I got an invite from Suzi Blu a couple weeks ago for this 3 Week Challenge going on over on ning. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was joining when I signed up, but I figured anything Suzi was doing would be fun.

I gotta say I wasn’t all that excited when I found out what it was about, though. I don’t know. I hate to be negative. I really do, but I have reason, see? The group is based on a ten year old book that I didn’t like when I read it all those years ago. And part of the challenge is reading it. I had another look at it on Amazon..

I won’t go into all my reasons, but let’s just say I can’t. Not again.

Putting aside my thoughts about the book, and I have decided to do the 3 week challenge, anyway. There are some great women in the group, and I really like hanging out with them. Three of them wanted to buddy up with me, and well, how can I say no to that sweet gesture.

I’m just going to modify the challenge to better suit my needs, that’s all.

The one thing I can say that I got out of the book are the morning pages. 3 pages, handwritten, in the morning, don’t stop..go! I’ve been doing this exercise for ten years, on and off. So, today I made a little book. I made it small because I don’t feel wordy right now. But, I figure I can handle writing 3 small pages a day for 21 days. It won’t kill me.

I also did some art in my art journal, and I walked 1/2 hour on my treadmill this afternoon. So, it’s off to a flying start. Only 20 days left to go.

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.

Suzi Blu updated with a new video yesterday. I stole some of it for my art journal.