August Birth Flowers Drop Cap Tutorial

August Birth Flowers Drop Cap Tutorial. Follow along with my video on Procreate tips for creating this sweet and simple illustrated letter.

AUGUST Birth Flowers Drop Cap Tutorial

August’s birth flower is one of my favorites: the poppy. It’s sweet, simple, and easy to draw!

New to this series?

I recommend completing the previous lessons first and then come back to this one, as some lessons build on things taught in prior tutorials, although this one is pretty beginner-friendly as is. 🙂

• January Drop Cap Tutorial
• February Drop Cap Tutorial
• March Drop Cap Tutorial
• April Drop Cap Tutorial
• May Drop Cap Tutorial
• June Drop Cap Tutorial
• July Drop Cap Tutorial

What You’ll Need to Follow Along

• iPad and Apple Pencil
• Procreate App
• Peach Poppies Color Palette (download it free HERE)
• A Variety of Procreate Brushes. I created this Drop Cap and artwork using a monoline brush and stamps from the Modern Folk Art Procreate Stamp Kit.
• Drop Cap Reference Sheet. I created a worksheet you can print and reference as we work through the step together. The letter “A” style I’ve used is from The Quinn Style Lettering Workbook in my shop.

Click the buttons below to download the freebie!

August Drop Cap Reference Sheet 

Watch the AuGUST Birth Flowers Drop Cap Tutorial Video Lesson

Follow along with the video below to create this sweet Serif illustrated letter “A”.

This month’s video lesson is just under 26 minutes long. You can also watch it on YouTube here.

VIDEO OUTLINE

In case you want to skip or re-watch any portions of the tutorial, here are the timestamps for each section.

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:14 Project Overview
• 00:35 Setting Up the Custom Peach Poppies Color Palette
• 02:17 Drawing the Serif “A” Drop Cap
• 07:06 Changing the Background Color
• 07:20 Coloring the letter A
• 07:50 Adding and coloring the Drop Shadow
• 10:30 Creating the ombré heart detail
• 12:22 Drawing and duplicating the Poppies
• 18:30 Adding the Butterflies using Stamps
• 22:38 Adding the dots (I misspoke in the video and did actually have an odd number of 7 dots!)
• 25:00 Outro

Happy creating!

I hope you enjoyed the August video lesson.

Stay tuned for next month’s Floral Drop Cap Tutorial. I’m super excited to get into the Fall months!

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