Calling out to the artist in you! join the #99daysofsketching challenge - started with the purpose of making art an everyday habit. making art is fun. it is deeply relaxing, much like meditation (also very shareable, quite unlike videos of you meditating). so come, take this journey with a bunch of people like you, who want to make art a part of their lives. what is the challenge? to make art every day, for 99 days straight. to post your work on insta, fb, or tumblr, and update your progress with the day number eg: #day01 and tag #99daysofsketching. when does it happen? #99daysofsketching is an annual event. this year, it begins on june 1, 2018 worldwide. 99 days of sketching, it says. can i doodle/paint/do anything other than sketch? sure! we started this as a sketching exercise, but we’re not particular at all. in previous years, we’ve had doodles, oil paintings, watercolours, digital art, and everything else you can imagine. so, pick up a pen or pencil or brush or whatever – and do precisely what you want to do. ermm…i procrastinate (sometimes). what if i miss out any day? the aim of this challenge is to put procrastination where it belongs. outside your door, in the pouring rain. but if you do miss a day, don’t worry, just continue from the next day. this is why different people may finish their 99 days on different dates. however, in the interest of setting some guardrails, we ask that you don’t take more than 9 additional days to complete your challenge. great! now motivate me some more. to make this more exciting, we’ll have specific tasks or themes every 11th day. you’ll have to wait to find out what they are, but we suspect you’re going to like ’em! is there something cool you’ve saved for the end? you smart cookie, you! yes, there is. the plan is to publish an e-book of curated sketches at the end of the event. so the next time a friend refuses to believe that you actually completed this challenge, you can simply wave (or forward) this book. that’s all, folks! don’t forget to cheer for your fellow artists. explore their work using #99daysofsketching on fb and insta. here’s wishing you 99 happy, fun-filled days! _________ #99daysofsketching started by prateekshankar dixit in 2015, is now a duxat initiative.