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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Sunday, September 4, 2011

September 2, 2011

     There was a period of time when I was fascinated by repouse cuff bracelets... the older ones. To keep them straight I stack them on the necks of a few tall bottles, so I used ink to draw two of them. 
     I never stack any on top of the silver fish clamp cuff shown on top here. It was a gift from my father to my mother... or so the story went for Years.
     One night my mother was telling my daughter and I about it - uncharacteristically imbuing the story with a bit of a romantic air - when my father became puzzled and couldn't remember buying it or giving it to her! In indignation (and to my daughter's delight) my sparky little mom decided to change the story on the spot and declare that in that case it must have been a gift from an earlier boyfriend. Ouch! 
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    I always heard it was from Daddy too, so I think he just forgot......not sure it was ever totally loved til you adopted it, so its a good thing it has an appreciative home.

    And of course has now modeled for a great sketch.......Would also be great IN COLOR, I hardly need say.

    cp

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  2. EmSeptember 4, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Ah, but being silver with just the tiny turquoise cabochons and with the other bracelet being silver and the bottle clear...

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  3. Amy MannSeptember 4, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    Your poor Daddy! He just forgot... a man can't be expected to remember every little bauble he gives his honey!

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