Drawing Ideas

High School Student work, pencil

High School Student Work, colored pencil

"I don't know what to draw..."
This statement happens so often!  Students feel as though they have to draw 'something pretty' or at least 'something identifiable'. 

I will continue to post drawing ideas each week.  Feel free to post some of your own ideas or drawings...


Draw a necktie and design an interesting pattern on it.
Draw a medal for yourself. It must be designed for the thing you do best.
Draw a city on another planet.
You are a toy designer; draw your new toy.
Draw a logo for a t.v. show

Drawing Ideas

"What should I draw?" 
"I don't know what to draw..."
These are some of the things that budding artist struggle with when designing artwork.  Here is some ideas that you can start off with.  Remember: not all art is 'pretty'...

1.      Draw a vase and a beautiful arrangement of flowers
2.      Draw a picture of the inside of your stomach and the food in it after a big meal
3.      Draw your idea of Paradise
4.      If animals could draw, what would their artwork look like? Draw their artwork.
5.      Why are people afraid to visit cemeteries at night? Draw it.

Art project library

There are more projects we can do from my old blog www.artprojectlibrary.blogspot.com that I started when I had the studio open. There are project ideas, explanations, and examples to look at.
I called it a library the year my sister graduated from Drexels Library Arts. She was obsessed with libraries!

Let me know if any of the projects interest you, or try them at home and show me!