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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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.
To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. COIFFURE the arrangement of the hair “They …
We are one week into our 30 Day Challenge for January. We’ve had a lot of fun looking at all the posts! Some were technically impressive, others highly creative, and some made us laugh. Here are a few of our favorites so far. Day 1: Before & After Self portrait on Jan 1 2020, vs …
This is a new online glossary of painting terms. More to come! Alkyd (“Call me Al, kid”) Oil Painting Alkyds are synthetic resin replacements for slow drying natural oils. When added to oil paint they speed up the drying time. Examples: Liquin, Galkyd, and many more. Some paints like Quick Dry White, Gamblin FastMatte, and W&N Griffin Paints …
In 1960, pioneering American artists Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse met for the first time and instantly clicked, quickly forming a strong, deep bond that would last for ten years and result in countless inspirational discussions and rich exchanges of ideas. Indeed, they remained incredibly close friends until May of 1970, at which point Hesse, …
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.
To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these to your post:
#30sal #aliceneel #asymmetricalportrait #vnotes #creativechallenge #januarychallenge #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #sketch #artchallenge #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #instaart #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #oilpainting #mixedmedia #drawingsketch #artoftheday #creativity
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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.
To learn more about the 30SAL Challenge, click here.
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In 1960, pioneering American artists Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse met for the first time and instantly clicked, quickly forming a strong, deep bond that would last for ten years and result in countless inspirational discussions and rich exchanges of ideas. Indeed, they remained incredibly close friends until May of 1970, at which point Hesse, …