Painting Projects

Join in this painting project to create an abstracted flower painting. See submissions

This painting project challenges you to create a portrait or self-portrait in an expressive style.

January's projects always have a color mixing focus, and this one focuses on chromatic black.

Join the challenge to create a painting using a specific photo as a starting point, an idea for a painting, and also see what other people have painted from it.

Join in this painting project to create a collagraph print (or two or three).

Join in this painting project to create a monoprint (or two or three).

The About.com Painting Forum never closes. It's open 24 hours, 7 days a week, and with members who are early birds and others who are night owls, the discussions continue all hours. Why not join us there, or participate in one of the other painting community projects?

The intention of these painting projects is to encourage you to explore new subjects and techniques, to challenge yourself in a new way.

A gallery showcasing the first painting artists sold, to provide examples of what sells, and inspiration. When you sell your first painting, add it here.

Did you know that you can sign up for free email painting courses put together by your Painting Guide? Simply pick the one you want (or all), fill in the simple form, and the course will start arriving in your inbox.

Join in this painting project to paint a subject from an unusual or unexpected angle. See submissions

Join in this painting project, the subject of which is urban transportation. See submissions

Join in this painting project to paint a still life with two, specific objects. See submissions

Join in this painting project to create a miniature still life painting, with five still life objects.See submissions

Join in this painting project to paint an urban scene with lots of little figures, in the style of the famous painter LS Lowry.See submissions

Share your linocut prints and be inspired by browsing through the photos of prints by other artists.See submissions

Share your favorite painting from 2010.See submissionsSee submissions

Share your favorite painting from 2010.See submissions

The challenge of this painting project is to paint something that has its origins in nature.

The challenge of this painting project is to convey a sense of a person's mood.

The challenge of this painting project is to paint a landscape with a prominent sun, using an Impressionist style.

The challenge of this painting project is to paint a landscape with a prominent sun, using an Impressionist style.

Join in this painting project, the challenge of which is to paint a geometric abstract, using something in nature as a source of inspiration if it makes it easier.

Join in this painting project, the challenge of which is to paint a scene inside a forest or woodland.

All these paintings were created in response to the attacks on September 11th 2001 in America.

A place to share paintings made in response to conflicts and wars in our world.See submissions

This painting project challenges you to work with a restricted palette of three specified colors only, plus white. Read the instructions, then join in!

Take a look at the submissions for the abstracting nature painting project.See submissions