Daily Drawing Challenge
#ContinuousLineSelfie
May, 2026
Draw Yourself for 31 Days
What We'll Do
Beginning Friday, May 1 -
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Join the Continuous Line Storytelling Group
Draw Continuous Line Selfies in any medium and share with the Continuous Line Storytelling group.
Let’s keep drawing people, places, and things to stay sane, grounded, and creatively awake. Each day in May, we’ll focus on drawing ourselves as part of the annual #ContinuousLineSelfie challenge.
It’s fun, a little scary, occasionally hilarious, and deeply rewarding. This is an opportunity to look closely, loosen up, have fun with the process, and notice your line getting stronger as the month progresses. The secret is to not get too attached to the results, because sometimes we are monsters and sometimes we are models, and that's part of the magic.
Yes, drawing yourself can feel intimidating at first. But like anything else, it gets easier with practice.
This challenge is open to all skill levels and all mediums. Share your drawings in the Continuous Line Storytelling Facebook group or on Instagram using the hashtag: #ContinuousLineSelfie
Guidelines
- Have a dedicated sketchbook with at least 31 pages
- Have copy paper + big pen for line warm-ups
- Time limit: Don't spend more than 15-minutes drawing
- It does not have to be continuous line, although it can be
- Post daily in the Continuous Line Storytelling with the hashtag #ContinuousLineSelfie
This is not a watercolor challenge
-- unless you want it to be; it's a drawing challenge.
Open to all skill levels and mediums.
Use what you have:
Pen
Pen and Watercolor
Crayons
Colored Pencils
iPad Procreate
Urban Sketching
Continuous Line Drawing
Ball Point Pen
Oil Paints
Oil Pastels
Gather your goods and be ready to go
Friday, May 1, 2026
Daily Prompts OR DRAW YOUR OWN
Why Join the Daily Drawing Challenge:
- Build a daily drawing habit
- Gain confidence in your line work
- Start the year with creativity and connection
- Join a lively community of artists who share your love for drawing
Who is Meagan Burns
Meagan Burns is an artist, instructor, and founder of Art Leap Adventures. She has been teaching continuous line drawing since 2021 and has built an international community of artists who want to loosen up, draw with more confidence, and stop letting perfectionism run the show.
Originally from Chicago and now based in Mexico City, Meagan leads online drawing classes and in-person sketch workshops in places like Mexico City, Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende, San Francisco, and Paris.
Her approach is simple: draw often, draw honestly, and don’t get too precious about the results. Continuous line drawing helps artists build skill, trust their hand, and find their own visual voice without copying someone else’s style.
The annual #ContinuousLineSelfie challenge is one of Meagan’s favorite ways to help artists face the page, face themselves, and have some fun in the process.
Originally from Chicago and now based in Mexico City, Meagan leads online drawing classes and in-person sketch workshops in places like Mexico City, Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende, San Francisco, and Paris.
Her approach is simple: draw often, draw honestly, and don’t get too precious about the results. Continuous line drawing helps artists build skill, trust their hand, and find their own visual voice without copying someone else’s style.
The annual #ContinuousLineSelfie challenge is one of Meagan’s favorite ways to help artists face the page, face themselves, and have some fun in the process.
And/Or Sign up for a Continuous Line Drawing Zoom Class
Benefits of a Continuous Line Practice
1. Push through drawing fears to add more unique character to your drawings
2. Gain a better understanding of composition and logistics; how things are connected
3. Build confidence and gain a sense of accomplishment by starting and completing your drawings with unique character
2. Gain a better understanding of composition and logistics; how things are connected
3. Build confidence and gain a sense of accomplishment by starting and completing your drawings with unique character
Who Should Have a Continuous Line Practice
1. People who are interested in having a drawing habit
2. People who are curious about drawing the world around them
3. People who believe in practicing their craft
4. People who enjoy drawing
5. Travel Sketchers // Urban Sketchers
2. People who are curious about drawing the world around them
3. People who believe in practicing their craft
4. People who enjoy drawing
5. Travel Sketchers // Urban Sketchers
Suggested Art Tools
- Sketchbook: Canson XL Watercolor 140lb, 9"x12" (or try other large sketchbooks)
- Pens: Sailor Fude de Mannen Fountain Pen, Sharpies, Pentel Brush Pens
- Inks & Watercolors: INDArt Saturated Watercolor Inks, Daniel Smith Watercolors
- Extras: Platinum Carbon Ink, pencil, gum eraser, bleed-proof white, paper towel
Copy Paper -- I bind about 50 pages at my local Office Depot so I have a book dedicated to warm ups that is NOT expensive paper.
Bic Pen
Mid-Quality Sketchbook Paper, such as Canson XL Watercolor 140 lb 9"x12"
Ink Pens -- I use Sharpies, Microns, Fountain Pens, such as the Fude Mannen with Platinum Carbon Ink
Coloring Tools of your choice: watercolors, crayons, watercolor pencils, markers, whatever you have
Bic Pen
Mid-Quality Sketchbook Paper, such as Canson XL Watercolor 140 lb 9"x12"
Ink Pens -- I use Sharpies, Microns, Fountain Pens, such as the Fude Mannen with Platinum Carbon Ink
Coloring Tools of your choice: watercolors, crayons, watercolor pencils, markers, whatever you have
Testimonials
Meagan's Continuous Line Drawings
Watch Meagan Continuous Line Guanajuato, Mexico
Connect with @meagan_burns_
Connect with @ArtLeapAdventures