Watercolor Challenge: Origami

July 18, 2025 / Diann Zimmerman

This week, we’re folding inspiration into brushstrokes—literally! Our challenge theme is Origami, and while paper might crease, your creativity has no limits.  Why paint Origami?  Origami has crisp lines, folds, and shapes that naturally lend itself to dramatic shadows and highlights. Painting them trains your eye to see structure, shapes and values — great practice!   Some simple origami shapes:  paper airplane, cranes, foxes, boats…  Have fun with it!

Note: No folding required! You don’t need to physically fold paper into origami—this challenge is all about painting an origami figure.

Watercolor challenge:  Origami

Here are the details:

  • Share a painting of an Origami figure
  • Sponsored by SketchBox
  • Prize for one random winner:  July’s special watercolor premium SketchBox
  • Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
  • Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post:  #origami
  • You may enter as often as you want
  • Open to all countries
  • Winner is chosen randomly
  • Deadline July 25, 2025, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
  • Winner announced July 27, 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, SketchBox, has a special collection of goodies for this week’s challenge.

Watercolor Journey Premium Box:  https://shopsketch.com/collections/sketchbox-exclusives/products/watercolor-journey-premium-box

  • Watercolor travel tin with 12 lightfast colors (they are beautiful!)
  • Hahnemuhle Zig-Zag book, contains 18 pages of 300 gsm watercolor paper folded accoridan style
  • Caran D’Ache NeoColor II – Dark grey (water soluble wax crayon that can be used wet or dry)
  • SketchBox Signature long round size 4 paintbrush

To see all the goodies SketchBox has, go to their website:  https://shopsketch.com

Many of their past SketchBoxes are on sale half price.  https://shopsketch.com/collections/past-boxes

For 10% discount, use code:  DiannSketchBox

 

How to support Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond?  

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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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