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Having trouble coming up with something to draw? No worries - while you'll eventually learn how to start from a tiny seed of a thought and gradually nurture it into a complex concept to explore through design and illustration, it's perfectly fine not to be there just yet.
For now though, here's an idea that might interest you.
Ice Witch's Frozen Construct
Deep in the frozen north, there lives a witch, secluding herself from society. Some say she's an old woman from the more magical times, long since passed. Others claim she's a young woman who simply wishes to be left alone. Rumours abound, but across them all one thing appears to be consistent: young or old, she appears to be able to create life from her frozen surroundings.
Does she create frozen elementals to serve as sentry to guard her land from intruders, miscreants, and well-wishers? Does she simply not wish to bother going outside to adjust her satellite dish - it is cold after all! Or does she conjure friends for herself, companions who would know better than to pry or annoy?
Design an ice or snow based creature, based around the role they'd play in serving the Ice Witch in her daily life. Or alternatively, design the Ice Witch herself!
Example illustration by madabau.
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: Family Life >>>
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Sketching: The Basics
A lot of folks have heard about Scott Robertson's "How to Draw" - it's basically a classic at this point, and deservedly so. It's also a book that a lot of people struggle with, for the simple reason that they expect it to be a manual or a lesson plan explaining, well... how to draw. It's a reasonable assumption, but I've found that book to be more of a reference book - like an encyclopedia for perspective problems, more useful to people who already have a good basis in perspective.
Sketching: The Basics is a far better choice for beginners. It's more digestible, and while it introduces a lot of similar concepts, it does so in a manner more suited to those earlier in their studies.