Sometimes I work on a painting for hours, only to look down and realize my palette is the most beautiful thing in the room. Artist’s Paint Palettes by Matthias Schaller Article and photo source: Kate Sierzputowski Palette of Marc Chagall Since 2007 photographer Matthias Schaller has photographed raw, abstract paintings. The paintings however are not found on …
Welcome to the first faves fresh from the henhouse of this year’s 30SAL Creative Challenge. On January 1, 2022 we asked you all to make a self portrait with an egg, and you did eggzactly as we requested. We found more than 8 dozen hard boiled, cracked, and a few scrambled, all served to Instagram …
In South India, kolam is a daily ritual that beautifies home thresholds with its mathematically based designs. During festivals like Pongal – a harvest festival that marks the end of the traditional farming season and the beginning of the harvest – kolam becomes more complex and colorful. In this post I share suggestions about how …
Only two more days in this 30 Day Creative Challenge! Today, let’s see what you’ve been working with. Show us your brain. Share your brain on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #brain Or post to this Padlet. – Recent Padlet links: Day 24: The Big SneezeDay 25: Cezanne’s FigureDay 26: Pentimento (see 24)Day 27: Infanta Margarita …
Jacket on a Chair
Here’s an idea for something to draw: throw your jacket on a chair. Now you have a still life, a portrait, and a landscape.
*Quoted from Charity Baker’s “Museum Crawl” class featuring Cezanne’s show of drawings in NY
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