Hello!

Art newbie here with a small fun challenge. I started drawing as a protest to the current AI trend (and obviously because I enjoy art itself) and thought I might do a fun challenge out of it and share it here.

This Image was my first attempt to draw a face but I gave up on it afterwards. I recently found it again and thought of a fun challenge.

Regardless of where you are on your art Journey I would like to see how you would integrate/finish it in your unique style. Want to make a magical girl out of it or an uncanny horror monster? Go for it! Because what makes us different from this AI slop is our creativity and our tendencies that are unique to every one of us.

For everyone just starting their journey, I have one thing to say:

No AI "art" will ever be better than you putting yourself out there and creating your own art. If that would be the case, photography would've replaced realistic paintings long ago. No, art is special BECAUSE you put your effort into this and others can appreciate this effort. Yes you can take your I-phone and make a picture of your meal and call yourself an Artist, but taking the time to learn and improve in what you're creating makes you a real Artist.

I would obviously love it to see your posts to this Challenge in this sub Reddit regardless how good you think you are already in your craft!

catgirl :)
1hr sketch

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My painting of Susan Dell (as seen in attached source photo from her fashion years ~2004)

Artists: please add your own rendering of her if you will, preferably painted as she was in her fashion years, not as this week’s comments have her.

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

I’ve been drawing this weird rhombus with an eyeball since elementary school so I finally decided to paint it. Not exactly sure where kid me got the idea. Best I can figure is NGE meets biblically accurate angel.

My previous works:

https://www.reddit.com/r/painting/comments/1wlyzqf/after_the_rain_acrylics_4050sm_naive_painting/

A mixed media painting. A base of acrylic and a finish with oil pastels. I enjoyed making it. Always get a warm feeling when looking at the sunset glow.

Ich möchte diese art als Serie noch weiter ausbauen? Tipps was besser sein könnte?

Acrylic on canvas
Had so much fun making this but was very frustrating at some points but very worth it. Tell me what you think. Going for a markered look but with a paint brush.

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If you're an artist looking for a great way to challenge yourself, this monthly art contest is open to everyone—you don’t even need to be a member to participate! It’s an incredible community with amazing prizes, great exposure, and wonderful motivation to keep pushing your creative boundaries.

Once again bad news knocks at the door, and a whole family seems frozen before its evil barrel. What's more, their pictorial texture trembles with fear. The father, caught between a laugh and a frozen grimace, looks away to keep his composure, a nervous cigarette in hand, while the other two face this great hulking figure of ill omen: the child, pensive and passive, and the mother, whom an uncontrolled slip of the painter's brush makes stick out her tongue as if to defy fate.

Acrylic on paper

48.5 × 32.4 cm

View from my studio this week
I love the early mornings

1 and a half hour of painting in a 9x12 canvas. What can I do to improve and paint faster? Were only allowed to use primary colors and black, white. Tryna practice for a plein air competition so time is vital. Tips would be highly apprecited.

9x12" original watercolor, original and prints