I’m seeing fabulous creatives out there! This is so fun! To see what people have made, search Instagram for #30SAL and click “most recent.” To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here.
Today’s challenge: It’s all going downhill! Make a composition emphasizing a strong diagonal.
Media is artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, print, collage, sculpt, assemblage, dance, or digitize your response to any challenge.
Wayne Thiebaud
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 Padlet. Padlet is an online platform for us to share art and information in our classes. You don’t need to have a Padlet account – but remember to add your name to your picture.
DAY 3 “DARINGLY DIAGONAL” PADLET LINK: https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/dp39ukfu1jzxdn1q
DAY 2 “WALK THE LINE” PADLET LINK: https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/dcnpavtq32lpojz3
DAY 1 “EGGHEAD” PADLET LINK: https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/p4fzipirhtj8p5fs
Don’t delay!
Deadline for submissions: 3 days after each challenge post.
I hosted our first online session yesterday! Part of the class was in the studio with me, watching the slide lecture on a big projector screen, part of the class was online, watching my computer screen-share from home. It worked great! The class was active, we had an age range of 32-78, and people worked …
[image_with_animation image_url=”6577″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Auguste Rodin November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917 I’m hoping you haven’t seen these before We’ve all seen The Thinker so many times we can’t see it at all. And various versions of The Kiss may have lost their charge as well. Perhaps some others come to mind …
Today’s post is from special guest star Anne Walker. Anne majored in Fine Arts with a focus in painting at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT in 1989. She started taking classes at the League a couple of years ago. I met her in Fran’s Giant Figures workshop in February 2020 (shortly before our classes went online). …
Every time I write a V. Note, I get ideas for five more. Then I spend the next month driving myself crazy because I don’t make time to write again. I’m sure all of you can relate to the constant vigilance it takes to make time for creating. In the previous post I talked about …
Day 3: Daringly Diagonal #30SAL
I’m seeing fabulous creatives out there! This is so fun! To see what people have made, search Instagram for #30SAL and click “most recent.” To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here.
Today’s challenge: It’s all going downhill! Make a composition emphasizing a strong diagonal.
Media is artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, print, collage, sculpt, assemblage, dance, 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 #thiebaud #diagonal #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 Padlet. Padlet is an online platform for us to share art and information in our classes. You don’t need to have a Padlet account – but remember to add your name to your picture.
DAY 3 “DARINGLY DIAGONAL” PADLET LINK: https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/dp39ukfu1jzxdn1q
DAY 2 “WALK THE LINE” PADLET LINK: https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/dcnpavtq32lpojz3
DAY 1 “EGGHEAD” PADLET LINK: https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/p4fzipirhtj8p5fs
Don’t delay!
Deadline for submissions: 3 days after each challenge post.
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