," I finally finished it. As can be seen in the photo below, the sheets got too much, so that a layer of paint, they are beginning to buckle, and a notebook is not closed properly.

But it was not in vain: the notebook has become a kind of motivator, due to which at first I was ashamed not to draw. After all, I have spent enough time on it, and he himself, in spite of the "schools", I like it.

In addition, in contrast to the album for drawing, it fits perfectly in my small backpack, and you can carry it with you to sketch any favorite pictures.

Time to figure

In the book "Allow yourself to do," the author says he taught himself to paint for 20 minutes a day, with its experience, probably quite realistic. I've got a 20-minute turns only some vague perecherkanny outline that bears little resemblance to reality.

I realized that 365 sketches for the year I are unlikely to succeed because of one picture goes in on average, from two to four hours, and then, if the background I have just a "designated" and not drawn, thoroughly.

However, my creativity have no limits on time, and one turn I can draw a few nights. Now the notebook is fully ready only four reversal.

I show my pictures, to prove to you that the ability to does not matter. I like them because they are enclosed some of my experiences and thoughts, because the result of creativity reminds us of how cool was the process.

Now I fully understand why it is necessary to continue it, and why it is necessary to try each. But first I would like to briefly make out the reasons that may prevent you from start.

Why did you say 'no'

1. Because it takes time

Yes, it is consuming, and how. What else takes time viewing is not very interesting films that you watch because it seems to have begun, wandering in strange pages on social networks (if someone likes a leisure or just hangs helplessly on them), talk with someone who you do not have much interesting. This all takes time and does not bring pleasure, but you're doing it.

I can think of drawing a deeper activity than the aforementioned surface activities that will not leave you any impression. If true judge, much time is spent on classes, from which you can easily refuse.

2. Because it may lead to nothing

Sure will. And not because your work will buy for big money (although possible), but because you will start a little a different look at the world, will find a new exciting experience, will discover that side of ourselves that we never You know.

3. will criticism

It can be, especially if your family does not have creative people and there are those that love to criticize. Then you hear that wasting time, that this man does not look like a man, and the branches in the tree does not grow downwards and upwards.

There will only one thing: armed with the understanding that this is all you are doing for himself, and for all the attacks respond the same way: "I do not care, that is unlikely. I do it for myself. " Everything.

Well, now that you will gain if you start to paint.

Another way of looking at the world

When you every day go to work on the same road, you stop noticing it, hanging in his own thoughts. You do not see the beautiful pieces of life, you do not notice the passers-by and the pictures that are worthy of exhibition. And they are everywhere.

When I was looking for a subject for a reversal, just home from work, it was a completely different world. In everyday life, to which was used in all the trees, in the passers-by, weather, sky, once there is something interesting that I want to capture.

I noticed how cool look metal pieces in the park, how wonderful when a child is walking home from school with arts Service notes, just turned, looking up at the huge poplar as brightly overcame a woman in a red coat, closing on wind.

And not necessarily depict these pictures one in one. You can draw their comics, throw the feeling of spring chaotic mixing paint or draw their mood geometric shapes.

It is said that artists see the world differently, but now I think it works in reverse. Start drawing, you will see it differently.

Penetrate the essence of things

What happens when you draw something from nature (with photos, paintings, does not matter)? You concentrate completely on the subject. To draw something you continuously for hours, looking at the subject / person / natural phenomenon.

This is akin to meditation, and in general, it is. To draw a leaf of a plant, you looked into his veins, consider its shape, better learn the subject.

The same with human faces - the one you are drawing for a long time, make sure you begin to feel beautiful. It is a phenomenon of some sort, but it is.

Another: If you can not draw the body or person in motion, as I, for example, by drawing the torment "wooden" bodies, splayed at an unnatural angle of hands and feet, rewarded by the fact that absolutely all the body then seem to be perfect.

Two hours trying to draw a dancing man in a complex term, and any figure in the movement seems to be just perfect. You begin to marvel at the natural harmony that is present in every body, Canonicity (by modern standards) or not. A great bonus, right?

therapy creativity

In the book, "Allow Me to do" Natalie Rutkowski tells about his friend, got in a car accident. During the recovery period the woman painted in watercolor landscapes of the coast of Lake Baikal. Later, her neurologist said that it is difficult to find a better way to restore damaged neural connections.

Of course, this is an exceptional case, but each of us has a stress, load and unpleasant memories thoughts, accumulated stress and other "charms" that bad for health and relations with loved ones.

So, drawing, in fact, helps to forget about it. As with any meditation, when you paint, completely immersed in the subject, and no harmful negative does not penetrate into your world.

It is also working on yourself, help in the knowledge of his inner world, which is very often hidden in the "shell".

Draw what you like: funny comics in the style of "stick-stick-ogurechik", traced in detail painting, abstract color mixing, glue the collages of newspapers and magazines, just draw that I want to.

Try it, it's really cool.