Destination

Narrative Art

An illustration that tells a story and answers who, what, when, and where.

The following questions or prompts will challenge your imagination. Creatively draw a story for each.

Remember to make a WOW.

Draw light till you know that it's right.Draw big. Big is Beautiful.Fill up your space.No white unless it's on purpose.Add details. No Plain Janes.Mind your craftsmanship.

Prompts

You may want to do a small moment or big picture. You may want to complete a series or a comic strip to tell your story.
  1. If you were a teacher for a day, what would you teach? Draw a picture of yourself as a teacher in your classroom. What rules would you have?
  2. Pretend you are a pirate and you discovered some buried treasure! Draw what you found and illustrate your reaction.
  3. If you were a spider and could write a message in your web, what would it say? Draw a picture of your spider self on your web.
  4. You have just discovered a new animal. Draw it. Where does it live?
  5. Pretend you have a crystal ball. You can look into it and see the future. Draw what you see in the crystal ball.
  6. Imagine you are a bird. What do you see while you are flying? Illustrate your view.
  7. Illustrate how you would build the tallest sandwich in the world! What would be on it?
  8. What if you went fishing and caught something no one had ever seen before? What would it look like?
  9. If you were going to design a T-shirt with a written message, what would be on the front? On the back?
  10. Imagine you just discovered a secret door in your house. Illustrate what will happen when you open the door.

remember: Tell a Story with your art.

Add lots of details. And have fun!