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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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

July 26, 2011

     This is a small drawing - about five inches - of an even smaller toy. This toy dates back to the 1960s, is plastic, and bows and bobs when you push up on the base of the stand. Since I got a poodle pup for my seventh or so birthday, we were often given poodley things by friends and relatives.

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  1. I remember those toys! I had some, too. Yours looks appropriate wobbly.

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