Inspiration is an interesting thing for artists. Personally, I get most of my ideas for new painting series randomly, almost out of the blue. . . and I have to write them down immediately because I’m likely to forget if I don’t.
But anything can spark an idea—a movie, a book, an interesting turn of a phrase. . . sometimes a single color inspires me.
So what’s your inspiration? If you haven’t voted yet, feel free, or just click near the bottom to see other artists’ answers.
Where do you find the most inspiration for your art? Feel free to add an answer if you'd like.
There's no doubt that Bob Ross is an iconic American figure—it seems like nearly everyone knows who he is whether they're artists or not. With this poll, however, I wanted to find out what all of you (who are primarily artists) think about him. I've always found it an interesting topic because. . . read more
There are so many different ways and places to sell art these days that recently I began to wonder where most artists sell their art. I know EmptyEasel focuses a lot on selling and marketing art online, but perhaps it's still traditional galleries that most artists use. Maybe it's personal art. . . read more
Here's another easy poll question for all of you artists out there—how much time per day do you spend on art? Obviously there's no right or wrong answer since everyone has different circumstances, it's just always interesting to see how other artists respond and where you fit into the mix. So . . . read more
This week's poll is short and sweet—I thought it might be interesting to see how other artists expected to be using the internet a decade from now, so I wrote out the following question: {democracy:20} If you're an artist, feel free to vote. . . I fully expect the results to be skewed towards . . . read more
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