May Sketch-a-Day!

Well, it's been 122 days since the start of a new year and personal challenge to sketch every day. While I have missed a handful of days, I have at least completed 122 sketches so I'm going to go ahead and pat myself on the back.

And so many of you have joined in the challenge so I'm going to pat you all on the back too. You all have encouraged, supported and challenged me in the best ways and I'm so thankful for you.

I want to thank Stephanie one more time for leading the #sketchadaywithfancythat challenge for April. I loved the theme and hope you all did too. If you remember, we had a little giveaway in April for anyone that completed all 30 days of sketching.

Here's what the lucky artist is winning:

• set of 6 pigma micron pens (a sketcher's dream)
• set of 5 gelly roll pens in Moonlight 10
• set of 6 koi watercolor brush pens
• 12 pack koi pocket watercolor sketch box
• 14 permapaque markers in assorted colors

I will be announcing the winner on instagram, @recipeforcrazy, today and then I'll come back here to update this post.

So, are you ready for a new month of sketching?

My long-time friend, Jason - @invisibleelement, is leading May sketches and has a fun theme planned for us. Here's the list of prompts:

If you've never challenged yourself to sketch every day for a month, I encourage you to start this month with us. You'll be surprised what a little commitment can do for the creative mind! And if you've been doing these challenges with us, keep it up! It's no big deal if you miss a day, just draw when you can.

This month we'll be using #sketchadaywithie to keep all our work together and I'll continue to use #sketchadaywithlrz for all you sketch-a-day vets that have been doing it with me since last october.

Happy Monday, friends!