Day 23 of our 30 day January Challenge was a drawing class trick from Fran O’Neill. The purpose is to trick artists into describing surface and surroundings that have as much interest and presence as the stuff that’s sitting on and in front of it. The most common response to this kind of exercise is …
Today is the darkest day of the year, made extra dark this year by the pandemic. The good news is that from this day on, the days get brighter. I’ll hold my breath on the other. Today’s post has a collection of low light and nocturne paintings by Sangram Majumdar, one of my favorite painters. …
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 …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Previously, I posted funerary art from the 3rd through the 6th centuries. This post veers far out of that time range, but the unfinished Atlas Slave came up in discussion during today’s figure sculpture class. I got excited to share, so here they are. In 1505, Michelangelo was …
SAL Challenge Day 16: Get Political
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Haitian artist, Watson Mere
Today, get political. Draw/paint/collage/photograph/
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMVd5k2a2IM
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