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 21, 2011

September 19, 2011

    This simple line drawing is of a cluster of mushrooms. Although they are all the same type, their different ages gives them different forms and textures. I started way too late on a day that was way too busy. I may decide to do more on this or I may abandon it... if I abandon it I'll probably try the subject again since I do love being up very close on small things. 
 

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