You are now in the second half of our 30 day creative challenge. Did you see the post with some of my favorites from the first 2 weeks? Don’t miss them! If you see yours in there, contact us to claim your $50 gift certificate.
Today’s creative challenge: What do you do when you’re not doing very well? Draw a bad day with your vices.
A note for those of you who are afraid you’ll go too far: art history is full of scary, nasty, ugly, and sexy things. That might be when it’s at it’s best.
Share what you’d like on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #vices
With strong artistic similarities to Alice Neel in figurative portraiture, Aliza Nisenbaum’s large scale angled figures lead the eye across the composition, and her sharp colors stay fresh, not overworked. Like Neel, Nisenbaum paints small areas of contrasting colors of yellow and purple, pink and green, next to each other to show the variety …
I love our art shows! They are big events, over 100 artworks in each of our last two Big League Shows! A fabulous range of artworks and artists collected to form a dynamic and inclusive arts community. Let’s do it again! CALL FOR ART! League members, and everyone who has taken or taught a class at the League …
“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 …
V. Notes are daily–ish thoughts and ideas related to art. I might post a series of pictures, a technique, an idea for a project, or some philosophical rambling. I try to make these emails relevant, but they’re not pre-planned, and they’re not perfect. They’re just thoughts in the moment, take ’em or leave ’em. Hopefully they’ll spark some thoughts and help get your artistic …
Day 17: Vices #30SAL
You are now in the second half of our 30 day creative challenge. Did you see the post with some of my favorites from the first 2 weeks? Don’t miss them! If you see yours in there, contact us to claim your $50 gift certificate.
Today’s creative challenge: What do you do when you’re not doing very well? Draw a bad day with your vices.
A note for those of you who are afraid you’ll go too far: art history is full of scary, nasty, ugly, and sexy things. That might be when it’s at it’s best.
Share what you’d like on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #vices
Or post to today’s Padlet page.
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V. Notes are daily–ish thoughts and ideas related to art. I might post a series of pictures, a technique, an idea for a project, or some philosophical rambling. I try to make these emails relevant, but they’re not pre-planned, and they’re not perfect. They’re just thoughts in the moment, take ’em or leave ’em. Hopefully they’ll spark some thoughts and help get your artistic …