Here is a variety of warm-up drawing ideas to kickstart creativity in our middle school art classes! This is designed to expand our way of thinking by putting things in the world together in a drawing that would normally not be found that way.
Click on the down arrow on each stubby numbered colored pencil to revel the crazy prompt.
A monkey rolling a water barrel uphill against an army of ants.
Caption Hook at the grocery store.
An elephant riding a tricycle.
A frog jumping on lily pads made of clouds.
A sewing machine sewing a scarecrow.
A city made of yarn.
Leaves that have human bones as their skeletal structure.
A horse scoring a touchdown.
A wizard putting make up on a pig.
A dresser full of snakes.
A gummy bear riding in a kayak up a river.
A singing choir made up of gnomes.
Wonderfully smelling garbage in a painted trash can.
A cheetah running in high heels.
Design an ugly Christmas Sweater.
Something that makes you happy.
Old socks full of fresh french fries.
A baby turkey playing with toys on a large rug.
A message in a bottle, in a bottle of Diet Coke.
Trees made of sea shells.
A tree with bark designed like Van Gogh's famous Starry Night painting.
A jean jacket full of phone chargers and wires.
A burglar stealing cotton candy in Rome.
Design a car with a super power.
A wind turbine being generated by rainbows.
A haunted house that is owned by squirrels.
Reindeer having smores around a campfire.
A hippo sleeping on a park bench.
A dog playing tennis with a falcon. Who is winning?
A plant painting a self-portrait.
A skull made out of sugar, ice cream & melted chocolate.
Hotdogs being grown like corn cobs in a farmer's field.
A pumpkin patch full of old computer monitors, bean bags, and mice.
A humongous bag of flying butterflies in the back of an old pick up truck.
A blue fox in a Santa hat resale shopping.
A baby carriage full of books being pushed by a large fat cat wearing fuzzy slippers.
A dragon building a sand castle on a sunny beach.
The characters from your favorite movie as Lego people.
If kindness was a physical object, what would it be?
A vampire licking a lollipop while driving a tractor.
An elk eating spaghetti made by Micky Mouse.
Your favorite band dressed like characters from Spongebob Squarepants performing at a concert.
A bouquet of flowers with emoji faces.
A car engine made out of french toast.
Yourself as a cartoon.
Draw something worth gold to you.
Draw the titanic full of pizza slices.
An umbrella keeping water from dripping on a giant eye.
Combine something your biggest fear with something you are most confident in.
