Want to do something fun in January? Sign up now for our FREE 30 day creative challenge by subscribing to this blog. Subscribers will receive challenges in their inbox starting January 1.
Mashup from Carla Dimitriou, in our #30SAL challenge 2022
SAL 30 Day Creative Challenge
Every January, the League sponsors a FREE 30 day creative challenge open to all artists everywhere, working in any media. This January we’ll post a daily creative challenge to V. Notes on our website. Subscribers will receive this post in their inbox every day at 7am PST, as well as some of our favorite responses. To receive these challenges in your inbox, subscribe to V. Notes.
Dom Julion’s “How to” instructional from our #30SAL challenge 2022
Broaden your creative skills
Our creative challenges are different than other challenges. Designed to foster a wide variety of creative skills, they are not restricted to any style or genre, and medium is artist’s choice. Our creative challenges are categorized by type:
SUNDAY: Observation
MONDAY: Composition
TUESDAY: Sequence
WEDNESDAY: See & Respond
THURSDAY: Word prompt
FRIDAY: Transcribe
SATURDAY: Wild Card
@fineart_dana’s solution to finish the Naiskos fragment. #30SAL challenge 2022
20 min of creative time
The daily goal is not a perfect art piece. The goal is 20 minutes of creative time. After 20 minutes, if you want to keep working on the project you can, but the goal is 20 minutes, and no matter what happens, 20 minutes of creative time is a success!
Will there be prizes?
Yes, there will be prizes!
Every week we’ll pick our faves and post them. You don’t have to complete all 30 to be eligible to win a prize. With every artwork you post, you enter to win. The more you post, the greater chance you’ll have of winning. So post away! There’s no limit to how many prizes you can win this January.
Sign up now!
If you’re not already signed up to V. Notes, sign up now to receive #30SAL creative challenges in your inbox, starting January 1, 2023. We won’t share your email address with anyone, and you can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to V. Notes today because you want the 30SAL creative challenge in your inbox. #30SAL is fun and it’s FREE! See you in January!
This post is from Barry Berridge, a returning student who is currently in my beginning drawing class. Advice from a beginning drawing student I wanted to share an observational drawing habit I started this month that might also help other beginners: There’s a coffee shop super close to my apartment with lots of cool plants …
Here the artist uses less glow effect by adding medium tones, but notice how the windows at the top aren’t surrounded by hard straight lines. The texture of the paint makes the light blue spill into the dark a little, making them sparkle. Smooth perfect lines would have killed the sparkle. See it? Would you …
Below is a video by Proko showing a brief overview of basic drawing supplies, and a demo for how to hand sharpen a soft charcoal pencil. He explains what the weird sandpaper thingy is for.
#30SAL Creative challenge starts January 1!
Want to do something fun in January? Sign up now for our FREE 30 day creative challenge by subscribing to this blog. Subscribers will receive challenges in their inbox starting January 1.
SAL 30 Day Creative Challenge
Every January, the League sponsors a FREE 30 day creative challenge open to all artists everywhere, working in any media. This January we’ll post a daily creative challenge to V. Notes on our website. Subscribers will receive this post in their inbox every day at 7am PST, as well as some of our favorite responses. To receive these challenges in your inbox, subscribe to V. Notes.
Broaden your creative skills
Our creative challenges are different than other challenges. Designed to foster a wide variety of creative skills, they are not restricted to any style or genre, and medium is artist’s choice. Our creative challenges are categorized by type:
20 min of creative time
The daily goal is not a perfect art piece. The goal is 20 minutes of creative time. After 20 minutes, if you want to keep working on the project you can, but the goal is 20 minutes, and no matter what happens, 20 minutes of creative time is a success!
Yes, there will be prizes!
Every week we’ll pick our faves and post them. You don’t have to complete all 30 to be eligible to win a prize. With every artwork you post, you enter to win. The more you post, the greater chance you’ll have of winning. So post away! There’s no limit to how many prizes you can win this January.
Sign up now!
If you’re not already signed up to V. Notes, sign up now to receive #30SAL creative challenges in your inbox, starting January 1, 2023. We won’t share your email address with anyone, and you can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to V. Notes today because you want the 30SAL creative challenge in your inbox. #30SAL is fun and it’s FREE! See you in January!
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Here the artist uses less glow effect by adding medium tones, but notice how the windows at the top aren’t surrounded by hard straight lines. The texture of the paint makes the light blue spill into the dark a little, making them sparkle. Smooth perfect lines would have killed the sparkle. See it? Would you …
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