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!

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

April 13, 2011

     If I walk out to an electric line that crosses the land, I can stand at the top of an extremely steep hill and look down and along the clear line all the way to Afton mountain. It's a beautiful view, especially on a fresh spring (or fall) day. We buried a beloved pet (a very sweet iguana we had for 18 years) at the top here... so it's "Draco's view". 
     There's a pole behind me to the left and the diagonal line in the lower left corner is a guy wire from the pole to the ground. I hope those things aren't supposed to be taut because this one isn't! The hill is so steep that the next pole is way down there; an irregularly long interval away, and the wires just descend the slope unsupported. There is a narrow old road partway down edged by brush, and otherwise the right-of-way is fairly clear this time of year.
 
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  1. Amy MannApril 19, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    Boy, when I blew this one up, I was amazed at the variety of marks and values you got. I really love the way the near trees on the left give a sense of distance when compared with the bare woods beyond them. It really has the feeling of this time of year. Nice bird, too! A hawk?

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