Missing Art

I haven't been doing any art (physical art, anyway) and I am missing it. I suspect I won't be doing any tomorrow as I am exhausted from the week. Maybe I will bound out of bed with a bunch of energy, but I'm kind of doubting it. I've had a lot of adrenaline in my system for the last couple of days and that usually takes a lot out of me at least for a day or two.

I'm itching to use the liquid watercolors I bought for my LetterLove 101 class (which I still haven't finished).

**Also!! Apparently, I haven't been paying attention because in October, Art Media, my local art supply store closed and became a Dick Blick Art Supply store. I was shocked and hovering between excitement for the Blick store and sadness that our local company went away.

Some Letter Love :)

I am woefully behind in my lettering class. I think it is perfectionism rearing its ugly head again. I'm going to dive in this week and see what I can do. Mistakes are fine. The process is what is important. (I figure if I say it enough, I will start to believe it. I don't understand why I allow this for other people and not myself.)

I'm in the April VerbTribe!!

http://www.37days.com/verbtribe

I did one of the scariest things possible today...I signed up for Patti Digh's VerbTribe (the link goes to the description and an old registration - the new class starts April 4,  2012).

Writing is a thread that has been woven through my whole life and I want so much to continue to improve and grow and write from my heart.  This will be a way to make that happen.  And my knees are practically knocking!

The good news is that I saw the original course which was happening now and I thought about all the things I had already committed to - A Year With Myself, How To Build a Blog You Truly Love, Letter Love 101, the 37Days Book Group...I knew there was NO WAY that I could participate in VerbTribe the way I wanted to, so even though I didn't know if Patti would offer it again, I decided to be smart and wait.  I'm so glad I did!  Good things come to those who wait!  And in April, I only have A Year with Myself still going. The other classes will be done (at least formally), so I can really participate the way I want to.  I don't even have a show that month, so I know this is the right time for me.

Yay!

Bliss List Link-Up

Liv Lane is the instructor of the fantastic class - How to Build a Blog You Truly Love and she has also started hosting a "Bliss List" link up.  So nice to end the week focusing on some of the good things in life. After being brave and trying to stay up on all the AMAZING classes and projects I am working on, I definitely needed to look at the bright side of things to end my week.

1.  Loving all the classes I am taking!  A Year with Myself is on the back burner as I have the entire year to do it - I think I will go back to the beginning at the end of February so that I can really sink into the experience.  BBTL and the Letter Love 101 classes are going GREAT!

2.  I planned a big party for work and it is tomorrow night!  Not everyone is excited about it, but I am. I think it will be fun and it was a big item on my To Do list. Check!

3.  The weather here is beautiful and sunny.  It's a little chilly but the skies are clear and lovely.

4.  It is FRIDAY!!! Wahoo!

5.  I actually got my Letter Love 101 Journal done and am working in it. I don't have enough pens, so I'm going to go shopping tomorrow for pens, but I'm STOKED!!

My first letter journal!

Practice makes perfect, I hope!

**I FORGOT the MOST important piece of BLISS this week!!

6.  All your kind comments this week and the visits from folks from all around the world.  Thank you so much for stopping by, for commenting, for supporting, especially when I was feeling exposed in our BBT Brave Blog Posts.  I was really moved by the support you provided.  It means the world!  I'm so blessed.

Letter Loving It Already!

I am taking a class called Letter Love 101 from Joanne Sharpe online.  I know - like I don't already have enough to do! The class started today.  I think it is going to be a great balancer between the introspection of the How to Build a Blog You Truly Love class and exploring lettering and doing things in an art journal.  I have not been active in my art journaling for a little while and I really crave the tangible nature of making something.

Tonight, I prepped my journal and watched the videos for class. I am stoked and ready for the practice sessions that start tomorrow.

To visitors from the BBTL group and everyone else who stops by - Thank you!   Your comments and your visits mean a lot.  It is good to have my voice out there - scary as it is sometimes, I am so glad to be part of the blogosphere.