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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Thursday, August 25, 2011

August 24, 2011

     I added some more color, but I'm going to break for a few days on this... I was crazy to line the steps up right above the pot even though they looked lined up from sitting on the end of the bench that let me look between things into the pond. Since I didn't stick with a strictly realistic style, and was experimenting anyway, I should have done what it took to get a good composition. I'm annoyed by the double tree too, but will live with that. 
    When I do re-approach this, I'll plan on moving the steps some, painting the middle in, the middle right, relaxing the goldfinch so he doesn't look stuffed, and... well... working All Over this thing. Sigh.
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  1. AnonymousAugust 26, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    love the gold finch and I'm not seeing the anoying double tree....

    cp

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