“There were days I didn’t want to do anything, but I knew I just had to be disciplined and keep doing it,” he said. “Sometimes I had to catch up a day or so later. It did take over a bit.”
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Now, one year later from his resolution, the 17-year-old has collected a sketchbook full of ink portraits of the top news for each day. In some cases, the drawings were personal, like of Summerfield’s grandparents’ wedding anniversary. In other cases, his sketching featured world leaders like Syrian President Bashar Assad, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Summerfield said that most drawings took no more than 30 minutes each. For many, he would often go back later and add color. In the end, Summerfield documented the events that meant the most to him throughout all of 2012.
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