Famous Shipwrecks
13 September 2024
Sunken treasure – the oldest shipwreck in the world Sailing around the Mediterranean in the
Artists love to get up to ALL KINDS of shenanigans, and now it’s time for you to join in the fun. Here are 31 amazing challenges for you to take part in. One for each day of August. Some are silly, some are tricky, some are just plain disgusting (sorry in advance) but they’re all guaranteed to fire up that creativity and get you motivated.
AND what’s more, they will inspire and ignite your creativity ready for our Art Show issue that’s coming our on 1st September!
Don’t forget to tell us all about it. We love getting your letters and pictures. Let’s go!
Make like Matisse – cut out colourful shapes and stick them places
Paint your dreams like Salvador Dalí
Draw on the move, on public transport or in the car, like Georgia O’Keeffe
Make a time capsule like Andy Warhol
Create an alter ego like Grayson Perry
Try drawing sound like Wassily Kandinsky
Graffiti everywhere like Jean-Michel Basquiat (but only where you’re allowed, and maybe use chalk)
Collect and draw data, like Mona Chalabi
Paint spots on veg like Yayoi Kusama
Photograph yourself as a famous film character, like Cindy Sherman
Build a magical world out of rocks, like Nek Chand
Draw your reflection in a spoon
Play with clay, like Augusta Savage
Practise calligraphy like Liu Dan
Refuse to wash, like Michelangelo (according to some, he never had a bath!)
Make up a slogan and put it on a poster
Draw in the dark
Stand on your head for 15 minutes – composer Stravinsky swore by it
Make art on a tablet, like David Hockney
Draw with your toes, like Tom Yendell
Create a picture using only three colours
Paint your face like Pablo Picasso
Collect your toenail clippings like David Shrigley (really? Gross!)
Illustrate a scene from your favourite book
Design an outfit like Zandra Rhodes (make it COLOURFUL!)
Empty your bag’s contents onto a table. Draw the objects exactly as they fall
Create a cartoon strip inspired by Roy Lichtenstein
Paint your face, stand on a table and sing ‘Underneath the Arches’, like Gilbert and George
Pretend to fall asleep in a public place, like George Ferrandi
Make a teeny tiny sculpture like Dalton Ghetti (how small can you go?)
Paint a sunset like Oscar-Claude Monet
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Words: Caroline Pattenden. Illustration: Robbie Cathro
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