painting choosing your own core subject

When we are painting, knowing what to paint and feeling a lack of inspiration is something that sadly plagues most artists. Indecision about the subject is similar to the proverbial writers block, in that the intention is there but the inspiration sometimes is not.Although this is an extreme blight on our creativity, we simply have to look around us to become inspired. Our perceptions and our feelings to our environment are the pinnacle upon which our creativity sits.* How we view that tree, the torrid, stormy sky or the lamb frolicking in the field is our senses relaying the information to us and our emotions decipher how we respond.* As artists, our true gift lies in interpreting that dta and being able to relay that information in a truly visual sense to others.* One question we need to ask ourselves is 'what are we trying to say?' Once we are clear in our goal, then we should be able to communicate this through our chosen medium. We need to educate ourselves to be able to see an event or a scene with our artists eyes and this means, seeing life in vivid multicolor and being able to transfer the reality to our artwork in a mere blink of the eye.* We need to think about our style of work and what indeed would work best with the composition, if we add our emotions, our memories and our imagination to any given scene, inspiration is bound to strike. Think in terms of balance, repetition, harmony, contrast and then of course dominance of any single aspect of the scene itself.* Think of viewpoints and of composition and of pure design and let the painting evolve from that initial concept. There are so many subjects around us that we should never be stuck for something to paint and even when artistic crisis strikes, we should be able to see the beauty of all that is in sight and enjoy it.* A bowl of fruit can be painted in glorious hues, noting shades, tones and an extravagance of colour, a rose can be painted with emphasis on light pouring onto petals.So next time we are blocked by our own self-limitations and indecision, we simply need to open our eyes to see the true essence of our environment.

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