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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Friday, August 12, 2011

August 8, 2011

     This mousey looking little fellow is a baby squirrel. He has been coming to our feeder on the kitchen window sill for about three days. I drew this over two days because of the movement of my "nude will pose for sunflower seeds" model. He moves about, but shows very little natural fear of us... unfortunately. 
     His tail is not fluffed out yet, his ears look a bit big on him and he is so skinny he almost makes a question mark instead of a plumper squirrel's hunched shape. When they're really tiny they go from looking like rats to looking somewhat like baby kangaroos! This one is just a bit young to not be still following Momma Squirrel around when outside of the nest... I hope all is well in the squirrel neighbourhood.
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  1. Amy MannAugust 12, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    Very nice portrait of the little guy! We also have a young, although a little older than yours, squirrel. It used to have a sibling that it would zoom around with, but now it's alone.

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