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!
now I want to know the fate of both the kolrabi and the parsnip!
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mmm... vegetable soup!
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess I took the idea that they also call kohlrabi "cabbage apple" a little literally; I was going to work on it a second day, but when I got it out and looked at it I decided not to... I just wasn't interested anymore... so I dug out the parsnip and while I drew the parsnip I had the kholrabi sitting upright in about an inch of water in a sauce pan, little leaves like a flag poking out the top, boiling away. When it was soft through I ran water over it to cool it. Contemplating "what next?" I thought it actually smelled pretty good (drawing parsnips late at night is hungry work) so I took a bite. Mmmm. Yummy. I put a small dab of Smart Balance on a plate and with a little bit of dipping now and then I ate it like an apple - and it was Good!
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