✅ What you'll learn
- How to draw EPISODE 44 | 6 mins 100 days Sketching Challenge for kids | How to Draw a Monster step by step
- Basic shapes and outline techniques
- How to add details and texture
- Colouring and finishing tips
💡 Perfect if you're thinking...
This episode of the 100 Days Sketching Challenge uses the SCRIBBLE technique — turning a random scribble into a funny monster! It's a brilliant way to spark creativity, because every scribble becomes a totally unique creature. Parikshet shows you how step by step.
🖍️ What You Need
- Pencil and eraser
- Markers in any colours
- White for the eyes
- Black pen for outlines
How to Draw a Scribble Monster Step by Step
- Make a random scribble — close your eyes (or just go wild) and draw a loopy, random scribble shape on your paper. Don't plan it!
- Look for the monster inside — turn the paper around and study your scribble. What shape do you see? Where could eyes and a mouth go?
- Find the outline — pick out an interesting outline shape from the scribble and make that the monster's body, boldening that line.
- Add eyes — place eyes wherever the scribble suggests them — there could be one, two, or ten!
- Add a mouth — find a spot for a mouth, maybe using a loop from the scribble as a grin.
- Turn loops into features — use the leftover scribble loops as arms, legs, horns, antennae, or a tail.
- Tidy and outline — go over your chosen monster lines in pen and erase the leftover scribble.
- Colour — bring your one-of-a-kind scribble monster to life with bright colours.
🌟 Did You Know?
Seeing shapes and faces in random patterns is something our brains do naturally — it's called 'pareidolia', and it's why we see faces in clouds, in the moon, or in patterns on the floor! Artists use this natural ability on purpose with techniques like scribble-drawing to spark new ideas. Even famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci suggested staring at stains on walls to find creative inspiration.
The Scribble Monster Method
- Random scribble first — don't plan it
- Find the monster inside — turn the paper, look for shapes
- Pick out the best lines — make those the body and features
- Every result is unique — impossible to plan or repeat
🎯 Try This: The Scribble Swap Game
- Make a random scribble, then hand it to a friend or family member.
- Have them turn YOUR scribble into a monster, while you turn theirs into one.
- Compare how differently you each saw the same scribble.
- Give your monsters names and a backstory.
🧠 Quick Quiz — Test What You Learned!
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What is the scribble monster technique?
It's a creativity technique where you first draw a random, unplanned scribble, then study it to find a monster hidden inside the chaos. You pick out interesting lines to make the body, add eyes and a mouth wherever the scribble suggests, and turn leftover loops into arms, legs, or horns. Every scribble makes a totally unique creature.
Why is the scribble technique good for creativity?
Because the scribble is random and unplanned, it forces you to react and imagine rather than draw something you already know. Every scribble is different, so every monster is unique and impossible to plan in advance. It's a brilliant way to break out of drawing the same things and spark fresh, original ideas.
What is pareidolia?
Pareidolia is the brain's natural tendency to see familiar shapes — especially faces — in random patterns, like seeing faces in clouds, in the moon, or in patterns on the floor. The scribble monster technique uses this natural ability on purpose: you look at a random scribble and your brain helps you 'see' a monster in it.
Can two people make different monsters from the same scribble?
Absolutely — and that's the fun of it! Because everyone's brain sees different shapes in the same random scribble (thanks to pareidolia), two people given the identical scribble will almost always create completely different monsters. It's a great game to play with a friend or sibling.