Here are one hundred emotive, image-inspiring, imagination-activating and generally awesome words.
When I’m not inspired with random ideas of my own, portraits of my friends on Facebook or work stuff I intend to come back to this list armed with a random number generator and find myself a challenge to work on. If you read through the list I’m sure you’ll find that this will be a very challenging list – more than most of the “100 things to draw” lists I’ve seen before. You might even need a dictionary for many of them… or you can just let the sound of the word inspire you and ignore it’s meaning entirely.

Anyone who is interested can borrow my list for drawing, painting, photography, or any artistic venture at all. I would be very curious to see what else comes out of it so send me a link when you complete something. Who knows, maybe if enough people complete enough of these I’ll create a news article to show off everyone’s hard work on this mighty list.

01. bastion
02. coruscate
03. decay
04. paradise
05. enthrall
06. freedom
07. ephemeral
08. vessel
09. progenitor
10. simulacrum
11. augment
12. stranglehold
13. enervate
14. paragon
15. immerse
16. austere
17. communion
18. vengeance
19. grotto
20. behold
21. acrid
22. matriarch
23. vanguard
24. yearn
25. entangle
26. derelict
27. discord
28. enigma
29. epitaph
30. lexicon
31. scion
32. erudite
33. solace
34. evanescent
35. skulk
36. ennui
37. miscreant
38. lachrymose
39. dissipate
40. augur
41. sycophant
42. lambent
43. arcanum
44. kismet
45. anathema
46. celestial
47. hirsute
48. ribald
49. halcyon
50. miasma
51. ascetic
52. scintilla
53. moiety
54. pariah
55. mountebank
56. malaise
57. panacea
58. harbinger
59. lapse
60. grandiose
61. melancholy
62. aura
63. shroud
64. amulet
65. transmogrify
66. neophyte
67. maelstrom
68. piebald
69. cornucopia
70. rivulet
71. aegis
72. seclusion
73. cataract
74. languor
75. riposte
76. eremite
77. cohort
78. avatar
79. senescence
80. fey
81. hinterland
82. machination
83. arbiter
84. quagmire
85. cabal
86. serendipity
87. eldritch
88. diablerie
89. troglodyte
90. transmute
91. excrescence
92. foundling
93. myrmidon
94. apogee
95. philter
96. sunder
97. subterfuge
98. aria
99. carapace
100.parley

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