2024 CSN | Prompt Library
Welcome to the Prompt Library!
You can find all emails and prompts that were sent out along with the calendar for the year below.
If you have any questions, email Olivia at hello@atiliay.com.
CSN No. 1 | Hello & Welcome!
Supply details, welcome survey link, 3 things to prepare
CSN No. 2 | Before We Get Started...
Details about the prompts, sharing your work, our schedule, resource links, warm up exercise suggestions, and a bonus exercise!
CSN No. 3 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 1 | DREAM
Our very first prompt, art movement, and artist! Exploring dreams, surrealism, and the work of Remedios Varo
CSN No. 4 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 1 | Check-In
2 surrealist techniques to try
CSN No. 5 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 2 | CYCLICAL
Drawing inspiration from cyclical patterns, circles, and cycles in nature and in our lives
CSN No. 6 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 2 | Check-In
Inspiration from our community and The 100 Day Project
CSN No. 7 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 3 | ICE
Finding inspiration within the coldness of winter and in Abstract Expressionism
CSN No. 8 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 3 | Check-In
Inspiration from our community and ideas on mark making inspired by Abstract Expressionism
CSN No. 9 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 4 | MYTHICAL
Exploring mythical creatures, folklore, and legends this week
CSN No. 10 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 4 | Check-In
What our community has been working on, a fresh perspective on perfectionism, along with a mythical inspired playlist
CSN No. 11 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 5 | COLOR
Wrapping up the CK series by finding inspiration in color!
CSN No. 12 | Creative Kickstart Prompt 5 | Check-In Inspiration from our community, what's next, and what you can do during our break
CSN No. 13 | March Prompt 1 | TIME How can we use time and interpret it in our sketchbooks?
CSN No. 14 | March Prompt 1 | Check-In Inspiration in the form of music and from our community
CSN No. 15 | March Prompt 2 | GROWTH Finding growth in the new season and within us
CSN No. 16 | March Prompt 2 | Check-In Inspiration from our community
CSN No. 17 | April Prompt 1 | ENVIRONMENT Celebrating the space around us and how we can incorporate it into our art
CSN No. 18 | April Prompt 1 | Check-In A playlist and what our community has been creating
CSN No. 19 | April Prompt 2 | REPURPOSE Using the old to create something new
CSN No. 20 | April Prompt 2 | Check-In Finding inspiration in unusual places and how we've been interpreting the latest prompts
CSN No. 21 | May Prompt 1 | FLORAL Flowers have inspired countless artists--how will they inspire you? Our art movement for the month is Impressionism.
CSN No. 22 | May Prompt 1 | Check-In A few more floral inspired ideas and inspiration from our community
CSN No. 23 | May Prompt 2 | URBAN Taking inspiration from Impressionist urban paintings. What does urban make you think of?
CSN No. 24 | May Prompt 2 | Check-In 3 more points of inspiration and a look at what our community has been creating lately
CSN No. 25 | June Prompt 1 | DUALITY Playing with opposites, pairs, differences and similarities
CSN No. 26 | June Prompt 1 | Check-In Additional ideas and inspiration from our community
CSN No. 27 | June Prompt 2 WANDERLUST Exploring ideas on travel, adventure, and home.
CSN No. 28 | June Prompt 2 | Check-In More ideas to consider and a look at what's up ahead
CSN No. 29 | SSUS Prompt 1 | ACTION Kicking off the Summer Sketchbook Un-Slump with our first prompt!
CSN No. 30 | SSUS Prompt 1 | Check-In Dance inspired inspo and what our community has been creating lately!
CSN No. 31 | SSUS Prompt 2 | TEXTURE Rough, velvety, grainy, bumpy, cracked, furry, chunky...
CSN No. 32 | SSUS Prompt 2 | Check-In Inspiration from our community.
CSN No. 33 | SSUS Prompt 3 | WATERCOLOR Exploring the flow of water and color
CSN No. 34 | SSUS Prompt 3 | Check-In 3 different ways 3 artists use watercolor and what we've been creating lately.
CSN No. 35 | SSUS Prompt 4 | DISTORTION Twisted, altered, unnatural, out of proportion...
CSN No. 36 | SSUS Prompt 4 | Check-In 3 photography ideas for distortion and inspiration from our community.
CSN No. 37 | SSUS Prompt 5 | CHARACTER Attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual
CSN No. 38 | SSUS Prompt 5 | Check-In Catching up with our community
CSN No. 39 | September Prompt 1 | BLEND A prompt inspired by our art movement for the month
CSN No. 40 | Sept Prompt 1 | Check-In Inspiration from our community
CSN No. 41 | September Prompt 2 | SPLIT Division, separation, sections...
CSN No. 42 | Sept Prompt 2 | Check-In More ideas for split and what we've been creating lately
CSN No. 43 | October Prompt 1 | SECRET What should be kept hidden and what should be released?
CSN No. 44 | Oct Prompt 1 | Check-In What our community has been creating lately
CSN No. 45 | October Prompt 2 | MASK The different masks we wear, literally and figuratively
CSN No. 46 | Oct Prompt 2 | Check-In What we've been creating lately and the schedule for the rest of the year!
CSN No. 47 | November Prompt 1 | SLOW Taking a moment to pause and slow down
CSN No. 48 | Nov Prompt 1 | Check-In Songs for slowing down and what our community has been creating
CSN No. 49 | November Prompt 2 | WABI SABI Appreciating the impermanent, incomplete, and imperfect
CSN No. 50 | Nov Prompt 2 | Check-In Some more wabi sabi inspo and a look for what's ahead next year!
CSN No. 51 | December Prompt 1 | FESTIVE What does celebration, merriment, and excitement look like to you?
CSN No. 52 | Dec Prompt 1 | Check-In Finally catching up on my sketchbook practice and inspiration from our community
CSN No. 53 | December Prompt 2 | PRESENT "Forever is composed of now." - Emily Dickinson
CSN No. 54 | Dec Prompt 2 | Check-In A quick reminder and a few more articles to inspire you
CSN No. 55 | It's A Wrap! Thank you, a look at what's next, and a New Year postcard swap!
2024 CALENDAR
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