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.
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For the 26th day of our 30 day January challenge, I focused on memory. The instructions were as follows: Draw what’s in your fridge, from memory Open your refrigerator and look at what’s inside. Close the refrigerator, and draw as much as you can remember. When you can’t remember enough to draw any more, then take another look inside the refrigerator. …
“I remember when my Dad told me as a kid, ‘If you want to catch a rabbit, stand behind a tree and make a noise like a carrot. Then when the rabbit comes by you grab him.’ Works pretty good until you try to figure out what kind of noise a carrot makes…” – Bob …
Anthony Eyton was born May 17, 1923. He is a British figurative painter working in the post-Impressionist tradition. He started studying art in 1941, his studies delayed by the war, and then returned to his education at the Camberwell School of Art, completing in 1950. Eyton was Head of Painting at St Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario in …
Today is the 24th day of our 30 day creative challenge. Tuesday is specifically a sequence challenge so there is an extra option to respond with multiple frames if you wish. Make something inspired by a sneeze. Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #sneeze Or post to this Padlet
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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