Weekly Challenge
Painting Challenge: Flowers for Hope
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…
Painting Challenge: Transportation
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…
Special Painting Challenge: Valentine’s 2023
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…
Painting Challenge: Color Mixing
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…
Painting Challenge: Venice
Let’s travel to Italy this week, and… Paint Venice. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #Venice Deadline February 10, 2023, 11:59 pm ET I have never been to Italy. I hope to go there one day. Our challenge this week is to paint scenes of Venice, Italy. …
Painting Challenge: Viva Magenta
To celebrate the Pantone Color of the Year 2023, Viva Magenta 18-1750… Paint with magenta. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #VivaMagenta Deadline February 3, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Pantone’s Color of the Year 2023 is Viva Magenta 18-1750. From Pantone: “Viva Magenta is brave and…
Painting Challenge: 7 Days, 7 Photos
For each day of the week, I will post a different reference photo, outline, and value study. Paint one or paint them all! Paint 7 days, 7 reference photos. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #7days7photos Deadline January 27, 2023, 11:59 pm ET I will update this…
Weekly challenge winners: 2023
Weekly Painting Challenge Winners 2023 December 2023 Challenge Announced Painting challenge link Sponsored by / prizes Winners 1 Dec 2023 Painting Challenge: Snowglobe Darren Yeo: Watercolour Essentials course Natascia Mantellassi 8 Dec 2023 Painting Challenge: Holiday Card Charity Washko: 7 Princeton Aqua Elite flat brushes Nancy Jensen Ivan Dona McBride Roberts Christine Swysen Karen Kiernan…
Painting Challenge: Stained Glass
Stained glass has been made since ancient times, first as wares (cups, vases), then to windows. This week’s challenge is to… Paint stained glass. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #stainedglass Deadline January 20, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Stained glass has always been one of my favorite…
Painting Challenge: On the Beach
Graham Berry must be tired of the cold, dreary weather and has asked us to… Paint the beach. Include the topic hashtag in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post: #onthebeach Deadline January 13, 2023, 11:59 pm ET Here are some recipes for mixing a sand color. Sand isn’t a dark value, so…