January Art Challenges
Kick 52 – 52 Week Sketching Challenge
For this weekly sketching challenge, we are challenging you to create a weekly drawing for 52 consecutive weeks. This is less of a commitment than the Kick 365 challenge but will still help you to build that creative habit and improve your drawing skills.
50 Ways to Draw a Face – Art Challenge
For this art challenge, we are challenging you to draw or paint the same face in 50 different ways. Find a face reference photo you like and let that be your inspiration to create a face a day for the next 50 days.
Art Journal January – Daily Art Journal Challenge
A daily art journal challenge. We challenge you to create an illustrated page every day throughout the month. You should work on the basic layout of one page every day throughout January. Do NOT be intimidated by, or compare your art journal pages to other people’s work!
Quick Kick January – Daily Photo Challenge
For ‘Quick Kick January’ we challenge you to take a daily abstract photo throughout the month of January. “Quick Kicks” are our monthly creative challenges that you can complete in 15 minutes or less per day.
Aqua January – Daily Watercolor Painting Challenge
We challenge you to create a piece of work using watercolour every day throughout the month of January. You can use just watercolour alone, or you can use any other water-soluble media if you prefer.
Kick 365 – 365 Day Sketching Challenge
For this sketch challenge, we are challenging you to create a daily sketch for 365 consecutive days.Not for the faint hearted! This challenge takes real commitment, but just imagine how many sketchbooks you could fill in a year
The January Challenge
This is an external challenge from 64 Million Artists. There are 31 days of simple creative challenges and a vibrant community of participants sharing their work and experiences across social media.
February Art Challenges
Styluary – Art Style Challenge
For this art styles challenge, we are challenging you to emulate the style of a famous artist, every day throughout February. We don’t mean, to ‘copy’ a painting, but rather create a painting of your own, inspired by the style of the artist.
Quick Kick February Daily Painting Challenge
For ‘Quick Kick February’ our daily painting challenge, we are challenging you to draw or paint using non-art tools. That could be painting with a toothbrush, or mark making with bits of string or a twig.
February Faces Drawing Challenge
We challenge you to draw and post a face drawing a day throughout the month of February! You can draw any type of face. It doesn’t have to be human! Your face could be a cartoon, a character, a self portrait, an animal, a caricature, or even a silhouette profile…
March Art Challenges
Quick Kick March – Daily Photo Challenge
For this daily photo challenge, we invite you to take a nature photograph every day in March. “Quick Kicks” are our monthly creative challenges that you can complete in 15 minutes or less per day.
March Mixed Media Challenge
We challenge you to create a daily piece of mixed media art throughout March. The object here is to get you experimenting and creating some interesting paintings that you may otherwise have been afraid to try.
5 Minute March Speed Drawing Challenge
We challenge you to make a daily 5 minute drawing throughout the month of March. This challenge is particularly suitable for those who have a tendency to overwork their sketches or those who have limited time.
April Art Challenges
Inky April – Drawing Challenge
For this drawing challenge, we are challenging you to sketch or draw, using only ink, every day throughout April. By going in directly with ink, you will learn to make decisive marks, embrace your mistakes and enjoy new energy in your drawings
Abstract Art April Painting Challenge
We are challenging you to create an abstract painting, every day throughout the month of April. If you have never painted anything abstract before, you could try looking at everyday things very close-up. What shapes do you notice? How could you use those shapes to make…
Quick Kick April Continuous Line Drawing Challenge
Join us for a drawing challenge to create a daily continuous line drawing throughout the month of April. You can use any medium you like including digital as long as your pen (or other medium) does not leave the paper.
NaPoWriMo National Poetry Writing Month
NaPoWriMo is a poetry challenge hosted by Maureen Thorson at www.napowrimo.net You are challenged to write a poem a day throughout the month of April. You can keep your poems for yourself or share them with the world. It’s up to you! Starting on April 1st, you should…
The 100 Day Project
This challenge is hosted by Elle Luna at www.the100dayproject.org and starts sometime in April (the date varies from year to year). It was inspired by a Yale School of Art Workshop created by Michael Bierut for his graduate graphic design students…
May Art Challenges
Blooming Marvellous May Flower Art Challenge
For this May art challenge we invite you to create a daily piece of flower art throughout the month. You can use any medium you like such as paint, embroidery, clay, printing, digital or mixed media… You can even use actual flowers!
Quick Kick May Drawing Challenge
For this May drawing challenge, we invite you to create a simple daily drawing using your non-dominant hand. You can draw anything you want but we will provide optional art prompts.
Miniature May Art Challenge
For this May art challenge we invite you to create a daily miniature piece of artwork throughout the month.. Your miniature artwork should be NO bigger than 5” x 5” in any media excluding digital.
Every Day in May
This challenge is hosted by a closed Facebook group, so you will need to request to be able to join in this annual May challenge. Each year, on or around the 26th April, a list of daily subjects for the entire month will be published to download.
June Art Challenges
Tonal June – Daily Painting Challenge
For this daily painting challenge, we are challenging you to paint using just one colour and white (or just one colour if using watercolour), every day throughout the month of June. By using just one colour and white, you will learn to make a variety of tonal values, without being distracted by colour.
Quick Kick June Cartoon Challenge
Join us for a cartoon challenge this month. For ‘Quick Kick June’ we are challenging you to create a daily cartoon drawing throughout the month. “Quick Kicks” are our monthly creative challenges that you can complete in 15 minutes or less per day.
Copyist June Art Challenge
For our Copyist June Art Challenge we are challenging you to replicate a sketch, drawing or painting by a master or from an art book, every day throughout the month.
July Art Challenges
Quick Kick July Drawing Challenge
For this July drawing challenge, we are challenging you to create a simple drawing ‘upside-down’, every day throughout the month of July. To clarify. We are NOT challenging you to draw whilst doing a handstand, but to draw something from a photograph that has been flipped upside-down.
Kick Urban Sketching Challenge
For our daily urban sketching challenge, we are challenging you to create an urban sketch every day in July. It could be a quick sketch in a park, at work, a view from your window or a local building.
Portrait July Face Drawing Challenge
Welcome to our face drawing challenge, ‘Portrait July’. We are challenging you to draw and post 31 faces throughout the month of July!
August Art Challenges
Quick Kick August Drawing Challenge
For our ‘Quick Kick August’ drawing challenge, we are challenging you to create a drawing or painting every day on toned or coloured paper. You could even paint a wash of colour on your page first and work over that.
31 Animals August Art Challenge
For our August art challenge we are challenging you to create and share a piece of animal art, every day throughout the month. Your art can be in any medium and created in 2D, 3D or digital
August Trio Daily Painting Challenge
For this August painting challenge, we are challenging you to paint using only 3 primary colours plus white every day. This challenge will help you with colour mixing as you learn how to make all the colours in your image with a limited palette.
September Art Challenges
Scriptember – September Daily Hand Lettering Challenge
For this September lettering challenge, we invite you to hand write a daily inspirational quote. You can write out an existing quote or create your own.
Quick Kick September Drawing Challenge
This September we challenge you to create a daily blind contour drawing. It will help you improve your observation and drawing skills. “Quick Kicks” are our monthly creative challenges that you can complete in 15 minutes or less per day.
Sketchathon September – Daily Sketch Challenge
Join us for our daily sketching challenge this September. Improve your sketching skills, fill up your sketchbook and have fun.
October Art Challenges
Creeptober Halloween October Art Challenge
Creeptober is our Halloween inspired October Art Challenge. You can create anything you like, from a pumpkin carving, to a drawing, a painting, a poem, a creepy story, a scary photo, or a spooky sculpture…
October Poet – Poetry Challenge
We are challenging you to write and share a poem every day throughout April! You can write a poem about any topic you like, but we’ll provide optional prompts if you need them.
Quick Kick October Sketch Challenge
For our October sketch challenge, we are challenging you to pick just ONE subject and sketch it every day. It can be any subject you want. “Quick Kicks” are our monthly creative challenges that you can complete in 15 minutes or less per day.
Sculptober
‘Sculptober’ was founded in 2014 by, Dragons and Beasties, Tumble Creatures and Little Fat Dragons. Every October, sculptors take on the challenge of creating something each day based on a daily theme. To join in the fun, you can request to join their Facebook Group.
Inktober
Every October Jake Parker challenges artists all over the world to create one ink drawing a day for the entire month. Jake originally created Inktober back in 2009 to improve his inking skills and develop a positive drawing habit and the challenge snowballed from there.
November Art Challenges
Posevember – 30 Day Figure Drawing Challenge
For this figure drawing challenge, we are challenging you to sketch a figure, every day throughout November. By drawing a body pose every day, you will quickly become familiar with figure drawing proportions
Kick Collage Challenge
This November, join us for our collage challenge. Whether you are a beginner artist or experienced with collage. You can complete the entire piece of art using images you’ve cut or torn. Alternatively, draw or paint over collage.
Quick Kick November Drawing Challenge
For this November Daily Drawing Challenge, we are challenging you to draw with a brush and ink/paint WITHOUT using a pen or pencil first. “Quick Kicks” are our monthly creative challenges that you can complete in 15 minutes or less per day.
NaNonFiWriMo (WNFIN) National Nonfiction Writing Month
#NaNonFiWriMo is a challenged hosted at www.writenonfictionnow.com Also known as WNFIN (Write Non-fiction in November), you are challenged to start and complete a work of non-fiction during the 30 days of November. So, pick up that pen and get writing!
NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month
NaNoWriMo is a challenged hosted at www.nanowrimo.org Have you always wanted to write a novel, but have just never got around to it? You are challenged to write a 50,000 word novel (first draft, ready to edit) by 11.59pm on November the 30th. That’s 1,667 words per day!
December Art Challenges
Quick Kick December Drawing Challenge
For our ‘Quick Kick December’ drawing challenge we are challenging you to create a daily festive drawing. By sketching on a daily basis, your drawing skills will steadily improve.
Digital Art December – Digital Art Challenge
For this December Art Challenge we invite you to create daily digital art. Your piece of art can be made using any digital tool you like, including the following: a camera, any computer software, a video camera, a tablet
Doodling December Doodle Art Challenge
For our December Daily Doodle Challenge we are challenging you to create a doodle a day. The great thing about doodling is it allows you the freedom to create anything without being precious about it.
Anytime Art Challenges
Kick 52 – 52 Week Sketching Challenge
For this weekly sketching challenge, we are challenging you to create a weekly drawing for 52 consecutive weeks. This is less of a commitment than the Kick 365 challenge but will still help you to build that creative habit and improve your drawing skills.
50 Ways to Draw a Face – Art Challenge
For this art challenge, we are challenging you to draw or paint the same face in 50 different ways. Find a face reference photo you like and let that be your inspiration to create a face a day for the next 50 days.
The Sketchbook Project
The Sketchbook Project is hosted by www.sketchbookproject.com Whatever your level, this is a chance to submit your own work to the world’s largest collection of sketchbooks and become part of a worldwide community of creative people.
Create a Calendar
We are challenging you to create a single piece of artwork every month for 12 consecutive months, so that you will be able to print your own calendar for the following year. Each piece of art should relate to the month in which you created it.
Kick 365 – 365 Day Sketching Challenge
For this sketch challenge, we are challenging you to create a daily sketch for 365 consecutive days.Not for the faint hearted! This challenge takes real commitment, but just imagine how many sketchbooks you could fill in a year
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