[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”][image_with_animation image_url=”7636″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]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
[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]It’s time for me to introduce new experiments into my paintings. I’m taking a look back at surfaces, and how to alter the surface to have a different effect on my final painting. How can I get more finely tuned? How can I get more playful? …
[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”][image_with_animation image_url=”7901″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]I learned from the fabulous Suzanne Walker that this narrative painting “The Story of Joseph” by Biagio d’Antonio uses space as a representative for chronological time. The painting illustrates a story that follows a sequence clockwise …
[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”][image_with_animation image_url=”9075″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text] Hiroshige lived from 1797 – 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan. He was a Japanese woodblock artist, one of the last great masters of the woodblock print. His brilliant landscape compositions found …
“Creative people make more use of their mental raw material and practice less intellectual regulation.” So says this blog. A lot of attention is put into how to create great ideas. But what about the dumb ones? Today’s challenge is to draw something inspired by the phrase “Well that was a dumb idea.” Yup. And …
SAL Challenge Day 9: Pattern
[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”][image_with_animation image_url=”7636″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]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.
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