31 Days of Playful Drawing - 4.3.16
A lil something for playing and creativity from Tara Leaver's site. The link to her site's included within the post. ;)
{interpret all prompts exactly as you wish}
1. favourite mug {or tea cup :)}
2. floral
3. one word
4. a way to travel
5. an arrangement
6. 'from the kitchen'
7. pattern
8. favourite item of clothing
9. in motion
10. nature
11. still life
12. self portrait
13. black and white
14. pose
15. skyline
16. favourite line of your favourite poem
17. magnified
18. animal {single or multiple}
19. inspired by....
20. negative space
21. simplicity
22. translating the senses eg. what I love to touch, what’s good for my taste buds, what I love to look at
23. outside the window
24. circus
25. light and dark
26. made of lines
27. assortment
28. something in a jar
29. chair
30. a map
31. ‘currently’ eg, what are you: reading, listening to, wanting, feeling, needing, eating?
{for when any day’s prompt doesn’t appeal}
* sunday morning
* my favourite photo
* book cover
* signpost
* far away
* draw a feeling {abstract, symbolic or personified!}
taraleaver.com
{or use what you have}
variations
* pencils - graphite and coloured/watersoluble
* pens - black, coloured, sparkly, markers, highlighters, thick, thin, Sharpies...
* ink and pen/feather/stick
* charcoal
* oil pastels
* soft pastels
* Neocolors
* wax crayons
Instagram: #31playfuldays
Facebook: www.facebook.com/aquamarineart
Your own blog
Any other social media you like
{or just keep it for yourself!}
happy drawing!
{for when you need ideas for HOW to approach a prompt}
* use your non dominant hand
* close your eyes
* blind contour drawing
* pen only
* black and white
* rainbow
* mix your media
* attach your pen/pencil to a stick and draw at a
distance
* draw to music {try different moods}
* repeat an image to create a pattern
* draw with kids {your own or borrowed :) }
* draw upside down
* add extra intricate details
* pare it right back to basic shapes
* draw in sand, salt or sugar, earth
* make your image with twigs or cocktail sticks or stones or shells
* draw just a section of something
* draw without lines!
taraleaver.com
31 Days of Playful Drawing
{interpret all prompts exactly as you wish}
1. favourite mug {or tea cup :)}
2. floral
3. one word
4. a way to travel
5. an arrangement
6. 'from the kitchen'
7. pattern
8. favourite item of clothing
9. in motion
10. nature
11. still life
12. self portrait
13. black and white
14. pose
15. skyline
16. favourite line of your favourite poem
17. magnified
18. animal {single or multiple}
19. inspired by....
20. negative space
21. simplicity
22. translating the senses eg. what I love to touch, what’s good for my taste buds, what I love to look at
23. outside the window
24. circus
25. light and dark
26. made of lines
27. assortment
28. something in a jar
29. chair
30. a map
31. ‘currently’ eg, what are you: reading, listening to, wanting, feeling, needing, eating?
Bonus Prompts
{for when any day’s prompt doesn’t appeal}
* sunday morning
* my favourite photo
* book cover
* signpost
* far away
* draw a feeling {abstract, symbolic or personified!}
taraleaver.com
Suggested materials
{or use what you have}
variations
* pencils - graphite and coloured/watersoluble
* pens - black, coloured, sparkly, markers, highlighters, thick, thin, Sharpies...
* ink and pen/feather/stick
* charcoal
* oil pastels
* soft pastels
* Neocolors
* wax crayons
Places you can share:
Instagram: #31playfuldays
Facebook: www.facebook.com/aquamarineart
Your own blog
Any other social media you like
{or just keep it for yourself!}
happy drawing!
{for when you need ideas for HOW to approach a prompt}
* use your non dominant hand
* close your eyes
* blind contour drawing
* pen only
* black and white
* rainbow
* mix your media
* attach your pen/pencil to a stick and draw at a
distance
* draw to music {try different moods}
* repeat an image to create a pattern
* draw with kids {your own or borrowed :) }
* draw upside down
* add extra intricate details
* pare it right back to basic shapes
* draw in sand, salt or sugar, earth
* make your image with twigs or cocktail sticks or stones or shells
* draw just a section of something
* draw without lines!
taraleaver.com
