We started the 30 day challenge with a self portrait, and we ended by drawing the place where you make art. Some people have a dedicated studio, some have a little corner, some find a way to make it work with the world swirling all around them. – Drawing of his studio by Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020
We start in one week
Starting January 1, 2021 I’m going to start posting the League’s daily series of 30 creative challenges. All artists everywhere are invited to join in the creativity challenge! The challenges will get posted here, to V. Notes. Last January, artists posted over 1,270 artworks with #30sal on Instagram. That was an astonishing amount of enthusiastic arting. Let’s see how many artworks we can make and post this year! Today, start thinking about how many of the 30 challenges you intend to do. Two a week? All 30? And think of who you’d like to invite to join you. I’m going to ask you to post and tag your pledge on social media in a few days, so think about what your creative goals are for January 1-30, and who else might enjoy doing them with you.
Tag for us? Tell us!
Speaking of tags, does anybody have an idea for a new hashtag for this 30 day creative challenge that’s easy to remember, easy to type, and not already taken on instagram? Send us your suggestions!
Last year’s faves
Below are some of last year’s posts. Looking at them now, they are time capsules; postcards from the pre-quarantine world.
Laundry pile by Jessica Ray @elysian_fields_foreverMarcia Della Pace (I can’t remember what challenge for this one was!)@crewmar“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. – Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020 “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! – Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020 “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.- Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020 “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? – Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020
What will we make in 2021?
How many of the 30 challenges would you like to do? Two a week? Five a week? All 30? And who might like to receive an invitation to join you? I’m going to ask you to post and tag your creative January pledge on social media in a few days, so think about what your creative goals are for January 1-30 and who do you know that would like to join you.
Madelaine Mimi Torchia Boothby’s “mutatis mutandis” prompt turned into “mutande” which is Italian for underpants, and was a fave of mine
Day 13: Op Art Create a piece of Op Art, inspired by Bridget Riley. This challenge was dizzying! Here are a few from the dozens that were submitted. These really caught my eye.
[image_with_animation image_url=”11473″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] The past few V. Notes have been about drypoints, and I hope you’re not sick of hearing about drypoints, because I still have more to say. Today: Drypoints! I continued to do little experiments with Nikki Barber, and this evening (yesterday by the time you read this) I …
Claire Sherman is an American painter currently living and working in New York City. I first learned about her work in a recent Landscapes class with Fran O’Neill. I admired the use of color and form as each brush stroke popped and slid me around the composition. She is a direct painter who, like Sargent, …
Gerhard Richter is a German painter, a rare genre splitter whose squeegee abstracts are just as respected and challenging as his photorealistic works. These candle paintings are oil on canvas, about 30 to 55 inches wide, painted in the 1980s.
SAL Challenge starts in one week! Remember these?
We start in one week
Starting January 1, 2021 I’m going to start posting the League’s daily series of 30 creative challenges. All artists everywhere are invited to join in the creativity challenge! The challenges will get posted here, to V. Notes. Last January, artists posted over 1,270 artworks with #30sal on Instagram. That was an astonishing amount of enthusiastic arting. Let’s see how many artworks we can make and post this year! Today, start thinking about how many of the 30 challenges you intend to do. Two a week? All 30? And think of who you’d like to invite to join you. I’m going to ask you to post and tag your pledge on social media in a few days, so think about what your creative goals are for January 1-30, and who else might enjoy doing them with you.
Tag for us? Tell us!
Speaking of tags, does anybody have an idea for a new hashtag for this 30 day creative challenge that’s easy to remember, easy to type, and not already taken on instagram? Send us your suggestions!
Last year’s faves
Below are some of last year’s posts. Looking at them now, they are time capsules; postcards from the pre-quarantine world.
“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! – Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020
“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.- Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020
“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? – Karl Dyer, #30Sal challenge winner 2020
What will we make in 2021?
How many of the 30 challenges would you like to do? Two a week? Five a week? All 30? And who might like to receive an invitation to join you? I’m going to ask you to post and tag your creative January pledge on social media in a few days, so think about what your creative goals are for January 1-30 and who do you know that would like to join you.
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Day 13: Op Art Create a piece of Op Art, inspired by Bridget Riley. This challenge was dizzying! Here are a few from the dozens that were submitted. These really caught my eye.
My first drypoints!
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Claire Sherman is an American painter currently living and working in New York City. I first learned about her work in a recent Landscapes class with Fran O’Neill. I admired the use of color and form as each brush stroke popped and slid me around the composition. She is a direct painter who, like Sargent, …
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