Okay, I think it’s happening. I said to a friend of mine that I wasn’t going to tell any one I was doing this, at least until I was more into it. I proceeded to tell her all about it and now, on day 2, I am spilling the beans to the internet!
I *AM* doing a 100 Day Project!…
What am I doing 100 days of exactly? and why?? - I’m planning on spending 20mins or more in my sketchbook or iPad, to do some sort of mark making, art, drawing, painting or what not. No theme just what ever I feel like drawing. For 100 days. Now the catch is I may not do the days exactly consecutively. I may miss a day here or there but I’m going to do them as close as possible with minimum days skipped. I know me well so I’m including this bit haha. But, basically I’m going to be doing my up most to draw a bit or a lot nearly every day for 100 days.
WHY - I have had the same sketchbook for nearly 3 years… In fact let me check, yeah I started my current sketchbook (Moleskine Art Plus) on 15 Jan 2022! We are now in June 2024. I know this isn’t necessarily a bad thing and there is no timeline to finish a sketchbook. But for me, this just means I am not spending enough time drawing or exploring art wise. I used to aim to finish a sketchbook a year. I have so many wonderful art supplies just sitting there, and I want to use them - I just haven’t been. To be honest I took up some fiber arts in 2021 and have been very focused on those more so than drawing, especially lately (Thanks crochet!). So for me this 100 day project is a way for me to become more in-touch with my art/drawing side again and help fill up my sketchbook!
I may draw using my iPad on some days but I do want to focus on my physical sketchbook. I’m considering printing off and sticking my digital drawings in to my sketchbook but we will see. It would be nice to have a collection of all the days works together. Which brings me to my next point. Will I be sharing all this on social media? Yeah, I think so. I will probably be posting most if not all the work on Instagram and my art Facebook page as well as here on Substack. I think for Instagram I will do almost daily posts if I can manage it and for Facebook and Substack I will do batch posts of 4 or 5 days or maybe a weeks worth. I’ll figure it out.
But for now I would love to share the first two days worth of this project! …
DAY 01 - 09/06/2024
For day 01, I finished off this page spread I started back in mid May. I drew this horned lady in a lovely dress. Roughly referenced from a picture I found on Pinterest. No the person I referenced on Pinterest did not have actual horns, that’s artistic licence. Just to be clear haha… I wouldn’t mind it if I sprouted some impressive horns though!
DAY 02 - 10/06/2024
For day 02, I filled this spread with a quirky plant TV which was not referenced besides the no-signal screen and a portrait study I did of another picture I found on Pinterest.
Now we wait…
So there you have it. I have started my 100 Day Project and am now sharing it to the world. The pressure is on, haha! Not really, but have you ever heard of that thing where if you tell someone (or the internet and friend in my case) you intend to do something, you don’t end up accomplishing said thing? I’ve heard two things about it. One, it’s due to the pressure of now having to complete the thing now it’s expected and that it all becomes too much so you almost become paralysed. And two, because you have told people your intention it’s almost like you have accomplished the thing anyway because you have expressed your intention and I guess got some either praise or some encouragement from those you told and because you have received some good feedback it’s as if you have done the thing without doing it? Does that make sense? I don’t know if I agree with the second one completely. Or at least I don’t know if that one suits my situation right now. My situation right now is number one, through and through. I don’t want to beef this project up only to get a few days in then stop. And most importantly I don’t want to not fulfil my “why”. This is for me, and my journey with art and self expression. I want to play in my sketchbook! I want to fill pages and pages of things I’ve drawn and created. I want to have a regular sketchbooking practise again, like I used to.
Let’s see if I’ve got this… haha. Thanks so much for reading. I hope you look forward to my future posts about this project.