Hey there. Want to see some interesting sketches? I’ve collected some drawings and creative responses from the last couple weeks of our recent 30SAL Challenge (30SAL Challenge Faves part 1). You can find these and other creative responses on Instagram by searching for #30SAL, or click Padlet links in each post to discover a treasure trove of people’s projects. If you see your artwork here, please contact us for your $50 gift certificate. Not up for an art class? You can donate your award to our scholarship fund.
Here here some of the great responses I found:
Day 15: Plant
Magdalina(anonymous)
Day 16: Organic Composition
Melissa Maxwell
Day 17: Vices
Kate Davis “Lollipops, Butterflies, and a cranial lobotomy” Holly Glaser
Day 18: Minimal Lines
Colleen TuellLeah
Day 19: Juxtapose
S. Enriquez
Day 20: The Herring Net
Gil Mendez
Day 21: Inverse Perspective
Day 22: Vertical Perspective
Gil Mendez, After DiebenkornAndrea Baxter, After Diebenkorn
Day 23: Multiple Perspectives
Day 24: The Big Sneeze
Kate Davis“Did you know that a BIG SNEEZE can rupture the tiny blood vessels in your eyeball? I recently discovered this.” Melissa Maxwell, self portrait
Day 25: Cezanne’s Figure
Ellen Craft
Day 26: Pentimento
Day 27: Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress
Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress, by Diego Velazquez Pamela FreemanMagdalinaEllen Craft
Day 28: Brain
Day 29: Teeth
Mary Morton, chocolate and paper
Big thanks to everyone who participated! See you next year!
After posting the Japanese funerary artworks of Haniwa from the 3rd through the 6th centuries, I was curious what other cultures around the world were making for funerary art at that time. First I posted Haniwa, then I posted Roman Catacomb frescoes, and today I have ceramic figurines from ancient China. These ceramic attendants were …
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30SAL Faves Part 2
Hey there. Want to see some interesting sketches? I’ve collected some drawings and creative responses from the last couple weeks of our recent 30SAL Challenge (30SAL Challenge Faves part 1). You can find these and other creative responses on Instagram by searching for #30SAL, or click Padlet links in each post to discover a treasure trove of people’s projects. If you see your artwork here, please contact us for your $50 gift certificate. Not up for an art class? You can donate your award to our scholarship fund.
Here here some of the great responses I found:
Day 15: Plant
Day 16: Organic Composition
Day 17: Vices
Day 18: Minimal Lines
Day 19: Juxtapose
Day 20: The Herring Net
Day 21: Inverse Perspective
Day 22: Vertical Perspective
Day 23: Multiple Perspectives
Day 24: The Big Sneeze
Day 25: Cezanne’s Figure
Day 26: Pentimento
Day 27: Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress
Day 28: Brain
Day 29: Teeth
Big thanks to everyone who participated! See you next year!
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