This challenge is our warm-up for Inktober, so let’s paint ink pens, ink bottles, old-fashioned Quill pens. Whether you paint an ink bottle, a fancy fountain pen, vintage feather Quill pen, or simple ball-point pen, have some fun with it!
Watercolor challenge: Ink
Here are the details:
- Share your painting of an ink pen or ink bottle
- Sponsored by SketchBox
- Prize for one random participant: SketchBox’s Ink Illustration Premium Ink Box
- Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
- Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post: #ink
- You may enter as often as you want
- Open to all countries
- Winner is chosen randomly
- Deadline October 3, 2025, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
- Winner announced October 5, 2025
- Mediums accepted: watercolor, watercolor pencils, gouache, water soluble graphite, water soluble inks, and mixed media as long as it includes watercolor
What is the prize?
This week’s challenge is generously sponsored by our friends at SketchBox.
- Sennelier India ink (black)
- Speedball custom copper ink
- Kuretake Futaho Kabura #30 dual-tipped pen (black)
- Kuretake Bimoji Fude Brush pen (navy ink)
- Gelly Roll white pen for highlights
- Faber Castell 9000 2H pencil
- 4×6″ hot press pad, 245 GSM, warm white
- Princeton 3/8″ angle shader brush
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- Jackson’s Art Supplies
- DaVinci Paints
- Rosemary and Co. brushes
- Fuumuui (10% discount code: WBB)
- Jackman’s Art Materials (10% discount code:WBB10)
- SketchBox (10% discount code: DiannSketchBox)
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Thank you for your support!
If you have ideas to share for future challenges, please add your comment to the post –>add challenge recommendation
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- Facebook – personal page
- Instagram – my art account
- Instagram – WBB
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