Participating in an art challenge will help you grow as a creative, not to mention they are fun and inspiring.  In this episode Sandi and Roben-Marie discuss the benefits of participating in an online creative challenge. It is one of our favorite ways to push ourselves creatively.

BENEFITS OF DOING AN ART CHALLENGE
•Developing a creative habit
•Inspiration
•Working from a prompt
•New friends/community
•Stretching creatively

HOW TO FIND AN ART CHALLENGE
•Annual repeaters
•Save a promo image to your collections on Instagram
•Watch those who do them regularly
•Ask on one of your posts

Challenges mentioned:

The 100 Day Project
March Meet the Maker
Inktober
CaptureYour365 Photo Challenge
21 Days in My Art World

HOW TO GAIN THE MOST FROM PARTICIPATING IN AN ART CHALLENGE

• Just join in and have fun.
•  Make sure you use the challenge hashtag every time you are publishing a post.
• To encourage engagement, leave comments on challenge posts from other participants. 
• Boost the confidence of those you can see are beginners by leaving thoughtful comments on their posts.
• Share the challenge with your followers and be sure to express your thanks to the challenge host(s).
  
  

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• If a challenge prompt doesn’t resonate with you then change it. Be creative. Don’t stay stuck. Do something that suits you.
• Challenges are not timed, and they are not tracked. You can always start them when you are ready and work through them on your schedule.
• When you join a challenge, you can either start from the first prompt or jump in where everyone else is and move forward.

OUR LINKS
Sandi Keene:
Website
Popup Art Classes
Coaching
Instagram

Roben-Marie:
Website
Courses
Maker's Tech U
Instagram