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

Hello my beautiful flowers! 🌷✨

It's the second half of the year and I'm excited get things started with another prompt for our illustration club!

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 'Beach Day!' and I'm looking forward to seeing the ideas that you come up with!

The first activity is 'filling a sketchbook page' and the aim of this activity is to have a pressure-free space to draw all kinds of ideas that come to mind when you think of the prompt, and see if you can fill a whole sketchbook page with them.

I had way too much fun sketching out ideas for this prompt! When I think of the beach I think of things like games, sandcastles and cold treats.

I love looking at all of the different shells on the beach, and also included a few different seaside animals.

I'm thinking that I want to draw something that involves a sandcastle for my final illustration - what do you think?

Now it's your turn! Grab your sketchbook and pencils (or iPad) and sketch out your own ideas for 'Beach Day!' 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.

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 activities do you like to do when you go to the beach?

Do you usually go alone, or do you like to go with someone?

What will your characters wear when they're at the beach?

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