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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Friday, May 20, 2011

May 17, 2011

    This drawing is of three stages of the tulip poplar flower. I found all three laying on the path in the park... the old, woody seed stage to the upper right being left over from last year. The bud is in the upper right and the green and orange flower is to the bottom center. 
    I could have spent longer on this, but even so I  would not have filled in all the leaves as I liked leaving some in outline. The paper was becoming the worse for wear. I had set the pad down outside and a few spats of rain had landed on the page. This paper definitely does not handle getting wet; you can detect the buckling.
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  1. Amy MannMay 20, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    Very nice! I remember pretending that the center of the old pods were little swords.

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  2. AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    I like the inclusion of the little spike sword from last year, the whole cycle of life......

    cp

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