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David Zak · The Book

A Creative Path to Healing

100 Days
of Art

A 100 day guided art journal for anyone who feels stuck, anxious, or like the colour has gone out of things. Make art. Feel better. Start today.

Paperback · 8.5 × 8.5 in · 126 pages · ISBN 9798313138411

100 Days of Art Workbook front cover by David Zak

Why this book exists

Art didn't just fill my time. It gave me back myself.

A few years ago I was stuck, depressed, anxious, and without direction. I'd built things, sold a company, done work I was proud of, and still felt like I'd lost myself somewhere along the way.

My wife suggested something simple: make art for 100 days. Not good art. Just art. So I did. A little every day. Slowly the days started to feel different, lighter, then genuinely hopeful.

This workbook is that practice, turned into something you can hold. It won't fix everything. But it gives you a small, doable thing to do each day, and a place to put what you're feeling. That's where it starts.

What's inside

100 days. One small page at a time.

Designed to be doable on your worst days, not just your best ones.

A daily page inside the book
01

A daily prompt

A short, gentle thought for each of the 100 days, written for people who feel hopeless, without pretending the hard parts away.

The mood and colour prompt inside the book
02

Mood & colour check in

A quick "how do I feel today" and a colour to match it, a low effort way to notice what's going on inside.

A blank mood circle to draw inside the book
03

Room to make a mess

Open space on every page for sketching, collage, lettering, or whatever wants to come out. No rules.

The 100 day tracker section inside the book
04

Trackers & planners

A 100 day progress tracker, a final project planner, and an inspiration & wishlist page to keep momentum going.

Setting up your workspace, a page inside the book
Ways to begin, the starter kit list inside the book

Why people pick it up

More than a sketchbook.

No skill required

If you can hold a pen, you can do this. Beginners are not just welcome, they're who it's for.

A gentle daily habit

Five minutes counts. The structure does the remembering so you don't have to.

A meaningful gift

For someone in a hard season, a teen, a friend, or yourself. It says "I see you" without saying much at all.

Made from real experience

Written by someone who used this exact practice to climb out, not a productivity guru.

What readers say

Kind words.

★★★★★

“I hadn’t made art in years. This had me painting five minutes every morning, and those five minutes changed my whole day.”

Megan R.

★★★★★

“I’m not an artist, and the blank page terrified me. The daily prompts made it easy to just start.”

Daniel K.

★★★★★

“I stopped asking whether it was any good and just trusted the process. By day 30 I felt like myself again.”

Priya S.

★★★★★

“Bought it for my sister during a hard season. She says it’s the most thoughtful gift she’s ever been given.”

Carla M.

★★★★★

“The perfect little companion, no pressure, no rules, just one small thing to look forward to each day.”

Tom B.

★★★★★

“Some days all I had in me was a scribble. This book made that count, and that meant everything.”

Aisha N.

David Zak, author of 100 Days of Art

About the author

David Zak

Artist, motion designer and entrepreneur from Dundas, Ontario. He cofounded the global art brand ArtResin, has made work for brands around the world, and built the 100 Days of Art Workbook out of his own climb back to creating. More about David →