4 Ways To Overcome Artist's Block

By Joanne Perkins

1. Draw inspiration from past experiences

A great way to kickstart your motivation is to go over memories of past experiences. This can be especially helpful if you use your memories in creating your works. Think about times in your childhood and events throughout your life that you're particularly fond of. Many artists take their past experiences and channel them into creating wonderful works of art. Whether you do this or not, reliving past experiences can help you feel motivated and inspired.

2. Draw inspiration from past works

Look over some of your past works. Think about what went into creating them and how you managed to finish these works. Every work has lots of ideas behind it. Looking through past works can help you find ideas that you've forgotten about; you might have pieces that are unfinished, for example. Even if a piece is unfinished, the ideas behind that piece are still there for you to use, so take those ideas and use them in a new piece. This is one of the reasons why doing regular pieces of work is very helpful, so you can go back and recycle any ideas you may have had but discarded for whatever reason.

3. Have several works on the go at the same time

For a lot of people, it's true what they say: the more you have to do the more you'll get done. Try working on more than one piece at the same time. You could start a piece, then start another while you wait for the first one to dry so you can go over it and make a few adjustments. Having more than one project to think about can boost productivity simply because you've given yourself more to do. It can also be beneficial for your works because it gives you more of a chance to think about your works and what can be done to them.

4. Look at the works of others

One of the easiest ways to get over artist's block is to simply look at works created by other people. There are innumerable talented artists from all over the world who have channelled their creativity into producing wonderful pieces of art. Visit any gallery and you'll walk away feeling inspired to do what they do and create wonderful works for others to admire. When a particular piece of art inspires you, read up on it and learn about what went into creating it. Study artists and how their life experiences inspired them to paint. Then use your experiences and channel them into creating great works.

Joanne Perkins is a Berkshire-based artist with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. She specialises in painting Berkshire landscapes and loves capturing the natural beauty of her local countryside. She is happy to accept all queries and questions. For more information about Joanne, her work and her current projects visit: http://joannesberkshirescenes.com/default.aspx Joanne can be found on Facebook.


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