I’m in the process of making another journal. This is the little girl I drew a couple weeks ago. I still have to smooth out the beeswax a little more, cut the paper, punch the holes and coil bind it. I think I’ll wait until tomorrow to finish it up. I’ve spent way too much time on it today. Time to shift gears and think about eating something for dinner.

brr..it got chilly here all of a sudden. This morning was muggy and sunny. This afternoon it turned cloudy, windy and the temperture dropped. I will be putting on my sweat shirt soon, for sure. Maybe even trade my shorts in for sweat pants before the night is over. Those thoughts make me sad. I don’t want summer to be over. It’s my favorite time of year. I hate being cold.

Another assignment for Suzi’s workshop was to make a healing art journal. We are going to record our art progress in it each day. I finally got mine finished today. Well, it’s still a work in progress, but I got the gist of it done. I will seal it in beeswax once I’m sure I’m finished messing with it.

She is holding a sign which reads: I AM WORTHY.

And, you better believe I AM.
I am worthy of making art.
I am worthy of calling myself an artist.
And, so are you!
If you don’t believe me, just watch this…

Oh, and to give you an idea of the great artists in Suzi’s workshop, you should take a look at the links below. Aren’t these artists fabulous?

Suzi Blu doll pool @ flickr
art junk girl
Shabby Girl
Sarah Fishburn
whimsies & folksies
a purple daisy
collage diva
october wish

And that’s just barely making a dent in all the wonderful art I’ve been wallowing in since this class started. It’s only been a week, and it was well worth the $55 for this class. Suzi is going way above the call of duty..making us extra videos and pdfs. She is really putting her all into this. And..I have 7 more weeks to go! YAY!!!!

i have been having fun in suzi blu’s workshop. i can see a slight improvement as the week wears down. I have done pages and pages of these little girls.

honestly, i’m not sure that i like them. i am trying to find my own style, and haven’t yet. my petite dolls kinda look goth to me, and that’s not really what i was striving for. i think my hand got a little heavy on the shading. heh!

i’m sure it will get easier when we start painting and layering. i always do much better with a paintbrush, than i do a pencil. it all starts to make sense (to me) once i start layering on paint and figuring out the background, for some reason.

this is a good beginning, and i’m not going to be too hard on myself. i said i wanted to have fun when i signed up for the course, and by golly i am!! i have met the most fabulous women. they are very supportive and friendly. i could hang out on ning all day. the workshop now has 270 people in it, so there’s no chance of being bored. i just go from one to the other and look at their art. i feel like i’m neglecting other areas of my online life because i’m having too much fun in this class. heh! oh well.

i was a little disappointed that i only got one taker on my last entry. Surely you’d like some mail art from me, huh? C’mon, now! don’t be shy. i know you’re reading because it comes up in my wordpress dashboard stats report. heh! yeah, i see YOU! you might as well comment and get some mail art loving. Friends at lj are more than welcome to comment, too. Either at lj or here on my blog.