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June Challenge! 🌙 Paint Your Wildest Dream
This month we’re leaving reality behind. Flying whales? Purple apples floating through space? A café on the moon? Perfect. If you can dream it, you can paint it. Post your entries below and let’s see where our imaginations take us. 🚀🎨✨ How it works 🎨 Create as many artworks as you like throughout the month. 📸 Post your entries in the comments below this challenge. 🎭 Any medium is welcome: - Oil - Acrylic - Watercolor - Pastel - Mixed media - Digital art - Sketches 💡 Feel free to experiment, be weird, be poetic, be playful. Challenge Rules 1. All artwork must be created by you 2. You can enter as many pieces as you want. 3. Tell us a little about the dream or idea behind your artwork (optional but encouraged). 4. Have fun and encourage fellow artists along the way. 5. Invite friends that would enjoy this too. 6. Dateline 30 June. At the End of the Month 🏆 We’ll choose: 🥇 Dream Master Award 🥈 Most Original Dream 🥉 Community Favorite No prizes. Just glory, bragging rights, and a spotlight in the community. 😄 Your First Prompt Before you start painting, answer this: If there were no limits, what would your dream world look like? Now grab your brushes and start dreaming. 🌙✨
June Challenge! 🌙 Paint Your Wildest Dream
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@Liza Glorius Yes. Definitely. I'm also having some trouble. I have a lot of ideas in my head, but executing them is a whole other story. I typically don't paint, but want to challenge myself. I have a feeling there will be several attempts before I post anything. So I feel you!
If I could build one thing to help you, what would it be?
Hey everyone, I’m looking to build something genuinely useful for artists in this community. I will do this alone or with other artist that have more experience in that area. Before I start creating anything, I’d rather hear from you than make assumptions. What’s your biggest challenge right now? It could be: - Finding time to create - Marketing yourself - Painting lessons - How to grow on Instagram - How to sell on eBay? - Pricing your work - Getting clients - Building an audience - Staying consistent & motivated - Imposter syndrome - Learning a specific skill - A plan from A to Z to sell art - Have access to a real art teacher with years of experience - More about the gallery business & how to get in - Finish a painting without overthinking every brush stroke - Improve drawing basics - Understand color mixing better - Build a simple weekly art habit - Something completely different… If I could wave a magic wand and solve one problem for you, what would you want it to be? The more specific, the better. I’m reading every response and looking for patterns so I can create something that actually helps instead of adding more noise. What’s the first thing that comes to mind?
If I could build one thing to help you, what would it be?
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I'm trying to build an audience and hopefully start with commissions, but I have no idea how to price my art. My supplies are not super expensive as I work mainly in charcoal, but the time it takes me to complete a piece can vary from 4 hours to 25 hours, depending on how detailed it will be.
🌍 Challenge: “One Theme, Many Minds“
Everyone paints their interpretation of THE theme. THE theme, we are going to choose together in the poll below. Then we are going to paint the winning theme. Then the paintings are displayed side by side. You can make as many paintings with this theme as you like. The fun part is seeing how differently people think about the exact same theme. It feels a bit like a mini art exhibition and gives everyone a chance to explain their ideas. Is this clear ? 😅 if you have questions let me know. But first we have to determine THE theme with all of us.
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🌍 Challenge: “One Theme, Many Minds“
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Sounds like fun!
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@Valérie Van Kraaij I agree. Why not both?
inspiration/ reference
Where do you find your inspiration? Or references? Do you use photo’s? From websites? Or do you shoot your own? Don’t use references at all? just look outside? Read books? Poetry?
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@Liza Glorius In film, it's definitely the cinematography. I recently watched a movie called Harvest by Athina Tsangari, and the location is beautiful, rolling rural hills in Scotland. It made me want to do a landscape, which I rarely do. But, the performances themselves can inform what I take from the film. Music is a lot less tangible and more abstract. My mind paints pictures as I listen and I'll often scramble to write down what my brain saw lol.
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@Rachel Bk Ya! I'm very excited. An artist I really like on IG reached out to me. He does very abstract work so it will be a nice contrast against the realism I tend to do.
Half way done one of my short term goals
Hello everyone! One of my short term goals is to finish my Music portrait series. I am currently finished 3 of the 6 that I have planned. So far two of them seem to fit together well, but the third one was done on black paper with white charcoals. I'm not sure if I should keep it the way it is, or re do it on regular paper so it's a bit more cohesive. I'd love to hear your opinions. #1 Poly Styrene of X Ray Spex #2 Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age #3 Ian Curtis of Joy Division. The plan is to display them at a local music venue and sell prints. Thanks everyone!
Half way done one of my short term goals
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@Phill Hatton Thank you! I think you're right about how it will display.
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@Rachel Bk I like that as well! It's funny, I recently bought some very smooth, pricey paper and the blending is fantastic on it. But I think I actually kind of prefer the more textured, cheap paper.
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Gina DeMarco
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@gina-demarco-9195
I'm a woman in my 40s and looking to connect with others who make art. I'm starting again after a 15 year hiatus.

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Joined Apr 20, 2026
Canada