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, August 7, 2011

July 31, 2011

    I'm so tired I've already fallen asleep once... sitting up. It's my first night back home, but I'm only going to post one sketch tonight. I'll catch up over the next few days with my posting. 
    This is an air plant sitting in a flute, and it was on the table in the B&B where we stayed. I sketched it in about two sittings over two of the first few days we were there, but I also did some other sketches and/or starts, so this one counts as one - for the 31st. 
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