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!
I think this is a good drawing - I don't get the sense that you "cross hatched where you should have shaded gently" - I like the marks you made, and I think the drawing is fresh. Do it again, but not because this one wasn't good, because it is!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can draw each tray after eating the last 2 cookies in the box, and have a montage at the end of cookie season? I can see this as a header on the Girl Scout website.....
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