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I've already noticed that the readers of Bored Panda are talented and creative people with a lot of hobbies and passions. With that in mind, I decided to create a challenge where I asked our community to share the best artwork they've done. It could be anything painted, drawn, etc. on paper.
I was happy to see a lot of pandas responded to the challenge! From a honey bee to a self-portrait, here are the best submissions the post received!
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#2
Owl In Watercolor
Final score:
147points
#3
My Neighbour's Beautiful Dog!
Final score:
140points
Eloise Taylor (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thanks! I see what you mean hehe!
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Krazy Onion (KJ) 4 years ago
Great job with the nose! It must have been the most difficult part!
Eloise Taylor (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thanks! Yeah it was a bit tricky!
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#4
Not The Best But The Latest - In The Garden With The Dog
Final score:
133points
LJ Robinson 3 years ago
I can feel this... warm sunshine, bees buzzing, the smell of green plants, birds singing, sleepy dog looking up at an unfamiliar noise, then relaxing again. I think this is superb.
Kika González 3 years ago
I have found that artists are very humble people. Definitely a beauty! Thank you for sharing your talent
#5
My Favorite Things To Paint Are Stags
Final score:
130points
⭐Onyx (they/them)⭐ 4 years ago
This is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND STUNNING! YOU ARE SO TALENTED AND THIS NEEDS TO BE HIGHER UP
#6
I Called It “A Bright Future For Humankind”
Final score:
127points
Romain Dranreb (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thank you for the kind comment(and sorry for the delay!😅) I host most of them on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/romaintwistednail
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#7
Oil On Paper. Portrait Study
Final score:
117points
Hermione 4 years ago
What are the white flicks all over the hair and face? Otherwise, beautiful portrait.
sam puckett 4 years ago
Its like the shiny part of the painting representing where the light comes from
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Watercolor And Pencils, L Train
Final score:
116points
#9
Ruins - Gary, Indiana
Final score:
114points
DiabolicalGardyloo 3 years ago
Gary is a sad place. I used to live in dyer which is 30 min away. I would take my lady to these fights and stuff that were in Gary. The place is a crumbling city of history that I wish would get cleaned up. I wouldn't go exploring here it's not that kinda neighborhood.
Sea Foxie 3 years ago
Why - what kinda neighborhood is it? - it looks like a college campus or a nice public park etc..
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#10
Oil On Paper Figuritive Study
Final score:
114points
#11
Here's One Of Mine, Sorry It's A Bit Blurry. Arlington Row, Bibury, England
Final score:
112points
Maddie Star ⭐ (Submission author) 4 years ago
Hi, I did this with a Rotring drafters 0.35 ink pen. I have a lovely set that were my dads from the 70's.
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Blue Malayan Coral Snake (Ink Pencils From Derwent)
Final score:
112points
Roxana Mihaela 3 years ago
Thank you! It feels good to have your work appreciated!
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Jef Bateman 3 years ago
Nice one! It's hard to get a snake to sit still for this sort of portrait ;-)
#13
My Friend’s Dog Sam Charcoal On Paper
Final score:
110points
#14
Drawing Of A Sculpture. White Chalk On Black Paper
Final score:
110points
#15
Portrait Of Ty Cobb I Did For My Pal Who Was Named After The Tiger Legend
Final score:
109points
#16
Self-Portrait, Oil On Canvas. 2017
Final score:
109points
Carrie Priegel 3 years ago
So, you're a Freemason as well 🤨 Hidden Hand of History gesture...amongst the likes of Napoleon, Stalin and Lenin...I have a photo of my grandfather with one hand tucked in his coat. I don't know for a fact he was a Mason but there's that possibility. 💔
#17
This Painting Of A Wolf
Final score:
108points
Calder DeFord 3 years ago
Tbh i think they're easier (im a furry and i have difficulty drawing humans).
Load More Replies... Kika González 3 years ago
This too! Brings warmth to my loneliness. Thank you for sharing your beautiful talent! If there was a way to get in touch with you. I would buy it
#18
Ink On Paper
Final score:
106points
#19
Pencil Color Sketch Of The European Black Stork
Final score:
106points
Kathrin Stegmayer 3 years ago
I love how their patience only lasted so long until the bird was finished. So relatable but also stunning work on the stork!!
#20
Glenfinnan Viaduct. Colored Pencils
Final score:
102points
#21
This Is My Take On Anna Joy Taylor After Watching Queens Gambit
Final score:
101points
#22
Drawing From Visiting Ao Nang
Final score:
99points
#23
Turbulent Cruise, Calm Sunset. Watercolor, Painted On The Rolling Deck Of A Ship
Final score:
95points
Benjamin Brogan 3 years ago
Thank You so much for sharing the Sunset painting! Beautiful Colors!! Brilliant Technique!!! Giving the viewer a SENSible Idea of oceanic turbulence!!!!
#24
Charcoal, Colored Pencils
Final score:
95points
#25
An Exercise In Shading And Light
Final score:
90points
#26
"The Sun And The Emptiness", Ink On Cotton Paper
Final score:
82points
#27
I Taught Myself How To Paint During Lockdown In The UK
Final score:
80points
#28
I Continue To Paint And Create In Spite Of A Teacher Who Said I Had No Talent
Final score:
80points
Val Tester 4 years ago
Same thing happened to my mom, she now has a masters degree in art and is amazing.
Emma Goudie (Submission author) 4 years ago
It's a portrait of a friend of mine.
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Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
Your teacher was clearly wrong...on several levels. This is very well done!
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Good on you for keeping to paint despite your teacher, I would've quit. I don't get teachers like that, so rude,
Carrie Priegel 3 years ago
Ok, teachers can be jealous so take it as motivation and a compliment 👍💕💗💗 Your work: awesome!
#29
Not Mine But My 3 1/2 Year Old Son's Painting, I Did The Sun For Him
Final score:
79points
Maddie Star ⭐ (Submission author) 4 years ago (edited)
This is a large painting all done with fingers. if you look you can make out his finger prints. it has pride of place in my home. Pic is him after I washed his hands, they were stained for about a week. serves me right using cheap acrylics. Capture22-...d9de2c.jpg 
Sea Foxie 3 years ago
Sorry, you're probably just trying to say something nice, but that's really not a helpful comment, as it perpetuates the naïve belief that if someone is "talented" then they'll automatically be successful and rich. And this is very much not the case. It's incredibly hard to earn money just to live on by making art, not to mention becoming rich. Basically one has to be extremely lucky to earn any decent money by making art - especially the kind of fine art like here. It's a bit more feasible to earn a living from more commercial art like commercial illustration design, character design and creating game assets, but that requires very particular skills with 3D software and is a very competitive market to get into - and it tends to earn a living (in exchange for hard work), not make people rich. A handful of lucky artists across the world (like Damien Hirst) who happen to be picked up by big galleries and rich collectors may get rich. But most (millions) of talented artists won't.
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Susan Turner 4 years ago
I love the colors, and the movement in it. This is a great example of the critical nature of taking the paper away from the 3 yr old at the right moment.
Carrie Priegel 3 years ago
😳 👍💗💗 I think you have a prodigy. Please 🙏 keep us posted for more!! My artist father nurtured my creativity from a young age so your 3yo grandson's work really resonates but tbh, and I know you already know this, he's truly gifted. Your mini Wyeth (3 generation of genius can't be wrong! 🙂) is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing his work 💗🙏😊
#30
Colored Pencil Portrait Of Gaga For My Partner!
Final score:
74points
#31
Home
Final score:
70points
#32
I Taught Myself To Watercolor At 12, This Is One Of The Better Ones
Final score:
69points
Carol Quinn (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thankyou! Layer it, and layer it some more lol
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Three Random Words, One Drawing. Hope You Like It!
Final score:
67points
Sea Foxie 3 years ago
Maybe: dragon, owl, pope...? 😅 ...but I also wonder if it was supposed to say "three worlds"...
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I’m Pretty Proud Of This One. Inspired By Wolfwalkers
Final score:
65points
Mistcatcher (Submission author) 4 years ago
Thank you! It took a while to get right, I’m glad it payed off :)
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Sue Johnson 4 years ago
The sunlight effect would work much better if you had the corresponding shadows on the wolf's back. You have it in full light where it should be dappled light. Hope you don't mind the critique.
Mistcatcher (Submission author) 4 years ago
No, not at all! Thank you for the criticism, I appreciate it!
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RADUGA.babochka 3 years ago
I really like the feel of this one! 😅 It feels like it's popping out on me and as though it's a Disney film like Fox & The Hound or Bambi! I love it! ❤️
#35
Past Few Years I Lost My Passion For Drawing. Now I Am, Very Slowly, Getting Back On Track
Final score:
65points
#36
Hogwarts (Pen On Paper)
Final score:
65points
Daniel Eade (Submission author) 4 years ago
Copic Multiliner (0.2 nib) :D
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For My Sister’s Birthday, Her Favorite Corner
Final score:
65points
#38
Sherlock Holmes
Final score:
64points
neither where 3 years ago
LOOK AT THE THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PICTURE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT SHADES THAT OUTLINE A DIFFERENT SHAPE
#39
Still Life - Learning Light And Shade
Final score:
62points
#40
Drew This Before Losing Almost All Motivation Due To Reasons. Making A Fresh Start
Final score:
59points
#41
Octopus, With Ink And Pencil
Final score:
41points
Strawberry Pizza 3 years ago
OCTOPUS! Out of all the list, I think this is my favourite so far. Great work!
#42
Watercolor Based On A Photo
Final score:
39points
#43
My Last One With Ink And Grey Pencil
Final score:
38points
#44
A Bit Of Charcoal On Paper
Final score:
37points
#45
Bayeux Cathedral - Normandy, France. In Ink
Final score:
37points
#46
Crayon Portrait
Final score:
36points
Mili Del Rio 4 years ago
This picture conveys love from the artist to the subject in my opinion. It's beautiful
#47
My Parrot Drawing
Final score:
35points
#48
I Am Learning To Watercolor. I Have Started By Trying To Sort Of Copy A Nice Photo. This Is One Of Them That Makes Me Happy
Final score:
34points
#49
Liese And Lotte
Final score:
33points
#51
African Wild Dog Pups Playing With An Impala Bone... Pen On Paper
Final score:
32points
#52
Elephant
Final score:
30points
#53
I Like To Grow Roses And Photograph Them. And I Paint Them Too. Watercolor On Hotpressed
Final score:
27points
Jef Bateman 3 years ago
Nice work. I smell smoke when I see people smoking on TV, but this is the first time I smelled a rose when I saw a picture!
Elizabeth Bock 4 years ago
Gorgeous! Very lifelike, which I know from experience, is difficult!
#54
Only Ink
Final score:
26points
#55
Racing Whippets
Final score:
24points
#56
My First Watercolor Painting
Final score:
20points
Aaricia (Submission author) 4 years ago
Asian dragons (such as Haku) were part of my inspiration.
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I absolutely love this and Spirited Away is my favorite movie. Maybe I should try water color sometime...
Aaricia (Submission author) 4 years ago
Asian dragons were part of my inspiration.
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#58
I Did A Beagle In Charcoal A Few Year Back Turned Out Pretty Well For A First Try
Final score:
19points
#59
Drawing Of My Sister’s Dog, On Her Screened In Porch
Final score:
19points
#60
My Sunshine
Final score:
18points
#63
Drawn From A Photo. A Friend’s Dog
#64
It Chapter 2 Tarot Cards I Did For A Class Project. Done With Watercolor And A Typewriter
Final score:
14points
#66
18th Century Silk And Leather Shoe, French
Final score:
14points
#67
Embers
Final score:
13points
#69
Started Learning Watercolor Painting Recently. This Was My Second Attempt
Final score:
12points
#70
Drawing I Made For A Student
Final score:
11points
Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago
Although there is so much captured in this drawing it does not shout it out loud to you. Look into those eyes and mouth, so much expression
#71
I Drew This For My Sister's 30th Birthday. Pencil On Paper
Final score:
9points
#74
Mixed Media On Paper-Surfaced Canvas
Final score:
7points
Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago
Although not normally 'my cup of tea' this, is it abstract?, says so much
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HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Here's mine, BP wouldn't let me submit it again IMG_202105...8711a9.jpg 
Ciara Stone 4 years ago
Soooo.... who's gonna submit the first stick figure man and say they have absolutely no talent? If no one does, I'd totally volunteer
Marinka van der Zee 4 years ago (edited)
I also make pet portrait commissions , This is made with softpastel on pastelmat :)
Gothika Design is my brand name parrotskle...-png-1.jpg 
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
Here's mine, BP wouldn't let me submit it again IMG_202105...8711a9.jpg
Ciara Stone 4 years ago
Soooo.... who's gonna submit the first stick figure man and say they have absolutely no talent? If no one does, I'd totally volunteer
Marinka van der Zee 4 years ago (edited)
I also make pet portrait commissions , This is made with softpastel on pastelmat :)
Gothika Design is my brand name parrotskle...-png-1.jpg
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