July the 20th 2008
Just added: July 19th.
July the 15th 2008
Just added: June 25th.
July the 11th 2008
Just added: June 2nd.
July the 5th 2008
Just added: May 14th.
June the 21st 2008
Just added: June 21st - happy 10 year wedding anniversary!!
June the 2nd 2008
Just added: September 1st.
May the 18th 2008
Just added: April 12th.
April the 22nd 2008
Today, the 30th drawing was sold. Thus, we know have one full month of amazing stories. On to the second!
April the 21st 2008
Just added: Decembter 31st.
April the 17th 2008
Just added: May 11th.
April the 15th 2008
A new drawing just uploaded: April 13th. Check out the story, it is quite special (including the special characters!).
There has also been a slight update to the page: the top banner is now made up of a random collection of thumbnails of days drawn. As the collection grows, so will the possibility of unique combinations. Hope you enjoy it.
April the 5th 2008
Added two new drawings (the first for the month of March): March 14th and March 12th.
March the 23rd 2008
Just added: April 24th.
March the 19th 2008
Just added: May 10th.
March the 16th 2008
Just added: October 5th.
March the 11th 2008
It feels absolutely great to receive feedback like the following from Scottie Vosburgh:
The painting was a hit. He liked it very much and I believe his
statement was something about me finally understanding his love of
unique art or something along those lines. I wish I could remember his
exact words.
Hopefully he will now be able to re-hang our "520" next to it on the wall.
I put it in a temporary frame so I am pretty sure he is going to have it framed professionally. I will send you a picture when it is all done and up on the wall.
thank you again. I love your work and am certain will be ordering other pieces soon.
Hopefully he will now be able to re-hang our "520" next to it on the wall.
I put it in a temporary frame so I am pretty sure he is going to have it framed professionally. I will send you a picture when it is all done and up on the wall.
thank you again. I love your work and am certain will be ordering other pieces soon.
March the 5th 2008
Time to celebrate again: today, the 20th drawing has been ordered. Can't wait to get to 30 to celebrate the first full month!
March the 4th 2008
Just added: February 20th and September 23rd.
February the 25th 2008
Got this mail from Fabrizio in Italy, owner of January 24th (just uploaded):
Dear Fernando
I got your painting yesterday. Thank you a lot, I like it very much. I'm so satisfied I will ask you for another painting, this time for my wife and me.
I got your painting yesterday. Thank you a lot, I like it very much. I'm so satisfied I will ask you for another painting, this time for my wife and me.
February the 19th 2008
Just added two new drawings: November 26th and February 21st.
Also, received this email from Francesco Rodano in Italy, owner of January 21st:
Dear Fernando,
Everything went really really fine. We opened the envelope during our celebration dinner, and we've been amazed (and deeply touched) by the painting.
Thank you so much!
Everything went really really fine. We opened the envelope during our celebration dinner, and we've been amazed (and deeply touched) by the painting.
Thank you so much!
January the 31st 2008
Just added: February 26th.
January the 22nd 2008
Drawings uploaded (January 21st and August 9th), and two more to come. Good to see the collection growing.
December the 21st 2007
There are new drawings, and I will upload them as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, we wish everyone a relaxed end of the year!
December the 1st 2007
Received this message from Henry Lumbard, owner of the 27th of November:
Here's is the final gift, framed for my fiance. She absolutely loves it! Keep up the good work. I check back regularly for new paintings.
November the 3rd 2007
Received this message from Janice Barnes, owner of the 29th of October:
It's here! And it's wonderful. Thank you so much. We're off to find theright frame this weekend. And we're so happy to participate in yourproject. Thank you again and again!
October the 26th 2007
Time to celebrate: the 10th drawing has been ordered today! It's a small but important step - never forget Lao-tzu's quote: "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
October the 24th 2007
Received this from H.R Fricker, renowned Swiss arist and creator of placeofplaces.com (and now owner of September the 25th):
October the 17th 2007
Just added: November 2nd.
October the 12th 2007
Received this message from Ted Chaloner, owner of the 8th of December:
I received the painting . Thanks! It was fabulous. I'll take a photo
when it is hung and send it to you.
The best kind of reward...
Fernando
October the 7th 2007
I guess it all started for me when I read the article about onethousandpaintings.com in Wired magazine, sometime in December 2006. Inspired by Sala's revolutionary project and tired of keeping my watercolorsin the closet (just kidding, I had a solo exhibition here in Ann Arbor and have a few with art dealers in the US and in Brazil), I thought of a project in which people would tell me about their regular days and I would paint them. Well, a few weeks into the project I emailed Sala just to tell him that I was inspired by onethousandpaintings. And what a great surprise it was when Sala wrote back with the idea of a collaborative project! In addition, he realized that people are much more interested in special days than in regular days. And here it is: 365specialdays.com.
So, welcome to this site, and please let us know about your special days - I hope my loose lines and fluid colors can capture some of your special memories, and eternalize them on paper.
Fernando
October the 4th 2007
Again uploaded two new drawings. Something that I start to find extremely exciting about this project is that every drawing will be different and a complete surprise. This sounds trivial, but is a big difference to most art projects that are essentially WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). On the admin side of things, I have added a page with our contact information - just in case.
Sala
September the 28th 2007
Uploaded two new drawings. Starting to get lots of visitors. Realized that special days are not always particularly happy days - they can also be sad, strange, remarkable, or especially normal. Looking forward to a diverse set of stories. Also updated the days page so that one can selectively only show the days that have already been drawn.
Sala
September the 21st 2007
After months of preparation, here it is: 365 special days. It is always a weird feeling to write the first blog entry, especially when the site is still to be officially launched. However, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about how 365specialdays.com came to be.
About 4 months ago, Fernando and I got into contact. When I first saw Fernando's drawings, I was instantly taken in by their simplicity and power. I can't really describe it - they're just beautiful. Fernando has been playing around with the idea of drawing the stories of particular days, and we decided to work together on an art project. 365specialdays.com is the result of that process.
In the future, it will be mostly Fernando who will write in this blog - it is his project, after all. I am just the guy behind the scenes, taking care of the website. My name is Sala, and I am the artist behind onethousandpaintings.com (some people might know my work through the websites as graphs applet). Because Fernando is busy drawing, I took the freedom to write the first blog entry.
So let me welcome you on this website, and I hope you like what you see. Right now, the days & stories section is virtually empty, of course, but over time I am sure we will see a huge collection of interesting stories and beautiful drawings. I really enjoy to be part of this, and I hope so do you.
Thanks, and best wishes,
Sala