Welcome to our Weekly Challenge online gallery.
In response to the restrictions imposed on socialising with each other, Clifton Arts has found new ways to reach out to our community. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 we have, for over a year, been posting weekly artistic challenges inviting all members to create a work interpreting the theme and which will then be posted here for all to appreciate and enjoy.
This page highlights the Weekly Challenges from September - February 2022. For the all the previous weeks submissions , please look at the Weekly Challenge's for Mar - Aug 2021, Sept - Feb 2021 and Mar - Aug 2020 pages.
All and any suggestions for topics for these challenges are welcome.
Send suggestions and challenge entries to: weeklychallenge@cliftonarts.co.uk
In response to the restrictions imposed on socialising with each other, Clifton Arts has found new ways to reach out to our community. Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 we have, for over a year, been posting weekly artistic challenges inviting all members to create a work interpreting the theme and which will then be posted here for all to appreciate and enjoy.
This page highlights the Weekly Challenges from September - February 2022. For the all the previous weeks submissions , please look at the Weekly Challenge's for Mar - Aug 2021, Sept - Feb 2021 and Mar - Aug 2020 pages.
All and any suggestions for topics for these challenges are welcome.
Send suggestions and challenge entries to: weeklychallenge@cliftonarts.co.uk
A portrait is a painting with the mouth all wrong
This week was about the lips and the mouth. Getting the lips right is so hard. So this week we focused on this part of the anatomy. You could have done a series of sketches of different mouths, or a self-portrait of your own lips. You could have depicted mouths in action.
This week was about the lips and the mouth. Getting the lips right is so hard. So this week we focused on this part of the anatomy. You could have done a series of sketches of different mouths, or a self-portrait of your own lips. You could have depicted mouths in action.
Commercial shipping and the dockside
This challenge was about the merchant navy, docks and container ports. The aim was to portray great ships at sea or in port. This can be from a distance or focus on a particular activity on board or in port. This was not about pretty yachts sailing across the bay, but the serious business of commerce. You could have chosen your era or have taken a look at Avonmouth container port.
This challenge was about the merchant navy, docks and container ports. The aim was to portray great ships at sea or in port. This can be from a distance or focus on a particular activity on board or in port. This was not about pretty yachts sailing across the bay, but the serious business of commerce. You could have chosen your era or have taken a look at Avonmouth container port.
Stationary and what you might find on a desk
The challenge was to assemble a still life from the things on your desk, or if you don't have a desk, what you might imagine you find there.
The challenge was to assemble a still life from the things on your desk, or if you don't have a desk, what you might imagine you find there.
Using landscape sketches as the basis of an abstract painting
You were asked to do some quick sketches of a landscape using brightly coloured paints. Then on a board or canvass to stick strips of paper torn from your sketches, using a PVA non water based glue, sticking them onto the surface quite randomly. Then using the texture created and the colours you used to sketch to recreate a vague but creative abstract image.
You were asked to do some quick sketches of a landscape using brightly coloured paints. Then on a board or canvass to stick strips of paper torn from your sketches, using a PVA non water based glue, sticking them onto the surface quite randomly. Then using the texture created and the colours you used to sketch to recreate a vague but creative abstract image.
Costumes from the 18th and 19th Century
This week you were asked to focus on period costumes. An inspiration could have been drawn from some of the many costume dramas on television. Let the Regency and Victorian eras be your source material.
This week you were asked to focus on period costumes. An inspiration could have been drawn from some of the many costume dramas on television. Let the Regency and Victorian eras be your source material.
The Influence of Walter Sickert
This week the challenge was to produce work that is influenced by Walter Sickert , or it could be a copy of one of his paintings. If Sickert is not to your taste, then you may have chosen Whistler or Degas.
This week the challenge was to produce work that is influenced by Walter Sickert , or it could be a copy of one of his paintings. If Sickert is not to your taste, then you may have chosen Whistler or Degas.
Spring has sprung - daffodils are everywhere!
The challenge was to paint and draw daffodils that you find by the roadside or on roundabouts. You may have chosen to come close in and feature one or two daffodils or show clusters of them growing by the hedgerows lining our roads and lanes.
The challenge was to paint and draw daffodils that you find by the roadside or on roundabouts. You may have chosen to come close in and feature one or two daffodils or show clusters of them growing by the hedgerows lining our roads and lanes.
A Bristol Dock
The challenge was to submit sketches, drawings or paintings based on what you see around Bathurst Basin (as many of our activities last week were based around there). You could also have worked off photos of the Basin (two photos have been included in a recent mailing to you). Failing that, you were asked to choose any dock in Bristol that took your fancy.
The challenge was to submit sketches, drawings or paintings based on what you see around Bathurst Basin (as many of our activities last week were based around there). You could also have worked off photos of the Basin (two photos have been included in a recent mailing to you). Failing that, you were asked to choose any dock in Bristol that took your fancy.
Silhouette cut-outs
Bottles, jugs and fruit shapes
The idea was to choose simple subjects such as the above, and draw them onto card with something like felt tips, into flat, simple shapes and then cut them out, arranging a composition using the shapes and overlapping some. Then, putting loose washes onto the paper, and when dry, laying your stencils down and drawing round them, selecting a pattern of shapes. Having created those shapes, you could have taken your painting in any direction it suggests.
Bottles, jugs and fruit shapes
The idea was to choose simple subjects such as the above, and draw them onto card with something like felt tips, into flat, simple shapes and then cut them out, arranging a composition using the shapes and overlapping some. Then, putting loose washes onto the paper, and when dry, laying your stencils down and drawing round them, selecting a pattern of shapes. Having created those shapes, you could have taken your painting in any direction it suggests.
The courage of Ukrainians and world support
The challenge was to draw inspiration from the human courage, resolve and kindness the war in Ukraine has provoked. You may have chosen to focus on the Ukrainian people themselves or the efforts made by people in the West to offer help. The challenge was not about producing political propaganda but about the human condition.
The challenge was to draw inspiration from the human courage, resolve and kindness the war in Ukraine has provoked. You may have chosen to focus on the Ukrainian people themselves or the efforts made by people in the West to offer help. The challenge was not about producing political propaganda but about the human condition.
Our emotions as we daydream
This challenge was about depicting your emotions as you daydream. You could have shown a person as they daydream, or on the other hand conjure up your dream place. You were asked to just be dreamy as you tackled this!
This challenge was about depicting your emotions as you daydream. You could have shown a person as they daydream, or on the other hand conjure up your dream place. You were asked to just be dreamy as you tackled this!
