Welcome to the 9th day of our 30 Day Challenge. I’ve pretty much decided that the more serious the news is, the less serious these challenges are going to be. Saturdays are experimental days, so instead of reaching for our paints, we’re going to play with our food. Prepare to get silly in the kitchen.
Cy Twombly…. or ketchup?
Masterfork
Today, recreate a masterwork, or a famous work of art, using food. You can sculpt, slice, stack, squeeze, squish, plop, and dab. Remember you can paint with BBQ sauce, mustard, oil, vinegar, coffee, tea, or juice. Anything goes!
Over hundreds of years, fancy art supplies evolved to give us performance and specificity, but food and art supplies really aren’t that far apart. Did you know that some oil paints are made with oils similar to what is in the kitchen? Rembrandt, DaVinci and Van Gogh are just a few of the artists that have used walnut ink in their drawings, and people painted with wine as far back as the 11th century. Pigments have been made from food since the first Neanderthal sat on berries and ruined her white jeans. You can find natural pigments like beets, peach pits, and cabbage have been used to add color to cloth, artworks, and food itself, so it’s not so strange to paint with your food after all, is it?
Below, Hong Yi uses coffee to apply light/dark tones to a raw canvas, forming an image of a face.
Hong Yi, aka REDImage from Wine Folly‘Vinolisa’ a painting made from a variety of wine, by Sanja Jankovic
You know what to do
Set a timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes, continue if you wish, but 20 minutes is a win.
Post your masterwork inspiration and your foodie creation on Padlet 2 for January 5-10. PADLET(2): https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/fl2cnuio5g0ocsfp
Post your work on social media with the tags #30sal & #seattleartistleague. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these tags and add them to your post:
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30SAL Challenge: Masterfork
Welcome to the 9th day of our 30 Day Challenge. I’ve pretty much decided that the more serious the news is, the less serious these challenges are going to be. Saturdays are experimental days, so instead of reaching for our paints, we’re going to play with our food. Prepare to get silly in the kitchen.
Masterfork
Today, recreate a masterwork, or a famous work of art, using food. You can sculpt, slice, stack, squeeze, squish, plop, and dab. Remember you can paint with BBQ sauce, mustard, oil, vinegar, coffee, tea, or juice. Anything goes!
Over hundreds of years, fancy art supplies evolved to give us performance and specificity, but food and art supplies really aren’t that far apart. Did you know that some oil paints are made with oils similar to what is in the kitchen? Rembrandt, DaVinci and Van Gogh are just a few of the artists that have used walnut ink in their drawings, and people painted with wine as far back as the 11th century. Pigments have been made from food since the first Neanderthal sat on berries and ruined her white jeans. You can find natural pigments like beets, peach pits, and cabbage have been used to add color to cloth, artworks, and food itself, so it’s not so strange to paint with your food after all, is it?
Below, Hong Yi uses coffee to apply light/dark tones to a raw canvas, forming an image of a face.
You know what to do
Set a timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes, continue if you wish, but 20 minutes is a win.
Post your masterwork inspiration and your foodie creation on Padlet 2 for January 5-10.
PADLET(2): https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/fl2cnuio5g0ocsfp
Post your work on social media with the tags #30sal & #seattleartistleague. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these tags and add them to your post:
#30sal #seattleartistleague #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #illustration
#sketch #artchallenge #drawings #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram
#instaart #drawthisinyourstyle #artwork #drawingoftheday
#dailydrawing #artoftheday #myart #creativity
#creativechallenge #playwithyourfood #masterworkstudy #paintingwithfood #foodpainting #transcription
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