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!

Friday, April 22, 2011

April 17, 2011

    It's a froggy time of year. Walking my dog in the park today, I could hear frogs and the plopping of frogs into the water, but nary a frog did I see. When I got home I saw this plastic frog my kids had when they were little. In recent years, we put it near our little pond to confuse the real frogs that live there. 
    I started off with a pen I used to like, but discovered it must be running out of ink since it would not do anything but the firmest mark without skipping. Of course, I should have found another pen that matched or started over, but I found that it was actually a bit of an interesting exercise to sketch the plastic frog with all firm marks. How's that for rationalising just "making do"? Unfortunately, I can see the pen also made a few blot-marks on it's own initiative; it really is due for the trash. I added a bug and lily and pad just for fun. 
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