Posts have continued to pop up for our 30 Day January Creative Challenge. New people have joined in! Instagram continues to stand out as the social media of choice for most artists – we now have over 1000 posts! Some people are new to social media, some are new to drawing. Everyone is posting stuff we love. Below are some of my favorites.
Out of the hundreds of posts, there were 50 that I found especially delightful. Special prize winners are announced at the end of this email. Congratulations to all the participants in our creative challenge!
Before I start on Week 2, I want to post a couple of projects from Week 1, including this illustration of an art space complete with supplies, snacks, and medication.
…and a chicken fell through the quacks. Delores Haugland, this is a mighty fine Chanticleer! My apologies for not posting this with last week’s prize winners. Please contact us for $50 off your next class at the League.
Delores Haugland
WEEK 2 FAVORITES
Draw a Duck
This challenge started with a template, and the accompanying invitation. This resulted in some of the most creative responses we’ve seen so far.
Part one of this two part challenge was to draw a foot. Part two was to draw a one legged creature. Here are some fabulous feets:
Carolyn Zick
crewmar
karldyerart
karenabell78
kvanous
loveandsqualordesign
sandy.bananas
elysian_fields_forever
enniebee
magma_drawing
elysian
wintermakesart
elzmtch
Frottage
This was a challenge to use texture for tone. A few popped out as favorites.
Karl Dyer – “Make America ‘Grate’ Again”rachelwilchalexmarialdraws
punkcass
Googly Eyes
onlymojofrog
The googly eyes were so googly I posted them separately! You can see the full selection here.
Memory of William Scott
The idea of this challenge was to study a painting, and then recreate it from memory. I would have loved to watch these be created, (I would have loved to catch people cheating!) but the final results posted… well… by the time they get posted to Instagram they kinda just look like the original painting, so there’s not much to see. Here are a couple of memory posts I thought were particularly well done:
Crumpled, Rumpled and Neat
This laundry list invitation got a pile of great responses!
Clearly, artist and designer Kristina Sztokbant has some drawing skills. We love this monopod! Kristina, if you’re in the area you are welcome at the League any time. If you’re far away, please know you have a new fan club of League artists, and a few foot fetishists.
Mimi Torchia Boothby
mmimitb
mmimitb
Mimi Torchia Boothby posts every day at the quack of dawn. Mimi, these are absolutely lovely duckies! Pure ducky delight. Congratulations and well ducky done! Please contact us to claim your $50 gift certificate to the League.
Karl Dyer
Karl Dyer
This dedicated artist made an animation. Click here to see! Karl, you’re a rocket! You’ve won another $75 towards a class at the League.
Rachel Wilch
Rachel blew us away with this creative solution that is both humorous and graceful. What a firequacker idea! We love her creativity. Congratulations and well ducky done Rachel! Please contact us to claim your $100 gift certificate to the League… or we can take it off your bill.
More on the way!
Thanks to everyone who is posting their work. It’s great to see so many people joining in! If you’d like to give it a try, you don’t have to do all 30. You could just choose one that inspires you, post it, and feel quite satisfied. Winner!
Pictured above: Patty Haller’s mother in the Smith & Vallee Gallery Patty Haller was invited to use the front studio space at the Seattle Artist League so she could prepare several large panels, including a 12′ painting for her January show “Growth Patterns” at the Smith & Vallee Gallery. Haller spent the fall and winter at the …
This is day 3 of the 30SAL creative challenge! To learn more about this 30 day challenge, click here. Today, study and sketch the geometry of this tondo (circular) composition by Masaccio. Don’t worry about illustrating the figures and details, just focus on the relationships of the big shapes. Media is artist’s choice. Can be …
Chuck Close has an almost photographic memory for things that are flat, but for 3 dimensional things that move around – things like faces – he is effectively blind. His work is built around his talent, and his disability. Through the detailed grids, Close can learn about the faces of people he cares about and commit them …
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 …
30SAL Challenge: Week 2 Favorites
Posts have continued to pop up for our 30 Day January Creative Challenge. New people have joined in! Instagram continues to stand out as the social media of choice for most artists – we now have over 1000 posts! Some people are new to social media, some are new to drawing. Everyone is posting stuff we love. Below are some of my favorites.
Out of the hundreds of posts, there were 50 that I found especially delightful. Special prize winners are announced at the end of this email. Congratulations to all the participants in our creative challenge!
Before I start on Week 2, I want to post a couple of projects from Week 1, including this illustration of an art space complete with supplies, snacks, and medication.
…and a chicken fell through the quacks. Delores Haugland, this is a mighty fine Chanticleer! My apologies for not posting this with last week’s prize winners. Please contact us for $50 off your next class at the League.
WEEK 2 FAVORITES
Draw a Duck
This challenge started with a template, and the accompanying invitation. This resulted in some of the most creative responses we’ve seen so far.
Sesquipedalian & Monopod
Part one of this two part challenge was to draw a foot. Part two was to draw a one legged creature. Here are some fabulous feets:
Frottage
This was a challenge to use texture for tone. A few popped out as favorites.
Googly Eyes
The googly eyes were so googly I posted them separately! You can see the full selection here.
Memory of William Scott
The idea of this challenge was to study a painting, and then recreate it from memory. I would have loved to watch these be created, (I would have loved to catch people cheating!) but the final results posted… well… by the time they get posted to Instagram they kinda just look like the original painting, so there’s not much to see. Here are a couple of memory posts I thought were particularly well done:
Crumpled, Rumpled and Neat
This laundry list invitation got a pile of great responses!
Prize Winners
This 30SAL Challenge comes with prizes! I am pleased to announce the prize winners for week 2:
Kristina Sztokbant
kristinavanous.com
Clearly, artist and designer Kristina Sztokbant has some drawing skills. We love this monopod! Kristina, if you’re in the area you are welcome at the League any time. If you’re far away, please know you have a new fan club of League artists, and a few foot fetishists.
Mimi Torchia Boothby
Mimi Torchia Boothby posts every day at the quack of dawn. Mimi, these are absolutely lovely duckies! Pure ducky delight. Congratulations and well ducky done! Please contact us to claim your $50 gift certificate to the League.
Karl Dyer
This dedicated artist made an animation. Click here to see! Karl, you’re a rocket! You’ve won another $75 towards a class at the League.
Rachel Wilch
Rachel blew us away with this creative solution that is both humorous and graceful. What a firequacker idea! We love her creativity. Congratulations and well ducky done Rachel! Please contact us to claim your $100 gift certificate to the League… or we can take it off your bill.
More on the way!
Thanks to everyone who is posting their work. It’s great to see so many people joining in! If you’d like to give it a try, you don’t have to do all 30. You could just choose one that inspires you, post it, and feel quite satisfied. Winner!
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