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, August 21, 2011

August 19, 2011

    I didn't get to work on this as much as I would have liked today, but I did get many of the base colors laid down so most of the canvas is at least covered. The paint is still wet and I had to use a flash so that the photo shows  some glistening as an artifact of those conditions. Perhaps if the weather cooperates and I remember, I can retake the photo tomorrow before working on it again.

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