u/InBetweenLili

This month, our theme is “Autumn Leaves". We can definitely add landscapes as well, as leaves don't exist in isolation. 🙂

This month we ask you to choose what inspires YOU. Is it a certain colour? A form? A colour combination? A specific subject? A mood? Something else? You can browse Pixabay and Unsplash for royalty-free images, use your own photos or draw from life. If you want to share reference photos, please drop them here👇, but it's perfectly fine to share your drawing only. This way, the challenges won't feel too difficult or too easy, and you can develop a sense of what exactly inspires you. We are excited to hear about it.

The last week of October will be a Halloween week. 👻🎃

We welcome artists of all experience levels. Everyone who completes a challenge gets a unique badge with a trophy in it. If you submit 2 works during the month, you get two trophies, and so on. After the 4th one, we will use numbers, e.g. 5x🏆 - see mine for reference. If you want to opt out, you can turn off your user flair in the sidebar of the subreddit, or write a mod mail.

While watercolour pencils are our subreddit’s main medium, you are welcome to explore mixed-media watercolours, inks, gouache, or other watercolour-like wet media that doesn't dry waterproof. We love seeing how creativity spreads and evolves here, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with. Have fun, and please post your works directly on the subreddit.

This was difficult, I had to fight for the values.

I am starting this one. 😍 I won't include the water drops.

More reference photos to copy. 😉 Find more below.

I will try to reproduce the wax coating by simply choosing the right colours.

This is difficult. I had to trace the image, because the drawing was too difficult. But then I started to build up the grape one by one and it's tremendously calming and satisfying. 😍 I will add the image that can be traced. 😉👇

This month, our theme is “Fruits". We have added 3 photos from Pixabay / Unsplash. Everyone is free to copy them and create an artwork based on them. Please feel free to use your own reference photo, or draw from life. All kinds of fruits are welcome. There will be new photos added in mid-September and after the 3rd week of September.

We welcome artists of all experience levels. Feel free to bring your own ideas to life. Share your reference photos, sketches, works in progress, and finished pieces.

Everyone who completes a challenge gets a unique badge with a trophy in it. (See mine for reference.) If you submit 2 works during the month, you get two trophies, and so on. If you want to opt out, you can turn off your user flair in the sidebar of the subreddit, or write a mod mail.

While watercolour pencils are our subreddit’s main medium, you are welcome to explore mixed-media watercolours, inks, gouache, or other watercolour-like wet media that doesn't dry waterproof.

If you share reference photos, please make sure they are ones you are happy for others to use as inspiration. We love seeing how creativity spreads and evolves here, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with. Have fun, and please post your works directly in the subreddit. See more photos below. 👇 😉

Is this not what you are looking for? You can find a collection of all previous monthly themes in a pinned post. They never expire.