Get Drawing!

Posted on by Helen

What is it? Get Creative, Take Notice

Who is it for? Adults, young people

During the lockdown in Spring 2020, David, from our Get Drawing Group, shared drawing prompts and tips every Sunday. We’ve collected them all here, so you can take part at your own pace. There are 11 groups of drawing prompts, pick an item from the list, find yourself a bit of quiet space and have go.

Drawing tips:

  • Work in a sketch book if you have one, but you can draw perfectly well on plain printer paper. Most important, find something to use as a drawing board, like a tray or a large book, so you can make your drawing at the best angle (which should be about 45 degrees).
  • Try a bit of colour, too – just adding one colour, with a coloured pencil, can give your drawing a little more impact
  • Remember to start by lightly drawing the main shapes before you begin to work on details. Its like writing a play: you have to start with the plot – a rough outline of everything that is going to happen, before you can write the dialogue – which is the details and shading in your drawing.
  • Why not try drawing in a medium you rarely use, just to challenge yourself?

Collection of kitchen utensils in a jar on a wooden tableDrawing prompts 1:

  1. Toothbrushes, tooth paste and a water glass.
  2. Cakes and biscuits.
  3. Some kitchen tools.

A red onion cut into quartersDrawing prompts 2:

  1. Some vegetables, some whole, some cut in half.
  2. A plate of half eaten food .
  3. An opened tin of paint and a paint brush.

Sunglasses on a wooden tableDrawing prompts 3:

    1. Find a small mirror and put an object in front of it, and draw both the object and its reflection.
    2. Cutlery – knives, forks, spoons, a cork screw if you have one. Arrange them carelessly….
    3. A pair of glasses or sunglasses.

Wooden chess pieces scattered on a chess boardDrawing prompts 4:

  1. Two or three shoes, arranged untidily.
  2. An enlarged drawing of a piece of small jewellery.
  3. Chess pieces, draughts, or playing cards.
  4. A banana skin curled round – after you have eaten the contents…

Drawing prompts 5:

  1. a hand bag or backpack, with some of the contents spilling out onto the table
  2. an electric iron or an electric drill
  3. a view from your window

A ball of scrunched up yellow writing paperDrawing prompts 6:

  1. three or four kitchen tools, carefully arranged
  2. a crumpled sheet of paper
  3. throw a blanket onto a chair, and draw the folds it falls into

Drawing prompts 7:

  1. Your other hand holding a pen or a coin
  2. A banana skin curled round after you have eaten the contents
  3. Half a lemon, with two or three cloves of garlic in front

A bunch of keys laid out on a plain white backgroundDrawing prompts 8:

  1. an unmade bed, with the duvet or blankets thrown back
  2. a partly open door with the view through it
  3. a bunch of keys

Drawing prompts 9:

  1. Three or four of your art tools – brush, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener, etc.
  2. Something you like to wear – on a hanger, hanging from the back of a chair
  3. An open box of eggs

A pair of brown leather walking bootsDrawing prompts 10:

    1. An open box of eggs
  1. Cut a tomato in half and draw it enlarged
  2. A pair of boots or sandals

An armchair, with long wooden legs, in the middle of a narrow street,with buildings and trees on each sideDrawing prompts 11:

  1. An open kitchen drawer, showing some of the contents
  2. Your favourite chair
  3. The view from the window near where you work.

Happy drawing!

Why not share your creations with us on the The Mill’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, and see what others are doing too?

Milling About is our programme of activities to support our local community and to connect people whilst COVID-19 restrictions are in place. We’re supporting local specialists and creatives from different disciplines to produce activities which  you can do online, from home and out and about in our local area.

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