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A Endless List of Drawing Prompts to Fill your Sketchbook

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It happens to all of us artists from time to time: creative block. It is one of the most frustrating things when you open your sketchbook and the page stares back at you blank. You go to Pinterest and search for ideas, and if you are anything like me, you try to figure out how the artists of these posts came up with ideas so creative. It can be a bit discouraging when you come across something so clever where you are mad that you did not think of it first. 

I have also found that the longer I go without drawing, the harder it is for me to come up with ideas. So, I wanted to create an endless list of drawing prompts to fill your sketchbook that could generate some ideas from within you. This means that I will be constantly adding to this list as I come up with new ideas (so forgive me if I repeat any topics).

Now keep in mind, all of these topics are very simple and meant to give you an initial idea. So if you want to take it a step further and make "the object sitting in front of you" into a live character, by all means, go for it! The weirder, the better. [ARTIST TIP: Write out (or print this post and cut up) each of these prompts on a slip of paper, roll it up and put it in a jar. When you run into a creative block, randomly pull a prompt from the jar to come up with your next drawing prompt :) ]

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This list was last updated on: August 10th, 2020

  1. Your favorite city skyline

  2. A rose

  3. An avocado

  4. A landscape screen still of your favorite movie

  5. A forest

  6. The Milky Way

  7. A mountain

  8. Your favorite art supplies

  9. Top view of latte art

  10. Your vacation essentials

  11. A collage of clippings from a magazine

  12. The object sitting in front of you

  13. A self portrait

  14. Recreate the cover of your favorite book

  15. A bear

  16. A roadmap of your favorite city

  17. A camera

  18. Your childhood home

  19. The man on the moon

  20. A slice of pizza

  21. An eye

  22. A character from your favorite movie/tv show

  23. Your icon/hero

  24. A jar of cookies

  25. Your pet / your favorite animal

  26. A beach scene

  27. Peonie flowers

  28. A seascape

  29. A city skyline reflecting in a pair of sunglasses

  30. A glass of water

  31. A skull

  32. An open package of your favorite candy

  33. A glass bottle

  34. A car

  35. Multiple hands in different gestures

  36. One-point perspective looking down a road in between tall buildings

  37. Figure studies

  38. Your favorite international monument

  39. A globe

  40. Recreate your favorite movie poster

  41. A two-point perspective of the space you are in (or your favorite room)

  42. The technology/electronics you own

  43. A pair of lips blowing a kiss

  44. Your favorite childhood cartoon character

  45. A motorcycle

  46. A cactus

  47. The food that is in your refrigerator

  48. An airplane

  49. A map of your favorite city

  50. A portrait of your sibling or friend with exaggerated features

  51. Your favorite fast food

  52. Your favorite board game

  53. A cheeseburger

  54. Sushi

  55. A fashion design sketch/rendering

  56. What is in your makeup bag

  57. Sea creatures

  58. Wild animals

  59. Things that are in your junk drawer

  60. Geometric shapes

  61. Monsters

  62. Imaginary creatures

  63. Your hometown

  64. Furniture

  65. Patterns

  66. Your favorite things

  67. Everyday objects

  68. Places you have been

  69. Song lyrics

  70. Words that inspire you

  71. Your dreams

  72. Elephants

  73. A crowd of people

  74. Fruit

  75. Leaves

  76. Your favorite book or movie characters

  77. Facial expressions

  78. Birds

  79. Houses

  80. A rhino

  81. Aliens

  82. Trees

  83. Feelings

  84. Illustrations of your own version of social media icons

  85. The last Instagram picture you liked

  86. Hair in a ponytail

  87. Feet

  88. Different types of street lights

  89. Your favorite beauty products

  90. A landmark you hope to visit one day

  91. The 15th photo on your phone

  92. A building from the last trip you took

  93. The events that happened in your day

  94. Your morning cup of coffee (try to do this every morning. If you don't have time in the morning, take a picture of it and come back to it later)

  95. Your favorite cartoon character

  96. An airplane

  97. Vegetables that are grown in a garden

  98. Your favorite water bottle

 

To be continued...

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