Choose a prompt from the following list and complete a drawing. Challenge yourself to improve your skills. Use techniques. (Techniques include shading, blending, creating textures, creating patterns, creating patterns with multiple colors, creating the illusion of 3D, etc.). Experiment.
Drawings will be graded based on the use of techniques and a willingness to experiment. You may draw with your choice of media. A willingness to take risks, make mistakes and challenge yourself is encouraged and will be rewarded with points.
Prompts:
Draw your eyes with something reflecting in them.
Draw your own hand from observation. Put your non-dominant hand in a position. Look at your while you draw it.
Draw a portrait of your pet (or the pet you wish you had).
Draw a portrait of a personal hero.
Draw a still life of your favorite toy or object from observation.
Draw something you have always wanted.
Personify an object.
Draw your favorite food.
Fill a clear glass with water. Look closely at the water and the reflections. Draw what you see.
Draw your favorite place.
Draw a fantasy landscape.
Design an outfit
Design a pair of shoes.
Design an amazing chair.
Design a new car.
Invent a form of transportation.
Create a geometric design.
Create a lettering design with a specific style.
Search one-point perspective online. Draw a word with 3D letters using one-point perspective.
Draw a mandala with radial design. (Google it if you don’t know what a mandala or radial design is.)
Create a botanical drawing from observation of a plant or diagram of a plant.
Draw an animal in its habitat. Use a photograph as a source for the image.
Draw an animal dressed as a human doing something interesting.
Search for an illustration of an insect and recreate the illustration.
Look at illustrations of insects online. Design an original insect.
Draw an original comic.
Illustrate a scene from a favorite story.
Illustrate a scene from an original story (a story you made up).
Illustrate a song or a poem.
Play music and doodle to the music.
Design your fantasy living space.
Draw a design from a culture you admire.
Just doodle until you fill the page.
Draw something you have never done before but would like to do.
Draw something from a dream.
Draw something that is impossible.
Draw something that you think is awesome.
Draw something that scares you.
Draw something that makes you laugh.
Draw something that makes you feel peaceful.
Draw something that makes you feel angry.
Draw something that makes you feel _______.
Emulate an artist you admire by drawing one of their artworks in their style.
Have someone make a scribble on your page. Turn the scribble into something.
Go outside. Take a photo of something random with your ipad. Draw the image. Add something unexpected.
Draw a favorite photograph.
Draw a picture of you floating in the clouds. (First go online and find a tutorial on how to draw clouds.)
Combine a piece of technology with something from nature. Use one of these themes:
Technology Versus Nature
Technology in Harmony with Nature
Find a drawing tutorial online and follow the directions.
Draw a drawing of you sitting in front of a mirror drawing you sitting in front of a mirror drawing you…