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!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

July 16, 2011

    Today we visited my parents, so I had to squeeze in a sketch while at their house. This is of my father reading one of the smaller sections in the newspaper. He is an amazingly active reader, which I would never have noticed if I hadn't been attempting to draw him. Within a few moments he had held the paper (refolded repeatedly) by all possible parts, had his elbow raised, lowered, rested on his leg, his forearm rested on his tummy... it boggles the mind that he can actually read when in motion so constantly. Maybe the news was unsettling?
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