Find an old catalogue, magazine, maps, drawings, paintings, wrappers, etc. Stack the materials. You may wish to use some impermanent glue. Working with an x-acto blade, or tearing by hand, remove paper to reveal previous layers.
Post your work
Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it.
To be eligible for prizes, (yes prizes!) post your work to Instagram with #30sal. January prize winners will be announced in February. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
I’ve been teaching an expressive portraits class on Friday nights. In the first few classes we talked about common pitfalls including the blueberry pancake effect of features floating in the middle of a round face shape. We practiced how to measure proportions quickly, how to see the three dimensional aspects of a face, what makes …
Today’s SEQUENCE Challenge Create a 2 panel sequence to compare before and after ____. #beforeandafter ATTENTION: New #tag Previously we were finding your posts by searching Instagram for #30SAL but going forward please also include the #tag title for each day. To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post …
Happy New Year! Today is the first day of our #30SAL Challenge. Every day for the next 30 days I’ll post a creative challenge. These challenges won’t be your typical drawing challenges. Designed to foster a wide variety of creative skills, they are not restricted to any style or genre, and medium is artist’s choice. …
Here’s another painter from the list of Carlos San Millan’s favorites: Mitchell Johnson. Johnson’s paintings take urban and suburban architecture and turns them into playful studies of color and shape. The shapes in his recent paintings are large, flat areas of pronounced color theory – almost resembling collage. Artist influences: Josef Albers, Morandi. Place influences: …
Day 8: Reverse Collage #30SAL
Find an old catalogue, magazine, maps, drawings, paintings, wrappers, etc. Stack the materials. You may wish to use some impermanent glue. Working with an x-acto blade, or tearing by hand, remove paper to reveal previous layers.
Post your work
Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it.
To be eligible for prizes, (yes prizes!) post your work to Instagram with #30sal. January prize winners will be announced in February. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
#30sal #markbradford #collage #vnotes #creativechallenge #januarychallenge #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #sketch #artchallenge #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #instaart #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #inkdrawing #drawingsketch #artoftheday #creativity
Padlet
Don’t have Instagram? You can post your work to Padlet. You don’t need a Padlet account – but remember to add your name to your picture.
Day 8: REVERSE COLLAGE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/3x0xmb9ehndzxwra
DAY 7: LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/wcmyiwn729iatud9
DAY 6: COPTIC https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/taoyr9welr4ayisx
Don’t Delay!
Deadline for submissions: 3 days after each challenge post. January prize winners will be announced in February.
To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here.
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