People posted hundreds of drawings for our 30 day January challenge, in which artists are invited to respond to a daily prompt posted on our V. Notes blog. Unlike other drawing challenges, these prompts are wildly varied, open to non-typical materials around us, and are designed to feed a broad spectrum of creative skills at all levels of art making.
Those who hadn’t fallen off the wagon really seemed to hit a stride on week 3. It was very difficult to narrow it down! Below are a few of our favorites.
Interview an Object
The challenge for this day was to find out what a common object had to say about itself or its life.
Scott BarrettGil MendezG MuslandVanessaTegan WymanAlexia CameronE. ZackeyLucia FoxS. Enriquez
Ears
The next two challenges were to draw your ears – once from feel, and then the next day from observation. An additional challenge was to use the drawing to make a monotype. We got a lot of ears!
Delores HauglandE Zackey
Karen Bell
Eileen S
S Enriquez
Gil Mendez
Jess Ray
Jonah Connolly Cruz
Leila Dawn
Karl Dyer
Martha Campo
Lyall Wallerstedt
Lyall Wallerstedt
Mary Jo Maute
Mimi Boothby
Scott Barrett
Shelley Weiss
S Enriquez
Tress Connolly
Gill Mendez
Martin Luther King Day
Follow the rhythm of the words, pauses and phrases in Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and find marks and shapes that look like the speech sounds. We received a lot of very creative responses to this, but one in particular stood out: this paper sculpture by Colleen Tuell. Gorgeous and concise work.
Colleen Tuell
Those are some of our favorites from Week 3 of our 30SAL Challenge. It was really hard to narrow it down! Prizes will be awarded from the best of the best after we post week 4.
To see all of 30 of our January challenge posts, search our V. Notes blog for “30SAL Challenge“.
Posted tomorrow: Smatchet/Menge, Finish the Feet, and Scientists discovered a …what???
Take a bit of string and drop it on the floor until you like the shape it makes. Decide which way is up, and crop the composition so the string intersects with the edge of your drawing on 3 sides. Draw the spaces around the string (the negative space). Feel free to use an eraser …
Dear Ruthie, Uh, there will be vulgar language and sexxxy images in WTF Resist! I mean, even more vulgar language than usual from me. It’s all in the name of art! But I thought you should know. Let me know if you have guidelines beyond what common sensitivity dictates. Thanks, Suzanne Dear Suzanne, Ok I’ll …
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Have you ever gone shopping for easels and found the options of fall-apart folding easels vs. expensive hardwood calliopes, and thought “what the heck do artists buy?” The answer might surprise you. Many painters don’t use easels at all. For my biggest paintings, two 4x4x16” pieces of wood service nicely. They lift a painting off …
30SAL Faves: Week 3, Part 1
People posted hundreds of drawings for our 30 day January challenge, in which artists are invited to respond to a daily prompt posted on our V. Notes blog. Unlike other drawing challenges, these prompts are wildly varied, open to non-typical materials around us, and are designed to feed a broad spectrum of creative skills at all levels of art making.
MONDAY: Design/Composition
TUESDAY: Memory/Imagination
WEDNESDAY: See & Respond
THURSDAY: Vocabulary
FRIDAY: Comics
SATURDAY: Experimental
SUNDAY: Observation
Those who hadn’t fallen off the wagon really seemed to hit a stride on week 3. It was very difficult to narrow it down! Below are a few of our favorites.
Interview an Object
The challenge for this day was to find out what a common object had to say about itself or its life.
Ears
The next two challenges were to draw your ears – once from feel, and then the next day from observation. An additional challenge was to use the drawing to make a monotype. We got a lot of ears!
Martin Luther King Day
Follow the rhythm of the words, pauses and phrases in Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and find marks and shapes that look like the speech sounds. We received a lot of very creative responses to this, but one in particular stood out: this paper sculpture by Colleen Tuell. Gorgeous and concise work.
Those are some of our favorites from Week 3 of our 30SAL Challenge. It was really hard to narrow it down! Prizes will be awarded from the best of the best after we post week 4.
To see all of 30 of our January challenge posts, search our V. Notes blog for “30SAL Challenge“.
Posted tomorrow: Smatchet/Menge, Finish the Feet, and Scientists discovered a …what???
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Dear Ruthie, Uh, there will be vulgar language and sexxxy images in WTF Resist! I mean, even more vulgar language than usual from me. It’s all in the name of art! But I thought you should know. Let me know if you have guidelines beyond what common sensitivity dictates. Thanks, Suzanne Dear Suzanne, Ok I’ll …
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