General+Sources+of+Ideas

Part of this list comes from Princeton Online's Incredible Art Department--Marvin Bartel's discussion with other teachers concerning where artists' ideas come from.

Sounds (Nature, Music) Words Images Pictures Elements and Principles Nature Observation Imagination (dreams, fantasy) Expression (emotions) Beliefs Events Symbolism Function Object-materials-image Take an object, do something to it, do something else to it, do something else to it, and do something else to it again. Interaction Communication

Mona Brooks, author of __Drawing with Children__, categorizes subjects for drawing as follows: 1. Beings (animals, humans, aliens) 2. Inanimate Objects 3. Plants and Flowers 4. Vehicles 5. Landscape or Nature Scene 6. City or Building Scene