Wow! I can’t believe it. A drawing a day on my iPad for over 300 days…300! It doesn’t seem like that many, but the numbers don’t lie. I’m averaging an hour (more or less) on each drawing, so that’s 300 hours this year spent learning how to draw on an iPad. And I’ve learned so much!
As mentioned before, I’ve been following the list of tasks compiled by Danny Gregory on his blog. His list goes to #328, so from here on out I’ll be making my own task list. If you have any ideas, please send them my way!
Here is the gallery of Every Day Challenge Drawings from October:
October 1 (#273): Draw a collection of tools
App: ArtRage Tools: Watercolor –
This is a basic collection of pottery tools… Got to play with clay twice today!
October 2 (#274): Draw your favorite book
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel –
I’ve been considering which book to draw all day. I decided to go with one of my favorite children’s books by my favorite children’s book author, Chris Van Allsburg. It was a sincere pleasure copying Chris’s fine illustration…
October 3 (#275): Draw a tube of toothpasteApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – Looks like I need to put toothpaste on my shopping list…
October 4 (#276): Draw your grocery storeApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – The most colorful section of the grocery store…
October 5 (#277): Draw something that hasn’t been invented yet that should be inventedApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil pastel – There should be a tree that has leaves that turn color in fall, but don’t fall off. Instead, they stay beautiful all winter then turn green again in spring…
October 6 (#278): Draw something that starts with the first letter of your nameApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint”Magnified apples appear and disappear,Stem end and blossom end,And every fleck of russet showing clear.” – from “After Apple-Picking” by Robert Frost …
October 7 (#279): Draw something that starts with the first letter of your last nameApp: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor – I’ve been wanting to draw a giraffe for awhile…
October 8 (#279): Draw something you don’t see every day
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
Last night’s weather forecast was for some intense storms. We got a lot of wind and rain, but none of this…scary and amazing, all at once..
October 9 (#281): Draw what keeps you warm or cool
App: ArtRage Tool: Crayon –
Soon enough we’ll be firing up the wood stove while the winter winds blow outside…
October 10 (#282): Draw something you’ve been putting off doing, or don’t want to do
App: SketchbookX Tool: Paint –
“No socks ’til November” is what I strive for every year. This is not easy in New England, where we’ve had snow/hurricanes in October the past few years…I hope I don’t jinx it ❄
October 11 (#283): Draw something shiny
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint and Palette Knife
Shiny, smooth rocks…think river bed or ocean’s edge, which are both great thoughts to start your day…
October 12 (#284): Draw your downtown
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor
Our downtown is guarded by this soldier and all the heroes his statue commemorates…
October 13 (#285): Draw something that likes the sun
App: ArtRage Tool : Oil Paint – My zinnias love the sun and warm weather. I just cut a bunch of them to bring in the house to stay warm…
October 14 (#286): Draw a shirtApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – Get your flannels out people…it’s chilly out there…
October 15 (#287): Draw something colorful
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – This crazy quilt is crazy with color…and I love it
October 16 (#288): Draw something with spots
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint – They say – “A leopard doesn’t change its spots”…
October 17 (#289): Draw an appliance you bought or were given and never used
App: ArtRage Tool: Pencil & Watercolor
So I bought one of these once and used it once. I sold it at a yard sale eventually. I guess I prefer to keep it simple…
October 18 (#290): Draw a teapot
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
“Make tea, not war.” ~Monty Python
October 19 (#291): Draw an illustration for the cover of your favorite book
App: ArtRage & SketchbookX Tool: Watercolor & Text
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.”
― Nelson Mandela
October 20 (#292): Draw a night scene
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel
Draw a night scene
Neighbors house last night…decked out for Halloween…
October 21 (#293): Draw something made of glass
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
Glass vegetables…nbd…
October 22 (#294): Draw something that makes you smile
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint & Palette Knife
24 years of making me smile… happy birthday week, kid…
October 23 (#295): Draw some toast
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – Cinnamon raisin toast – yummers! Got to go; breakfast is served…
October 24 (#295): Draw something orange
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint
Here you go, pumpkin…
October 25 (#296): Draw a water bottle
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
A gift from our student council…yet another teacher perk
October 26 (#296): Draw something strange
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
I ordered turnip greens at dinner last night…they were not only strange, they were a mistake…blech!
October 27 (#297): Draw a table
App: ArtRage Tool: Marker –
A replica of King Arthur’s Round Table which hangs in Winchester Castle…18′ diameter…a big table in a Great Hall inspiring awe in all who visit. From a photo I took in 1998…
October 28 (#300): Draw something bright
App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor –
The sun was so bright on the ocean yesterday…
October 29 (#301): Draw something cute
App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint –
Meet Mona and Lisa, our Netherland Dwarf bunnies and cutest animals in the barnyard…
October 30 (#302): Draw something in motion
App: Sketchbook Express Tool: Air brush and Paint
Had a lot of fun with the art ed students at UMassD last night. After 2 hours of “How to include tech in the art room”, they were set free to explore Sketchbook Express with the prompt: “Get yourself ready for Halloween” … Btw: the witch is in motion…
October 31(#303): Draw something frozen
App: ArtRage Tool: Paint –
So it took 6 not 5 for the Red Sox to win the World Series…yes, I said WIN!!! My friend Moe, a huge Red Sox fan, keeps a bag of these in her freezer during the Halloween season…Take 5, Moe, and celebrate … ⚾️
And here is the task list for November:
I hope you’ll draw along with me and post your drawings to the Artsonia gallery. The link will follow in another post. Happy drawing!
