How can i improve my creativity and vizulaisation skills?

Answer 1

I paint, play music, write books, act and do many crafts and I also have a photographic memory. The things that keep my visual memory working well and keep me full of ideas and creativity are the following -

-Keep a journal and record thoughts, feelings and observations of everyday life in it. I do this every evening before I go to sleep, it also leaves my mind in peace to sleep so i don't have thoughts going over and over.
- learn to really see when you look. we only really see a little of what we look at, so really look at the 'details', like the colours of trees and light and shadow, shapes of buildings and details about people. You can actually train yourself to do this and it will improve your memory and your ability to visualise.
-keep an inspiration book where you stick in pictures of things from magazines that inspire you give you ideas, or you can also paste in bits of fabric or other bits and pieces.
-learn to think about things from every angle. think of an object or a theme and what it represents, what it reminds you of, the whens, whys, hows, whats and whiches of it and do this exercise as frequently as you can. creativity is often born from association and looking at an ordinary thing in an extraordinary way, so this exercise really helps with that.
-most of all, contantly remain inspired. creativity gives birth to mroe and more creativity if it is fed, so feed it! go to exhibitions, or galleries, or take photos of beautiful scenery, see plays, read inspiring books, whatever works for you.

Answer 2

I have had the privilege of working with both young people who felt that they could not draw and older more mature students, some of which felt they had burnt themselves out. I had worked along similar lines to Dr Betty Clarke, who had done much work into the psychology of perception, specifically drawing. Since Betty Clarke had produced her book, 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain'. I have recommended it to my students and made sure copies were available in the establishments I worked in. In 2001 it was up dated. It has a variety of both mind and practical exercises
specifically aimed at increasing the artist's skills and perception. This appears to be exactly what you want, and Betty has dedicated time from 1979 to 2001 to improving her techniques and exercises. The present paperback version costs £14.99 and its ISBN is 0-00-711645-6.
Even if you don't buy it, look through it and view the students improvements illustrated in the book. Hope this helps and is what you are looking for.

Answer 3

Well there are a couple things you can do.
1) DOODLE - Basically doodling I guess is kind of drawing small things randomly accross a piece of paper. Draw things that express your emotions and how you feel, or experiment with new ideas. Draw 2 random lines across the paper and see what kind of picture you see.
2) When you are watching the news, picture yourself in all of the peoples shoes. What i mean is, perhaps there is news that a man robbed a womens' purse: Think about it from the women's point of view, think about it from the man's point of view, and think about it even from the news castors point of view. Why did the man steal the money? How does the woman feel? Does this story have any impact on the news castor? Consider the point of view of all the people, and it will help you think outside the box.
That's pretty much all the advice i have to offer, hope it helps ^^

Answer 4

Dear mira_iam. whether you are using wood, iron, paper or sculpture or what ever means of artistic talent. . Creativity come direct from the heart and you must allow your mind to listen to what your heart is saying. Even though I work with all types of material, I never have an idea of what the outcome will be. I block everything out of my head and just concentrate on what my body is telling me, each time. I end up with a unique piece of art which can and will be sold at 100's of pounds.. Visualisation it is important you need to look at ever aspect of what you intended to restructure. Get as close as you can this will enable you to see every scar, deviation, protrusion and dent in your subject. It is also important that you have a clear view of what your looking at. Keep the structure in your mind and then let your hands do the creation occasionally looking to see that the dimension's are all in perspective. Good Luck,,,David

Answer 5

Finish off every day things that you see others do. The fellow waving goodbye to his friend as he drops the canvas top to his red convertable. The heavy set woman as she disappears around the corner being led along by a dog on a leash

Picture in your mind what happened, up to that moment and where will their actions lead them?

If you have ever read "The World According to Garp" you will have to do no more than reread this book to get in the creative mood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_According_to_Garp
The World According to Garp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Answer 6

Use art materials that excite you and you like the 'feel' of, e.g. if you like charcoal go for it, with some thickish paper, you will get more interesting results faster than e.g. doodling with a biro. Experiment with materials, textures, surfaces, wax crayons and water colours for interesting resist results, even things not intended for 'art' such as food colourings.
Get out into natural surroundings if and when you can, go out and look at clouds.
And don't spend too much time online!

Answer 7

Always carry a small sketch book around with you, then next time you have an idea (however insignificant it may seem at the time) note it or sketch it down, this little book will become an invaluable tool for you!

Answer 8

2 books:

The Artist's Way- Creativity

The Secret on cd- Visualization Skills

Answer 9

Speak to lots of woman, if you cant be creative after that, give up and do something else!!

Answer 10

just jut down your thoughts in a notebook...or a paper...after tahta... think of something maybe abstract that can represent your thoughts... then color it or shade it... it's really simple... everything will follow through and you will enhance it slowly...