Hi Everyone!

We’re excited to launch Creative Clues, a new monthly feature of Art Starts at Louisville Visual Art. With each new Clue, we’ll provide some pointers to help you succeed and improve.

Creative Clues Showcase

CLUE: PETS
Deadline for artwork submission is October 29, 2021 at midnight

How to: Color Context 3.1

CLUE: Communicating with Lines

Here are a few lines on lines. More Line How To and Projects coming in the next few months.

Here are two artists to inspire you. Check out their silly and amazing line creations.

Keith Haring

Keith Haring‘s thick lines, often in black and white or filled with bright, flat color helped to define his style and made him a recognizable artist around the world. What types of lines can you see in these paintings? How would you draw your Creative Clue – PETS – in the style of Keith Haring? Learn about Keith Haring here. https://haringkids.com/

Stephen Wiltshire

Stephen Wiltshire draws Singapore skyline from memory

Stephen Wiltshire was born in London in 1974. At the age of 3 he was diagnosed with Autism. At age 5, he was sent to school where teachers noticed he had a great interest in drawing and was fascinated by buildings. Please take a look at this video of Stephen drawing the city of Singapore. Learn how drawing helped Stephen communicate. How did Stephen research the city and buildings? What was his first step in the drawing process? What kind of line variations did he use in his pen and ink drawing?

Look around your bedroom for 30 seconds. Then go to another room and try to draw what you saw in your bedroom. How much detail were you able to draw? Learn about Stephen Wiltshire at: stephenwiltshire.co.uk/biography

“Do the best you can and never stop.”

Stephen Wiltshire

Send in your PETS artwork

Deadline for artwork submission is October 29, 2021 at midnight.

• Content: family friendly (LVA will determine if artwork is appropriate to share online.)

• Ages 5 to 105!

• Photo Guidelines: here is a nifty link, if you want to learn to take great pictures of your artwork

• Consent and Permission: By filling out the form below, you give LVA permission to display your artwork and information in the Creative Clue Showcase. *NOTE: if you are under 18 years old, please have a parent or guardian complete the form.

• Address: email artwork to: artstartshere@louisvillevisualart.org

• Social Media: you may share your artwork on Instagram: #artwithinreach, #ArtStartsAtLVA

LVA will notify you if your artwork is in the Creative Clues Showcase at the end of the month. artstartshere@louisvillevisualart.org

Remember to use your past How To pages to come up with creative solutions for your new clue:

January 2021 - Winter -Thumbnails

February 2021 - Heart - Research

March 2021 - Chair - Develop Your Artist Eye

April 2021 - Spring

May 2021 - Breeze

June 2021 - Light

July 2021 - Together

August - Trees

September - Apples & Pears