Today is the 3rd straight day of record heat in Seattle, up to 108 degrees.
It got me wondering what it would look like to draw “hot.” What does “hot” look like? How do you draw heat? Here are some fun digital ideas from young artists for how they might draw heat, from Draw Something. Limp lines and downward “n” shapes, with strong yellow, orange, and red shapes utilized below.
The Reith Lectures, Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013 Episode 1 of 4 Listen in pop-out player In the first of four lectures with the BBC, recorded in front of an audience at Tate Modern in London, the artist Grayson Perry reflects on the idea of quality and examines who and what defines what we …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! See those little horns at the top of Moses’ head? It’s a bit of a misunderstanding. In the old Latin Vulgate Bible, they used the term “cornuta facies” which can be translated either as “horned face” or “radiant face” to describe how Moses’ looked after he chatted with …
I’m not really sure how I landed on these, but here they are: “Indian Composite Animal Paintings” from about 1750-1850. I don’t know much about them other than that they’re Hindu. I read that they’re about inter-relatedness of all beings. I’m not sure about the spiritual message, but it looks like people had fun making them. Occasionally I …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10026″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Frida Kahlo, 1952 Portraits of Artist’s Fathers It’s father’s day, so I’ve collected some drawings and paintings of artist’s fathers. Evidently fathers often read the paper, and sit in chairs. Note: The names listed with the artworks are the artist’s names, not the father’s. SAL Challenge Create a portrait …
How to Draw Heat
Today is the 3rd straight day of record heat in Seattle, up to 108 degrees.
It got me wondering what it would look like to draw “hot.” What does “hot” look like? How do you draw heat? Here are some fun digital ideas from young artists for how they might draw heat, from Draw Something. Limp lines and downward “n” shapes, with strong yellow, orange, and red shapes utilized below.
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