Here we are, two months in to the Every Day Matters Challenge – 2/12 of the way! During the month of February alone we have created over 148 drawings for the challenge. That’s amazing! Since January 1, we have created over 323 drawings. That’s super amazing!
All of the drawings can be found on the Mona Lisa Lives Here Facebook page, where they are grouped by week. Some week’s albums are small, especially last week during school vacation. Some weeks have many drawings, especially those days when we used iPads in class to make the drawings. Here are links to the February albums:
I am happy to share the drawings I made on my iPad throughout February. The apps I used to draw them are listed under the day’s challenge. Here they are with their captions from the original Instagram posts:
February 1: Draw something metallicApp: ArtRageWelcome to February …chocolate month!
Feb 2: Draw an eye App: ProCreate drew a husky dog’s eyes because I think they are amazing. In retrospect, I should have drawn a ground hog’s eyes not seeing it’s shadow…
Feb 3: Draw a fall leaf App: ArtStudio This time of year I fondly remember fall leaves and crisp not icy fall air…come on spring!
Feb 4: Draw a bicycle or a part of one
App: ArtStudio
My son on his bike when he was about 4. Safety provided by training wheels AND Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…and helmet of unusual size….:)
Feb 5: Draw out in public We just spent 5-10 minutes in the cafeteria drawing “out in public”… We had quite the audience 🙂
Feb 6: Draw some keys App: ArtStudioYou know, I have more keys than my husband, who has keys for a whole school…go figure…I love the keychain, which was a gift from a couple of twins I know…
Feb 7: Draw at a museum or visit http://www.googleartproject.com and draw what you see
App: Sketchbook Express
I went to to find a mobile by Alexander Calder. I once sat on a bench for a full hour watching a Calder mobile gently twirl as people came and went at the National Gallery of Art in DC…
Feb 8: Draw something you wear in winter App: ArtStudioThis is my son wearing gloves tonight on his way out the door to help his stepdad shovel…we are expecting 24+ inches of snow tonight!
Feb 9: Draw your toothbrush
App: ProCreate
I went with an old timey cartooney approach tonight…it’s just a toothbrush after all…
Feb 10: Draw something with folds
App: Sketchbook Express
These are Mr. G’s work snow pants which he has worn for the better part of the last 3 days moving 30 or so inches of snow…they are drying by the wood stove right now…
Feb 11:Draw a landmark of your city
App: ArtRage
The new St. Gabriel Church (2011) is already a landmark in our town…
Feb 12: Draw something you are thankful for
App: Sketchbook Express
I know I could have seized this opportunity to draw something deep and terrifically meaningful. Or I could draw something that has changed my life in many ways over the past year. I chose that…
Feb 13: Draw something ceramic or something made of China
App: Sketchbook Express
This is a little ceramic sun that my son made at “sleep-away” camp when he was about 11… 12 years later it is still on display in our dining room…☀
Feb 14: Draw an animal (realistic, fantastic, stuffed)
App: ArtRage
Say hello to Pavone – one of our male peacocks! We have 3 – 2 males and 1 female…
Feb 15: Draw the inside of your medicine cabinet
App: ArtRage
I love the marker tool on ArtRage, which is what I used for this sketch…
Feb16: Draw something holiday related
App: Sketchbook Express
This is me as Cupid for Valentine’s Day. I imported a photo as a layer and then drew over it on another layer…so fun…
Day 17: Draw a challenge from the past 1-46
App: ArtRage
Glad to have a chance to revisit my Pavone drawing and more time to draw thanks to a snowy Sunday morning during vacation week…❄
Feb 18: Draw something that represents your New Year’s goals or resolution
App: Brushes
One of my goals is to buy and eat more fruit this year. The fact that I do not have any fruit with me to draw right now is less of a reflection on my success in meeting my goals than it is a fact of traveling. I used a painting by Cathleen Rehfeld as a reference for this painting…
Feb 19: Draw the entryway to your home
App: Brushes
Our entryway is presently graced with a quilted piece by my cousin, Penny, who is a phenomenal quilter. To the right in the entryway is a mosaic I started years ago and keep intending to continue in summer…maybe this will be the year!
Feb 20: Draw the inside or outside of your refrigerator
App: Brushes
This is a sketch of the outside of our refrigerator, which is covered with photos and drawings by our granddaughters, neighbor girls, and great niece. I drew quickly today because I am in a hurry to go visit my 2 month old great nephews, Jacob and Jackson…
Feb 21: Draw your TV with your favorite show playing
App: Brushes, PSExpress
This is not my TV, it is the window of a train and my view out the window. I’m on my way to NYC to see Matisse at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Way better than TV…
Feb 22: Draw a dog App: ProcreateMeet Brandy…we got her at a shelter for my son’s 9th birthday. She crossed the Rainbow Bridge in November 2011. She was a good dog….
Feb 23: Draw a mouth App: ProcreateHer smile has been called “enigmatic”…do you know whose mouth this is?
Feb 24: Draw someone or something you love
App: Procreate
Here are two “someones” I love in Rome in 2008, standing by part of a statue. Rome is a “somewhere” I love and I want to go back soon…
Feb 25: Draw a doorknob
App: Procreate
This is the doorknob I’ll be turning as I leave the house to go back to school today…vacation is over…
Feb 26: Draw a self portrait
App: Procreate
This was really fun to do…I wish I had more time to work on it…I’m really starting to love Procreate…⌚
Feb 27: Draw a picture frame and what’s inside the frame. Why is it special to you?
App: Procreate
I bought this little antique print in New Orleans about 20 years ago. The 3 cherubs remind me of my sisters and me. I’m the one on the left…
Feb 28: Draw a hat
App: ArtRage
They said, “Draw a hat” on the pope’s last day…