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A photo of a red chard leaf lying on paper towels and a butcher’s tray in the artist’s studio.

Day 4 of #the100dayproject

Encountering delusions of grandeur Maybe I’ll return to this drawing after #the100dayproject is over, or re-start it with a fresh leaf. Today’s accomplishment was getting a rough sketch of a large leaf—and that’s good enough for today, even if it’s not worth claiming bragging rights on in an Instagram post. Last week, I bought a …

Fabriano sketchbook with landscape drawing and colored pencils.

Days 2 & 3: The 100-Day Project

It’s going to be a bumpy road The first day was easy. It always is. It’s the second day that’s hard—especially when the second day is a Monday. Mondays are catch-up days. Take care of the house days. Make all those stupid personal-business call days. Before you know it, dinner’s over and you still haven’t …

Day 1: #the100dayproject

Today is the first day of #the100dayproject! This morning, I grabbed my oil pastels as the sun came up and began to highlight the ridges of the Jemez Mountains on the northern horizon. The blunt tips and slippery, waxy texture of the oil pastels make it difficult to render a lot of detail—but they also …

Coming soon: #the100dayproject

I plan to participate in this year’s edition of #the100dayproject, hosted by artist Lindsay Jean Thomson over on Instagram, @dothe100dayproject. Elle Luna began the Instagram art challenge in 2013, and Thomson became the facilitator in 2017. The event is based on the brainchild of designer Michael Bierut, who designed the 100-day project as an assignment …