This weekend’s theme is “Wild flowers.” For this challenge, we would like you to take inspiration from wildflowers – whether you find them growing in the garden, spot them on a walk, or choose from a reference photo. Wildflowers can be delicate and simple or bright and bold, and they make a wonderful subject for both drawing and painting.
You could capture a single stem, a small cluster, or even a little patch of meadow flowers. Look closely at their shapes, colours, and the way they sit together. Some wildflowers have striking symmetry, while others are charmingly irregular – both are lovely to explore in art.
You can work in any medium you enjoy: pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil, acrylic, pastel, or mixed media. Keep it detailed, or go loose and expressive – the choice is yours.
Tutor’s Tip: Try picking (or photographing) a few different wildflowers and arranging them on a sheet of paper before you begin. Studying how they overlap and interact will give you ideas for composition and balance.
We are looking forward to seeing your beautiful wildflower studies and how you capture the natural charm of these little blooms. Good luck and have fun!
The idea of these challenges is to help students improve their skills by drawing, painting and creating regularly.
So try to submit work that you have created specifically for the challenge – or course work you are currently creating for your art course. Sometimes our challenge themes cross over with what students are learning. Our challenges are great practive for your coursework too!
Remember to submit your artwork to us via email if you would like it posted on our blog next week.
Email your artwork to us for inclusion on the blog next week. We sometimes take challenge posts submitted to our Facebook group to add to the collection, however we may miss some, so if you really want to see your work here, make sure you email it to us!
All students can take part and they can post their artwork on our main Facebook Group to share with fellow students.
If you would like your work included in our weekly Thursday blog post Email it to Melanie on
techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk
Please only post new artwork that you have created specifically for the challenge.
The idea of these challenges is to help students improve their skills by drawing, painting and creating regularly. Most of all, have fun!!
All of the photos we post on our London Art College Weekend Challenges are copyright free. Feel free to use the artwork you produce however you wish. If you would like your artwork posted here on our blog, email it to Melanie at techsupport@londonartcollege.co.uk. If you have any Weekend Challenge requests let us know too! Best of luck and happy drawing and painting!
For those who are new to our challenges, we post them every Friday, so that students have a chance to pick up their pencils, pens, brushes or tablets to create artwork in their downtime over the weekend.
The results are the posted here on our blog on the following Thursday.
We love it when students add text to go along side the artwork, we will always post it on the blog if included.
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