--- title: January challenge date: 2023-03-17T10:35:41Z modified: 2023-03-17T10:52:54Z permalink: "https://dogwonder.co.uk/2023/03/january-challenge/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 4448 categories: - Uncategorized --- During the month of January my wife suggested a challenge for both of us to do a drawing every day for the month, as something new and fun to do (we are both also Art graduates having met at University in the 90s). The specific type of drawing was to be a map. And we did it. Here are my drawings for the month. ![Day 1 - Map featuring a road and mountains and tress - Pen ](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8179.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 2 - Map featuring a ring road and some buildings - Pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8180.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 3 - Map featuring the sea, a sail boat, sea monster and a lighthouse - Pen and Watercolour](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8181.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 4 - Map of an island - Roller ball](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8182.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 5 - Map featuring a path with some palm trees - Ink](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8183.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 6 - Map of a route of my journey that day - Pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8184.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 7 - Map of a weird 3d island thing - Ink](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8185.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 8 - Map featuring two intersecting roads with a house on it - Ink and market](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8186.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 9 - Map of a made up town - Pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8187.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 10 - Tubę tyle map - Pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8188.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 11 - Map resembling a google map - Marker pen and tippex](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8189.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 12 - Map looking a little like a modernist take on the A-Z - Ink and Tape](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8190.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 13 - Abstract with some clouds, birds, signposts and other map type features - Ink](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8191.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 14 - Map of the sea, islands and land - Water colour](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8192.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 15 - Map featuring a lighthouse and some hills - Pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8193.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 16 - Map of some planes and some flight paths - Coloured pencils and pe](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8194.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 17 - Map with lots of S-bend roads and some trees - Ink](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8195.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 18 - Isometric map, with some roads a building and some trees/grass - Pen and coloured pens](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8196.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 19 - Isometric map, with a mountain - Ink and watercolours](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8197.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 20 - Map with many small islands and sea - Ink and watercolours](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8198.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 21 - Map of a road in a sort of spiral - Pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8199.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 22 - Map of a landscape with lots of grass and a few mountains a river, tiny flora and fauna - Ink and watercolours](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8200.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 23 - Map of a tributary - Coloured pens](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8201.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 24 - Map of a mountain with Skiing routes in different colours - Pencil and coloured pencils](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8202.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 25 - Map of the World (well America / Europe and Africa as it wouldn't fit on the page) - Ink and marker pens](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8203.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 26 - Abstract map representing a bike route which I was about to do - Coloured pencils](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8204.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 27 - Map with some roads and a google pin - Graphite and ball point pen](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8205.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 28 - Map of the elevation I did on a recent bike ride - Pencil](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8206.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 29 - Isometric drawing of a treasure map - Ball point pe](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8207.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1) ![Day 30 - Map of the Solar System - Pen and coloured pencil](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8208.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)![Day 31 - Map of all previous maps - Ink on Papyrus](https://i0.wp.com/dogwonder.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8209.jpeg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1)