#OneWeek100People 2026: Ten Years! Incredible!

So there it is, the tenth year of the Marathon!

The final day was a bit of a grind – here’s the last 25 sketches.

I had more than a few failures on my last day! Definitely getting tired from being on my feet all day, up late and out early. I’m getting older – I used to be able to carry a tripod and a big bag of supplies, up and down, hill and dale, in the heat and humidity! Well :) What can you do.

Art is one of the few things that continues to get better the older you are, (until suddenly it doesn’t! – there’s absolutely a point of no return. Look what happened to Monet – cataracts causing him to paint over many of his masterpieces. It’s said he had assistants that wiped off some of the worst of his revisions in the later years. For certain, important canvasses were taken away from him to prevent them being overworked).

That doesn’t appear to be my problem :)

I need an assistant to push me to get some of my lifetime goals accomplished :)

I need more events like this to keep me making stuff!

It’s been a while since my last major achievement in life :) So I’m declaring this ten-year anniversary as one of those milestones :)

I want to thank everyone who emails me, or leaves a comment, and especially all those who are doing #OneWeek100People along with Liz and I.

Of course, the truth is, I wouldn’t have done any of this without you guys. It’s a tremendous privilege to draw alongside people all around the world.

I hope you’re all getting out with your sketching friends – or on your own like me this year – making time for your art, developing yourself, living your life the way you want, regardless of what is happening in this crazy world around us.

Every one take care out there, wherever you are.

But of course, we don’t have to wait till next year for #OneWeek100People – there is #30x30DirectWatercolor happening every year in June. So maybe I’ll see some of you come out for that :)

Ok, be safe, and make art!

~Marc Taro

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