PISSOG IS GOSSIP SPELLED BACKWARDS: Art Challenge?(featured artist Salvador Dali )

I want to be challenged and miss the structure of school. I miss having assignments for art that I would never think of doing and having a specific deadline for them. I looked online for art and found 30 day challenges with a list of items to draw. That is great, but I want something more in depth. I can easily just pick a list and draw something, but I am not at a loss for ideas to draw. I have a bunch of ideas floating around in my brain, I don't necessarily need more. I guess what I'm looking for is the accountability of a deadline but also the push to think outside of the box. So I thought maybe looking up images would help. It sometimes gets me in a creative mood. If anyone actually reads this and knows of any websites with abstract challenges or suggest different drawing styles versus ideas let me know. For the mean time I thought why not create my own list. So I will draw something in my sketchbook everyday for 5 days. Then on the 5th day select one of those ideas to be a more detailed piece or to go into one of the many pieces I am working on so that I actually finish art pieces. Then have the art piece finished in 3 to 4 days. So if I start today the 5th day is on Tuesday the 22nd. Which is perfect because my grandma and I get together and do art anyway.The piece will have to be done by Saturday which will be somewhat difficult because I have a big dance that day. I still believe I can do it though.

Day 1 - Doodle in your sketchbook with your eyes closed

Day 2 - Open any book close your eyes and point to a word on that page. Draw what that word means to you with only warm or cold colors.

Day 3- Go to your search engine then type in your name. Click the image tab and pick of few pictures to draw using pointillism, scribble and contour lines.
Day 4 - Pick someone famous/notorious you admire. Look up quotes by them. Pick quotes that speak to you and draw your interpretation of that quote

Day 5- Click Next Blog until you stumble across a blog with pictures and draw an image that speaks to you. Then add your own artistic spin to it. Do this as many times as necessary til entire page is filled.

I'm going to go for it I will post my sketches later. We will see how it turns out...

Salvador Dali

I have mentioned before that Salvador Dali's "Vision's of Eternity" is one of my absolute favorites. He is one of the greatest abstract artists and most know for his melting clocks . His paintings are so bizarre and just seeing photos of him he looks just as quirky. I would have loved to meet him, because he just seemed like such a unique guy full of unique ideas. His quotes are sometimes witty/hysterical or just plain brilliant.

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction." - Salvador Dali

I as an artist sometimes feel as though I don't know how to communicate with the world around me. Sometimes my art is out there and people just don't understand it. I'm sure when Salvador Dali was starting out people didn't quite get him and maybe even discouraged him. Its nice to see artist who stay true to themselves and create art that although appears wacky in reality has so much beauty and deep meaning. Salvador Dali created so many pieces while he was on this earth I don't even know where to begin to pick favorites. I think its safe to say he is one of my all time favorites.