There are times when your mind goes blank and you sit on your own with a pencil in your hand, looking at a blank sheet of smooth white paper attempting to boost your thoughts and begging for ideas to amazingly show up when you have no idea exactly what to draw! Actually, it feels like the longer you are sat there attempting to think this one out, the more your brain sticks it's heels in and refuses to shift.
This is Drawing Block and is very much like Writer's Block.
It is irritating, and leaves you feeling completely uncreative, frustrated and lacking inspiration.
Luckily, there is one easy thing you can do to relieve your mind, and seek some musings.
To start with, let it go! Ignore your drawing for five minutes.
Place the pencil down on your work top, and step away from your paper and do something different, like make a warm beverage, check out the paper or just something.
Anything.
Just quit attempting to push the issue.
This will aid you to relax and to unblock the gloomy ideas plugging your thoughts, so when you return to deal with the problem in the following paragraph you will have the ability to focus clearly.
Now ask yourself why you want to draw something.
Do not over analyse the question; just give your own quick, blunt response...
" I am bored!".
or.
"I want to create a masterpiece!".
or.
"I have to comply with a target date!".
...
are all fast responses which will certainly lead you to your muse.
How graceful! From this, you can brainstorm ideas.
If you have never brainstormed an idea in the past, it is primarily putting together a diagram of your thoughts theoretically so you can clearly see exactly how you are thinking.
Actually some call this mind-mapping.
Start by scribbling a seed word in the center.
As you are attempting to organize your ideas to work out what to draw, I would certainly suggest something like 'Inspiration' to go here.
Now start considering things you like; songs, films, sports, wildlife...
That type of thing yet keep it generalized.
Don't be specific, just pick broad categories.
Compose these around your seed word, and connect them back.
Following this, go through each of these categories and do the very same thing again, but this time being more specific.
For example, if you wrote down 'Music' then write the names of bands you like around it and link these back.
Then maybe go a step further and think of track titles by these bands, and exactly what they mean to you, or a particular lyric in the track you like? You can go on and on with this till it becomes clear and that lightbulb pings into action.
Likewise, you can do this for everything in life; not just figuring out what to draw.
Just begin with a seed word, and let your thoughts marvel!