Daily Art With A Monthly Theme

After the unexpected break in tradition last year, I feel ready to tackle another 365 daily art assignments in 2021. The plan is to repeat the more involved journal idea that I used in 2018 – daily art with a new theme or focus every month. All the work is meant to eventually (hopefully) fit into one journal, so I’ll have another book for the shelf by the end of the year.

More info about past daily art journals/challenges here.

To start getting excited, I came up with the themes for the year upfront:

January

Collecting trash scraps: the same theme as January 2018 and all of 2019’s daily journal.

February

Mark making: scribbles, blobs, and the abstract use or combining of different mediums. The plan is to mark up a small piece of paper and then use a circle punch on my favorite bit to add to the journal.

March

Thread and stitches: paper, cloth, embroidery, collage… as long as it has thread in it. This was the theme for March 2018 too.

April

Magnified photos: using a magnifying glass, specimen viewers, or a macro lens for daily photos.

May

Envelopes: collaging on or with or relating to envelopes in some way.

June

Drawings: yup.

July

Instant photos: using a Fuji Instax Mini

August

Stamp vignettes: a way to use all these little stamps that I’ve been carving from school erasers.

September

Pins: I have a button maker. And I am in love.

October

Ghosts: usually collages. The same monthly theme from October 2018 and 2020.

November

Looking up: daily photos shooting straight up – clouds, the sky through tree limbs (with pretty fall colors?), etc.

December

Snowflakes: cutting a grade-school-art-class folded paper snowflake every day. We get a little wrapped up in things during the holidays, so I figured something a little more low-key (and fun) would be nice for December.