from Monday 16th November:
Join us for a week of fun creative challenges inspired by Colour Queen Sue Kreitzman!
Home is where the ART is and we’re all stuck at home, so we’ve teamed up with the fabulous Sue Kreitzman to bring you a whole week of colourful creative fun! This is a chance to spend some time reflecting, rummaging and creating lots of fab new artwork that’ll bring some much-needed joy ot the world!
We’ll be setting a challenge a day over on our Instagram channel, via short & sweet video prompts from Sue. If you want to get ahead, get cracking on the list of challenges below!
Please post your work on the appropriate day, and tag both @sketchappeal and @suekreitzman - no doubt we will share and love it all! And there’s every chance it could feature in the next issue of Sketch Appeal magazine - coming in Jan 2021!
The challenges
Day 3 = Make a selfie mask! It could be a simple upcycled paper plate or bag, or you could get crafty with some cardboard and make something a bit more ‘complex’!
Here’s looking at Sue!
Draw an experimental portrait of Sue from the photo posted on Instagram on Monday. (Experimental means whatever you want it to - abstract, continuous-line, without looking at the page… anything goes!)
Supersheroes
Draw one of your favourite feminist ‘sheroes’, and for an extra challenge, do it with your non-dominant hand! From Frida Kahlo to Grace Jones - Josephine Baker to Eleanor Roosevelt; there are plenty to choose from and the choice is yours!
Selfie mask
Make a selfie mask! Create a colourful, customised 2D face mask using a paper bag, bits of cardboard, a paper plate, or whatever you can salvage from around the house. Embellish it with nail varnish, buttons, sequins, glitter etc. if you want to go all out Sue! You could even come and make it at our FREE WORKSHOP on Wed 18th.
Fashion memories
Draw your favourite fashion memory from an old photo - show and tell us all about it. It could be your wedding dress, but remember Sue loves colour - so why not reimagine yourself as a technicolour bride! Do it with your non-dominant hand for extra fun! :)
Flea market finds
Show, sketch and tell us about some of your favourite flea market/vintage finds. Books, ornaments, jewels… anything goes! It could be the oldest, the weirdest, the kitchiest… we want to see all your curious finds!
Wonderwalls
You’ll be pretty familiar with the wonderwalls of Sue’s house, bursting with art and colour. Well, now we’d love to see what adorns yours! Take a pic of an entire wall, or just select one of your favourite pieces. We’d love to hear the story behind some of your favourite pieces of art.
Dress up and draw!
Don your most colourful outfit, get someone to take a photo or take a selfie in the mirror and then draw it! And then go down the park and parade your rainbow wares for all to see! And THEN, come join us for a Sketchy Bitches Colourfest! (4-6pm, Sun 22nd Nov)
This incredible lasercut neckshrine was created by Sue’s dear friend Elizabeth Joseph. It features some of Sue’s biggest ‘sheroes’ - Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Grace Jones, Carmen Miranda, Eleanor Roosevelt and most importantly, herself!
The iconic Josephine Baker is one of Sue’s supersheroes and a great muse for Day 3!
The walls of Sue’s home are bursting with colourful art and every bit as iconic as the woman herself! She’s shown you hers - now show us yours! :)
A close-up of one of her favourite pieces, which she co-created with a friend
