Drawn.ca linked to this cute little booklet of things to draw when you don't have anything to draw which has reminded me that I haven't even come close to making good on my resolution to do watercolor every day this year, and now we're fully a third of the way into it. Shame on me.

That isn't to say that I haven't been drawing, though, even though it might not technically be every day. I've also been introduced to the idea of t-shirt contests, and just about every weekend for the last two months I've been banging out one or two shirt designs a week, and as far as exercises go for skills development, it's been a real hoot. Too bad I'm not making any money.

One of the tools that I've been using a lot is Flickr, which of course is the internet's largest photograph repository, which makes it ideal for searching for reference images. The search function's full utility, though, is often overlooked, as search functions so often tend to be. In flickr's case specifically, making sure to search only Creative Commons-licensed images is essential for finding images that can be saved to your hard drive.

Another great tool I've been leaning on a whole bunch is Adobe's Kuler tool, which in coming up with pleasing color palettes where a limited number of spot inks is allowed has been a godsend.