With the Covid-19 pandemic that is happening worldwide, sometimes it is hard to get to the easel and start a painting. With social distancing in effect these days, we don't get to meet our artsy friends like before for inspiration . So I decided to put together some of my favorite online artists resources offering art challenges which helps artists to stay inspired and get creating art during these difficult times. And the best part of all these challenges is that you can use what you have whether it is colored pencils, or watercolors or markers or something as simple as a ballpoint pen to get you started.
Here are my top four favorite artist resources:
1) Doodlewash-- https://doodlewash.com
It is a watercolor painting & sketching social community for artists of all skill levels, with over 500 stories from featured artists all over the world! This art community was started by Charlie O’Shields from Kansas City in 2015. The Art Challenges in this group are fun to do and it is my most favorite part of this group. I also enjoy reading about the featured guest artists and the various blog posts in this art community.
2) Inktober-- https://inktober.com
Inktober is a month long Art challenge where artists create an ink drawing each day during October; creating thirty-one drawings in thirty-one days. Jake Parker started the challenge back in 2009 as a way to improve his own inking skills. Since then the challenge has grown into a massive event with people participating all over the world. Starting this year artists can also participate in their new art challenge called "One Drawing A Week All Year Long Art Challenge"( Inktober52). Back in 2015 I participated in their Inktober Classic Art Challenge and back then I did not have ink art supplies. I used my colored pencils, ballpoint pens and my moleskin journal for all of these challenges. I had a blast of a time and totally enjoyed working on these challenges and the best part was we get to share it on Instagram with other artists from all over the world!
3) They Draw and Cook-- https://www.theydrawandcook.com
They Draw & Cook (TDAC) was founded in 2010 and is the internet's largest collection of illustrated recipes created by artists from around the world.The founders of this site are Nate Padavick and Salli S. Swindell are a brother/sister design and illustration team known as Studio SSS. They have created hundreds of magazine and book illustrations, thousands of greeting card designs, and, of course, many super tasty illustrated recipes! They Draw & Cook (TDAC) is a big happy creative community where creative people share their love of food and art through illustration. In order to participate in their Handpicked Design Challenges, artists need to sign up to their free and beautifully illustrated newsletter to get access to their Creative Art Prompts. I would love to participate in their future Design Art Challenges.
4) Doodle Addicts -- https://www.doodleaddicts.com
Doodle Addicts is an art community and platform dedicated to celebrating the incessant need to draw, sketch, and doodle with anything and everything we can get our hands on. Whether it be in a sketchbook, on a napkin, with your stylus and tablet, or on a giant wall, artists of all types are welcome here. It is their growing community for like-minded creatives to share and inspire one another through their portfolio of artwork, quirky drawing challenges and insightful interaction. This community offers tons of drawing challenges and art prompts that is guaranteed to get out of your comfort zone while helping you sharpen your artistic skills. To get notified to their next drawing challenges all you need to do is sign up for free with your name and email in the website's "Drawing Challenges " webpage.
So here is my list of favorite artist resources to help you stay inspired. Do you have a favorite artist community that you would like to share? If yes, I would love to hear from you which is your favorite artist community in the comments below.
Thank you!
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