Initial plan (did not stick to it!):

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I actually had more ideas on the other side of paper - but I chose to try drawing vegetables and fruit from pinterest or if I had anything nice in the fridge - then use that.

I think I got inspired to do those. I've already been drawing every day for the last 68 days (yes, since 1 Jan and no, it wasn't a resolution), so I don't struggle as much with motivation or finding things to draw, and setting goals upfront (deciding what to draw and at what time feels daunting to me).

At first I wanted to mix it with some brush lettering, but then decided to focus only on the drawing.

Feedback to my progress very very welcome :-)

Day #1:

I know, I know... it was supposed to be just a sketch, but I am bad with colouring so thought it would be a great opportunity to do that! It took me longer than 6 minutes, but I tried keeping to 6 minutes for the drawing + colouring bits and for the lettering I paused my timer.

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Day 2:

I am feeling more familiar with the project and decided to ditch the lettering & colouring and be better at intention, surprise & critique documenting. I felt a bit anxious drawing and felt the time pressure (but it turned out to be more than enough).

I didn't feel confident with the shapes on this fruit (dragonfruit, in case it's that bad). But it turned out okay once I moved to a different tool.

A surprise here was that a brush pen is amazing for drawing and I would like to try it again. I also surprised myself with drawing one that was lying on the side - the angle came out wrong but still better than I expected.

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Day 3:

I wanted to keep playing with the brush pen. Felt less pressure with time, but the second bit (on the right) I tried drawing fast to see how it would come out. Definitely should stick to slightly slower drawing for now. Worth the experiment though!

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I might try drawing with something else tomorrow. Maybe a micron.

Day 4 - it was a biro pen! It was more fun than I expected to draw with it. I chose an object on my desk, the closest thing that was next to me...

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Day 5:

I drew a Nivea mini deodorant! Ha, would have never picked it up for drawing, has it not been for this challenge. :-)

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Day 6:

I’m starting to feel confident with picking up random objects and drawing them. What’s the worst that could happen - I’ll waste 6 minutes and a bit of paper? Totally worth the risk. Here’s my random object number 6:

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Day 7:

A try at quick watercolours - didn’t turn out as well as I hoped. The paint mixed as I didn’t wait enough between layers. I ended up spending about 12 minutes in total on this one. But I can only practise more.

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Day 8:

I tried drawing a fun coaster. It had a lot of lettering and wasn’t easy at all! I kinda still enjoyed it though. The top had letters in a small circle & I completely messed it up but the bottom came out okay, I think.

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This was one of my worst, I think. It doesn’t look so well or even interesting, now I look at my progress over the last few days.

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This is the mini phone lens. I am quite happy with how the ones on the left came out.

Day 10:
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This wasn’t very enjoyable, but now as I’m uploading my work, I can see that this was actually better than I thought it was. Especially the one on the right. I don’t really draw items with letters on them and this one came out recognisable. I think, retrospectively, I’d make it a 9/10 on progress.

Day 11:

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I had a day break, while I had a problem with my eyes, but I came back to it as soon as I could again! It was great to be able to draw once more. Even one day break wasn’t great - I grown to really enjoy the drawing.

I started picking challenging objects and enjoying the results, even if they’re not great.

Day 12:

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These bananas came out so much better than I expected.

Forgot to take the picture of the scores I gave it:

Surprise: weird angles look good & I managed to draw a lot

Critique: Some shapes didn’t come out so well

Enjoyment: 9/10

Confidence: 3/10

Progress: 8/10

Day 13:

My 14 days... and more! - image 14 - student project These pins were kinda fun to draw, even though they came out wonky, I just enjoyed drawing lots of them. The first one came out great, the others seem too out of proportions or distorted. All the angles and sizes were fun though!

Day 14:

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Well... this was my last day of the challenge!I challenged myself with yet another object I didn’t feel overly confident about it.

I have continued my drawing today (which would have been day #15).

Thank you so much for this challenge; it’s really opened my eyes to what I can do if I just try!

Kamila Mielczarek

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