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!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

May 10, 2011

    I have a wooden bowl with a variety of nuts and cones, so I sketched a couple of these... more as a design or array than as a still life in which I would have included shadows to "ground" them. 
    These include an acorn, a cedar of Lebanon "rose" cone, a sequoia cone, an unknown pod, a section of short needles and a horse chestnut.
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  1. AnonymousMay 15, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    wow, wonderful "rose" cone....I wonder if that tree is still there?

    cp

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  2. Amy MannMay 15, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    very cool and interesting!

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