[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”12835,12833,12822″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]People are posting their creative challenges online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague.
Below are some interesting artworks for week one that I wanted to share. The words for week one were unidextral, puerile, unlovesome, unguiform, unciform, urceiform, ubiquit. If you see your project here, contact me for your $25 gift certificate asap! You can use your award on a class, give it to a friend, or donate it to someone who needs a little boost.
Hey – If you thought about joining in but you missed the beginning, or you started to make one or two and then you fell off so you feel you can’t start again (yes, I’m talking to you), think of today a fresh start. Every doodle helps. So join us. Start where you are, and make something. Not a perfect something, just a something. Something is infinitely more than nothing, and that’s a big win for us all.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”12807,12808,12809,12810,12811,12812,12813,12814,12815,12816,12817,12818,12819,12820,12821,12823,12824,12825,12826,12827,12828,12829,12830,12724,12831″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
The SAL Challenge for Tuesdays is to draw from observation. My suggestion for you today is to draw your bedding. Fall in love with the wrinkles, the rumples, the folds. Tease out the shadows. Go slow. Materials are artist’s choice. Set the timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes complete, feel free to continue …
Minakata Kumagusu (1867 – 1941) was a Japanese author, biologist, and ethnologist. In his study of fungi, Minakata collected and drew thousands of mycological illustrations. Here are a few excerpts from his beautiful and informative sketchbooks. He discovered a new slime mold from all this sketching. That’s nothing to sneeze at.
If you’ve gone into instagram or padlet to see some of the creative responses to these challenges, you have probably seen some of the fabulous contributions from artists. From out of the dozens of interesting artworks, here are a few. Day 8: Reverse Collage The instructions were to stack materials, then reveal layers.
SAL Challenge Favorites Week 1
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”12835,12833,12822″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]People are posting their creative challenges online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague.
Below are some interesting artworks for week one that I wanted to share. The words for week one were unidextral, puerile, unlovesome, unguiform, unciform, urceiform, ubiquit. If you see your project here, contact me for your $25 gift certificate asap! You can use your award on a class, give it to a friend, or donate it to someone who needs a little boost.
Hey – If you thought about joining in but you missed the beginning, or you started to make one or two and then you fell off so you feel you can’t start again (yes, I’m talking to you), think of today a fresh start. Every doodle helps. So join us. Start where you are, and make something. Not a perfect something, just a something. Something is infinitely more than nothing, and that’s a big win for us all.[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”12807,12808,12809,12810,12811,12812,12813,12814,12815,12816,12817,12818,12819,12820,12821,12823,12824,12825,12826,12827,12828,12829,12830,12724,12831″ display_title_caption=”true” layout=”3″ gallery_style=”1″ load_in_animation=”none”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Related Posts
30SAL Challenge: Bedding
The SAL Challenge for Tuesdays is to draw from observation. My suggestion for you today is to draw your bedding. Fall in love with the wrinkles, the rumples, the folds. Tease out the shadows. Go slow. Materials are artist’s choice. Set the timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes complete, feel free to continue …
Minakata’s Sketchbooks
Minakata Kumagusu (1867 – 1941) was a Japanese author, biologist, and ethnologist. In his study of fungi, Minakata collected and drew thousands of mycological illustrations. Here are a few excerpts from his beautiful and informative sketchbooks. He discovered a new slime mold from all this sketching. That’s nothing to sneeze at.
#30SAL Faves: Reverse Collage
If you’ve gone into instagram or padlet to see some of the creative responses to these challenges, you have probably seen some of the fabulous contributions from artists. From out of the dozens of interesting artworks, here are a few. Day 8: Reverse Collage The instructions were to stack materials, then reveal layers.
Jeffrey Simmons
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”449,451,452,453″ layout=”4″ gallery_style=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Artist’s website: http://www.jeffreysimmonsstudio.com/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]