I’m so excited to share a brand new Art Challenge with you: Mindfultober!

I’ve teamed up with amazing artist and fellow Skillshare Top Teacher Mel Rye to bring you this month-long art challenge to allow us to take a lovely collective and creative mindful pause at what can be a very busy time of year.

How Mindfultober works

• Post your artworks on Instagram based on the prompts throughout October using the hashtags #mindfultober and #mindfultober2023
• Save the below image and re-post it when you share your art (it can be the second image!)
• Let us know in your image caption how you found the process – reflect on how you felt, or how you approached the artwork mindfully
• Feel free to interpret the prompts however you like, using whatever medium you enjoy! The prompts are:
  1. Circle
  2. Intertwine
  3. Tiny
  4. Shadow

Mindfultober Prizes

For Mindfultober 2023 we are giving away 2 yearly Skillshare premium memberships, which will be chosen at random from all qualifying entries. Each prompt you share an artwork for gives you an entry into the draw, so the more you share, the more chances you have of winning! (Maximum 4 entries per person).

Low on creative mojo?

If you’d love to join in with Mindfultober but are feeling stuck or uninspired, both of us will be posting draw-along tutorials on our YouTube channels throughout the month, so feel free to join in that way!

• Shelley’s YouTube Channel
• Mel’s YouTube Channel

Also, have a read at an earlier post where I give five mindful watercolour activities, and if you need some convincing, have a read at why I think watercolour is great for relaxation.

Prompt Specific Blog Posts:

• Circle Part 1 of 2
• Circle Part 2 of 2
• Intertwine
• Tiny
• Shadow

October 2023 also happens to be the two year anniversary of when we both independently published classes on making mindful art! It’s definitely the season for it. Check them out for even more ideas:

A Mindful Approach to Practicing Watercolor: Values, Palettes & Brush Control

Drawing Patterns: 14 Days of Mindful Drawing for Self-Care