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.
8 comments:
oh this is so COOL! and yes, it really tugs at my heart as a mother. These shoes are so cute and they look so familiar to me too! I love the reflection of the red shoes in on the side of the silver cup. What a wonderful memory painting!
Ditto on the heart tugs.
Beautiful modeling and handling of the shoes the variety in surface textures works well.
They are just so sweet.
I think you did a really nice job with the reflections in the silver cups. I like the shapes of the shadows and the way they fall across the red shoes and laces (they really show the form of the shoes there).
Great memories, Sheryl! I think the bottom one with its pop of color really catches my eye, but the top one does the same with the quietness of the sketch.
Lovely work in both.
love these ...very well done
KAT
Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
...aaaahhhhhh....so sweet. I probably would have started crying! Love the reflection of the little gym shoes in the baby cup.
the reflections are so nice. The shoes are so cute. Really nice job
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