Transcription of Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass by @rachelwilch
Welcome another selection of faves from our January 30SAL Creative Challenge. Day 7 the challenge was to transcribe Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass. A transcription doesn’t have to be a copy, it can be a way to take an element or concept and reimagine it in another form.
Some of these images were borrowed from Instagram posts, so please forgive the square format transcriptions of Manet’s rectangular composition.
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Connie
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Elsa Bouman
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Thank you to everyone who is contributing creations on Instagram and Padlet! If you’re feeling intimidated instead of inspired by these artist’s great ideas, remember that creativity is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets!
The SAL Challenge for Tuesdays is to draw from observation. My suggestion for you today is to draw your bedding. Fall in love with the wrinkles, the rumples, the folds. Tease out the shadows. Go slow. Materials are artist’s choice. Set the timer for 20 minutes. When the timer chimes complete, feel free to continue …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7708″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Piet Mondrian, 1908 Did you know Piet Mondrian loved to paint trees? Draw/paint/collage a tree. Draw it from observation, not imagination, preferably from life and not a photograph. This is part 1 of 3. For the next two days we’ll do the same, only different. Add today’s artwork to this …
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, …
Born on this day: September 6, 1947, Luciano de Liberato is an Italian colorist who paints constructed “still lifes” of colored paper. The paintings appear at first to be flat but upon further inspection are actually carefully crafted to imitate exactly the depth of layered paper, woven, and lifted up a bit at the edges. The …
#30SAL Faves: Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
Welcome another selection of faves from our January 30SAL Creative Challenge. Day 7 the challenge was to transcribe Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass. A transcription doesn’t have to be a copy, it can be a way to take an element or concept and reimagine it in another form.
Some of these images were borrowed from Instagram posts, so please forgive the square format transcriptions of Manet’s rectangular composition.
Thank you to everyone who is contributing creations on Instagram and Padlet! If you’re feeling intimidated instead of inspired by these artist’s great ideas, remember that creativity is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets!
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