Wonder Mike and Lilly say it's been way too long since a reader challenge was issued. So I dare you, fierce creative, to leave a comment below with something you would secretly love to be dared to try in the coming year. One commenter will be selected at random by a couple of pooches who love peanut butter and sushi. That lucky human will receive a piece of original art in the mail. Woot! About the art: beginning with an inspiration photo from a recent hike and a painting which was previously demolished with gesso. Loosely indicating a high horizon line and leaving the rest to chance. Using only rubber wedge and paper towel, slowly adding layers of oil point in broad strokes to create a landscape. Allowing the eye to fill in the details. Carving through layers of paint with the wedge to expose previous layers. Resisting the urge to refine details. Adding a few pops of color and then walking away.
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12/29/2022 04:46:16 pm
I’m going to finish my full-length poetry manuscript, “Wirds with Friends.” I’m going to write more of my children’s book, “Bugly.”
Lola
12/30/2022 04:14:42 pm
Leslie! Holy WOW! Poetry, a children's book and FRENCH? I triple-dare-you! WOOOOHOOOOOO! 12/29/2022 05:00:17 pm
Produce, write, and publish a book of California cold wax painters and their work. There. I said it out loud.
Lola
12/30/2022 04:15:54 pm
Charlynn!!!!! OMG OMG OMG! Thank you for saying it out loud and sharing it here! I DARE YOU! I triple-dare-you!!!! (also I will buy one!!! YAY!) 12/29/2022 05:46:26 pm
Lola, the visual language in Escalation is bold, sure, strong, and stunning. That full length vertical 'fracture' just to the right of center is compelling. It raises questions and curiosity and possibility. It slashes the horizontal and diagonal landscape lines. It creates a cruciform that both cracks this painting open and holds it together. And then … those pops of color and the walking away. POW.
Lola
12/30/2022 04:16:46 pm
Dotty!!!!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!
Traycee
12/29/2022 05:48:04 pm
I'm an introvert and have battled social anxiety for the majority of my adult life (and to be honest it was there during my youth but I didn't recognize it then). The pandemic allowed me to retreat into my shell even further with the social distancing and whatnot. This year, I want to challenge myself to step out of the protective and often isolating walls that I've constructed. I'm not 100% sure what that looks like at this moment but know that it involves finding new ways to show my art, to use my voice and to be present, even though it's uncomfortable.
lola
12/30/2022 04:20:02 pm
Traycee!!!!! Holy mackerel, lady! Thank you SO MUCH for your vulnerability and openness! And for creating such an excellent dare for yourself..... I double, triple dare you!
If I were triple dog dared.....I would love to create a series of spoken guided meditations for artists who want to write their first books and feature this series as a support pathway in the membership site I want to launch to help artists write their dreams into being in 2024.
lola
12/30/2022 04:21:22 pm
Thea!!!! I triple-dog-dare you right this minute! Holy macaroons! Artists DO want to write their dreams into being! WOW WOW WOW! 12/30/2022 11:04:52 am
I am on my tablet and I can comment! Yay! Love when you go abstract! Any cold wax here? I've already dared myself in taking part in a one on one workshop. Took up the dare, booked tickets, no looking back!
lola
12/30/2022 04:22:38 pm
CAROL!!!!! OMG! Welcome back! I am SO dang excited you found a way through the cyber glitch! And congratulations on leaping into the dare-devil zone! I am cheering you on! WOOOOOHOOOOO! Leave a Reply. |
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