In dreams, what is supposed to be big is small, and what is supposed to be small is big. Forms shift and change, colors float. There may be symbols, narratives, things that don’t make sense. Or maybe everything makes perfect sense. You’re the one who knows. Today, draw a dream you had.
Add your drawing to this post on our Facebook page (#salchallenge), and/or on our website. Prizes will be awarded for engagement. Late drawings accepted!
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
[image_with_animation image_url=”10630″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] My last post was about Botticelli’s Squidgy Feet. In that post, I described Venus’ feet: “These hams are worms. Those are some long second toes, a sign of intelligence, say some. A second toe as long as a finger can be a very attractive feature…” The next day I received …
[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 …
Last week I talked about different methods of linear perspective. The challenge was to draw something using inverse perspective, in which objects that are farther away are drawn larger than what is up close, as seen in Byzantine, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian artworks. (My apologies for not including India’s use of multiple perspectives in the …
This show at MoMA was brought to my attention by a League member. (Thanks Chris!) He had been there to see it and said it was impactful to see works in context not by culture, but by timeline. What was happening while Matisse painted his ladies? What was the dominant art world thinking about at the time, …
SAL Challenge Day 24: Dream
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Fleur Cowles
In dreams, what is supposed to be big is small, and what is supposed to be small is big. Forms shift and change, colors float. There may be symbols, narratives, things that don’t make sense. Or maybe everything makes perfect sense. You’re the one who knows. Today, draw a dream you had.
Add your drawing to this post on our Facebook page (#salchallenge), and/or on our website. Prizes will be awarded for engagement. Late drawings accepted!
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
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