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So now that you know a little about some supplies that you’ll need, what do we draw? Let’s start with our sketch book, a pencil, and don’t forget your kneaded eraser. The 1st thing we need to do is get our creative juices flowing. If you remember in school; the teacher would give you a project or a subject to think about, and we created our take on it. Sometimes it’s easier if you have that subject to go on, so let’s do that for ourselves. Here’s some ideas to get you started:

1. Let’s write down some things that interest us, not focusing on what we can draw, but just things that we like. Here’s my list:

Now you can go through the list and draw each of them the best you can.

2. Another idea is to go through the alphabet drawing a quick sketch of the first thing that comes to mind for each letter. Here’s a few quick sketches that I did:

3. Take a song or Poem and try to draw the visual image you have of it.

4. Pick a room in your home then try drawing items in that room.

5. Try drawing an emotion; sad and dark, happy and colorful, etc…

6 . Empty a drawer or a purse and try drawing some of the contents.

7. Compile a file of images from which you can pull inspiration or reference.

8. Scrible and then try to make something out of the mess.

9. Think of the four seasons and draw what comes to mind for each season.

10. Try drawing your hand in different positions or use a mirror to draw yourself. Pets or Plants also make great subjects.

These ideas should get you started. Be creative and practice, practice, practice…

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