Ideas for Sketchbooks
Draw the inside of your closet
Draw the contents of your desk drawer
Just before your room is cleaned, draw it
Draw the contents of your refrigerator
Draw the contents of your medicine chest
Draw the contents of your garage
Draw your dad’s work table after he’s worked on a project
Before the dishes are washed, draw them
Draw a pile of laundry waiting to get washed
If you have an octopus for a furnace, draw it
Draw a pile of bicycles on the sidewalk
Draw the guests at your parents dinner party
Draw yourself in a mirror
Draw your brother/sister practicing his/her instrument
Draw your friend shooting hoops in the driveway
Draw yourself painting your toenails (if you do)
Draw your hand in multiple positions
Draw your hand holding a variety of objects
Draw your hand against other parts of anatomy (chin, knee, etc.)
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Draw your bird, cat, dog, fish, snake, leopard, lobster doing something strange
Draw what is in the rear-view mirror of your car
Draw a dead bird in a beautiful landscape
Draw a flower growing next to a turned over garbage can
Draw raw chicken parts; cooked parts; after eaten parts
Draw a piece of cake and make it look delicious
Draw 2 eggs in the shell, fried, over easy
Draw one popcorn kernel, draw a bag of popcorn
Draw a raw steak, steak bones
Draw moving water, still water
Draw a wet object, make it look wet