Join us for an EDM Marathon

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Pooja

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Jan 9, 2011, 8:13:53 AM1/9/11
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Hi Everyone,

Let's start the New Year with an EDM Marathon :-)

If you haven't heard of EDM yet, Everyday Matters (EDM) is a series of weekly drawing/sketching challenges that grew out of Danny Gregory's blog and books - Everyday Matters, The Creative License and An Illustrated Life - in 2004. 

There are currently 6 years worth of weekly challenges that you can access here: http://edm.poojasrinivas.com

To participate in the marathon, just pick a challenge a day, sketch it and post it either in the EDM waves or the EDM group. We'll try to sketch as many challenges as we can until the end of the year. 

You can the search box at the top of the EDM website to search for challenges. Here are some ideas to get you started: 





  • Use a keyword or phrase to locate the challenge. For example, "portrait" or "pet" or "father's day" will show you challenges with these words/phrases in the title of the challenge
  • Use the challenge number. For example, typing in "301" in the search box will show you "Challenge 301: Draw something cute"
  • Use the keyword "Latest" to find the most recent challenge

You can use any medium - pencils, colored pencils, watercolors, pastels, digital art - whatever you like. Here are some sketches posted by other members:

Pooja

Cathy Johnson

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Jan 9, 2011, 8:42:21 AM1/9/11
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Hey, a coincidence!  I’ve just been working on a set of probably-daily prompts as one of my mini-class things.  Must be in the air!  I’m only doing 60, though…and not just “draw a…”

 

Pooja Srinivas

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Jan 9, 2011, 8:47:02 AM1/9/11
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Oh awesome! Looking forward to that. Do post the sign-up link here once the class is available :-)

Pooja


On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Cathy Johnson <graph...@epsi.net> wrote:

Hey, a coincidence!  I’ve just been working on a set of probably-daily prompts as one of my mini-class things.  Must be in the air!  I’m only doing 60, though…and not just “draw a…”

 

Cathy Johnson

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Jan 9, 2011, 9:09:07 AM1/9/11
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Will do, Miss Pooja, thanks!  I think it’s funny, that was the thing on my polls that got the LEAST response, but the ideas just kept popping into my head.  Apparently my brain had a different agenda.

 

I’ve tried not to even look or think of the EDM list of challenges, so as not to duplicate things, though I’m sure there must be a few, because there’s nothing new under the sun! 

Sandy

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Jan 9, 2011, 11:06:50 AM1/9/11
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Kate,
 
This sounds like an interesting project!  I'm looking forward to seeing the mini class thing.
 
Sandy in Michigan

Teressa Thompson

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Jan 9, 2011, 11:58:31 AM1/9/11
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It really must be in the air.  I started a year of prompts on my blog on January 1st.  They are anything creative, even though I'm using them in my art journal. 



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Cathy Johnson

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Jan 9, 2011, 9:13:38 PM1/9/11
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It IS in the air!  How cool!

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