#the100daysofmakingartapractice

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From the beginning of this project, it was important for me to document the process. I will do this by printing an album with each of my posts. But I also wanted to trace it by throwing notes on the paper, with some sketches to illustrate my purpose. I opted for a Moleskine accordion: I love the idea of a kind of Time Line. When I open it, I have an overview and I see quite clearly what seems to return again and again, which is for me an obsession with lines and shapes. So here it is... 68/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #sketchbook #moleskine

[naivemuseum]

So this is the last day of this 100 days challenge. If I had to remember one thing all this way, it is that the important is not in the outcome, but in the process. I have accumulated some mantra that I tell myself here or there: - Keep going - Keep working, do not judge, not now. You will be able to do it later ... and in a gentle way, please! - Do not hold on to your work, let it go - Follow the flow, follow your intuition - Get comfortable with uncertainty - Let go of perfection - Make mistakes - Come back later. - Trust the process I want this for my practice. As a territory to explore, a territory I never finish to discover. I want to keep sharing this journey with you, maybe in a slightly different way, I really enjoyed this dialogue. I've got so little opportunity to talk about my work. Thank you for spending these few weeks with me, for sharing my journey. I met such beautiful persons. Thank you so much for being here! 100/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #abstract

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This afternoon, I will follow a class in an artist's workshop. I'm both a little scared, impressed and excited. Fear to feel strange, uncomfortable, not to know how to do, to find myself overwhelmed, not to dare, afraid of a "discrediting trance" in a nutshell. This is a risk. And yet, I would be disappointed not to go. I decide that I will be proud of myself, I decide that I will be proud to have dared to be there, to be there no matter what happens, no matter if my painting is "successful" or not. To go to this workshop will be my only definition of success. I realize that I am also afraid of being judged, But, as always, fears don't make me grow, they just prevent new interesting things from happening. Maybe I will feel offbeat, uncomfortable. But if this is the worst thing that can happen to me, it's ok! So I will go to the workshop, learn, get a little more comfortable with the uncomfortable, go through this phase, show up, over and over again. This is precisely "Make Art A Practice". And I will be proud : to be in the class, to have dared, to have faced my white canvas, And then I would like to connect with my intuition and to trust it, to let the fear of "doing wrong" and the fear of judgment aside. Take risks. Be brave! This is my intention for my practice today. And later, I'll come back home and it will be time for a glass of rosé wine with the satisfaction of having done the job! 99/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #mireillespainting

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I am amazed by the diversity of vegetation around our guest house. Yesterday afternoon, as a light wind was slightly refreshing the air, I had fun picking a specimen of every different plant shape I could find. It was unbelievable and I could have found more by looking for more. It is said that an artist is first a collector. That's what I've done yesterday : collect. And then I observed and draw a little, for good measure... 98/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #mireillesketches #mireillesnaivemuseum (à Nyons)

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I rarely feel so well, so relaxed. I feel calm and serene. Maybe it's because I give myself the permission to rest. There is so much beauty around here and I feel ready to pick them. I want to remember this in my practice: there is so much beauty around you, you just have to be available and listen. More than discipline, what it takes is availability. Unless discipline consists in this: to create space in order to be available? 97/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #sketchbook #mireillesketches #moleskine #travelersnotebook

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We leave today for two weeks in the south of France. On the program: rest and rest, read a lot, swim, draw, paint a little (we will live near a workshop of an artist who gives courses). I had to make a deliberate decision to grant myself rest, to let go of my plans and other todos lists. I have a tyrannous ego for whom the concept of holidays does not exist. So, intentionally, I agree to let go, to do something else or to do nothing at all... Make holidays a practice ! But for good measure, before leaving, a small memo for my son who stays at home with two or three things not to forget! Todo lists aren't never far away 😎! 96/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #mireillesnaivemuseum

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As with every creative project, the resistance with my new project is strong. I find myself a little lazy. This is a "monkey in my head" I'm not used to. Usually, I work hard, I do not spare my efforts. Often it is later that my monkeys manifest themselves. But here, it's the one of "what's the point, it's too complicated, you'll never get there, it's too much work" that strikes hard. Yes, it's not easy. Yes, that's a lot of questions to answer. Yes, I do not really know where I am going. But yes, too, I think I have always wanted this, that the time has come to seriously follow this path and to patiently untie the threads. This is not a overnight project, I will have to develop the art of perseverance, persistence and patience. This is what I have to learn right now. Despite the resistance. Or because of it! 96/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #mireillesnaivemuseum #sketchbook #mireillesketches

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As the #the100dayproject is coming to an end, I realize that I get a little bit in trouble. Organically I'm already thinking about something else. It is the end of this project, but it is above all the beginning of something else. And I love the beginnings. The chaos that surrounds the beginnings, a little less ... but I like to do research, discover new things. My mind is in hyperactive but focused mode and I like it very much. So, rather than forcing these 100 days of making art a practice, I will drift a little and share you a bit of my new project. This is also a practice, but in a different way at this point. At this point, I am in "how to create a book" mode: how to compose it, what will I put in it, what format, what stories, what style, how to organize it ... a bit chaotic : I have very few ideas of what I am doing. But enough exciting too. Any suggestions? 95/100 #the100daysofmakingartapractice #The100DayProject #naivemuseum #mireillesnaivemuseum