I’m taking a break from hosting art challenges on this account starting in January 2026. 🌊

If you’re looking for monthly art challenges, this is a good place to start: https://kickinthecreatives.com/art-challenges-list-by-month/

If you want daily prompt lists, Doodlewash has you covered (it focuses on watercolor, but you can use the prompts for whatever media you want to work in): https://doodlewash.com/watercolor-art-challenges/

Instagram is a good place for artist-led challenges and a general search can give you results from past years, which you can pull ideas from to mix up your own personal art challenge. 🎨🖌️

Whether you “finish” an art challenge or just make one thing, if you created more art than month by attempting an art challenge than you would have without it, You Win!!! 🏆

#art #artstr #artchallenge

Happy December!!! A month of many things, as you can tell because I’m posting this on the 3rd instead of the 1st. 😅

In the spirit of that spirit, this month’s art challenge is an easy one: Post a piece of art you created in 2025.

That’s it.

Use the hashtag #nostrartstrDec2025 if you like.

Use this tracker if you like.

It’s pretty satisfying to put a big check in that box after you post and know, if nothing else happened to get done that day, you’ve completed the NostrArtstr December Art Challenge!!!! 🎉🫂💜

PS. If you didn’t have a chance to create art this year, do you want to make art in 2026?

#art #artstr #artchallenge #december

Happy November! 🍁

A traditional November Art challenge is #huevember where each day is associated with a specific color. Keith Ryan has a great breakdown on his website: https://www.keithryanstudio.com - he also made a color chart with hex values for the digital art folks.

I’m going to get back to nostr:nprofile1qqsy6tv9w5faguux9ww6jhj3z7m5d34rz4dge7caftapjhns0hj4dfqpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuer0de4hjtnnda3kjctv9uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kz7x9zcag calendar art challenge of month-specific artwork for 2026 - check out her profile for more info.

Whether you take on an art challenge or not, I hope you make time this month to create. 💜🫂

#art #artstr #artchallenge #grownostr

Halfway through October so still time to jump in on nostr:nprofile1qqsy6tv9w5faguux9ww6jhj3z7m5d34rz4dge7caftapjhns0hj4dfqpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuer0de4hjtnnda3kjctv9uqjvamnwvaz7tm5v4ehgmn9wsh8qmr9vfhx2apwv3jhvtmwdaehgunjv4kxz7f0xyj67n0v calendar art challenge! 🗓️

Not up for creating 12 pieces or art? How about 6? Or 4? Or 3? All very nice numbers which can be laid out with date grids for your 2026 personal art calendar.

Or even just 1 bit of art, more than you would have made otherwise; that’s all it takes to win an art challenge. 🏆

#art #artstr #artchallenge #grownostr #calendar

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Happy October!!!!!

This month is filled with all kinds of art challenge prompt lists, from the official Inktober, to a range of themes including fall, books, and birds.

Or go classic Halloween 🎃 or even cute Halloween. 👻

Here are a few prompt lists from Instagram if you’d like something to help you create art this month ….

You don’t have to make something every day - if, at the end of the month, you made more art following a challenge than you would have without, then you win!!! 🏆

#artchallenges #art #artstr #grownostr

Here it is: a 12 week art challenge by nostr:nprofile1qqsy6tv9w5faguux9ww6jhj3z7m5d34rz4dge7caftapjhns0hj4dfqpyemhxue69uhhgetnw3hx2apwwpkx2cnwv46zuer9wchkummnw3e8yetvv9uj7vgpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuer0de4hjtnnda3kjctv9ue47e7w 🎉

Be sure to use the #2026CalendarChallenge hashtag so folks can see your progress- even if you only do a single piece of art, that can absolutely be turned into a calendar display!

#art #artstr #artchallenge #calendar #grownostr

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Incoming #artchallenge run by nostr:nprofile1qqsy6tv9w5faguux9ww6jhj3z7m5d34rz4dge7caftapjhns0hj4dfqpyemhxue69uhhgetnw3hx2apwwpkx2cnwv46zuer9wchkummnw3e8yetvv9uj7vgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0c78cu0 - let’s create 12 artworks through the end of the year so you can make a calendar for 2026!

#art #artstr #grownostr

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For September (and a bit longer), NostrArtstr will be supporting nostr:nprofile1qqsy6tv9w5faguux9ww6jhj3z7m5d34rz4dge7caftapjhns0hj4dfqpyemhxue69uhhgetnw3hx2apwwpkx2cnwv46zuer9wchkummnw3e8yetvv9uj7vgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0c78cu0 art challenge to help you create art that can become a calendar!

More details to come.

#art #artstr #artchallenge #diy #calendar

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If you’re interested in an easy, 5 day art challenge to end your August, Amy Maricle is running The Simplest Thing: https://mindfulartstudio.com/simplestthing2025 - from August 25-29.

Email required for sign up so you can receive the journal prompts.

I’ve done Amy’s Inchie Challenge and some of her Slow Drawing sessions and really enjoyed them.

I’ll have nostr:nprofile1qqs8xs5j2nywan6wzhrq7w792spkkshqt2g5vnxfeea5wzqq9kgqevspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegxwvgs8 art challenges ready for the rest of the months this year, so Amy’s Simplest Thing could be a fun warm-up if you took a Summer break like I did. 🎨

#artchallenge #art #artstr #grownostr #august

I’m taking August off from doing an art challenge, but if you’d like to participate in one, here are some ideas ….

Smaugust - dragon art

Dogust - dog art

If you want a prompt list, Doodlewash has a new one every month: https://doodlewash.com/august-2025-art-challenge/

And Kick in the Creatives has an animal prompt list for August: https://kickinthecreatives.com/31-animals-august/

As always, this is just a suggestion - make any art you want: once a day or only once.

If you’ve made more art by the end of the month by participating in an art challenge than you would have, you win! 🫂💜

#artchallenge #art #artstr #grownostr #august

#nostrartstrJuly2025 - Christmas in July 🎄

I love advent calendars and wanted to make my own for this year. Since the countdown starts on December 1st, the calendar has to be created earlier than that date, so why not in July?

Here’s a tracker if you’d like to participate- it can be used as a coloring page, to mark the days you create art this month (Christmas-themed or not), or as a counter of how much art you make - which is how I’m going to use it, so I’ll only be coloring in through the 25th.

As always, this is just a suggestion- make any art you want: once a day or only once.

If you’ve made more art by the end of the month by participating in this art challenge than you would have, you win! 🫂💜

Please use the #nostrartstrJuly2025 hashtag so other folks can find your work this month.

#artchallenge #art #artstr #nostronly #grownostr #christmas

#nostrartstrJune2025 - Hot & Cold Hemispheres! 🌎🌏

For June 2025, I wanted to create an art challenge with themes that resonate for nostriches on both halves of the planet.

June 20th is the Summer or Winter solstice, depending where you live.

So for this month, I have a prompt list that can be interpreted as hot 🔥or cold 🧊; there’s two graphics (same prompt list) in case having a temperature-appropriate visual helps you create. 🏝️🗻

There’s also 2 color palettes, and a tracker.

As always, these are just suggestions- make any art you want: once a day or only once.

If you’ve made more art by the end of the month by participating in this art challenge than you would have, you win! 🫂💜

Please use the #nostrartstrJune2025 hashtag so other folks can find your work this month.

#artchallenge #art #artstr #nostronly #grownostr #hot #cold

👍💜

If flowers aren’t your thing and merfolk are, check out the yearly art challenge of MerMay: https://www.mermay.com

#artstr #art #artchallenge #mermay

Thank you! ☺️

One a day is optional. You can set up your own challenge within this theme if you want…. 1 a week, every other day, as many as you can, etc.

Thanks for giving it a try! If you use the #nostrartstrMay2025 hashtag in your notes, it’ll be easier for other folks doing the challenge to find your art. 👍

#nostrartstrMay2025 - Flowers! 💐

For May 2025, I have a color palette (the most popular flower colors), 31 flower prompts, and a two page tracker of flower icons that match the prompt list (which also makes for fun coloring pages)! 🎉

All of those are just suggestions- make any art you want: once a day or only once.

If you’ve made more art by the end of the month by participating in this art challenge than you would have, you win! 🫂💜

#nostrartstrMay2025 #artchallenge #art #artstr #gm #nostronly #grownostr #flowerstr #coloring

#pastchallenges - as of this date

#nostrartstrMarch2025 - Spring Stuff

#nostrartstrFeb2025 - Color Our Collections

#nostrartstrJan2025 - A Month of Good Mornings

#nostrartstrDec2024 - Post Past Art

#nostrartstrNov2024 - Play with Color

The first Nostr art challenge I hosted was #nostrichnovember in Nov. 2023 from my Rustypuppy account. I created French Fashion Nostriches of the 1920s, one of which is used as the profile pic for this NostrArtstr account.

Info and support for the March art challenge has been posted to this account and is available on the website: https://www.nostrartstr.com/post/note1qh64tcqswl5mass63texwvjx03m7k7e49fkh777ruqav5p45fs3qn22k47/

#pastchallenges - as of this date

#nostrartstrFeb2025 - Color Our Collections

#nostrartstrJan2025 - A Month of Good Mornings

#nostrartstrDec2024 - Post Past Art

#nostrartstrNov2024 - Play with Color

The first Nostr art challenge I hosted was #nostrichnovember in Nov. 2023 from my Rustypuppy account. I created French Fashion Nostriches of the 1920s, one of which is used as the profile pic for this NostrArtstr account.