Alice Neel: “My analyst said to me, ‘Why is it so important to be honest in art?’ I said, ‘It’s not so important, it’s just a privilege.'” – Quote provided by Suzanne Walker, BA, MA, PhD, BFD
…From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss this!
“The only art historian I’ve ever wanted to listen to for 2.5 hours” – Lendy Hensley, League Provost
WTF Art History Lecture: Portraiture After Photography Sunday, March 17, 1:00-3:30pm
Active League Students and members are invited to attend WTF Lectures for free. Contact us for your coupon code.
Day 12: George Washington The instructions were to finish an unfinished portrait of George Washington. If you’ve gone into instagram or padlet and searched for #30SAL, you have probably seen some of the fabulous contributions from artists like you. From out of the dozens of interesting artworks responding to this challenge, here are a few. …
Happy Thanksgiving Americans! Here is a selection of my favorite artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s online collection. And, if you find yourself in the mood for a song or two, here’s a collection of Thanksgiving songs from Smithsonian Folkways. Depending on your taste, you may happily skip the first song and start with …
Here’s a little video explaining why Expressive Portraits is my favorite online art class at the Seattle Artist League. Last quarter, participants studied how to sketch a face quickly, and how to add expressive descriptions of what makes a face not just accurate, but interesting. We looked at portraits by Alice Neel, Rembrandt, Lucian Freud, …
SAL Challenge Pics More and more and more creative challenges are getting posted online! You can find them by using the hashtags #salchallenge @seattleartistleague. I posted some of my SAL Challenge favorites for week one, and my favorites for week two. Below are my favorite discoveries for week three. The word prompts are erinaceous, agastopia, floccinaucinihilipilification, …
WTF? Alice Neel on honesty in art
…From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss this!
WTF Art History Lecture: Portraiture After Photography
Sunday, March 17, 1:00-3:30pm
Active League Students and members are invited to attend WTF Lectures for free. Contact us for your coupon code.
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