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!
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Congratulations! You are halfway through our 30 day creative challenge! How are you doing with the various approaches? Do you have favorites? Hopefully you’ve logged into Instagram or to the Padlets to “like” people’s artistic responses. Awards and prizes will be posted today. Here are links to all the Padlet pages so far: Day 1: …
Lendy and I met this evening and painted little studies in preparation for the upcoming workshop Paint like Alice Neel. We had League model/instructor Mark MacKenzie dress up in a suit and tie, and sat him in my new (old) green chair. It’s shabby and low to the ground, so he looked angular and awkward, …
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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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