Day 25 of our 30 Day January Challenge was to make instructions that no one will ever need. Apparently, when artists are outlining useless instructions they are at their very best. The last one is my personal favorite, but there were so many great drawings to post, the last one is a long, long, long way down. Use the scroll feature on your device….
detail of series – the rest can be found @karldyerart
@annrodak
How to do headache, by @courtney.wooten
@christianpincock
@trishwallisstone
@janeen_anderson
Martha Campo
@barbdunshee
@gretamusland
@wobblefincharts
@tawmsart
Kate Davis
S. Enriquez
@squirrelflower
@lyallwart
Dom Juleon
Wendy Lumsdaine
@zeitounissima
Roz Avent
Camille Ireland
A Napkin Dryer, by Pamela Freeman and Leonardo da Vinci
Hummingbird Shower (detail). The rest can be found @kpaul1216
Ellen CraftHow to make Ice Tea without Ice. Step 1. Make tea. Step 2, start drawing. Repeat for rest of the day. Anne WalkerHow to Unpack a Lunch, by Kathryn Walton-Elliott
detail of series – the rest can be found @tselisjax
ABOVE: This one was educational. Did you know that about “Eye of Newt”?!?
BELOW: This was posted as a “how to” instructional, but I believe it is actually a transcription of Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne walking their cheetahs, and a very good transcription it is. Nailed it.
Demos Master sumi-e painter Angie Dixon demonstrates the bamboo joint, bone, and leaf brush strokes. Dixon says a great sumi-e painting combines a variety of wet and dry, light and dark, thick and thin brush strokes. She says you can’t fix a brush stroke, but you can enhance it. Beginning Sumi-e Student Work [gallery …
Pouncing is a technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another. It is similar to tracing, and is useful for creating copies of a sketch outline to produce finished works.
This creative challenge is different from a lot of other challenges out there. Designed to foster a wide variety of artists, these prompts are aimed at an unusually wide variety of creative skills. I’ve categorized prompts by type, so you can enjoy the things that come naturally to you, and strengthen the things that don’t. …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! Edward Hopper is one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century, having influence over photography and cinema as well as painting. His direct and realist paintings depicted light and shadow, and solitude in daily contemporary life. But what influences did Hopper have? Rejecting the style of …
30SAL Faves: How to Do Everything
Day 25 of our 30 Day January Challenge was to make instructions that no one will ever need. Apparently, when artists are outlining useless instructions they are at their very best. The last one is my personal favorite, but there were so many great drawings to post, the last one is a long, long, long way down. Use the scroll feature on your device….
@trishwallisstone
Anne Walker
ABOVE: This one was educational. Did you know that about “Eye of Newt”?!?
BELOW: This was posted as a “how to” instructional, but I believe it is actually a transcription of Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne walking their cheetahs, and a very good transcription it is. Nailed it.
LAST ONE:
So much helpfulness.
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