Tomorrow I’m kicking off a 31 day of art making challenge! On each of the days of July I’ll spend 1-2 hours creating art on paper. Those are the only rules.
After completing a large 8.5 foot x 6 foot commission (blog post to follow), I’ve been a little dull on the creative side. The pandemic stress resulted in a lot of mask making, too much cooking and too many dishes, and very little spontaneous painting or drawing. Now is time to unstick that!
I’ve also moved to a new apartment for the summer, before my next new apartment is ready in September (pandemic issues), and I’ve set up my first dedicated adult art space.
Well, its 2 pieces of wood on saw horses on plastic drop cloths … but it is NOT the dining room table!!!!
31 Day Art Making Challenge
My goal is to get unstuck on the art front. Not just creatively, though that is a big part, but also all the things I’ve been avoiding – like blog posts, cleaning out dried paint tubes and ruined brushes, learning how to be a more environmentally-friendly painter, and so on. I’m hoping that by creating art everyday (having ‘creative discipline’) I will crack open the barrier I’ve put between my time and my art life.
What’s the Challenge?
I’ve prepared and randomly sorted 31 pieces of different types of ‘paper’ – Yupo (plastic,) watercolor, pastel, canvas, and drawing paper – between 4×6 inches and 11×4 inches. Though I’ll use the same medium on some, each paper type requires a different type of medium – watercolor, acrylic ink, alcohol ink, acrylic, pencil, charcoal, pastels, markers, maybe even stamping. Who knows?! I’ve labeled each day on the back of each piece of paper so I can’t skirt the hard types of paper or mediums.
The subject can be anything – abstract, flowers, landscapes, buildings, portraits, my hand … anything. Other than a time limit of 1-2 hours and the pre-cut and labelled papers, there are no other rules
I’ll post the pieces on my Instagram each day and posting stories of anyone else who is participating. I’ll follow up at the end with a blog post.
Anyone want to join me?
Adults and/or kids welcome.
If so, let me know or use the Instagram hashtag #31dayartmakingchallenge
Also, please make your own rules – whatever size, shape, medium you want and that includes baking, decorating, quilting. Be you!