To the doctors and nurses on the frontlines, and to the essential workers such as grocery store cashiers, mail carriers, social workers, bus drivers, and many, many others who have been showing up for us day after never ending day through this draining pandemic, thank you.
I got this idea from Makena Gadient at the recent CoCA 24 hour Art Marathon. This is an excellent design study. Take a stack of cards. Using a big sewing needle, poke random holes into the stack of cards so they all have the same pattern of holes. Then, using the same holes, create a …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10515″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Photo and painting of JS Sargent’s teacher Carolus-Duran. Painting not made from photo. Photo taken (possibly?) to resemble the painting. Posted by James Gurney Would you be surprised to see that a painter who depended on patrons’ funds applied a bit of painterly flattery to his portraits? Take a …
Welcome to another day of creative CrossFit! Today is 23 out of 30. Only one more week to go! I’ve been talking about various forms of perspective. Perspective has a lot of rules! Sometimes with all these rules about art, I forget that getting it “right” can actually make a drawing less interesting. Australian artist …
If you’ve taken a class at the League you’ve received a friendly email from Lendy Hensley, our school’s provost. If you’ve been fortunate enough to have been in a class with Lendy, you know she’s the queen of making you feel fun and friendly, instantly at home. Lendy is the behind-the-scenes force that made the …
#30SAL Faves: Before & After
To the doctors and nurses on the frontlines, and to the essential workers such as grocery store cashiers, mail carriers, social workers, bus drivers, and many, many others who have been showing up for us day after never ending day through this draining pandemic, thank you.
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