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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Saturday, April 9, 2011

April 2nd 2011

    This was a fairly quick sketch of my son fixing my kitchen light while my husband supervises. The son turned out okay... but by the time I'd gotten to my husband I had only managed to sketch his head before they needed another screw and left. I had to try to do the body off a later - and probably slightly different -  lean against the counter and it just didn't do right... mainly going wrong in the neck and shoulders, which translates down into the torso. On the bright side (!) the light works!
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  1. Amy MannApril 9, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    I like it! I don't see any real problems...

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  2. Helen OpieApril 11, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Better the light working than the drawing working! And your husband looks like he's articulated just fine.

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  3. Helen OpieApril 11, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    Also, what you really got is the difference in posture and gesture between young man and his father.

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