Draw Your Passion

"When you draw and paint something you are passionate about,

your emotions take over and the creative spirit flows through you."

~ Sandy Sandy

Day 54 ~ SE-54-25

A Reflection of Your Feelings

"How you draw is a reflection of how you feel about the world.

You’re not capturing it, you’re interpreting it."

~ Juliette Aristides 

 Day 52 ~ SE-52-25

Art Is Healing

“Art making has the ability to move people along their journey of grief and loss into a more balanced place of healing and hope.” ~ The Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts

Day 50 ~ SE-50-25 ✍️

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

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Two Months Of Sketching Everyday

Satisfaction lies in the effort,

not in the attainment.

Full effort is full victory."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

7-26-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Human happiness and satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself...

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,

concentrate the mind on the present moment."

~ Dalai Lama

7-27-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"All lasting satisfactions come from investment of time and effort."

~ Gary Lanthrum

7-28-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"You've got to get up every morning with determination

if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."

~ George Lorimer

7-29-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

7-30-19 ~  5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Yupo

"The fulfillment of being an artist... is in the doing, or the 'joy of process',

and the pleasure and excitement of striving for improvement."

~ Suzy Smith

7-31-19 ~ 5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action,

Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge,

Knowledge is structured in consciousness."

~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join Me for 31 More Days of Sketching Everyday! 
 

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Joy Is In The Journey

"The joy is in the journey. In the doing.

In following one's inspiration.

In being one with one's process."

~ Abigal Brown

7-21-19 ~ 6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"A grave mistake is to paint only for the end results and not for the joy of painting!"

~ Leanne Cadden

7-22-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

  

 "Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back

a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."

~ Henri-Frederic Amiel

7-23-19 ~ 5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Yupo Paper

  

"I buy art in order to live with it at home or in the office,
never to store it away in a vault. In fact, living with art
has been one of the great joys of my life."

~ Michael Audain

7-24-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back

and realize they were the big things."

~ Robert Brault

7-25-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside."

~ Melba Colgrove

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

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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! 
 

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