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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Saturday, April 16, 2011

April 9, 2011

     Two dandelions and a camellia. I was interested in trying the dandelions without using the eraser to soften or smudge in any way, and yet I did decide to lighten the shade of the bottom dandelion... so of course I had to touch it a bit around the inside with the eraser. I also used the eraser for mistakes or adjustments elsewhere, but the exercise was to sketch softness softly.

2 comments:

  1. Just beautiful! I love the little seeds floating away. You really caught the airiness and lightness of the dandelions!

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  2. This reminds me of an earlier favorite drawing, the pineapple, in that it crosses over from what anyone sees to what only you see with the flying pteredactals and now the floating seeds.

    cp

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