Tips for aspiring artists

  and to all those who want to develop a creative approach to life

I will be happy if my advice
someone will be helped to develop their talents
and become more confident and harmonious.
personality

1. Express your intention to be a creative person.

Learning a creative approach to life is what I set as my main task in working with students. A developed imagination and unconventional thinking will help you get out of any difficult life situations, and additional development of intuition leads to the fact that you will never get into difficult situations. You can and should approach any matter with creativity. And the first thing you need to do is decide that you are on the path with all creative people to discovering something new. Expand the boundaries of perception. Dream and think about what you want. Want to learn to play musical instruments - look for musicians and music lovers. Want to learn to draw - DRAW! Draw independently or in a group, sign up for classes and develop. Remember that you create your own destiny.

2. Look at the world through the eyes of an artist.

To notice the beautiful is the ability not only of artists, but also of all people. 

Learn to look at the world around you and "grab" what you like. Give yourself a task (setting) - to notice beauty.

When I don't have the opportunity to admire color in the autumn-winter period, I admire shapes or lines. You can enjoy various forms of trees. All of them are beautiful in their own way, but some have a particularly harmonious and beautiful shape of crowns, interesting bends of branches, unique texture of trunks. I have favorite trees everywhere I go. And you? Look around more carefully.

3. Set a goal.

Before you start working, think for a minute about what goal you are pursuing. One of the rules of success in any business is: “First thoughts, then actions!” After all, to sail to the right shore, you need to know the direction of movement. The goal is the wind that blows the sails. Forward! To new achievements!

Your goal doesn't have to be grand. "Create a masterpiece!" is commendable and deserves respect. You should be realistic about your capabilities, not underestimate them, but simply start with simpler goals, and then you can gradually move on to creating masterpieces.

First, I offer my students the following goals:

• I'm looking for my little strollers. I remember my daisies, hearts, curls... (they have so much charm and your individuality).

• I draw what will come out; I invent anything (even chaos) and choose the best from it.

• I train my hand in the smoothness of lines (who needs what: one needs smoothness, another needs parallelism, and the third just needs to practice drawing straight/horizontal/vertical/lines).

• I express my mood on paper (preferably in color, but other methods are also possible) Whatever your soul desires.

• I achieve uniform shading or distribution of light and shade.

• I train my hand and eyes in symmetry.

• Playing with color. I find new shades or combinations.

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4. Set priorities in everything.

It is necessary to learn to determine the importance of events and details and to adjust the amount of energy and time spent accordingly. What do I mean?

For example, if you are just training your hand in hatching parallel lines, then you should not spend a lot of time adjusting and bringing your work to perfection. The main thing is the training itself. You practice, and parallelism will come with experience.

It is also not always worth spending a lot of time on small details. Most often, it is quite good to draw the main details or simply convey the mood.

5. Analyze the result.

You need to learn how to analyze your work correctly. The words “like” and “dislike” are not enough. Divide the work into parts. You can always find a good section, fragment, line, or point that stands in its place. Praise yourself for it. Well, if something turned out “wrong,” before tearing it up and throwing it away, take another look. Try to see what exactly went wrong.

6. Don't be afraid to make mistakes.

Don't take everything too seriously. Remember that the only person who never makes mistakes is the one who does nothing. Accept criticism. Make fun of your mistakes. Correct them. Seeing and realizing your mistake is half the battle.

Don't like the line - wipe it off.

You didn't like the stroke - draw a new one after it dries.

Some color is missing - add it.

Simply decorate. Add “zests” (gold, silver, stones, outline…).

The main thing is that it should be beautiful. You should like what you get.

7. Do not spare materials.

It always pays off.

In addition to the fact that it is desirable to purchase good paints and brushes, I strongly advise you not to limit yourself in the means of expression. You need space to spread your wings, to let your imagination fly. Before starting work, create as many shades as possible on the palette. Add different amounts of white paint to the existing colors, mix them together. Create and experiment. Expand your capabilities.

8. Check the work for balance.

Learn how to balance your compositions:

• By volume
• By brightness
• By weight
• For each color

(I will tell you more in detail at the master class “Viburnum Bush”. For those who are interested –  you can view here...)

9. Find time.

If you decide to develop your creative abilities and learn to draw, do not stop, move in this direction. If you decide for yourself that this is your path, you will find both a teacher and time. But to get a good result, you need to try and make a lot of effort. Every day, allocate time for your development. Draw when you talk on the phone, during commercial breaks on TV. If you do not have the opportunity to draw, then do something else: fantasize, look for beauty in the surrounding space, consider colors and accumulate your impressions of them, come up with names for everything that surrounds you, listen to music...

Composer and famous pianist Anton Rubinstein said: "If I don't play for one day, I notice it myself; if I don't play for two days, my friends notice it. If I don't play for three days, the audience notices it."

Create beauty in your thoughts and actions, and it will certainly manifest itself in your life.

And most importantly, don't try to draw "correctly." Try to look at the world more carefully. After all, any creativity begins with the ability to see beauty. And only then are paintings, fairy tales, music, or simply good deeds born.

Remember: being a good person is much more important than being a good artist. After all, true art begins not with a brush, but with the heart.

I wish you success and creative inspiration on your way!

Victoria Davydova

With love and joy, I am ready to share what I know and can do.