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:
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Between 1914 and 1917, Matisse made a series of 69 monotypes, the only monotypes of his career. Matisse created his black-and-white monotypes by covering a copper plate with black ink and then lightly and swiftly scratching into the pigment with a tool, so that the linework emerged through the dark ink ground. To transfer the …
Sometimes I wonder what happens to artworks after a class ends. Kate Fluckinger sent out an invitation including some paintings I recognized from Padlet. She’s having a show, and some of the paintings were made in League classes. I asked Kate if pieces of the show were influenced by her recent classes at the League: …
Do you have advice, an idea, or info that you would tell an art buddy? Let us know! Your idea could help fuel someone else’s creativity! For example: Did you know there is an app where people post photographs of themselves so other people can practice drawing/painting portraits? It’s a free app with real people, …
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
Day 8: REVERSE COLLAGE
DAY 7: LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS
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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