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:
Liz: I really like the feeling of movement in this landscape: the feel of wind in the trees and ripples on the water. It is fun to see your experiments with wood panel; what sort of wood are you using?
Really nice, Liz! I especially like the water and its shimmer and reflections.
Very nice - I too like all of the color in the water and I can 'hear' the lapping of the water at the shore.
Perhaps it's the brief open time of the acrylics, but there seems to be a strong sense of confidence in your acrylic work that I don't get from the oils. It's as if you just go for it. Great job on capturing the movement of the water and trees.
Liz, you've really been busy. I'm just catching back up this evening. Love all these new paintings!
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