[image_with_animation image_url=”9717″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Today is another in the series of topophilia creative exercises, this one based on mapping your body.
The longer we live, the more history we collect in our bodies as we move through the world. Landmarks like the scar from falling off the monkey bars, a crooked toe, or rockin’ thigh muscles from years of biking, we have archived a myriad of experiences. Today, your challenge is to make a life-size representation (or smaller) of your body using colors, pictures, symbols and words to represent landmarks, memories, and experiences.
Inspirations: above is a collaborative body map mural made by Weaton students, below is one by Nomawethu Ngalimani a recipiant of a heart transplant, and below that is a work titled “My Trophies” by Annette Messager. The last of the images is a human body hair flow map. It is only half on topic here, but it was too fabulous to not include. [image_with_animation image_url=”9718″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or 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=”9719″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] [image_with_animation image_url=”9725″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
Michelle Muldrow uses the aqueous and graphic casein paint to give fresh painterly color to her urban landscapes. Her scenes describe the buzzing light and glinting metal, linoleum, and synthetic fabrics of department stores. Edited from her website: Muldrow explores the the landscape genre and what it means to be picturesque. She contrasts the idea of the picturesque by …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7643″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Bruce Nauman, Failing to Levitate in My Studio, 1966. In art school I learned about the clever and funny Bruce Nauman. In particular, I learned about a series for which he said (I’m paraphrasing broadly) “I am an artist, therefore everything I do is art, therefore this is art.” And …
Wednesdays are “See and Respond” day in our 30 day challenge. Copy these feet, and fill in the rest of the drawing using your imagination. Artist’s choice media: drawing, painting, digital, printmaking, collage, assemblage, or a well placed pile of dog hair. Posting more favorites soon! Post it Post your work to social media with the …
These are some paintings in which my favorite part is the wall. Enjoy. Do not paint a white thing white. A white thing is everything other than white. The video below illuminates some of the colors actually present in an image of a white horse, and a white flower. Because colors change according to what they’re next to, they still …
SAL Challenge: Body Map
[image_with_animation image_url=”9717″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Today is another in the series of topophilia creative exercises, this one based on mapping your body.
The longer we live, the more history we collect in our bodies as we move through the world. Landmarks like the scar from falling off the monkey bars, a crooked toe, or rockin’ thigh muscles from years of biking, we have archived a myriad of experiences. Today, your challenge is to make a life-size representation (or smaller) of your body using colors, pictures, symbols and words to represent landmarks, memories, and experiences.
Inspirations: above is a collaborative body map mural made by Weaton students, below is one by Nomawethu Ngalimani a recipiant of a heart transplant, and below that is a work titled “My Trophies” by Annette Messager. The last of the images is a human body hair flow map. It is only half on topic here, but it was too fabulous to not include. [image_with_animation image_url=”9718″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or 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=”9719″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] [image_with_animation image_url=”9725″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
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