This week’s challenge is in solidarity with all those feeling the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl and are still waiting for power to be restored!

Painting challenge:  Melting Point

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

Deadline July 19, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET    

Here are the details:

• Share a painting of something melting (ice, popsicle, ice cream, sweat running off a nose, anything that depicts melting point)
• Sponsored by Diann Zimmerman
• Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
• Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post:  #meltingpoint
• You may enter as often as you want
• Open to all countries
• Winner is chosen randomly
• Deadline July 19, 2024, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
• Winner announced July 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.

What is the prize?   

How to support Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond?  

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Art supplies:

• Jackson’s Art Supply
• DaVinci Paints
• St. Louis Art Supply
• Rosemary and Co. brushes
• Jackman’s Art Materials (10% discount code:WBB10)
• SketchBox (10% discount code:  DiannSketchBox)
• Meeden  (10% discount code:  WBB10)
• ArtSnacks (10% discount code:  WBB10)

Online watercolor courses:

• Skillshare – 30% discount for annual subscription
• Urban Sketch Courses by Ian Fennelly
• Watercolour Mentor Courses by Darren Yeo
  • Watercolour Essentials
  • Watercolour Mentorship Program
  • Mastering Urban Landscapes in Watercolour
• Etchr Studio Subscription (monthly or yearly, $5 discount on annual subscription with code ETCHRUTYKYD)

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Thank you for your support!

If you have ideas to share for future challenges,

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• Instagram – WBB
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• YouTube
• Facebook groups:
  • Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
  • Drawing – Beginners and Beyond
  • Digital Art – Beginners and Beyond
  • Acrylic – Beginners and Beyond
  • Tiny Art 

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