Sometimes the hardest part of art is coming up with an idea. Here are some ideas from great artists to get you started:
- Wayne Thiebaud was famous for painting cakes and desserts. Cezanne loved painting fruit. What’s your favorite food? Why not try and paint it!
- Compose a still life with items from your junk drawer and create a mini Dutch Baroque painting or even glue them to the canvas to create a tableau.
- Find inspiration in nature like Georgia O’Keefe. Grab a beautiful rock, shell, leaf, or petal (or all four). Use them to create a artwork
- Judy Chicago used quilting to honor women. Use your favorite craft to create an artwork. Try cross stitching a tiny sampler! Make a 3 x 3 granny square!
- Cut out shapes from colored paper and create a mini cut out like Henri Matisse
- Andy Warhol elevated screen printing to high art. You could use stamps and stencils to do something similar
Need more ideas? Want some tips on how to paint and draw? Try CreativeBug!
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“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced” – Vincent Van Gogh
