Daub is made by Mei Mei, who wanted a reason to draw every day again and suspected she was not the only one.
Every morning, everyone on Daub gets the same art prompt. You make it with your hands, away from the screen, then photograph it and hang it in your gallery. Ten minutes. No skill needed.
The prompt
One prompt each morning, the same for everyone. "Draw your breakfast without lifting the pen."
Paper, a pen, tinfoil, the fruit bowl. Whatever is already in the house.
Photograph what you made. It goes up in your gallery and the day counts.
If you want, Iris tells you what is working in your piece and who to look up next.
Most apps measure success by how long you stay. Daub counts the opposite: pieces made, and days in a row of making.
The prompts are written and chosen by hand: artist studies (Hockney, Morandi, Kusama), constraints (your mug, wrong hand, five minutes) and quiet exercises in looking. People make all of the art. The AI only teaches.
"A wonky fork, a shallow spoon, a knife with a lean. Sit still, all three of you, you are in a gallery now."
"Look up Object, sometimes called the fur breakfast. Your squint knife would understand it completely."
Iris Marchant, Daub's teacher, on a tinfoil cutlery set. She ran galleries in Paris and Britain for forty years. Her two rules: never negative, never empty. Every comment names something real in your piece and teaches one true thing.
Daub is in testing with a small group of friends and family. It works in your phone's browser today, and the iPhone app is on its way. Questions or feedback: hello@daubart.app
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