Creative drawing ideas?

Question

Techniques?

Like drawing with your eyes close?

Answer 1

contour drawing or shading with squiggly lines.

Answer 2

When I am having trouble filling paper, I use some techniques from the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (http://www.drawright.com/). Drawing with eyes shut is one of the techniques. Or you can copy a drawing without looking at what you are doing. Another really fun exercise is to draw random lines and shapes, and then fill in the white area with random colors and patterns, which makes for some interesting modern art.

Those techniques can get your creative juices going, but the best way to get good at drawing is to just copy what you see. Get a sketchpad and do still life sketches of everything with any medium you want, and aim for realism. Once you recognize the way light and shadow work, and how to draw the things around your home, you will pretty much be able draw anything.

Answer 3

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. Draw a picture of someone you would like to kiss (your boyfriend/girlfriend, a baby, your cat, etc.)
5. If animals could draw, what would their artwork look like? Draw their artwork.
6. Why are people afraid to visit cemeteries at night? Draw it.
7. Draw a necktie and design an interesting pattern on it.
8. Draw a medal for yourself. It must be designed for the thing you do best.
9. Draw a city on another planet.
10. You are a toy designer; draw your new toy.
11. Draw a logo for a t.v. show.
12. Draw a picture of yourself the way you will look 20 years from now.
13. Draw a picture of the perfect garden for your house.
14. Draw a scene from your early childhood.
15. Draw a parade.
16.
17. Draw a picture of where you would like to fly to.
18. Draw a poster to advertise your favorite movie.
19. Draw a construction site.
20. Draw your view from an airplane window.
21. Draw a scene on another planet and include another kind of being.
22. Draw a picture of an ideal wedding ceremony.
23. Draw a picture of someone you would like to visit.
24. Draw what you think a garden would look like from the view of an insect.
25. Draw a sandcastle.
26. Draw a house built underground.
27. Draw what a spaceship commander would see on his video screen.
28. Draw a view under a magnifying glass (include the magnifying glass).
29. Draw the boat you would like to travel in around the world.
30. Draw a scientist's top secret project.
31. Draw a new piece of sculpture for the museum's sculpture garden.
32. Draw a picture of yourself if you grew flowers instead of hair.
33. An imaginative architect has changed the look of the skyline with an innovative new building; draw the building.
34. Draw a modern house which would still look good in a neighborhood with older houses.
35. Draw an idea that came into your head by thinking of food.
36. Draw an idea that came into your head through your ears.
37. Draw an idea that came into your head through your fingers.
38. Draw an idea that came into your head through your feet.
39. Take any one of the ideas you have already drawn and revise it - - redesign it.
40. Write a large number in the middle of a page. Turn it into a person/animal.
41. Make a design using your address.
42. Combine a plant and an animal to create a new life form.
43. Add a machine to a shape (square, circle, etc.) to create a new invention.
44. Draw a picture. Cut your pictures into squares. Paste the squares into a new design.
45. Draw a picture. Fold your picture into a fan. Cut little shapes out of the fan (like cutting snowflakes). Open the picture up and glue onto a second sheet.
46. Illustrate a famous saying/quotation.
47. Draw yourself in a mood.
48. Draw things that make noise and illustrate the sound.
49. Draw things that float.
50. Draw things with a flavor.
51. Draw your greatest fear.
52. Draw things that close.
53. Illustrate "the way things were".
54. Draw the world from the point of view of a frog/toad.
55. Draw your own game board.
56. Draw a "how to" poster.
57. Draw yourself with wings.
58. Draw things that come from eggs.
59. Draw a comic strip with your own characters.
60. Draw your dream room.
61. Design an advertisement for yourself.
62. Design a new license plate for Kansas.
63. Illustrate words such as up, upside down, apart, crazy, sane...
64. Design new methods of transportation.
65. Design an ad for your favorite music.
66. Design a new map.
67. Create an imaginary alphabet.
68.
69. Design a costume for 2090.
70. Draw old-fashioned puppets.
71. Illustrate: If you were the tallest person in the world.
72. Draw a view of the jungle.
73. Draw a lost dog.
74. Draw the trail of an imaginary insect.
75. Draw how you would be if you were the last person on earth.
76. Design a new CD cover.
77. Draw yourself dressed in clothing from the 1970's.
78. Draw your best friend.
79. Draw your birthday wish list.
80. Draw an illuminated letter for your best friend.
81. Draw yourself in the style of your favorite artist.
82. Draw your "dream car".
83. Draw a "fantasy" house.
84. Draw a bubble.
85. Draw a leaf.
86. Draw the sky.
87. Draw a mirror and all it reflects.
88. Draw your favorite animal with a human face.
89. Draw yourself as a robot.
90. Draw your favorite song.
91. Draw your favorite photgraph.
92. Draw your favorite person (from life).

Answer 4

Just start drawing on as much paper, cardboard,
canvas or whatever surface you can
get your hands on with
as many mediums as possible.
I try it and it may seem wasteful at first,
but it's a good way of getting
through all of the bad ideas to get to the good ones.
I like to think of it as breaking through an artist block.
Start small in a sketch book if you don't have much.
And look at what you made afterwards.
One of them might be a good idea.

Answer 5

Put knobbly stuff (corrugated cardboard, rug sample, sandpaper,) under the paper to be drawn on.

Tape the drawing tool (carefully) to a pet and 'help' him draw!

Smear cream (hand, toothpaste, jelly etc) onto the page first and then use crayons to get marks on the paper.

Crumble dry stuff (leaves, petals, eggshells) onto the page and follow the direction of the fallen stuff for your base drawing.

Well, is that a start?

Answer 6

Well, It's called "Creative" contest for a reason. You'd best be thinking of your own ideas! Try to gather some inspiration.

Answer 7

How about one line drawing, draw something using one line, never picking up your pencil/pen from off the paper.

Answer 8

Draw with a pencil without an eraser so you see what you're doing but you don't change it.