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:
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- 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!
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- 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…
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- October 3 (#275): Draw a tube of toothpasteApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – Looks like I need to put toothpaste on my shopping list…
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- October 4 (#276): Draw your grocery storeApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – The most colorful section of the grocery store…
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- 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…
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- 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 …
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- 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…
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- 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..
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- 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…
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- 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 ❄
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- 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…
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- October 12 (#284): Draw your downtown App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor Our downtown is guarded by this soldier and all the heroes his statue commemorates…
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- 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…
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- October 14 (#286): Draw a shirtApp: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – Get your flannels out people…it’s chilly out there…
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- October 15 (#287): Draw something colorful App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – This crazy quilt is crazy with color…and I love it
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- October 16 (#288): Draw something with spots App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint – They say – “A leopard doesn’t change its spots”…
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- 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…
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- October 18 (#290): Draw a teapot App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor – “Make tea, not war.” ~Monty Python
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- 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
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- October 20 (#292): Draw a night scene App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel Draw a night scene Neighbors house last night…decked out for Halloween…
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- October 21 (#293): Draw something made of glass App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor – Glass vegetables…nbd…
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- 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…
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- October 23 (#295): Draw some toast App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Pastel – Cinnamon raisin toast – yummers! Got to go; breakfast is served…
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- October 24 (#295): Draw something orange App: ArtRage Tool: Oil Paint Here you go, pumpkin…
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- October 25 (#296): Draw a water bottle App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor – A gift from our student council…yet another teacher perk
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- 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!
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- 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…
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- October 28 (#300): Draw something bright App: ArtRage Tool: Watercolor – The sun was so bright on the ocean yesterday…
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- 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…
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- 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…
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- 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!
