My main inspirations are my family, my two younger cousins, and my best friend. Since I love to draw and frequently draw for others, I often seek the help of these people. I remember when I drew a picture for another person I would constantly ask my family, two cousins, and best friend what they thought about it because they would be looking at my drawing with "new eyes." It would be easier for them to point out aspects of the drawing that I can change to make it even better. I love hearing their point of views because they all offer excellent constructive criticism. I could have never improved my drawing skills if I had not been open-minded to their suggestions.
These people also inspired me to become creative since my childhood. When I was younger (about 10) and one of my younger cousins was about 7, we would constantly try to repair broken items around my house and my cousin's house; OR we would try to take apart items that our parents did not need anymore and see what materials were in these objects that made them function and then put them back together. My cousin taught me the need to explore the environment that surrounded ourselves. These experiences have shaped who I am as a creative person because it has allowed me to grow as an artist and having that need to explore not only my physical environment but as well as my artistic environment. In other words, my artistic environment is exposing myself to different forms/genres of art to allow myself to grow.
Well, that concludes my post and I thought I would share a video about sand painting. Seriously, check it out you won't regret it.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
My Creativity II ~ Dragonfly.
My Creativity I !~
Hello and welcome everyone to Colour Inspired!
First of all I would love to welcome anyone that has stumbled upon my blog and I hope that you enjoy what you see. Also, I hope that my blog will (dare I say it) inspire anyone (even just one person!) just like all the other wonderful blogs are inspiring moi!
Now...here I present my personalized definition of one of the most difficult words in the English language: Creativity.
I believe that EVERYONE has a creative bone in them. Even though I do draw, I believe that creativity should not be singled to people who only excel in the arts (ex: dancing, acting, drawing, painting, etc...); it should be applied to everyone. For example, if a person cannot draw but is an excellent problem solver, I immediately think of them as one of the most creative people in the world.
Also, I believe that creativity = inspiration. Once I feel inspired, there is nothing stopping my creativity juices from flowing. Without inspiration my creativity levels would dramatically suffer. Furthermore, I associate creativity with the ability of being open-minded about the world that we live in. We do not have to love everyone and everything in it but I believe we can learn many things about the world if we just give things a chance. This is where I believe inspiration kicks in.
Lastly, I believe that every single individual has their own creative style and no one can copy it 100%. I learned this from my very own experience when I drew a picture of my younger cousin's favourite character to get signed by the actor that voices the character. I thought that I would be able to replicate the picture myself but I was oh so very wrong. However, the process overall was a good one though. The biggest challenge in drawing this picture was constantly reminding myself that I was not the original artist of the original picture and that I was my own artist basically drawing my own version of the picture for my younger cousin.
So far, that is all I can think about when it comes to creativity. If something else pops into my mind I shall add more! =D
First of all I would love to welcome anyone that has stumbled upon my blog and I hope that you enjoy what you see. Also, I hope that my blog will (dare I say it) inspire anyone (even just one person!) just like all the other wonderful blogs are inspiring moi!
Now...here I present my personalized definition of one of the most difficult words in the English language: Creativity.
I believe that EVERYONE has a creative bone in them. Even though I do draw, I believe that creativity should not be singled to people who only excel in the arts (ex: dancing, acting, drawing, painting, etc...); it should be applied to everyone. For example, if a person cannot draw but is an excellent problem solver, I immediately think of them as one of the most creative people in the world.
Also, I believe that creativity = inspiration. Once I feel inspired, there is nothing stopping my creativity juices from flowing. Without inspiration my creativity levels would dramatically suffer. Furthermore, I associate creativity with the ability of being open-minded about the world that we live in. We do not have to love everyone and everything in it but I believe we can learn many things about the world if we just give things a chance. This is where I believe inspiration kicks in.
Lastly, I believe that every single individual has their own creative style and no one can copy it 100%. I learned this from my very own experience when I drew a picture of my younger cousin's favourite character to get signed by the actor that voices the character. I thought that I would be able to replicate the picture myself but I was oh so very wrong. However, the process overall was a good one though. The biggest challenge in drawing this picture was constantly reminding myself that I was not the original artist of the original picture and that I was my own artist basically drawing my own version of the picture for my younger cousin.
So far, that is all I can think about when it comes to creativity. If something else pops into my mind I shall add more! =D
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