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 and Padlet with #30SAL. Here are a few of our favorites.
…and three eggs scrambled with nuts.
(Autumn, you nailed it)
Tip: Some of you had awesome eggs, but terrible photos. Listen up! A bad photo of great art wins no prizes.
Thanks for your contributions everyone. More selections from the first days of our 30 day challenge posted soon!
Bridget Riley’s Op Art When Bridget Riley first exhibited her dizzying black and white abstracts in the 1960s, people were amazed at how the lines and shapes appeared to move and vibrate right off the canvas. It was like she was painting with electricity itself! In 1967, she introduced Seurat-inspired color applications, and her paintings …
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
Today we models in a changing interior, as the models moved between poses. I drew with my vine charcoal taped to a 4′ dowel so I could stand back and still reach the paper. The stick was a physical luxury so I didn’t have to reach high and low to reach the expanses of my …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10543″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] There is something so danged exciting about making a big piece of art. I mean, a really really big piece of art. The work to make a visual design, which is most of the art process, does not usually change much. The labor can involve some different tools, some …
One Dozen Egg Heads #30SAL
rachelwilch
Felt eggcellent
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 and Padlet with #30SAL. Here are a few of our favorites.
…and three eggs scrambled with nuts.
Tip: Some of you had awesome eggs, but terrible photos. Listen up! A bad photo of great art wins no prizes.
Thanks for your contributions everyone. More selections from the first days of our 30 day challenge posted soon!
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