“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.” ~ Jimmy Carter This is the underlying line drawing for my next grid drawing of my 2026 Calendar sketches.
💚 Day 60 ~ SE-60-25 🦅
Showing posts with label "sketching everyday". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "sketching everyday". Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Don't Just Exist
"Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
~ Roy T. Bennett
~ Roy T. Bennett
Day 49 ~ SE-49-25
Courage
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill
Day 48 ~ SE-48-25
Opportunity
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein
Day 47 ~ SE-47-25
Never Let It Rest
"Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better, and your better is best."
~ St. Jerome
Day 45 ~ SE-45-25
Determination
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction." ~ George Lorimer
Day 44 ~ SE-44-25
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Fun Feathers
Day 29 ~ SE-29-25 "Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good." ~ Cennino Cennini I had a private drawing class here today, and my student and I created these 'Fun Feathers' together. If you are not having fun, why do it? “Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” ~ Aberjhani
Day 29 ~ SE-29-25
Saturday, June 28, 2025
A Quick Brown Fox
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." These are the demos I did for our live class today. You can see the class participants' results here.
Day 28 ~ SE-28-25 🦊
Sunday, August 1, 2021
Allow Yourself to Do It
“To do anything very well you have to 'allow'
(not to force, not to make) yourself do it,
and the way to do that is to do it over and over again,
so that you teach your body how to do it and it becomes second nature;
you don't have to think about it anymore.”
~ Ron Monsma
Drawing Every Day: Numbers 51 - 61, 2021
Day 51
Day 52
Day 54
Day 55
Day 56
Day 57
Day 61
Practice is Essential
“To gain confidence, constant practice is essential.
Just as musicians need to practice regularly to retain their touch,
the watercolorist needs to be constantly in touch with the medium.”
~ R. Lovett
Drawing Every Day: Numbers 41 - 50, 2021
Day 41
Day 42
Day 43
Day 44
Day 45
Day 47
Day 48
Day 49
Day 50
Lottery Tickets for Creativity
"Reading,
conversation, environment,
culture, heroes, mentors, nature:
all are
lottery tickets for creativity.
Scratch away at them and you’ll find out
how big a prize you’ve won."
~ Twyla Tharp
Sketching Every Day - Numbers 33 - 40, 2021
Day 33
Day 34
Day 35
Day 36
Day 37
Day 38
Day 39
Day 40
Structure is Required for Creativity
"I don't think that scheduling is uncreative.
I think that structure is required for creativity."
~ Twyla Tharp
Sketching Every Day / Drawing Every Day • DAYS # 11-32
Day
11
Watercolor and Ink Sketch • Getting Ready for tomorrow's Live Zoom Class! K.I.S.S. with me!
“The most complicated thing for people is simplicity.” ~ Meir Ezra
Day
12
Watercolor and Ink Sketch • "The person who moves a mountain begins
by carrying away small stones.” ~ Confucius
Day
13
Watercolor and Ink Sketch • “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” — Roy T. Bennett This was done during our live Zoom Class on Saturday.
Day
14
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ~ Les Brown
This drawing was inspired by one of my Philadelphia Flower Show pics.
It took me hours to draw. I don't have that much time (or patience) for
it anymore. I started out doing this technique quite often during my
early summers (2006 - 2007) of #drawingeveryday / #sketchingeveryday. To speed up the process, I developed a wash technique for rendering values (see the free video) which is SO MUCH faster.
Day
15
Watercolor & Ink Sketch • “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Day
16
Blind Contour Drawing - Some items from around the house.
Day
17
“For me, art has always been a welcome escape to a beautiful world when life gets to be too much.” ~ Sandy Sandy We are doing hummingbirds in a nest and this is one of the techniques I'll be demonstrating this Saturday in our Zoom Class.
Day
18
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt • I will be sketching every day and posting my results periodically here on Facebook in chronological order and here on: https://www.sketchingeveryday.com in reverse chronological (blog format) order. I hope my efforts inspire you to sketch more! 
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis •
This #watercolorsketch was done on regular drawing paper. We will be creating nesting #hummingbirds in our Zoom Class today - 6-19-21.
This #watercolorsketch was done on regular drawing paper. We will be creating nesting #hummingbirds in our Zoom Class today - 6-19-21.
Day 20
"When
creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time,
resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand
the value and place of validation, continuity, and purity of purpose,
then you're on the way to an artist's ultimate goal; the achievement of
mastery." ~ Twyla Tharp • One of my demos from our live Zoom Class on Saturday, 6-19-21.
Day 21
“"Without
passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without
skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but
floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life." ~
Twyla Tharp • Another watercolor sketch from Saturday's Zoom class.
