These 100 sketchbook prompts will help inspire you to finally sit down and start drawing again! These creative sketch journal prompts are diverse and exploratory – each promising to help expand your mind.
We’ve all experienced a creative block from time to time. This exercise, which will walk you through over 100 sketching ideas, will stretch your creativity and release any personal mental restraints you’ve been feeling.
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100 Sketchbook Prompts To Inspire Your Next Drawing
So, whether you want to start out by working on your self portrait, a town fair, or focus on your pet sleeping – this list will jumpstart your next art adventure.
- Draw a relative
- Draw yourself twenty years from now
- Holiday wreath
- Central Park in the summer
- A town fair
- A scoop of ice cream
- Draw a sports figure
- Your self-portrait
- Draw a hotel room
- An animal perched upon a tree
- An elderly person watching television
- Draw a pile of candy
- Draw a pile of laundry
- Draw popped popcorn
- Heroes and villains
- Candlesticks
- Aircraft overhead
- A piece of jewelry
- Home
- Soft linen falling off of the table
- Book covers
- Sinking ship
- Christmas tree
- Draw a pile of seashells
- Grafitti
- Your favorite children’s book
- The inside of a computer
- Draw yourself drawing in front of a mirror
- Chinese food
- Worn out shoes
- Cobblestone street
- Food carts
- A passport
- Draw your pet sleeping
- House plant
- A pile of laundry
- A tattoo you want to get
- A seashell
- A stray dog looking for food
- A park bench
- A makeup brush set
- A house of cards
- A quiet park
- A bustling park
- A monster under your bed
- A flower wilting
- Your version of the Mona Lisa
- Expired food in a fridge
- Wireless headphones
- A face mask
- Thanksgiving dessert
- Wine spilling
- Stop sign
- Roses
- Lilies
- The current state of the world
- Your neighbor’s house
- An ice cream shop
- Moonlight
- A woman in mourning
- A sunrise
- A sunset
- Draw a mysterious doorway
- A sleeping dog
- A ferocious cat
- A stopwatch
- A tree in full bloom
- Bowl of plums
- Hanging laundry
- Dancing ballerina
- Something melting
- Wounded tiger
- Houseplants on a windowsill
- Luggage by a cab
- Winding staircase
- Someone who cares about you
- Someone who doesn’t care about you
- A ghost from your past
- Baseball game
- Princess and a frog
- Draw a masked man
- Misty forest
- Mountainscape
- Pile of blankets
- Child swinging in the park
- Mother holding a baby
- Phone receiving a text message
- Garbage can
- Overgrown bushes
- Jewelry box
- An open backpack
- A wedding proposal
- Sleeping snake
- Political divide
- A busy hairdresser
- Pumpkins
- Lemon tree
- Pirates at sea
- A portion of your room
- A rooster
Now, you have plenty of ideas to start sketching! I hope these sketching prompts give you the inspiration you need to open up your book and get creative again.
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Do you need to assign yourself these drawings in order? Or will you randomly work your way through the list? That is entirely up to you!
Sketching Variations
If you want to try to try something a bit different, consider the following additional artistic options:
- From above
- From below
- Under water
- In outer space
- Using your left hand
- Using your right hand
- With your eyes closed
You get the drift – change your perspective!! Change your mood. Think about these drawing prompts in a different way.
So, what are you waiting for? Begin practicing your drawing skills and let me know what you think.