Sketch A Day 2011: vase

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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and don't forget to check out older posts!

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Monday, August 29, 2011

August 27, 2011

This is a large wheel thrown and embellished vase. It is lightly burnished and made of a terra cotta colored clay with many small flecks.

Monday, August 1, 2011

July 30, 2011

This peculiar glass vase is in the bathroom where we're staying, and it holds three paper roses. The marble is from the little keyring thing that attaches to the room key.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

June 8, 2011

This is a closer view of the parrot vase I got from the Smithsonian shop several years ago to hold larger things like woody branches of azaleas in bloom. It's also in an earlier sketch showing a corner of the living room with a terrarium and lamps.