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It's time for August Artist Prompts! July flew by and we're well into August, but I wanted to post these anyway. I've barely had time between my own art and teaching, so thank you for waiting ;)

August Artist Prompts

Scroll down for nine general daily challenge lists plus the monthly are you book enough and MoZiPro challenges. In addition to general daily lists scroll down for two prompt lists for 31 days of dogs AKA Doggust and three for Smaugust – a month of drawing dragons!

If you have a list you would like to have included in future months, just let me know.

MoZiPro – Monthly Zine Challenge

The Monthly Zine Project prompt for August is Conversations with myself. This text is superimposed over a frog looking at themself in a mirror.

🤪 August – Conversations with myself

How that Monthly Zine Project Works

  1. Interpret the prompt however you want
  2. Make a zine connected to your interpretation in that month
  3. The zine can take any form you want! Written, photos, collage, drawings, whatever & however: anything goes. Just have fun!
  4. No deadline, feel free to post your zine on the Facebook group and/or on Instagram – with the #mozipro tag when you're done (whenever in the month that may be!)
  5. If a certain month's theme isn't resonating with you, just skip it.

Seriously! If you tend to be over-ambitious about your zines, art, writing & creative work in general ... please be kind to yourself!

Are You Book Enough

Are you book enough 2024 themes has white type on a purple background.

August's challenge is Yin & Yang.

Here's how it works

  1. Repost the monthly theme on your Instagram account to let us know you are joining in.

  2. Plan out your artists' book using the theme for the month as your guide.

  3. Join our conversations about the books in the community forums.

  4. Share your process of the book if possible on Instagram using the hashtag #AreYouBookEnough

  5. Take great photos of your finished book and post it with the tag for that month's theme as well as the hashtag #AreYouBookEnough

  6. Pick out your favorite 9 from the finished books for the month and make a grid of them on your Instagram to share with the community. Use the hashtag #AreYouBookEnough

July Sketchbook Art Challenge

from Tinkerlab

Tinkerlab Tinkersketch August Artist Prompts for sketchbook. Text is below the image.

  1. Tiny
  2. Sky
  3. Slow
  4. Summer
  5. Treasure
  6. Crooked
  7. Smooth
  8. Trail
  9. Gigantic
  10. Building
  11. Glowing
  12. Print
  13. Smudge
  14. Night
  15. Books
  16. Pair
  17. Shattered
  18. Quote
  19. Hidden
  20. Splatter
  21. Twisted
  22. Four elements
  23. Dotted
  24. Bright colors
  25. Underwater
  26. Home
  27. Clear
  28. Fancy
  29. Detailed
  30. Music
  31. Plants

Natural Beach Living: August Drawing Challenge

Looks like these are the same propts from last month, but in case you didn't use them I've reposted.

August Artist Prompts - Drawing Challenge prompts from Natural Beach Living. Text from image is in body.

  1. Sunshine
  2. Oceans
  3. Fireworks
  4. American flag
  5. Statue
  6. Snail
  7. Sand
  8. The alphabet
  9. Seashells
  10. Goat
  11. Flowers
  12. Swimming pool
  13. Strawberries
  14. Roses
  15. Sea otter
  16. Your favorite character
  17. Ladybug
  18. Plane
  19. A book cover
  20. Lemonade
  21. Mountains
  22. Rocks
  23. Stuffed bear
  24. Castle
  25. Garden
  26. Blueberries
  27. Train
  28. Dinosaur
  29. Froghttps://www.cutelittlepaper.com/august-doodle-challenge/
  30. Whale
  31. Popsicle

Cute Little Paper: August Doodle Challenge

August Artist Prompts- Doodle Challenge Prompts from Cute Little Paper. Text is in the body.

  1. Number 8
  2. Australia
  3. New Zealand
  4. Japan
  5. China
  6. Thailand
  7. India
  8. Russia
  9. Turkey
  10. Israel
  11. Madagascar
  12. Egypt
  13. Morocco
  14. South Africa
  15. Greece
  16. Italy
  17. Spain
  18. France
  19. Germany
  20. Switzerland
  21. Czechia
  22. United Kingdom
  23. Norway
  24. Iceland
  25. Canada
  26. USA
  27. Mexico
  28. Cuba
  29. Brasil
  30. peru
  31. Argentin

Kick in the Creatives: 31 Animals August Art Prompts

August Artist Prompts- Kick in the Creatives 31 Animals August Art Prompts. Text is in the body below this image.

  1. Noisy
  2. Water creature
  3. Flying creature
  4. Safari
  5. pet
  6. Big cat
  7. Fierce
  8. Furry
  9. Reptile
  10. Beginning with A
  11. Animal family
  12. Rodent
  13. Large animal
  14. Small animal
  15. Fish
  16. Colorful animal
  17. Amphibian
  18. Black and white
  19. Spots
  20. Stripes
  21. Spikey
  22. Cute
  23. Fast
  24. Funny looking
  25. Jumping animal
  26. Camouflage
  27. Dangerous
  28. Farm animal
  29. Nocturnal
  30. Slow
  31. Bird

Kick in the Creatives: Quick Kick August Drawing Challenge

August Artist Prompts- Kick in the Creatives August General Art Prompts. Text is in body below image.

  1. Gymnastics
  2. Illusion
  3. Your favorite thing
  4. In the car
  5. Scruffy
  6. Soft
  7. Designer
  8. Profession
  9. Ghostly
  10. Regimented
  11. Lunch
  12. Tea and biscuits
  13. View
  14. Flea market
  15. Evening
  16. Excessive
  17. Arrangement
  18. Chatter
  19. Investigate
  20. In the office
  21. Misfortune
  22. Clothing
  23. High-pitched
  24. Posh
  25. Crowded
  26. Manual labor
  27. What if?
  28. Panic
  29. Laundry
  30. Story
  31. Musical instrument

Doodlewash 31 things to draw and paint in August

August Artist Prompts- Doodlewash 31 things to draw and paint in August. Text is below the image.

  1. Backpack
  2. Grasshopper
  3. Cabana
  4. Hydrant
  5. Capybara
  6. Llama
  7. Marker
  8. Flamingo
  9. Diamond
  10. Escape
  11. Peaches
  12. Geraniums
  13. Luggage
  14. Morning
  15. Goldenrod
  16. Cucumber
  17. Humidity
  18. Buoy
  19. Lawn mower
  20. Mule
  21. Lighthouse
  22. Fresh
  23. Saiga antelope
  24. Travel kit
  25. Memory
  26. Container
  27. Sundae
  28. Circular
  29. Mud pie
  30. Recycle
  31. Mythical

Stopdropdoodle August Doodle Challenge

August Artist Prompts- Doodle Challenge from The Petite Planner. Prompts are in text under the image.

  1. August
  2. School
  3. Pencil
  4. Eraser
  5. Pencil sharpener
  6. Scissors
  7. Glue bottle
  8. Crayons
  9. Ruler
  10. Apple
  11. Bus
  12. Backpack
  13. Lunch box
  14. Books
  15. Book worm
  16. Basketball
  17. Paint bruch
  18. Music note
  19. Basketball (DUPE, try Baseball!)
  20. Globe
  21. Test tube
  22. Protractor
  23. Calculator
  24. Stapler
  25. Hole punch
  26. Tape dispenser
  27. Push pins
  28. Paper clips
  29. Spiral notebook
  30. Clock
  31. Brain

 

Arrienne 408's Prismatic August

August Artist Prompts- Arrienne 408's Prismatic August drawing prompt list. Text is in the body under the image.

  1. Summer
  2. Lisa Frank
  3. Pastel goth
  4. Hello Kitty
  5. Back to school
  6. Cottagecore
  7. Monster High
  8. Elemental
  9. Popsicle
  10. Ice cream
  11. Strawberry Shortcake
  12. Ocean
  13. Cuphead
  14. Digital circus
  15. Mermaid
  16. Art
  17. Science
  18. Music
  19. Fireflies
  20. Fun fair
  21. Girl Scout
  22. S'mores
  23. popcorn
  24. Lemonade
  25. Cotton candy
  26. Poppy Playtime
  27. Sunset
  28. Shooting stars
  29. Seashells
  30. Barbie
  31. Festival

Making Art Everyday: August's Theme: Animal Alphabet

August Artist Prompts- Making art every day's August Theme is animal alphabet. All prompts are in text below the image.

  1. Plan & sketch day
  2. Armadillo
  3. Bison
  4. Chameleon
  5. Plan & sketch day
  6. Duck
  7. Elephant
  8. Flamingo
  9. Giraffe
  10. Hippopotamus
  11. Iguana
  12. Plan & sketch day
  13. Jellyfish
  14. Koala
  15. Llama
  16. Mouse
  17. Narwhal
  18. Ostrich
  19. Plan & sketch day
  20. Penguin
  21. Quokka
  22. Raccoon
  23. SKunk
  24. Turtle
  25. Unau
  26. Plan & sketch day
  27. Viper
  28. Whale
  29. Xolo dog
  30. Yak
  31. Zebra

Doggust – Draw Dogs Everyday!

Doggust Official List

August Artist Prompts- Doggust 31 days of drawing dogs list of prompts. Text is listed in body of post.

  1. Mutt
  2. Whippet
  3. Silken Windhound
  4. Akbash
  5. Australian Kelpie
  6. Zerdava
  7. Scottish Deerhound
  8. Belgian Tervuren
  9. Dogue de Bourdeaux
  10. Norfolk Terrier
  11. Tosa Ken
  12. Black Mouth Cur
  13. Hellenic Hound
  14. Sussex Spaniel
  15. Kooikerhondje
  16. Stabyhoun
  17. barbet
  18. Brittany
  19. Billy
  20. Porcelaine
  21. Beauceron
  22. Staffordshire Terrier
  23. Kuvasz
  24. Lancashire Heeler
  25. Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
  26. Kintamani
  27. Saint Miguel Cattle Dog
  28. Skye Terrier
  29. Chinese Crested DOg
  30. Schipperke
  31. Blue Heeler

Doggust Alternate List

August Artist Prompts- Dogguest Alternate prompt list for August. All text is in the body.

  1. Mutt
  2. Catch
  3. Paw
  4. Lick
  5. Work
  6. Silly
  7. Swim
  8. Cat
  9. Rain
  10. Snoop
  11. Hot
  12. Bamboozled
  13. Leap
  14. Slobber
  15. Tug
  16. Chew
  17. Fetch
  18. Walkies
  19. Snoot
  20. Floofy
  21. Stretch
  22. Park
  23. Puppy
  24. Dig
  25. Blep
  26. Wag
  27. Nap
  28. Rainbow
  29. Zoomies
  30. Sass
  31. Trick or treat

Smaugust 2024

A bunch of folks have made prompt lists for Smaugust – A Dragon Drawing Challenge

Cara.app's Smaugust

August Artist Prompts- Cara.app's Smaugust prompts. Text for prompts is in body below image.

  1. Crown
  2. Umbrella
  3. Cosmic
  4. Elixir
  5. Teapot
  6. Radiant
  7. Talisman
  8. Lantern
  9. Ornate
  10. Spoon
  11. Elusive
  12. Chalice
  13. Divine
  14. Glasses
  15. Shield
  16. Candle
  17. Majestic
  18. Mirror
  19. Nebulous
  20. Rune
  21. Quiver
  22. Hypnotic
  23. Rune
  24. Chess
  25. Chain
  26. Wise
  27. Phantom
  28. Twisted
  29. Vase
  30. Gemstone
  31. Pocket-watch

Pencilcat's Smaugust 31 Days of Dragons 2024

August Artist Prompts- Pencilcat's Smaugust 31 Days of Dragons 2024. Text for prompts is in the body.

  1. From a book
  2. Teeth
  3. Magic
  4. Sword
  5. Snooze
  6. Chonk
  7. Dinosaur
  8. Anthro
  9. Attack
  10. Mount
  11. Hybrid
  12. Glow
  13. Spyro
  14. Fish
  15. Flyffy
  16. Cyber
  17. Deity
  18. Fire
  19. Cute
  20. Levitate
  21. Ancient
  22. Misshapen
  23. D&D
  24. Skull
  25. From a movie
  26. Long
  27. Ornate
  28. Kauju
  29. Pokemon
  30. Your choice
  31. Smaug

Roll for Dragon! 2024 Smaugust Challenge

August Artist Prompts- Roll for Dragon! 2024 Smaugust Challenge.