#100tinytreasures Challenge runs from Mar 20 2026 to Mar 20 2027. The participating artist uses tiny art papers to paint any topic/ theme of their choice. We have the freedom to use any small sizes of measurements, or even bigger papers if we choose to.

My card papers are roughly 3 inch by 2 inch.

I choose portraits of authors for my series of #100tinytreasures. However, I may change my topic if I run out of authors to draw for the books I’ve read.

This Challenge starts from Mar 20, 2026 and runs all the way to Mar 20, 2027. That works out to be 100 paintings divided by 52, which is roughly 2 tiny treasures paintings per week.

The artist who invented this prompt is Leslie Stroz and she said to post on Instagram the #100tinytreasures.

I’m posting on my instagram as @securementalhealth

Here is the list of my tiny treasures, Before Painting and After Painting.

Before painting Claire-Louise Bennett, the author of the book, “Big Kiss, Bye-Bye”.

Claire-Louise Bennett
Claire-Louise Bennett

After painting: coming soon.

Before painting with colors; Tarjei Vesaas, author of “Ice Palace”.

Tarjei Vesaas
Tarjei Vesaas

After painting: coming soon.

Before painting Elaine Kraf sketch.

Elaine Kraf
Elaine Kraf

After painting: coming soon.

Before painting a woman.

After painting:

Woman with long hair #100tinytreasures
Woman with long hair #100tinytreasures

Before painting.

After painting.

#100tinytreasures Woman prepares food
#100tinytreasures woman prepares food

Before painting.

After painting, coming soon.

#100tinytreasures Woman drinks
#100tinytreasures woman drinks

Before painting.

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2 women drink and talk. #100tinytreasures
2 women drink and talk. #100tinytreasures

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#100tinytreasures Man pours a drink
#100tinytreasures Man pours a drink

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I forgot to take the picture of its Before stage.

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Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures

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Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures

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Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures

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Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures

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Before painting #100tinytreasures
Before painting #100tinytreasures

This post will be updated with more #100tinytreasures, asap.

I forgot to take Before Painting photos for these 3 tiny treasures.

Women without hijab, and women wearing hijab.
Women without hijab, and women wearing hijab.
Fan art on North by North West
Fan art on North by North West

This is a set of 8 tiny treasures.

Before painting drawings on tiny treasures; list of what I ate in one day
Before painting drawings on tiny treasures; list of what I ate in one day

Week 7

Fan art for The Devil Wears Prada 2, before coloring:

The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2
After painting photos for #100tinytreasures
After painting photos for #100tinytreasures

Week 7 continued:

I made a mistake by omitting to type in the date headings week by week. This week, I have another set of 6 pieces of tiny treasures. They compose a bigger picture. I forgot to take a photo of the Before painting shot.

#tinytreasures #100tinytreasures bear and his toy bear puzzle
#tinytreasures #100tinytreasures bear and his toy bear puzzle

Related to this post:

I’ve done a series of fan art at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/fan-art-on-authors-a-z-books-reviews/

I’ve read those books and written reviews for them, and the post links are at that link.

Instagram @securementalhealth

Calendar to keep track of the schedule for #100tinytreasures

Week 1 of 52 weeks, ending on Mar 20, 2027. Started on Mar 20 2026.

Week 4 of 52 weeks, until Mar 20 2027. Week 4 is Monday Apr 6 2026. I’m supposed to have 8 painted tiny treasures. 6 are painted.

Week 5 starts on Monday, April 13, 2026. The official count should be 10 painted tiny treasures. I have drawn 6 tiny pictures. Now I have to paint 8 tiny pictures.

Week 6 Mon. April 20. Still the same as above.

Week 7 Mon. Apr 27. I painted 3 new #tinytreasures. By now I have 14 unpainted pics and have 11 painted pics. I should have 14 painted pics. I’m short of 3 paintings. I have excess of 14 drawn but unpainted art. I can catch up, by just painting more.

I drew 3 more, based on fan art for The Devil Wears Prada 2. Now, I have 17 unpainted and 14 painted. According to the schedule, by this week 7, I should have finished 14 paintings. (I’m short of 3 paintings)

I painted the 3 women’s drawings too.

I’m adding 6 #tinytreasures of a bear holding his smaller mascot soft toy bear. Now I have 23 small paintings, and 17 unpainted.

Week 8 May 4 2026. I have partially painted the series of 8 tiny food watercolors. Their backgrounds are blank; unpainted. I drew 5 more pictures. The count is now 23 small paintings and 22 drawn but unpainted pictures.

Week 9 starts on Monday May 11 2026.


6 responses to “Tiny watercolors paintings series Challenge”

  1. […] #100tinytreasures on instagram Mar 20 2026 to Mar 20 2027. Its roughly finishing 2 tiny paintings per week, until the end of one year, on Mar 20, 2027. You can use paper of any size of “tiny”. There are no hard and fast rules. You can even paint on bigger pieces of paper. My blog link is https://booksreviewsandmore.com/100tinytreasures-author-portraits/ […]

  2. […] I’m still continuing #100tinytreasures in this 3rd week. I’m still at drawing stage. But I have drawn 6 tiny cards for painting. […]

  3. J Lenni Dorner Avatar

    I know you signed your blog up for the #AtoZChallenge, but I don’t see your posts, Cai. So I’ll just leave a hello here.
    โ€œIโ€™ve learned that you shouldnโ€™t go through life with a catcherโ€™s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.โ€ โ€“ Maya Angelou

    J (he/him ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝ or ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฝ they/them) @JLenniDorner ~ Speculative Fiction & Reference Author and Co-host of the April Blogging #AtoZChallenge international blog hop

    1. Cai Avatar

      Hello, J. I put all my published A to Z posts in my Theme Reveal post, for easy reference and because yes, my A – Z posts are usually buried under other posts. Post links is at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/a-z-challenge-2026-theme-reveal-book-reviews-miscellaneous/
      Thanks for visiting.

  4. […] I had been drawing and watercolor painting for #100tinytreasures, without a definite theme. They’re called #tinytreasures because the card papers are very small. I chose my size to be around 3 inches by 2 inches, to fit into a floss pick stick box. I started with painting authors of books I reviewed. Then I fell into a kind of rut. I couldn’t read fast enough to draw and paint 2 different authors every week, to fulfill the requirement of completing 2 #100tinytreasures, to accumulate towards the count of 100 pieces of watercolors, by the dateline of 20 March 2027. I decided to change my theme. I drew ordinary people in different, ordinary poses. It is kind of meaningless, with no specific theme. I thought of writing a caption that carries value, to accompany the art. That would require a larger piece of art paper. I’m still experimenting to find my groove. You can look at my ongoing collection of #100tinytreasures here. […]

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