Here it is, we have arrived at the end of this nearly unending 30 Day Challenge. You’ve all been good creative sports about the hardship – I could almost believe some of you enjoyed it. In the next few days I’ll start posting my favorites, and then I’ll post the winners of the prizes after faves, but first: we have one more day to create something where there was nothing, color where there was grey, line where there was unbounded opportunity. Artists, we have one more challenge to go!
Alice Neel learned from her teacher that people have one eye that is dominant, and after that she painted portraits with one side in strength – not just the eyes, but the hands as well. We all walk around with two nearly identical hands, pretending it’s not weird that one works and one doesn’t. Today let’s emphasize our weird and wobbly unbalanced halves.
Day 30: Create an asymmetrical portrait. Media is artist’s choice. #asymmetricalportrait
Drawings by Alice Neel
All drawings by Alice Neel
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The First Common Photo Device Did you know the first commonly used photographic device was invented by a painter? It’s true! In 1829 French painter and chemist Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was using a camera obscura for his work on theater sets. He’d obtained the camera from an optician named Chevalier, and was introduced to Nicéphore Niépce, …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! A while back I was Looking Closely at JS Sargent’s Portrait of Henry James. In the post I guessed at Sargent’s palette, his brushes, and a bit about his process. After I wrote that post I continued thinking about his process, did more research and more thinking, and …
Day 10 of this 30 Day Challenge was to create something in the style of Morandi’s still lives. This particular prompt produced a prolific collection of quiet responses. Here are some.
French: La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (Le Grand Verre) Artist Marcel Duchamp Year 1915–23 Type Oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels Dimensions 277.5 cm × 175.9 cm (109.25 in × 69.25 in) Location Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (La mariée mise à nu par ses …
DAY 30: Asymmetrical Portrait #30SAL
Here it is, we have arrived at the end of this nearly unending 30 Day Challenge. You’ve all been good creative sports about the hardship – I could almost believe some of you enjoyed it. In the next few days I’ll start posting my favorites, and then I’ll post the winners of the prizes after faves, but first: we have one more day to create something where there was nothing, color where there was grey, line where there was unbounded opportunity. Artists, we have one more challenge to go!
Alice Neel learned from her teacher that people have one eye that is dominant, and after that she painted portraits with one side in strength – not just the eyes, but the hands as well. We all walk around with two nearly identical hands, pretending it’s not weird that one works and one doesn’t. Today let’s emphasize our weird and wobbly unbalanced halves.
Day 30: Create an asymmetrical portrait. Media is artist’s choice. #asymmetricalportrait
Drawings by Alice Neel
Post it
To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #asymmetricalportrait so we can find your post.
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DAY 30: ASYMMETRICAL PORTRAIT https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/kk2ef834n1ttdcvb
DAY 29: MOVIE/TV SCENE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/w89rrm0bhthmxjn9
DAY 28: INDIAN MINIATURE https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/y024pcy2kez4jyly
Deadline for Prizes
Deadline for submissions: 3 days after each challenge post.
January prize winners will be announced in February.
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The First Common Photo Device Did you know the first commonly used photographic device was invented by a painter? It’s true! In 1829 French painter and chemist Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was using a camera obscura for his work on theater sets. He’d obtained the camera from an optician named Chevalier, and was introduced to Nicéphore Niépce, …
Notes on Sargent: Brushes
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! A while back I was Looking Closely at JS Sargent’s Portrait of Henry James. In the post I guessed at Sargent’s palette, his brushes, and a bit about his process. After I wrote that post I continued thinking about his process, did more research and more thinking, and …
#30SAL Faves: Morandi
Day 10 of this 30 Day Challenge was to create something in the style of Morandi’s still lives. This particular prompt produced a prolific collection of quiet responses. Here are some.
Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even
French: La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (Le Grand Verre) Artist Marcel Duchamp Year 1915–23 Type Oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels Dimensions 277.5 cm × 175.9 cm (109.25 in × 69.25 in) Location Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (La mariée mise à nu par ses …