October is just around the corner, and before we start creating together, we thought it would be fun to let you decide the theme! Here are the ideas: 🏡 Home 🧺 Picnic 📚 Children’s Book Illustration 🌸 Flowers 🎃 Halloween 🍂 Fall / Autumn Vote for your favourite theme in the poll! You can choose the one that inspires you most, makes you curious, or simply sounds like fun. And as always, this challenge is open to all materials and all styles. Use watercolor, acrylics, oils, gouache, pencils, mixed media, collage, digital art… whatever you love working with. You can create: ✨ One piece ✨ Multiple pieces ✨ Small sketches ✨ Finished artworks There are no rules and no pressure — just a chance to create together, experiment, and fill October with art. Once the winning theme is chosen, we’ll create and share our work in the community using: #messyartsquadoctoberchallenge I can’t wait to see which theme wins! 🎨❤️

I’ve just added a new list to our community: 40 online galleries to sell your art 🎨✨ I’ve included the prices, fees and all the important details. I think this could be a super valuable resource if you’re looking for new places to get your art out there and sell it. You can find it in the Classroom. Have a look and enjoy! ❤️

Okay Squad, I made you something. 50 sketching prompt cards — sorted into 10 categories (Observe, Composition, People, Texture, Light & Shadow, Travel, Nature, Story, Practice, Mindset). Print them, cut them wonky, shuffle them, and pull one every morning. No thinking, no “which one is easiest,” just pull and draw. Here’s the thing though — this isn’t just a fun little challenge (even though it is one). Sketching is genuinely one of the best things you can do for your art, and there’s real science behind it: • Regular observational sketching sharpens your eye for proportion, light, and detail — and that skill carries over into everything else you make, painting included. • Sketching engages both sides of your brain at once — the logical side and the creative side — which is part of why it feels so good and clears your head. • Even one short session of art-making has been shown to boost people’s confidence in their own ability to actually finish and succeed at what they set out to make. So this isn’t “just doodling.” It’s foundational reps. Every fine artist you admire has thousands of ugly little sketches behind their good work — you’re just starting yours today. Here’s how we play: 1. Pull a card (or comment a number 1–50 and I’ll tell you what you got 👀) 2. Set a timer, draw for the suggested time — 5 to 25 min, no pressure 3. Post it here with your card number 4. Go look at what everyone else did with the SAME prompt — it’ll never be what you expect There is no wrong way to do this. A stick figure counts. A page you hate still counts. You showing up with a pen is the whole point. Who’s in? Link to the 50 sketch prompt: https://www.skool.com/responsibly-messy-artists-8983/classroom/76b07627?md=2734cd89eae746128d3621e8ccb41d51

Hey Messy Art Squad 👋 I put together a guide on fixing your Instagram bio — profile photo, username, the four-line structure, highlights, all of it. No perfect-marketer voice, just what actually works. Grab it below 👇 https://www.skool.com/responsibly-messy-artists-8983/classroom/1e7f38d8?md=6facd13984da417c912b6796e6e038ca

You simply need to adjust your Notifications! The default notifications send email updates about comments, responses, and likes. Here's how to fix this: On Desktop (Computer) 1. Click your profile picture in the top-right corner of Skool. 2. Choose Settings from the dropdown menu. 3. Select the Notifications tab. 4. You’ll see options to manage: - Community posts & comments - New classroom lessons - Events or calendar reminders - Mentions or replies to your posts - Toggle each one on or off depending on what you’d like to receive. TIP: If you turn on Mentions and Calendar reminders, you’ll get notified when new live painting sessions, challenges, or events are posted! On Mobile (Skool App) 1. Tap your profile icon in the bottom-right corner. 2. Tap Settings → Notifications. 3. Adjust what you’d like to receive push notifications or emails for. 4. You can also choose “Quiet hours” if you’d like Skool to pause notifications at night.