Painting Challenge: Leaves

April 1, 2022 / Diann Zimmerman

This week’s challenge was suggested by Monique Santhagens-De Vette.

Flowers tend to get all the attention, but leaves are just as interesting. Let’s have a week of painting leaves: a tree leaf, shrub leaf, any kind of leaf.

Paint leaves.

Include the topic hashtag in your WB&B Facebook group post: #Leaves

Deadline April 8, 2022, 11:59 pm ET

Leaves have interesting lines, texture, shapes, and many colors…. this is going to be a fun week!

What is the prize?

Christy Bartholomew and her Etsy shop: Artistic Ideals Studio. has contributed a Classic set of her handmade watercolor half-pans.

The Classic set includes:

Ultramarine Purple, Prussian Blue, Primary Blue, Black Ochre, Yellow Ochre, Bright Yellow (Hansa Light), Mayan Red, Emerald Green, Caput Mortuum Deep, Royal Golden, Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

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Challenge details:

Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
You may enter as often as you want
Open to all countries
Winner is chosen randomly
Include the topic hashtag in your post: #Leaves
Deadline April 8, 2022, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
Winner announced Sunday, April 10, 2022
If you also post your painting on Instagram, tag @watercolorbeginnersandbeyond. You could be randomly chosen for a QoR watercolor sample dot card.

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