4th of July Petite Doll Challenge

Hi everyone,

I spent a lovely day with a new friend from my my journaling/bible study class.  We went to a local park to a "sketch in the park" hosted by the local arts council.  I've never sketched from nature before and one of the local artists in charge came up and said he liked my work!! Crazy, because I had no idea what I was doing...
but the weather was actually bearable today. In the 80's and low humidity for a change.  Just the way summer should be!  Then, we went to Joann's looking around, went to eat lunch, hung out at the bookstore and went to a matinee.
Anyway, Suzi Blu, my favorite art instructor in the UNIVERSE, said to make a July 4th doll for the weekend, so here she is.  You MUST go to check out her classes (here). Suzi has given me confidence to call myself an ARTIST!!! YAY

My first Art Journal

I'm SO EXCITED!!! I made a few pages of my first art journal. I followed some of the steps from Teesha Moore, the queen of journaling and zettiology. I had so much fun. I got a cheepie 140lb press watercolor booklet from Hobby Lobby 8.5x5.5 and used watercolors as the base on each page. I did 10 pages as Teesha recommends and then sat up til 2am on Saturday cutting out pictures, drawing etc. I normally go to bed at 10pm so this was crazy!! I've only journaled on a couple pages so far. Can't wait to do more.

PLUS I just joined Suzi Blu's Academy. YAY!! I don't know how I found her. I think a link from someone's website. I saw a couple of her videos and fell in love. She's hysterical wearing her pink wigs and I love the way she talks. She has a great personality, and is so talented. She builds confidence in people and thats what I need. I always say "I'm not a real artist" blah blah. I've signed up for the beginner class "Petit art dolls" so I can learn the basics of the style and plan on taking all her classes.

Anyway, here's a couple pics from my journal. I posted all of them on Flickr