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.
3 comments:
...so pretty! I love barns...with the pine beside it it's so picturesque. What kind of pen do you use for your sketches....just any pen or a special type/size, etc.
For several months I've been doing most of my ink sketching with one of two fountain pens. This one has my fine point and is filled with Platinum Carbon ink -- one of the few inks that are waterproof and work in a fountain pen.
My other pen has a flexible point and I usually keep it filled with water soluble ink. My squirrels in my next blog post are done with the water soluble ink and a waterbrush.
I am really drawn to this painting - I just love the scene. Very nice how you captured the hay in the barn. I also really like the different way you've used the greens for the trees, and the tree in the front has a nice 'lightness' to the upperside of its branches. ... and of course you managed to capture the shadow under the tree in the foreground. Nicely done!
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