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:
I really, really like this, Elva!! Wonderful ink work and washes, fantastic details!!
I love the character you've captured in the tree, the fence posts, and of course the barn!
I love this one too, but then again...I love all of your paintings! I could see this in a book...
lovely colors -- i can nearly feel a winter breeze.
There is a strong feeling of distance, including the peek through the abrn that I like. I love the contrast the organic lines of the tree and the straight archetectual lines in the barn and the way my eye flows through the composition.
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