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January 2026 poll (Patreon)

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2025-12-30 19:51:42
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January 2026 poll

  • urban sketching - name cities and places below 128
  • landscapes- what kind, mountain, country 113
  • coastal- where and what- west coast, carribean, etc, 67
  • animals- what kind? NO pets please! 42
  • flowers- what type 23
  • techniques- what are you struggling with 74
  • 2025-12-30
  • 447 votes
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please only click on the corresponding poll below you are interested in - thanks!

please only write a comment below that corresponds to the prompt! thanks!

Comments

PJGood

Big florals, closeups Georgia O’Keeffe style

Marilyn

I would love to learn more about urban sketching Thanks, Ellen

Ginger Gallagher

I meant to say us, like some in washington.... Im in se, wheat fields and pine trees

Holly H

More dogs!🐶

Donna Stevens

Anyplace you’ve visited recently that you’d love to share with the group. I love landscapes

Bobbi Graham

Still life, fruits and vegetables

Connie

Pasture with sheep, cows, ponds, streams

Elaine True

The Black Forest in Germany

Viv

NYC

Anne Watman

More peonies and roses in a loose style.

Jaime Hamilton

Golden Gate Bridge!! Whoop whoooooop!!

joan cervisi

countryside, mountains, rivers, lakes, paths

Toni Wilkes

Northern California coast.

Corine Antonis

Shopfronts, national monuments like Eiffel tower, London bridge, the colloseum, tower of Pisa, the atomium (Belgium), ...

Alicia Young

Loose landscapes with lots of wet on wet and granulation

GG

Digitalis, chrysanthemums

Dee

Rome...Florence... churches .

Carol

Florida gulf coast beach scene

Princess

Southeast…..Florida with all its flora and fauna….big birds, reptiles, boats, sunsets, hibiscus, other flowering plants n tress

Princess

Still life…fruits in bowls…loved your pear tutorials! Cherries in a glass bowl, martinis with olives etc.

Doreen

Loose flowers with ink…any kind

Leslie

Forest, streams

Chelsea

Great Smoky Mountain landscapes - Cades Cove, emerald mountain rivers

Nancy

coastal villages, sailing boats, fishing boats….

Leigh

Tones. Lights and darks. I seem to always have too many mid tones.

Alexandra Rowan

I’d love some woodland creatures, like deer/moose or rabbits!

Sue

Stone walls. I live in New England and would like to learn how to include them in my nature paintings. incorporate the

Robin

Urban sketching - Dublin

cindy

Pittsburgh,Pa

Sarah

Beach huts along UK coast

Molly

perennials-columbine,yarrow,salvia

Molly

turtles..shells f,abstract

Mary Kay

London - their street lamps, Big Ben, their lights at Christmas

Molly

shells of

Dardreams2

Struggling with perspective in landscapes, but not just the size of a barn in a distance but the size of animals on a pasture, some near some farther away, like horses.

Patti Dukeman

I would love coastal in Maine. I would love learning how to paint more loosely with flowers and landscapes. Would love Portsmouth NH city pics . It’s so beautiful in Costal NH in the summer !!

Karina

Amsterdam or Scotland

Kendra Kratzwald

I’m having trouble with the level of witness of my paper and knowing what to do when

Jackie Thom

Landscapes with covered bridges in the east US

Coral Oram

I love doing urban sketching from other countries.

Kris Stanek

I love Cannon Beach, Oregon. Specifically Haystack Rock....or the State Park There.

Kathie

I struggle with perspective when doing paths, roads, and rivers.

Dianne

. I struggle painting the beach, waves, clouds with dimension.

Barbara Brown

small woodland type of animals, squirrels, chipmunks,beavers, skunks, rabbits, mink,otter, Etc.

Nancibee

Love all the ideas above

Patricia Ann Soik

Would love to learn a lot more about painting from my own photographs.

Susie Putnam

Urban sketching Venice Italy

Cheryl

Crows

Lara

Techniques: water control. Still struggling with that, 2.5 years into this hobby

Julie

Small Europeans towns

Debbie Winston

Techniques-more practice with loose painting. Thanks so much. 💕

Carmen

The Maine coast: Pine trees, rocky shores, and harbors.

Naomi Baker

London, Hong Kong, Istanbul

Laura

I'd appreciate a series on woodland animals.

Patti

New England country farms, back roads, Vermont, Western Mass.

Debra

Water - reflections in a body of water, water drops or water in a vase

Kristi Steinmetz

Cityscapes….Athens, Paris, Florence, London!

Kristi Steinmetz

Tropical fish, from underwater, with coral, as if snorkeling.

Lisa Arsenault

florals mainly in vases, moody landscapes and landscapes with distant flowers, anything with children and adult figures in the painting.

Brenda

Cityscapes!

Carla Simpson

Landscapes- National Parks, State Parks,

Carla Simpson

Urban sketching - I really prefer small town sketching - nestled in the woods or in a valley, but urban is good too. San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami

Graziella McAliney

River with floating boat. Also river with visible rocks beneath water.

Carla Simpson

struggling with shadows, perspective, overworking.

Nancy

Urban sketching...love the European cities, Venice, Italy, Greece...doors, buildings, steps...etc.

Tara

working fast enough to keep the wet in wet look the same in the full landscape.....trees blend and look good on the right, but by the time I get to the left the background is dry and I get hard edges. then the overworking begins! :(

Pam

Struggling with making backgrounds like walls making them smooth and not streaky, water control, shadows

Nancy

Techniques, love, love impressionism....landscapes along those lines, coastal, not flowers

Stephanie

Urban sketching, also can we tackle painting a Sloth?

Susan Noverola

techniques-water control and overworking are my issues.

Linda a/k/a Weather Worrier

I'd be interested in seeing waterfowl, especially ducks/ducklings, geese/goslings, egrets and herons in Spring/Summer marshy settings. I am going to try your Fall squirrel later - I just joined the end of October. Squirrels would be nice. I love all the bunnies you have for Easter and the two you had for Christmas.

Diane

Coastal: Caribbean St. John, Southeast coasts, Hawaii, West Coast (just about any water from anywhere!)

deborah davis

Most any landscape, but done in a loose style. I would love to see a meadow of flowers with trees in spring bloom.

Lisa

Coastal- Plymouth Ma harbor, jetty area. Cape cod canal, bridges, train bridge, would be cool too. P-town. I currently live in Cape Coral, FL but am from Plymouth, MA… I am missing home

Renee Wilkey

Fox Owls Groundhog Turtle Mustangs Panther Elephant

Laura

Seals

Lois

abstracts

Linda Hurley

Desert southwest - cactus …

Susan

Plymouth urban sketching as well as coastal landscapes

Susan

Fox, horse, bears, sea turtle

Kim Bensel

Rose ringed parrots aka ring neck parakeet. We have a small colony of them in our neighborhood in Arizona of all places! They are so beautiful.

Anna Leigh

I agree with Deborah Davis and Desert southwest plus I love sea with easy boats.

watercolor

filling in a painted back ground

Dawn Mullaly

Urban sketching: Florence, Italy, somewhere in Portugal, or English/European village street

CCS

Any and all animals from sea life to winged, wild to farm

Carol Garcia

Southwest: Sedona, Texas Hill Country, Utah, Northern New Mexico

Rose Bosch

Urban cities -Philadelphia Independence Hall

Norma Foy

Cross country Skiing landscape

Debra Ch.

More abstracts, rocks, water

Anne-Marie

Elephants, rhinos, lynx, toucan

Mary Vought

West Coast- ocean, bays and rivers

Brenda Jones

I will never get to travel!! The idea of getting to draw and paint "urban scenes" from little towns or villages in Italy, Spain, France, or Greece would be so much fun for me.

Janet

East coast, low country beaches and marshes

The Scrapchic

farm with barn and landscape with animals

Tanja Brownlee

Atmospheric NW country landscape - forest, stream, river, waterfall. ... with birds like loons, eagles, falcons, owls , robins, chickadees, wrens, finches, ...

Tanja Brownlee

I have this same problem. I'm trying Windsor Newton blending medium. It is supposed to slow down the drying time. Check you-tube for any tutorials. So far, both sides of my painting have stayed wet. Sometimes too wet. Got to find a happy middle ground.

Heather Marasse

Landscapes: mountains, wheat fields, farm views

Darlene McGrady

Landscapes - conifer forests & mountains

Susan Long

Susan Long Landscapes…woods, mountains, deserts, rural scenes. I have trouble with grassy areas, especially mixing textures and colors.

Mary H, TN

Techniques: Water : pigment ratio

Susan

Landscapes, country, mountains forests with water, streams, rivers, ponds. I struggle with trees

Kathy

We live part time on a

Kathy

We live on a boat 6 months of the year on the East coast, so I love all the coastal pictures. I struggle with making the color green.

Terri Moore

more cute animals the pen and ink kind

Anita Yedema

Italian or French urban please!

Elena Bianco

Breaking down a reference photo

Joanna Brodie

Would love to do reflections , especially, rain & puddles.

Robin

NYC urbanscapes

Patrizia Schiozzi

Landscapes, country, trees, flowers and grasses in the foreground

Lisa Hunter

Landscape of lakes flowers like cosmos. one single cosmos

Jennifer Kreatsoulas

Like you, Paris is my favorite city. Anything Paris!! But any place works for me. I love urban/cityscape!

Jan

Coastal scenes

Denise Miller

Animated Woodland animals doing everyday, human-like activities like reading newspaper, having coffee at the table, getting hair done at hairdresser’s shop, etc.

Amy N.

Although I like some atmospheric/abstract techniques, I prefer more realism. I would like to learn how to paint more mountains/cliffs with shadows. I am able to paint them, but not in the way that I planned! I would like to have more control so that I can paint them as originally intended. I would like to learn to paint multiple flowers from different views (side vs full). I do love the street scenes, but I need the outlines to get the perspective right. I enjoy the little people and other objects added to paintings. I do love a big variety of projects and techniques.

Joe Coley

Places in Italy. Maybe some small FL towns. Would like to see more ink and wash.

Tara

thx, good idea

Alice Moore

Boston, Bar Harbor, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Chicago

Lee ann

Any city for cityscapes. I love trying to paint people, buildings, a city sunset, ect.

E Stuck

Great Lakes coastal like a Charlevoix or Petoskey Michigan lighthouse

R Larson

Any urban scene with people shopping, wandering around or playing in a park.

Trisha Miller

Abstract realism mixed media techniques

Barbara Hooper

Lessons that focus on technique particularly for translating a photo. What should we look for? Or are there no rules🤪 We love you Ellen!

Ranee

paint textures

Judypag

I struggle with keeping the transparency of watercolor, any ideas would help

Nancy

Different Backgrounds

Catherine

birds and other mountain wildlife

Jane Houle

Jane Houle’ mountains and flowers

Abbie Logsdon

Loose birds that still have some realistic elements

Denise Good

Mountain landscapes..flowers and birds

RLesley

cottages with gardens; old barns in a field; countryside landscapes

Katie Zack

Venice, Provence, anything...

Jessica Carlson

Coastal - Long Island - more specifically, realistic looking water - waves, reflections, etc

Linda McCrackin

Ellen, I'd love to see a tutorial on California's Monterey Lone Cypress Tree with the ocean in the background. A sunset version would be spectacular!

Beverly

Flowers please, especially yellow and pink lady slippers, violets, forget-me-nots.

Beverly

Country landscapes with old red barn, round hay bales.

Beverly

Would love tutorials on water techniques.. waves,

Beverly

Waves crashing on rocks, ocean sunset, reflections of reeds, trees etc in water.

PaulaA

Sea life, both underwater and incorporated into coastal scenes

Rhonda

Landscapes of any kind but lately I’ve been enjoying some folk art style. That would be a fun one to try.

Erin Barnes

Expensive mountainous landscapes dotted with vibrant fields, gentle streams, and charming trees, all under stunning skies! Thank you so much, Ellen!! I can't wait to paint with you in 2026!! We adore you! 🎨

Elena G

Still life

Laura Jane

Wild horses would be cool. I tried before from a photo, but I would love to see how you would draw them!

Gwen Marriott

Hi, a winter robin with snow drops. Thank you 😀

Polly

wild horses deer owls badgers

ralph herrick

Like them all...sad to pick just one

susan

Same, like them all. Would love more tips for blending soft edges. I find myself lifting color or creating cauliflowers instead of blending out the edge. Any tips for getting the water level on the brush right to actually create the soft edges would be wonderful.

Susan McCrobie

Wet on wet problems with water drying too fast before I can get the whole image complete. How do I keep it wet?

Mary

Amsterdam

SYLVIA ROGERSON

me, too! I have this same problem all the time.

SYLVIA ROGERSON

How about a mystical phoenix? I haven't seen anyone do that yet.

heidi greer

Urban sketching but with help breaking down how to draw. I struggle with drawing. So breaking down simple shapes and techniques would be awesome!

Tanja Brownlee

I posted this comment in another thread. " I have this same problem. I'm trying Windsor Newton blending medium. It is supposed to slow down the drying time. Check you-tube for any tutorials. So far, both sides of my painting have stayed wet. Sometimes too wet. Got to find a happy middle ground. " I hope this might help for you too.

Sabrina

Landscapes, how to paint water, and city scales please!

Christina Hanson

Landscapes - mountain lakes , ponds, rivers and wildflowers

Becky

Horses, deer, fox

Leigh

I like it when you examine great painters then paint in their style.

Deena

Landscape Amsterdam

Madelyn Minehat

Urban/Philadelphia, Landscapes/western Ranches, Coastal/Caribbean Animals/Elephants, Flowers/Roses, Techniques/Wet on Wet,

Madelyn Minehat

Just saw Lori Gilman's reply and would like to also add: Ink and Wash

Joanne Korba

Urban sketching Prague, Budapest, Bucharest and Barcelona city streets, restaurant’s.

Doug Muir

Techniques - Making a smooth even wash, then clouds, trees, grassy fields with lots of texture and little bits of colour - how to make, grasses, wildflowers, and bushes in a big open field look natural or impressionistic.

Deborah Eichel

I live in Maine. I lived on the beautiful coast for 20 years. We have recently moved inland, but I’m still in love with the coast of Maine. I love the lobster boats and the harbour bells. I love the pine trees and rocky cliffs. Anything coastal Maine would be great! Thank you.

Denise Willmas

I vacationed many years in northern California, love the redwoods, coastal, fishing towns lush green , large beautiful colorful hydrangea flowers.

Anna Leigh

Smokey mountains of North Carolina

Jo

Taormina or Cefalu in Sicily

Dee

Caribbean island beach scene

Dawn Sperry

Small town America with people

Kathleen

I need help making ocean waves look like water.

Diane L

Need help with landscape and ocean painting shading etc so they don't look flat.

Denise Farmer

Need help with blending and adding depth and value so thte painting doesn't look flat