Sketch A Day 2011: copy

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, March 24, 2011

March 18, 2011

Today I visited the National Gallery with my friend, who is a copyist, and saw their lockers, how she sets up, and wandered the gallery while she painted. The gallery seemed to have a moderate sized crowd, but she would have up to eight people watching her paint at a given time. I'm very impressed by her bravery!
I was determined to get at least one sketch done, so I did this one of The Stranded Ship by Asher Durand. I chose it partly because it looked less complicated and thus doable, which is a good thing because I had to sketch it in two sits, due to picking up a shoulder-peeker rather quickly the first time. The odd bat to the lower right is the worst as it should lay down, which it certainly does not... and I think it was actually the broken mast. Whatever.