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:
Very nice work, Elva and how lucky to be able to paint at the coast!
Sheryl
...gosh....you're so lucky to be able to sit and paint these guys on site. They are gorgeous and your painting is too. I can hear the waves crashing!
I'm amazed that you were able to do this on location. This is a delightful page. You've captured quite a bit of depth with the different shades and tones of browns. My favorite is the sea lion with the light chest looking up at the bird at the highest point on the rock - as if he was saying "what are you doing up there?". So cute!
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