Welcome to day 2 of the 30SAL creative challenge! To learn more about this challenge, click here.
Today is Sunday, OBSERVATION day. The challenge for today is to draw or collage a cup, a table, and a wall as you are looking at it. Describe the surface and space of each object, as well as the spaces between them. Realism need not be pursued, but good hard lookin’ is suggested.
Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #cuptablewall
“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” – Paul Klee “I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of …
People posted hundreds of drawings for our 30 day January challenge, in which artists are invited to respond to a daily prompt posted on our V. Notes blog. Unlike other drawing challenges, these prompts are wildly varied, open to non-typical materials around us, and are designed to feed a broad spectrum of creative skills at …
Previously I posted four masterwork studies drawn by Fran O’Neill and I challenged you to identify them. I don’t have a good memory for names, but I did recognize the works in a general way, and I was impressed when you named all but one. I admit I didn’t recognize the landscape but the scene …
Keith Pfeiffer is new to the Seattle Artist League. He comes from an illustration background, and is venturing to make his living as a fine artist. I met Pfeiffer when he joined the Effects of Light (Thursday) class, and I’ve seen him whip out a series of effective thumbnail studies faster than I can say …
Day 2: a Cup, a Table, a Wall #30SAL
Welcome to day 2 of the 30SAL creative challenge! To learn more about this challenge, click here.
Today is Sunday, OBSERVATION day. The challenge for today is to draw or collage a cup, a table, and a wall as you are looking at it. Describe the surface and space of each object, as well as the spaces between them. Realism need not be pursued, but good hard lookin’ is suggested.
Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #cuptablewall
Or post to today’s Padlet page.
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