Place an object that makes an interesting shadow, and use the shadow as the beginning of a doodle. Share your work to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge). See more of Bal’s shadow doodles here.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days – BONUS DAY
Late entries welcome! You have until February 3, 2018 to post any of your work from previous days. $150, $100, and $75 art class gift certificates will be awarded to the top 3 creative champions.
We received a few small and wonderfully odd pieces of Strange Mail as part of this month’s creative challenge. Thank you! The mailman recognizes us now, and says hello. I’ll post these oddly postaged bits in the next couple of days.
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! People sometimes ask me what painters I like, what paintings I’m inspired by. The paintings tend to be figurative, and lately, they tend to be sexy. Sometimes I choose them for what happens in the paint, sometimes I choose them for what happens with the subject. Often there is a personality in …
Below is a video by Proko showing a brief overview of basic drawing supplies, and a demo for how to hand sharpen a soft charcoal pencil. He explains what the weird sandpaper thingy is for.
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
Yesterday I posted drawings by Stanley Lewis. Lewis was one of the influences listed by Charity Baker at the New York Studio School. Looking through Lewis’ art and writing, I found an interview on Painting Perceptions that talked about his methods, and his influences: “[Painting from perception] often feels like a horribly impossible thing to …
SAL Challenge 31: Shadow Doodles
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Vincent Bal
Place an object that makes an interesting shadow, and use the shadow as the beginning of a doodle. Share your work to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge). See more of Bal’s shadow doodles here.
The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days – BONUS DAY
Late entries welcome! You have until February 3, 2018 to post any of your work from previous days. $150, $100, and $75 art class gift certificates will be awarded to the top 3 creative champions.
Strange Mail
We received a few small and wonderfully odd pieces of Strange Mail as part of this month’s creative challenge. Thank you! The mailman recognizes us now, and says hello. I’ll post these oddly postaged bits in the next couple of days.
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Take a class with SAL – anywhere! People sometimes ask me what painters I like, what paintings I’m inspired by. The paintings tend to be figurative, and lately, they tend to be sexy. Sometimes I choose them for what happens in the paint, sometimes I choose them for what happens with the subject. Often there is a personality in …
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Below is a video by Proko showing a brief overview of basic drawing supplies, and a demo for how to hand sharpen a soft charcoal pencil. He explains what the weird sandpaper thingy is for.
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One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
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Yesterday I posted drawings by Stanley Lewis. Lewis was one of the influences listed by Charity Baker at the New York Studio School. Looking through Lewis’ art and writing, I found an interview on Painting Perceptions that talked about his methods, and his influences: “[Painting from perception] often feels like a horribly impossible thing to …