Weekly Challenges

As the seasons change, so does everything around us, and the autumn foliage is perhaps the most beloved sight of fall. Capture this change from your perspective in your preferred medium.

Personify anything (for instance, like summer turned into a person) and write about what their life is like. 

Write about your favorite sweater and what it means to you. 

In poetry or prose, write from the perspective of a pumpkin that is about to be carved for Halloween. 

Paint an image solely using shades of blue. 

Take photos, sketch, or paint one of your favorite places. Try to capture the essence of what makes this place so special to you.

Using whatever materials you have on hand, make a collage! Will your whole paper be filled with material, or will you leave some blank space?

Haiku: Simplicity, observation, imagination. Focus on a tiny detail, like a color, a texture, or a movement. Explore a few different ways to explain or describe that detail, with just 17 syllables.

What do you love about fall? Write about your feelings on the season and the images it brings to mind. 

Draw an image of a long road trip. 

If you could step into a painting and join its world, what painting would it be? Write a poem or a short story about this idea. 

Using all your senses, describe the blissful state of being totally relaxed.