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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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

September 11, 2011

    I've been at my parents' home since yesterday and this is a hand turned and hand embellished cut-away pot they have on their mantel. I spent almost as much time getting an image of the drawing as I did doing it... and it was alot more trouble! People who never use a computer to handle images may only have the very first version of paint, and it didn't seem to think there would ever be a need to crop... just for example! 
    I've managed to put a wierd twist on the top of this pot, which I assure you is not really there, but to heck with it! On to the next one!
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  1. Amy MannSeptember 14, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Your parents certainly have a lot of interesting tchotchkes! I don't see the weird twist...

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