Watercolor Challenge: Lemon Still Life

December 12, 2025 / Diann Zimmerman

It may be cold and dreary outside in many places, so let’s bring a burst of sunshine indoors. This week’s challenge is to paint a lemon still life—bright, cheerful, and full of zest!  Let’s brighten up the week together… one lemon at a time.

Watercolor challenge:  Lemon Still Life

Here are the details:

  • Share your painting of Lemon still life 
  • Sponsored by Debbie Friis-Pettitt, Watercolors that glow
  • Prize for 1 random participant: upcoming 3-day online workshop or any of her workshop replays
  • Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
  • Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post:  #lemons
  • You may enter as often as you want
  • Open to all countries
  • Winner is chosen randomly
  • Deadline December 19, 2025, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
  • Winner announced December 21, 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?   

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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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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For a free 7-day trial on my Patreon:  Diann Zimmerman – Patreon.

 

This painting challenge is not endorsed, sponsored, or administered by Facebook or Instagram.

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