January 1, 2018
My 2017 Daily Drawing Project is complete! And here are the December drawings:
Dec 1
Dec 2
Dec 3 4
Dec 5 6
Dec 7 8
Dec 9
Dec 10
Dec 11
Dec 12
Dec 13 14
Dec 15
Dec 16
Dec 17
Dec 18
Dec 19
Dec 20
Dec 21
Dec 22
Dec 23 24
Dec 25
Dec 26
Dec 27
Dec 28
Dec 29
Dec 30
Dec 31
I estimate I spent about 150 hours drawing this year and in addition to the 13 books of drawings (12 Moleskines and a full sketchbook), I have come away with the following:
- I learned that, with a drawing habit established, it doesn’t matter how I feel when I sit down to draw. The drawing will start to appear and I will slide into the present moment.
- Sometimes drawing is about the subject, sometimes it is about materials and sometimes it is about playing.
- The actual subject of the drawing doesn’t matter much – it’s about the exercise of drawing.
- I remembered how much I love the feel of the pen or the pencil against the paper.
- I need to work on fitting my subject onto my page.
- I have a lot of opportunity to improve my technical drawing skills – foreshortening especially.
- If I stick with a medium for awhile, I eventually figure it out and may even come to love it.
- Apparently I like to draw white objects under harsh lighting.
- Shadows are immensely important.
- I really like water-based brush markers and working with grey.
Some of my favourite repeat subjects:
Mar 3
May 5
Jan 3
Nov 15
Jan 14
Oct 29
My favourite drawings of the year:
Jan 22
Feb 8
Mar 18
Apr 2
May 24
Jun 21
Jul 3
Aug 30
Sep 23
Oct 23 and 24
Nov 14
Dec 29
I’m prepped for my new 2018 Art Every Day project now and will post each image to Instagram daily and the accumulation of the month’s work each month. In 2018 I will continue to post every two weeks and will rotate between daily drawings, paintings I’m working on and other drawings that show up along the way. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next.
susanne semchuk 
thank-you for offering your reflections on who you are. I see an an artist.
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As much as I work to let my artwork stand on its own – without excuse or justification – I find it difficult everytime. Yes, it is ALWAYS a reflection and that is the frightening reality that I avoid thinking about when I hit ‘post’ or ‘share’. Thank you.
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Hey Susanne. This is so damn good. You hit it out the park with the very first point: “I learned that, with a drawing habit established, it doesn’t matter how I feel when I sit down to draw. The drawing will start to appear and I will slide into the present moment.” <– absolutely love that. Just got to trust in the process.
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This was a real epiphany for me as I have a tendency to get a bit anxious when I sit down and face that blank page. Each time I feel that way, I remind myself that the hardest part is starting.
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So lovely! Thank you!
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Thank you!
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You are very welcome!
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