Sketch-A-Day 2012
In December of 2011 I resolved to sketch something
every day in 2012. I bought some sketchbooks and gave myself four rules:
2. Do not use the same media two days in a row.
3. Include at least one organic element (plant, animal, fungi, etc.) in each image.
4. Sketches must be started and completed on the same day.
For the most part I followed the rules. By year's end I had filled four notebooks and two binders with images.
Looking back on the sketches, I notice that some
images are quite detailed,
others were hastily constructed,
and some are just weird.
Here is a highlight from each month:
A crab shell I found in January
A view of Mt Jefferson on a windy day in February
A squirrel's back in March
A bumblebee carcass I found in April
Cerambycid beetle and beer in July
August sunrise in Missoula, MT
Dinner ingredients in September
A pie pumpkin in October
A chum salmon fantasy in November
A Barrow's Goldeneye swimming among yarn I bought in Washington in December (Sarah's favorite).
2012 was a great year and it is nice to have a record of each day's experiences. I'll post some more after I get them scanned.
This is so awesome and inspiring! Oh my gawd...those Pacific Wren fledglings.....I would buy a print.
ReplyDeleteI second that on the wren fledglings!! Though I would probably also buy a print of the death destroyer of birds just because it is bizarrely awesome.
ReplyDeleteI admire your discipline, resolve and, most of all, artistry!
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