Laocoon and His Sons / Drawing by Alberto Giacometti
Today’s OBSERVATIONAL Challenge: Make a quick gesture drawing from observation without lifting your drawing utensil. Instead of moving around the outline, let your line wonder across the surface of the form. Think about how to translate 3 dimensional form to a flat piece of paper.
Post your work
To be eligible for prizes, (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal. Deadline for posting: 3 days after each post. January prize winners will be announced in February. Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I thought I’d collect some turkeys for you. Most, at the moment of rendering, are inedible, but likely so is yours at this point. Be thankful you do not have to pluck, and enjoy the day. From https://www.artic.edu/artworks/21727/thanksgiving : “Doris Lee’s bustling scene of women preparing a Thanksgiving feast became the object …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”7550″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Using a ruler and colored pencils/pens on paper, or string and nails, or by fastening skewers, use straight lines at intervals to make a curve. There are a lot of ways to approach this project. For a simplified “How To” with 3 printable templates, click here. To print out graph …
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Day 9: Scribble Line #30SAL
Today’s OBSERVATIONAL Challenge: Make a quick gesture drawing from observation without lifting your drawing utensil. Instead of moving around the outline, let your line wonder across the surface of the form. Think about how to translate 3 dimensional form to a flat piece of paper.
Post your work
To be eligible for prizes, (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal. Deadline for posting: 3 days after each post. January prize winners will be announced in February. Post to Instagram with #30SAL so we can find it. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
#30sal #scribble #continuousline #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 9: SCRIBBLE LINE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/lifuyhrc8f29lvb7
Day 8: REVERSE COLLAGE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/3x0xmb9ehndzxwra
DAY 7: LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/wcmyiwn729iatud9
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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