Join me, teacher Joe Smigielski, in this digital illustration class, where you'll learn three  intuitive drawing exercises that use scribbles to unlock creativity and creative flow. Have fun with scribble prompts!

So, what is a Scribble Prompt?  They are visual prompts generated from your own scribbles that can be used as inspiration for illustrations, paintings, poems, stories, and other art or just a fun way to get your creativity flowing.  Because the process is organic, the prompts are uniquely yours.  Think of it as finding shapes in clouds, only you are also creating the clouds, so it's all intuitive imagery, from the marks in the scribbles, to the prompts your mind creates from the lines.

• A mindful scribbling technique for creating intuitive scribbles.
• How to read your scribbles for imagery.
• Three methods for discovering your own creative prompts in your scribbles.
• How to allow a prompt to organically develop beyond it's original form.
• Practice letting go and trusting  the creative process.
• Help develop your natural artistic voice,

I will be using Procreate on an iPad, with an Apple Pencil however you can use:

• Your favorite illustration app (Adobe Fresco or Photoshop, Affinity Designer or Photo, etc) on either the iPad or the desktop.
• A pressure sensitive stylus like an Apple Pencil or Wacom Pen. While you could complete the class without one, being able to create variation in lines is beneficial in completing the three exercises.

This class is for any artist, beginner through seasoned, who would like to explore several ways to create your own organic prompts.

Regardless of experience, scribble prompts can:

• help open the creative gates and get your hand and brain moving,
• provide you with one of a kind prompts that lead to unique forms and illustrations and, 
• make that blank screen feel less daunting by giving you permission to just start creating without expectation.

I'm an intuitive artist and my philosophy is that  artistic expression comes from with in, and it's the teacher's role to help the student develop the voice they naturally have.  

After earning my degree in Art education from Wayne State University in Michigan, I spent several years in the classroom teaching art education. In 2000, I left to become a full time artist and have been happily creating work ever since. In addition to line art, I am also an accomplished oil and acrylic painter, as well as a digital artist, who has sold my work online, in art festivals, as well as brick and mortar stores and galleries across the United States. My work has been featured both in print and on television.