Painting Challenge: International Artist Day

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…

This is a special mini-challenge, deadline February 15. Share Valentine’s Day art.  Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #Valentines2023 Deadline February 15, 2023, 11:59 pm ET  I painted this from a tutorial on Lynn D. Pratt’s Patreon.        What is the prize?    This special…

This is a FUN and educational challenge on… Color mixing.  Learn and have fun?!   It’s a win-win! Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #ColorMixing Deadline February 17, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are the details: Use any colors and mix together Label the color name and brand…