Bloomtober '26
31 days. 31 birds.
One month to make a habit of creating.
Join the Bloomtober challenge on SketchyCraft and keep your month of botanical drawings in one place..
Follow the prompts, add your drawings to your calendar, see your progress take shape, and finish October with something you can look back on.
What is Bloomtober?
Bloomtober is an October drawing challenge featuring poisonous plants and flowers.
Created as an alternative to the official Inktober prompt list, Bloomtober gives artists a chance to spend the month drawing blooms, botanical forms, and some of the world's most poisonous plants.
There are no strict rules here.
Draw as many prompts as you want. Interpret them however you like. Follow the list every day, pick one prompt a week, or make three drawings in a single day.
The rules are meant to be broken.
You can explore Bloomtober through botanical line drawing, illustration, calligraphy, painting, or any medium you enjoy.
- 1-3: Castor Bean
- 4-6: Deadly Nightshade
- 7-9: Autumn Crocus
- 10-12: Wolfsbane
- 13-15: Yellow Oleander
- 16-18: Yew
- 19-21: Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- 22-24: Mountain Laurel
- 25-27: Mayapple
- 28-29: Poison Hemlock
- 30-31: Carolina Jessamine
Your Bloomtober, in one place.
SketchyCraft gives your Bloomtober a home. Create your Bloomtober calendar, add each day's drawing, and watch an entire month of creative work appear in front of you.
You don't have to wonder whether you're making progress.
You'll be able to see it.
