Sketchbook Prompts by Week
September 11-15 What does it mean to be an American?
September 18-22 Fill the page with Zentangles, then Negative/Positive Space cut out
September 25-28
September 18-22 Fill the page with Zentangles, then Negative/Positive Space cut out
September 25-28
Ideas for Sketchbook
- Draw a portrait of a family member using light and shadow.
- Draw a room in 2-point perspective.
- Draw a reflective object and everything that you see in it.
- Draw a landscape from observation (not from photograph). Make sure to show foreground, middle ground and background.
- Draw the objects that are currently on your desk, nightstand, or dresser.
- Draw a still life of at least 5 objects without picking up your pen or looking at your paper (continous contour line drawing).
- Draw a unique object from 3 different angles (ex: bird's eye, eye level, worm's eye).
- Draw a flower arrangement using shading and value.
- Design a tattoo for someone famous.
- Design a logo for your own clothing brand.
- Draw what you see in the rear-view mirror of your car (not while you are driving, please).
- Draw your friends sitting down and eating lunch.
- Draw a moving object.
- Draw your mother or father asleep in a chair.
- Draw what is outside of your bedroom window.
- Draw a self portrait.
- Draw a self portrait of you in 30 years.
- Draw a pile of tools.
- Draw the interior of your dishwasher when it is full.
- Draw your favorite meal.
- Draw an illustration of your favorite poem or short story.
- Draw a bowl of fruit.
- Draw your car in the driveway.
- Draw the interior of your garage.
- Draw a close-up drawing of the gears on your bicycle.
- Draw a handful of leaves.
- Draw the inside of a cell phone or ipad (have fun and use your imagination).
- Draw an old building (courthouse, church, etc) in your neighborhood.
- Draw an old brick building.
- Draw the engine of a car.
- Draw the bark of a tree.
- Draw a copy of a dollar bill.
- Design a new currency for the U.S. dollar bill.
- Draw something that is completely impossible.
- Draw an intricate design that fills the page.
- Draw a copy of a work of art that is at least 50 years old.
- Draw a copy of a work of art that is less than 5 years old.
- Draw an object that is sitting on a window sill.
- Draw a friend on the school bus.
- Draw a broken egg.
- Draw an apple core.
- Draw a banana peel.
- Draw a spilled bag of popcorn.
- Pick two very different animals and draw a combination of the two.
- Draw a towel hanging on a hook.
- Draw a towel folded on a shelf.
- Draw three sea shells.
- Draw what you think your oven would look like if it were a living thing. What about the washing machine?
- Design the cover for your favorite band's next album.
- Draw a crumpled up piece of paper.
- Draw a teapot melting.
- Draw what "spectacularious" looks like.
- Draw a "cutaway" of an object.
- Draw your hand in 15 different poses.
- Cut a photograph out of a magazine and paste it onto a page of your open sketchbook. Recreate that photo by drawing it on the opposite page.
- Draw twenty 30-second drawings on one page of your sketchbook.
- Draw an object made out of other objects.
- Empty your desk drawer and draw the contents.
- Create your own lettering (typography).
- Draw your pet in the style of a famous artist.
- Draw your favorite comic book hero or villain.
- Create your own comic book hero or villain.
- Draw a busy city street.
- Draw the storefront of a local business.
- Draw the exterior of your house from an unusual angle (do not climb on your roof).