Painting Challenge: Urban Sketchers Week 2024

What is Negative Painting?  It is a painting technique that involves painting around a subject. Painting challenge:  Negative Painting Include the hashtag #negativepainting in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post. Deadline July 26, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET     Here are the details: Share a painting using the Negative Painting technique (see…

This week’s challenge is in solidarity with all those feeling the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl and are still waiting for power to be restored! Painting challenge:  Melting Point Include the hashtag #meltingpoint in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post. Deadline July 19, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET     Here are the details:…

Challenge yourself to capture the textures, shadows, and perspective of stairs, whether it is a grand staircase, a rustic set of steps, or stairs carved from stones. Painting challenge:  Stairs Include the hashtag #stairs in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post. Deadline July 12, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET     Here are…

July is World Watercolor Month!      To recognize and celebrate WORLD WATERCOLOR MONTH, paint one, some, or all of the Doodlewash July daily prompts. Throughout the month, we will randomly select winners.     –> Make sure to include #WWM2024 in your post in the Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group. If you haven…

Typewriters are a symbol of a bygone era and represent a significant milestone in the evolution of technology.   Who remembers typing on a manual typewriter?  I do.  I still have my Dad’s typewriter, which was made in the 1920s. Painting challenge:  Typewriter Include the hashtag #typewriter in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group…

The sound of raindrops falling is soothing and calming to me.  Let’s explore the beauty of rain this week. Painting challenge:  Rainy Days Include the hashtag #RainyDays in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post. Deadline June 28, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET     Here are the details: Share a painting of a…