Create a watercolour illustration prompt
A prompt for soft watercolour-style illustrations for cards, prints, book covers and social posts.
The prompt
Create a watercolour illustration.
Subject: [e.g. a quiet harbour at dawn / a bouquet of wildflowers in a jar / a fox in a snowy forest]
Colour palette: [soft pastels / muted earth tones / vibrant: COLOURS]
Composition: [centred subject with white space / full scene / vignette that fades to white edges]
Use: [greeting card / wall print / book cover / social post]
Aspect ratio: [5:7 / 1:1 / 4:5]
Style: traditional watercolour on textured cold-press paper, soft wet-on-wet blends, visible pigment granulation, delicate pencil underdrawing, gentle light, hand-painted feel.
Avoid: text, digital-looking hard edges, oversaturation, imitation of any named living artist.
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What to fill in
- soft pastels / muted earth tones / vibrant: COLOURS
- greeting card / wall print / book cover / social post
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Zero-Shot structure (Zero-shot prompting). A zero-shot prompt gives the model a direct instruction with no examples. It is the simplest form, and it works best when the task is common and clearly worded.
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