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Draw Something (anything!) Daily Challenge 2022 Gallery

(Damien says Hi)

This will be my third attempt at the year-long daily creative project. But, having gone through two previous attempts, I think I have learned something very important that may possibly help me succeed this time. I think my Bug-a-Day projects were just too ambitious (yes, some were horrible rush jobs, but others took hours, and I always began them thinking I needed to make something good even if it didn't turn out that way...in other words, sometimes I stressed myself out about it). Additionally, sometimes I'd spend what felt like an hour just looking for a good insect subject to draw. 

So, new rules this time. I will draw *something* *anything* daily. And it can take just a few minutes, or if I feel so bold, an all-day painting session to create something finished.

This will be the Gallery with links to each individual page.

Why do I keep bothering with this? Daily art practice helps improve your skills. I let mine go idle far too often and I get rusty. So I'm hoping to get back into the flow of things. Posting on here gives me a degree of accountability to complete things.



cat sketch

kitten sketch

Moose Loaf

Scottish Thistle

Fluffy Bunny

Lizard

Endearingly Fat Cat

Snout Beetle

Fox Pup

Euro Badger

Solar Panther

Recovering Syngonium



Foreshortening...and admitting I fell off the wagon here!



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Here are the galleries for my previous two attempts:

This one lasted all of 66 days!

This one lasted a more respectable 107 days...
...but with a very long break

And along the same vein, here are CreativeSprint 30-day Challenges I've done. I wouldn't have attempted the (supposed to be) yearlong challenges if I hadn't tried these first and realized the benefit of them (despite their sometimes demanding nature). They were based on prompts that were emailed to me (and there's a bit of overlap, sorry)


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