The 100 Day Project begins again on April 3rd – are you in?
You can find out all about it at the100dayproject.org, or watch a Q&A about it here
By the time I noticed the hashtag #the100dayproject that kept bobbing up in my Instagram feed last summer, it was already well under way. I was intrigued by the challenge: a creative act every day for 100 days. Right away I wanted in, I was late to the party and my 100 days weren’t consecutive, but I saw it through and I learned a lot along the way.
In 2017 I made a little drawing every day for 100 days, inspired by the photos in my phone.
I take pictures obsessively wherever I go, so I had a gazillion or so images of places and things, textures and colors, interesting patterns and reflections, little memories and captured moments of my days. I collect these images for inspiration, but to be honest with you this was the first time I really made a concerted effort to use them.
Every day for 100 days I rummaged through this collection, picked one out, and made a drawing based on what I found. Sometimes it was close to a copy of the image, sometimes just a shape or outline inspired my imagination to take off some place else.
This year I’m doing something new.
These arrived yesterday. 5 big canvases, still wrapped up and I’m itching to begin painting….
My 3 Whys
There are three big reasons why I chose this project for myself
- I love working small. Tiny, itsy little & weeny are the scale I default to. These canvases are 30 x 24 inches. Not enormous – but way bigger than I usually work. I’m curious how it will be working BIG for a change.
- Canvas. Historically I haven’t got on so well with canvas. Is it the texture? I don’t know. If I’m going to find out, I need a project that corners me into using these. Another direction away from my comfort zone.
- 100 days! Seriously, a HUNDRED days! It’s longer than it sounds, and it sounds a long time! I plan to pace myself. This challenge will be finding balance, I’m prone to haring or tortoising and not so much in the middle. I want to learn to meet myself in the middle.
As we get closer to the start date my ideas are solidifying, I’ll tell you more about my project tomorrow.
What is your creative stretch? Do you want to step outside of your usual practice and explore new territory?
Are you joining the 100 day project? I’d love to know what you plan to make and do. Let’s meet up in Instagram and we can cheer each other along as we go 🙂
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