Private practice · nothing leaves the sketchbook

A hundred days that leave a record

You draw, the page closes, and the book goes back in the drawer. Nothing is dated and nothing is counted, so by spring you genuinely cannot say whether February had any drawing in it.

The drawings stay private. The record of the days does not have to be.

the shape of it

What the log gives you back

frame 1

Writing down what you drew feels redundant at first, because you still remember it. That is exactly why the habit has to start here.

drag the strip sideways

Day 1–10

Writing down what you drew feels redundant at first, because you still remember it. That is exactly why the habit has to start here.

Day 30

You read the first weeks back and see what you kept returning to, which is usually not what you assumed.

Day 100

A hundred dated lines beside a sketchbook you never showed anyone. The evidence exists, and it stayed yours.

Invisible practice is hard to continue

what the drawer costs

You cannot see movement from inside itMonth three feels like month one when nothing is dated. People who write about daily drawing point at this directly: if you cannot see yourself improving, continuing gets hard.
Nothing marks the difference between a full week and an empty oneA sketchbook holds pages, not dates. Twelve drawings could be twelve days or one long Sunday, and you will not remember which.
The obvious fix is one you do not wantPosting publicly would create a record and also an audience, an expectation and a comparison. Most private practices would rather stay private.

pinned up

What the log gives you back

the room
the room
the room
the pages
the pages
the pages
the pages

in pictures

What the log gives you back

the table

the table8 photos in the gallery

the hands

the hands9 photos in the gallery

the room

the room8 photos in the gallery

the pages

the pages9 photos in the gallery

The log is the artefact, not the feed

how it runs

01 Three tasks written in the morning Which makes the day intentional before it starts, and gives the evening something to answer.
02 One dated entry at night What you drew and how long it took, in words. A hundred of these is the record the sketchbook never kept.
03 Read by a group, not by the internet A closed set of people on the same hundred days. No hashtag, no public post and no image required at any point.

before you sign up

Questions about privacy

Do I have to post my drawings anywhere?

No. The report is text and images are optional. Nothing is published outside the group.

What exactly goes into the entry?

What you worked on, roughly how long, and anything you want to remember. Two lines is a normal length.

Can I keep the log after the hundred days?

It is your writing and it stays readable to you. The habit of dating your practice is the part worth keeping.

Will anyone comment on my work?

Nobody is asked to. We run no critique and the group is there to read the days, not assess the pages.

Do you teach drawing?

No. No lessons, no technique, no assignments. The daily structure and the group are the whole product.

Three tasks each morning. One report each night. A hundred days of art.

A hundred days you can read back

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