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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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Jan. 20, 2011

     This is a blind contour drawing of one of my sons working on the computer with his dog, Mindy, beside him. He's sitting on an old school house bench seat. The desk top is behind him and would have served the child behind the seat when many of these were lined up in a column. 
     I had to drape a light scarf over my pad and pencil or I would have cheated! I started at the upper left arm (about the top middle) and had to look down to place my pencil seven times... twice on the scroll-work on the desk - and I'm amazed it isn't more crossed up - and twice on the dog - and I'm amazed she is so crossed over and goofy looking! I didn't look to get the numbers onto the alarm face, but they pretty much made it there...
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    wow, this is my fave of all so far.....love the dog, love the desk.......so active feeling!

    cp

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  2. Amy MannJanuary 27, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    I love the goofy doggie! and it's an amazingly accurate drawing for a blind contour. So much humor and loving observation.

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