I'm still doing the #the100dayproject but I've changed it up a bit. Since this was to be a learning experience, experimenting with different media and techniques I decided to work in a sketchbook instead of doing a painting every day. The painting a day meant a lot of good paper wasted.
Helen's Art Studio
Musings of an artist who enjoys playing with several different media. Currently my focus is collage but every now and then I go to something different. My aim is to post once a week.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Changing Direction
Monday, March 4, 2024
Already on Day 16 of #thehundreddayproject.
And I’ve been good about doing a small painting every day but --- I’m feeling like I need to change things up a bit. The small paintings have been more like sketches and they are great fun to do so I’ll be doing more of them. Here are a couple of them --
I’ve also done a couple non-representational pieces – collage
and painted --
But there are other things I want to do as well. Last week I saw a video Roben-Marie Smith did making a small journal using an old book. She used the cover, cut it up into three small journals. I’m a collector of old stuff – I have old books and as I moved from my laptop into the studio there on a shelf was an old book cover ready to do something with. I did –
I didn’t consider this part of my 100 Day Project but I have a drawer full of similar journals that I’ve made to be used as Art Journals that never got used as such. I'm not a bookmaker but I enjoy making books. This is one that's been in the drawer for a couple years.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
I'm going to do the 100 Day Project again
I'm changing the way I do the 100 Day Project this year. I can’t believe it’s the middle of February already and almost time for the Project to start. Yes, I still do a a quick sketch every day but that isn't what I think the 100 Day Project is about, at least not for me.
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what I want to do this year. In the past I’ve done repeats of the same thing, flowers but a different one every day, collages but a different one every day – you get the picture. It’s hard to stick to past 60 or 70 days. I'm easily bored.
One of my objectives is to get in a habit so you can keep doing it and maybe have some good pieces of art when I'm done. If I can’t stick to it past 60 or 70 the habit hasn’t formed. I do make some sort of art every day but I’m not consistent, sometimes I work on a couple paintings, sometimes I sketch, sometimes I draw, sometimes I just dust in the studio. This year I am going to try something different, complete a small painting every day. And work on doing it without overthinking.
Yes, a painting every day but not always the same medium, substrate or subject and not always the same size – just small, anywhere from 4x4 to 10x10 and anything in between. Some of them will be watercolor because I’ve been getting back to that, some will be collage and/or mixed media because I enjoy doing them. And if I can make the 100 days I will continue working toward a years worth of small paintings. Some may even be worth showing at the gallery. We shall see.
I plan to post what I’ve done on Instagram and here on the blog. What I haven’t decided is if I will post daily or weekly. I’m leaning towards daily Instagram and weekly blog post. It’s too easy to slide if I don’t post somewhere daily, I know me.
That’s it for now, I’m off to prepare some supports for my project. It starts February 18. Stay tuned.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Wow! It's Almost February
Time keeps moving faster all the time. But I'm trying not to waste it. I'm still doing my morning quick sketches and I've vowed to do more with Urban Sketchers West Michigan. It usually gathers on Wednesday afternoons which doesn't work for me; however, it does do other days and this past week was one of those times. We met in Rockford at Herman's Boy. Fun place and lots to sketch. This is mine --
Saturday, January 13, 2024
New Year and a Renewed Practice
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Happy New Year!
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Wishing Everyone A Joyfilled Season