Strategies for variety

Artists Notebook
Strategies for Creating Variety. Or Things to do to/with a Drawing.

Photograph
Stretch
Rotate
Reverse
Layer
Thicken
darker
lighter
bigger
smaller
Connect it to other drawings
Fill it in
Empty it out
Draw it’s negative
Change the proportions
Mix up the elements
Write
Erase
Cut
Paste
Blend
Fade
Shift
Repeat
Wrong tool
Wrong hand
Wrong size
Wrong color
Use math
Kill
Nurture
Negate
Infer
Clarify
Simplify
Expand
Contract
Inflate
Wander
Declare
Photocopy
Scan
Trace
Rub
Splice
Group
Randomize