Day 3: My 365 Subjects

I have been thinking about what type of project I want it to be. I know it is going to be about drawing, sketching and painting but what it will be about. 365 drawings are a lot. And I could end up drawing mindlessly and get nothing but a painfully boring one-year-long project. So I was making a list of possible subjects over New Year weekend...

It could be faces, people, crowd or caricature of some hollywood or TV celebrities or could be politicians, Maybe animals. I am not good drawing animal. I could get some practice out of it. Or bugs...bugs look cute on the painting. Or some still life such as flowers, veggie, fruit, recipe (yep, I did one a while ago.), food, objects in the house, my messy shelves. Or something architecture like city scape, houses around the lake, buildings around the office, storefront, famous and not-so-famous buildings or landmark. Maybe activities like my favorite paddling, NFL, NHL, NBA or car racer. I've never drawn those before.How about some imaginative creatures. I love fantasy comics and movies.A lot of the books suggesting draw with left hand or draw without lifting a pen....

This is all over the place! (I hope you didn't read my babbling above. I intentionally put them in one paragraph so nobody wants to read it. ...Did you ?! No, you did not!)

Anyway, I definitely don't want to stick with one subject throughout the year. I love Daily Zoo. I don't know how Chris Ayers did his zoo subject for more than a year. (If you haven't read his story, I highly recommend reading it.) I need a plan here.

I got an idea last night. How about making 7 categories in one week. I don't want to be date specific because I might have an idea on a certain subject on a different day. I should have about 52 drawings for each category. I guess that doesn't sound too bad. (Gulp!)

Here is my plan.
Category 1: Greeting Card Project (I can't ignore the fact that I should update my store on weekly basis.)
Category 2: A creature from my imagination
Category 3: Bugs & Animals
Category 4: Still Life
Category 5: Architecture
Category 6: People
Category 7: Free Day. Anything I want to tackle. My friend has given us an online class for a new year gift. (We formed a craft night group at the office last year. We called crap night sometimes if we are stressed from work. Rebecca, when is the next one ?!) The instructor will give us 30 challenges to work on. I guess I can incorporate the challenge into my 365. This is gonna be fun!

If there is a day I get bored, I'll mix drawing with left hand or drawing without lifting a pen in those along the way. It's nice to fool around once in a while, isn't it ?

Anyway, today I pick an elephant to draw. Isn't he cute ? Done in 1 hour while I was listen to Chopped on Food Network.