.365 Art Challenge – Daily Drawing
I have tried to do many challenges over the years, for example this study challenge. Generally, it’s hard to keep up with the set goal. This time, I decided to go with a more relaxed 365 art challenge. I’m trying to draw something every day, but only if I feel like it, and have the time. Sure, it sounds not much like a challenge, but trust me, doing something and posting it is already an achievement. It’s tough to keep things to a schedule, especially the creative process. The goal is to get to do this often enough so it becomes regular and natural. They say that you have to do a task for two weeks in order for it to become a habit. That’s not exactly true, since even after couple of weeks things could change. For example, I was doing great with this 365 art challenge before holidays, but then things got busy. Same with the quarantine, once I stopped getting out, the drive to draw daily somewhat went down. I do stumble into an occasional challenge topic on the internet, and join it, but I’d like to do something more regularly.
The .365
Here’s the collection of drawings that I did so far. I started out back in 2019, and the goal was to draw daily for a year. Hopefully, I can pick myself up and get to that point sometime in the future. For this challenge, I use small 3.5 x 5 inch Strathmore Sketch pad, Signo 0.38 Uni-ball pen, Tombow dual blender pen, and occasionally a Sakura white gel pen. These easily fit into any of my purses to draw on the go, and I have several set laying around the house in case I feel like drawing. Your comments and words of encouragement are greatly appreciated, as well as topic suggestions!

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.044 Baby Llama, pen drawing
After nearly six months of looking at the ordinary objects in my house, I feel like drawing something else. I have this old calendar with adorable pictures of llamas, and sometimes I just have an urge to draw them. Here’s a quick drawing of adorable, but determined baby llama!
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.043 Candy vase, pen drawing on paper
Sometimes, I just draw what’s in front of me, like this tea bag. However, quite often it turns out to be this ornate candy vase. I tried to capture its form, but symmetry didn’t quite work out. Still, I think the general shape is quite clear, and the candy suggests its nature.
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.042 Round Demon from Good Omens, pen drawing
A while back I watched the series, and got inspired by that round demon from Good Omens. It was so adorable! However, its fate wasn’t the simplest of all, so I felt the need to commemorate this fella. I only had a glance of him on the screen, so this is my vision of that…
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.041 Girl with a Heart, pen drawing
Here’s another quick portrait of a girl. Sometimes I carry several pens, and this time I decided to use bright blue to accent some parts of the drawing. The main part is the heart that this girl is wearing on her neck. The proportions are somewhat off on the torso, and I wish I’d made…
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.040 View from Hilton Sydney Hotel
Whenever I travel, I try to make some memories in the form of sketches. This is a view from Hilton Sydney hotel’s lounge on the 36th floor. The hotel is built in the city center. It has a view of beautiful historic buildings and a cool new tram. It was built in the last two…
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.039 Long Neck, pen portrait
Every now and then, I see a person with interesting features. Immediately, I want to draw this person, but it’s tough! This usually happens when I’m completely off practice with my portraits. On top of that, the particular feature that interested me most, takes over and turns out to be over-exaggerated. Let’s assume that this
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.038 Candle Table Decor, pen drawing
These small drawings are a great representation of my favorite food places. However, sometimes the restaurant or cafe is good in terms of tasty food, but general interior is not all that inspiring. North Italia Restaurant is not one of these places, they change their table decor quite often. Depending on the season they use…
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.037 Lunar New Year at Galleria Dallas
Galleria Dallas is a great shopping mall that has these spectacular installations for seasonal holidays. I drew this during Lunar New Year when they had a multitude of beautiful red lanterns hanging from the ceiling. The vantage point is from the Little Katana sushi place, a cafe with a beautiful view of the skating rink.
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.036 North Italia House Plants, interior drawing
Here’s another interior drawing from the North Italia restaurant. I used to be a frequent visitor before the quarantine, so I have several sketches from there. This time I focused on the interior and charming house plants on the wall. There were beautiful antique mirrors with shelves and a bunch of potted plants. I’m always
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.035 North Italia Lamp, pen drawing
Here’s another throwback to the times before quarantine. It’s funny, how no one even really knew what quarantine is or how it’s spelled before 2020 hit. I can’t believe I have spent nearly half a year without going anywhere. I even haven’t left the house in months, thank goodness for backyard or I’d develop a
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.034 Stargazer, pen drawing
Every now and then, I think of a art doll idea and put it down on paper. This is one of them, the Stargazer rat. I might be slightly obsessed with rat art dolls ^^; I used to have a very smart pet rat, she was pure white with red eyes. Maybe I should make
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.033 Abrupt Tree, pen drawing
I got into a habit of drawing whenever I’m waiting for something or someone. It might seem that in such situation there’s nothing to draw, but it’s best to always look twice, there’s always something. This tree trunk was kind of interesting, and I didn’t get a chance to finish it at the time of