(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:
[image_with_animation image_url=”9378″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Preparing for my mini workshop “Paint like Cezanne,” I ran across this work by Joel Meyerowitz, a photographer who documented still life objects of famous painters, particularly Cezanne and Morandi. Meyerowitz’ photographs are handsome recordings of plain yet interesting objects. Unlike the painters who assemble compositions, Meyerowitz framed each …
Steamroller Printmaking Party Saturday Aug 24, 10:00-4:00 We have a great banjo player, a food truck serving falafel, and a 2.6 ton steamroller. We’re closing down 103rd Street for a printmaking block party! Come cheer as League printmakers make giant prints with a steamroller. Possibly the most funnest thing ever! Kids will get to make …
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
After the election I experienced a reality shift. It was something I found neither productive nor pleasant, but it happened. I’m not sure if it affected my pictures, or if it would have affected them if I was painting them, but I wasn’t. What it did effect was how I viewed the the school. While a …
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
Padlet
Please post your work to Padlet so that we can admire your work, and award you nifty prizes. I’ll be sending out more favorites this weekend!
PADLET JAN 23-30
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