The 100 Day Project kicks off on Wednesday (February 22). It's a world-wide online challenge. You choose one thing to do for 100 days — 100 days of sit-ups, 100 days of cooking, 100 days of art — whatever you want.
I have done several 100 Day Projects — some successes and some failures.
- 2017: 100 Days of 15 Minute Faces (The post I linked is from the beginning of the challenge and HERE is a post from the end.)
- 2018: 100 Days of Art Tweets
- 2019: I was pregnant and we were renovating our house. The project was "100 Days Without Crying." (joking…sort of)
- 2020: 100 Days of Gelatin Printing
- 2021: 100 Days of Art Botanical
- 2022: Started…and then quit.
- 2023: 100 Days of Art Parts
Personally, I think the point of a 100 Day Project is to challenge yourself to get better at something.
In 2017, I definitely got better at making quick realistic faces. Check out where I started and where I ended up:
In 2018, I discovered that tweeting art content every single day for 100 days made no difference in how many people followed me, interacted with me, or visited my links. So, even to this day, I don't really tweet.
My 2020 gelatin printing project directly led to my popular online course, "A Year of Gelatin Printing."
I poured everything I learned during those 100 days into that class.
And my 2021 botanical project pushed me fully towards non-representational work. I had been flirting with abstract art for years, but those 100 days shoved me right over the edge.
I'm looking forward to 100 Days of Art Parts and seeing how I grow!
Here are 10 fun 100 day projects to try, if you're undecided:
If you want some advice on choosing a topic and getting the project done, you can check out this post from 2021 and this podcast from later in the same year.
Thanks for stopping by!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m really looking forward to seeing your 100 Days of Art Parts because I feel I have more to learn about them and they changed my art when you first taught Art Parts. I’m reading The Artist’s Way in prep for your Book Club so maybe I’ll do 100 Days of Morning Pages? But I’m not quite ready to start that yet, so I may do a fitness related 100 Days (of 50 Squats?) because I do plan to commit to the Morning Pages. So many choices!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I’m going to do 100 days of sketching. Julie, is there a hashtag we should/could use?
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I have your gelatin printing course and love it. And I really love your gelatin print example above. Hmm, I have so many things going (even as a retired person without dependents) but I’m thinking that a 100 day gelatin printing challenge would push me forward. I definitely have the paper, the paints and the printing pads. I’m one of those expert art supply acquirers.
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!
I successfully did a 100 Day Project in 2021…it extended beyond 100 days, into 2022 – but I ended up with 100 pieces of art, and that, to me, is a success!! To be fair, I called it my #100DayishProject from the very start 🙂
I’m going to try again this year, with the same no-pressure/work at my own pace M.O. as last time. In 2021 I did #100happysquares: colorful art in 1.5 inch squares. This year I’m doing #100daysoflittleart: I have a beautiful, handbound journal to fill with squares and rectangles of art (this feels less daunting than an entire page a day). I ordered new Sharpie S-Note markers, and have been keeping a list of ideas in my phone so that I’m ready to hit the ground running!!