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, December 14, 2011

December 12, 2011

     Three tiny dog bones. I thought they'd be a good thing to draw since they are irregular and beige and textural, but really they just turned out to be unsatisfactorily peculiarly shaped and beige... almost the same color all over even when I increased the lighting for more shadows. 
    These are the tiny bones you give many times a day for rewards, so they are probably poured into little molds with residue, air bubbles and flat backs. 
    Oh well... I'm on catch-up mode so I need to do some very quick and easy drawings. Also:  I'm out of paper and haven't been getting out due to the world's longest duration cold. Today will be art pad store visit day at last! At last I'm not coughing so much strangers shy away (which could be a Good thing)... 
 
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  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    glad the cough is better.....altho having strangers shy away could be a great shopping strategy!

    cp

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