The 100 Paintings In a Year Challenge is intended for artists that are dedicated to the growth and development of their style as well as their artistic voice. The challenge also provides a means for overcoming areas in need of improvement.
The paintings should be a mix of small, medium and large pieces, some sketches, plein aire, and studio work; work from life as well as from photos. The variety is meant to push the artist out of any rut, to provide ample opportunity to create no matter what other time obligations are going on, and to challenge the artist if they do not create in one of these categories. The work can be done in any medium, but it is strongly advised that the artist consider choosing one medium in which to do the Challenge as this will help facilitate faster growth than trying to master multiple mediums.
DO NOT JUDGE the artwork! When a piece is complete, set it aside and move to the next piece of work. Learning to suspend judgement of our work is a major step forward in the development our skills.
Once committed, the expectation is that the artist will fully participate in the blog by posting on a regular basis as well as leaving encouraging comments of others' artwork through comments.
The challenge may be started at any time.
5 comments:
I think the stump fits right in very nice landscape. neutral colors are either warm or cool. I totally see it.
...lovely, Liz. You're so good at capturing soft light. Beautiful color. The stump looks like it belongs to me...it seems brighter because it's closer. I like it.
I too like the stump. It suggests that we are standing at the edge of this scene, about to step into it. I did not, however, feel that it belonged to Kelly (LOL, just kidding -- see Kelly's comment).
Thank you!
Maybe it is in the context of all my other paintings where there is no large object in the foreground that made this standout.
I like the idea of having something large in the foreground and I think the stump works, especially color wise like people have said. One thing that might make it seem closer and pop out more is if it were a little more defined and thus differentiated from the softness of the surroundings. Just an idea. I do love the color palette.
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