Watercolor Challenge: Valentine’s Day

February 6, 2026 / Diann Zimmerman

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this week’s challenge is all about LOVE‑inspired art. Some ideas: Valentine’s Day cards, hearts, roses, Valentine’s candy, chocolate-covered strawberries…

Watercolor challenge: Valentine’s Day

Here are the details:

Share a Valentine’s Day painting
Sponsored by Marie Burke, https://marieburke-art.com/
Prize for 1 random participant: 6-month subscription to Marie’s online course, over 90 full-length tutorials
Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post: #ValentinesDay2026
You may enter as often as you want
Open to all countries
Winner is chosen randomly
Deadline February 13, 2026, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
Winner announced February 15, 2026
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 Marie Burke Art. One random participant will receive a 6-month subscription to Marie’s online art school, with over 90 full-length step by step botanical tutorials (along with some owls, bugs and butterflies!)

In each tutorial, she walks you through every step of the painting process with real-time tutorials that are easy to follow. This makes her tutorials suitable for beginners as well as more advanced painters looking to improve their skills.

For a FREE peony tutorial: https://marieburke-art.com/free-peony-sign-up/

Here are some of her amazing tutorials:

How to support Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond?

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Art supplies:

Jackson’s Art Supplies
DaVinci Paints
Rosemary and Co. brushes
Fuumuui (10% discount code: WBB)
Jackman’s Art Materials (10% discount code:WBB10)
SketchBox (10% discount code: DiannSketchBox)

Online watercolor courses:

Urban Sketch Courses by Ian Fennelly

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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