Want to create your very own monster?

Now is your chance! Follow this tutorial by this year’s BC Summer Reading Club artist, Meneka Repka! Watch the video tutorial to the right to learn how to roll your own monster.

Illustration of five children of diverse backgrounds looking with wonder and amazement.Contest Details

Share your monster with us and enter our draw a dinosaur contest from July 15 until August 9. We’ll post submissions on our website and Meneka will select a winner and 2 runner-ups that will be announced on August 19. The winner and the runner-ups will receive exclusive BC SRC swag. Follow the instructions and submit your drawing via the submission form at the bottom of this page.

Meneka’s Top 3 Picks

It was so incredibly tough to decide on just three favourite monsters. If at all possible, I would like to thank everyone for submitting their work, and let them know how difficult it was to pick. They were all so unique and all had some excellent characteristics. I wish I could let everyone know how awesome their art is! That being said, here were my top three picks…

A drawing of a monster with added googly eyes and pompoms, a pink real feather tail, and a rainbow body.

Elodie, Age 8, Whistler Public Library

What Meneka had to say:

This one showed a very creative use of materials/ media, as well as a strong understanding of colour. The monster is fun and eye-catching; the artist took the tools from the roll-a-monster game and really made an original, visually engaging piece.

A drawing of a monster that is the shape of a big circle with one gigantic round eye, two ears, two arms, and legs with pink shoes on the feet. The monster has its mouth open and a pink tongue is inside. The monster is very colourful with pink and oranges. The background is big, green mountains and a bright blue sky.

Britton, Age 9, Fraser Valley Regional Library

What Meneka had to say:

This one caught my attention because of the free and gestural mark-making. The background and the monster were well-considered, but most of all, I loved the textures and looseness of the marker/pen strokes. I also love how this monster is looking up, but the audience can’t tell what is being looked at- this creates an interesting, narrative quality.

A drawing of a pink monster with a large mouth and decorations in the background

Aoife, Age 7, Okanagan Regional Library

What Meneka had to say:

The sense of fun and playfulness in this one really stood out to me. There is a sense of magic in the background shapes, and the blood detail on the teeth gives it a bit of mystery and spookieness. This one has a nice balance of more careful, detailed areas, as well as quicker and more unrestrained areas.

Supplies

  • Dice (Don’t have physical dice? Try an online version)
  • Paper
  • Pencil or pen
  • Coloured pencils/markers/crayons or whatever you’d like to use for colouring
  • Instruction sheet (printable version)

You are also welcome to participate using a digital drawing tool (tablets, computers, etc.).

Instructions

  • Roll your dice
  • Draw the feature that corresponds to your dice roll
  • Continue for at least 5 rolls until your monster is complete
  • Colour in your creation
  • Share your work with us if you’d like!

Submission Requirements

  • Must have your parent or guardian’s permission to enter the contest and share your work
  • Submit a clear scan of your hand drawn artwork OR a digitally drawn image
  • Preferably a larger drawing
  • PNG, JPG, or PDF format only
  • Must be original and not copied from someone else
A worksheet featuring images to roll a monster. Follow the dice roll to create your own creature.

Monster Gallery