One Year Art Challenge: Draw Every Day in 2027
365 days. One simple goal. Draw every day.
What if the most important thing you could do for your art this year wasn't learn another technique or finish a masterpiece, but simply show up?
In 2027, Pose Library is starting the One Year Art Challenge, a commitment lasting one year to building consistency through simple drawing exercises. We'll get an early start in December 2026 with live drawing sessions on Twitch and YouTube. Beginners and experienced artists are welcome.
The Hardest Part of Drawing Is Often Showing Up
Most artists know practice matters. The difficult part is making room for it consistently. Choosing what to draw, finding enough time, and worrying whether the result will be good can all become reasons not to start.
This challenge makes the first step small: sit down, pick up your drawing tools, practice something, and come back tomorrow. The goal is not 365 finished illustrations. It is a habit that makes drawing a regular part of your life.
Why We're Starting With the Fundamentals
It's tempting to skip straight to complex anatomy, dramatic poses, or polished artwork. Yet line control, simple forms, observation, proportion, and gesture are worth revisiting at every skill level.
Keeping the exercises simple also removes friction. When you know today's task is manageable, it's easier to get to your workstation. One small exercise may lead to another; if it doesn't, you still practiced.
Join the Live Drawing Sessions on Twitch and YouTube
Pose Library's streams will be a place to draw alongside other artists. We'll work through accessible exercises and return to the fundamentals together. A pencil and sketchbook are enough; digital tools work too.
What Will We Practice? A Simple Routine with Four Exercises
Our daily drawing practice covers four simple exercises:
- 1. Circles and ovoids
- 2. Straight lines
- 3. Organic shapes
- 4. Rotating fundamentals exercise
Cubes and perspective 
Cylinders and ellipses 
Value and shading 
Core shadow drawing
These exercises are for practice, not finished illustrations. The aim is to make starting easy and build a consistent habit. If the session sparks the motivation to draw more afterward, that's a bonus, but it isn't required.
For independent figure-drawing sessions, try our timed pose reference or follow the gesture drawing practice guide. Browse our drawing resources for more exercises and study ideas.
How to Take Part
- Choose tools you already own.
- Set aside a manageable amount of time each day. Even five minutes is a start.
- Join a livestream when you can, and practice independently when you can't.
- Date and save your sketches to see how your practice accumulates.
- Keep returning. Consistency matters more than any single drawing.
You Can Start Anytime, and You Can Always Come Back
You don't have to start on January 1 to be part of this challenge. If you find us in February, June, or even November, you're welcome to jump in. Committing to a few weeks of daily practice can be a meaningful first step toward making drawing a regular part of your life.
That's one reason we're doing this for a full year. We want to give people plenty of opportunities to join when they're ready, and just as many opportunities to return if they fall out of the habit. Missing a day, a week, or longer doesn't mean you've failed or need to start over. Pick up your sketchbook and come back whenever you can.
We'll still be here, drawing alongside you. The goal is to build a healthy habit you can keep returning to, not to protect a perfect streak.
Start Small. Keep Going.
Art is a lifelong journey. There is no finish line where you've learned everything, and a single year isn't meant to change that. What matters is finding a way to keep making art over time. Building a healthy, sustainable drawing habit gives you a better chance of continuing to practice long after the challenge ends.
Imagine opening a sketchbook at the end of 2027 and seeing a year's worth of practice: lines, boxes, gestures, studies, and experiments. Not every page needs to be impressive to be meaningful. The real achievement is making drawing something you can keep coming back to.
We're getting an early start in December 2026 to test the technical side of our livestreams. We'll use that time to check the audio, video, and overall stream quality, work out any issues, and make sure everything is ready when the One Year Art Challenge officially begins on January 1, 2027.
Bring your sketchbook, join us on Twitch or YouTube, and let's build a drawing habit, one session at a time.
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