2022 Participants of the 365 Challenge
by Donna Mibus
Title
2022 Participants of the 365 Challenge
Artist
Donna Mibus
Medium
Digital Art - Vector
Description
So what's it like participating in a year long Challenge where you have to create a new piece of art each day for an entire year?? Just ask these 22 participants who completed this daunting challenge! We artists at Fine Art America enjoy participating in various fun art Challenges that the site manager and forum moderator Abbie Shores thinks up for us, but this one topped them all. (thank you Abbie!) When she posted about the year long challenge my first reaction was, NO WAY! But it didn't take me long to realize what an amazing adventure it would be, and so I signed up. I grew to admire my fellow artists who joined me in this year long Challenge. There were several who, during the year, submitted their daily piece despite great losses and despite great obstacles. Talk about dedication! We enjoy these challenges both for fun but to self improve. They are not contests, but fun ways to help us improve our artistic skills. Challenges also help us improve our daily habits regarding our art. For this year long challenge we learned perseverance. We learned not to give up when the first attempt (or second or third!) failed. We learned to overcome mental blocks. But through it all the thing I value the most was building a bond with the other participants. I looked forward each day to see what everyone submitted. We cheered each other on. We helped each other with ideas. We gave support whenever someone needed it. I am so thankful I decided to do this year long challenge and I am very grateful to the 21 amazing artists and photographers who encouraged me and helped me throughout this past year. These are the amazing people who completed the year long challenge with me. Please visit their shops here (just search for them by name):
Blenda Studio
David Choate
Elisabeth Lucas
Gaby Ethington
Her Arts Desire
Iris Richardson
James McCormack
Karen Silvestri
Katherine Nutt
Kathy K McClellan
Kerry Mitchell
Leo Sopicki
Lindley Johnson
Mary Bedy
Matthias Hauser
Nancy Merkle
Nina Prommer
RD Erickson
Roberta Byram
Sharon Popek
Tatiana Travelways
and Me! :)
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December 31st, 2022
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Kathy K McClellan
Thanks Donna for managing this challenge and for your support and encouragement.
Donna Mibus replied:
I am so thankful to have gotten to know you Kathy! Thank you for your kind support as well!
Lindley Johnson
I love this tribute, Donna! Many thanks to you for facilitating the day to day running of this challenge. It was an inspiring experience!
Donna Mibus replied:
I greatly enjoyed your images each day Lindley! So happy you were with us in this.
Mary Bedy
Yay - we did it, and thanks for the management all year, Donna. Plus we all enjoyed everyone's artwork.
Donna Mibus replied:
It was awesome having you participate Mary! Your daily dedication was inspiring to us all!
Leo Sopicki
Thank you for doing this. I needed the encouragement.
Donna Mibus replied:
I started doing challenges for the same reason Leo! Enjoyed your photos and hope to see you in future challenges!