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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Monday, September 19, 2011

September 18, 2011

    While I was drawing the magnolia pod I was thinking about the way the pod is formed to protect the beans until they are ripe enough to be released to the earth. The cupping segments reminded me of hands clasped protectively around the beautiful beans - which, after all, really are the next generation of magnolias. I decided to do another magnolia pod drawing, emphasizing that relationship rather than what a pod looks like... although it still looks like a magnolia pod... erm, in a way. 
    By the way, the bean/baby that has been released is dangling by a cord, and the actual magnolia beans really are fastened to the pods by fine white silken lines which sometimes remain attached to dangling beans. 
    Click to enlarge the drawing and check out the faces! The dangling bean baby's face is hidden from us, but the baby looking at him is the only one with open eyes, and is looking surprised - like we would all feel if we could see our future. 
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    what a unique vision! love the expressive baby faces and hands......and the 2 drawings as companions.....

    cp

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  2. Amy MannSeptember 20, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    This is so amazingly COOL! You are at your best when you combine your amazing feeling for Nature along with your clever imagination. Please, illustrate a children's book!

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  3. PullerJanuary 17, 2014 at 1:28 PM

    I really like this! Great imagery!!!

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  4. PullerJanuary 17, 2014 at 1:29 PM

    Amy is correct, you should do a children's book about nature!!! That is truly your passion.

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