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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Thursday, November 10, 2011

November 8, 2011

    What would be an appropriate birthday cake for an artist? A Tall birthday cake, of course! Here it is... Happy Birthday Amy!

3 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday indeed to Amy! Love the brush candles and paint frosting, to, and is that ANGEL FOOD underneath?

    cp

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  2. Aw, thanks, Em and Celia! I love the cake, and printed it out so I could enjoy looking at it all the time! ♥♡♥

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  3. The reference is to "tall paintings"... Holton Rower. I so Badly want to lavishly pour paint, but on all kinds of things... why stay with big blocks??

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