Here are the video tutorials for some creative prompts in the 3 videos below. Use these ideas to get going with your art school portfolio, or anything else!
Approach these prompts as a starting point that you can develop so that it matches your personal interests and narratives.
Have fun changing up the media, or completely shifting to a different subject. Level up your ideas and portfolio further with our 1 on 1 support or live group mentoring.
Enjoy! xoxo Prof Lieu
Texture & Taste
Wet charcoal
Abstracting movement
Fumage
Balsa wood
Trace monotype
Reed & Wire
Touch Portraits
Pyrography
Lotus fold book
Clay foot
Clay skull
Fake movie poster
Citra Solv transfer
Styrofoam cup sculpture
Night painting
Texture Cubes
Expressive face relief
Painted paper collage
Woodcut
Soap carving
Tarot cards
Charcoal animation
Smash your surface
Thaumatrope animation
Paint a mural
Upcycled Chair
Remembered Place
1 page animation
Translucent surface
Pewter casting
Oil sticks
Tunnel book
Cyanotype on fabric
Self-Portrait diptych
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