Daily Art Ideas

With this collection of daily art ideas you'll never have to struggle to find a subject to paint again. Also get inspiration from what others have painted from the ideas, and share your own.
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Canvas for Daily Painting - Photo © Marion Boddy-Evans
Art Supplies for Daily Painting
If you're planning to be painting daily, here's a list of recommended art supplies to keep you going day after day, week after week.
Daily Art Ideas #1 - Photo © Papaya
Daily Art Ideas #1
If you're looking for painting ideas or something to paint daily, this collection is the place to start! An apple a day keeps the painting blues away...
Daily Art Ideas #2
Never be without an idea for a painting again with this collection of daily art ideas. This is idea #2.
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Daily Art Ideas #3
If you approach painting this saying both literally and figuratively, you'll end up with contrasting paintings.
Blue bottles painting Daily art ideas - Photo © Morgan
Daily Art Ideas #4
Clear glass or coloured, or perhaps both in a vase; test your skills either way as you progress with your painting a day.
Daily Art Ideas #5
A line from this classic poem by Robert Burns is the starting point for Day 5's painting.
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Daily Art Ideas #6
You're challenged to paint a single tree, not a forest's worth. Make it like a portrait, not a group photo.
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Daily Art Ideas #7
The seventh in a month's worth of painting ideas, a challenge to paint more than the appearance of a tree.
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Daily Art Ideas #8
It's an idea that never gets stale and can be used in so many ways, to focus on one flower only!
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Daily Art Ideas #9
You're challenged to shift your focus onto part of a flower only for the Daily Painting #9.
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Daily Art Ideas #10 Spitting Mad
Use this expression as the basis for a painting!
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Daily Art Ideas #11
Don't neglect what you're walking over as a subject for a painting. Individual pebbles can make for an appealing still life or pattern study.
Daily Art Ideas #12
Use this line from a poem by Emily Dickinson as the starting point for a painting, whether you're doing one each day or not.
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Daily Art Ideas #13
Never be without an idea for a painting again with this collection of daily art ideas. This is an idea for Day 13.
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Daily Art Ideas #14
Change the question 'what shall I paint today' into the subject for the painting!
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Daily Art Ideas #15
Stop! Before you eat those veggies you were planning to have for dinner, make a painting for the Daily Art #15 gallery!
Daily Art Ideas #16
A bunch of pears offers the potential for many arrangements, which is the first part of this painting challenge. Be sure to decide before the day's over!
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Daily Art Ideas #17
Never be without an idea for a painting again with this collection of daily art ideas. This is an idea for Day 17.
Daily Art Ideas Inspiration - © Pat Grant
Daily Art Ideas #18
Test your willpower by first painting a chocolate before eating it, for the Daily Painting #18 photo gallery.
Painting Poetry - Photo © John Quinlan
Daily Art Ideas #19
Facing up to death isn't morbid, it offers the potential for powerful art.
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Daily Art Ideas #20
Focus on the small things, and you've plenty of material for a painting each and every day! Take a leaf out of my book...
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Daily Art Ideas #21
Use this quote from a book by Ray Bradbury as the starting point for a painting, then submit it to the photo gallery for Daily Art #21.
Painting idea watering can - Photo © Patricia Jessup
Daily Art Ideas #22
The shapes and negative spaces of this everyday object present great potential for a painting. Get it today still!
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Daily Art Ideas #23 Flowers with an Insignificant Vase
Challenge yourself today by setting up a still life where the flowers dominate rather than the vase.
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Use this common expression as the starting point for a painting, whether you paint it literally or figuratively.
Daily Art Ideas #25
Test your skills by painting something seen through glass for Day 25 of the daily painting challenge.
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Daily Art Ideas #26
Never be without an idea for a painting again with this collection of daily art ideas. This is an idea for Day 26.
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Daily Art Ideas #27
Look closely and leave off the details, that's the approach to take with this daily painting idea.
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Daily Art Ideas #28
A quote from All Quiet on the Western Front, to use as the starting point for a painting.
Painting Poetry - Photo © John Quinlan. Painted from photos the artist took Arlington National Cemetery, USA.
Painting Poetry: 31 Ideas
A month's worth of ideas for paintings inspired by poetry.
Afraid of the rain painting - Photo © Stephen F Hayes / Getty Images
30 Novel Painting Ideas
A month's worth of painting ideas from classic novels, to inspire you paint every single day.
Painting ideas from idioms and sayings - Image © Ben Killen Rosenberg / Getty Images
30 Painting Ideas from Idioms and Sayings
A collection of painting ideas from idioms and sayings, enough for a whole month, to help and inspire you to paint every single day.
A dark horse - Photo © Bobbi Tull / Getty Images
Painting Ideas: 31 More Ideas from Idioms
Another collection of painting ideas inspired by idioms and sayings, enough for a whole month, to give you an idea for painting every day.
Painting a day ideas -- green apple on reflective surface - Painting © Papaya
Painting a Day: 31 Ideas
Enough painting ideas for a whole month, to help and inspire you to create a painting every single day!
watercolor painting of a stapler - Photo © Paloma Chaffinch Creative Commons: some rights reserved
Painting a Day: 28 Ideas for February
Here are enough painting ideas for the whole of February, to help and inspire you every day!
Painting a day ideas - Painting © Buff Holtman
Painting Ideas
If you're looking for painting a day ideas and inspiration, here's a whole load of ideas that'll keep you painting day after day.
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