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Sketchbook Prompts for When You Don't Know What to Draw
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items Feeling stuck? Can't think of anything to draw, no matter how long you stare at the page? You're not alone — and you're not out of ideas, either. Sometimes you just need a little spark. This list is full of weird, unexpected prompts designed to break... The secret is that it doesn't matter exactly what you draw – just draw something
Draw your morning cup of coffee or tea. Don't feel like it has to be precise. Give it personality. Bonus points if you finish the sketch before your coffee gets cold
Sketch Your Morning Coffee (or Tea)
draw a plant that doesn't exist. This could be a plant could exist that's similar to real plants. Or, this could be your chance to draw a man-eating plant or draw a plant you imagine growing on a distant planet
Draw a Plant That Doesn’t Exist
Draw yourself without lifting your pencil. This is a hard one! It's going to be messy and you'll find yourself backtracking and fixing. And the more you do, the more loopy and messy it ends up. But it usually ends up with a unique style and personality. It's meant to force you to loosen up and not break out of perfectionism. It's not going to be perfect. You don't want it to be for this one.
Draw a Self Portrait Without Lifting Your Pencil
Draw an imaginary city or houses riding on top of a turtle shell
Draw a Tiny City on the Back of a Turtle
Draw a memory from last summer. It doesn't have to be something big like a vacation. It could be a memory of gardening in the sun
Draw a Memory from Last Summer
Your Shadow has Slipped away and is out living a different life. What would it be doing?
Draw Your Shadow Living a Different Life
Draw an object, creature, or character that's desperately blending in — but failing
Drawing Something Trying Not to Be Noticed
Draw a creature that lives inside of a power outlet. Does it feed on electricity? Does it generate the electricity? Maybe it's like a little hamster on a wheel.
A Creature that Lives Inside a Power Outlet
You are a designer tasked with the job of designing the most uncomfortable chair in the world. What would that look like and what features would it have?
Draw a Very Uncomfortable Chair
Draw a map of your brain when you're feeling very distracted. Too many things to do? Everything happening at once? Be imaginative – maybe your brain is held together with duct tape and cotton twine?
Draw a Map of Your Brain When You are Feeling Distracted
Draw a tool designed by an alien civilization. What does it look like? What is it used for?
A Tool Designed by an Alien Civilization
Draw a building if a bird designed it
A Building Designed by a Bird
Imagine a giant marble statue commemorating... maybe brushing your teeth.
Draw a Monument to an Ordinary Moment
Draw a library where the books are alive. Do they whisper? Wander? Rearrange themselves when you’re not looking?
Draw a Library Where the Books Are Alive
Draw a machine that was designed to solve one problem but ended up creating more problems
Draw a Machine that Solved One Problem but Created Five Worse Ones