Start here! Artist block happens when you aren't sure what to create. Some artists think they must wait for inspiration. Like it's going to hit them in the head. Sorry, that's not how it works.
Artists find inspiration in all sorts of things. Sometimes they start with a subject For example, "I want to paint a zonkey" or "I want to draw my dog". Other times it starts with the medium. For example, "I want to paint with acrylics" or "I want to use chalk pastels". Sometimes, the artists wants to start with a technique. For example, "I want to get better at perspective" or "I want to learn origami".
So here at the Art Portal, we've put together a collection of subjects, media and techniques to get you started. Browse through the lists below, click on the links, find inspiration! If all else fails, there a list of prompts at the bottom of the page. You're guaranteed to find something there! Now let's get started...
Artists find inspiration in all sorts of things. Sometimes they start with a subject For example, "I want to paint a zonkey" or "I want to draw my dog". Other times it starts with the medium. For example, "I want to paint with acrylics" or "I want to use chalk pastels". Sometimes, the artists wants to start with a technique. For example, "I want to get better at perspective" or "I want to learn origami".
So here at the Art Portal, we've put together a collection of subjects, media and techniques to get you started. Browse through the lists below, click on the links, find inspiration! If all else fails, there a list of prompts at the bottom of the page. You're guaranteed to find something there! Now let's get started...
I'm Inspired by Subject
Architecture
Perspective Tutorials
One Point - Room One Point - Trees and Road Two Point - Room Two Point - Buildings Architecture Artists Jeremy Mann - Art Odeith - Art Franz Kline - Art Urban Sketching |
Object
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Figure
Figure Tutorials
Foreshortening 1 Foreshortening 2 Figure Artists Rodin: Gates of Hell- Video Duane Hanson- Video George Segal- Video |
Imagination
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Landscape
Landscape Board
Landscape Tutorials Landscape with pastels Waterfall: Colored Pencils Landscape in watercolor Winter Scene for Beginners Bob Ross Clouds Bob Ross Mountains Bob Ross Trees Landscape Artists Dana Dion - Art Dana Dion - Video |
Nature
Nature Tutorials
Draw a Reptillian Eye Doodling a Rose Draw a Bird Colored Pencils How To Draw Dog Fur How to paint Fur Watercolor Rabbit Nature Artists Robert Bateman - Video Andy Goldsworthy - Art Tony Plant - Video . |
Portrait
Portrait Tutorials
How to Draw an Eye How to Draw a Nose How to Draw Lips How to Draw Hair Facial Proportions Paint a Portrait Portrait Artists Kehinde Wiley _ Video Chuck Close - Video Shepard Fairey - Video Andrew Salgado - Video . |
NonRepresentational
Non Rep Tutorials
How To Draw 3D Hole Zentangle Basics Non Rep Artists Wassily Kandinsky- Art Jackson Pollock- Video Katharina Grosse- Art Katharina Grosse- Video Gabriel Dawe - Art Gabriel Dawe - Video . |
I'm Inspired by Media
Printing
Linocut Etching Stencils Screen Printing Tie Dye |
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Mixed Media
Watercolor & Sharpie Altered Books Collage Marbling Cardboard |
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3D
Plaster Plaster Gauze Paper Mache' Drawbots Pinatas' . |
I'm Inspired by Technique
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Color Wet
Watercolor Techniques Bob Ross Clouds Bob Ross Mountains Bob Ross Trees Paint Fur with Acrylic |
3D
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I'm Inspired by Prompts
Are you inspired? Great! let's move on to the Design Phase!
The Standards
The National Core Arts Standards
Inspire/Responding: I look at Art and Art Concepts
Standard 7: Analyze artistic work.
Standard 8: Interpret meaning in art.
Standard 9: Evaluate artistic work.
The National Core Arts Standards
Inspire/Responding: I look at Art and Art Concepts
Standard 7: Analyze artistic work.
Standard 8: Interpret meaning in art.
Standard 9: Evaluate artistic work.