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.
6 comments:
Kelly, I love the background here. Great job on the texture. I also love the playful exchange between the two birds. Their personalities really shines here.
Kelly, you did a wonderful job on this. I love the softness of the birds with all their personality shining through. The background is perfect!
Did you leave the white space for the birds or remove the paint?
...I left the white...emphasizing it by painting a dark shadow under it.
Wow, Kelly, I just love this! The background is really cool and you have done such a great job with the birds---especially the position of the lower one. I'm loving your sweet birds ; )~~
This is delightful, Ms. K! Nice job on the leaving the whites on the birds.
I think you did not wait long enough on the background before adding the salt. Hence the odd salt pattern. Next time wait until just before the shine leaves.
...ahhh....I definitely put the salt in when it was very wet......but I was lucky with this because I really like the odd colors and pattern!
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