Weekly Challenges

Imagine a desert. Draw, paint, or use any other visual arts medium to make an image of this desert.

Valentine’s Day celebrates love––any kind of love. Think about all the people you love and the different kinds of love in your life. Friends, family, pets, etc. Write an ode to them to celebrate the love you all have for one another.

Shoes carry us everywhere we go, through everything we experience. Our shoes accompany us everywhere, even shaping our feet as we grow up. Write about this––maybe a short story from the shoes’ perspective or maybe it’s an ode to your shoes. 

Using the provided image, recreate your own version of this orchid.

Do you go skiing? Write about how it feels to go hurtling down a snowy slope. If you haven't experienced this before, write about how you imagine it might feel. 

Look around at the objects surrounding you. If there were thought bubbles coming out of them, what might they be thinking? Write a dialogue of these objects speaking to each other. 

Paint as many fish as you would like. Maybe it’s one specific fish, or maybe it’s a school of fish. How many colors can you add into this school of fish? You can take this idea anywhere, but it has to be a painting with fish in it.

Write your own fairytale. Whose perspective is it told from? What magical creatures might be in your story? What is the climax, and how does it end? 

Write about your favorite song or piece. How does it make you feel? What do you see in your head when you listen to it? What exactly makes that song or piece your favorite? (Challenge created by nimbostratus, YWP)