Take our drawing challenge and trace your progress with IRLAs

How do you get into the Louvre or MOMA? The same way you get to Carnegie Hall -- practice, practice, practice.

Drawing challenges are important for artists to develop a mental attitude that, while drawing may be fun, it also requires putting in hard work every day. Whether your challenge is drawing characters, or drawing just for the exercise of drawing, you must develop your creative skills. How smooth are your lines? Is your hand drawing what your eye is seeing? How do colors and shadow work? Art challenges press you to focus on your strong points and your weak spots.

How do you know you're getting any better as an artist? As with challenges in any other profession or pastime, you have to set some goals. And we think that, when you achieve a goal, you deserve a reward to motivate you toward your next goal. Our IRLA Drawing challenge medals let you mark your progress and feel positive about the direction of your art.

What are IRLA challenge medals?

Our line of In Real Life Achievement awards, or IRLAs, lets you set goals in a variety of interests and reward yourself for milestones on your way to total mastery. IRLA challenge medals are visual reminders of the challenges you've faced and defeated in your quest to be the best version of you that you can be.

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What drawing challenges must I complete?

Completing your IRLA challenge goals feels GREAT! Its core feature, though, is discipline, then opening yourself to what's possible and sharing your art with an audience.

• Choose your sketchbook and tools
• Draw every day for a week
• Draw every day for a month
• Go to an art museum
• Choose a piece to share publicly online

Can I make my own drawing challenges?

IRLA challenge medals are for everyone! If you're already drawing every day, draw for a longer period of time -- add 15 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour, etc. If you've already been to an art museum, visit a few more, or plan a trip out of town to a favorite. Challenges stretch your imagination as well as your ability!

You set your own goals. We help you achieve them.

Are there more IRLA challenge medals for art and entertainment?

We've got more than our IRLA Reading challenge medal to build your mind. If you see yourself more as a film critic than a book reviewer, take our with IRLA Movie Watching. Our IRLA challenge medals make fantastic , to break grownups out of their routines by encouraging them to try something new that they might not try on their own.

Are there IRLA challenge medals for physical fitness?

Our IRLA Running challenge medals put you on track to run farther, faster, with more endurance, for better performance in . Our in IRLA Strength Training are terrific for bodybuilders using strength training to gain weight. IRLA Hydration , ending in a 30-day water drinking challenge that will help you develop habits to stay healthy for life. And IRLA Weight Loss gives you the motivation you need to take on your and take off unwanted pounds.

Health and fitness are your responsibility as an adult. IRLA challenge medals make great gifts for the adulting life, when friends and family need that extra oomph to get off the couch and get back in the swing of things.

Can IRLA challenge medals make me a better game player?

Run through dungeons and haunted asylums for in IRLA Tabletop Games. Prefer the zombie apocalypse or webslinging superheroes? Play our for IRLA Video Games medals.

Will IRLA challenge medals help me with motivation?

Need motivation to get out and do something? IRLA Get Out There , like starting a conversation with a stranger or taking a class. IRLA Better Your Community rewards you for your , like shopping locally and donating blood. (It makes a great adulting gift, too!) IRLA Unplugged by putting down your mobile devices and baking sweets, reading a good book, or going for a hike. IRLA Treat Yo Self issues your with rewards like new clothes, massages, and more.

Do IRLA challenge medals make great gifts for adulting?

Why is adulting so hard? with IRLA Adulting, like filing your taxes. IRLA Early Achievers recognizes the , like reading multiple books or performing acts of kindness. IRLA Millennial Life makes a terrific like social media and apps.

How do I start my IRLA challenges?

When you accept our IRLA challenges, you receive a box of four minor challenges and the last major challenge for the complete set. Use your phone to scan your Introductory IRLA and get our IRLA app, where you can track your progress and compare your goals with a like-minded community. Open each IRLA as you complete your challenges!

How can I show off my IRLA challenge medals?

You can show off your , use leading up to it, wear your , and wear any (or all!) of your , too.

How many IRLA challenge medals are there?

What do you want to experience, achieve, track, or improve? Choose your challenge awards!

Diet and Exercise

-- Drink more water to meet different water challenges and stay hydrated.

-- Run farther. Run faster.

-- Lift more to develop your muscles and stay flexible.

-- Get awards for sticking to your regimen and losing weight.

Gaming

-- Let's play!

-- Let's play on the road!

-- Let's play with a screen and headphones!

Art and Entertainment

-- Master these drawing challenges to develop your artistic side.

-- Watch a movie. Watch lots of movies.

-- Read a book. Read lots of books.

Gifts for Adulting

-- You're all grown up. Congratulations. Get an award for all the dumb grown-up stuff you have to do now, like filing your taxes and setting up a 401(K).

-- You're growing up and you're doing it right. Do a kindness for someone, ride a rollercoaster, go to the dentist, and more.

-- You are the future. Get 100 Likes on social media, use a rideshare app, and more.

Motivation

-- Do nice things for your neighbors and neighborhood. Bag some trash, donate blood, shop at a local small business, and more.

-- Go outside and explore your world. Take a class. Go somewhere you've never been before. Start a conversation with a complete stranger.

-- It's our self-care challenge (inspired by Tom and Donna from Parks and Recreation). Get a massage. Buy new clothes. (And more!)

-- Start your digital detox by hiking with friends, baking bread, reading, and more.