Draw, paint, or collage the view outside your window. Replace the buildings with animals. Option for collaboration: one person draw the scene, the other draw the animals. Take a picture of your drawing and add it to this post our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge Important: Save your drawing. It may be part of tomorrow’s challenge.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
Meet Britain’s most straight-talking and foul-mouthed artist, Maggi Hambling Busy days – sunny days – I can’t stand to sit here for long thoughts. Here’s a quickie video (below) from a new favorite of mine: Maggi Hambling. More about her tomorrow. Enjoy! [nectar_video_lightbox link_style=”play_button_2″ nectar_play_button_color=”Default-Accent-Color” image_url=”6012″ hover_effect=”defaut” box_shadow=”none” video_url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNpvS-DYEmA Painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling CBE …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8653″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Image above from Urban Sketchers Chicago Chris Harvey has a lot of long straight architectural lines in his painting, and no matter what he tried, every pass with the brush resulted in another wobbly line. The wobbles weren’t interesting or expressive, they were distracting from the painting’s quality …
Monday is composition day in our 30 Day Challenge, and you’re doing great! Today we’re going to work with negative space, and an element of chance to make it fun. You’ll need some string, and simple drawing materials. If you don’t have string, try rubber bands, chopsticks, or bamboo skewers. If you prefer not to …
I posted recently about how originality is not really what we’re built for. You can read that post here. After saying how natural copying is, I thought I should follow up with some conversations about copyright issues. Typically these conversations go straight to talking about the legal system. I personally find the artistic, personal, and moral …
SAL Challenge Day 5: Zoo View
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Pictured above: Lagos Elephant House, Nigeria
Draw, paint, or collage the view outside your window. Replace the buildings with animals. Option for collaboration: one person draw the scene, the other draw the animals. Take a picture of your drawing and add it to this post our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge Important: Save your drawing. It may be part of tomorrow’s challenge.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
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