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All of that, Sylvia. I also get inspired by looking at art, not to copy it, it just gets me going. Often things you see will do it, I need to make little notes to myself...scribbled thumbnails and a few words (it takes moments to do), otherwise I'll forget. 'A family dressed in Halloween gear at a bus-stop.' for example. I love to read, I must have a book on the go at all times. I'll illustrate something I've read about. I like the 'WHAT IF?' idea...what if so and so happened...I've got a scribbled note about Lady Godiva. She came up briefly in an antique program I was watching, and I thought...WHAT IF everybody came out and cheered her through the streets (she was doing her famous ride for them, after all.) Haven't got around to that yet.
Lew.
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It's almost a compulsion to paint something daily. Of course, there has to be the enjoyment of doing it or why bother? I enjoy picking a pen,pencil,brush up and a clean sheet of paper. Sometimes, I haven't the faintest idea what's going to come out. All part of the fun. (Note to self, must delete some of my gallery files. I've amassed a ridiculous amount) 😆
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Light, number one - particularly lighting effects on branches, buildings, grasses, and the tonal contrasts it gives; although a lot of my stuff isn't especially strongly lit at all - which is something I think I want to rectify.
The other thing is dreams - eg, I dreamt about a derelict house, and have painted and drawn it several times. Textures also feature strongly - shapes, lines, patterns. And taking advantage of my poor eyesight to look at old paintings of my own - I can often find a shape in them to be used for something totally different; myopia blurs the details, but not the big shapes.
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for me it's the feeling of contentedness after putting so much focus in, it's definitely an addiction
I can't describe the feeling it's not joy, it's almost relief or like I'm alleviating a weight that I've put upon myself, oddly the process of sketching the image from my mind onto paper, adding colors and shape makes me feel relaxed.
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Oooh I think light and colour in the landscape for me, and then I get super inspired seeing other people's work...it sort of lifts me and drives me forward to create more and more. Like wanderer69 said above its almost a compulsion to paint or create daily. I actually don't know what I'd do without it!
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I'm inspired by things I see in the landscape (not that I'm a landscape painter). Especially things that might a story behind them - abandoned farm machinery, old walls and fences, broken things.
I also get inspiration from dreams. In a recent dream I was looking at a painting I had entered in an open art exhibition - standing in front of it and really studying what I had done. The art exhibition is a real one and is open for entries right now, so guess what I'm doing :)
Kay M