These Easy 10 min. Art Prompts Actually Work!

This videos provides simple art prompts that can be done in literally 10 minutes that self-taught artists can do to jump start their studio art practice. These are prompts that are easy, accessible, and quick to start with bare bones art supplies. Sometimes the toughest part of the creative process is getting started, and these prompts will get your hand moving under a low pressure situation. Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Deepti Menon and Alex Rowe.

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Clara Lieu was an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2007-2020. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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[michaelellison]

Practicing random marks have helped me considerably. When I had starting making watercolor paint last year, I had a lot of leftover watercolor paint on the glass plate that I could not scrape off. So, I would use that the leftover watercolor paint to make random monochromatic painting marks and images. I have discovered so many patterns and marks that I like.

[breblizz]

i slowly started accumulating so much art stuff that my (extremely tiny) living room has been taken over and everything is visible and accessible at all times.. i don't like the mess but i do make at least 3 drawings or paintings a every day

[julian]

Thank you for doing these videos!!! I can't wait to get

[divinesolstice]

If I'm afraid of the blank page I like to warm up with blind contours of my hand or something random that's just around for five minutes or so. That way nothing I draw afterwards will look as bad as that blind contour so its only up from there!

[AprendiendoConAmberD]

This is SO inspiring. I couldn't even finish the video before leaving this comment. Thank you so much for this type of content. I feel like I have a new mindset about drawing, and it encourages me to keep exploring (some days I just practice to improve my skills, but I miss the opportunities to have fun doing that)

I didn't know about the free reference photos that you have. That is awesome! I was also wondering if I may use them to make digital collages (giving you the credits of the images) If so, it would be great, and I would appreciate it very much.

Keep doing great! Thank you again for everything you give to us, it is so valuable. I'll continue watching the video *-*

[katherineelizabethco]

Right now I’m working in a sketchbook, which is very freeing. I no longer have a canvas that takes up space and it’s difficult to hide. My sketches are completed portraits where I’m doing my best. Working on paper with watercolor is so different than oil and canvas- again, taking up very little space.

[Boxxxxxxxxx]

Appreciate the video.

I would like to mention that Deepti did not answer the “beautiful vs ugly sketchbook” question — instead she projected her opinion. Youtube is the perfect example. There are artists who showcase their well crafted journals with long process artwork while others have piles of unruly paper of mess. And there is a difference in thinking from both artists and if that question had been pondered before answering — I think that would have helped more artists understand the different approaches that other creators have when it comes to how and what they choose to draw. My question surrounds what approach is more beneficial. To draw beautiful artwork you enjoy but spend excessive time on detail or to draw messy and loosely studying concepts until you feel you grasped it, even if it feels mechanical and boring?

[BBFCCO]

Crappy drawings stress me out. I initially hate most of my work, then when I go back, realize there's something fun in most of them. But when it doesn't turn out as I hoped I get frustrated.

[rossiej]

The biggest takeaway from random mark making is pencil control which results in better brush control. I do circles, lines, tubes. cubes, cross hatching, rectangles. Pages and pages of them. I have never tired of doing it.

[markbrower]

Mark making for an artist is akin to jamming for a jazz musician.

[randydontknow]

What i now did find out to be realy interesting:
I searched for GIFs of my favorite tv show a draw from that.
If the GIFs are to long its incredible hard, but if they are short its realy interesting and fun, a little like live drawing

[basil]

Self taught? I think you mean Art Prof taught.