 Hi everyone Dave Zack here. Why make art? We are what we repeatedly do. Okay so I'm just checking in to encourage you to set up to start making art every day for 100 days starting in two days on January 1st. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, stores are still open you know run to you know even Walmart has a huge craft arts and craft section which is great just get a bunch of art supplies pick a nice spot to paint get your canvas or whatever you're gonna make or do I'm gonna be doing a lot of painting but we'll do other stuff so I'm just gonna show you how I'm getting ready how I'm getting ready maybe this can help you okay I'm stocking up on paint even like like this is from the dollar store but it's great it's bright it's fine you know so stocking up on paint I'm researching some things like I need to draw a foot and they're not very good at it so I found these books to help you draw feet I'm putting out some inspiration books this one deals it's a program that you can follow or this one is another great program you can follow hey Cindy so I find these helpful I don't know if I'll be using one this time but they take every week they tell you what to do they give you ideas fantastic books okay well so I'm putting art on walls that I want to finish like I want to finish these these two and then I feel like that one can be part of it you know I'm gonna finish this one I'm working on the feet see the feet aren't right what else how I drew this on the beach hey Patricia hello Patricia isn't this cool look at the beautiful lines you know as I want to do some big painting of that yes and this I'm collecting these with my references hey slapfish so this is where I'm just I got a sort to this now but I've been just you know even going to magazines like Rebecca pulled that out she liked it got here yeah just magazines and like nice papers well these are nice Rebecca made these creativity rewards assault where there's passion there is quality well that's a painting I could finish some time anyways they give them a isn't this beautiful look at they were underwater and they did it's not pretty so that's one thing you can be doing another thing to be getting ready is gathering your inspirations what else okay supplies I'm buying art supplies so I'm just keeping a supplies list you know like I need some small mixing cups if gold leaf oh I love these these are fantastic so this is acrylic paint and a squeeze tube and you can do really nice lines yeah inspiration slapfish okay what else am I doing I'm just sorting stuff I'm sorting canvases see that's all okay so those are some things buy art supplies pick a spot pick it pick the pieces you're gonna start working on keep working on your inspiration bin what else oh yeah maybe use some books to go along again so the artist's way by Julia Cameron it's 12 it's a 12 week program and then healing with the arts is a 12 week program to so they're both good okay one last thing before I go is so last time I did the hundred days of art I this was the main thing is I remember who you are like I remember myself as a kid painting and making stuff and what materials I like to use and you remember that you remember who you are you do it again and another thing is just art is good for me art it's just good for you know everything's better when I'm making art everything's just better when I'm making art and I think that's the same for a lot of you and I think that if you try this you'll you'll find out that that's true you know so why make art you give your brain something else to think about what's next on your project making art consistently make you be around art more which is nice it feels good when you finish a piece of art if you come down in the morning and see a finished piece of art you get like a rush of joy yeah it's interesting to know your imagination can be your worst nightmare and you can be anxious and afraid or it can mean your greatest superpower and you can be making beautiful art right with the same imagination okay so on day 60 I noticed healing oh I had there's you know when you're really depressed or really anxious making art provides moments where life was more bearable you know when you're making art it's it's good we are what we repeatedly do you know I call yourself an artist just do it remember who you are oh and then this is the one I don't know what to do about social media is a problem I just you can waste so much time on social media when you could be making art okay bye everyone happy new year we'll see either tomorrow or in 2024 where we're starting day one I hope to see you there bye