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:
It is hard to imagine charcoal as having a shimmering quality , but you have done it. It is stunning.
Cheri- this is beautiful- I haven't worked in charcoal since college (more than a few years ago) - you did this so well, and I especially love the reflections!
Thanks guys
I really like the shadows and highlights that you have captured. The shoes have an amazing 'shine' to them. It looks like a black and white photo. Wonderful piece!
Beautiful. It almost looks like a lovely old photograph. I had no idea charcoal could do that.
Quite stunning, Cheri! I think the reflections send this over the top!
I gave up charcoal because of the mess—this is almost enough to make me try again!
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