Pivoting an art challenge to science

Because I like to torture myself, I occasionally take on art challenges. If I wasn’t stressed enough because I’m always pressed for time, the public humiliation of posting online adds an extra bit of spice!

Okay, slight hyperbole. I don’t have enough followers online to get a lot of eyes on my art, and therefore, that part of it really isn’t stressful. It’s only the “adding one more thing to my already full schedule” that is a PITA.

In October, for no reason besides trying to be supportive of SCBWI’s (the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) outreach efforts, I participated in #scbwiArtober. No one affiliated with SCBWI even noticed of course, but it did push me to do some art daily. And, I was particularly happy with the idea I came up with to pair women in STEM with the daily prompts.

Here’s a sampling of them. If you want to see them all, you can hop over to my Instagram account.

I plan to turn these into coloring pages for educators to use. I’ll first share them with teachers who attend the panel I’m on at NCTE (November 18), and then maybe next month, I’ll open them up to the rest of the world.

If you’re a teacher and will be attending NCTE, come check out the panel I’m on and the pop over to the Union Square booth (#725) where I’ll be signing Queen of Physics. Hope to see you there!