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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Sunday, June 12, 2011

June 9, 2011

     I haven't done a landscape drawing in awhile and I'm trying to keep some variety going, so here's the shore of the Potomac river at Leesylvania... on a dreary grey day. It would probably have been a bit more visually interesting if there had been some shadows. If I were to paint this, for instance, I'd probably want to work in some nice drift wood in the foreground and "unflatten" the right edge.
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  1. Amy MannJune 12, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    When the weather is cool again, I'll definitely have to go with you to this park to paint!

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