Wow, World Watercolor Month July 2016 seemed to fly by and so many wonderful connections were made! And the coolest part is that we came together as a community to form World Watercolor Group! To keep things simple moving foward, whenever you post your watercolors, simply tag them #WorldWatercolorGroup on all social networks so we can find you and link to your lovely work in real time! (even if you’re not participating in the optional adventure theme this month!) Also, if you’re not a member of our Facebook Group, please join us there as well!
AUGUST ADVENTURE – Share Your Favorite Things!
Want to play along? For the August Doodlewash Adventure, let’s get to know each other better by sharing things we love most! (anything you’d like to share: favorite places, favorite foods, favorite colors, etc!). This is a broad theme, but the hope is that you’ll share a couple sentences of story along with your paintings (you know, like that Charlie guy is prone to do!) so we can learn a little more about each other! Join in whenever and as often as you like! At the end of the month, you’ll have a very unique self-portrait in the form of paintings and sketches!
31 Things To Paint This Month
If you’d like some daily prompts for this adventure, then here you go! (In a handy dandy graphic to save and share, thanks Kari!)
Just want something new to try? Check out these fun and creative “anytime” prompts courtesy of Laura at Create Art Everyday and spark that creativity!
- Something entirely abstract
- Something with eyes
- Something monochromatic
- Something in only two colors
- Something in only three colors
- Something wet in wet
- Something featuring water! (of course!)
- Something done en plein air
- Something you made to swap with someone else participating
- Something that you made because you were inspired by someone else’s post
- Something you made to donate
- Something you made to sell
- Something to eat
- Something in your favorite color
- Something in a color you dislike
- Something geometric
- Something with no drawing underneath
- Something done with only 31 brushstrokes or less
- Something done entirely with a very large brush
- Something done entirely with a very small brush
- Something done in mixed media with watercolor as a feature
- Something done in line and wash style
- Something done in XX minutes or less (as a challenge)
- Something done on a paper or surface that is new for you
- Something featuring a bird (had to throw this in for DABD)
- Something featuring one or more letters, numbers or words
- Something inspired by a book, video, or by a working artist
- Something inspired by one of the Old Masters
- Something done using a color you’ve never used in a painting before