I’ve made you wait long enough. One artist’s posts knocked my fluffy socks off this month. This artist showed an impressive amount of dedication and creative talent.
Big League Membership
The big prize for the 30SAL Challenge is Big League: a $150 Big League Membership to the League. Big League Memberships come with some big benefits:
Eligible to enter Seattle Artist League shows
Personal membership card
Discounts at participating art stores
Advance notice of upcoming classes and workshops
Seattle Artist League Magnet
Seattle Artist League Apron
10% off all classes and workshops
Big League Winner: Karl Dyer
Karl Dyer is a young artist who started at the Seattle Artist League with a figure drawing teen camp, and has been taking classes at the League consistently since, to fill the last year. His artwork has been deftly improving in technical skill and creativity. His work is sensitive and responsive to his environment, the sketches are keenly observant, and his marks are thoughtful and bold. His posts this month were impressive and fun. Check out his creative challenge responses with his comments below.
“Guitar Solo” -Day 29 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal challenge! Today’s challenge was to use a musical instrument to make art. I dipped my fingers in various pigments and played my guitar with a piece of paper between the strings and the frets. “Spare Parts” -Day 24 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge is not necessarily a drawing. It is to make art using non-art materials. I got out some spare parts and started arranging them! “Emperor Trump’s Hat” -Day 19 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge was to design a hat for someone famous, someone you know, or a fictional character.
“Make America GRATE again” -Day 11 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge was to make a tonal drawing using Frottage, or rubbing, to generate a texture, layering the texture to create tone. My texture comes from the household grater, from which I derived my subject. Who could be more grating than Mr Trump?“Yorm’s Truckstop” -Day 20 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge was to draw a memory, and this is an image from a dream that I had around age eight. The dream was a long and complicated one, but one moment that stood out was when while at this truck stop, an entire row of seemingly empty semis simultaneously started to life, and tried to run me down- I barely escaped with my life! And yes, Yorm’s was definitely the name of the truckstop.
“Lil Robot” -Day 10 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge built on yesterday’s foot theme, the idea being to draw a monopod creature. I didn’t realize the challenge was to attach a HUMANOID body to that foot, lol. So I give you lil robot. Also today’s design challenge was to make it dynamic. Well, what’s more dynamic than an animation?? “It’s the law” -Day 22 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January. Today’s challenge was to draw someone in this very specific stylized mid century cartoon/advertising illustration style. Here’s a fictional 1957 ad for Siller’s shaving cream, featuring the Siller’s Bobby, their stereotypical mascot.
“Doors” -Day 21 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge was to create a doorzien scene, a scene featuring a view from one room into another.
Welcome to day 4 of our 30 Day Creative Challenge! This is a composition day in our 30 Day Challenge. Here’s an exercise that improves your compositions, without you even thinking about composition. It worked for Diebenkorn! The primary challenge is to respond to the creative prompts in these posts, and see what happens. The …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! A while back I was Looking Closely at JS Sargent’s Portrait of Henry James. In the post I guessed at Sargent’s palette, his brushes, and a bit about his process. After I wrote that post I continued thinking about his process, did more research and more thinking, and …
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was an American seascape and landscape painter. Homer worked primarily in oil and watercolor paints, creating a prolific body of work that chronicled his working vacations. During the cold winter of 1884-5, Homer traveled to Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. He painted a series of watercolors as part of a commission for Century Magazine. The fresh …
30SAL Challenge: The Big Win!
I’ve made you wait long enough. One artist’s posts knocked my fluffy socks off this month. This artist showed an impressive amount of dedication and creative talent.
Big League Membership
The big prize for the 30SAL Challenge is Big League: a $150 Big League Membership to the League. Big League Memberships come with some big benefits:
Big League Winner: Karl Dyer
Karl Dyer is a young artist who started at the Seattle Artist League with a figure drawing teen camp, and has been taking classes at the League consistently since, to fill the last year. His artwork has been deftly improving in technical skill and creativity. His work is sensitive and responsive to his environment, the sketches are keenly observant, and his marks are thoughtful and bold. His posts this month were impressive and fun. Check out his creative challenge responses with his comments below.
“Spare Parts” -Day 24 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge is not necessarily a drawing. It is to make art using non-art materials. I got out some spare parts and started arranging them!
“Emperor Trump’s Hat” -Day 19 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge was to design a hat for someone famous, someone you know, or a fictional character.
“Make America GRATE again” -Day 11 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge was to make a tonal drawing using Frottage, or rubbing, to generate a texture, layering the texture to create tone. My texture comes from the household grater, from which I derived my subject. Who could be more grating than Mr Trump?
“Lil Robot” -Day 10 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal challenge for the month of January! Today’s challenge built on yesterday’s foot theme, the idea being to draw a monopod creature. I didn’t realize the challenge was to attach a HUMANOID body to that foot, lol. So I give you lil robot. Also today’s design challenge was to make it dynamic. Well, what’s more dynamic than an animation??
“It’s the law” -Day 22 of #seattleartistleague ‘s #30sal drawing-a-day challenge for the month of January. Today’s challenge was to draw someone in this very specific stylized mid century cartoon/advertising illustration style. Here’s a fictional 1957 ad for Siller’s shaving cream, featuring the Siller’s Bobby, their stereotypical mascot.
Well done Karl. So glad you are part of the League! You have my enthusiastic support for any artistic endeavor you choose to take on.
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