[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]On a computer screen, the detailed cells of color in Chris Crites’ paintings look digital-perfect. In person, I’m compelled to creep closer, closer, until my breath fogs up the glass. It’s then that I can see the thousands of tiny brush strokes neatly aligned within each penciled …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]In the late 1940s, several prominent artists of the New York School– including Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko and Frank Stella–were intently studying the color black. That work, interrelated but not collaborative, resulted in 20 years of black: …
Can artists respond effectively to social and political upheaval? Nina Power 22 February 2016 Tate Etc. issue 36: Spring 2016 The Tate Modern display Citizens and States poses a range of possible ways that artists might react to or participate in moments of change. Nina Power takes this as a starting point to look …
Last Thursday I posted over 100 orange artworks. Now there are more! Image right: A Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). Several different types of Dalecarlian horses are made, with distinguishing features common to the locality of the site where they are produced. This one is from around 1950 and is …
Day 26: Mashup! #30SAL
Today’s Challenge: Mix and match figures with an interior from historical artworks. Materials are artist’s choice. #mashup
References
You can find your own references, or find something in these suggestions:
Figures: Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, Nicolas Poussin, Mughal Indian Miniatures
Interiors: Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper
Post it
To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #mashup so we can find your post.
To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
#30sal #mashup #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 26: MASHUP! https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/ijjj4ee1zrrtg4xg
DAY 25: HOW TO DO EVERYTHING https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/emzpmep0ybb3n2x3
DAY 24: PATHWAYS TO THE RECTANGLE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/b3oqeqtgy3rlt3rx
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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Last Thursday I posted over 100 orange artworks. Now there are more! Image right: A Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). Several different types of Dalecarlian horses are made, with distinguishing features common to the locality of the site where they are produced. This one is from around 1950 and is …