#19
#18
#17
#16 At our last drawing class Phil Frey had us divide our small mirrors into quarters, and my self portrait was humanly proportioned. I went home, marked my mirror and used watercolors. I am working on defining shapes of color instead of layering many, many brushstrokes as in the one above. I am adjusting to not using white. 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:
It is so neat to see these different "takes" and get a sense of your countenance, too. Doing portraits in watercolor with some freedom--as opposed to tightly planning and controlling the pigment at every step--is not easy! (at least, that's my experience). I like the unexpected and dynamic things that are going on in many different places of your pictures.
Wow, Liz...you were busy! I like how you pull all the colors in. I think I've only done one self-portrait in my life, and that was when I was in the first grade!
wow these are so lively and vibrant! And you are so brave. It looks like you captured white space from the picture in the last one, number 18; that really makes it shine.
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