Do you have advice, an idea, or info that you would tell an art buddy? Let us know! Your idea could help fuel someone else’s creativity!
For example:
Did you know there is an app where people post photographs of themselves so other people can practice drawing/painting portraits? It’s a free app with real people, and copyright free selfies. If you want some portrait inspirations, and you happen to have an iPhone or iPad, check out this app! It’s called Sktchy.
Ok, so what’s your idea to share? Post it below on this blog page (if you are reading this on the website) or email it in. Your contribution might be posted in a future V. Note!
Read Claes Oldenburg’s Manifesto below. At the top of your paper write “I am for…” Choose something within his list, and draw/paint/collage/photograph it. Having trouble choosing something? Close your eyes, loudly say “I am for the art!” and point. Take a picture of your drawing and post it to our Facebook page. Tag: #salchallenge The January Creative Challenge: 15 …
You may recognize Morandi for his dusty still life bottles, carefully and quietly clustered in the center of the canvas. Recently, I’ve been revisiting his lesser-known but more personally inspiring collection of landscapes. In classes, we’ve been talking about simplifying a composition into shapes, and applying those shapes to pull you through the composition with …
Today is the darkest day of the year, made extra dark this year by the pandemic. The good news is that from this day on, the days get brighter. I’ll hold my breath on the other. Today’s post has a collection of low light and nocturne paintings by Sangram Majumdar, one of my favorite painters. …
Thursdays are vocabulary day in our 30 day challenge. Our inspiration is actually two words: smatchet / menge, both from A.Word.A.Day with the incredible wordsmith Anu Garg. smatchet PRONUNCIATION: (SMACH-uht) MEANING: noun: An insignificant contemptible person.ETYMOLOGY: Of Scottish origin. Earliest documented use: 1582.USAGE: “Again he wondered how Mieka could be such an infuriating, impossible little …
Did you know…?
Do you have advice, an idea, or info that you would tell an art buddy? Let us know! Your idea could help fuel someone else’s creativity!
For example:
Did you know there is an app where people post photographs of themselves so other people can practice drawing/painting portraits? It’s a free app with real people, and copyright free selfies. If you want some portrait inspirations, and you happen to have an iPhone or iPad, check out this app! It’s called Sktchy.
Ok, so what’s your idea to share? Post it below on this blog page (if you are reading this on the website) or email it in. Your contribution might be posted in a future V. Note!
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