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!

Click on any of the sketches to enlarge...
and don't forget to check out older posts!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Feb. 7, 2011

    This is the part of my back yard visible from my kitchen window. The box is for squirrels, the can held compost, but the lid mysteriously won't stay on, and it's February but the tree with the chimes is a cedar. The picnic table is a very sturdy home built version, and it is not really crooked... another thing to go back into the pad and tweak (maybe, if I feel inspired to do so).
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    I hope this is the view drawn out the window....it was pretty cold yesterday!

    cp

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  2. EmFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    This was drawn out the window, standing by the kitchen sink. The view is down onto the yard since the floor is about rib high to the earth in the back.

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