Artist Piotr Szyhalski’s COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports are a daily series of poster designs inspired by news events; the first posted on March 24, 2020. This prolific series can be seen on Instagram, and is soon to be published as a book (see Kickstarter video below). These “vintage” protest and propaganda poster designs are lush, striking, and painfully relevant. I’m impressed Szyhalski has such strong design ideas day after day, but unfortunately if it’s the news that inspires him, he’s not running short on material. See more of his work on Instagram.
COVID-19 : Labor Camp Report : July 21, 2020 “I heard mothers singing lullabies on the street in Portland. They were there to protect our restless bodies and souls from the violence perpetrated by the criminal Regime. It seems as though even the most silent of moments now are filled with deep, ongoing state of unrest. How are you sleeping?”
July 27-31, 9:30 – 11:30am For ages 13-17 Teacher: Nikki Barber
Learn to create multi-color posters, using your own hand cut designs. In this course, students will learn how to employ line, form, and color with stenciling techniques to generate unique and bold posters, using non toxic paint and a brush. After completion, students will have original, art prints they can hang on their walls, give to friends, or put in their window. ALL LEVELS. PREREQUISITES: none
[image_with_animation image_url=”9524″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] This is the sixth and last part of a multi day series, sharing work by my beginning figure drawing classes. Many of these students have never taken a drawing class before, nearly all of them are new to figure drawing. Rather than learning one style, we study a different …
Recently I posted about Edward Hopper’s influences in painting and printmaking. This is part three of four (I think). Today is all about Hopper’s process. There is some of my own actual near-thinking and observation, plus a lot of internet research went into this, but I had trouble finding much for details that went beyond …
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket James Abbot McNeill Whistler c. 1875 I’ve long admired Whistler’s Nocturnes for their spare elegance, and subtle nods to Hiroshige’s woodblock prints. What I didn’t know is that it bankrupted poor Whistler, and was the subject of lawsuit controversy as unfortunate as modern daytime television. All that, and it was …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8601″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Qi Baishi (1864–1957) was one of the most beloved contemporary Chinese watercolor painters. His original name is Huang but he went by Baishi (“white stone”) as a pseudonym. Some of Qi’s major influences include the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei (徐渭) and the early Qing dynasty painter Zhu Da (朱耷). His favorite …
COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports
Artist Piotr Szyhalski’s COVID-19: Labor Camp Reports are a daily series of poster designs inspired by news events; the first posted on March 24, 2020. This prolific series can be seen on Instagram, and is soon to be published as a book (see Kickstarter video below). These “vintage” protest and propaganda poster designs are lush, striking, and painfully relevant. I’m impressed Szyhalski has such strong design ideas day after day, but unfortunately if it’s the news that inspires him, he’s not running short on material. See more of his work on Instagram.
COVID-19 : Labor Camp Report : July 21, 2020
COVID-19 : Labor Camp Report : July 21, 2020 “I heard mothers singing lullabies on the street in Portland. They were there to protect our restless bodies and souls from the violence perpetrated by the criminal Regime. It seems as though even the most silent of moments now are filled with deep, ongoing state of unrest. How are you sleeping?”
At the League next week:
Poster Making Teen Camp
July 27-31, 9:30 – 11:30am
For ages 13-17
Teacher: Nikki Barber
Learn to create multi-color posters, using your own hand cut designs. In this course, students will learn how to employ line, form, and color with stenciling techniques to generate unique and bold posters, using non toxic paint and a brush. After completion, students will have original, art prints they can hang on their walls, give to friends, or put in their window. ALL LEVELS. PREREQUISITES: none
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