Throughout the month of January, artists posted over 1,270 daily artworks with #30sal on Instagram. That was an astonishing response of enthusiastic arting! We’ll do it again. For our next creative challenge series, does anybody have an idea for a new hashtag that’s simple, easy to type, and not as clunky as 30sal?
Farthest Artist:
“I’m a friend of Cassandra Conner, and she invited me to participate. I’m about 9000 miles away in Bali. I didn’t know about this until near the end, so I will be catching up and making more posts as I finish. I don’t know if it’s physically possible to get further away than I am!” – Jennifer Econopouly
I just looked up the weather in Bali. It is currently 85 degrees and raining.
Winners and Prizes
I promised you winners and prizes, and here they are!
30 out of 30 Creative Challenges!
The following dedicated artists completed all 30 challenges:
“This Challenge gets me into the studio every day.” – Delores Haugland
Eileen Sliwinski
For the accomplishment of 30 out of 30 creative challenges complete, you will receive 1 free year at the League as a “League of Artists” member. This membership gets you:
Eligible to enter Seattle Artist League shows
Personal membership card
Discounts at art & framing stores
Advance notice of upcoming classes and workshops
Seattle Artist League Magnet
If you are already a member at the League, then we’ll also get you some tea and chocolate to enjoy while you’re making art in your art classes. Just let us know what kind of treats you most enjoy.
@crewmar
Next V. Note: Best of 30SAL, & Best Buds
There were some great art buddies who kept each other going all month, and some people’s project posts totally blew us away. I’ve saved some of our favorites to share with you. More prizes tomorrow!
On a computer screen, the detailed cells of color in Chris Crites’ paintings look digital-perfect. In person, I’m compelled to creep closer, closer, until my breath fogs up the glass. It’s then that I can see the thousands of tiny brush strokes neatly aligned within each penciled form. He says it’s OCD. I say it’s skill and …
I’m working on a new series of posts about Alberto Giacometti’s drawings and paintings. Giacometti is the guy who made the big tall skinny guy sculptures. They look like this: For my post, I searched for Giacometti’s early works and found artworks from 1910. Alberto was born in 1901, so in 1910, he would have …
The content below is from the Seattle Artist League’s Official Artist-Not-In-Residence, Patty Haller. We are pits deep in a series called “Stuff that Patty Likes.” Patty’s Ponderous Post “The paintings I’m showing in January 2017 at Smith and Vallee Gallery are my explorations of pattern, color and how to handle the complex data of forest …
From Wikipedia: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川 広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤 広重; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō; …
30SAL Challenge Prizes: 1 of 3
My apologies for the silence this last week. We’ve been putting our new Spring schedule online, and finalizing the summer teen camp schedule. Spring classes and workshops for adults and teens are now open for registration. Summer Teen Camps will be posted February 15th. Whew!
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Throughout the month of January, artists posted over 1,270 daily artworks with #30sal on Instagram. That was an astonishing response of enthusiastic arting! We’ll do it again. For our next creative challenge series, does anybody have an idea for a new hashtag that’s simple, easy to type, and not as clunky as 30sal?
Farthest Artist:
“I’m a friend of Cassandra Conner, and she invited me to participate. I’m about 9000 miles away in Bali. I didn’t know about this until near the end, so I will be catching up and making more posts as I finish. I don’t know if it’s physically possible to get further away than I am!” – Jennifer Econopouly
I just looked up the weather in Bali. It is currently 85 degrees and raining.
Winners and Prizes
I promised you winners and prizes, and here they are!
30 out of 30 Creative Challenges!
The following dedicated artists completed all 30 challenges:
Wendy Lumsdaine @wsl_creates
Jessica Ray @elysian_fields_forever
Madeline Mimi Torchia Boothby @mmimitb
Marguerite (sister of Madeline Mimi Torchia Boothby) @crewmar
Karl Dyer @karldyerart
Laura McIntyre
“This Challenge gets me into the studio every day.”
– Delores Haugland
Eileen Sliwinski
For the accomplishment of 30 out of 30 creative challenges complete, you will receive 1 free year at the League as a “League of Artists” member. This membership gets you:
If you are already a member at the League, then we’ll also get you some tea and chocolate to enjoy while you’re making art in your art classes. Just let us know what kind of treats you most enjoy.
Next V. Note:
Best of 30SAL, & Best Buds
There were some great art buddies who kept each other going all month, and some people’s project posts totally blew us away. I’ve saved some of our favorites to share with you. More prizes tomorrow!
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Chris Crites
On a computer screen, the detailed cells of color in Chris Crites’ paintings look digital-perfect. In person, I’m compelled to creep closer, closer, until my breath fogs up the glass. It’s then that I can see the thousands of tiny brush strokes neatly aligned within each penciled form. He says it’s OCD. I say it’s skill and …
Alberto Giacometti’s drawings, age 9
I’m working on a new series of posts about Alberto Giacometti’s drawings and paintings. Giacometti is the guy who made the big tall skinny guy sculptures. They look like this: For my post, I searched for Giacometti’s early works and found artworks from 1910. Alberto was born in 1901, so in 1910, he would have …
Stuff that Patty Likes; A Ponderous Post
The content below is from the Seattle Artist League’s Official Artist-Not-In-Residence, Patty Haller. We are pits deep in a series called “Stuff that Patty Likes.” Patty’s Ponderous Post “The paintings I’m showing in January 2017 at Smith and Vallee Gallery are my explorations of pattern, color and how to handle the complex data of forest …
Hiroshige’s Rainy Moments
From Wikipedia: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川 広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤 広重; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his landscapes, such as the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō; …