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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and don't forget to check out older posts!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Feb. 25th, 2011

     Here are some views of a squirrel climbing onto a feeder at my kitchen window and eating seeds and corn. The fascinating thing about squirrel tails is that they look so solid from a distance but are so thin - long hair on a little rat tail - up close. Like clouds. I couldn't manage the hands from memory, but they look like little gray tarantula legs... and yet are really adorable.
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  1. Amy MannFebruary 26, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Great squirrel drawings! You really caught the tail - the fur is beautiful. I really get the feeling of its airiness.

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