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:
Glowing! This trio of "takes" of this little tanager adds such an understanding of the bird's action and personality. Nice approach to depicting the joy of wildlife moments.
Hey Kelly, it just occurred to me that you are listed as both an ongoing member and a graduate of the 100 Paintings Challenge... did you finish a year and are doing another? It's great to have your art and comments! I saw the photo of the tanager on your blog. You have so many amazing photos!! Thanks for sharing these enrichments with us.
...Lorrie...Thanks you!, and I am a graduate. I'm working on 500 paintings in five years. I thought another run in the 100 Painting Challenge would cement my painting regularly habit (quantity over quality is sometimes hard, but the challenge has gotten me over that! I want to do five years of quantity before settling down to quality...).
Girl you've got quality all over the place :-)
I'm glad you'll be around and among us for some time. Nice idea!
...thank you, Lorrie!! :-)
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