This is the photo you need to use for your 'Push the Light' painting project!

There is also a pdf version if you want to print it out.

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We are all painting the same tree to illustrate how differently we see the world... creating a gallery of people's artworks from around the globe, showing a diverse range of personal approaches.

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The project intends to show our different levels of 'seeing clearly' and our approaches to light and shade from a perspective of curiosity, wonder, and interest.

 

It's also part of an extended story about personal development and mental health: how we can use our art practices to understand ourselves better as well as those around us.

 

You can watch the full Push the Light seminar in the YouTube link below, and check my YouTube page or Instagram for the two 'shorts' explaining the primary colours metaphor and why that is important for this project.

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how to be involved:

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• Paint the tree using one set of primary colours (you choose!) and white. Paint it as realistically as you can.

• take a photo.

• upload as a post to your Instagram account listing the following info in the description:

  • the colours you used

  • where you are from (and/or nationality)

  • your name (optional)

  • any other info about your art practice you'd like to share (optional)

• recommended: in the post settings TURN OFF likes, share count and comments. You will still see the numbers on your account but they won't be visible to the public. This project isn't about popularity or being judged by the public, this is intended as a supportive and positive forum, looking at each other's paintings with interest and fascination, observing the different ways of seeing the same object.

• NO SELFIES... just the painting.

• NO DIGITAL ART... this is about a hands-on art practice and everything that emcompasses.

• tag the Instagram page @push_the_light and Charlotte will transfer your painting to the main grid gallery when it has been checked (just to eliminate any spam or people being stupid) 

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If you're not an artist but love the ideas behind this, follow the Instagram page to see the myriad of trees as they grow... and spread the word to anyone who might appreciate this approach to viewing the world!

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Push the Light book is available here