[image_with_animation image_url=”7670″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Find a stone you can comfortably hold in your hand. Without looking at it, spend a few minutes exploring it with your hands. Close your eyes. Feel the weight of the stone, the shape and balance and texture of it. Get to know it as well as you can, but only by touch. Notice that since you are exploring tactilely, there is no light and shadow, so you will need to find other ways to describe the form. Hold it under the table while you draw (you may need to tape down your paper), and draw what your touch senses tell you. If your drawings are simple, consider doing more than one to describe different aspects or angles of the stone, or a draw a second stone, and compare the two. Go slowly. Take your time. This is not an exercise to rush. Add your drawing to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge)
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
I chose these sketches specifically to look at how vine charcoal can be used in a drawing to talk about change, movement and time. Vine charcoal is a lovely medium. It’s just a simple burnt branch, and it allows the artist to make a line, smudge it out, and make another. The dark lyrical lines …
I liked the form of the model’s body within the fabric. The pose reminded me of classical sculptures, extraneous arms removed. This is one of the first prints I made with drypoint, for this series. I was surprised and thrilled to see what the lovely pattern on the flowered rug looked like after printing. Ink makes …
I went to Smith & Vallee Gallery to pick up what was left of my show after sales. It was a rewardingly small collection, just a few pieces left. There is one painting that I can’t believe is still here – one of my personal favorites. It received compliments from the gallery owner, and was …
José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) was a Mexican printmaker who used calavera illustrations to make political satires and cultural critiques. He was particularly influential in the role of printmaking as a medium of social and political engagement. His popular satire was printed in inexpensive newspapers and periodicals, and was accessible to the lower classes. His prolific …
SAL Challenge Day 13: Touch Senses, Drawing a Stone
[image_with_animation image_url=”7670″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Find a stone you can comfortably hold in your hand. Without looking at it, spend a few minutes exploring it with your hands. Close your eyes. Feel the weight of the stone, the shape and balance and texture of it. Get to know it as well as you can, but only by touch. Notice that since you are exploring tactilely, there is no light and shadow, so you will need to find other ways to describe the form. Hold it under the table while you draw (you may need to tape down your paper), and draw what your touch senses tell you. If your drawings are simple, consider doing more than one to describe different aspects or angles of the stone, or a draw a second stone, and compare the two. Go slowly. Take your time. This is not an exercise to rush. Add your drawing to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge)
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
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