.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!

Photo of small 3.5 x 5 inch yellow Strathmore Sketch Pad that I use for this art challenge
  • .032 Furin, pen drawing

    .032 Furin, pen drawing

    I find, there’s something magical and summery about these Japanese wind chimes, called furin. I don’t have any in real life, but I always love to look at them in anime and games. I was thinking of making one, but they’re usually made of thin glass, and that’s hard to make at home. I’m considering

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  • .031 Table arrangement

    .031 Table arrangement

    Throwback to the times when it was okay to go to a restaurant. This was around Christmas time, so the tables were decorated with evergreens and cranberries. Those were the good times.

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  • .030 Thoughts

    .030 Thoughts

    That time when thoughts start flowing around and through your head, right when you’re about to fall asleep…

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  • .029 I am all ears

    .029 I am all ears

    Sometimes, a cup is more than it seems. Sometimes, it has ears.

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  • .028 Conrad Centennial Table Arrangement

    .028 Conrad Centennial Table Arrangement

    I always enjoy drawing table arrangements at hotels and restaurants. This is a tiny vase with fresh flowers that I observed at Conrad Centennial Singapore hotel.

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  • .027 Bird Cage

    .027 Bird Cage

    This is another attempt at a bird cage. I tried to give it a different angle and work on the structure, but I’m still unhappy with it. I’ll leave it for some other time, perhaps when I had some time to deliberate 🙂

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  • .026 Bird Cage

    .026 Bird Cage

    Well, my daily challenge didn’t really go to schedule. At first, I had no means or energy to post, and then I fell behind and stopped drawing completely. I’d find this sketchbook and sketch occasionally, but it wasn’t regular. However, I don’t plan on stopping completely, taking a break every now and then is fine!

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  • .025 Cat-fox

    .025 Cat-fox

    This sketch was inspired by someone’s cat, but I was also thinking about foxes >.> So there you have it. It will claw you while you’re trying to figure out which one is it 😏

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  • .024 North Italia Lamp

    .024 North Italia Lamp

    I really love restaurants with unique chandeliers. In this place, there was an array of transparent glass orbs that fascinated me. I feel like I want to pull one of them and let go… and shatter the rest of them xD This sketch probably took me about 20 minutes. The plan was to render all

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  • .023 A Missing Light Bulb

    .023 A Missing Light Bulb

    This is a pretty cool chandelier at the Village Burger Bar. It took me about 10 minutes to sketch it out, then I added some darker background with pastels at home. I’ve noticed that a lot of my drawings in this sketchbook are slanted the same way, and I’ve finally realized why. The sketchbook is

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  • .022 Stare contest

    .022 Stare contest

    I have this adorable set of bunny vases. They just like to stare at each other ^^;

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  • .021 Time is Running Out

    .021 Time is Running Out

    Here’s an interesting wall clock. I guess tiny format is not the best way to depict detailed objects. I also wish I included some other objects that would indicate the wall itself. Anyway, this was a fun doodle and practice piece.

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