Sketch A Day 2011: beetle

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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Monday, September 26, 2011

September 26, 2011

I needed to do a much faster sketch tonight so I decided to draw a black beetle using black ink. Because of it's darkness it becomes a silhouette.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

May 4, 2011

This is a chunk of branch I picked up in the woods. These branches, with their bark removed, have the trails and hallways carved out by beetle larvae as they eat their way along their dark paths. Some of them look more like netting, some more like strange alphabet characters from an alien language... secret beetle code.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Jan. 15, 2011

I raise these to feed my lizards; primarily chameleons, a beardie (Mia; see Jan 2) and a baby Eastern mud turtle. These were alive when I drew them, so I used a Victorian style of standing magnifier and a broom straw for flipping, repositioning, herding...