Today’s challenge is from Catherine Lepp, our newest instructor from the New York Studio School. Catherine is teaching Drawing and Painting the Head and Beginning Watercolor this quarter. She joins us from the New York Studio School.
Draw the head of a classical sculpture using only circles and straight lines. #circlesandstraights
Something like a ruler will be helpful. If you don’t have a compass, you might want to have coins and other circular objects.
Heracles (Hercules)
Post it
To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #circlesandstraights so we can find your post.
To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
I resisted buying an iPad for years. I didn’t need it. I didn’t want it. I prided myself on using actual materials for actual paintings, and maintaining old style slow time in this instant digital world. The truth is, I don’t actually make many actual paintings. I’m actually very busy. If I were go to …
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Day 17: Circles and Straights #30SAL
Today’s challenge is from Catherine Lepp, our newest instructor from the New York Studio School. Catherine is teaching Drawing and Painting the Head and Beginning Watercolor this quarter. She joins us from the New York Studio School.
Draw the head of a classical sculpture using only circles and straight lines. #circlesandstraights
Something like a ruler will be helpful. If you don’t have a compass, you might want to have coins and other circular objects.
Post it
To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #circlesandstraights so we can find your post.
To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
#30sal #classicalsculpture #drawingfromsculpture #vnotes #creativechallenge #januarychallenge #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #sketch #artchallenge #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #instaart #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #oilpainting #mixedmedia #drawingsketch #artoftheday #creativity
Padlet
Don’t have Instagram? Post your work to Padlet.
DAY 17: CIRCLES AND STRAIGHTS https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/w5s480x0331k8utl
DAY 16: CROSSHATCH https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/te6fxlcu5gprqywy
DAY 15: INVERSE PERSPECTIVE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/80vscqhmgee5j1nn
Deadline for Prizes
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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