Challenge yourself to create a portrait using ink and watercolor.   Ink:  make one continuous line for the portrait.  Then limit yourself to touching the paper with a paintbrush less than 4 times with color.   Yes 4 times only!   This won’t take long.  I did one in 3-1/2 minutes.

Painting challenge:  Continuous Line Portrait

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

Deadline April 19, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET    

Here are the details:

• Draw a continuous line portrait of a person, then use less than 4 brushstrokes to add paint
• Sponsored by Diann Zimmerman
• Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
• Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post:  #lineportrait
• You may enter as often as you want
• Open to all countries
• Winner is chosen randomly
• Deadline April 19, 2024, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
• Winner announced April 21, 2024
• Mediums accepted:  watercolor, watercolor pencils, gouache, water soluble graphite, water soluble inks, and mixed media as long as it includes watercolor
• If you also post your painting on Instagram, tag @watercolorbeginnersandbeyond.   You could be randomly chosen for a QoR watercolor sample dot card.

There is a free tutorial on my Patreon channel on how to do a continuous line portrait

• Patreon link:   https://www.patreon.com/posts/101967830/
• It is only a 3-1/2 minute video.  It is quick to do these continuous line drawings!
• And remember, you can only touch your paintbrush to the paper 4 times

I did all three of these in about 3 minutes!   It’s so much fun!

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