i lost the drive to draw....please help?

Question

i lost the drive i use to have when it comes to drawing.....im good at, really good, but its like i lost my passion........can somebody please help fiure out a way to get it back......theres absolutely nothing else i'd rather do then to draw.

Answer 1

Take a really boring class...In know time you will be drawing up a storm just to create another reality for yourself.

Answer 2

I know it is going to sound really weird, but have you tried sleep deprivation? I sculpt and do beadwork (I have too many hobbies, to be honest) and it always seems as if I do my best work when I am deprived of sleep or cannot sleep (which happens frequently). I do not necessarily condone this, as most will say it is an unhealthy practice, but I can honestly say that most of my prized pieces happened during a lapse of sleeplessness, lol.
Another thing that is helpful (and less physically harmful) is setting up a "stress-free" area in which to do your work. This involves making your area clutter-free, and most of all no traces of bills, other work to be done, or anything that could distract you. Surround yourself with things that inspire, relax you or make you think - that bit is all personal preference. The area being stress-free is the key.
Don't worry, your urge to draw will come back, I promise. Sometimes you just need a little nudge. :)

Answer 3

Hi:

Try to join a local art group who might help you keep your artwork going, or take up a 'cross-training' art learning hobby like ceramics or sculpting. If you like to draw, try your hand at pen and ink, sepia crayons, charcoal or even soft pastels. Those are really great, and allow you to combine a drawing style with color and painting. You can also use them completely dry or do washes with water, alcohol or turpentine.

Try to make a goal list of artwork you might like to create in the upcoming year, or how many pieces you would like, and try to keep goals for a few years in advance. What do you want to do with your artwork - if you want to keep developing it and possibly sell some pieces, you'll need to keep at it.

If you want to see a great artists' website with currently more than 97,000 worldwide members, check out wetcanvas. Basic membership is completely free, and this is such a cool site. There are really a number of well known artists who belong too.

Also, another great source of inspiration is Paul Dorrell's blog. He is a local author and gallery owner, and a few years ago he wrote a truly exceptional book entitled 'Living the Artist's Life'. He has keen insight and a dedicated spirit.

Hope this helps, and keep up your drawing!

Answer 4

I'm more of a sewer than artist, but I've been having a big slump lately as well. Try a list of random things...put them in a jar, and at least once a day get one of them, sit and draw it out. Just a quick 5-10 minute sketch. Shadows, textures, perspectives...anything to get a pencil moving in your hand. Hopefully, a sketch or idea will spark your 'muse'. Even if you don't create a 'work of art', there's still something being drawn. (G) Soon you'll be back creating masterpieces, I'm sure.

brat

Answer 5

It's a hard job isn't it? Drawing. Draughtsmanship is a tough sell to the general public. They don't realize how hard it is to stay on one subject hour after hour only to find eight or nine hours have gone by and you are exhausted! And there is more to do.
Passion or no passion for the art of drawing ,we all find ourselves in a state of apathy at one time or another. After years of this I have found the best answer is to get a tool of any kind in the arts and go to work. A pencil, some conte, a piece of charcoal, a greasy crayon, anything at hand and go to work. Because that is what it is "work".
You have to work at it Bob e. You have to work hard to get back to that virgin sheet of empty space and meet the challenge.
It is a challenge, every time you face that blank sheet of paper it challenges you to do better than the last work you've finished. The challenge has to be met and if you want to get back at it then force yourself to work.
Pick up the tools of your trade and push your body to the sheet, then force your hands to do your bidding in co-ordination with your eyes and draw.Work.
That's the only way to get out of your slump.

Answer 6

There is a book I've read a long time ago I think it is called "The Courage To Create" by Rollo May. It explains the creative process. Part of the process involves times when we can not produce. Your mind is recreating itself and it's gearing up for the next big thing. It's normal to go through these nonproductive times. Just know that it wont last. Some artist even go through depression at these times because they think they should be doing something. You can't force creativity, it is a process.

Answer 7

Change my friend, keep changing. Don't draw the same thing over and over again, your art becomes a product instead of expression.

Change your style. If you draw realistically, change and draw abstract,....or try to combined the two.

Instead of drawing realistically, don't worry about it being realistic, focus on what you want to say! use the different types of lines to symbolize things, or express emotions.

What would music look like if it was lines and shapes?

Answer 8

My advice is: draw everywhere, draw every time you have an occasion. Always have a small sketch book with you, sit down in a lounge and sketch people, for example (this way, I met my first models as I am a painter who likes to draw as well). If you don't have a pencil draw with whatever you have: a pen (a "Bic") for example.
One last thing : no rubber!

Answer 9

Focus on something else for awhile, it will come back naturally. Its always impossible when you try and force it. Haven't you've ever been so frantic looking for something like your keys and they pop up only after you stop searching? It's maddening-but if you quit trying and just relax it will happen. Sometimes I'll think theirs nothing left to inspire me and I'll wake up with an image burning in my head so intense that I have to put it down right away. Don't worry its natural to cycle!

Answer 10

im the same way, i use to draw all the time but i just dont ever know what to draw anymore and then if i do draw something its just not good enough for me.