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From Scottie · July 31, 2026
See DrawTogether with WendyMac in a Scottie brief
Scottie read DrawTogether with WendyMac, Jenny’s Substack - Let's art together, and #The100DayProject Newsletter for a reader with the priorities shown below. Start with the rundown, open the full brief, or check every issue behind it.
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3issues read
2stories included
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What shaped this brief
Reader priorities
A beginner or returning artist who wants friendly drawing prompts that lower the stakes and make a regular practice easier.
These are illustrative priorities, not a customer’s data.
Sources in this brief
- DrawTogether with WendyMacThe publication this guide is about
- Jenny’s Substack - Let's art togetherAdds gentle visual prompts and an invitation to make alongside another artist.
- #The100DayProject NewsletterAdds a longer daily-project structure for keeping the practice going.
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July 31, 2026 · Executive brief
01 / The rundown
- A new food-themed drawing challenge encourages artists to sketch everyday meals before eating them to build a simple, low-pressure daily creative routine.
- An artist demonstrated how pivoting through continuous drawing errors can lead to unexpected final pieces, reinforcing that mistakes are part of the creative practice.
Read the complete brief 2 stories · 2 action items
02 / The briefing
01 / main
Turn your dinner into low-stakes daily drawing practice
The takeaway: A new weekly drawing challenge asks artists to observe the textures and shapes of their food before eating it. Looking closely at everyday meals like eggs or blackberries helps build a regular sketching habit without needing complex subjects.
Concrete details
- Former cook Itsuo Kobayashi has drawn every single meal he has eaten for over three decades.
- Drawing food lets you study everyday details like the tiny individual bumps on blackberries, known as drupelets.
Why it matters for this reader: Drawing what you eat gives you an easy, built-in daily prompt that removes the pressure of finding subjects, making regular creative practice simpler.
Original sourcesDrawTogether with WendyMac
02 / main
Transforming drawing mistakes into unexpected final art pieces
The takeaway: An artist turned a botched drawing of the moon into a flower, then clouds, and finally a dark night scene. Covering original mistakes with thousands of tiny crosshatches revealed an unexpected composition they never originally planned.
Concrete details
- The artist adapted through four separate drawing iterations before landing on a final crosshatched night scene.
- Covering unwanted butterfly and cloud lines with thousands of small crosshatches created a dark night sky background.
Why it matters for this reader: Seeing how mistakes can evolve into finished art lowers the pressure to be perfect, giving you confidence to keep drawing without giving up.
Original sourcesJenny’s Substack - Let's art together
Action items
- Sketch your next meal or snack before eating it to build a low-stakes daily drawing routine.
- Transform a mistake on your paper by layering crosshatch lines over it instead of throwing the page away.
See every issue behind this brief
Adapting Through Mistakes in Drawing
- Even in the dark...Jenny’s Substack - Let's art together · Included
DrawTogether with WendyMac — A Week of Food
- A Week of FoodDrawTogether with WendyMac · Included
The100DayProject book update
- The stories I'm still looking for#The100DayProject Newsletter · Read, not included
About DrawTogether with WendyMac
Should you add DrawTogether with WendyMac to Scottie?
Draw more often through approachable prompts and a sense of shared practice.[1][2][3]
Who it’s for
A beginner or returning artist who wants friendly drawing prompts that lower the stakes and make a regular practice easier.[1][2]
What you’ll find in it
The issues linked below include “Drawing Medicine for Decision Fatigue”, “A Week of Food”, and “A Week of Creatures”. Open them to judge the publication in its own words.
- Byline
- Wendy MacNaughton[1]
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- Drawing Medicine for Decision FatiguePublic issue[2]
- A Week of FoodPublic issue[3]
- A Week of CreaturesSun, 19 Jul 2026[4]