[image_with_animation image_url=”9795″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In the early 1960s, Jasper Johns made a series of 12 artworks playing with a sequence of numbers. The numbers gave him an excuse to play with figure and ground, line and color. Sometimes the simplest challenges are the most fun.
Today, overlap the numbers 0-9. Invent a typography, play with line and form and color if you wish. Materials are artists’ choice.
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.
Yesterday I posted my sketches; some fun ideas we are exploring in “Abstracting the Image” on Thursdays. Each week we’re taking a masterwork and exploring it with approaches inspired by contemporary abstract painters. The purpose of this exercise is to be able to lean on, and learn from the composition of the masterwork, while exploring …
In the interview below, you’ll also see mention of “Ekphrasis.” In the days where each Thursday painter gave a brief presentation to the class, Skillman inspired us all with her presentation about ekphrastic poetry – a poem based on a work of art. In an ekphrastic poem, the writer describes the work of art, and may …
Still Lifes I haven’t had much time to write but I’m seeing V. Note inspirations everywhere, so even though I can’t type a long and thoughtful post, I wanted to send you these still lifes by Lucy MacGillis, because I like them and they get me thinking about my own work, and upcoming classes for …
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 …
SAL Challenge: 0 through 9
[image_with_animation image_url=”9795″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In the early 1960s, Jasper Johns made a series of 12 artworks playing with a sequence of numbers. The numbers gave him an excuse to play with figure and ground, line and color. Sometimes the simplest challenges are the most fun.
Today, overlap the numbers 0-9. Invent a typography, play with line and form and color if you wish. Materials are artists’ choice.
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.
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