Draw God.

Try to do a self portrait using a big mirror.

How about using the alphabet as inspiration for each days subject? For instance, anchor, baseball, catfish, domino, egg beater, feather, grapes, hair brush, etc... When you have done all of the letters, you can still use the alphabet all over again with new item names, or the same items with different views, media or interpretation. How many ways can you apply the word baseball? Baseball bat? Baseball cap? Or how about a baseball being hit, or laying lost in grass? Use your imagination. Your husband set you a good challenge! Give it your best!

When I was taking drawing classes in college, the professor would make us draw the same thing every day. We had to take our time, drawing for about 2 hours at a time. I was sick of the same thing and pretty soon I started noticing how my picture was changing because I was not only becoming more disciplined with my hand, but I was starting to see more details. I think we drew one thing for a week before we went on the the next thing. I don't think you need to draw something new everyday. I draw portraits of people and it takes me days before it begins to shape up. Sometimes I have to leave it for a while and come back to it later.

The best "daily drawing advice" I've ever got was this: 1. Every single day, the first half hour after you get up (= before you are really awake) draw anything you feel like, even if it's just squiggles. - If you want to draw an object, draw your other hand, every day. 2. The outcome doesn't matter - all that matters is that you do it 3. Put it in a folder, and don't look at it for at least one month And if you happen to think that this is not a challenge, try it ;)

1. 20 hands in different positions. 2. 10 feet, in different positions. 3. shoe.. use line weight and thickness to show the parts of the shoe that are firmer vs softer, structural vs decorative. 4. non dominant arm, with the side of your face resting on it. 5. pick one point that you see. pick a spot on your paper that corresponds to that point. follow every contour *and* shadow *and* texture you see with your line. no shading. only lines, of varying widths and weight. You are describing qualities using lines, not "drawing objects". 6. 3 different species of trees, include landscape. tree's personality or the action/effect your tree has on its surroundings are your subject(s) but thats not all you should draw. 7. draw at least one thing you find disgusting. 8. draw your husbands toes, in as much detail as you can. 9. draw something you find beautiful. 10. draw what you think i look like. when you draw, keep in mind weight, roundness, qualities.. heavy, light, squishy, fuzzy, soft, hard, brittleness, moistness, waxiness, if its a supporting or weight bearing structure, etc.. no smudgy shading, only lines. hatching is ok. avoid erasing. look two, three, four times, or more, if you have to, but put the line down only once.