Are you stuck
staring at blank paper? Need inspiration?
Here are a 101 of my
favorite inspiration generators.
See if one will
spark something for you!
Until next week,
Pam
Until next week,
Pam
- Create new Pinterest boards, search your topic or browse their "popular" category
- Flip through trade, home décor and craft magazines like Somerset Studio, Digital Studio, Anthropologie and Better Homes and Gardens.
- Flip through fashion and lifestyle magazines like Architectural Digest, Vogue and Travel and Leisure
- Flip through shopping catalogs like Crate and Barrel, Sundance and Garnet Hill
- Google random topics and scroll the "images" tab
- Watch your favorite TV show
- Watch a new TV show
- Watch a foreign TV show
- Watch a vintage classic TV show
- Listen to your favorite music
- Listen to International music
- Listen to Holiday music
- Watch an MGM movie musical
- Go to theater to see a play
- See a movie
- See a concert
- Read a new book
- Reread an old book
- Browse independent boutiques
- Wander a mall
- Shop a department store
- Go to an art gallery
- Visit a college gallery
- Go to a Children's Film Festival
- Go to an International Film Festival
- Take a nature stroll
- Go on a hike
- Wander a toy store or toy department
- Search other artist's websites
- Search online art galleries
- Visit a museum
- Look through your clothing accessories
- Look through your jewelry
- Wander a craft store
- Wander a furniture store
- Wander a fabric store
- Search topics on Instagram
- Look up artists on Behance
- Visit a plant nursery
- Arrange loose flowers in a vase
- Visit a historical site
- Take a long drive
- Go somewhere new
- Wander the makeup isle in a drug store and look at the ads
- Look up the flags of the world online
- Visit a library
- Wander a book store
- Flip through random magazines
- Look through greeting cards
- Join a coloring group
- Google "the meaning of colors"
- Google "exotic destinations" and click on the images tab
- Visit your local Audubon Society
- Look at scrapbooking papers at your local art store
- Look at the yarn isles at your local craft store
- Go to a sporting event
- Look at your favorite Facebook pages
- Write in a journal
- Interview someone
- Go to the gym
- Meditate
- Do yoga
- Take an online class
- Take an in-person class
- Gift wrap something
- Take pictures
- Take a sketch pad and sketch at the beach, the park, the mall
- Find inspiring blogs online
- Learn something new
- Make a list of things you would like to do or try
- Make a mood board with pictures and drawings
- Look at past work
- Make a list of your favorites…color, song, trip, food, etc…
- Do something "just for fun"
- Do something nice for someone else
- Do something nice for a stranger
- Browse "print on demand" sites like Redbubble, Zazzle and Café Press
- Browse artists product sites like Teefury and Threadless
- Call a friend
- Find inspirational quotes online
- Keep a dream journal
- Try a new recipe
- Bake
- Sleep
- Watch YouTube videos
- Set a timer and write…5 minutes? 3 minutes? 10 minutes?
- Play with a child
- Have a cup of tea or coffee
- Learn about another culture
- Go to the water…ocean, lake, pool
- Start an artists group
- Try a new medium
- Keep an idea journal or scrapbook
- Join a group sketchbook project
- Search for artists studios online
- Doodle
- Get new art supplies
- Clean and reorganize your creating space
- Look through old photo albums
- Learn about different customs
- Create something (anything)
for a set time (30 minutes? 60 minutes?) EVERYDAY.
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