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???
Ask nearly any artist “what is the most important thing to have with you at all times?” They’ll say a sketchbook. It’s a place for ideas, notes, and practice. It’s also a place where we can explore and try new things without pressure. A sketchbook page doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, it’s just a …
If you listen to NPR, you may have heard yesterday’s story on “Why Certain Poor Shepherds In Nativity Scenes Have Huge, Misshapen Throats.” According to retired surgeon Renzo Dionigi of the University of Insubria in Varese, Italy (NPR), goiters have been a sign of poverty and geographic location. The purpose of including goiters in paintings may have …
Once upon a time, Western figurative artworks didn’t express much movement. …and then someone bent their knee, shifted their weight, and the (boom-pow) interplay of weight and balance in Western art began. Over time, artists began to relax and exaggerate the pose, and we had figures like this: It wasn’t a straight line from standing …
Original post: Justseeds Judging Books by Their Covers is Josh MacPhee’s ongoing series of writings and image collections of book covers. Although sometimes they feel marginal today, books have been a primary form of information and cultural exchange for almost 400 years. Book covers are often a person’s first contact with the ideas inside, and …
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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