It is that magical time of year again, and we are inviting all of our students to take part in our annual Festive Art Challenge! Each December we love to showcase the creativity of our students with a festive countdown on the blog. This year we are adding a fun twist to keep things fresh and inspiring.
We have created a list of 25 festive prompts. Think of it like an artistic advent calendar! You can pick any prompt that inspires you – snowflakes, robins, reindeer, cosy cottages, festive food and more. The choice is yours.
You do not need to complete all 25 prompts. You can select just one or two favourites, or explore several if you are feeling inspired. Every artwork submitted will become part of our daily Christmas showcase on the blog, and we will post a new piece each day throughout December, building up to Christmas Day itself.
This is a wonderful opportunity to experiment, try new materials and have some fun with festive themes. Your artwork can be in any medium – pencil, pastel, watercolour, acrylics, digital art, mixed media — the important part is enjoying the creative process.
25 Festive Prompts
- Snowflakes
- Robins
- Christmas Trees
- Presents
- Stars
- Holly & Ivy
- Reindeer
- Snowmen
- Baubles
- Gingerbread
- Wreaths
- Bells
- Candles
- Sleighs
- Angels
- Stockings
- Carol Singers
- Festive Pets
- Snowy Cottages
- Mittens & Scarves
- The Nativity
- Festive Food (puddings, mince pies, turkey etc.)
- Winter Wildlife (foxes, owls, deer)
- Santa Claus
- Your Perfect Christmas Scene
We can’t wait to see how many different interpretations we receive. A single word prompt can inspire so many directions, from traditional and cosy, to humorous, colourful, or even abstract.
If you would like to take part, simply create your artwork and send it to us. Do let us know which prompt your piece is based on, let us know the medium you used and anything else you would like to write so we can include it in the blog post.
Let us make this December a month filled with creativity, inspiration, and a true celebration of art. We look forward to sharing your work and spreading some festive cheer!
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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