[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I found this video of an adult professional abstract painter playing like a kid. Not with wild abandon. This isn’t that kid. This is the really quiet thoughtful kid who didn’t hear the lunch bell because he’s finger-painting a masterpiece. He’s into it. Did you ever get all into making textures and shapes and all kinds of everything that a dumb adult would say is not what a rock looks like, but you know you’re right, and you know it is exactly what a rock looks like, they’re just missing the good parts? If you want to paint like this kid like this guy below, take Jon’s Abstracts class. He’ll get you there.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajw1L2_Eag&feature=youtu.be”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Once a year, the League sponsors a 30 day creative challenge open to artists everywhere, working in any media. Daily challenges will be delivered to your inbox via V. Notes starting January 1, 2021. Subscribe to V. Notes. They’re fun and they’re free! Will there be prizes? Yes, there will be prizes. The 30 day challenge starts soon. Who …
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Chuck Close has an almost photographic memory for things that are flat, but for 3 dimensional things that move around – things like faces – he is effectively blind. His work is built around his talent, and his disability. Through the detailed grids, Close can learn about …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] I like to overlap figures, and use the shadow shapes to carve out abstracts within the body. This doesn’t just introduce abstraction, it also introduces a sense of time, and movement within a static image, in which …
Welcome to day 4 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! This is a composition day in our 30 Day Challenge. Here’s an exercise that improves your compositions, without you even thinking about composition. It worked for Diebenkorn! The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The …
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[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I found this video of an adult professional abstract painter playing like a kid. Not with wild abandon. This isn’t that kid. This is the really quiet thoughtful kid who didn’t hear the lunch bell because he’s finger-painting a masterpiece. He’s into it. Did you ever get all into making textures and shapes and all kinds of everything that a dumb adult would say is not what a rock looks like, but you know you’re right, and you know it is exactly what a rock looks like, they’re just missing the good parts? If you want to paint like this kid like this guy below, take Jon’s Abstracts class. He’ll get you there.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajw1L2_Eag&feature=youtu.be”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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