[image_with_animation image_url=”7657″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In 1953, Robert Rauschenberg asked William de Kooning, an artist he idolized, to give him one of his drawings. De Kooning reluctantly agreed, and Rauschenberg….. well…. Rauschenberg erased it, and put it in a lovely gold frame with an inscription that said “ERASED de KOONING DRAWING, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, 1953”. Once again, art history gives me the giggles. Existential philosophies not ignored, when you make a mark and then erase it, it is very different than if you’d not made a mark at all. Today, draw for at least 12 minutes. Use a variety of nice, well intentioned dark marks, and then…. erase it. Please, please oh please, post your erased drawing to this post on our Facebook page (#salchallenge) if for no other reason than seeing a line of erased sketch pages will give us the giggles.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
Artists need to be able to give and receive feedback on their work, but “critique” is usually synonymous with criticism, and “I like it” doesn’t offer much help to a painter who wants to grow. So how do we see, think about, and evaluate works of art in a way that helps us see, grow, and support …
[image_with_animation image_url=”5970″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sunrise looks like sunset, with this much smoke in the air. Yesterday every smoke alarm in my building was wailing, and my phone, no longer under my control, said “fah-yer. fah-yer.fah-yer.fah-yer.” The view outside was orange and hazy, and for a short childish moment, I thought the entire world …
Writing process Dr Martin Luther King Jr wrote about 450 speeches a year, and delivered somewhere around 2,000 speeches in his lifetime. His most famous works took form over countless iterations and inter-weaving with previous sermons and writings, as well as integrated pieces of feedback from his friends and advisors. Preparations On August 27, 1963, …
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: …
SAL Challenge Day 11: Erased Drawing
[image_with_animation image_url=”7657″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In 1953, Robert Rauschenberg asked William de Kooning, an artist he idolized, to give him one of his drawings. De Kooning reluctantly agreed, and Rauschenberg….. well…. Rauschenberg erased it, and put it in a lovely gold frame with an inscription that said “ERASED de KOONING DRAWING, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, 1953”. Once again, art history gives me the giggles. Existential philosophies not ignored, when you make a mark and then erase it, it is very different than if you’d not made a mark at all. Today, draw for at least 12 minutes. Use a variety of nice, well intentioned dark marks, and then…. erase it. Please, please oh please, post your erased drawing to this post on our Facebook page (#salchallenge) if for no other reason than seeing a line of erased sketch pages will give us the giggles.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
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