[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.
Last month I posted 16 Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint in Your Art Studio and I invited artists to contribute their ideas. One artist was chosen for their answer, and has won a free class: Courtney Wooten pointed out that as artists, our greatest potential for impact can be made by using our art …
I was looking for an artwork to include in a newsletter. I wanted something to talk about friendship, while also giving a reference to social distancing and connections from afar. I found this 1937 painting by Dora Maar that seemed just right…. and then I didn’t end up needing the image. I thought it was …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8922″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] ARTWORK PICKUP AT GALVANIZE Saturday April 7 10:00am – 12:00pm <– If you can do this it would make less work for us! ARTWORK PICKUP AT THE LEAGUE Thursday April 12 9:30-2:00, 5:30-10:00 Sunday April 15 6:00-6:25 Monday April 16 9:30-2:00, 5:30-10:00 Tuesday April 17 9:30-2:00 Any …
Designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the Statue of Liberty is in the Neoclassical style. Neoclassical figures generally convey a sense of calm and restraint. Emotional expression is often subdued, reflecting the stoicism and rationality associated with classical Greek and Roman ideals. When viewed from below, the Statue of Liberty has a different expression than when …
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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