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!
OK, now I'm always going to be seeing larvae "as they eat their way along their dark paths...." on forest drift wood.....sometimes the word pictures make the picture pictures so much more compelling!
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Beetle Hieroglyphics! Very nicely drawn - the shallow paths really function three-dimensionally, because you've observed their slight but critical shadows correctly. Very patient drawing, much like the larvae as they eat their way along... You really should become a park volunteer (or a park Ranger,) and lead nature walks!
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