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Old Jan 27, 2024, 06:50 PM
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I’ve never finished a sketchbook. My goal for 2024 is to finish a 9”x6” (22.86cm x 15.24cm) 236 page sketchbook I made. I’m copying drawing tutorials I find on Pinterest.

So far, I’ve filled 11 pages. I need to fill about 20 pages a month in order to accomplish my goal. I just want to see if I can even finish a sketchbook and what will happen if I do.

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Old Jan 28, 2024, 10:54 AM
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What a good goal!! So good...
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Old Jan 29, 2024, 11:02 AM
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I’ve never finished a sketchbook. My goal for 2024 is to finish a 9”x6” (22.86cm x 15.24cm) 236 page sketchbook I made. I’m copying drawing tutorials I find on Pinterest.

So far, I’ve filled 11 pages. I need to fill about 20 pages a month in order to accomplish my goal. I just want to see if I can even finish a sketchbook and what will happen if I do.
I never use "sketchbooks" for my artwork.

when I do my charcoal, lead or color pencil sketching's, I choose loose, unbound materials. that way I am not constantly tearing out of a sketchbook when I want to frame something or throw the page away or store it in a protective case.

I have also found sketch books takes a huge chunk of my finances. a ream of loose leaf (unbound) sketching paper cost a heck of a lot less than buying bound sketch pads with less and smaller paper.

sometimes I purchase my art paper by the roll if I'm working on something that needs unlimited sketching space.
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Old Feb 03, 2024, 03:17 PM
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I’ve never finished a sketchbook. My goal for 2024 is to finish a 9”x6” (22.86cm x 15.24cm) 236 page sketchbook I made. I’m copying drawing tutorials I find on Pinterest.

So far, I’ve filled 11 pages. I need to fill about 20 pages a month in order to accomplish my goal. I just want to see if I can even finish a sketchbook and what will happen if I do.
I finished 12 pages for January, so my mini goal for February is to finish 12 more pages, or 3 pages a week. I’m just following tutorials I find on Pinterest, but I did check out a book about sketchbooks from the library today.
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Old Mar 16, 2024, 01:40 PM
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I finished 12 pages for January, so my mini goal for February is to finish 12 more pages, or 3 pages a week. I’m just following tutorials I find on Pinterest, but I did check out a book about sketchbooks from the library today.
I filled 6 pages in February and so far no pages for March. I want to experiment with scheduling time to draw and see if that helps. Ideally, I’d like to do a little every day, but it may be more realistic to just draw on the weekends.
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Old Apr 21, 2024, 11:13 AM
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I filled 6 pages in February and so far no pages for March. I want to experiment with scheduling time to draw and see if that helps. Ideally, I’d like to do a little every day, but it may be more realistic to just draw on the weekends.
Knock wood/cross fingers, but I am excited to report modest success with this strategy: I’ve sketched every day for 35 days straight, filling 28 pages! At this rate, I will accomplish my goal with several weeks to spare. I’m absolutely thrilled since I’ve been trying/failing to build a daily drawing practice off and on for literal decades.

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Old May 26, 2024, 10:11 AM
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Today’s stats:

I’ve drawn 71 days straight, filling 52 pages. At this rate, I will fill this 236 page sketchbook by January 6th, 2025.
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Old Jun 16, 2024, 01:25 PM
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Today’s stats:

I’ve drawn 91 days straight, filling 67 pages. At this rate, I will finish this 236 page sketchbook by October 4th, 2024. Wow.
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Old Oct 20, 2024, 12:23 PM
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Just some quick stats I’ve been meaning to update:

I have drawn every day since March 16, 2024–218 days straight.

I’ve been making smaller drawings, so I’m currently only on page 136 (of 236). That’s around a half page a day. At this rate, I will finish my sketchbook in 200 more days, or May 8th of 2025…
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Old Dec 14, 2024, 02:20 PM
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End of year stats:

Day 349 of this goal and I’m only on page 156 of my 236 page sketchbook. That’s about 0.45 pages daily, meaning it may be another 179 days until I finish the remaining 80 pages (June 11th, 2025). I have drawn every day since March 16th, 2024 though—272 days straight!
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Old Dec 18, 2024, 01:11 PM
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That’s awesome! I’m currently working on a sketchbook as well. I’m not aiming for a specific number of drawings but am aiming to sketch daily. Whether that’s one, two, three etc whatever I happen to feel like each day but at least one everyday

Have you found your drawing skills improved over the time you’ve been drawing?
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Old Dec 18, 2024, 03:26 PM
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That’s awesome! I’m currently working on a sketchbook as well. I’m not aiming for a specific number of drawings but am aiming to sketch daily. Whether that’s one, two, three etc whatever I happen to feel like each day but at least one everyday

Have you found your drawing skills improved over the time you’ve been drawing?
If my drawings have improved, it’s not been a dramatic improvement. That’s okay with me though.
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