[image_with_animation image_url=”7211″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100% The League’s own over-pleasant extremely-talented teenager of the quarter is Mahala Mrozek. For the sake of art, Mahala stalked her neighborhood chickens, followed them around like a chicken paparazzi. She also found some helpful images on mypetchicken.com. She used the pictures as references for a series of works for a show but then was too sick to attend her own opening (chicken flu, I expect). Lovely line work on these! Now she’s got a flock of birds to sell, just shy of a dozen actually. I normally don’t use V. Notes for painting sales, but I’m making an exception. $30-$40 per beak. Watercolor and ink on paper, mounted on cradled panels. All sales go directly to the League’s neighborhood chicken stalker. Send me a note if you want one and it’ll be ready for pick up at the League this Thursday at or after 2pm.
[image_with_animation image_url=”9639″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Make a self portrait, inspired by another artist’s self portrait. Materials are artists’ choice. You can copy the pose, the style, the idea, or all three. Below are some inspirations to help get you started. Share your work. People who post to Instagram or Facebook will be eligible to …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! In previous V. Notes, I’ve posted work by our sumi instructor Angie Dixon, Huang Yongyu, Pan Gongkai, and stuff you didn’t know about sumi. Today I wanted to broaden my view of sumi painting. I wanted to see more works that are being created in the medium today. …
I asked Shruti Ghatak, one of our instructors at the League, if there were any interesting books she was reading. Shruti: “Currently I am reading ‘The Shape of Content’ by Ben Shahn.” “Love the first paragraph! Shahn wrote about the practice and purpose of art with such clarity!” “This reminds me of my mentor Graham …
Mahala the Chicken Stalker
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The League’s own over-pleasant extremely-talented teenager of the quarter is Mahala Mrozek. For the sake of art, Mahala stalked her neighborhood chickens, followed them around like a chicken paparazzi. She also found some helpful images on mypetchicken.com. She used the pictures as references for a series of works for a show but then was too sick to attend her own opening (chicken flu, I expect). Lovely line work on these! Now she’s got a flock of birds to sell, just shy of a dozen actually. I normally don’t use V. Notes for painting sales, but I’m making an exception. $30-$40 per beak. Watercolor and ink on paper, mounted on cradled panels. All sales go directly to the League’s neighborhood chicken stalker. Send me a note if you want one and it’ll be ready for pick up at the League this Thursday at or after 2pm.
Have you read Mark Twain’s essay To Raise Poultry?
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