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!

Click on any of the sketches to enlarge...
and don't forget to check out older posts!

Monday, November 21, 2011

November 18, 2011

    Having watched a demo recently of watercolor done in a series of washes I wanted to give the pale layering a try... so I made a sketch of a man from a photo. I am probably going to have to pull the left hand eye out a bit tomorrow before trying the washes. 
    I rather doubt the paper will to stand up to the water creditably; since I don't do watercolor I don't keep the correct paper around. I don't want to run out to get heavier watercolor paper just to satisfy a bit of curiosity, but if it seems interesting (or frustrating?) enough I may have to...
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  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    has this evolved since you first shared it, or.....maybe I'm just forgetting. Agree about the eye.....but a very interesting effect. And don't I recognize the man?

    cp

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