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!
very nice sketch! Did your companions wait around while you drew the building, or did you have to take a photo? How long did you spend on it? I love all the dark negative spaces.
ReplyDeleteI try to state when something is done from a photo, but this time the computer (or site) froze part way through and the text was blanked when I returned after jimmying with it, so on the second round I forgot to put that in. I have now altered it... so it looks like you can't read (sorry!). At least if someone reads your comment they'll read this one too. Probably. I have no idea of the time I spent on this. Once in awhile I look at that, but not always. I also tend to stop and run off to tend to something, so it could get complicated. This one did take some time, but coloring in the simple black was soothing...
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