Keep. Making. Art.

Art and creativity can help us through our darkest moments, and I hope that you will keep this mantra in your head. Now that many of us are at home because of quarantine and social distancing measures, it might be just be time to add a little art practice to your every day.

I started a campaign this week called Creative Fuel Challenge (you can sign up here) and I am so inspired by all of the artists who are sharing their creativity in a variety of ways.

Here are some (free) resources if you are looking for art challenges and prompts:

• Wendy Macnaughton is running a live drawing class every day at 10am PST.
• Carson Ellis is running a #quarantineartclub with a daily drawing prompt.
• Danielle Krysa is doing a 30 day art challenge called #30dayartquarantine
• Julia Turshen is hosting an online writing class with daily prompts and a chat, perfect if you want to work on your food writing.
• Becca Rea-Holloway aka the Sweet Feminist is hosting a virtual baking party
• Oliver Jeffers is doing daily readings of his books.
• Illustoria Magazine has a variety of DIYs on their website and is showcasing some of them on their Instagram feed.
• Mo Willems is hosting a daily video series called Lunch Doodles.
• Beam Paints regularly posts tutorials, like this one on how to paint a feather with two colors
• Downloadable coloring book from Taproot Magazine
• Rachel Ignotofsky has downloadable coloring pages (her illustrations are so great!)
• Jen Bloomer of Radici Studios is offering a free art class on Zoom on Wednesday March 18, 2pm PST
• The Sketchbook Project is offering a 28-day challenge, emailing you a creative prompt every single day
• Need general art inspiration? Lots of museums are offering ways to explore their collections digitally. The San Francisco Museum of Art has been doing a great job promoting the #MuseumFromHome hashtag, and here is a roundup of more helpful hashtags you can follow.

I will keep updating this list, so if you know of others please feel free to contact me so that I can add them!