Watercolour geometric pattern with paintbrushes and tubes of paint above the painting. Title reads: The chronically hopeful 52-week art project. A year of creativity with one prompt per week.

My 52-Week Project – A Year Of Art

One of my goals for 2020 is to create more art. In order to reach that goal, I’ve created the Chronically Hopeful 52-Week Art Project​.​ It consists of 52 prompts, one for each week of the year, to ​guide my creativity, keeping me focused​ and inspired. Having a fluctuating chronic illness means that I’m not always able to be creative, so I thought one prompt per week would be easier to manage than the one prompt per day ​that many…

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Watercolour sunset lake scene with pine trees in the foreground. Title reads, The 100 day project, Chronically Hopeful Art, Watercolour sunsets.

The 100 Day Project 2018 – Watercolour Sunsets

It’s been a while since I posted my last round-up of paintings for The 100 Day Project. That’s because I actually took a whole month off! I am very pleased to be back to it though and have thoroughly enjoyed painting each evening. The sunny summer evenings are just perfect for painting! This week I picked up where I left off at the start of May with Sunsets as the theme. I will also reveal next week’s theme today. Why…

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Watercolour tulips on a card. Title reads Flowers, Part of the 100 day project.

The 100 Day Project 2018 – Watercolour Flowers

We are now 3 weeks into this year’s 100 Day Project! If you’ve been following along here on my blog, you will know I have divided my 100 Day Project into 10 sets of 10 days. Each set of 10 days has it’s own theme to focus on using watercolour inks and gouache. For the first 10 days I worked on Night Skies and Galaxies, but for this second set I have been working on Flowers. Flowers are something I…

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Flatlay of watercolour night sky, Title reads Night Skies, part of the 100 day project.

The 100 Day Project 2018: Night Skies And Galaxies

I am so pleased to have made it through the first 10 days of The 100 Day Project! This is the third year I am attempting to do this and I am determined to complete it this year! If you aren’t sure what this project is all about, I wrote about it in a previous post where I explained how it all started and how it works. In this post I will be showing you what I have created over…

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