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.
ERINACEOUS
adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog
#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. You can also email it to me directly, and use the tags: #salchallenge @seattleartistleague #(word of the day)
What comes to mind when you think of Williem De Kooning? I have never seen a De Kooning in person. Viewing a work in person is nothing like viewing it on a screen or on a printed page, so to be able to know a work, to be able to talk about a work, I …
In a recent V. Note I talked about how artists study works by other artists. Transcriptions are like artist’s notes, recording selected aspects and observations in an artwork. Sometimes they serve as a jumping off point for artwork in completely new direction. Transcriptions are not copies. For a commission, Frank Auerbach transcribed Titian’s ‘Tarquin and …
This is the last day in our 30 Day Creative Challenge! A big public THANK YOU to those artists who posted your sketches to Instagram or to Padlet. While the posting type people are wooting amidst their social media glitter and confetti, I’ll pass a word of quiet appreciation to the unknown number of you …
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SAL Challenge 15: ERINACEOUS
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.
ERINACEOUS
adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog
#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. You can also email it to me directly, and use the tags: #salchallenge @seattleartistleague #(word of the day)
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