A Lovely Dream

Do you love to Art Journal?

Don't it make you gitty? Chunky books with thick papers, photos, writing, and paintings. Real paintings. With care and attention as anything we would hang on a wall.  This class is called A Lovely Dream and is unlike other journal classes out there. We aren't just making background pages, we are making Fine Art Paintings.  We are writing Soulful Words. We are Creating Beauty.  If you want more from your art journal experience then you will love my class.  Even if you are a beginner and can't draw you will learn techniques to transfer images of faces and take it from there. This class is ongoing and a new Painting Page Video is put up every month. Join now and make pages all year!

Here are some of my students work they have done so far.

Tove

Tove does not have a blog or FB yet so I can't link this to anything. But its awesome!

Bindy Sigstad

"Sanctuary"  This is her blog

JULIA

Julia does not have a blog to show you yet.

Claudia Rossi

Claudia does not have a blog yet I can link to.

Wenza

Wenza does not have a blog yet that I can link to.

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A Lovely Journal Workshop

 
September 1, 2011  to December 31, 2012
 

1) Fine Art Journal Paintings
    Ok great, you can make a background page. Hurray. You can doodle and collage and know the formula for the latest style. But answer me this, do your art journals really mean anything to you?  Do your pretty pages feel flat, random even? By golly we need meaning in our art journal pages. 
You are going to dig this. No drawing required with new technique. If you already know how to draw a face great, if not, great! This class is for both seasoned artists and novices.  

 2) Process Journaling 
This journal is about healing, not composition. Here you are free to do anything and everything and not worry about if its pretty. Content is what is important. Not end results. Any little book will do, a moleskine sketchbook is perfect (the paper is made from cardstock) but I prefer the journal by Laughing Elephant.  It's only $10.00 and the paper is beautiful.

  3) Writing Journal
Stream of conscious writing prompted by specific questions as an aid to further your fine art painting.

 

 

 Monthly Feature Videos
On the first of every month there will be one or more videos documenting the making of a fine art journal page.  Real time footage with calming meditative music so you can see the entire process from begining to end.  Excellent to have as a companion with you as you work on your journal pages.   

Place for you to post your work and writing - in response to my videos and art and life. Show me and your classmates your journal pages.

ONE ON ONE HELP - Privately send me an email at the school that includes photos of your work and I will help you in any way that you need.  One on one help makes the online experience more like a brick and morter classroom.  Students benefit greatly from gentle critiques and encouragement. 

View a sample of my workshop here

ALL OF THIS FOR
$55.00 USD
OR
Combine the Journal class with the Portrait Class for
$75.00 USD

REGISTRATION AND CLASSROOM OPEN UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2012

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Journal Class $55.00 Journal + Portraits $75.00

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Please allow 24 hours to be let into the classroom because it is done manually and not automated.  xoxo

Little Papier Paintings Workshop!

Registration and Class Open
until December 2012!
        $35.00 USD

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With Petite Dolls

$55.00 USD

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Happiness is only real when shared

The Forest Fairy Art Retreat has begun. There will be a live cam today and a full blog post on Monday. I can tell you at this point this is how I want to live my life. 

 

 

La Sirena

 

_{The shattered
water made a
misty din.
Great waves looked
over others
coming in
and thought of
doing something
to the shore
Water had never
done to land
before...}

Robert Frost

In this huge mixed media class you will learn everything you need to know, start to finish, on how to make both a simple and complex portrait painting. For both the beginning and intermediate artist.
 
What You Will Learn
1. Color theory - how to get the most out of one tube of paint.
What colors go together and how to blend them for a mermaid palette.
2. Substractive and Aditive Backgrounds.
3. Drawing and shading the face and body - Beginning and Advanced
4. Wood burning
5. 3 Folk Art Paintings on wood and canvas from simple to more complicated. (6 X12, 12 X 24, 24 X 36)
6. New techniques like adding wool to beeswax and broken tiles and sea glass.
7. Creating an environment rather than an abstract background.
8. Creating a complicated mixed media frame.
9. Creating a cloth Mermaid Journal.
10. Journal prompt writing and inspiration.

This is an older promo video but it tells a little about what is new in the class.
 

Here is a blog post showing one of our projects

 Self Guided
Open until December 2012
$35.00 USD

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Message To New Members:

REGISTER: To register for a workshop, click the BUY NOW button. You will be taken to a paypal payment page.

CONFIRMATION: Once your payment is received, you will be sent a registration confirmation via email within 48 hrs.

EMAIL INVITATION: An email invitation to join the online workshop NING group site will be sent to you. LOGIN SET-UP: You will set up your login and password.

APPROVAL: Once you set up your login, I will get an email to approve your membership.

WELCOME: Once you are approved you will have access the online classroom.

 *Videos are YOURS to keep. Download them onto your computer and watch them whenever you want.

* Workshops can be accessed online anytime 24/7 for the length of the semester.

* Participation is optional. You are welcome to share your reflections and 

experiences as well as your art but this is not required.

* For most classes registration will remain open until one month before the semester ends so you may join any time.

* I am available to answer your questions by email at: suziblu@gmail.com

CLASS POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND CANCELLATION POLICY.

*In order to participate in Suzi Blu workshops you must pay your class fees before the class begins. Once paid expect to see 2 invitations in your email box within 24 hours. One is for general membership to the school and one is for your classroom. No one can become a member without first paying for a class. Sometimes invitations get sent to your spam folder so check there before emailing me. If you do not receive your invite email me at suziblu@gmail.com and include your pay pal invoice and I will send your invitation again.

*You are expected to have basic computer and Internet skills. A high speed internet connection is needed to download course materials.

*All course materials are copyrighted by the instructor, Suzi Blu. Several of my online students are also teachers. This does not bother me. Using my course material, network ideas, layout, syllabus and content is inappropriate. It is also inappropriate for you to solicit your classes to any students by way of my network, and to contact members in my network for the sole purpose of soliciting your classes online or otherwise. Les Petit Academy retains the right to expel any student without refund who does not comply with school policies.

*REFUNDS- No Refunds. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Students are expected to have basic computer skills and access to a computer with high-speed Internet connection. Technical support on how to troubleshoot challenges related to computers and Internet connectivity is NOT part of any of the classes offered here. Resolving such technical issues will be the responsibility of each student and not the responsibility of your teacher. While it is easy peasy lemon sqeazy note many of the videos are long and might require you to download them overnight.  If you pay hourly for internet that may not work out for you.