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Something I keep trying to practice is consistency. Doing something daily so it becomes a habit. I think I have never been able to stick to a project this long (the longest I have done was 80 days of a fitness and nutrition program).
I discovered Elle Luna through her book, The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion. Every year, Elle organizes a 100 Day project, inviting anyone who desires to participate. Each person picks something s-he wants to do for 100 consecutive days, and document it on social media. It can truly be everything and anything. People do something art related, 100 days of meditation, of cooking, of exploring… whatever sparks your joy 😉

Because I have an end goal in mind, I decided to focus on creating small abstract paintings. If you have not watched it yet, check my video regarding my current favorite art supplies to discover the paper I will be using for this project.
I will mostly be using acrylic with other media. I don’t want to put any pressure on my shoulder. It’s okay if I don’t have a finish piece at the end of every day.

What about you? Have you ever done a project like this, committing on creating a practice for a set amount of time? I would love to know about it 🙂

This year, my month of April seems to focus on daily practice. I always start with the best intentions but run out of steam before the end. I don’t want this pattern to repeat itself, though.
I have two distinct projects this month that are really exciting!

Effy’s blog-along

Starting today, I will do my best to blog every day. I really wish to open a dialogue with you guys and that you’ll enjoy spending time here. Effy is hosting it and I am thankful for the push to at least try. This space means a lot to me, but Fear is often too loud.
I am learning that Love is Louder and that my voice matters.
Another thing I love about this blog-along is that I get to discover what other creative people have to say and give them some love as well.

The 100-Day Project

Starting tomorrow is the 100-day Project, organized by Elle Luna.
I picked doing an abstract painting on paper. No pressure, just joyful explorations of shapes and marks. It is about the intention that goes behind the scenes.
I will share on my Instagram feed daily, and invite you to follow my hashtag #100DaysOfAbstractExplorations 🙂

Inspired by Sarah Trumpp

Sarah Trumpp has been in my creative circle for years. But I actually never interacted with her much before I saw on Facebook that she was looking for creative people for her first DT…
At this point, I was loving her artwork already and been dying to get my shit together to buy some of her stencils. I did not think twice and just decided to go for it and apply. And I was picked! Sarah’s DT was filled with amazing talented women, gathered around our love of quirkiness and of stencils.
I want to be like Sarah when I grow up. She is fun. She has plenty of funny tattoos. She is a yoga instructor. Her artwork is like nothing else out there (I instantly recognize it as hers). She loves her people fiercely.
Sarah also has a fantastic sticker shop, that I think you should run to.
You can also support her via her Patreon (I will do that ASAP, as her rewards are amazeballs!!)

Meet Sabrina, the inception of my new body of work

This year, I decided to change things up a bit in my creative practice. It’s no secret I am easily bored and need to challenge myself up on a regular basis.
I want to prove myself that I can take a Nixie and tell her story throughout different paintings. So meet Sabrina, the first Nixie I will do this with.
I will create a seperate blogpost to share her backstory and where I see this going.

I kinda wish my guiding word for the new year would be shorter. I stopped looking for it, and it’s obviously when it hit me right in the guts. This is somehow how I know this is the one guiding word I actually need.

As I tell you in the video, it came to me when I was not searching anymore. Isn’t it funny that it’s when you finally let go of something that it pushes its way into your life?

I was in the car, thinking about how important to me getting my hair into palm-rolled locks this year was. And of course, that inner dialogue about “but what will people assume about you?” “will my kids and husband be impacted by this image I will reflect?” “is that a true good thing?” and so on.

A few ways I will honour my Soul Whisper:

• Marketing my art
• Sharing self-portraits
• Making more honest and regular vlogs
• Publishing more blog posts
• Sharing the struggles as well as the victories
• Creating whatever I feel called to

I love playing in my art journal. It is no secret that it is my safe space. This is where I experiment. This is the place I go to when everything else feels too much, or not enough.

The fabulous Sarah Trumpp decided to dedicate 100 days to her stencil designs, creating one new every day for 100 days. She invited whoever wanted to join on their own challenge and called it #100daysofshenanigans (I invite you to follow the hashtag on Instagram to see what we are up to. It’s a very diverse group, so cool).

I wanted to go back to my art journal. I tend to avoid it when my feelings are not in a good place; afraid of what would come up out of me to the page… Stupid, isn’t it?

Enjoy the video:

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