I'm excited to be signed up to participate in the Strada January challenge. This January, artists from all over the world will be participating in the STRADA painting and drawing daily challenge.
We are instructed to : Do a painting or drawing from life each day (i.e. a work of art done while you are looking at the subject from life-not from a photo or imagination). These subjects may include still life, interiors, figure, and landscapes. Post the image of your piece for that day on your Facebook/Instagram page. It is not necessary to complete your piece in one day. However, there must be a noticeable difference in the work between days and each day must be from life. Toning a canvas or varnishing a painting do not qualify as painting from life.
Day 1, I thought I was going to do fruit. I started monkeying around with my set up. Well, I got hungry and ate one of the bananas. The three monkeys in this WIP were looking at me from across the studio. They were a perfect replacement for the missing banana. What I learned today besides not to eat my props before I paint them… I work much quicker blocking in my composition when I paint from life. I find it easier to simply and stay focused when I'm working from life. I don't get distracted by details like I can working from photos. It is also much easier not to fight distorted proportions in photos.
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I'm excited to be signed up to participate in the Strada January challenge.
This January, artists from all over the world will be participating in the STRADA painting and drawing daily challenge.
We are instructed to :
Do a painting or drawing from life each day (i.e. a work of art done while you are looking at the subject from life-not from a photo or imagination). These subjects may include still life, interiors, figure, and landscapes.
Post the image of your piece for that day on your Facebook/Instagram page.
It is not necessary to complete your piece in one day. However, there must be a noticeable difference in the work between days and each day must be from life. Toning a canvas or varnishing a painting do not qualify as painting from life.
Day 1, I thought I was going to do fruit. I started monkeying around with my set up. Well, I got hungry and ate one of the bananas. The three monkeys in this WIP were looking at me from across the studio. They were a perfect replacement for the missing banana.
What I learned today besides not to eat my props before I paint them…
I work much quicker blocking in my composition when I paint from life. I find it easier to simply and stay focused when I'm working from life. I don't get distracted by details like I can working from photos. It is also much easier not to fight distorted proportions in photos.