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Spooky Art Gym 🎃🍬🦇

Create Halloween Art + Learn a Creative Prompt Exercise

Spooky Art Gym

Set aside an hour to create some spooky art with us. Don’t let life get so busy that you miss the chance to draw something spooky this October!

In this workshop, Katie Stack and Adam Ming will lead you through a series of exercises to draw spooky illustrations!

You will begin with by learning how to use a Prompt Potion* which can be brewed again and again for any topic, not just spooky art. You’ll choose your favorite prompt from the list that created, which means this prompt is uniquely you. Then you will have a good chunk of work time to create your final spooky piece. By the end, you will have a list of prompts, a new way to generate ideas (the Prompt Potion), and a spooky artwork that you can share for Halloween!

*I’m so sad that I just came up with the “Prompt Potion” name right now and I didn’t say it during the workshop. I hope you find the Prompt Potion useful beyond just this workshop!

You’ll learn the steps to go from blank page to a super unique illustration like this incredible sketch by Jen Gubicza :

I mean c’mon! A haunted house truck?! Plus the ghost page through a graveyard? This is GOLD! This is exactly the type of artwork we hoped our Prompt Potion would help artists develop!

As you can imagine, the gallery is already filling up with the fabulously spooky drawings, so catch the replay and add yours!

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to generate a list of unique prompts using the Prompt Potion 🧙🏻‍♀️

  • How to make your seasonal/spooky artwork stand out from other “cliche” seasonal artwork

  • How to leverage your own interests to come up with fresh, specific ideas, like this super cozy ghost by RachelBrokenicky:

The Benefits:

  • Access to 4 Spooky Mood Boards (attached at the end of this post)

  • Build the skills to quickly generate unique prompts on any topic

  • Dedicated time to create a seasonal and spooky work of art

  • Time to connect with fellow illustrators in a supportive space

  • Sharing your work in the gallery and getting inspired


Art Gym Gallery

Share your work in the Art Gym Gallery!

Here’s some work by Yumiko Kitazono, Denise~, Maritza|Cabinet of Curiousness, and Adam Ming

Want your art featured in the gallery? Join the next live session or watch this replay and submit your work. You can showcase your art here:

Add your art to the Spooky Gallery


Join us for the next Art Gym on Wednesday, November 12

Adam will be leading us in a session all about drawing shoes! Shoes are a detail that can really bring a character to life, so we are so excited to focus on this topic!

RSVP for the next Art Gym Workshop



Enroll in Art Gym

Find the right membership for you.

Option 1: Best of Art Gym (monthly or annual)

Sign up for a monthly or annual membership to get access to live workshops PLUS you will also get instant access to the “BEST of Art Gym Collection,” 6 excellent workshops that that will unlock new skills or serve as a refresher.

Make it your go to drawing time playlist!

  1. Drawing Icons

  2. Graphic Drawing

  3. Thumbnails Workshop

  4. Dynamic Sports Poses

  5. Drawing Environments

  6. Drawing Dogs

Monthly Pass for $25/month:
Access to the monthly workshop + “The Best of Art Gym Collection”

Annual Membership for $125/year (SAVE 58% vs Monthly Pass):
Access to 12 monthly workshops + “The Best of Art Gym Collection”

Option 2: Art Gym “All Access Pass”

Sign up for an “All-Access Pass” to get access to 12 live workshops PLUS all our previous workshops. You will also get recordings of all the workshops in the current season.

  1. Drawing Animals

  2. Drawing Faces

  3. Drawing Emotions

  4. Drawing Poses

  5. Drawing Environments

  6. Mixing and Matching Art Materials

  7. The Shape of Everyday Things

  8. Ink Styles

  9. Coloring Styles

  10. The Power of Contrast

  11. Reflection Quilts

  12. Anthropomorphic Animals

  13. Texture Library

  14. Letter Shapes

  15. Character Consistency

  16. Dynamic Sports Poses

  17. Thumbnails Workshop

  18. Graphic Drawing

  19. Drawing Dogs

  20. Bugs at a Party!

  21. Spooky Art Gym (this post!)

All Access Pass for $200/year

(if you’re already a member, you will only be charged the difference):

Access to 12 monthly workshops + “The Best of Art Gym Collection” +
Access to every session of Art Gym we’ve ever hosted
(opens twice a year for enrollment - you can upgrade or join at these times)

Paid subscribers can also sign up for the upcoming Art Gym Workshops here.


Spooky Mood Boards:

Here are the slides and spooky mood boards for your reference:

This post is for paid subscribers