54. Make a drawing machine. 
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ex. Sand made into scultpure, at the “Dinostory” exhibit in Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
3. You can create images by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone or other materials, in a process called mosaic.
Ex. 3rd Century mosaics of Bikini Girls at the Villa Romana in Sicily.
1. Pointillism is a way to show depth.
