From the artist:

"To give the project a focus, I decided to draw someone who was in the news that particular day, for the entire year of 2012. 'Sketch A Day' proved to be an incredibly interesting project. As the year progressed my drawing techniques changed and the sketches undoubtedly improved in quality. I learnt about who is in the news, why they are in the news and what makes news. Some people behaved very badly and this created headlines. On other days, the news was led by stories of individuals who achieved something extraordinary."