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, February 3, 2011

Jan 29, 2011

    This is my daughter working at her laptop. She was busy-busy and her hands kept flying, so I ended up just playing with that... the idea of getting them on the computer is to Not disturb them, but seize the advantage of having a person "tied to a chair" with their own business. 
    I should have brought the upper arm line forward to shorten the forearm, but didn't, out of not-being-bothered-by-then. Perhaps I will correct this in the sketch book. I have slightly exaggerated the neck, but I like the look... and she does have a long thin neck and wonderful posture, so I wouldn't change that.
 
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