Welcome to Day 2 of the 30SAL Challenge! To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here.
Today’s 30SAL Challenge is a creative idea from Seattle Artist League instructor Charity Baker. First, tone a piece of paper as dark as you can with soft willow charcoal. You might find that paper with some tooth or texture such as cold press watercolor paper holds the charcoal better than smooth paper. Once your paper is all dark, then use an eraser to lift up areas of light, erasing carefully to leave dark lines. You can draw from observation, or make something up!
Don’t have soft willow charcoal? Get creative! You can draw, paint, print, collage, sculpt, assemblage, or digitize your response to any challenge.
Post to Instagram
Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it.
To be eligible for prizes, post your work to Instagram with #30sal. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
As an alternative to Instagram, you can post your work to today’s Padlet. Padlet is how we share art and information in our classes. It’s an online platform that’s accessible 24/7. You don’t need to have a Padlet account – but remember to add your name to your picture.
DAY 2 “WALK THE LINE” PADLET LINK:
DAY 1 “EGGHEAD” PADLET LINK:
Don’t delay!
Deadline for submissions: 3 days after each challenge post.
“The beginning is the best part. Why continue? Yes, things will get richer and deeper, but the simplicity and directness of a birdsong is soon gone. When I get old and begin losing my marbles I will learn to keep it simple, the way Matisse, De Kooning and Whistler did in the end.” – Alex …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10600″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484-86). Tempera on canvas, 67.9 in × 109.6 in We’ve all seen Botticelli’s Birth of Venus until we could just about throw up. But have you ever noticed the feet? I hadn’t noticed them until recently, now that I’m preparing to teach …
I love a good heist movie. Here’s a news article that would make a great movie: one where the librarian steals the paintings by replacing them with fakes, and then those paintings get stolen, replaced by worse fakes. Get the popcorn! Chinese Librarian Switched Out $17M in Paintings…With Fakes He Painted Himself But the thief …
There are drips on some drawings, and the drips are round, not running vertically down the paper, which suggests the paper is flat. Some of the drips start right before a line and follow the same direction, which suggests the artist loaded his brush with ink, and the brush dripped down on a horizontal surface …
Day 2: Walk the Line #30SAL
Welcome to Day 2 of the 30SAL Challenge! To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here.
Today’s 30SAL Challenge is a creative idea from Seattle Artist League instructor Charity Baker. First, tone a piece of paper as dark as you can with soft willow charcoal. You might find that paper with some tooth or texture such as cold press watercolor paper holds the charcoal better than smooth paper. Once your paper is all dark, then use an eraser to lift up areas of light, erasing carefully to leave dark lines. You can draw from observation, or make something up!
Don’t have soft willow charcoal? Get creative! You can draw, paint, print, collage, sculpt, assemblage, or digitize your response to any challenge.
Post to Instagram
Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it.
To be eligible for prizes, post your work to Instagram with #30sal. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
#30sal #unconventionaldrawing #erasedline #eraseddrawing #vnotes #creativechallenge #januarychallenge #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #sketch #artchallenge #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #instaart #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #inkdrawing #drawingsketch #artoftheday #creativity
Don’t have Instagram?
As an alternative to Instagram, you can post your work to today’s Padlet. Padlet is how we share art and information in our classes. It’s an online platform that’s accessible 24/7. You don’t need to have a Padlet account – but remember to add your name to your picture.
DAY 2 “WALK THE LINE” PADLET LINK:
DAY 1 “EGGHEAD” PADLET LINK:
Don’t delay!
Deadline for submissions: 3 days after each challenge post.
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