NostrArtstr

Art Challenges and Resources by Rustypuppy

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2025-12-31 18:51:56 UTC

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

2025-12-04 01:23:24 UTC

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
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2025-11-02 18:06:55 UTC

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 @nprofile…zcag 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
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2025-10-15 17:56:40 UTC

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Halfway through October so still time to jump in on @nprofile…7n0v 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
#nevent1q…jj3y

2025-10-01 18:05:56 UTC

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
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2025-09-08 21:42:48 UTC

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Here it is: a 12 week art challenge by @nprofile…7e7w 🎉
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
#nevent1q…cnve

2025-09-05 22:25:12 UTC

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Incoming #artchallenge run by @nprofile…8cu0 - let’s create 12 artworks through the end of the year so you can make a calendar for 2026!
#art #artstr #grownostr
#nevent1q…u57k

2025-09-01 15:55:46 UTC

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For September (and a bit longer), NostrArtstr will be supporting @nprofile…8cu0 art challenge to help you create art that can become a calendar!
More details to come.
#art #artstr #artchallenge #diy #calendar
#nevent1q…9cxz

2025-08-23 20:24:20 UTC

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 @nprofile…vgs8 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
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2025-08-01 17:11:49 UTC

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

2025-07-04 19:37:51 UTC

#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
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2025-06-01 20:24:02 UTC

#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
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2025-05-06 03:57:39 UTC

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👍💜

2025-05-02 17:35:07 UTC

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

2025-05-01 20:00:15 UTC

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Thank you! ☺️

2025-05-01 17:27:51 UTC

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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. 👍

2025-05-01 15:16:47 UTC

#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
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2025-04-04 02:33:51 UTC

#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.

2025-03-02 06:02:12 UTC

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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/

2025-03-02 05:32:52 UTC

#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.

2025-03-02 05:22:34 UTC

#nostrartstrMarch2025 - Spring Stuff! For March 2025, I have a color palette, a prompt list, and a new tracker for you celebrating the Season of Spring!
Create anything you want - a daily thing, or work all month on a single big project.
Consider the color palette and the prompts as guidelines.
Remember, if you’ve made more art at the end of the month playing along with this art challenge than you would have otherwise, you win the art challenge.
#spring #artchallenge #art #artstr #nostronly #grownostr #colorpalette #promptlist
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2025-02-11 02:25:26 UTC

#nostrartstrFeb2025 - Time to Color Our Collections!!!
From 2017-2024, libraries around the world contributed PDFs of coloring pages based on documents/maps/books/etc. from their vast collections: https://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/
You can browse the PDFs in chronological order from the home pages of the website maintained by the New York Academy of Medicine, or go to the “Tools & Resources” page and checkout the column on the right that contains a lists of PDFs by year, and access to every library that has ever contributed to the project.
Take some time this month to express yourself without worrying about what to draw - just add color to some history!
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2025-01-20 02:59:56 UTC

If you'd like to see all of the art I've been creating for the January Month of Good Mornings art challenge, you can check out my Creatr profile here: https://creatr.nostr.wine/profile/npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8
All of the finished art are public posts, open for anyone to see. These are 6” x 4.5” on mixed media paper.
The “Subscribe to unlock” posts are process notes with photos of the supplies I used and the steps I took to create each of the finished artworks.
I’ve hand-draw a few of the GM text, though most are printed from the PDF that is also available to subscribers.
If you want to join the art challenge, share your art with the hashtag #nostrartstrJan2025 - thanks!!!
#artchallenge #art #artstr #mixedmediaart #gm #nostronly #creatr
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2025-01-02 00:53:42 UTC

This is me trying out the Creatr subscription option to support the monthly art challenges I run here on the NostrArtstr account.
If you have suggestions of stuff you’d like to see me create for subscribera (1000 sats for 1 month, subscription does not renew), please let me know via comment or DM on this account or on Rustypuppy.
https://creatr.nostr.wine/subscribe/npub1jdtdqz9tyf4tdvy2k0rnjqz5dv5rd3yvw5nlpefn9syjqx37dhyqxwh0c8
#v4v #artstr #creatr #butwaittheresmore
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2024-12-03 22:25:52 UTC

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Fun - I’d never have thought of embroidery on canvas! This is my oldest art I still have: oil painting from mid 1980s.
#nostrartstrDec2024 #pastart #artchallenge #art #artstr
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2024-12-02 20:46:21 UTC

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The plan is one a month for 2025! 🎉

2024-12-02 20:44:35 UTC

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Very cool design! Thanks for sharing!!!

2024-12-01 22:13:05 UTC

Time for the NostrArtstr December Art Challenge: POST PAST ART!!!!
Since December comes with all of its own challenges and obligations, I wanted this month’s art challenge to be easy.
To participate, sometime this month, just once, post art you made this year. Or art from last year. Or art from years ago.
I’ve also made a tracker if you’d like to use it to keep yourself motivated (second image) - check the box after you’ve made your past art post to #nostr
And if you don’t have any past art to post …. maybe you want to make some art in 2025 …. ? I’ll be post monthly art challenges to this account if you want to follow along.
For all the past art you post this month, please use the hashtag #nostrartstrDec2024 - thanks!
* The little doodle people in the promo images is from a Skillshare class I took this year.
#pastart #artchallenge #art #artstr
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2024-11-24 20:29:29 UTC

Colors & Emotions & Meanings, oh my!
If you’re interested in which colors tend to have what significance and relate to which emotions (with some differences across cultures), here’s a quick article with some basics: https://99designs.com/blog/tips/how-color-impacts-emotions-and-behaviors/
If you want to freedom to pick a specific color (my personal favorite is Navy Blue), then check out the Canvas Color Meanings & Symbolism webpage: https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/ …. to read a few fun facts, see related color palettes, and all the numbers you need to create that color including the traditional Hex, CMYK, web safe and binary (?!) values.
Maybe even take time over the next few days to play with colors that soothe and relax you, just in case there might be some incoming stress in your life at the end of this month.
Image: https://www.usertesting.com/blog/color-ux-conversion-rates
#inspiration #nostrartstrNov2024 #color #artchallenge #art #artstr #emotions #psychology
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2024-11-02 19:15:34 UTC

If you’d like to see how one person did a single color challenge, check out this video playlist from Ten Hundred: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjvuq1J91QkYE2Nv-QQopXXv0mPKsagKh
He painted some awesome stuff using shades and tones of a single color. There are 4 videos: pink, green, blue, and yellow.
And if you thought TurdSoup.com gives you interesting random word prompts, this guy got his prompts from doing an Instagram Live, so yeah, lots of stuff going on in his paintings.
#inspiration #nostrartstrNov2024 #color #artchallenge #turdsoup
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2024-11-01 22:33:10 UTC

Ready for the NostrArtstr November Art Challenge?
This month is about playing with color.
If you want a 30 day goal, spend 5 days with a color. Basics are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
Or pick your own colors, if you prefer pink, brown, turquoise, black, white, or peridot.
It’s your art challenge, make it something you want to accomplish.
I’m going to be swatching out tubes of watercolor and …. doing something with the swatches. Not sure yet what.
I’m more of a binger than a daily person, so my goal is 30 bits of art by the end of the month. Given that the day is half over, I’m going to clean my art desk and start swatching tomorrow.
Free tracker available at https://www.nostrartstr.com/ if you want one to print and keep visible during the month as a bit of a poke … I mean, motivation. ;)
Please use #nostrartstrNov2024 if you share your art - I’d love to see what you create.
#artchallenge #art #artstr #nostrartstr #nostronly #grownostr #plebchain
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2024-10-28 16:08:22 UTC

I've added 6 word lists to the Turd Soup Marketplace: Red Things, Orange Things, etc., for the November NostrArtstr Challenge: Play with Color.
https://turdsoup.com/ is a random word generator created by @npub12r0…9qrx - very cool stuff where you can create your own word lists or import word lists from their Marketplace. If you get stuck on what to draw/paint/create, playing with random words can help kickstart your creativity.
- My word lists are listed as Rustypuppy in the Turd Soup Marketplace
- Click on the really long gray number to see the words in any list and to Import that word list so Turd Soup can use it as a source for a random word
The “Ultimate Puff Puff Paint Word List” by @npub1tx5…hd8g and the “Random Nouns” by @npub1ymt…pxnz are great lists of stuff that could inspire your art, so be sure to check them out.
#nostrartstrNov2024 #turdsoup #inspo #art #artstr #randomwords #artprocess #wordlist
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2024-10-27 20:55:30 UTC

Here’s a 30 day tracker if you'd like a way to mark your progress for the NostrArtstr November Challenge: Play with Color. You can use the slots as each day of the month, or the number of things you create.
I’m swatching out a watercolor set I have, using the following colors for 5 days each, to create a 30 day challenge: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
For me, I’m not going to be doing one a day, more likely small batches throughout the month. My goal, by the end of the month, is 30 little pieces of … art something, based on the swatches. SO I’m using the tracker to account for quantity, not day of the month.
If you don’t want to do 30 days, you can still use the tracker, just blacken out slots until it’s what you want it to be.
Set a goal for the end of the month. Even if you don’t make it, you’ll likely create more art than if you hadn’t taken this challenge.
#nostrartstrNov2024 #tracker #artchallenge #art #artstr #nostrartstr
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2024-10-23 19:38:38 UTC

The first NostrArtstr Art Challenge will be this November!
#huevember is a common art challenge online, one I did a few years ago. For NostrArtstr, I’ve simplified the colors down to the basic ROYGBV: red, yellow, orange, green yellow, blue, purple.
If you want to participate every day, spend 5 days per color.
If you want to participate every 5 days, spend a day with each color.
The amount of art stuff you do it up to you, because the Purpose of a NostrArtstr challenge is that, by the end of the month, you’ve created more than if you hadn’t taken the challenge.
As for What to Do …. That’s also up to you.
Paint, collage, create color swatches (what I’m doing), make a color wheel, create color palettes, draw with markers or crayons In Real Life or digitally, cut up strips of fabric, knit, crochet, braid colored string - whatever you want to interact with color in your chosen way.
In the coming days, I’ll be adding links and downloads to the NostrArtstr npub.pro website.
For now, think about how you’d like to participate, because I’d love to see what you create.
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