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)
[image_with_animation image_url=”11061″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Ruthie V, Doorzien, after Carlos San Millan. 36×24″ oil on linen Last Saturday, while the steamroller printmaking party was happening on the street, inside the studio we had a show of works inspired by doorzien, a Dutch word that when applied to the genre of painting, means to see through from …
Shelters are seeing record adoptions during the quarantine, evidently, but that’s not why I got my puppy. After a lifetime of living with cats, my doctor said no more. My doctor said “get a poodle.” Lendy said “get a poodle.” I said I would never get a poodle. I got my poodle on March 6th, …
[image_with_animation image_url=”6331″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] William Hook’s New Urban Landscapes Last winter, Bill Hook asked for some time off from teaching at the League so he could make more paintings. Looks like it was time well spent! This work appears to have gained a boldness. More texture, more dynamism. We have him teaching this …
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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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