Getting Inspired

Tricks for Priming the Creative Pump

Here are 20 things that work for me when the creative juices are running low:

• Take my art process outside.

• Work in a new location.

• Test out a new medium.

• Go sketching with friends.

• Watch a documentary about a place I’d love to visit and sketch some of the scenes.

• Go for a walk.

• Cloud-watch.

• Take a seat in a coffee shop and people-watch.

• Read poetry, and doodle w…