Learn How to Draw Psychedelic Art
The first step to understanding psychedelic art is staying true to yourself. If you want to draw something ‘like’ someone else, there won’t be any scope for development. Just letting yourself loose and playing with the pen/pencil and paper is the best way to start with. You cannot define or set a certain pattern/methodology on how to go about the psychedelic way of nurturing your art and thereby the self. Just try to express yourself in any and every possible way by means of the pen and paper. Allowing the different thoughts in your mind to take their own course is the core of psychedelic drawing. The point at which one is able to put these random thoughts on paper, the psychedelic art is born. It is takes introspection and great sensitivity to get into the depths of this kind of drawing. Unlocking the limitless faculties of the mind with the help of psychedelic art is truly a great experience. Following any kind of specific, certain pattern hampers the process of expression in psychedelic art. For example, the artworks with sketches of the cosmic world, light patterns, waves is a commonly found in psychedelic art. Unless and until such expressions originate from your own thoughts/ideas there no problem to use them. However, having a stereotyped impression about psychedelic art should hamper your growth as an artist. There is complete freedom to explore the wildest of your ideas through this art form. One shouldn’t therefore, limit or restrict your creative juices from splurging on to the canvas. Go for it!
Create Amazing Psychedelic Artworks
Our mind is the key that we can use to unlock the unlimited potential of our soul. The psychedelic form of art is generally used to express deep emotions. The color combination and patterns used for this form of art are therefore, of an abstract nature. Making energetic strokes reflect the nature or mindset at that particular point of time. It is one of characteristic feature of psychedelic drawing. Once you master few of the basic strokes/shapes like ‘waves’, ‘circles’, etc. (which form the foundation of advanced patterns), it becomes easy to create complex ones. Psychedelic artists of the 60′s helped in giving this art form a respectable status by creating some interesting artworks. Some of the notable people who contributed to the 60s psychedelic art are Vaugn Bode, Warren Dayton,Barney Bubbles, Jimi Franklin and Karl Ferris. If a person really wants some training about how to learn psychedelic art, observing (and absorbing the underlying ideas) the paintings/drawing of these artists should be the best thing to do. However, as stated earlier, it is always important to retain your own identity and express your original thoughts. Just working on others’ ideas would give temporary satisfaction and nothing more.
One need not find ways to draw psychedelic art from any external source. Listen to the heart which guides you in the process of creating great artworks. Every person has his/her own way of going about this wonderful art form. It is therefore necessary to enjoy the creative process that brings out the best in you.