We are one week into our 30 Day Challenge for January. We’ve had a lot of fun looking at all the posts! Some were technically impressive, others highly creative, and some made us laugh. Here are a few of our favorites so far.
Day 1: Before & After
Self portrait on Jan 1 2020, vs Jan 1 2021
This endearing and relatable buttery submission was created by Jonah Connolly-Cruz. You’ll see more of Jonah’s creations in a bit.
Jonah Connolly-Cruz
Day 2: Panels
Assemble panels to form a larger composition
These two mountainscapes were assembled by Karen Bell. Karen got more than one choice fave in this week too!
Karen BellLucia Fox
Day 3: Submerge
Show something partially submerged by water
Marisa Vitiello
Kathy Paul
There were some clever and beautiful creations for this, but Jonah Connolly-Cruz got us with their unique style. The text gave us the giggles.
Jonah Connolly-Cruz(detail)
Day 4: Pathways
This challenge produced the best artworks by far, and there were a lot of them. I’ll be sharing these in a separate post.
Day 5: Dream
Recreate a dream
This challenge received a lot of great responses, too!
Lyall WallerstedtDelores HauglandMarisa Vitiello “I keep dreaming of crowded spaces where no one is wearing a mask.”Shelley WeissGil Mendez “Squirrel!”mefreeart “Then the CatDragon came closer. Natural found objects”Megan Carroll “Love the randomness of dreams that start to overlap with one another.”
Day 6: Pringles
What does the Pringles man look like?
This challenge had so many creative and funny submissions, I’m going to put them in their own post, but first, I did want to share this fantastic gravity defying Pringle’s Ringle, from Eileen Sliwinski. Wow!
Want to learn how to make a Pringles Ringle? Click here.
Day 7: Argus-eyed
Argus-eyed – Vigilant. From Greek mythology: Argus. A watchman with many eyes
Emma Nadolny – Emma, can I get this as a wallpaper for my bathroom?Colleen TuellLuziGuillermo
There were many more contributions that we enjoyed, it was hard to narrow them down. We’ll share more!
Prizes will be awarded at the end of the month.
It’s not too late
Want to participate in our 30 Day Challenge? It’s not too late to jump in! Subscribe to V. Notes and watch your inbox. The next challenge will appear at 7:00am PST. You can also find previous challenges on our website. We can’t wait to see what you make next!
MoMA Curator Sarah Suzuki on How Dieter Roth Invented the Artist’s Book By Andrew M. Goldstein JUNE 20, 2013 Dieter Roth in his studio Today the artist’s book—a medium combining image and text in a book-like package but meant to be engaged with as art rather than read—is a widely known and wildly popular format, …
In early 1918 John Singer Sargent was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war. Sargent originally thought he’d paint about the gallantry of soldiers, but after visiting the Western Front and seeing a field hospital full of soldiers who had been exposed to mustard gas, he changed his plans. The high society painter who …
You may have heard about Japonisme – the influence Japanese art had on Western art in the 19th century, after Japanese ports reopened in 1854, having been closed to the West for over 200 years. I posted about 8 Great Artists Inspired by Japanese Art a while back. Artists like Van Gogh, Degas, and Toulouse Lautrec …
Welcome to the 30SAL Creative Challenge! Broaden your creative skills Every day this January we’ll post a creative challenge to our V. Notes blog. Subscribers will receive these posts in their inbox. Designed to foster a wide variety of creative skills, our challenges are not restricted to any style or genre, and medium is artist’s …
30SAL Faves from week 1
We are one week into our 30 Day Challenge for January. We’ve had a lot of fun looking at all the posts! Some were technically impressive, others highly creative, and some made us laugh. Here are a few of our favorites so far.
Day 1: Before & After
Self portrait on Jan 1 2020, vs Jan 1 2021
This endearing and relatable buttery submission was created by Jonah Connolly-Cruz. You’ll see more of Jonah’s creations in a bit.
Day 2: Panels
Assemble panels to form a larger composition
These two mountainscapes were assembled by Karen Bell.
Karen got more than one choice fave in this week too!
Day 3: Submerge
Show something partially submerged by water
There were some clever and beautiful creations for this, but Jonah Connolly-Cruz got us with their unique style. The text gave us the giggles.
Day 4: Pathways
This challenge produced the best artworks by far, and there were a lot of them. I’ll be sharing these in a separate post.
Day 5: Dream
Recreate a dream
This challenge received a lot of great responses, too!
Day 6: Pringles
What does the Pringles man look like?
This challenge had so many creative and funny submissions, I’m going to put them in their own post, but first, I did want to share this fantastic gravity defying Pringle’s Ringle, from Eileen Sliwinski. Wow!
Day 7: Argus-eyed
Argus-eyed – Vigilant.
From Greek mythology: Argus. A watchman with many eyes
There were many more contributions that we enjoyed, it was hard to narrow them down. We’ll share more!
Prizes will be awarded at the end of the month.
It’s not too late
Want to participate in our 30 Day Challenge? It’s not too late to jump in! Subscribe to V. Notes and watch your inbox. The next challenge will appear at 7:00am PST. You can also find previous challenges on our website. We can’t wait to see what you make next!
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