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.
This was the last week of our month long challenge. It was very difficult to narrow it down! Below are some of our favorites.
Sequence Progression
Karl Dyer
Esme Nelson
Colleen Tuell
Tress Connolly “Learning to Juggle in my Backyard”
Two Handed Drawing
S Enriquez
Gil Mendez, “Inadvertantly: Most Wanted”
5 Views
Karl DyerLari Tiller Howell “Hummingbird Skull”
S. Enriquez
Mimi Boothby
Tegan Wyman
E. Zackey
Those are some of our favorites from Week 4 of our 30SAL Challenge. More to come! Prizes will be awarded from the best of the best after we finish posting these faves.
To see all of 30 of our January challenge posts, search our V. Notes blog for “30SAL Challenge“.
Before I start talking about this painting, before I analyze it all over the up and down, telling you this thing and that thing about the colors and shapes, take a long moment to enjoy and experience this painting above by Susan Lichtman. I’m about to talk about it in a way that will prevent …
My silence these past few days has not been intentional. I lost my mojo. Art classes are on break, human contact is absent, the news that I thought was bad, got worse. I was at a loss for what to send you. Black artists. Black artists. More black artists. The last time there was racial …
JANET FISH Born 1938 Janet Fish is known for her large, bold, still life paintings and drawings that study how light bounces through and off various surfaces. Among her favorite subjects are produce incased in plastic wrap, clear glassware and liquids. Other subjects include teacups, flower bouquets, textiles with interesting patterns, goldfish, vegetables, and mirrored …
From my previous post: Daily painters are artists who start and finish a painting every day-ish. Sometimes they slow down a bit, or take holidays and sabbaticals, but the basic idea is they do small quick studies frequently. (…) Daily practice makes you more decisive, and improves your artwork fast. Notable daily painters are Duane Keiser, Julian Merrow-Smith, and Carol …
30SAL Faves: Week 4, 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
This was the last week of our month long challenge. It was very difficult to narrow it down! Below are some of our favorites.
Sequence Progression
Two Handed Drawing
5 Views
Those are some of our favorites from Week 4 of our 30SAL Challenge. More to come! Prizes will be awarded from the best of the best after we finish posting these faves.
To see all of 30 of our January challenge posts, search our V. Notes blog for “30SAL Challenge“.
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