May 20 is World Bee Day.  Three out of four crops across the globe depend on bees and other pollinators.   Not only do bees contribute directly to food security, they are key to conserving biodiversity.

To recognize the importance of bees, we will paint bees this week!

Painting challenge:  World Bee Day

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

Deadline May 24, 2024 , 11:59 pm ET    

Here are the details:

• Post a painting of a bee
• Sponsored by Kristy Rice
• Entries must be posted in the Facebook group: Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
• Include topic hashtag in your Facebook post:  #WorldBeeDay
• You may enter as often as you want
• Open to all countries
• Winner is chosen randomly
• Deadline May 24, 2024, 11:59 pm ET (New York time)
• Winner announced May 26, 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?   

Where else can you find Diann/Watercolor Beginners and Beyond on social media:

• Facebook – personal page
• Instagram – my art account
• Instagram – WBB
• Patreon
• YouTube
• Facebook groups:
  • Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond
  • Drawing – Beginners and Beyond
  • Digital Art – Beginners and Beyond
  • Acrylic – Beginners and Beyond
  • Tiny Art 

 

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

 

How to support Watercolor – Beginners and Beyond?  

When shopping online, please consider using our affiliate links.  This helps to pay for prizes and postage to mail the prizes. We mail prizes all over the world.  As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.  #ad

Amazon:  (I will get credit for anything you purchase after using my link to land on the Amazon site)

• Amazon Storefront  (lists of brushes, paint, paper, pens, pencils, mats, budget-friendly supplies, misc items I recommend)
• Amazon – USA
• Amazon – Canada
• Amazon – UK

Art supplies:

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

Online watercolor courses:

• Skillshare – Annual subscription 30% discount
• Skillshare – one free month
• Urban Sketch Courses by Ian Fennelly
  • Urban Sketch Beginner’s Course   
  • Rural Sketch Course
  • Urban Junkyard Tour
  • Pub Sketching Tour
  • The High Street Sketch Course
  • Sketch Barcelona
  • Sketch Wales
  • Sketch 5 villages
  • Greatest hits of London
  • Urban Zoo Course
  • Robin Hood’s Bay Course
• 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)

 

Paypal link (if you want to contribute directly to help support the weekly prizes and postage)

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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