Just Picture It: "A Dress a Day" Daily Painting Project

Past dress + skirt watercolors. Each painting will be very simple, just like these. 

I've been wanting to do a daily painting project/challenge for quite a while now, but have never had the time. Since my schedule has slightly changed since May 31st, I've decided that starting next week, when I return from my vacation, I will begin my first push towards painting every single day. 

Because I really want to get more comfortable with all of the ways that one can use watercolors, and because I've always LOVED painting dresses (the love goes back years, as you can see here), this is what I'm going to do: Starting on Monday, 6/10, I'm going to paint "A Dress A Day," in watercolor, for 100 days. 

Here are the rules that I've set up for myself (because if you're a Type A , OCD list-maker, you like to make up lists of rules):

• Daily paintings will only take place on weekdays, so that I can still have weekends "off" from everything, if I choose (mentally, I need this...).
• I will post each day's dress to the blog in the late afternoon/evening, in order to give myself a full day to find the time to paint. 
  
• If I am out of town, I will not paint a dress that day, but that day will not count towards the 100 days (obviously).
• I cannot spend ANY longer than 1 hour per dress. I will put on a timer and if it goes off before I finish the dress, I must stop where I am and call it done. [This will be hard.]

I hope that you are as inspired as I am by this project! I've been preaching everyday creativity for a while now, but have never actually had the time to do it myself, so am very eager to get back to painting 5 days per week. I also look forward to having a collection of 100 similar watercolors that track my progress, growth, and change over the course of the project. 

Why don't you join me in this creativity challenge? It doesn't have to be painting--adding an hour a day (or less time, if you don't have an hour) for whatever creativity endeavor speaks to you is an amazing way to get yourself going again if you're a little lost creatively. Plus, I've found that 100 days of anything totally changes the experience (check out my 100 Days of Headstand Challenge if you don't believe me!). 

Think about it, will you? We aren't starting til Monday... ;)

PS. All dresses will be available in my Etsy shop, here.