(Itcho Hanabusa, Blind monks examining an elephant, 1888)
Sundays are observational drawing day in our 30 day creative challenge. We’re almost done with the month!
David Lagesse
Seeing things from various points of view is a great way to feed yourself ideas, challenge what you think you know, and surprise yourself with something new. Think of the Indian story about the six blind monks who described an elephant by saying it is a wall, a spear, a snake, a tree, a fan, and a rope. How are we to know about an object when we only see it from one point of view? We know that changing our view enriches our understanding as well as our creativity, and yet when we go to draw, we still tend to gravitate to the norms:
Today, sketch the same object or scene from five different points of view. Find the most unusual views you can.
Andy Warhol, Five Views of an Onion
Post it
Post your work to 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: 5 Views
Sundays are observational drawing day in our 30 day creative challenge. We’re almost done with the month!
Seeing things from various points of view is a great way to feed yourself ideas, challenge what you think you know, and surprise yourself with something new. Think of the Indian story about the six blind monks who described an elephant by saying it is a wall, a spear, a snake, a tree, a fan, and a rope. How are we to know about an object when we only see it from one point of view? We know that changing our view enriches our understanding as well as our creativity, and yet when we go to draw, we still tend to gravitate to the norms:
Today, sketch the same object or scene from five different points of view. Find the most unusual views you can.
Post it
Post your work to 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
#sketchbook #instaart #drawthisinyourstyle #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #inkdrawing #drawingsketch #artoftheday #myart
#pencildrawing #drawthisinyourstylechallenge #creativity
#creativechallenge #pointofview #stilllife
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