Painting Challenge: Girl with a Pearl Earring

March 8, 2024 / Diann Zimmerman

We are doing another famous portrait painting challenge. (do you remember how much fun Mona Lisa was last year?)

For this challenge, paint the Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer in the 17th century.

Painting challenge: Girl with Pearl Earring

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

Deadline March 15, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET

Here are the details:

Using the famous painting “Girl with Pearl Earring” as a reference, paint it in watercolor, any style
Sponsored by SketchBox
Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post: #pearlearring
You may enter as often as you want
Open to all countries
Winner is chosen randomly
Deadline March 15, 2024, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
Winner announced March 17 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.

I have a free Patreon tutorial that may be helpful: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99317434/ which includes:

reference photo
outlines in various styles that you may trace
step-by-step video on creating a monochrome portrait of the Girl with Pearl Earring

Original painting by Vermeer

Tutorial monochrome painting

What is the prize?

SketchBox is sponsoring this challenge with a Floral Watercolor Marker Premium Box for one random winner.

This premium box includes:

2 Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pens in rose red and pink
Akashiya Sai ThinLINE pen in pine green
Winsor & Newton ProMarker in burnt umber, and a Faber-Castell Watercolor Marker in Indian red
Pentel Microbrush in black
KingArt Inkline chisel-tipped fineliner in brown
SketchBox Signature mop brush
Custom Hahnemuhle Harmony pad, 300 GSM, 4×9″, 12 sheets.

When you order from SketchBox, you may receive 10% discount using code: DiannSketchBox

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

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