daily-ish index.

on pi comics.

I used to draw a web comic more and paint a lot less. I note that fact today because the

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on maintenance days.

Some days you need to just put aside time to do maintenance. On your tools. On your supplies. On yourself.

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about the details.

I’m not a details person. In my head I think I’d like to be, but it takes a special sort

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of peaks and valleys.

I’m in a bit of a valley right now. I’ll admit, the daily drawing has resulted in a few recent

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on brush care.

A couple yards of fabric, a sewing machine, an evening of work, and a simple idea. I spent Wednesday after

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re: the renaissance man.

The term “renaissance man” is one of those labels that someone is not allowed to give themselves, I think. A

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on daily surprise.

It may be a surprise to learn that when I wake up each morning during these daily efforts of drawing

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drawing on complexity.

Today’s sketch caught me doodling while looking out the window of my office during my lunch break. I work nearly
on kudos.

Having support from other people, positive words of encouragement, or other kinds of thumbs up for your efforts is nice,

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in support of practice paper.

Maybe it seems obvious, but when I first started watercolour and was dealing with the cost of supplies, I overlooked

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to march fo(u)rth.

March forth and never give up. March forth through not just the easy tasks, the obvious solutions or the simple

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on defining purpose.

For over five months I ran this website as a simple collection of a few medium-length blog posts. Then, about

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for finding inspiration, part one.

How do we find something to draw? I still struggle to think like a painter when I’m so used to

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on painting sunsets.

Over the last couple days I’ve left a short note about two different things; sunrises and daily sketching in March.

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about #mARTch.

As February draws to a close, I look to the changing of the calendar page (as I often do) for

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of sunrises.

March, just hours away as I write this, is often a month of sunrises. Sure, there are sunrises all year

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about addendum b.

Continuing on from yesterday’s note and the addendums to my About Me page, I thought it worth noting that in

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about addendum a.

I have a fairly vague and creatively idiosyncratic-bent About Me page on this site. Of course this would do little

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reminding me that life is short.

I ran into a friend in the grocery store today as I was rushing around on my lunch break, running

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are brand you.

Your personal brand is a culmination of everything you put out into the world under the banner of your name.

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re: isaac asimov.

I read a lot of science fiction when I was a kid, and in the eighties and nineties that meant

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of anything daily.

Daily practice isn’t about volume, nor output, nor streaks, and neither is it about simply filling a calendar. Daily practice

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on dabbling.

I painted a picture last night and it’s a mess, and I’m fine with that. It’s not a bad painting,

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are coffee powered.

I’m sitting here drinking a coffee and waiting for inspiration. We were watching a show last night before bed and

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see purple mountains.

I live on the prairies, but I’m driving distance to the mountains. When I go to the mountains I like

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