One of the many online art challenges that you can participate in is Everyday in May (EDiM). There is a facebook ( a private group to join) and a Flickr group. You need to create a free account for either to join the group. Flickr is a photo-sharing site. Or you could just do the list for fun.
(My scanner is not talking to my computer at the moment, so these are photos)
What is it? A list of prompts for everyday drawing challenges. There is no pressure, you put your sketch up online in the group and can comment on others, It is amazing the interpretation and different sketches of the one listed object. I’ve met some international friends through EveryDay in May – some of them in person !
Draw …
1 a lucky charm, a talisman
2 your favourite sports equipment
3 a helmet
4 “Star Wars” – May the fourth be with you!
or
a souvenir
5 a pen sharpener
6 a screw
7 weeds or herbs
8 hand, feet, ear, nose, or eye
9 nuts or coffee beans
10 a plant around your house
11 a tool
12 a pile of dishes or dishes inside your dishwasher
13 a close-up part of something
14 a pile of socks
15 some medicine
16 a crumpled piece of paper
17 your favorite brushes or pencils
18 an interdental brush
19 the view from your window
20 a corkscrew
21 a spice jar
22 dice
23 a treasure chest
24 your sketchbooks or a pile of your favorite art books
25 “Towel Day” – a tribute to Douglas Adams – www.towelday.org
or
something broken
26 something you collected outside – twig, seashell, dried berries …
27 an extension cable
28 your car, any car outside, a matchbox car …
29 a stapler
30 a deck of playing cards (skat, poker, tarot …)
31 your computer mouse
Everyday in May challenges began in 2005 by Karen Winters. Below are the links to my past EDiM. Here is a description I found on one of my 2009 posts. “This is part of the Everyday in May challenge – drawing something every day in May. A group of us thought it would be fun to do a Everyday Matters (EDM) challenge each day using EDM 1-31. The list is on Karen Winters website”
I started eagerly wanting to draw all the time. It was such an inspiration and opened my eyes to the fact that anything is sketchable and that everyone has a different style and approach. There is no right or wrong ! These are concepts that I strongly believe in today. Today, I have many art projects that am involved in and keeping me busy everyday (as well as a full-time non-art job) and I am doing EDiM out of nostalgia. Here are my previous EDiM challenges.
I also do this because my mother does it too. She lives interstate and is not on Facebook, but has a Flickr page. Art Observer This is a wonderful way for us to connect and we have chat about what we have drawn. This is one time of the year that she picks up a pencil and draws, and then realises she is quite good, especially when practicing everyday.
You have certainly written a good account of Every Day in May. I love the drawings you have started with and I can remember playing rounders and loved that.