August Every Day Drawing Challenge…at the 2/3 Mark!
August was a month for traveling and making drawings in hotel rooms for the Every Day Drawing Challenge. The first drawing of the month was done during a “Return to your Roots” road trip with my mother as we visited her childhood home and college. It was incredibly nostalgic for her and very sentimental for me, as I had been to these places and visited the same people when I was a child in the company of my seven siblings and my late father.
My mother at her alma mater…
Another trip was to Florida to see some of our grandkids. I found myself again making drawings in the hotel room only with the sound of the ocean in the background this time. The Every Day Drawing Challenge actually felt like a challenge! Although I love to draw and thoroughly enjoy the process, in Florida the challenge was to remember to get the drawing done. Relaxation = no schedules, except for the Every Day Drawing Challenge! One of my favorites, though, is the drawing of the ocean with the soundtrack of the waves crashing. Relaxation also = creativity. A chance for the brain to stretch out a little bit.
Here are the Every Day Drawing Challenges for the month of August – if you click on one of them, you may view all of them as a slideshow:
August 1 (#212): Draw a mirror image
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor & Colored Pencil –
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in the mirror – Khalil Gibran #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting #mama
August 2 (#213): Draw a microwave
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint –
Hey good lookin’…whatcha got cookin? #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #artrage #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting
August 3 (#214): Draw something that represents a hobby of yours
App: Artists Touch Tool: Paint – When I’m home I take a lot of photos of birds…this year we had a lot of bluebirds in the yard… #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #artiststouch #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting
August 4 (#215): Draw your thumb
App: ArtRage Stylus: Adonit Jot Tool: Watercolor & Pencil – Wearing one glove (like Michael Jackson) with the fingertips cut off (like a texter) so the iPad doesn’t sense the side of my hand…✏ #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #artrage #adonitjot #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #arted #ipadsintheartroom
August 5 (#216): Draw your inner critic
App: ArtRage Tool: Colored Pencil –
My inner critic is a grumpy cat… #eddc #artrage #digitalart #ipadart #everydaydrawingchallenge #ipadpainting #grumpycat
August 6 (#217): Draw an umbrella
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
Quick little sketch based on the photo a friend posted on Facebook… #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #artrage #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #summer #monalisaliveshere
August 7 (#218): Draw a knife
App: ArtRage Tool: Metallic paint, watercolor –
An ordinary kitchen knife served with grilled Gulf shrimp and fried plantains…yummers! #eddc #Floridagoodness #everydaydrawingchallenge #artrage #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #Mexicobeach ##mangomarleys #yummers
August 8 (#219): Draw a window
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil paint on iPhone 5 –
Airplane window heading south yesterday…flying over the clouds…✈ #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #artrage #digitalart #iphone5 #iphone5art #gremlinonthewing
August 9 (#220): Draw the moon
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint –
I see the moon and the moon sees me… #eddc #artrage #digitalart #everydaydrawingchallenge #ipadart #ipadpainting #bellaluna
August 10 (#221): Draw a hand held game
App: ArtRage Tool: watercolor and pencil –
This is as close to a hand held game I get…amusement and entertainment and so much more… #eddc #artrage #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #iphone5 #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 11 (#222): Draw your favorite drawing tool
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil & Watercolor –
My two favorite authentic feeling tools for drawing on the iPad – the #adonitjotclassic and the #sensubrush … #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting
August 13 (223): Draw a jug or pitcher
App:ArtRage Tool:Oil pastel –
A picture or a pitcher sketched at 10,000 feet…✈ #eddc #artrage #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #southwestair #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 14 (#225): Draw something sticky
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint –
One glorious piece of super sticky caramel corn… #eddc #digitalart #artrage #everydaydrawingchallenge #ipadart #ipadpainting #monalisaliveshere
August 15 (#226): Draw a screw
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil pastel –
A simple screw using metallic colors… #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting #art #screw #monalisaliveshere
August 16 (#227): Draw a tote bag
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil and crayon –
Too soon I’ll be using tote bags from my favorite bookstore in the world to carry my stuff to school … #eddc #art #digitalart #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting #strand #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 17 (#228): Draw what makes you laugh
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil & Watercolor –
This kid right here makes me laugh…my son, Dylan…#eddc #art #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting #laugh #monalisaliveshere
August 18 (#229): Draw a summer joy
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint –
Summer afternoon + Backyard hammock + Kindle = Joy … #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting #art #summer #monalisaliveshere
August 19 (#230): Draw a map
App: ArtRage Tool: Marker –
This is a map of my day yesterday… #eddc #artrage #art #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #ipadart #prezi #ipadpainting #monalisaliveshere
August 20 (#231): Draw your junk drawer
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil & Watercolor –
My junk drawer is really not all that junky … honest… #eddc #art #mobileart #digitalart #ipadart #artrage #ipadpainting #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 21 (#232): Draw the last thing you bought
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint –
Growing up in a family with 8 kids, we went through 2 of these a day. After work , my father always came through the door carrying milk. My family goes through just 2 a week… #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #mobileart #art #artrage #ipadart #ipadpainting #gotmilk #monalisaliveshere
August 22 (#233): Draw your favorite drink
App: ArtRage Tool: Marker –
At 7am my favorite drink is coffee…especially in my peacock feather cup…
#eddc #art #mobileart #ipadart #ipadpainting #artrage #digitalart #monalisaliveshere
August 23 (#234): Draw something that belongs to someone else
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil and Watercolor –
“Eyes of gentianellas azure, staring, winking at the skies.” ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning #art #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere #ipadart #ipadpainting #mobileart #digitalart
August 24 (#235): Draw a butterfly
App: Sketchbook Express
Tool: Marker –
My back-to-school hat is on so I’m using Sketchbook Express, the free drawing app that we use in class. This is a lesson for exploring symmetry and shape and authentic math integration… #eddc #digitalart #mobileart #ipadpainting #ipadart #commoncore #artmath #artsed #arted #ipadsintheartroom #mathart #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 25: (#236): Draw the palm of your left hand
App: ArtRage Tool: Paint –
This is my morning glory… #eddc #mobileart #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 26 (#237): Draw the view from under your bed
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil, paint, marker –
Back-to-school today. Flip-flops will be here when I get home… #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #mobileart #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #monalisaliveshere
August 27 (#238): Draw something from a first aid kit
App: ArtRage Tool: Paint –
Ace bandages are so very handy, aren’t they? … #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #digitalart #mobileart #art #ipadart #ipadpainting #monalisaliveshere
August 28 (#239): Draw something that scared you
App: ArtRage Tool: Paint –
The threatened decline and eventual extinction of Twinkies was pretty darn scary…don’t you think? #jk #haha #eddc #everydaydrawingchallenge #ipadart #ipadpainting #mobileart #twinkies #monalisaliveshere #art
August 29 (#240): Draw your favorite pencil
App: ArtRage Tool: Paint –
I’m crazy about these pencils. The bad news: Eberhard Faber stopped making them around 1998, which was (believe it or not) devastating to artists, musicians, and anyone who liked a soft, dark pencil. The good news: Another company started making them again in 2010. They are now called Palomino Blackwing 602. Kind of like the Twinkies story, isn’t it? ✏ #eddc #mobileart #ipadart #ipadpainting #art #digitalart #blackwing602 #monalisaliveshere #everydaydrawingchallenge
August 30 (#241): Draw what you see from your kitchen window
App: ArtRage Tool: Paint
– Morning Glories reaching up to the light are what I see outside my window… #eddc #artrage #mobileart #digitalart #ipadart #art #ipadpainting #summer #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
August 31 (242): Draw a figurine or tchotchke that you have
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil
– My son made this ceramic cow in middle school art class a decade ago…I expect it will grace our dining room for several more decades (unless I MOO-ve it)… #eddc #moo #arted #digitalart #ipadart #ipadpainting #mobileart #clayisfun #artrage #art #everydaydrawingchallenge #monalisaliveshere
Now we are back to school and new routines are developing. I am excited to get this year’s classes on board with the Every Day Drawing Challenge. I am looking for a platform where my students and I can all share our drawings online to the same page, folder, etc. This would work on my class Facebook page, but my students are too young for Facebook. Instagram would be ideal because many are on Instagram, but thus far, Instagram does not let you set up a board for multiple users. Please keep me posted if you come across anything that might work.
Here is the task list for the month of September. Join me please!