The Artist Compass
I just didnt know where else to go to look for guidance and direction and my problems remained unsolved. I just hate it when that happens. I dont like my problems unsolved. If I dont solve them I dont grow. And if I dont grow that means my drawing skills are not improving. Without my skills Im nothing. I wont be able the subjects that I wanted to draw and I wouldve lost my freedom of expression.
Determined to not let that happen I ask myself if theres a foolproof way to avoid that. Thank goodness after much pondering theres a way and Im going to share it with you.
You see we artists are sometimes like sailors. We want to get from point A to point B but the current keeps sweeping our ship sideways. A ship doesnt arrive at its destination by travelling in a straight line. It travels in a zig zag manner to stay the course.
So this is an ahha moment for me. All the sailor needs is a compass to stay on course even though theres that busy body current that keeps sweeping the ship side ways.
What does that mean for the artist? It means that we as artists should have compasses just like the sailors. But our compasses are actually just guiding principles.
When we are guided by principles we remain flexible and would be able to stay the course easily. A good example of a guiding principle would be to always keep a balance in your drawing.
So if youre going to draw a huge white cloud on the top right hand corner add some dark colored rocks on the bottom left hand corner to balance things out. This will be your guiding principle and if you follow your principles closely you can learn from all your previous experiences build on them a little bit and continue to grow without limit as an artist.
I cant stress this nough in the home study course that I prepared for my website visitors and I give them loads and loads of sound principles.
When youre searching for excellent learning materials look for those with solid drawing principles in them and let them become part of your compass.
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Darren Chow is the founder and developer of MyArtPassion.com an online website that offers free drawing lessons home study courses and other drawing related resources.
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