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!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

August 6, 2011

     This is the stem from a bok choy. When you've pulled off all of the big leaves you usually have just a core left, but this time the core had smaller bok choy starts all along the length of it, and it had such a bizarre, bonsai look that I immediately knew I had to draw it. It could be a plant from another planet...
     I have already stuck a few more normal looking cores in the ground and they seem to be growing, so I did the same thing with this one. Our turtle will no doubt find them and chow down! 
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  1. Amy MannAugust 11, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Very nice... I love the attention you've given to every little bit.

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