One Hour Sketches
The idea behind the “One Hour Sketch”
In an effort to exercise my creative artistic “juices” I’ve created the idea of the “One Hour Sketch”. I went out and bought myself a set of 24 artist Derwent pencils and some art paper with the hope that I could sit down and revisit my drawing and artistic side, much like I used to do during my early childhood (growing up I attended a number of art schools (Ruth Tuck and David Taylor) but over time life became “busy”. Time is now precious and I don’t have the luxury to sit down for a couple of hours and draw (at least thats what I have been telling myself).
To solve this I propose a challenge to myself: “The One Hour Sketch”. The rules are as follows:
I have one hour to:
The beauty of this challenge is:
For quite some time I’ve been a follower of both Seth Godin and Dan Pink, both who have in some part motivated me to start “One Hour Sketch”, Seth for the idea of “Shipping”, ideas continue to remain trapped in my mind, instead stop “thinking” and ship! This is what I hope to achieve with this website. Dan, who talks about the creative side in his book A Whole New Mind extols the benefits of the creative side, and how this creativity will become the differentiating factor in the modern world.
Most importantly I hope to find some enjoyment from creating. In a busy, pressure filled life finding (making) time for old long overdue pastimes is important.
In an effort to exercise my creative artistic “juices” I’ve created the idea of the “One Hour Sketch”. I went out and bought myself a set of 24 artist Derwent pencils and some art paper with the hope that I could sit down and revisit my drawing and artistic side, much like I used to do during my early childhood (growing up I attended a number of art schools (Ruth Tuck and David Taylor) but over time life became “busy”. Time is now precious and I don’t have the luxury to sit down for a couple of hours and draw (at least thats what I have been telling myself).
To solve this I propose a challenge to myself: “The One Hour Sketch”. The rules are as follows:
I have one hour to:
The beauty of this challenge is:
For quite some time I’ve been a follower of both Seth Godin and Dan Pink, both who have in some part motivated me to start “One Hour Sketch”, Seth for the idea of “Shipping”, ideas continue to remain trapped in my mind, instead stop “thinking” and ship! This is what I hope to achieve with this website. Dan, who talks about the creative side in his book A Whole New Mind extols the benefits of the creative side, and how this creativity will become the differentiating factor in the modern world.
Most importantly I hope to find some enjoyment from creating. In a busy, pressure filled life finding (making) time for old long overdue pastimes is important.
#01 Debut Sketch
The debut sketch is of the Schwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. (My Wife has always wanted to visit so this helped with the inspiration selection)
The debut sketch is of the Schwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany. (My Wife has always wanted to visit so this helped with the inspiration selection)
#03 Giant Turtle
Surfs up, man! Not really sure where the inspiration for this one came. I was originally going to sketch a Great White but thought better of it (given how much my daughter is scared of them ). I also have to confess that I probably spent longer than an hours on this one.
Surfs up, man! Not really sure where the inspiration for this one came. I was originally going to sketch a Great White but thought better of it (given how much my daughter is scared of them ). I also have to confess that I probably spent longer than an hours on this one.
