Weekly Challenge
Watercolor Challenge: Glass Jars
This week, we’re focusing on glass jars — canning jars, jelly jars, spice jars, old pickle jars, any glass jar. Painting glass jars is a wonderful exercise because it teaches you how to see light, reflections, and transparency. Even the simplest jar becomes a study in shape, shine, and subtle color shifts. Watercolor challenge: Glass…
Watercolor Challenge: Kitchen Sink
This week, we’re turning our attention to something we walk past a hundred times a day without even noticing — the kitchen sink. (well unless we avoid it since it is full of dirty dishes!) Painting a kitchen sink is surprisingly interesting because it asks us to slow down and appreciate an everyday object we…
Watercolor Challenge: Daisies
This week, we’re celebrating the simple, cheerful daisy — a flower recognized all over the world and loved for its simple beauty. Daisies can be white, pink. red, coral, or purple, they thrive on every continent except Antarctica, the yellow center is actually many small flowers, and their petals often close at night and reopen…
Watercolor Challenge: Giraffes
This week we’re stretching our brushes way up high — it’s time to paint giraffes! Whether you paint a single giraffe gazing over the savanna, a pair leaning together in that iconic heart‑shaped pose, or a whole tower (yes — a group of giraffes is called a tower), this challenge will be fun. Loose, detailed,…
Watercolor Challenge: Stripes
This week’s challenge is simple: paint anything that has stripes. That’s it. Stripes, bold stripes, wavy stripes. Watercolor challenge: Stripes Here are the details: Share your painting of anything with stripes Sponsored by Luchetti, True Flat Sketchbooks, https://www.luchetti.co/ Prize for 2 random participants : Luchetti sketchbook, 8 inch square, 100% cotton, 600 gsm, https://www.luchetti.co/products/luchetti-true-flat-sketchbook-8×8 Entries…
Watercolor Challenge: Dogs
International Dog Day is August 26! This week is all about celebrating the loyal companions who make our lives brighter — the tail‑waggers, the couch cuddlers, the goofy grinners, and the soulful-eyed sweethearts who love us without hesitation. It’s a day created to honor dogs of every shape, size, and story, and to spotlight the…
Watercolor Challenge: Pencils
It’s back‑to‑school time. We’re painting the most classic school supply of all… a pencil. Paint one pencil, a handful of pencils, a wonky pencil, a colorful pencil… Let’s celebrate back-to-school with a small, sweet reminder of fresh starts. Watercolor challenge: Pencils Here are the details: Share your painting of a pencil or pencils Sponsored by Krzysztof…
Watercolor Challenge: Cucumber
In honor of International Cat Day (August 8), Cucumber has officially taken over challenge‑planning duties. She has declared that this week’s prompt is to paint this reference photo — of her. You’ll find an outline provided, or you can freehand draw your own version. And remember — Cucumber loves wonky. Wiggly lines, quirky shapes… more…
Watercolor Challenge: Flowers Blooming Today
Paint a flower that’s blooming right now where you live — or, if you’re in winter, paint one that blooms in your area during your warm season. Celebrate the beauty in your corner of the world. Watercolor challenge: Flowers Blooming Today Here are the details: Share a painting of flowers that are blooming today where…
Watercolor Challenge: Tigers
International Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29, a global reminder that these magnificent striped cats need our protection. The day was created in 2010 when conservationists and 13 tiger‑range countries came together after realizing wild tiger numbers had plummeted to dangerously low levels — fewer than 3,500 tigers remained at the time.…