Sketch Challenges

sketch challengesReady to ignite your creativity? Dive into our Sketch Challenges and let your imagination soar! This is a fantastic opportunity to get your artistic “engines roaring” and connect with a vibrant community of fellow artists.

Our challenges offer a playful and inspiring way to explore new themes, experiment with different styles, and push your creative boundaries. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting your journey, each challenge provides a fresh project to spark your next masterpiece.


How Our Sketch Challenges Work:

  • OPEN Challenges: These are active challenges currently accepting submissions. Each “OPEN” challenge features a dedicated submission form and a gallery showcasing all entries received so far. Be sure to check the countdown and submission limit, as challenges close once the time runs out or the maximum number of entries is reached.
  • CLOSED Challenges: Once a challenge closes, its submission form is no longer active. However, you can still view the full gallery of submissions from that season. Feel free to use these challenges for personal practice; any art you create for a closed challenge can be submitted to a future “OPEN” challenge on the same theme, if announced.
  • Seasons: Our Sketch Challenges are organized into “Seasons.” Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. When a challenge is marked “CLOSED” it means submissions for that specific theme are paused for the rest of the Season. Keep an eye out for announcements about new seasons and the reopening of challenges!

1st timers: This is the a good place to start!
Check out the Gallery of Current Submissions

Forest Floor to Canopy | Sketch Challenge

Forest Floor to Canopy | Sketch Challenge

On Location, Sketch Challenges

Understanding Vertical Ecology Through Art The forest holds a world within its vertical layers—a story that begins beneath our feet and stretches skyward to the sunlit canopy. The Forest Floor to Canopy Sketch Challenge invites artists, naturalists, and creative explorers to visually narrate this ascent through drawing. From tangled roots and mycelium networks to soaring […]

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Slice of Architecture | Sketch Challenge

Slice of Architecture | Sketch Challenge

On Location, Sketch Challenges

What is the Slice of Architecture Concept? Exploring architecture through sketching is one of the most intuitive and inspiring ways to engage with the built world. The Slice of Architecture Sketch Challenge invites creatives to capture fragments of architectural design—whether structural, ornamental, minimal, or expressive—in a way that reveals the story behind the form. With

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Draw Like a Child Again | Embrace Simplicity, Joy, and Creative Freedom

Draw Like a Child Again | Embrace Simplicity, Joy, and Creative Freedom

Tips and Hacks, Sketch Challenges

What Does It Mean to Draw Like a Child Again? As adults, we often forget the pure, unfiltered joy of making art without rules, expectations, or fear of judgment. To draw like a child again is to return to a place of creative freedom—where scribbles are masterpieces, colors don’t need to stay inside the lines,

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