54. Make a drawing machine. 
50. Go go graduate school!
If you still have not found your artistic calling, consider traveling to New Haven, and get your MFA. You’ll find yourself a handsome network post-graduation.
49. If being inspired proves tiring, try making something uninspired. 
Most galleries prefer to show consumer-friendly, middle-of-the-road work because such inoffensive pieces might bring the highest yield. Ex. Mark Flood at the Zach Feuer Gallery.
48. Use a pencil with an eraser.
It’s easier to erase someone’s name on the back of a drawing and replace it with yours than it is to meticulously attempt to copy their work.
47. Use a stapler. 
When you’re tired of glue, a stapler is for you. For a more industrial, tough connection. Ex. Baptiste Debombourg’s staple murals. View our instruction video here.
46. Use computer search engines to find things. 
If you need a little inspiration and don’t want to get out of your PJs and schlep over to a museum, try using an internet search engine. These things are great, and they have just about eliminated the need for libraries. Some popular examples are: Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com.
45. Restore something old.
Try becoming an Art Historian. You can show your love for Jacques-Louis David by more than just rehashing 18th century French Neoclassicism.
44. Make ’spin art.’
All you need is paint, a canvas, and a spinning platform. Ex. Damien Hirst took the “As Seen on TV” staple to “As Seen in the Tate Modern”.
42. Be a ‘creative cross-over.’
Why not circumnavigate the entirety of the arts? Keep moving, always try something new. Ex. Jared Leto.
41. Mail a piece to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The New York Metropolitan Art Museum catalogs and saves every scrap they get. You too can be in their “Permanent Collection.”
40. Make a comic book.
Not only can you make some money to offset the costs, but you can also write something longer than putting your signature and title on the back.
38. Start a website for fellow artists.
Art can be resourceful, and functional. Ex. Artips.org, this website.
36. Tragically expire young.
Ex. Dash Snow.
33. Paint with a body part.
Nothing says you’re passionate about art like a labial brush stroke or the texture of that stray pubic hair.
28. Cut off a body part.
Some people consider this art. Ex. Van Gogh cut off his ear, although some art historians claim Gauguin wielded the knife.
26. Make an aquatint.
Stand out from the crowd by using acid-resistant powder resin to create tonal effects in your etchings. Ex. Fransisco Goya’s ‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters’ 1799.
25. Use wax-resistant dye on your cloth.
Tired of using normal art supplies? Use Batik, a cloth which is wax-resist dyed. Ex. a textile from Niya, China.
24. Disguise your words with calligraphy.
If you have something abrasive or unfortunate to say, write it in calligraphy. No one will know what you’re saying, and you might not be held accountable for it.
23. Photoshop computer program. 
You can use photoshop on any digital computer to create or manipulate just about any image.
22. Draw on a wall.
During war time, things can get lonely. Try drawing an image on a nearby, something that makes you happy. Ex. An Italian soldier draws a romantic love in the nude on a beach, 1943.
21. Wrap it up.
Tired of looking at your sculpture or any everyday object? Cover it with a cloth, bed sheet or giant tarp. Ex. Christo’s ‘Wrapped Bottle,’ 1958.
20. Make yourself an interesting character.
For example, Samuel Rosenstock, who went under the name Tristan Tzara, was the unofficial ‘president of Dada’.
19. Use complex iconography.
If being direct seems boring, try hiding the meaning of your content with complex iconography. Ex. Hans Memling’s ‘Szenen aus dem Leben Mariä,’ 1480.
18. Put your art in a wood frame. 
If your art is seeming a little glum, put that thing in a nice wood frame. It will look like a million bucks. There are many types of wood. Oak, Maple, Cherry, Pine, Oh my. Try going to Home Depot, they have a large selection of woods.
17. Just paint water.
When stuck, and you have no idea what to paint, try painting something serene, that makes someone feel at peace: like water. Ex. Roy Ortner’s entry for Art Prize, 2009.
16. Ask for divine help
When devoid of motivation, try channeling something larger than yourself. Possibly, your creator. Could the creator create a creator?
15. Document things.
When you do this, things exist more, and more honestly.
14. Tend to make a lot of mistakes in life? An eraser might be your new friend.
These handy devices erase your mistakes. Kneaded erasers are specifically great for picking up charcoal.
12. If you’re stuck in a dust bowl, use that dust. Land art is a great way to make art inexpensively, and with what’s around you.
Ex. James Turrell purchased Roden Crater in 1979, and has been pushing dirt to create a gigantic naked-eye observatory ever since.
11. If you’re struggling with diversity in color, experiment with Crayons.
Ex. According to Stephen Von Worley, the number of Crayola colors doubles every 28 years.
10. If you’re strapped for cash, and you’ve just finished your oatmeal, consider making a pinhole camera from it’s packaging.
Ex: A pinhole camera made from an oatmeal box. The pinhole is in the centre. The black plastic which normally surrounds this camera (see picture above) has been removed.
9. Make something native to your culture’s history.
Ex. Pre-1889 Navajo rug; a tapestry weave with interlocked joints made with handspun yarns and synthetic dyes.
8. If the work is becoming too literal, try abstracting it. Separate from the overwhelming sad reality of nature.
Ex. L’Escargot 1952-1953 Henri Matisse (1869-1954 French) Gouache, collage on paper.
7. Tone can be used to subtly shift perceptions in surface; using shading techniques such as blending, hatching and stippling, and without the use of line.
Ex. ‘The Artist’s Mother,’ Georges Seurat, 1882-1883, Conté pencil, 12⅞ x 9½.
6. When your story is best told in three dimensions, consider an armature; a structural skeleton that provides stability to a framework.
Ex. Hadrosaurus Foulkii, Bronze, 15′, 2003. Haddonfield, NJ. Built from heavy, stiff aluminum wire.
5. Use more white.
Kandinsky writes “It is not a dead silence, but one pregnant with possibilities,” from ‘Concerning the Spiritual in Art.’ Published in 1911.
4. Sand is not an obvious, but useful material. Dry sand is loose, but when the proper amount of water is applied, sand becomes adherent.
