[image_with_animation image_url=”7636″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Anni Albers (1899–1994) was a textile artist, designer, and printmaker. You likely know of her husband Joseph Albers, the colorist. No doubt the two inspired each other. I recently ran into a book of Anni’s sketches, each page a sheet of graph paper with a different pattern idea. Most were drawn with pencil, lots of erasing and redrawing. Some were emphasized with color. The plans are a lovely example of how limits (all moves fit within graph paper, or within warp/weft) can result in some brilliant creative responses. Her sketches are quite delightful. Take a closer look at them, and notice how some are not completely regular, but instead have within them little rules, gently broken. A pattern set, and deviated. She reminds me that a pattern does not have to be uniform and consistent. A little change in direction here and there makes it interesting, less rigid. (In a way, these patterns remind me of Patty Haller’s patterns, variations on a theme.) For today’s challenge, make a pattern. Feel free to weave, photo, collage, print, paint, or draw. If you need to print out a piece of graph paper, click here. Take a picture of your piece and add it to this post on our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge
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The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
I’ll be sharing my drawings on Facebook. I’d love to see yours too. Maybe your posts will inspire more people to join the challenge. Post your pics to Facebook: SeattleArtLeague, or Instagram: SeattleArtLeague. #drawingaday #seattleartleague – or email them to me. I’d love to see what you create!
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! After my post about Non-Toxic Oil Painting, I stopped by Artist & Craftsman to pick up a few new solvent free mediums. Of course there are far more oils and mediums on the shelf than I included here. Some mediums dry slower, some mediums are thicker, some mediums …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8901″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Last night’s Big League Show was a Big League success, due to the generous contributions of many. There were 198 artworks from 70 artists, and we estimate 150 people attended the reception. The quality of the work was excellent, widely varied in style and content, and incredibly interesting. There …
SAL Challenge Day 9: Pattern
[image_with_animation image_url=”7636″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Anni Albers (1899–1994) was a textile artist, designer, and printmaker. You likely know of her husband Joseph Albers, the colorist. No doubt the two inspired each other. I recently ran into a book of Anni’s sketches, each page a sheet of graph paper with a different pattern idea. Most were drawn with pencil, lots of erasing and redrawing. Some were emphasized with color. The plans are a lovely example of how limits (all moves fit within graph paper, or within warp/weft) can result in some brilliant creative responses. Her sketches are quite delightful. Take a closer look at them, and notice how some are not completely regular, but instead have within them little rules, gently broken. A pattern set, and deviated. She reminds me that a pattern does not have to be uniform and consistent. A little change in direction here and there makes it interesting, less rigid. (In a way, these patterns remind me of Patty Haller’s patterns, variations on a theme.) For today’s challenge, make a pattern. Feel free to weave, photo, collage, print, paint, or draw. If you need to print out a piece of graph paper, click here. Take a picture of your piece and add it to this post on our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
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