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Spark your
creativity before
perfectionism
gets involved.

1,000 therapeutic art prompts to loosen perfectionism, find creative joy and learn more about yourself too. Delivered to you in an interactive generator where you choose the direction and the depth, and the generator provides the rest.

  • play
  • unwind
  • discover
  • surprise me
get the deck · $17 try a free spark

one payment · lifetime access · opens on your phone or computer · no art experience needed

5 minutes or 2 hours, it all counts

inside the deck

how it works

step 1

pick a type of spark

  • playExperiment without needing a good result.
  • unwindGet out of your head and into the process.
  • discoverFollow what emerges instead of deciding what the art should become.
  • surprise meA mix of all three. We’ll pick one for you.
step 2

set your level of depth

Make for the process, or go a little deeper. Slide between art as therapy, a bit of both, and therapeutic art. You can change it any time.

step 3

get your spark

Your prompt appears on the card. Not the right one for today? Tap Give me another.

what you get

what’s inside

A private page that holds the whole deck, opened with the password you get when you buy. Open it whenever you have a few minutes and something to make with.

$17 USD, one payment. Lifetime access, no subscription.

get the deck · $17
1,000

1,000 prompts so you’ll never run out

Play, unwind and discover, at every level of depth, and new prompts come at no extra cost.

two kinds

art as therapy and therapeutic art

Stay with the process and the materials, lean toward reflection, or take a bit of both.

surprise

a button for when you can’t decide

Surprise me picks a type for you, and Give me another keeps new prompts coming.

fresh

not the same one twice in a row

It remembers the last 30 prompts you saw, on your own device only, so repeats stay rare.

anywhere

on your phone or computer

It opens in your browser, so there’s nothing to download or install.

yours

just for the people who bought it

You open it with a password you get when you buy, so only people who bought it can open it.

hi, I’m Ashleigh

made by an art therapist

I’m Ashleigh Gureckas, a professional art therapist in Canada and the founder of Discover Art Therapy. I’m a graduate of the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, where I later taught and coordinated clinical placements, and I’m a member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association.

The deck is a creative tool, not a therapy session. It gives you somewhere to start, and what you make and what it means are up to you.

see what happens

from my art journal

a few pages

Scribbles, smudges and half-finished corners all count as marks.

test it out!

try a creative spark

Pick a direction, the depth, and tap for your prompt.

type of spark

level of depth

playart as therapy

Make a collection of accidental-looking marks on purpose: drips, scribbles, uneven lines, smudges or imperfect shapes.

Keep every one.

4 free sparks left

This free taste draws from a small set of the deck’s prompts.

sound familiar?

your art supplies deserve your love

Enough of the inner critic stealing your creative joy. This prompt generator is designed for that moment before you make the first mark, when the critic is the loudest. It says things like “don’t waste your supplies” and “it’s not worth it.” None of that is true, and you need to practise play, unwind and loosening perfectionism. That’s exactly what these prompts are designed for.

Each prompt is only a few sentences long. There’s nothing to copy and no technique to master, and a few uneven marks on a page counts.

no need to make it perfect

two ways in

make for the process, or go a little deeper

Every prompt in the deck is art as therapy or therapeutic art. Art as therapy prompts start with the materials and the making: marks, colour, torn paper. Many have no image to aim for, only marks to make. Therapeutic art prompts ask you to make something in response to your own day, like a map, a place or a creature.

Move the slider to choose which you get. You can change it any time.

you are here

hands on

art as therapy

Playful, creative, material and process focused.

Make a mark you normally wouldn't keep. Instead of covering or correcting it, repeat it somewhere else on the page.

the middle

a bit of both

A blend of creative process, metaphor and gentle curiosity.

Each time you tap, the deck draws from either side, so you’ll see a mix.

a little more reflective

therapeutic art

Metaphor rich, expressive and gently self-exploratory.

Create a visual transition from “doing” to “being.” Let your materials show the shift in whatever way makes sense to you.

the whole deck

get the creative spark deck

One payment, and the whole deck is yours to open whenever you like.

creative spark deck

$17usd

one payment · lifetime access

  • 1,000 prompts in art as therapy and therapeutic art
  • Play, unwind, discover or surprise me, at every level of depth
  • Lifetime access, opened with your own password
  • New prompts at no extra cost
  • Opens on your phone, tablet or computer
get the deck · $17

all sales are final

available to add on at checkout

a second card, for writing

Add the journal pack and your deck gets a second card beside your prompt card, with 62 journal prompts that work with any art you make. It stays covered until you tap Reveal, so the writing waits until you have made something. It has its own Give me another button, and it never changes when your prompt card does.

Add it for $10 USD when you check out. Lifetime access.

questions

good questions, plain answers

Still wondering about something? Email me at [email protected].

your first spark

pull a spark, then make one uneven mark

Start with one. If it isn’t the right one for today, tap for another.

get the creative spark deck · $17

one payment · lifetime access · opens on your phone or computer

so glad you’re here
A hand holding open a sketchbook page with a bright yellow background, an orange hand outline and a pink spiral in oil pastel
A sketchbook page of rainbow oil pastel scribbles with a paper hummingbird and a silver planet collaged on top
A pink and blue sketchbook page with orange scribbles, beside paint sticks and oil pastels, all laid out and ready to use
The Creative Spark Deck on a phone: pick a type of spark, set your level of depth, and a prompt appears on a card
A sketchbook page of bright oil pastel shapes next to a tray of paint sticks and oil pastels on a cutting mat
A watercolour page of rainbow swirls with gold stars in a spiral sketchbook, with a painted cube and a plant beside it
A close-up of rainbow watercolour with gold stars and purple squiggles
The watercolour sketchbook open on a sunny wooden desk with a pink painted cube and a trailing plant
Ashleigh smiling at her art shelves, holding her sketchbook and a painted cube
Ashleigh smiling, holding a watercolour sketchbook page and a wooden cube with prompt words painted on its sides
A close-up of the watercolour page with the words trust the process written along an edge
The journal card in the deck: first covered in black with a rainbow edge and a Reveal button, then, after tapping Reveal, a journal prompt that asks If your art could speak, what would it whisper back to you?