WHAT daily ritual do you perform to keep yourself happy, fulfilled and engaged?<\/p>\n
Bendigo artist Frankie O is planning to embark on her One Drawing a Day project next year for the third time.<\/p>\n
Started in 2016 and relaunched again in 2018, the project sees her complete one piece of work every day for a year in an effort to keep regularly creating.<\/p>\n
Following an inspiring trip to Rome to complete an art course while on long service leave from her teaching job, she set the ambitious goal that has seen her break a years-long creative block.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I came home I said \u2018right, that\u2019s it. I\u2019ve just been reinspired, I\u2019ve got to get back into this no matter how busy I am\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made a space on the table at my house and started drawing. I started posting them online for some reason, I don\u2019t even know why. I just wanted to share what I was doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom there I started getting people giving me feedback and I hadn\u2019t had feedback in years because I wasn\u2019t creating anything, and it was lovely to connect with people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her Facebook page One Drawing a Day by Frankie O has since amassed over 1000 followers, which the artist continues to post to even while the project is on pause.<\/p>\n
Those followers keep her accountable during the daily process, and she said each day brought about an opportunity to create something new.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I was doing one drawing a day for a year, that\u2019s 365 chances to try new things or to flesh out things,\u201d Frankie O said.<\/p>\n
For her next instalment of the project, she wants to take her audience somewhere new which could include works inspired by her hometown, Ouyen, or something a little more local.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the things that I\u2019ve been floating around is to do 365 images of Bendigo, that would be just fabulous,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to do a big body of work on Bendigo.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Frankie O encouraged people to start and support similar challenges that could benefit people in uncertain times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s so important to connect and encourage people in times like this because it\u2019s unknown times and we\u2019re all trying to express and deal with things differently,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be a really good thing for people, whether they\u2019re artistic or not, to pick up something and do something every single day. It\u2019s amazing where it will take you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WHAT daily ritual do you perform to keep yourself happy, fulfilled and engaged? Bendigo artist Frankie O is planning to embark on her One Drawing a Day project next year for the third time. Started in 2016 and relaunched again in 2018, the project sees her complete one piece of work every day for a […]<\/p>\n