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🎨 July Challenge: 30 Brush Strokes
(Please put the paintings you make in 30 brush strokes under this post. ❤️) Ready to loosen up, paint more confidently, and stop overthinking every brushstroke? Welcome to the 30 Brush Strokes Challenge! For the next 30 days, you’ll create small paintings using no more than 30 brush strokes. That’s it. No perfect paintings. No endless tweaking. No pressure. Just 30 intentional marks. Why this challenge? Many artists improve by painting more. But you’ll often improve even faster by painting with limitations. When you only have 30 brush strokes, you can’t overwork your painting. You learn to: - paint with confidence instead of hesitation - simplify what you see - make stronger decisions - let go of perfectionism - trust your instincts - finish what you start You’ll probably be surprised by how much your paintings improve after just a few weeks. The rules 🖌️ Maximum 30 brush strokes per painting. 📏 Keep it small (A6, A5, postcard size… whatever feels easy.) ⏱️ Spend around 5–15 minutes on each painting. 🎨 Use any medium you like. 📸 Share your paintings in the group whenever you’d like. Need ideas? Paint whatever inspires you! For example: - fruit - flowers - birds - pets - landscapes - your morning coffee - your favorite mug - vegetables - mushrooms - trees - people - houses - clouds - seashells - a toy - your paint brushes - something from your garden - something completely from your imagination Missed a day? No worries. This isn’t about having a perfect streak. Life happens. Skip a day if you need to, then simply continue the next day. Progress is built over time—not by being perfect. One more thing… This is not a competition. There are no winners. No prizes. No judging. The only person you’re challenging is yourself. At the end of the month, you’ll have a collection of small paintings that show your growth—and that’s the real reward. Who’s joining? 🎉 For inspiration a link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQo8uaRsYW/
5 likes • 4d
Hey! I like this challenge. But I adapted it a bit for me: I don‘t focus on the number of brushstrokes, but I use just three colours for each painting and try to finish the piece in 15 to 20 minutes. I am on vacation right now and I use this like a painted dairy. These are my finished ones 😊.
1 like • 4d
@Jaye Brunner thank you😊
Apr 22 •
Self portrait
Hello everyone! I hope you're all finding a way to be creative today! I started this last night (and stayed up way too late working on it) and it's the first self portrait that I've ever made. It's not finished but I am very happy with it so far. If anyone has made one of themselves, whether realism or abstract, please post below. I would love to see them. If you've never made one, give it a try! Who knows you better than you?
5 likes • Apr 23
Ah, and this is from last year. It’s called A Year of Moments - Returning to Myself. I drew a little piece every day in 2025 and put them together on Aluminium Dibond. When I was finished, I had a portrait of myself reflecting every single day of 2025, a bit like a diary.
2 likes • Apr 23
@Gina DeMarco Thank you ☺️. It was the plan all along. In the end, I got so used to it and enjoyed it so much - thinking about what made each day special - that I felt like something was missing when the project was finished. Now I don’t draw every day anymore, but I do write a line about each day in a little book 😊.
10 likes • Apr 14
This series, called „Human“ is my most recent work. I am utterly proud of it…😅
0 likes • Apr 16
@Zoe Pearson 🙏🏻😊
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@michelle-hediger-7816
Artist of Moments - I draw and paint the in-between
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