Brainstorming

Six Word Memoir

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~When you Can't Draw from Life or Your Own Photo

Websites with Live Feeds, Stock Images, Visual Resources, Even Historical Art Images & Photos

BEST: Drawing from Life - Which means drawing something that is in front of you in real life.

Good: Drawing from a photo YOU took - Which means drawing while looking at a photo (digital/printed) YOU took (something that was in front of you in the real world).

OK: If you cannot draw something from life, you can look at images on-line BUT never copy someone else's art as any part of your own artwork (including photos). BUT you CAN look at stock images for elements to add/alter (clouds, trees, a building etc...) and you CAN draw from LIVE FEED VIDEO! This is very similar to going to a zoo or sitting in a park and drawing what you see in front of you :) 

**If you want to practice by copying another's work (perfectly normal and a great way to gain technical skills) do it in your art journal/sketchbook...but never use it directly in an artwork or claim it as your own work. 

Artists throughout history have copied master artists to learn how to blend colors, draw realistically, create perspective etc... Then they combined their new skills with their own ideas to create their own artwork.