54. Make a drawing machine.

A good drawing doesn’t even need you. Set up paper and a swinging pencil, and then even your cat can make a Twombly drawing.

52. Nudes.

Clothing is overrated, and the body of a human (or other) being is a beautiful thing. Show it off! They come in colors and sizes. Ex. Lucien Freud’s ‘Benefits Supervisor Sleeping,’ 1995.

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.

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.

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.

1. Pointillism is a way to show depth.

Ex. Detail from Seurat’s La Parade de Cirque (1889), showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism. This is interesting.