Mimi's Illustration Club! August Prompt and First Activity (Patreon)

Hello everyone,

Let's get started with August by jumping into a new illustration club prompt!

 If you're new here, here's how the club works (you can skip this if you already know):

At the start of the month I'll share with you a prompt phrase and the goal is for each of us to make an illustration from that prompt by the end of the month (joining is totally optional though!)

There are three creative activities each month that will lead us to the final illustration, and they reflect my normal illustration process but split into more manageable chunks

I'll share what I've created for each of the activities to give you some ideas and tips, and then you can complete the activity for yourself with your own ideas

Join me over on Discord to be able to share what you've created for each of the activities so we can all admire your work (or just join in privately at home if you prefer)!

You can complete the three activities at your own pace at any time during the month (or just skip straight to the final illustration), but I'll be sharing what I've done for them once a week over the first three weeks of the month.

Every Patron is welcome to join, and so are all mediums and experience levels!

The three activities each month are:

Activity 1 - Filling A Sketchbook Page

Activity 2 - Exploring Compositions

Activity 3 - Final Illustration

So the prompt for this month is 'bugs + flowers' which you're free to interpret however you like!

Here are the ideas that I sketched out for this prompt:

This is a subject that I draw often but after having a few fun environment prompts recently I thought it would be nice to do something simple, and there are sooo many cute little bugs and beautiful flowers to draw!

I especially like little beetles and happy worms, and I love the idea of them going about their days in the garden like busy workers in a big city.

Now it's your turn! Grab your sketchbook and pencils (or iPad) and sketch out your own ideas for 'bugs + flowers' and if you like you can take a photo of your page and share it with us in the #filling-a-sketchbook-page channel on Discord or our community chat here on Patreon.

If you're not sure where to begin with your own sketchbook page for this prompt you could think about the following questions to get started:

What is your favourite flower?

If you were a cute little bug, where would you like to live?

Which garden bugs are most likely to be friends?

I hope you enjoy this prompt, I'm looking forward to seeing what you draw!