The purpose of a sketch a day is just to do it - sketch! It doesn't matter if it is an involved sketch or if it is a simple contour or gesture drawing. There are no rules except to sketch each day.

Life parameters can dictate the time investment, but a sketch a day commitment is designed to elevate the personal priority of sketching ... to enforce sketching. Making it into a "resolution" validates the activity (invests it with a bit of a challenge even!) and defends against competing demands. The sketch a day is designed for practice - to reinforce basic skills, and to provide daily contemplation on the issues of two dimensional representation.

Several of us are doing a sketch a day, and I would enjoy hearing from anyone else who decides to join in. We share our efforts, support each other, keep each other honest and... hopefully we'll have some fun doing this!

Click on any of the sketches to enlarge...
and don't forget to check out older posts!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

April 1, 2011

    Maple squirts, also called whirligigs by kids, are developing now. Some are almost full sized and rosy, and some are still tiny. The little beans you find inside when you peel them are a favorite food of our squirrels. The leaves are still tiny (about the size of squirrel ears!) and such a pale green they're almost silver.
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  1. Amy MannApril 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Your pencil caresses these objects, as your eye lovingly observes them...

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