🎆 January Art Challenge 2025 [FULL LIST]
January Art Challenge 2025 list is here!
THB, January is not the most inspiring month when it comes to art challenges. 😅 Still, I think I found a few uncommon & interesting ones that might catch your attention. Check them out below!
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HeavyJan
Hosted by: HEAVYPAINT app
Hashtag: #heavyjan
Description: HeavyJan is an aunnual drawing challenge hosted by the HEAVYPAINT app community. You can join the challenge on social media like Instagram or Threads, or join HEAVYPAINT’S Discord Channel.
The January Challenge
Hosted by: @64millionartists
Hashtag: #TheJanuaryChallenge
Description: The January Challenge is 31 days of quick creative prompts designed to spark confidence, conversation and connection.
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Once Upon A Time Month
Hosted by: @flowerlandsart @bearyfani @didisunshine_ @eleablue @fortune_stream @jojo.doodling @lilapng @ruthelye
Hashtag: onceuponatimemonth and #onceuponatimemonth25
Description: The January Challenge is 4 weeks of illustrating fairy tales from various cultures around the world.
Together We Create
Hosted by: @studiolumitex
Hashtag: #TwitchTogetherWeCreate
Description: Looking for inspiration to kick off 2025 creatively? Join our “Together We Create” January Prompt Challenge! 🌟 Whether you’re an artist, crafter, gamer, writer, or maker, these prompts are for YOU!
January Arty Mix 2025
Hosted by: @passion_fruitea @aoilittlestudio @dora.nyaa @ndycartoon @stars.and.sprinkles @sano.bean
Hashtag: #JanuARTyMIX25
Description: 🥳 #januArtymix25 is a fun mix and match art challenge to celebrate the new year 2025!
Winter Monster
Hosted by: @illustra.damla @dilarazkya_art @katerina_uspenskaia @invertouch_art @lidiafarias @kiwimarymary @rachels_arts_studio @soniainnocenti @yingli.illustrator @mikecarrotdoodles
Hashtag: #JanuARTyMIX25
Description: This January, we invite you to ignite your imagination and discover your very own winter monster! Over four weeks, each theme will reveal a different facet of this frosty creature. Ready to embark on a unique journey through a chilly winter realm?
Spirimal Challenge
Hosted by: @spirimal
Hashtag: –
Description: January’s Art Challenge list is here with our animal friends tackling New Year’s resolutions. From gym-goers to goal-setters, this month’s pun-filled prompts are all about fresh starts and hilarious takes on self-improvement. 🏋️♀️
Celestial January
Hosted by: @yuri_dessinefantaisie @daryablack.art @atheia.art @justine_barthel @tayheaart @pettaarts
Hashtag: #celestialjanuary
Description: If drawing goddesses is on your ‚drawing bucket list‘, or you are just super into celestial themes, then this challenge was absolutely made for you! Feel free to join us to draw 4 amazing goddesses all from different mytologies and cultures. Have fun reading about them, and create your own versions.
JANUHORROR
Hosted by: @cigankamala
Hashtag: #januhorror and #januhorror2025
Description: Like each year, I try to choose a little bit of everything, puppets, possession, clowns, Argento, Carpenter, Hitchcock, vampires, crazy woman, one Quebec film, new horror and old horror (not necessarily good but fun to draw! 😁) I hope you enjoy the prompt list!
#celestialjanuary
Whimsuary 2025
Hosted by: @taylormaw_art @kaylene_rose_imagines
@diggitigirl @sarawilliaillustration @asterie.creations @zacharygladwin @biva.draws @jennifer.gallery @sarafandrey_illustrations
Hashtag: #Whimsuary2025
Description: Whimsuary is an art calendar challenge where we create whimsical pieces throughout the month of January. Each week in January, we’ll focus on a different season (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn). As usual we’ve got 12 whimsical prompts—one for each month of the year.
Janoiry Challenge
Hosted by: @guywhodoesart & @Nori.arty
Hashtag: #janoiry & #janoiry2025
Description: JaNoiry (Ja-Noir-y) is a Film-Noir inspired art challenge that runs through the month of January (Film noir being the iconic black and white gritty crime dramas from the 1940’s) where creatives can channel that genre into their work.
Artuary
Hosted by: @thecreativemultiverse
Hashtag: #Artuary2025
Description: Entering it’s 6th year consecutively, this year’s #Artuary drawing prompt challenge comes with a sense of reflection and memoriam as we celebrate the rich and colorful life of it’s co-founder Lindsay Badger, who passed tragically back in July of 2024. Her absence has sent ripples throughout many art communities, especially in The Creative Multiverse community that we co-founded together. Each word in this year’s challenge is a reflection of either something she said, lived out, participated in or loved.
510 Art Challenge
Hosted by: @510artlab
Hashtag: #510artchallenge2025
Description: Simply follow our Facebook and Instagram for daily prompts starting January 1st and ending January 30th. Each prompt sets the theme for the day’s art challenge. Create within that theme.
January Daily Art
Hosted by: @joyjenstudio
Hashtag: #JanuaryDailyArt
Description: It’s going to be all about beautiful British Landscapes through the seasons, and I’ll be sharing a reference image on my Patreon every single day throughout all of January, for you to draw, paint or create from however you choose.
Doodle Wash January 2024
Hosted by: @doodlewashed
Hashtag: #doodlewashJanuary2025
Description: Doodlewash monthly challenges are meant to be personal challenges that you set for yourself, whether it’s creating every day for one week, two weeks or all month long! Join us any time during the month and prompts are always optional!
Creatuanary
Hosted by: @dibujantenocturno @joshuacairos_art & @rafater_official
Hashtag: #creatuanary2024
Description: Creatuanary is an annual art challenge where participants create a different creature each day of January.
And, as always, be have a bunch of monthly art challenges from Kick in the Creatives:
Aqua January Watercolor Challenge
Hashtag: #AquaJanuary
Description: Just as the name suggests, The Aqua January drawing challenge is a daily watercolor painting challenge that encourages participants to experiment with watercolors and create a piece of art every day throughout the month of January.
Art Journal January – Daily Art Journal Challenge
Hashtag: #ArtJournalJanuary
Description: In the Art Journal January challenge, participants create an illustrated journal page each day in January to capture their daily experiences.
January Art Challenges 2024 [Archive]
January Art Challenge. Summary
I hope you’ll find something for you. Whichever challenge you decide to participate in, remember to post your work on social media to share it with the art community!
See these posts for other monthly art challenge lists:
December Art Challenge 2023 [FULL LIST]
November Art Challenges 2023 [FULL LIST]
October Art Challenges 2023 [FULL LIST]
September Art Challenge 2023 [FULL LIST]
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