You voted… Our community mail exchange shall officially be known as… 📬 SKETCHY DELIVERIES Honestly… this is the perfect name for a bunch of Drawing Dropouts. 😂 Now the only question is… Do you want IN? We’ve got an incredible team of volunteers who have agreed to help bring this crazy idea to life. 👮 Booking Officer @Karen Mack Will collect your confidential inmate records… also known as your mailing address. Fingerprints optional. 📦 Chief of Evidence @Fred Tyre Keeps the evidence locker organized, secures everyone’s information, and makes sure every inmate gets matched with the correct accomplice. He will also make sure that each case is closed. 👩‍⚖️ Judge @Kate Bullock Hands down the court dates, and lets everyone know when it’s time to make their drop. 🕵️ Chiefs of Inmate Interrogation @LM Sharron & @Amanda Mirrlees Responsible for asking the tough questions, stirring the pot, and making sure nobody escapes without having a good laugh. Now let’s build this thing together. A few questions: 📏 Size: Should we keep everything postcard size (4x6), A5, or make it flexible? 📅 Timing: I’m thinking once every quarter. Sound good? 🎨 Medium: Anything handmade? Painting, sketch, collage, printmaking, photography, poetry, mixed media? 🖊️ Signature requirements? Drop your thoughts below. 👇 I just created a new Sketchy Deliveries category so we have a home for all of this glorious criminal activity. 🚔🎨📬

Ok, No banana pics ….. today. I am all up in my nostalgic feels from college remember the FIRST day of my first figure drawing class. Smallish, black dude standing in front of a class of virgin 20 year olds and dropping his robe to expose it ALL so I could draw ALL of it. I am teaching an IRL Figure drawing class tomorrow. The model is clothed but it still brings me back. And I was looking at some art and I wanted to show you something. Point something out. WARM AND COOL Exaggerated. See how the front of the body is very warm - reds, creams and warm browns. But there is a second light. Maybe a florescent light? And the highlights are BLUE! And how about the composition? What do you see? 🔺⭕️📐?????? This is a painting by an artist that my friend @Thomas Richards turned me on to. He paints much looser thank I do but I love it. Benjamin Lester Michael in Shadow 11” x 14” Oil on Birch Panel

The artist has completely lost their mind and forgotten to give this painting a title. Your mission… Save the day. 🤣 What would YOU call it? Serious. Funny. Completely unhinged. There are no wrong answers. I’ll reveal the real title and artist tomorrow. Annnnnnnd - GO!

@Kate Bullock @Janice Peterson I feel that this painting is dry enough to critique and glaze the bright parts. Wednesday, Friday or Monday - can we coordinate a time? What day works for you?

Almost 2 weeks ago, a community post with an idea had 109 comments. Now if you're a community owner, that makes you realize just how F-💣 important this is. This is good because I love this idea! @Fred Tyre started it and SO MANY MORE you love the concept. SO here goes. It's an Art Sharing, Snail Mail Style - exchange. But we have to come up with a title for it. This is open to every member. How it works. - Opt in and provide your mailing address that will not be made public. - Create a piece of art (small card size - details to com). - Mail that art to your assigned fellow dropout. - When your art arrives, you share the photo of it and the story in the community (There will be a special tab for this). Of course, since we are all a bunch of bad ass reprobates (my favorite word btw), we thought we would have some fun with the name. Below are some suggestions: @LM Sharron suggested this: The Artful Accomplice Exchange - Participants become Accomplices - Pairings become Assignments - Mailing day becomes The Drop - Recipients are Creative Co-Conspirators - Arrival photos become Evidence - Finished swaps become Case Closed Here is the original post with lots of brainstorming ideas. https://www.skool.com/painting-for-drawing-dropouts-5983/group-project-art-share-snail-mail-style