Art Block Busting Exercises
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*Every exercise I’ve recorded in my sketchbooks.*| # | Exercise | Usage Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neurographic art under, over, or of anything. | |
| 2 | Automatic drawing using any materials. | |
| 3 | Random doodling and/or confetti doodles using fine liner or colored pencils. | |
| 4 | Scribble in any material and draw whatever I see. | |
| 5 | Draw something familiar with my eyes closed AND/OR with my non-dominant hand. | |
| 6 | Create a swatch page of a fave or random palette. Draw faces on the swatches. | |
| 7 | Contour line drawings of something in the room. | |
| 8 | Trace hand and fill with pattern(s). | |
| 9 | Color background with random colors using paint sticks or ink. Reverse color. | |
| 10 | Add eyes where they don’t belong. | |
| 11 | Add tetnacles where they don’t belong. | |
| 12 | Draw a snail or hermit crab with shell made into or combined with something random. | |
| 13 | Combine 3 random things into one creature. | |
| 14 | Drip ink onto paper and blow around with a draw. Draw or paint using ink as guide. | |
| 15 | Intentionally make something that is as ugly as possible. |
Iteration 1
