Set up a backdrop (to minimize visual clutter), and place an object or objects behind water glasses so that they form an interesting composition. Adjust lighting as needed, move things around for maximum effect, and crop for composition. Feel free to submit your work in the form of a photograph or a drawing/painting. Share your work to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge). Thanks to Berkeley Parks for sending in this excellent example of distorted food through water glasses, photographs by Suzanne Saroff. See more of Saroff’s work here.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream has been given a lot of attention. It’s one of the most iconic paintings in popular culture. It’s inspired countless spin-offs, and it’s on every schwag-tastic bit of kitsch. My cell phone has a Scream emoji. The original painting (1893 version made with oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard) …
Do you make studies before you start a painting? Seems like most painting students don’t. We want to paint, not prepare to paint. Making a study prior to painting isn’t required for good artwork, but we learn about a subject every time we draw or paint it, so the act of sketching sure can help …
Today’s creative challenge idea comes from AJ Power, the League’s illustration and comics instructor. This project combines a scribble-and-respond drawing with an aspect of the panel exercise from Day 2. AJ calls it a “Monkey Wrench” project, because it gets you out of your habits, and gives you something unexpected to work with. The primary …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10149″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] For today’s challenge you’ll need some paper and a pen (felt tipped pens work great for this) so that you can draw a Continuous Line, a line that goes on and on without stopping, requiring you to concentrate a little harder on whatever it is that you’re drawing because …
SAL Challenge Day 30: You Need Glasses
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Suzanne Saroff
Set up a backdrop (to minimize visual clutter), and place an object or objects behind water glasses so that they form an interesting composition. Adjust lighting as needed, move things around for maximum effect, and crop for composition. Feel free to submit your work in the form of a photograph or a drawing/painting. Share your work to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge). Thanks to Berkeley Parks for sending in this excellent example of distorted food through water glasses, photographs by Suzanne Saroff. See more of Saroff’s work here.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days.
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