David Hoffmann in Minneapolis, Minnesota after completing a year working with color is now spending a year making 365 Days of Creatures...
Why did you decide to do this project?
I did finish last years 365 day project around the theme of color. I decided to continue on this year. I changed it though to doing a different creature a day for a year. The highlight of las year's blog for me was the days I created a creature, like the sad frogs or monsters or the snowmen.
I decided to continue on with this, because I had so many people encourage me to continue. They looked forward to the things I created and it became part of their week. It also became a habit, a rather fun one. I'm even more excited this year because of the new direction.
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life?
My students (I'm an elementary art teacher) now ask weekly what creature did you do today? They get really excited to see what I came up with. It shows them things I do as an artist and they can be
inspired to try new things as well.
My hope is to take these creatures and turn them eventually into larger pieces, greeting cards, t-shirt ideas, etc... It's just plain fun and paper art is a medium I love, but failed to ever spend much time in.
See all of Dave's creatures HERE.
Why did you decide to do this project?
I did finish last years 365 day project around the theme of color. I decided to continue on this year. I changed it though to doing a different creature a day for a year. The highlight of las year's blog for me was the days I created a creature, like the sad frogs or monsters or the snowmen.
I decided to continue on with this, because I had so many people encourage me to continue. They looked forward to the things I created and it became part of their week. It also became a habit, a rather fun one. I'm even more excited this year because of the new direction.
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life?
My students (I'm an elementary art teacher) now ask weekly what creature did you do today? They get really excited to see what I came up with. It shows them things I do as an artist and they can be
inspired to try new things as well.
My hope is to take these creatures and turn them eventually into larger pieces, greeting cards, t-shirt ideas, etc... It's just plain fun and paper art is a medium I love, but failed to ever spend much time in.
See all of Dave's creatures HERE.
Dave is so inspiring. What an AMAZING teacher he must be and how lucky his students are to learn from him.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work
Dave!