Painting Challenge: Cherry Blossoms

The cherry blossom (Sakura) is the national flower of Japan and represents a time of renewal and optimism. Paint cherry blossoms!  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #cherryblossoms Deadline March 24, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are the details: Share a painting of cherry blossoms Entries must…

Forget New York, Milan, and Paris.  This week, we will have our own Fashion Week!  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #FashionWeek2023 Deadline March 17, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are the details: Share a painting that represents fashion, from simple to glamorous! (clothes, shoes, accessories, purses,…

Have fun this week combining different art mediums with watercolor!   Pen, Ink, charcoal, pastels, acrylic… anything! Use other art mediums with watercolor (mixed media). Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #artgoodies Deadline March 10, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are the details: Do a painting using watercolor…

Collaboration with SketchBox! I’m excited to share that SketchBox partnered with me to create a kit of some of my favorite art goodies. This kit includes things you may not have but are so much fun — and useful! Art Graf Water soluble pencils Pilot Parallel water-soluble ink pen with extra wide nib Water brush…

Let’s show our support for Turkey and Syria by painting their national flowers.   If you can donate to help the relief efforts, please do. Paint tulips or jasmine. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #FlowersForHope Deadline March 3, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are the details: Paint…

Thanks to Graham Berry for suggesting and sponsoring this week’s challenge: Transportation. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #transportation Deadline February 24, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are the details: Paint any type of transportation (bus, car, airplane, train, bicycle, boat, tractor, unicycle, etc.) Entries must be…