Watercolor Challenge: Continuous Line Still Life

May 2, 2025 / Diann Zimmerman

Benefits of continuous line drawing: improves hand-eye coordination, encourages you to focus on shapes and not details, promotes fluidity in your drawings resulting in more expressive artwork, and can help you let go of perfectionism and embrace imperfections. And it is fun!

Watercolor challenge: Continuous Line Still Life

Include the hashtag #oneline in your Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond Facebook group post.

Deadline May 9, 2025 , 11:59 pm ET

Here are the details:

Share a continuous line drawing of still life and your completed painting (2 photos in your post)
Sponsored by Debbie Friis-Pettitt, Watercolors that glow
Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post: #oneline
You may enter as often as you want
Open to all countries
Winner is chosen randomly
Deadline May 9, 2025, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
Winner announced May 11, 2025
Mediums accepted: watercolor, watercolor pencils, gouache, water soluble graphite, water soluble inks, and mixed media as long as it includes watercolor

Here is a free Patreon video (less than 3 minutes) that shows 2 continuous line drawings. https://www.patreon.com/posts/127692367/

What is the prize?

Our sponsor this week is Debbie Friis-Pettitt, Watercolors that glow. One random winner will receive either an upcoming 3-day online workshop or any one of her workshop replays.

With her tutorials, you will learn how to harness the power of a simple limited palette.

To try some of her free tutorials: click here –> Watercolors that glow – free tutorials : how to make a color wheel, all about paper, transferring your image, getting control of water, painting a wash, and more. She also has a free Orange poppy beginner tutorial.

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