Yesterday I said our farthest artist in the 30SAL Challenge might be Jennifer Econopouly in Bali. Then I received this note from Rachel Stockley: “I think you’ll find New Zealand at 11,613 trumps Bali for distance participation!”
Seattle to BaliSeattle to New Zealand
According to Google, it is 8,134 miles to Bali and 7,216 miles to New Zealand, so Jennifer is still the winner. I looked up the weather in New Zealand, and apparently while it is raining in Seattle and Bali, it is sunny in New Zealand. Sorry you didn’t win the farthest artist award, but you can still enjoy the sunny wop wops, Rachel.
It’s all sunshine in the wop wops of New Zealand
Best Art Buds
A lot of you hooked up with an art buddy to do the challenge. One of the sweetest art buddy tails was Mimi and her sister Marguerite. They each completed all 30 challenges, which Mimi reported was a pretty big deal. The two sisters also supplied us with a month long parade of cats.
This last illustration of smoking cats by @crewmar is a favorite of mine
30 Day Achiever
Add to the list of 30 out of 30 winners: Eileen Sliwinski. Eileen, you have earned yourself a League membership, and half a bag of slightly used kitty litter!
[image_with_animation image_url=”7922″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Vincent Bal Place an object that makes an interesting shadow, and use the shadow as the beginning of a doodle. Share your work to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge). See more of Bal’s shadow doodles here. The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days – BONUS …
This image gave me pause, each figure in their own separated space. I used to see it as introverted and introspective. Now I see it as enforced loneliness and confinement. Call for Art: 6′ of Space Looking for artwork related to your experience in this quarantine. Open to any media (photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9734″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I was sitting here, as one does, thinking “you know, I don’t actually remember what my own fingerprints look like. They’re right here in front of me, every day, and I couldn’t identify my own darned fingertip in a line-up. Today, study and draw your fingerprint. To make your …
30SAL Challenge: 8,134 miles and 21 cats
Yesterday I said our farthest artist in the 30SAL Challenge might be Jennifer Econopouly in Bali. Then I received this note from Rachel Stockley: “I think you’ll find New Zealand at 11,613 trumps Bali for distance participation!”
According to Google, it is 8,134 miles to Bali and 7,216 miles to New Zealand, so Jennifer is still the winner. I looked up the weather in New Zealand, and apparently while it is raining in Seattle and Bali, it is sunny in New Zealand. Sorry you didn’t win the farthest artist award, but you can still enjoy the sunny wop wops, Rachel.
Best Art Buds
A lot of you hooked up with an art buddy to do the challenge. One of the sweetest art buddy tails was Mimi and her sister Marguerite. They each completed all 30 challenges, which Mimi reported was a pretty big deal. The two sisters also supplied us with a month long parade of cats.
30 Day Achiever
Add to the list of 30 out of 30 winners: Eileen Sliwinski. Eileen, you have earned yourself a League membership, and half a bag of slightly used kitty litter!
Tomorrow: 57 Cats and 1 Dog
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[image_with_animation image_url=”7922″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Vincent Bal Place an object that makes an interesting shadow, and use the shadow as the beginning of a doodle. Share your work to this post on our Facebook page. (#salchallenge). See more of Bal’s shadow doodles here. The January Creative Challenge: 15 minutes, once a day, for 30 days – BONUS …
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This image gave me pause, each figure in their own separated space. I used to see it as introverted and introspective. Now I see it as enforced loneliness and confinement. Call for Art: 6′ of Space Looking for artwork related to your experience in this quarantine. Open to any media (photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, …
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Artist’s website: http://www.jeffreysimmonsstudio.com
SAL Challenge: Fingerprint
[image_with_animation image_url=”9734″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I was sitting here, as one does, thinking “you know, I don’t actually remember what my own fingerprints look like. They’re right here in front of me, every day, and I couldn’t identify my own darned fingertip in a line-up. Today, study and draw your fingerprint. To make your …