I’m seeing fabulous creatives out there! This is so fun! To see what people have made, search Instagram for #30SAL and click “most recent.” To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here. Today’s challenge: It’s all going downhill! Make a composition emphasizing a strong diagonal. Media is artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, print, collage, …
We start in one week Starting January 1, 2021 I’m going to start posting the League’s daily series of 30 creative challenges. All artists everywhere are invited to join in the creativity challenge! The challenges will get posted here, to V. Notes. Last January, artists posted over 1,270 artworks with #30sal on Instagram. That was an …
New Deadline for Submissions: January 31, 2021 The first annual Seattle Artist League Portrait Awards are aimed at encouraging artists to focus on and develop the theme of portraiture in their work. The competition is open to everyone aged sixteen and over, in recognition of the outstanding and innovative work in drawing, painting, printmaking, and mixed media. 1st Prize: …
Thanks to Jennifer Small for sending this in response to yesterday’s post about Degas’ failed historical paintings. This one was painted some time between 1857 and 1862 (dates differ), which was around the same time as he was working on the other historical paintings. Paintings and dates: The Daughter of Jephtha 1860 The Daughter of Jephtha study 1860 Young …
Drawing A Day, Day 27
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I’m seeing fabulous creatives out there! This is so fun! To see what people have made, search Instagram for #30SAL and click “most recent.” To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here. Today’s challenge: It’s all going downhill! Make a composition emphasizing a strong diagonal. Media is artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, print, collage, …
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We start in one week Starting January 1, 2021 I’m going to start posting the League’s daily series of 30 creative challenges. All artists everywhere are invited to join in the creativity challenge! The challenges will get posted here, to V. Notes. Last January, artists posted over 1,270 artworks with #30sal on Instagram. That was an …
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New Deadline for Submissions: January 31, 2021 The first annual Seattle Artist League Portrait Awards are aimed at encouraging artists to focus on and develop the theme of portraiture in their work. The competition is open to everyone aged sixteen and over, in recognition of the outstanding and innovative work in drawing, painting, printmaking, and mixed media. 1st Prize: …
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Thanks to Jennifer Small for sending this in response to yesterday’s post about Degas’ failed historical paintings. This one was painted some time between 1857 and 1862 (dates differ), which was around the same time as he was working on the other historical paintings. Paintings and dates: The Daughter of Jephtha 1860 The Daughter of Jephtha study 1860 Young …