99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

"Anything scarce is valuable; praise for example."

This song came to mind today as I was getting ready to post the drawings I've done so far this month. The song really has nothing to do with drawing everyday, other than I was thinking, that if I keep sketching everyday until Sept. 7th, it will be 99 days of drawing everyday. And ... I thought the title might just catch someone's attention, because the drawings surely haven't been a big hit with anybody this summer. Nobody seems interested or excited about drawing or the daily drawing project, except for me. That's okay though. I'm used to following my own drum beat and doing my own thing. As an art career lifer,  I think I'm really way over the need for validation these days. Anyway, here's the video I found. I thought you might like it and find it entertaining, especially if you are a beer lover, like me. You can check out my last 17 days of sketches, listed below, only if you care to,  afterwards....

#DrawingEveryday - 8-1-19 • Pen and Ink and alcohol ink

#DrawingEveryday - 8-2-19 • Pen and Ink and alcohol ink

#DrawingEveryday - 8-3-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-4-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-5-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-6-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-7-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-8-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-9-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-10-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Yupo

#DrawingEveryday - 8-11-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-12-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-13-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-14-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-15-19 • Watercolor and Ink on Rag

#DrawingEveryday - 8-16-19 • Pen and Ink and alcohol ink on Yupo

#DrawingEveryday - 8-17-19 • alcohol ink on Yupo

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Summer of 2019 ~ Sketching Everyday

X ♥  O

A Solitary Life

"Spend some time alone every day."

~ Dalai Lama

7-16-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"Heron is mostly a solitary bird except in mating and nesting seasons.

The Great Blue Heron is a lone hunter, whose intense concentration

and decisive action is it's message."

~ Sandy Sandy

7-17-19 • 8 x 10" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"Artists with serious aspirations need to be left alone

to follow the course of their own imagination."

~ Robert Genn

7-18-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work,

cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing."

~ Glenn Gould

7-19-19 • 8 x 10" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone."

~ Vincent van Gogh

7-20-19 • 8 x 10" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"Being an artist is being an isolated individual."

~ Asger Jorn

I am posting my sketch for tomorrow, Saturday, July 20th,

a day early because I will be flying up to Boston to do a demo.

See more about it here and come join me if you are in the area!

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join me for a summer of sketching everyday! 
 

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Opportunity is Dressed in Overalls

"Opportunity is missed by most people

because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

~Thomas Edison

7-10-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind."

~ Bulgarian proverb

7-11-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in watercolor on Yupo

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

~ Adrienne Gusoff

7-12-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

 "Only those who do the work will reap the benefits."

~ Sandy Sandy 

7-13-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor."

~ H.J. Brown, Jr. 

7-14-19 • 8 x 10" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

~ Wayne Gretzky

7-15-19 • 5 x 7" pen & ink sketch done in alcohol ink on Yupo

"If you want to succeed,

you must make your own opportunities as you go."

~ J.B. Gough

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join me for a summer of sketching everyday! 
 

X ♥  O

A Cyclic Poem

"History is a cyclic poem 

written by Time upon 

the memories of man." 

 ~Percy B.Shelley

Alcohol Ink On Yupo Using Only Ranger's Mushroom Ink

"History is gossip well told."

~  Elbert Hubbard

Searching Yesterday

"If you want to understand today, 

you have to search yesterday." 

~ Pearl Buck 

8 x 10" Alcohol Ink on Yupo

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. 

That myth is more potent than history. That dreams 

are more powerful than facts. That hope always 

triumphs over experience. That laughter is the 

only cure for grief. And I believe that love 

is stronger than death."

 ~ Robert Fulghum