Peachtober 2026

After participating in a couple art challenges by drawing weekly, I thought I might like to try doing a full daily challenge. October is prime time for such challenges, since -tober is such a handy suffix, so I finally tried out Peachtober!

I still wanted to make this more sustainable than creating a fresh new artwork each day, so I decided to fill 6 spreads of smaller drawings (in Posca markers) that each make up a couple “quilts”. This ended up feeling like an appropriate stretch for me.

Many of the prompts I took quite literally and rendered simply, since I was making small drawings that could rely on each other for visual interest. Sometimes I interpreted a prompt more unconventionally, such as moose tracks icecream for “moose” and a Hershey’s Hug candy for “hug”.

I went on two multi-day trips in October and somehow still managed to finish on time. For spread #2 (in yellows and blues), I did not take my Posca markers with me on my trip, and had to scramble to do the second page back at home.

For spread #3, I learned from the experience and took all my supplies with me:

I don’t feel in a rush to complete another month-long daily drawing challenge, but who knows—maybe I’ll try my hand at Peachtober again next year!