Time for a new challenge.

Good evening! Last year I challenged myself in a number of ways creatively, I achieved a Masters of Art, for Illustration: Authorial Practice at Falmouth University, By donating some sketches to sell on ebay I helped my daughter to raise over £3000 for her climbing trip to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid Meningitis research and as a result of this I set myself a couple of 30 day challenges. The 30 day challenges were far more successful than I had imagined they would be both in for my own practice and in terms of charitable fund raising. So I would like to do it again, I have mulled over a number of ideas, 30 days of Mono printing, 30 days with a palette knife, 30 drawings standing on my head with one arm tied behind my back (ha ha )….I have a long list but none seemed particularly challenging or exciting. So I have decided to extend it a little from 30 days. 90 days seemed a good number, so I thought about painting 90 birds in 90 days, with the added constraint that they should all be different and I should have seen them all in or around Cornwall. I was still thinking about this today. The only problem with this is it would mean I couldn’t draw Badgers, Foxes and Hares and everyone seemed to like them… The only thing to do was to ask my lovely Facebook followers who have infinity more understanding of my practice than I do most of the time. However it was pretty much 50:50. So I am left having to make a decision for myself!!! So here it is… Starting on the 1st of September I will be painting “100 things wild” so it is a little restrictive in that there will be no cats, dogs, pets or farmed animals…but there will be plenty to keep me busy. I am also not giving myself a time limit although I intend to finish within 100 days. I will need lots of help in sharing the event so that I can raise much needed funds for some amazing charities…30% of the proceeds from all the paintings sold will be split, as with the previous challenges, between Mousehole Wildbird Hospital, Compassion in World Farming and the Wildlife Trusts, more specifically Cornwall Wildlife Trust. I hope to keep the paintings very affordable, they will all be unframed and under £100, most will be around £30 – 50 for the duration of the challenge and purely because it is about challenging myself. In the meantime if you would like to join my mailing list so that you will be the first to hear of my future plans please follow this link. I will leave you will a few more of my favourite paintings from the 2014 challenges. Many thanks & best wishes Suzy http://ift.tt/1LhxsMg
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