Quick tip – water container and brush holder!

Graham Berry is our awesome sponsor and has suggested this week’s painting challenge. Paint shadows.  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #shadows Deadline November 18, 2022, 11:59 pm ET Shadows give depth and form to your art.   There are two types of shadows:  form shadows – the…

In honor of November 11 (Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, Veterans Day), let’s fill the group with poppies. Paint poppies.  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #poppies Deadline November 11, 2022, 11:59 pm ET     World War I formally ended at the eleventh hour on the eleventh…

This is a special Halloween challenge.  Winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 2, 2022. Paint Halloween things!  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #halloween2022 Deadline November 1, 2022, 11:59 pm ET Pumpkins, ghouls, fun Halloween art… I’m sure Brian Riker has a LOT of Halloween art… …

This week, our challenge is to share your art on a postcard with a friend, family member, or someone in the group to brighten their day. Paint a postcard.  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #PostcardArt Deadline November 4, 2022, 11:59 pm ET This is a simple…

From our recent Wildlife challenge, Paul Hopkinson, The Devon Artist, created a 20% discount code for our group for a 1 month, 6 month, or annual subscription. I painted one of his free tutorials – the cute robin below, and signed up immediately.   He gives very detailed instructions, step by step.  He has over 130…

To recognize International Artist Day (October 25), this week’s challenge is to post art you created, any type of art: painting, drawing, digital art, photograph, song you wrote, sculpture, poem you wrote… any art that you created. Share your ART!  You may still enter the challenge with any of your watercolor paintings, of course.  This…