Rockford High School: Design and 2-D Art

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1. Draw the inside of your closet

2. Draw the contents of your desk drawer

3. Draw the contents of your refrigerator

4. Draw the contents of your garage 

5. Draw your dad’s work table after he’s worked on a project

6. Before the dishes are washed, draw them 

7. Choose a subject, topic, and area of interest - Think of as many facets of the subject as possible. What are all the pieces and parts that make this interesting to you and draw them.

8. Draw a pile of laundry waiting to get washed

9. Draw a pile of bicycles on the sidewalk

10. Draw the guests at a dinner party

11. Draw yourself in a mirror

12. Draw your brother/sister/friend practicing his/her instrument

13. Draw your hand in multiple positions

14. Draw your hand holding a variety of objects

15. Draw your hand spelling out each single letter of a word in sign language

16. Draw your pet( ex. bird, cat, dog, fish, snake)

17. Draw what is in the rear-view mirror of your car

18. Draw  a beautiful landscape-you may find one in a book or online 

19. Draw an aerial view of your back yard

20. Draw a landscape in a bird eye view

21. Draw a pen/pencil and have and image coming out of in on to the page

22. Pick a flower or part of a plant and draw it from direct observation

23. Draw a grouping of three objects (still life), draw them how you see them, not individually (ex. apple, pear, banana) 

24. Draw a piece of cake and make it look delicious 

25. Draw one large popcorn kernel; draw a bag of popcorn with pop splitting out

26. Draw your favorite CD cover, 

27. Create a new cover for your favorite CD

28. Draw the cover of your favorite video game 

29. Create a new cover for your favorite video game

30. Draw an object when looking through a tube (microscope)

31. Look through a kaleidoscope and draw what your see, or make up your own design

32. Draw an object seen through glass (how does the glass make a difference)

33. Draw something floating or something that floats

34. Draw a dark object in a light environment

35. Draw the contents of a light room when sitting in a dark room

36. Draw a room/hallway in one point perspective

37. Lie on the floor/ground and draw what you see

38. Draw a crowd (ex. Lunch room, a footfall game)

39. Draw an object that is lit by a light source  (ex. Candle, lamp, flashlight)

40.  Draw a picture of your Mother or Father at work.

41. Draw a person by the light cast by the TV or computer screen

42. Draw a scoop of ice cream in a bowl 

43. Make a drawing that says something about the environment

44. Look out your bedroom window, draw what you see

45. Create a collage. Look through magazines and cut out pictures and words that best describe you. Then glue the pictures and words down to your sketchbook page. Overlap the images and make sure to leave no white areas. 

46. Change the size relationship (scale) of two things and draw them next to each other. (ex.. a large bug the same size as a building)

47. Draw a portrait of your best friend 

48. Draw a self portrait of you 

49. Make a portrait of yourself as you see yourself in twenty years

50. Draw a family portrait        

51. Draw an object by drawing only the negative space. Negative space is the area around the object, also known as the back ground.                                                  

52. Cut out a photo/image into small pieces, rearrange the photo in some other order, draw it

53.   Draw a table and chair 

54. Illustrate your favorite poem

55. Drawing of a house plant (real or artificial)

56. Draw an object with a surface texture

57. Draw tools used in certain professions (ex. Paint brush, pencil, sketchbook)

58. Draw a grouping of leaves

59. Draw something you might find in a department store  display

60. Draw a large jar and fill it up with something (candy, toys, rocks, etc)

61. Pick a holiday and draw a scene for it    

62. Draw your favorite snack food- you make draw it large than life 

63. Draw a food item, them eat half of it, and then draw it 

64. Draw an object melting

65. Draw a bowl of fruit and shade it

66. Draw a tennis shoe or boat  in full detail

67. Draw a meaningful object from home

68. Draw a mechanical object 

69. Draw the word as the shape of the object: Such as, the word apple in the shape of an apple, or apples spelling out the word.

70. Draw a pen/pencil with images and words coming out of it on to your page

71. Draw important people in your life

72. Draw what you would see if you looked through a key hole

73. Draw your version of a Warrior. It can be only the head or a full figure in action

74. Draw your favorite animal

75. Create an imaginary animal by using the head of one animal, the body of a second animal, and the legs of a third animal. (you may use any animal, bug, or reptile) 

76. Draw something in a camouflage setting (ex. A bug on a leaf, a lizard on a rock, you in your room.)  

77. Cut a picture into small pieces, rearrange the picture in a different order, and then draw it.

78. Draw an invention you would like to create

79. Find a magazine image, cut it in half, glue half the image down to the sketchbook page, and redraw the missing half.

80. Expressive line drawing-Using a pencil, try to make as many different types of lines as possible, repeating each type of line several times. Try all types of line: wavy, curly, jagged, dashes, thick, thin, etc. Fill up the entire page with as many lines as you can.

81. Find a photo of yourself and draw your self-portrait

82. Draw a vase and a beautiful flower arrangement in it

83. Draw your idea of paradise

84. If animals could draw, what would their artwork look like? Draw it.

85. Draw a necktie and design an interesting pattern on it

86. Draw a medal for yourself.  It must be designed for the thing that you do best

87. Research a Famous artist and recreate one of their artworks 

88. Draw a city on another planet

89. Draw an alien spaceship landing at our school. 

90. You are a toy designer; draw your new toy

91. Draw a scene from your early childhood

92. Draw a crowded elevator on Halloween

93. Draw your greatest fear

94. Draw a poster to advertise your favorite movie

95. Draw your view from an airplane window

96. Draw what you think a garden would like from the view of  an insect

97. Draw a sandcastle you would build

98. Draw a view under a magnifying glass (include the magnifying glass)

99. Draw a boat you would like to travel in around the world

100. Design your own treasure map 

101. Design a house that you would like to live in

102. Write a large number in the middle of the page.  Turn it into a person/animal.

103. Draw a picture.  Cut your picture into squares.  Glue the squares in a new design.

104. Illustrate a famous saying/quotation

105. Create your own storyboard/ comic strip.

106. Draw your favorite cartoon character with background. 

107. Create a new cover for the book you are now reading 

108. Think of a funny joke and draw it (ex. Why did the chicken cross the road) 

109. FANTASY DRAWING – Create a fantasy building, creature, or landscape.

110. Fill the page with a variety of lettering styles (ex. Bubble letters) . Be creative! Find a poem – a favorite song - a list of favorite sayings – 

111. Illustrate a two-word phrase using drawings of objects related to its meaning. 

112. Freedom draw- You may draw anything you want- You May use this only one time

113. draw something on a unusual surface, something that was not meant to turned into a piece of art, something that you find and recycle such as a newspaper, a receipt, a sign, etc.