[image_with_animation image_url=”9654″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] It’s said that Cézanne would plan a general composition, then step around and closer, moving his easel to each object to paint it with his full attention, thus disrupting the illusion of perspective that occurs when looking from a single viewpoint. For today’s creative challenge, find or arrange a simple scene or still life, and move to study the shape of each object as it interests you, recording the changes in your perspective. Drawing and painting were Cézanne’s media, but today’s materials are artists’ choice, including photography and collage.
Please share your work! People who post to Instagram or to the event HERE on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we can find it #seattleartistleague #salchallenge.
The June SAL Challenge: Creative exercises once a day for 30 days.
[image_with_animation image_url=”9700″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Topophilia (From Greek topos “place” and -philia, “love of”) is a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place. Today is the second of a series of Topophilia Creative Exercises, this …
CoCA’s 24 Hour Art Marathon I just finished CoCA’s 24 hour marathon: 20 artists making artwork in a room for 24 hours. It’s a fun and fabulous premise. CoCA ran a great event, and I can’t thank them enough for inviting me, and for all the work they put into supporting the artists. Thanks to …
WTF The quote from Gerhard Richter about looking for boring and irrelevant photo materials is from the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss Suzanne Walker’s latest spitfire! …
[image_with_animation image_url=”14063″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] There was so much interesting material produced in day one of this two day workshop “Portraiture After Photography” I wanted to share it. The morning slideshow focused on photography as a tool for abstraction, launching from an in depth look at multi exposure photographs taken by John Deakin and …
SALChallenge: Cézanne’s Perspective
[image_with_animation image_url=”9654″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] It’s said that Cézanne would plan a general composition, then step around and closer, moving his easel to each object to paint it with his full attention, thus disrupting the illusion of perspective that occurs when looking from a single viewpoint. For today’s creative challenge, find or arrange a simple scene or still life, and move to study the shape of each object as it interests you, recording the changes in your perspective. Drawing and painting were Cézanne’s media, but today’s materials are artists’ choice, including photography and collage.
Please share your work! People who post to Instagram or to the event HERE on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we can find it #seattleartistleague #salchallenge.
The June SAL Challenge: Creative exercises once a day for 30 days.
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