This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens.
PAREIDOLIA
A psychological phenomenon in which the mind perceives a specific image or pattern where it does not actually exist, such as seeing a face in the clouds, or animals in inkblots. Pareidolia can be used to explain a host of otherwise unexplained sightings.
#salchallenge @seattleartistleague #(word of the day)
Prizes awarded for creativity and participation
To be eligible for a prize, and to help motivate other people, post your creative project to Facebook or Instagram or email it to me directly, and use the tags: #salchallenge @seattleartistleague #(word of the day)
Monday is composition day in our 30 Day Challenge, and you’re doing great! Today we’re going to work with negative space, and an element of chance to make it fun. You’ll need some string, and simple drawing materials. If you don’t have string, try rubber bands, chopsticks, or bamboo skewers. If you prefer not to …
Guest blogger: Erin Goodwin-Guerrero Embracing Mixed-media, Print and Paint Ruthie’s V notes always interest me. So, I could not fail to respond to comments on the painter’s frustration with printmaking. [V. Note: What I Hate About Printmaking] Yes, painting feels more immediate and printmaking requires the artist to spend tons of time preparing for an image (that …
This is drypoint and chine-collé, a printmaking technique in which a thin or fragile piece of paper is glued to a thicker, stronger piece of paper with rice glue, and a run through the press. Janelle with kimono, drypoint chine-collé on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK. (The color is a little dark and dull in this photo, …
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SAL Challenge 14: PAREIDOLIA
Exercise your creativity
This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens.
PAREIDOLIA
A psychological phenomenon in which the mind perceives a specific image or pattern where it does not actually exist, such as seeing a face in the clouds, or animals in inkblots. Pareidolia can be used to explain a host of otherwise unexplained sightings.
#salchallenge @seattleartistleague #(word of the day)
Prizes awarded for creativity and participation
To be eligible for a prize, and to help motivate other people, post your creative project to Facebook or Instagram or email it to me directly, and use the tags: #salchallenge @seattleartistleague #(word of the day)
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